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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable Volume XLVII Shf (Elmtan (ttkanirle If You Don't Read I THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the Newi \ N \ Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 26, 1947 NEW HOTEL DRIVE Number 26 SUCCESS CLINTON Business, Professional Folks You Know J. ALDINE BLAKELY J. Aldine Blakely is one of the city’s highly regarded young men who has been identified with the business life of the community for a number of years. |Mr. Blakely is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John T. Blakely, a widely connected and highly regard ed family of this community. He was born five miles north of Clinton and moved here with his parents at the age of six. On January 1, 1934, with his broth er Ralph, Mr. Blakely entered the seed and .feed business here under the firm name of Blakely Bros. Seed Store. In June, 1943, a hardware store was added, at which time their brother-in-law, G. A. Burton, became a partner and the firm name was changed to Blakely-Burton’s Hard ware & Seeds. They occupy two store buildings on North Broad street and operate one of the most complete businesses of its kind in this section of the state. They also operate Tan- glewood Farm near here for the pro duction of vegetables and flower plants.. Mr. Blakely has always been iden tified with the civic life of the com munity. Duringj the war he served as a member of the local rationing board and gave liberally of his time to other war efforts and drives. He is a member of the Chamber of Com merce and pf Broad Street Metho dist church. He has faithfully served the latter the past eight years as sec retary of the board of stewards. Judge Robert A. Cooper Honored By Porto Ricans; To Reside In Laurens \ Laurens, June 21.—Former Gov+ ernor Robert A. Cooper, now a fed eral judge presiding over the res trict of Puerto Rico, arrived here from New Orleans and spent several days with relative sand friends be fore leaving Monday for Henderson ville in search of a place for him and Mrs. Cooper to spend a part of the summer. Judge and Mrs. Cooper landed several weeks ago at New Orlenas where they visited their son, Rob ert A. Cooper,. Jr., and family, in anticipation of his retirement from the bench whcih was due to have taken place May 15 after 13 years service in Puerto Rico. While here Judge Cooper said that his retiremeht had not entirely been realized and that it was possible that he would have to return to Puerto Rico to continue his duties unitl his successor, is appointed. When that will be, he said ,he did not know as his successor’s nomi nation had not yet reached the floor YOUNG PEOPLE'S GROUP AMONG FIRST CONTRIBUTORS TO COLLEGE ENDOWMENT Goes ‘Over The Top/ $132,520 Stock Sold Last Day's Report Brings Victory and Announce ment Received With Enthusiasm. All Workers and Hockenbury Organization Commended for Fine Job. Injunction Sought To Halt Lewis And Miners' Walkout Washington, June 24.—Government officials reported Tuesday night the justice department is investigating the sudden walkout of at least 168,- 000 soft coal miners to determine whether an injunction could be slap. One of the earliest contributors to retiring president. Charles Turner, of ped on John L. Lewis and his union the Presbyterian college endowment Winnsboro, at left, presenting the drive of $350,000 is the Presbyterian j check to President Marshall W. Young People’s leadership school i Brown at a conference breakfast This was reported as Representa tive Howard Smith, Democrat, of Virginia, told the house the new Taft- Hatley labor law may not.be suf- group, which^ collected $100 volun- Monday, Jijfne 16. . „ tarily from the members attending, The college's endowment drive of-i, ficient to sto P the “ national calamit y” of the United States senate where the conference at the college June fi c i a ii y opens in September. Howev- a coal strike - er, the young people attending the] Smith urged extension of govern- The newly elected president of the meeting wished to contribute toward, ment plant-seizing powers, organization, Miss Caroline Bearden, the establishment of an endowed pro. i Also, the National Coal association of Welford, at right, is shown with I fessorship of Bible at Presbyterian, said a full-scale national strike seems to be developing, apparently in “a clear violation" of the Taft- Hartley law. The bituminous coal pits will be under government operation until June 30 and the supreme court’s de- it would have to be confirmed. Judge Cooper’s retirement on May 15, whether actually accomplished or not.