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1 i r i i PW THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable '¥ (Ehrmwle If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News fs Volume LXV fr' Clinton, S. C., Thursday, November 22, 1945 Number 47 Woodrow Craine Is Freed By Jury In . Brigman Murder Case Laurens, Nov. 16. — After deliber- Lloyd D. McCrary Claimed By Death Lloyd D. McCnu-y, 67, lifelong and highly esteemed Clinton citizen, died early Saturday mofrning at his home VV' On This Thanksgiving Day on East Carolina rfvenue after a se ating for four hours the jury in thei r j ous illness of the past few weeks case of Woodrow Craine, indicted for land declining health for the past murder in the mysterious slaying and several years which had necessitated , , , _ _ riin h is retirement from active work. burning of Percy Lee Bngram, Clin-1 . ton taxi driver, returned a verdict atj 7116 funeral services were held 2‘50 Friday afternoon of “hot guilty.” residence Sunday afternoon The case was given to the jury at at 2:30 with Dr. W. R. Turner in 10:50 in the morning after Judge W. I charge, assisted by Dr. D. J. Woods. H. Grimball of Charleston had de-i Interment followed in the Presby- livered what local attorneys describ-1 terian cemetery. A number of rela- ed as a masterful charge on the law tiyes, friends and acquaintances as to circumstantial evidence. ^.gathered for the last rites, with many According to the testimony of ap- lovely flowers banked upon his proximately 50 witnesses, Brigman i mound indicative of the love and es-> was mysteriously lured away from ( teem in which he was held, the Clinton public square the after-1 Active pallbearers were F. M. Bo ot June 10. The charred re-! land, George W. Copeland, L.B.Dill- - noon mains of his body, with a broken ard, W. H. Simpson, D. Dugas Cope- jawbone, werfe found exactly a week j land, Pierre Burdette, T. D. Cope- later in his burned automobile in a, land, Irby S. Hipp and J. Hamp secluded spot just off the Calhoun Stone. highway about nine miles from Clin ton. Mr. McCrary was a native of this county, and lived his entire life in Craine was arrested for the crime, Clinton. He was a son of the late July 12, and, when his case went to George B, and Emma Copeland Mc- trial Tuesday, he relied for defense j Crary, pioneer families of the com- on what the court described as ani mU nity. His wife, Mrs. Janie LitUe alibi testimony. The state placed him | McCrary, preceded him to the grave near the scene of the crime about two years ago. McCrary was a capable ac- the time it was committeed with what looked like a bloody spot on his back, but the defense presented a series of witnesses who testified to Mr countant and for many years was connected in this capacity with the |J. W. Copeland company. Later he his presence in Clinton about the was connected with the First Na- same time. I tional bank for several years. In re in its argument to the jury the | cent years, until forced to give up state admitted that it had to rely on, hj s work, he held a position with a circumstantial evidence. i government agency. In his charge to the jury Judge; Mr. McCrary was a lifelong mem- Grimball quoted supreme court opin- ber of the First Presbyterian church ions which said that where it is un- an£ } a member of its board of dea- dertaken by the prosecution in a; c bns. A man of Christian character criminal case to prove the guilt of the accused by circumstantial evi dence not only must the circum stances be proven but they must point conclusively—that is, to a mor al certainty—to the guilt of the ac cused. They must be wholly, and in every particular, perfectly consistent with each other, and they must fur ther be absolutely inconsistent with any other reasonable hypothesis than the guilt of the accused. Suspicion, however strong, does not suffice. Pos sible guilt, even probable, will not sustain a conviction of crime. Brigman, sometimes called “Blon- die,” was described during the trial as a taxi driver who also dealt in the sale of illegal whiskey and black market merchandise. Craine, also a taxi driver, testified that he carried passengers to Brigman’s house but there was no testimony that he had any interest in the sales. John Pitts Winner In National Contest In a contest sponsored by Swift & Company of Chicago, to select a stu dent to represent Clemson college at the National Fat Cattle show to be held in Chicago during December, Cadet S-Sgt. John H. Pitts, III, of this city, won first place. He will at tend the institute in Chicago for four days and then will go to the Nation al Fat Cattle show as guest of Swift & Company, with all expenses and entertainment furnished. His stay in Chicago will be more than a week. There will be one representative from each A. & M. college in the United States, all having been select ed in the same manner. They will attend the meetings, as well as the cattle show, in a group, returning to their respective colleges in time to get home for Christmas. John, who is celebrating his 18th birthday today, is a student in agri cultural engineering at Clemson. Now a sophomore, he will enter the junior class in February if not called into service before then. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pitts, Jr. and high ideals, kind,.quiet and un assuming in manner, he was a first- rate citizen who held the’ explicit confidence of all who knew him. His passing brings sorrow to many friends here and elsewhere. The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. R. P. Kapp of Co lumbia, and Miss Ella Little McCrary of this city, and two grandchildren. Gray Named Chairman Local Red Cross At a meeting of the county-wide executive committee of the Laurens county chapter, American Red Cross, on November 1, L. Russell Gray of this city was elected to the double responsibility of vice-chairman, of the county chapter and chairman of the Clinton branch. The executive committee was call ed on to accept three resignations and to fill the resultant vacancies. Rev. A. C. Holler, of Laurens, who has been actively connected with the chapter during the past seven years, resigned to enter a new field in the work of his church. C. P. Roper, of Laurens, resigned as vice-chairman of the chapter, and J. C. Thomas as chairman of the Clinton branch. The suggestion that a combination of the two positions might make for good integration of the chapter work was made by C. F. Fleming, of Laurens, and Mr. Gray was nominated for the dual position. Yancey Poole, of Laurens, was elected county president to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Holler’s res ignation. Rufus J. Cannon Killed In Wreck Rufus J. Cannon, 26, was instantly killed shortly after midnight Satur day in an automobile accident just beyond Sand Creek on Whitmire highway No. 72, four miles north of Clinton. The car, said to be occu pied at the time by Cannon and three other men, was headed in the direc tion of Whitmire when it left the highway and was badly damaged. The body of young Cannon was found' a considerable distance from the accident. An inquest will be held here Fri day afternoon at 4 o’clock by Coro ner Burgess. Officers stated that John A. Mc- Ninch, said to be an occupant of the car, was arrested'following the acci dent for investigation. Later he was released on bond pending the in quest. Quiet Thanksgiving Expected In City Last Rites Held For B. Y. Culbertson ^A day of rest and quiet will be 1 Laurens, Nov. 17. — Burley Young observed today by Clintonians in [culbertson, 74, clerk to the board of celebration of Thanksgiving, accord ing to a check made yesterday. | Scores, banks and business estab- nent in the affairs of lishments will be closed, and there Baptist association, died will be no rural. The two mills here and Joanna at Goldville, will operate as usual on era ays their regular schedules. i The funeral services were held at The Thomwell orphanage schools'New Prospect Baptist church at 3 .... __ - . 1 .1*. C* • , a*. J *k .-V , i , V 4 t’X s 4 mail deliveries, city or r % TH [county commissioners and promi- the Laurens died Saturday af ternoon at the Laurens county hos pital after a critical illness pf sev- will close for the day. The city sdhobls will be closed today and Fri day. Presbyterian college will ob o’clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. W. B. Bolt and the Rev. J. H. Kyzar. Interment followed in serve only Thanksgiving as a holi-11* 16 adjoining church cemetery. <c j a y | Courthouse officials served as hon- A city-wide union Thanksgiving orary pallbearers, service has been arranged by the Mr Culbertson was born in the Ministerial union for 9:30 this morn-j ^ om section of, Laurens county, the ing at the First Baptist church. Dr.! son of th e la te Pamelia Ann Godfrey D. J. Woods, retired Presbyterian an< I George Washington Culbertson, minister of the city, will deliver the 1 moved to Madden Station as a young man and lived there the rest of his life. Alexander Heads Social Agencies Bauknight Arrives To Succeed Kohler The Rev. P. L. Bauknight, pastor of Grace Methodist church in Union the past four years, arrived Tuesday to become pastor of Broad Street church. He succeeds the Rev. J. H. 