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Thursdoy, Morch 6, 1947 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Lydia Scr^ts LAURENS INVALID SAVED MT. VERNON M By FRANK A. DICKSON (In The Anderson Independent) Page Seven (Contniued from page three) was presented a gift of silver. Guests included Mrs. James Sloan, The Girl Scout troop of the Lydia | community will sponsor a show, “Old; Hired Hands,” from station WIS, at' u n * the school building Saturday eve-i / A Portrait hanging in the hall of Mrs Lewis Mrs Roger Henry, ning, March 8, at 8 o’clock. the South Carolina Senate, that of i Mrs T j Leake) Mrs . j. N . , Ric h. An admission fee will be charged. Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham, a res- ardson, Misses Katrine Martin, Mary A basket of groceries will be given 1 ident of Laurens, keeps afresh the j Shedd, Irene Hipp, and Eloise Miller, the largest family present and a prize memory of this frail invalid of the awarded the oldest person attending.; Piedmont section of the state who! Miss Hammond was complimented j no over . a n p i an f or revision of ’the Tax experts here, both in and out -©I government, profess to see only danger in the GOP approach to the tax question. The charge has been Openly made on the floor of the house: and in both senate ancj^TtfOse'tfom-' mittees that the GOP leadership has' * iii. ..:n wjg l liu uvcr-ttii ui«n aui icvui tuc A^cake walK^wnl be a reature or tnei carr i e( j to a succe j58^ conclusion the on Wednesday afternoon when Mr s.; tax gtructure and that the plan fco. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR i campaign to preserve Mount Vernon' Lewis Pitts, Miss Mary Shedd and as a means of tribute to its distin-1 Miss Eloise Miller entertained at the NEW STOCK CERTIFICATE guished occupant, George Washing-' home of the former. , i. . , ,, , , .. . | A miniature bride and groom, Notice is hereby given that the un- ton, whose birth anniversary was «b- which adorned the mantel together dersigned owner of ten (10) shares served by the nation Saturday. merely reduce the individual income, tax indicates the GOP steering com-J mittee “is more interested in the vote-getting possibilities of tax re- of the common stock of Lydia Cot- i Miss Cunningham, who was bom flolwers, fashioned an appropriate ton Mills under Certificate No. 85, j n the year of 1816, became intense- setting for the party. Four tables with arrangements of early spring Auction than in the kind of tax re t’ Auction required to adjust the tax burdens to the over-all needs of the were arranged for heart dice, with, coun try.” prizes being presented Miss Mar- “It ie generally agreed that the excise tax system needs a thorough overhauling from the hurriedly im posed war-time tax rates and that will make application to Lydia Cot- j interested in Mount Vernon, sit- ,pn Mills lor th .ssuance ol ajjew |n4ted £ Flirf „ Countyi v lre ,ma, Ce !^2 C !j! .Sk' wHi.h'h^hin'o" ttw Potomac River, fifteen miles ■ tharene Pitts and Miss Irene Hipp ”s?or destroyed, such application to^lo- Washington, as a re.uit o, h«r I be made at the principal offices of mother s grief at seeing the former head also a bride . elect the Lydia Cotton Mills at Clinton, home of the first president neglect- j During the afternoon salad and' corporate taxes are likewise so high South Carolina, on Monday, April 21,:ed. The mother’s idea was: “Let the , sweet CO urse with coffee were served.! that in the opinion of many tax ex- i •i etc. SARA HARVIN. CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The Sthte of South Carolina, County of Laurens. By J. H. Wasson, Probate Judge: Whereas, William J. Sloan made suit to me -to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and Ef fects of Samuel R. Sloan. j women of America own and preserve i Mrs. Kenneth Salthouse, the fdt-1 perts, they constitute a serious de- | Ivlount Vernon!” ' mer Miss Nettie Finley, of Honea 1 terrent to business enterprise. “I will do it,” the daughter resolv- j P a th, and Mrs. S. N. Hammond, of j Earl Bunting, president of the Na- ed. % Batesburg, were out-of-town guests, j tj ona i Association of Manufacturers, .. „ ~ .J _ told congress this week that “in all Mrs. Roger Henry, Mts. J. Will!.,. f. , ... .. this nation s history there is no g comparable example of inability of $ S IN SPITE of her extreme weakness and the opposition at home to her launching such a gigantic undertak- Mts. j. Leake and Mrs. J. N. Richardson en tertained at the Henry .home with ing, the Laurens invalid managed to a Rummy party on Wednesday eve- operate her plantation, known as | ning for Miss Hammond. government to control its expendi-, ft tures. Whether the revised estimates S These are, therefore, to cite and Rosemont, in Laurens and at the same | The honoree was presented a cor- for the current fiscal year, or the g admonish all and singular the Kin dred and Creditors of the said Sam uel