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■. u U -v .. A . > 'i m ■ / ■'■4 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read' ^ THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News 4 Volume XLVII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 3, 1947 Number 27 CLINTON Business, Professional Folks You Know i : i ■A •4 1 L E. BISHOP BIGGEST BUDGET AND TAX LOAD IN STATE'S HISTORY Columbia, July 2.—South Carolina state government began a new fiscal,j year today with the biggest budget and heaviest taxes in its history. Largest single contributor to the record budget of $95,168,489 was a 25 per cent average raise in state i aid pay to public school teachers. Bulling the tax take to expected new heights was a new graduated tax on liquor dealers’ maximum ! profits, plus increased taxes on beer | and wine. • Held up by Gov. Strom Thurmond i was a $10,000,000 institution andj college expansion act still requiring, i his signature to become law. Should; he sign it, the budget would hiti $102,500,000. Pending the expansion act be coming law, the state entered the new fiscal year with an approxi mate $9,500,000 surplus. Should the act be signed into law, the surplus would be cut to $2,000,- 000, as it would repeal a $5,000,000 hospital act of 1946, substituting $1,- 700,000 for distribution to counties from the surplus The teacher pay raise passed by the .1947 General Assembly became Lester E. Bishop, druggist, and mayor of Clinton, adopted Clinton as his home 12 years ago and during that time has contributed in numer-j effective today, putting in operation ous ways to the advancement of the | a permanent scale of salaries based community. Dr. Bishop was born at Pacolet in Spartanburg county. His parents moved to Laurens wh.en he was a lad ten years old. After graduation from high school, he attended Converse on experience and jrofessional train ing. ' j Th state’s retirement act became fully operative for the first time, and the deadline for employes to enter the system was reached. School of Commerce at Spartanburg. I Henceforth, new employes must en- He entered The Medical College of South Carolina in Charleston, from which he graduated in pharmacy in ter, old employes are barred. A hospital regulatory act also be came effective today, with a $10 an- r > (1914 as an honor member of his class.. nual license payable to the state, He then entered the drug business j and board . of health requirements • in Laurens where he was associated to be met henceforth on penalty of with Dr. R. R .Walker until the lat- losing a license. Existing hospitals ter’s death in 1934. For the next were given a year to meet require- year he held a traveling position with ments. the Tablb Rock Laboratories of The new graduated profits taxes Greenville. Dr. <Bishop and W. M. Walker moved to Clinton in November, 1935, when they purchased Smith’s Phar macy from the estate of Dr. E. Mood Smith. They have successfully con ducted the business as joint owners since then. Dr. Bishop served for sixs years as a member of the South Carolina Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, and was its chairman 1934-35. In 1932 he was elected presidnt of the South Carolina Pharmaceuticaf asso ciation, and was re-elected the fol lowing year. In March of this year he was elected president of. the Eighth District Pharmaceutical asso ciation, an office he had prveiously held. He served as a lieutenant colo nel on the staff of Governor Ran- some Williams. Since the organization of the Lau rens County Board of Public Welfare he has served as a member and its secretary. Dr. Bishop is a member of the Clinton Kiwan|s club and Chamber of Commerce, having served the lat ter for two years as president. He Is a member of the local Masonic lodge and Hejaz Shrine. His church affiliation is with the First Baptist church. He is a member of its board of deacons and church clerk. During'World War No. II he served as local chairman, of all Bond drives, with the city’s quota over-subscribed in all campaigns. In June last year Dr. Bishop, at the solicitation of friends, offered for mayor and was elected for a two year term. Dr. Bishop married Miss Katie R. Rickman of Henderson bounty, N. C. They are now occupying their attrac tive new home on Walnut street. Dr. Bishop’s hobbies are baseball and football, and he always manifests an interest in athletics and recrea tional activities. He gives liberally of his time to every effort for the progress and betterment of Clinton. TextiJ# Plonifc ftere Close For Fourth The Clinton Cotton Mills and Lydia Cotton Mills closed down yes terday morning for the Fourth. The holiday season will continue until Monday morning when the plants will resume‘operation on their regu lar schedules. on liquor