'Kohler, transferred to Anderson by the recent conference. Mr. and Mrs. Bauknight and fam ily are now occupying the parson age adjoining the church. He will deliver his first sermon Sunday at the morning worship hour. Funeral services with military j serrnon . All denominations are invit- honors were held Tuesday afternoon ed to attend the service, at 3 o’clock at the home of the young ] Many are expected to spend the From 1909 until 1923, Mr. Cul-i herds EUROPEAN DEMAND FOR FOOD STAYS HIGH 9 » •* Another Big Crpp Year Seen for Farmers In the United States. Special to The Chrorticle. With heavy demands upon the ( United States impending,tot help tide | Europe through the next two critical years, the American farmer can look jto a strong market for his output. J-' Pointing up the big need abroad, Jj a^United Nation Relief and Rehabili* ^ jlion administration offic al recently estimated that no less than 90 mil lion European allies in urban areas faced starvation or malnutrition in the immediate winter alone unless nine million tons of foodstuffs were imported. Oh top of this, enemy countries, notably Germany, stand in need of food shipments to preyent death or sickness, threatening the well-being of occupation forces. Partly because of the tremendous overseas demands, the government reportedly plans to maintain over-alt farm production for 1946 at the same I level as last year, with decreases in some lines reflecting improved con ditions abroad offset by continued high output in other items still short elsewhere. In pointing out the extreme need of 90 million European allies during the coming months. Dr. H. C. M Case, an agricultural economics ex pert cff NURRA, declare^! that drouth coming on top of a drop in tillage caused by the war intensified the continental food crisis. As a result. Case said, domestic supplies will provide an average of only 1,200 calories daily this winter for the vast urban masses, whereas nutritionists generally agree that 2.600 calories constitute an accep table minimum diet. Hence, Case deduced, if the peo ple’s intake is to be increased to only 2,000 calories, some nine million toca of food will have to be imported. After studying conditions in Den mark, Holland, Belgium, Czechoslo vakia, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia and Norway, Dr. Case said that one of Europe’s most vital needs is for live stock feed to build up meat supplie* and dairy production. With demand for grain decreasing feed stocks, hogs and poultry nuir - bers have been cut by 40 per cent and cows by 25 per' cent. Not onl/ have meat animals been slaughtered at lighter weights, but scarcity of feed has also cut into dairy produc tion. To help replenish the depleted animal population, UNRRA has ship ped 2,400 milk cows to eastern and southern Europe so far, and plans call for substantial monthly deliver ies during the rest of the fall ami winter. Increased production of grains, vegetables and protein feeds by a partially reconstituted agricul ture in Europe next year should help in the development of meat and dairy man’s parents near here. Interment!day hunting, though there is a gen-I bertson was editor of The Laurens-! i n calling for continued high pro- followed in Rosemont cemetery. A| era i scarcity of ammunition veteran of World War No. 2, Cannon received his discharge from the ser-! kj Prnfpccnr On vice only three weeks ago after serv-i * iwicaavi wn ing three and a half years overseas. ColICQC FoClllty The deceased is survived by his j 3 parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cannon,! Prof. W. O. Foster has joined the Laurens County Baptist association ville Herald and for the past 21 years j duc ti on in i946 t the government ask- he was the clerk of the county com-; ed f or a wheat acreage equal to this missjoners office. He was clerk of; year’s. Current supplies are not ex- New Prospect Baptist church and, pected to meet demands through the taught the adult class. For the past i ti rs t half of 1946.-and needy nations two years he served as clerk of the I cannot hope for increased stocks be- and five brothers and eight sisters: Claude, Clyde, Roy, John Henry, and Presbyterian college faculty in the department of history. He holds M. A. William Cannon, and Mrs. Mary Lee degrees from Columbia university Allen, Mrs. Pearly McCarty, Mrs. [and the University of North Caro- Ethel Terry, Mrs. Dorothy Mobley, | ij na> and has completed resident re- Mrs. Lucy Craine, Mrs. Edna Liv-' quirements for his Ph.D: degree at ingston. Miss Florence’ Cannon Miss Janie Cannon. TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT and the University of North Carolina. He and was assistant clerk for 20 years. He was a Mason, a member of Pal metto Lodge No. 19. His wife, the former Miss Alma Bell Langston, died in 1908. Survivors include two sons, Thom as Burley and Harold Young Cul- Briar Hoppers, string band music performers heard over station WBT, Charlotte, will give an entertainment i RIWANIS MEETING OMITTED in Academy Street school on Tuesday evening, November 27, at 7:30, to which the public is invited. The show is sponsored by the school. came here from Georgia Military j ber * son ' one daughter, Mrs. J. T. Da- academy where he taught last year. ! v * s; and one sister Mrs. Lula Cheek. Mr. and Mrs. Foster are living on ~~ " the college campus in the buildir^jlWO New StOFCS formerly