R. Sloan, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court Mount Vernon property of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. jp., on March 18, 1947 next, after publica tion hereof, at 10 o’clock in the fore time organize the women of the coun-1 s 3 # 6 nosegay. Picardy gladioli with try into a movoment to raise no less lal ! lightad tapers were used in deco- than *200,000 for the purchase of the ratlon ' Scor<i pn2es were awarded initial estimates for the fiscal year Miss Katrine Martin and Miss Eloise frightening Miller. The bride-elect and Mrs. B. Her extreme modesty led her to C. Ferguson, a recent bride,^ were sign herself as simply “The South-1 presented remembrances of the oc of 1948 are considered, the situation $ revealed by the President is equally S frityhtpninir !.♦ The great-in flat ions of history did § not develop because leaders of gov- $ Mgii nerseii as simply i ne oouLn- picscuicu i ciuemui ui me uc- . , * **♦ ern M.ttron” durina the first year 1 cation. Later in the evening a salad, 'enment planned it that way, but it noon] to show'cause,^H'any they.have, «< the project. In 1860, when tt>« I cour ^' sandwiches and hot lea were ! f‘‘ *"7, | why the said Administration should I mansion-house and two hundred acres j se2g ■ * . ' ... , ***” j'i not be granted. / Given under my hand this 4th day of March, A. D., 1947. J. HEWLETTE WASSON, 13-2p J. P. L. C. * SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE ^The Paper Everybody Reads” v- • At Long Last We Have In Stock: A Good Assortment of LIGHTING FIXTURES VIKING AUTOMATIC WATER HEATERS Fuel Oil and Electric DEEP WELL - PUMPS Convenient Terms ATTIC FANS Install Now—Pay Later. No Increase Over Last Year. OIL CIRCULATING HEATERS BATH TUBS LAVATORIES KITCHEN SINKS Cabinet Models and Double Compartment Showers FLOOR FURNACES STOKERS OIL BURNERS AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC -1 IRONS Priced To SeU W&ITE AND PLASTIC TOILET SEATS I . MEDICINE CABINETS T. C. Johnson Company Phone 4-J of the original estate was fast fall ing into decay, Mount Vernon was purchased by the Mount Vernon La dies’ Association of the Union with Edward Everett raising much of the money in- the North. * In 1874, at the age of 58, Miss Cunningham resigned the Regency of < [ the association which she had found ed in 1853 for the purpose of re storing the old Washington estate as ! Mrs. Hammond and Mrs. Salthouse were also guests on this occasion. Head of Woman's Work On Methodist Hour improvident policies of government . . . are voided only when men of responsibility and stature, working || in the public interest, look squarely at all the facts and make th».«deei- sions which have to b^'made if fiscal order is to be preserved,” Bunting Mrs. J. D. Bragg, national presi dent of the Woman’s Society qf s®id. On the labor front there seems to be a growing sentiment for a limi tation on industry wide bargaining. Testimony before the labor commit tees indicates that this practice, al though defended by labor, make 1 Christian Service, St. Loufc, Mo., wiil be the speaker on The Methodist Hour March 9 at 8:30 a.m. EST. As president of the woman’s work far as’ possible to its condition in the j 0 f the Methodist church, Mrs. Bragg days of the “Father of Our Country” represents 1,317,732 women who are and keeping it sacred to his memory, organized into 27,065 societies. These i The state of Virginia had agreed to , women during 1945 raised $4,850,000 \ work to the disadvantage of labor m qxempt the estate from taxation’as ' 10 su PP° rt home and foreign mission-,ro an y cas « s - Evidence was intro- w lorig as these conditions were main-If* endeavors of their church. With duced to show that this is a case in § uine{ l j home mission work in every part of j both the hosiery industry and the » AiTnE<K.Ta • ... . "V 11^6 United States and missionary ac- West Coast paper and pulp industry. • „ V v m , ' I“Vltr in every mission field notedi|» these industries, lot.l umons, affi. iE|. . lr \ r , oun . d ' dor !. 02 SOrne Methodist church, the women tiated witlwinternational unions, hav. joined General Washington in death of this church carry on an active pro gram of education and social service. Ab indicatoin of the work they sup- ... ,. , .. .. First Presbyterian Church in Colum- ; port is this: they support 535 (oreign | f** 11 "* h '* h V w ? lrea than ,f o bia is reproduced her portrait that 1 missionaries wh <> are teachers, doc- ted to bar & ai n alone - < h Jiangs in the hall of the South Caro-' tors ’ nurses > evangelists, Bible teach- ^ ers and workers in these foreign fields. "Mrs. Bragg will speak on “Of Such is the Kingdom.” She can be heard at 8:30 over station WSPA, Spartan burg. I in 1875, when 59 years old, and on 1 her tombstone in the cemetery of the lina Senate. Following Washington’s death in 1799, Mount Vernon passed to his widow, while upon her death in 1802 his nephew, Bushrod Washington, came into its possession. With his death in 1829, it