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Page Eight ■ i ' :v m L THE CLINTON CHRONICLE - /. Tkuaday, idoy, Junt 5; 1947 <* HT" Young People's Leadership School Here Next Week The annual Young People’s Lead ership school of the Presbyterian eynod of South Carolina will open at Presbyterian college Monday eve ning, June 9. Approximately one hundred land fifty young people from the eight presbyteries of the eynod are expected to attend, the group will include the officers of Synod's Young People’s council, the Several County Corporations Chartered Columbia, June 3—(Special to The Chronicle). — Four new Laurens county business concerns, with a total capital amounting to' $2,298,000, have been issued charters since the beginning of the year by W. P. Blackwell, South Carolina’s secre tary otf state. Joanna Cotton Mills Company of Goldville, was chartered for two million dollars by George K. Bow- 135 Traffic Accidents In County Last Year, Nine Persons Killed officers of the young people’s c’oun- • den and Louis Linton Dent, of Chi- cil of the presbyteries of the synod ca 8°. on March 3 . and representatives of the Pres byterian organizations of the sev eral colleges and universities of the state. The leadership school is spon sored by the young people’s council of the synod of which Charles Turn-, er of Winnsboro, and Davictsdn col lege, is president, and assisted by the adults advisors of the council, the Rev. Russell W. Park, of Lake City, and Miss Eva Harris of this city. Among the leaders and instructors who will have part in the leadership school will be: Rev. James Over- holser of Greenwood, the vesper speaker each evening. The Bible hour will be led by the Rev. L. P. Burney, regional director of religious education; leaders of Bible groups will be: Rev. C. K. Dogulas of Wal terboro: Rev. Ellison Smythe A Clinton concern, Baldwin Motor Company, was chartered at a $25,- -000 captial by Mrs.^Lucia M. Bald win, W. C. Baldwin, Jr., and Harry E. Baldwin. For Laurens the Com munity Hotel Corporation was chart ered by C. F. Fleming and^Sarah D. Deloache at $250,000, and^Ttoidall j Chevrolet Company with a $20;900 capital by E. A. Randall and Jrfrs. Carolyn E. Randall. Plans Go Forward On Hotel Project Columbia, June 3.«*-(Special to The Chronicle).—A slight decline in the cost of traffic accidents in Laurens county since 1941 is evident in a re port last week from the state high way department. In the last pre-war year, 1941, $115,100 was the approximate traffic accident cost in Laurens county, and in 1945 $73,600 was the estimated cost. Last year accident costs to taled $102,500. The number of ac cidents in Laurens county last year were 135, with 85 injuries and nine deaths as a consequence. Like traffic costs, though, the death rate in Laurens county is on the decrease. Traffic accidents on the highways and streets of Laurens county in 1941 killed 13 persons. There were eight fatalities in 1945, afitTlast year U\e total was nine. Traffic accident costs are down in South Carolina since 1941. Last year estimated accident costs were $6,333,200, as compared to 194rs $6,- 477,700. The cost was in comparison lower, although still way up, in 1945, amounting to $4,191,500. Fa tali ties in 1946 likewise showecjrra slight decline over the last pre-war year, a total of 650. In 1946 the number of deaths was 678. It was 450 in 1945. The largest number of drivers in volved in accidents were 20-29 years of age. In this age bracket were 41.2 of all motorists having traffic accidents. Only 8.3 per cent of the drivers in the 15-19 age group’ were involved in accidents. Defective brakes or lights were found on 460 of the vehicles in last year’s accidents. A total of 756 ve hicles were defective. Drunken driving more than doub led the number in 1941. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLI “The Paper Everybody Reads” (Continued from page one) “The Clinton Lions club believes that if Clinton is to be a model city in 1950, we must have a 1950 model of 1 hotel. We heartily endorse the pro- Hartsville; Rev. Russell W. Park of! gram now being launched to build Lake City; Rev. Van Arnold of Beneca; and Rev. Hugh Hamilton of Gaffney. Other instructors of classes will in clude; Rev. Kenneth Phifer of Rock one. E. M. Timmerman, of Group three, : in Division A, has announced his 1 committee as follows: Dillard Milam, j W. G. King, Jr., G. W. Hollingsworth, Hill; Rev. E. Wilkinson of Winns-1B. R. Austin, Thomas Baldwin, and | boro; Rev. W. H. Boyd of Ware! W. A. Moorhead. This puts Mr. Tim- Shoals; Miss Jane Chamblee of Co-j merman at the top of the list as be lumbia. Associate Regional Direc-! ing first in securing his group work- tor of Religious Education, Mrs. Hu-■ ers. bert Wardlaw of Conway, formerly of Clinton; Miss Wista McElveen of Kingstree; Mrs. J. M. Williams, Jr., of McConnellsville; Mrs. W. R. Good- son of Ridgeway; and Robert Kak- kema, of Durham, Nr C. , All exercises of the conference will be held at the college except Sunday morning worship which will be in the First Presbyterian church when the pastor, Dr. W. R. Turner, will speak. ‘ The conference whll close with a consecration service late Sunday eve ning and the delegates will leave Monday morning, June 16. WE REPAIR REPAINT and RETIRE Tricycles, Wagons, Scoot ers, Baby ORrriages and Strollers NEW ANJ) USED BICYCLES FOR SALE COOPER’S Bicycle Shop 49 N. Adair St.—Phone 210-M > ' Pv- GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Receive Degrees At University of S. C. G. N. Foy, superintendent of the Joanna schools, Goldville, received a master of arts degree at University of South Carolina graduating exer cises this week. John William Norris of this city, received the bachelor of science de gree. PROMISE COPELAND REUNION Mrs. Ben W. West of Terre Haute, j Ind., and Mrs. W. H. Stover of Day-j Iona Beach, Fla., were here Saturday! enroute to Spartanburg where a re^ j union of the late Frank Copeland family was held at the Cleveland hotel on Sunday. MID-STATE LEAGUE STANDING As of June 2 Watts 13 4 .765 Whitmire 10 5 .667 Joanna 10 6 .625 Laurens 9 6 .600 Riverdale 7 5 .583 Mollohon . 5 12 .294 Clinton 4 12 .250 Newberry .... 2 14 .125 Where they play Friday, June 6: Joanna at Mollohoh. Laurens at Clinton. Newberry at Riverdale. Whitmire at Watts. Saturday, June 7: Mollohon at Whitmire. Clinton at Joanna. Laurens at Newberry. Riverdale at Watts. Wednesday, June 11: Mollohon at Watts. Clinton at Newberry. Riverdale at Whitmire. 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