^vas made ai notable occasion in San Juan, the island’s capital city, when he was feted by his colleagues I _ , and friends and honored in several] COUIlly jIlGrGS rlindS different ways. | F or R 00( ] Building In a farewell ceremony held May 1 in the Federal building and at tended by the governor of the is land, Jesus T. Pinero, members of the supreme and district courts and distinguished citizens, he was pre sented with a solid gold watch as a token of appreciation of his ser vices to the island. On the same occasion ,the lawyers and personnel of the court over which he had pre sided gave him a portable radio and Mrs. Cooper a handsome silver pitcher. Three days later in the Sunday edition of El Mundo, the ciyt’s daily newspaper, there ap peared a full page eulogy of him written by A. Cecil Snyder, “fiscal”, of the district, correspondent to dis trict attorney in this county . County Gets $5,175 Gas Tax for Month Under Two- Programs Columbia, June 24—(Special to The Chronicle).—Laurens county has a balance of $699,500 remaining in its allocation for highway construc tion program “A,” and a balance of $154,900 in its allocation for construc tion program “C,” or the farm-to- market program, the state highway department reported this week. Laurens county’s portion of the $42,000,000 construction program "A," or three year federal aid pfcm, is $060,000. Of this amount, $401,- 200 has thus far been awarded in contracts by the state highway de partment, leaving a $699,500 balance for the county. Summing up his elaborate eulogy; allocation to Laurens county , . . . . .. . of Judge Cooper, in which he men-! of ^tith Carolina’s nine million dol- 1 ,!” . f 10101 v *. h ! cl * bc * n * e J 6 * 3 Columbia,* June - 24—(Special to The Chronicle)A total of $280,907 in gas tax allotments will be distrib uted in the state this month to the counties, according to State Treasur er Jeff Bates. Laurens county’s por tion of the allotment will be $5,175. In 1945 the general assembly pro vided for the present system of gas tax distribution. It provided that five of the six-cents-per-gallon tax 1 on gasoline be turned over to the state highway d.uprtzneftt and the other one cent distributed to the counties to be used exclusively for the con struction _*nd maintenance of the county rokds. Counties receive allotments in pro portion to the total sum received open for another injunction against the miners’ leader and United Mine Workers if the federal contract is broken by a strike. FINAL REPORT ON HOTEL , CAMPAIGN Division A— -*—r- P S. Bailey, Manager: Wm D. Adair $ 5.280 Perry^M. Moo?e ~ 2,860 E. M. Timmerman 7,:oo Division B— R. W. Boland. Manager: W. R. Anderson S 7.706 W. M McMillan 8.360 W M. Walker ... 12,540 Division C— H. L. Eichelberger, Mgr.: Archie Clark $ 6.160 W\ A. Johnson 4,180 R M Vance 4,400 Division D— C. C. Giles, Manager: Lynn W. Cooper $ 4.400 S. W’. Sumerel 3.740 Robert Wysor 8,800 Summary: Division A $15,840 Division B 28,600 Division C 14.740 Division D 16.940 Exec. Committee ... 56,400 v Grand total $132,520 Clinton's intensive campaign to sell stock for the erection of a new 40- Technically, the miners were put room inn-type hotel came to a suc- on their “good behavior” by the high! cessful close at Tuesday's mid-day court when it remitted all but $710,-j luncheon. When the final figures 000 of the $3,510,000 contempt of'were tabulated on the scoreboard court fines imposed by Federal udge} there 1 was a burst of enthusiasm on T. Alan Golds bo rough for the strike the part of the group of 76 men who tioned the attempt on the judge’s life after the lubizu case, Mr. Sny der closed with the following en- lar farm-to-market construction is '.collected from vehicles registered In last fall. The federal officials, who asked not to be identified, said the justice department attorneys were "looking into the current walkouts to find out whether the miners were idle of their "own volition" or under coach ing from Lewis or other union lead ers. had worked long and faithfully dur ing the past several weeks to bring the campaign to a successful conclu sion. There were two propositions sub mitted in the prospectus covering the proposed hotel. One was to sell $214,- 000 in, preferred and common stock to cover the entire cost of the pro- $285 e^ of"which $l C 30 1 700 UC has n al-i the count y- However, no county can! The Taft-Hartley act provides for posal, site, building, furniture and we* w.w. .wA.vytvrport’v hfm awarder! in rnntrarts ! rece * ve more than 2.17 per cent of! the g° vern ment to seek an injunc- fixtures, and financing and carrying comium: ..BU, the. n.,h audvMood ^ ^ ™ “4 Rev. J. T. Lawrence Hurt In Accident Rev. J. T. Lawrence, retired Meth odist minsiter of this city, was pain fully injured about the head and body last week near Lanford when the car in which he was driving alone turned over twice on the highway and pinned him inside. Another motorist passing by res cued him from the wreck and remov ed him to the Laurens hospital where he was gijgen first aid treatment and dismissed. His friends will be glad to know he is recovering