dealers failed to have the effect, predicted by opponents of the tax, cutting down the number of dealers, the tax commission said. Three were 775 retail stores li censed, compared with a like num ber during the past year, and nine wholesalers of .13 eligible were ,r*r , r . . . licensed, with two more expected to LOnTraCC LCi rOr be licensed. Push flans For^ Laurens Hater The Glorious Fourth : In Goldville Program Presented by Joanna Foundation Morning — 10 to 12 CLIMBING THE GREASED POLE . SACK RACE POTATO RACE EGG THROWING CONTEST 3-LEGGED RACE -:- . SHOE SCRAMBLE HUSBAND CALLING CONTEST , SPOON RACE -:- BACK-TO‘BACK RACE PIE EATltfG CONTEST PENNY SCRAMBLE -:- GREASED PIG RACE Noon CHARLIE COLEMAN’S FAMOUS BARBECUE Afternoon — 2 to 5 “AQUATIC CARNIVAL” Races — Stunts — Novelties Exhibition Swimming and Diving Night — 8 to 10:30 From Club House to Clark Field “ALL SPORTS PARADE” BASEBALL GAME Joanna Bees vs. Mollohon Bees Brief History Of Presbyterian College From 1947-48 Catalogue Publish- This Month. \ HEADS LIONS CLUB j Heroic consecration and humble re-J ligious faith have animated Pres- j byterian College since its founding ! over a half-century ago. At first this institution was largely the en terprise of a single person, the Rev- e’rend William Plumer Jacobs, who was born in 1842, and died in 1917. During the War Between the States, 1 Dr. Jacobs came to Clinton directly from Columbia Theological Semi nary and had been pastor of the i local Presbyterian church for eigh teen years when the College was i 'organized in 1880. At the outset| | the college utilized educational facil- j ities available at Thornwell Orphan-j age and the Clinton High School T. E. ADDISON Association and undertook to ful-. . fill its collegiate aspirations by sup-i Tom Addison, owner of Dixie - i plementing with a wider range and erages. Inc., took over the president | larger teaching force such education-i°^ the Lions club July 1, a position al work as they already carried on; to which he was named seven! in the town. weeks ago,- succeeding Tom Plaxieo, ....... i. 'who served for the past year. The first name of the institution ... , , .. was Clinton College; however, ill ° ther 0,,,c " s 10 serve ,or t ‘’ 8 was changed to The Presbyterian en ^ ulng - vea ^ are n ! College oi South Carolina by the 1 V,ce-Pres,dents: D charter of 1890. The original plans; of ownership and management by the i officers and pastors of the local O. Rhame, P. L. Bauknight and E. M Timmerman. Secretary: Lewis Pitts. Treasurer: Francis Blalock. Lion Tamer: W. M. Walker. Tail T.wister: S. Y. Adair. Directors: B. O. Whitten and P. S. Bailey. Presbyterian church were expanded in order to permit election of trus-' [^tees by the- Presbyteries of the Sy-j nod of South Carolina, at that time ; six in number. ! T f ^ f ^74 f During the ten years when the‘in- L»OUnfy JpCIlt i stitution was a locally owned and On Lunch Program supported enterprise, several u^P 01 ^-' n«»ri»*rt Ps«e+ Yostr ! ant changes had taken place. The ! UUr,n 9 • COT ; College had built its own large three ! story building which was afterwards |sold to Thornwell Orphanage. The teaching force had been increased, Columbia, July 3—(Special to The Chronicle).—W. H. Garrison, di rector of the school lunch program and the older classical and literary) of the State Department of Educa- curriculum had been modified, tion, has announced that Laurens Young college and university grad uates added to the faculty imparted the impact, vitality, and progress of modern educilion^. Attendance county had $74,510 available for the program during the past school year# Mr. Garrison pointed out that all of the state’s counties spent within a Todd Heods Cotton Laurens, July 1.—Surveying of . .. . T e w i the C. H. Armstrong tract on Church hoimfr. accor* n *_t 0 _J._S._ W.l- Lourens-Borksdale Link Group In County Columbia, July 3—(Special to Thej B. R. T. Todd of the Narnie com- Chronicle)—Bids were received by|munity, was elected president of the the State Highway Department this [Laurens One-Variety Cotton Im- week on a road Work project in Lau- had grown without interruption, and hundred dollars or so of funds they a number of young alumrii were al-1 received during the year. The figure ready preaching the Gospel. j was compiled in the yearly report of The next fourteen years (18 9 C J the program now being prepared. 