used as an infirmary.; To Open In City * The regular Kiwanis club meeting for today (Thursday) has been omit- J. J. Green, of Anderson, fore the next crop. In view- A ^f the government’s re ported plans for continued high live stock production, corn plantings will equal this year’s near record acre age, and somqr expansion will be forthcoming in pasture and cover crops. Having haryested the smallest cot ton crop in 60 years, farmers report edly will be called upon to increase acreage by five million acres. v With world sugar supplies estimat-\ ed to drop 16 per cent below re quirements in 1946, the government has [plans plantings of sugar beets from leased the building now occupied by 1 15 to..?0 per cent above (his year ted. The club will meet next Thurs day, the 29th, at the usual hour. fO . Beauty shop and Martin s: Thougra potato acreage may be shop effective January 1st , slightly* loweh, spring producers may The Rev. William C. Alexander, pastor ot the Ora and Head.Springs'N ew Methodist Associate Reformed Presbytenan j ^ /■* u •n churches, was elected president of rOStOr At GoldVlIlC the Laurens County Council of Social L • Agencies at the meeting Tuesday to The Rev. H. F. Bauknight and fam- succeed the Rev. Adlai C. Holler, who j ily arrived in Goldville Tuesday to has been president since the council’s occupy the Methodist parsonage. Mr. organization in November, 1943. Other officers are: J. Hewlette Wasson, first vice-president; Rev. Irf- Fred Harmon, second vice-president; Mrs. Sarah Dixon DeLoaoh, secre tary; Miss Louise Fleming, treasurer. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). MEATS AND FATS: RED STAMPS FI, Gl, HI, Jl, K1 now [to observe November 22 as a day of Bauknight comes from Central and St. John charge at Laurens to the Goldville charge.. The Rev. R. A. Hughes was transferred from Gold ville to the Butler circuit in the Greenwod district and left Tuesday with his family for his new assign ment. President Proclaims Thanksgiving Nov. 22 Washington, Nov. 19. — President Truman has called upon Americans good, expire November 30; LI, Ml, Nl, PI, Q1 now good, expire Decem ber 31; Rl, SI, Tl, Ul, Vl now good, expire January, 31; Wl, XI, Yl, Z1 and GREEN N*8 now good, expire February 28, 1946. SUGAR: Sugar a tamp No. 38 now good, expires December 31. national thanksgiving for -the bless ing of victory. _ - The President’s proclamation re quested that the people “give thanks with the humility of free men, each knowing it was the might of no one army but of all together by which we were afeved.” THANKSGIVING GREETINGS THE CHRONICLE extends to its large and appreci ated family of readers best of wishes^ fpr joy and con tentment on this happy family day. Geer’s j Barber I At that time the new lessee will open be asked Itf-'increase their crop by a ladies ready-to-wear store, occu-ll4 percent. Pying the entire building. 7 | With V-J day reestablishing access The Hampton Furniture company to Asiatic oi.l-bearmg crop regions, of Greenwood, has leased the build- the government pondered a 12 per mg on Pitts street adjoining M. S. cent slash in U. S plantings, greatly Bailey & Son,-Bankers, and until re-[stepped up after Pearl Harbor to cently occupied by t Ideal Bakery. | overcome losses from't astem -ources. They also plan to open their new ’ Both soybeans and Hax>eed would store the. first of the year. i be affected. Both of the buildings are owned' In an effort to get stockmen to.re- by the estates of M. S. Bailey andjduce the nation's -targe cattle popu- Fanme C. Bailey. Kohler Completes Posotrote Here The Rev. jf | lation to 78 million head w ith de- jmands remaining high, the govern- | ment plans a slaughter^ of 35 million in 1946 Large hog production al- : t" iiiy has been a.-k« d tb help bal- * : I a nee/he supply of meat through next Kohler conducted year at,-' While livestock ano hog produc- be maintained near 1945 he offing for in H final services Sunday morning Broad Street Methodist church, with tion will a large congregation present for his levels, a big cut [farewell message, after serving the chickens and egg's it church the past four years. [Turkey output ^iLso Mr. and Mrs. Kohler and two chil- for reduction. Jdren. John and Ann, left Clinton on With dairy official Tuesday, which had been designated year’s record milk prou .chon of 123 as moving day f >r Methodist minis- 1 billion pouifc- Star l.ioove peace-tune ters throughout the upper state con-j needs., withdrawal W subsidies mav vas reported, as scheduled ’iguring this frence, for his new appointment as pastor of St. John's church in Ander son. The departing Kohlers have many friends in the city whose best wishes will follow them to their home. trim iupplies Until \yorld mands, the board recomm lion pounds. balance de- allied food ed .the continuance of pooling for allocating foodstuffs, (Continued on page eight)