at his home here. and spirit and soul of the man can ai: i ce f or ^j s construction program, never be adequately conveyed on | A - total of $18,350,555 has been^ ' ~ 7 7" paper ... all that has been writ- spen t South Carolina for federal The Smiths Attend ten seems superfluous ... It will be ^ projects under program “A,”ijul 00 f | n | A . CA w difficult to replace him in the court; leaving a balance of $23,383,244.!' v,cef m ~ ew •* erse y Contract awards total $3,997,050 in the state’s farm-to-market ocnstruc- it will be impossible to replace him in our hearts.” On the same day that the eulogy appeared in El Mundo the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the Polytechnic Institute of Puerto Rico. Judge Cooper —his middle'name Insurance Meeting is Archer—was born June 12, 1874, ® Dr. and Mrs. -Felder Smith, of Lau- strikes but the President would be] $1 28.400 in stock, 60 per cent of the required to appoint a board of in- $214,000 goal, with the remaining quiry to report to him first. That $85,600 to be provided by a mort- would require many days, and pos- g a g e or bond issue, sibly wekes. The final reports at Tuesday’s vie-' e justice department attorneys | t<jry luncheon showed that the mini- the f 3tio . n lmum goal of 1$28,400 had not oply tion project, levin, a balance V? * $4,189,550 available. Sumerel Attending Kiwanis Club To Give Barbecue The Clinton Kiwanis chib will give a barbecue on the armory grounds Thursday evening, July 10, at 7:30, to which the general public is invited. A bountiful dinner with all the trimmin’s will be served un der the expert cooking of Walter Lynch of Mountville. Tickets will sell for $1.00 a plate, with the proceeds from the undertak ing to be used for recreational pur poses in the community. Tickets may be secured frem J. H. Pitts, W. W. Harris, Reese Young, W. C. Baldwin, H. 6. Prince, J, C. Thomas, or any member of the club. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK Hmt inform yon as to chanc ing prices, where yon can sup ply your needs, where yon can shop to adrantace. BE WISE — READ THE ADS in the Ekom section of this county. He attended the common schools of his neighborhood but never attend ed college or law school. Partly self-educated, he began teaching school before reaching his majbrity and then came to Laurens where he read law in a private office and was admitted to the bar in 1898. His first public office was as magis trate of Laurens township for one year, and then in 1900 he was elect ed to the legislature. He served merman of this city, and Bill Dor- j tainec * without using the new law. a m ar gm of $4,120. The final figure ough of Quitman/Ga., are spending) An author of the Smith-Connally, reported i3 $132,520. There are some this week in Atlantic City, N. J., at . | wa r labor disuptes act, Smith pro-! p rospects the executive committee tending the annual meeting "Of the P° sed that congress extend for a year stated, not yet contacted that may Spurgeon W. Sumerel, local repre sentative of the Aetna Life Insurance American Optometric association and Women’s Auxiliary. Dr. Smith, secretary of the South Carolina Board of Examiners, is a from June 30 a provision in that act; further increase the total amdunt of empowering the government to seize stock in the project. Bonds will be strike-bound factories and mines. | issued for the remainder cost of the hotel. . -' Chairman R. L. Plaxico at the closing meeting expressed his public thanks to all wko had cooperated in the community effort, and said that company, is attending a meeitng ofj de * egate to the International Asso-{ KiWQltlS International the Aetna Life’s “corps of region-1 ciatlon of Boa rds of Examiners °r U on/ l IV nc naires” at the Grove Park Inn in ; °P tometr y mee ting «t the same Ume.‘ ( n eaa UICS suddenly Asheville, which began Tuesday and; Mrs - Sm *th, president of the South ( . "T TV , l. .u u will continue throueh Saturday Carolina Optometric Woman’s Aux-1 Members of the local Kiwanis club the achievement which represented The “corps of regionnaires" is an lliary - is a delegate to the, NatipnaL have been notified of the sudden i a lot of hard work would mean much organization with membership limit-! Auxiliary meeting. They Will rejurn death otJajnN. Emerson, their inter- 1 in the future progress of the city. He ed to leading representatives of the j tomorr0w - .. national president, on June 12. He also thanked the personnel of the Aetna Life who comply with rigid I “ requirements in sales and policy-1 BoyS In Baseball pasesd away. two terms and then was elected so- eighth qualification for the high hon- licitor of the district and served in or as one of his company’s most suc- that capacity for 12 years. In , 1918 i ce ssful agents, he was elected governor and re-} ^ elected in 1920 without opposition. While serving his second term he was