went into the hands of his nephew, John Augustine Wash ington, who devised it in 1832 to his protested that industry-wide collec tive birgaining prevents them from If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get the News ‘The/ Paper Everybody Reads' Forest Fires Are Charged To widow, by whom it was devised three | CoreleSS Burning years later to their son, John A.; Washington. Full y 50 P er cent ^ 1116 acreage ■ By hie father’s will he was au-! durned ° ver b >' ( >" s county thorized to sell Mount Vernon to the last wcek were caused carelMS ! HARD-TO-GET ITEMS — Pencil Sharpeners, Letter Folders, Loose- leaf Binders and Sheets. Whatever ft your office needs, call 74. Chronicle S Publishing Co. ft United States government, and so in 1847 he offered the property for $100,000, which offer was turned down. TODAY the rooms of the mansion, ! burning in fields, according to a re- ^ : porj made by J. Shaw Madden, county forest ranger. He reported eigth fires and 99 acres burned over. Workers in the fields, he said, did not take the proper care to plow'around standing on a bluff overlooking the j tbe brush, y river, contain .much of the furniture Other fires, he said, were caused which General Washington and his family used, and lost furniture .has j been replaced by other historic fur-1 niture in keeping with the style pre- valent in Washington’s day. Miss Cunningham’s dream has come 1 true. by smokers dropping rpatches on dry grass on the road shoulders. FLORIDA FRUIT DELICIOUS TREE-RIPENED Shipped Express Prepaid Oranges and Grapefruit Direct from my Grove A full 55-lb. CD DC bushel $3.32 EDMA M. ALRICH R. F. D. 1 County Plans For Conservation Meeting D. F. Patterson, chairman of Lau rens County Soil Conservation Dis trict Supervisors, presided at a meet- j BRADENTON, - - FLORIDA ing of supervisors, community lead- Check or Money Order, Please ers, county agents and Soil Conser vation technicians in the Agricul tural building last Friday afternoon to .plan a series of meetings on soil conservation during the month of March. All meetings are to be held at school houses for white farmers at 7‘30 p.m. The tentative dates and schedules are as follows: Trinity Ridge, March 7T ’ Hickory Tavern, March 10; Mountville, March 12; New Prospect, March 13; Ora Com munity Center, March 14; Cross HiH, March 17; Waterloo, at Center Point school, March 19; Youngs, March 20, Gray Court-Owings, March 21; Pop lar Springs, March 24; °Greenpond, March 26; and Lanford, March 27. Free motion picture! will be shown at each of the meetings. All white farmers who hove joined the Soil Conservation Organized Community Programs and others interested in soil conservation work are invited to attend. Meetings for Negro farmers are being scheduled as soon as pos sible, according'to County Agept C; B. Cannon. Well Do It... Window Washing House Cleaning Yard Work Hauling Jobs — Call — Spencer Dormitory > Phone 9275 Between 8 and 9:30 A. M. and 6: and 8 P. M. ASK FOR JIM JOHNSON j " or / ’ ALLEN POOL 1 I ii 1 SUBSCRIBE tO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody FOR YOUR HEATING OIL ‘ - . \ ...Coll... Gulf Oil Corporation Phone 21 J. A. ADDISON, Distributor LEMON SALE! Friday-Saturday Only — -«* Why go to Greenville for a Lemon Sale? We have one here. We are just tired of looking at these items^-take advantage of our loss. -1 T " ELECTRIC HEATERS —30% OFF G. E. Cozette , Trilmont FLASHLIGHTS, 2-cell, plastic and metal cases, were $1.19, now 79c ELECVRIC RAZORS, nationally advertised, were $17.50, now $14.00 Boy Scouts, Look— CHESTLITE, was $1.89, now 7.... $1.39 BIKE ACCESSORIES— Ivory Chain Guards, were 89c, now 59c Kick Stands, now 49c T Stewart Warner Bicycle Speedometers, were $4.50, now ... $3.49 Handle Bar Grips, poir 29c 4 WAX DISPENSER, automatic, these are made to last, were $2.59, now $1.95 » . "EMERY WHEELS, 2 of these left, $8.95 value ft^r $6.00 GENUINE PYROIL 'A', quart cans, regular price $1.50, now $1.05 We have an over-stock of this size. Keep your motor in tune. DROP CORD WIRE, 18-gouge, 980 feet, wos 4c foot, now ......' 2c GENUINE SHEEPSWOOL SPONGES, first quality, were $2.39, now $1.00 These are ’way below our cost For The Kiddies TRICYCLES, ball-bearing wheels and pedals— i - these are good tricycles. See them now. Were $27.95, now $20.00 SCOOTERS, were $5.95— take your pick $3.00 SMALL SCOOTERS, were $2.95, now j $1.75 ALL-METAL CHILD'S SWING, wos $7.95, now $4.95 ELECTRIC TOASTERS, attractive chrome finish, OPA $6.10, now $3.89 .. ' A HEATING PADS, good quality, one year guarantee, OPA $5.45, now .... $4.39 RECORD PLAYERS—regular price OPA $43.19—$49.95 now $35.00 We have 5 of these in stock—first come gets them RADIO AERIALS, outdoor, Philco, $3.00 value for $2.00 ELECTRIC IRONS, automatic, 3 in stock, one year guarantee, OPA $9.95, now .... $7.49 This merchandise is all new and first quality. Take advantage of our loss—moke it your gain YARBOROUGH OIL COMPANY GOODYEAR STORE V.