1904) mark a second era in the life of | Th V ^nment appro ve Cbllege. The joint ownership I f r, * ted Laurens count y fjr and management between a loca i f ° od and ^ 644 «l^P™ent. Lau- bpard and Presbyterial Trustees! r ens _ count y appropriated no funds gradually secured through various agencies the increased confidence of for the program although $2,461 was received from the state. A total of street is progressing as plans for early construction of the Laurens ho tel go forward. The present surveying is being done by J. A. Yeargin, local civil engineer, and C. W. Fant of Ander son, architect, is going ahead with the working plans for the 50-room $250,000 structure. rent community Hotel corporation Meanwhile, directors of the Lau- have signed an agreement with William R. Flory of Harrisburg, Pa., head of the Genoble hotel chain. for operation of the local hostelry when it is completed. The hotel will be planned along lines recommended by Mr. Flory, whose organizatior. oow has operational control of 26 ho tels in the United States. The Armstrong property fronts 233 feet on church street and was recently purchased for $15,000. Wharton Serving As Acting Supervisor County Commissioner John H. Wharton of Waterloo, is substituting for Supervisor Ldhder B. Stoddard 1 during the latter’s illness. Mr. Whar ton is serving, he stated, at the re quest of Mr. Stoddard. Mr. Stoddard’s, many friends in the county will regret to know he has liamson, chief highway commission er. The project consists of the grad ing and bituminous surfacing with sheet asphalt at 1.043 miles and also the grading and earth type surfacing of 5.475 miles on U. S. route 276 from Beauford street in Laurens to Barksdale. Low bidder on the first alternate method of surfacing, cold laid sheet asphalt binder and surface course, was the E. H. Hines Construction company of Greenwood at $314,621.- 29. The low bid was accepted by the highway commission. provement association at a fanners’ Presbyterians in the state. Early j f 37,21 ® ^ J°" 1 trlbut ? d the coun ' cr/the nineties the nucleus of the * scho0 ^ dren ° the P"*™" ♦neeting held in Laurens last week. J. G. Roy of the Oak Grove com present campus was acquired. Alum- and meals sold to adults netted $2 044. The school districts alloted r munit* i wi •» «*> *•«»■>«««■» u>«i and J. W. Tinsley oi the Trini.ili^ovemenu wete made; . Ridge community, seretary-treasurer.I ernized co ^ege curriculum was set, —v. w j « ji a i a j t^P- together with the introduction' The iwtard of directors elected con.T^, aUl , etic and student activltiM S.S.S of the .hove named officers and By another chan , e 0( charler in 1904, the institution came into full possession of the Presbyterians of the state. Immediately .great en largements were made. The Admin- Homer Owens and W. B. Ramage, Laurens Routes 1 and 2. The purpose of the association is to encourage the production of a It was estimated that approximate-, ' ly $2,406 was . the value of locally donated food and services. The wel fare department, the county AAA, and the home farm agency were es pecially mentioned' as aiding the lunch program in Laurens county.. single variety of cotton, in order that, istration Building, Judd Dining Hall; the length, uniformity and quality of the fiber may be improved. Rural Mail Carriers To .Meet In Charleston Joanna Employees Given Week's Vacation and Laurels Hall were erected. Un fortunately, President Neville, who had inaugurated this hopeful era, | died ia-1907. It was five years later I _ that Dr. D. M. Douglas became 1 Em P lo y** s of the Joanna Cotton president. During his administra- ! Mills com P an y. Goldville, are enjoy- tion the College considerably ex- j a vacation this week. iThe mills L. S. Griffin of Central, president; panded, acquiring an appreciable c ^ ose( f l 35 * Saturday at nqon and will of the South Carolina Rural Letter part of the property valued today a t| resuJT,e operations on Monday morn- Carriers’ association, stated while in more than a million dollar^. [ in ^’ 3uly 7 - va cation, following the city yesterday that their annual | The College entered upon a new! ®!! a n ^^ hed CU * to, ?’ 11 is exte " ded convention wiU be held in Charles- system of control in 1928, when the employees with full pay, Vice- been ill several weeks. He was re-1 convenience without cost, the pas- Baptists Attending Fuller Meeting Large numbers of Baptists from this city and community, and mem bers of other denominations are at tending the Fuller revival services which opened in Laurens Sunday) ton on July 10-12 with headquarters Synods of South Carolina and Geor- evening and will continue for two weeks. Dr. Ellis A. Fuller, president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, in Louisville, Ky., who is well known here, is doing the preaching with interest and attend ance growing daily in the services. The First Baptist church has se cured a bus for tfee duration of the Association-wide revival and those who do not have cars are invited to take advantage of this transportation at the Frances Marion hotel. The gi a authorized the choice of trustees convention will include full pro-! by both synods. This meant an ex grams for the carriers group, the la-; pansion of influence, support, and dies auxiliary and junior orgamza-j peonage. Dr. John McSween, dur- lion, in addition to entertainment ing seven years of service as presi- features. dent of the college, greatly increased Niles C. Clark of Waterloo, who its sphere of service and influence hat been active in the work of the) Dr WUUam p Jacob CIinton | association for a numbe'- of 1 . ’ * t is its secretary-treasurer President W. A. Moorhead, stated yesterday, and will amount to $50,- 000. " .— NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL moved last week from the Laurens hospital to his home in the Owings community. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK They Inform yon m to chang ing prices, where you can rap- ply your needs, where you can shop to advantage. BE WISE — READ THE ADS Delegates Attending Auxiliary Meet Mrs. James Gray and Mrs. Frank Kellers are representing the Woman’s Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church at the annual- auxiliary con ference which opened Tuesday in Montreat, U. C., and will continue through the 8th. Mrs. D. E. Mat thews is representing the Thornwell Memorial church. tor, Rev. J. H. Darr, has announced. State Trainina School Begins 27th Yeor On July 1st. the State Training School began its 27th year of work. Since establishment here by the state in 1920 the institution has been cap ably headed by Dr. B. O. Whitten as superintendent. It has a population of approximately 1,000 t^bple and 140 staff workers. Boland Attending Kiwanis Convention Ratchford W. Boland, president of the Clinton Kiwanis club, is repre senting the club-at the 32nd annual convention of Kiwanis International in Chicago, 111. The convention opened Sunday with a religious ser vice and will continue through today with an attendance ot 10,000 persons from all section ot the United States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. : ^ • m- Wysor Named As 'Lion of The Quarter a number nf vear^ 1 ^ - ^. ’•"* A lady in California writes, “I y ’ S ’ C W the S randson the founder, 1 can’t do without THE CHRONICLE, assulfnm-thei presidency in 1935 at a I enjoy it more than any paper I time of great pressure and exigency, read.” Within a short thhe. however, he was | you too. will onjo, this homo mstlt “ tlon lt *, newspaper filled with happenings ■bonded debt and to g,ve it constantly about le k d i nr-rgaaci n coz-nritv V.. 1. ♦ It are in- Robert E. Wysor, III, was selected Through ^r^Jacobs, guldam^^tlfe 1 tereSted m ‘' We inV,t€ SubscnpUon3 by the Lions club at a meeting Fri- College developed a system of group day night as “Lion of the Quarter ’ discussion and instruction, consul ar services as chairman of the tations and forums which stress in- on committee which served in staging the recent carnival by the club. tipnate personal relationship between the faculty and students. To facil- This is a quarterly event in the itate this personalized approach to club to encourage members to take education, there are several beaqti- an active interest in activities of the fuf- a nd comfortable rooms specifi- organization and in view of the ex cellent work performed by Mr. Wy- cally equipped for informal discus sion. Additional forum and semi- Clinton merchants and busines? firms will close Friday, July 4th, in observance of the 6lorious Fourth. A general holiday spirit will prevail throughout the city for the day. Citizens Federal Pays Dividend sor, he was selected by his clubmates. nary rooms are available in the new library building. From March, 1943, to July, 1944, the College willingly gave its facili ties to the use of the United States Arrhy. The 39th College Training The Citizens Federal Savings & | Detachment of the Army Air Forcer Loan association of this city, as of | was established here for the pre- June 30th distributed $12,971.34 to shareholders as dividend payments for the first six months of 1947. The dividend at the rate ’ of 3 per cent per annum was ordered paid on a all investment and savings accounts by the board of directors at their June meeting. liminary training of pilots, naviga tors, and bombariers, with a normal complement of four hundred avia tion students. . An estimated 1600 future cadets were trained during this program, and the college was able to maintain its regular civilian t (Continued on page two) tfnywhere. Welcome and thanks to those our Honor Roll this week: WILLIAM A. POAG, Moodus, Conn. J. B. STRICKLAND, Owings. PATROLMAN RUFUS M. SUL UVAN, Greelyville. ’ GEORGE METTS, Goldville. MISS FRANCES OSBORNE, Columbia. J. K. SEASE, Route 2. MRS. L. S. STRICKLAND, City. J. H. PACE J. H. THOMAS JOE PELL . W. T. BAILEY, SR. J. A ROGERS A. M. SHUMATE, JR., South Clinton.