appointed by President Harding as a member of the National Farm Loan Board. He was reappointed by President Coolidge in 1924 and served un^U 1927 when he resigned, was driving between Spokane and Hockenbury System of Harrisburg, Pullman, Washington, at the time heiPa., for the excellent manner in owner service. This is Mr. Sumerel’s 1' T LA a. W > y v which they conduc ted the campaign. League To Meet President Emerson was an out-, A rising vote of thanks and appre- standing leader in Kiwanis work.; ciation was extended Mr Hocken- remaining in Washington practicing law and Rlentifying himself with di rection of the Democratic National Committee whose efforts resulted in the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president in 1932. In 1934 he was appointed by President Roosevelt as judge of the Federal District of Puer to Rico, from which office he is now attempting to resign. Mrs. Cooper is now visiting her aunt, Mrs. John Calmes, in Colum bus, Miss., pending arrangements for their summer vacation and his period of retirement. Lakeside Country Club Names New ^Officers W. T. Bolt olt Laurens, was elected president of the Lakeside Country club at the annual business and so- Coach Wilmot Shealy requests ah having been elevated to the highest [bury and his associates for a job boys in the Class II baseball league office in the organization last year well done. (ages 8-11) from the Florida Street at Atlantic City, N. J. It would have At the mid-day luncheons the past school area, to meet there Friday been his duty to preside over the week, awards were made for the morning at 10 a. m. to formulate deliberations of the international largest amount of money reported plans for the season's play. (convention to be held in Chicago, 111., and. the largest number of sales. At from June 29-July 3. the final meeting W. M. Walker was A schedule is now being formulat ed for the youngsters. Team No. 1 will play at 4 p.m. and No. 2 at 10 cial meeting of members in the club a.m. building last Thursday evening. New directors to serve the coming year are: L. C. Barksdale, R. T. Wil son, Sr., and A. I. Mason, Laurens; C. W. Anderson, H. L. Eichelber- ger and Archie Clark of this city. Mr. Clark was re-elected secretaTy- treasurer. First Cotton Bloom From Copeland Farm The first cotton bloom of the sea son was brought to The Chronicle of fice Saturday mofhmg, iune 21, hav ing been picked froift the farms of Mrs/ George A. Copeland near the city. Merchants To Close Friday, July 4th Clinton merchants and* business firms, upon the recommendation of the Merchants conrunittee of the Chamber of. Commerce, will close Friday, July 4. It is expected that the holiday observance wilj be gen eral throughout the cityv The usual Wednesday afternoon closing during the week will be ob served, the cofnmittee states. Dr. Spencer Patient' In Greenville Hospital NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL cited as top salesman in the orgam- zation. He received an electric ironer for top sales the closing day. Pre viously W. M. McMillan, Mr Walk er and E. M. Timmerman had won radios as top salesmen. A papier- Our first responsibility is to our mache goat had been used during the large family of readers—to give you luncheon meetings to designate the Dr.. A. E. Spencer is a patient in! a complete, newsy, clean family man who "got the goat" of the other the General hospital in Greenville ■ ” ews P a P er - THE ^HRONICLE wants group managers. Mr. Walker was where he plans to undergo an oper ation within the next several days. His many friends he're and elsewhere will be sorry to learn of his illness and,unite in wishing for him a speedy recovery. to go into every home in this entire awarded the goat for keeps, and Union Service At Lutheran Church ——♦— The usual fifth Sunday evening service wiU be held Sunday evening at 8 o’clock at-jSt. John’s Lutheran church with the public invited. The sermon will be preached by ( Dr. D^. Woods, retired Presbyterian minister of the city. O community. We invite new subscrip tions. Thanks and welcome to those on our Honor Roll this week: CLINTON COACH CO.. INC., Lumberton, N. C. T5 HAROLD CAUBLE, Fort Eustis, Va. MRS. ROYCE SMITH, Ware Shoals. F. J. CARNES, MRS. JAMES JACKS, RFD No. 1 quickly sold it to Mr. Hockenbury for a $50 check. On a point system. Mr. Walker also had his pick of four gold watch es given away at the closing lunch eon. Watches also went to the fol lowing other high winners: E. M. ITimerman, Robert E f Wysor, III, and Archie Clark. ^ Thanks and appreciation were ex- j pressed in a rising vote to General i Chairman R. L. Plaxico, C. W. An derson, chairman of the executive MRS. JAMBS E. CAUGHMAN. f committee, T. E. Addison and J. Le- West Clinton. land Young, sales managers, and W. H. L. WRIGHT, iC. Baldwin, treasurer, for their lead- South Clinton. | (Continued on page eight)