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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable Y m ~- ■ Volume XLVII I CLINTON Business, Professional Folks You Know If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 10, 1947 Number 28 128 Arrests Made Here In June The report of the city police de partment for the month of June showed 12a arrests agains\ 108’ jn Laurens County Featured In June ; Issue S. C. Magazine The South Carolina Magazine in Weevils Continue Heavy Toll On S. C. Cotton Crop Commercial Body Holds June Meeting of Clemson, July 7.—The boll wee-1 The quarterly dinner-mectin its June issue largely features the vil continued^) inflict ‘heavy dam- ^e Chamber of Commerce was held ^ history and development of Laurens a S e on cotton throughout the state -p ues( j a y evening at Dayton . Hotel f* county. In addition to a comprehen- during the past week,” Clemson ex- w jth President R. L. Plaxico, presid-i May. Funds collected for the monthj s j ve s t 0 ry of the growth of the coun- 1 t ens i° n service boll weevil specialist Reports - on various activities amounted to $2,011.58 compared withjjy since colonial days, there, are two]C. R. Jordan, Jr., reported today. past three months were heard,, HOUSE VOTES OKAY TO TAX REDUCTION BILL $1,752.90 last month. As iS reported each month, the greatest number of arrests, 58, were for drunkenness, for which fines of $756 G8 were collected, and 77 days given in recorder’s court. Nine arrests were made for driving under the in fluence of liquor with of ^37. For fighting, 15 persons were ar rested; carrying concealed weapons, 1; drunkenness, 58; disorderly con duct, 22; gambling, 10; driving under influence of liquor, 9; speeding and reckless driving, 2; violating parking laws, 2; operating auto without li cense, 1; petty larceny, 2', investiga tion or suspicion, 4; other offenses, 2. With the exception of the drunken ness cases, all other fines were paid in cash. fyll^page advertisements by Clinton “Reports from county agents cov- with reference ma,de to the successful and Laurens firms of the business op-;ering 175 fields in 36 counties show- campaign sponsored by the orgamZa- portunities for industry and agricul- i ed an average of 800 weevils an tion to raise funds for the erectfon ture offered today. | acre and 25 per cent punctured of a new hotel in the city. The article is profusely illustrated j s Q uares compared with 810 weevils a recommendation byHhe board of \vith pictures of the court house,! an acre an d 23 per cent punctured directors to change the meetings from Laurens Glass Works, Laurens hos- s Q uares ^ ast week,” Jordan said. ^quarterly to monthly meetings nine pital, scenes from Presbyterian col- * He advocated that farmers dust' months of the year was approved by lege and Thornwell orphanage of this! their fields when 10 per cent or more the body. Under the change, dues! city, Joanna Cotton Mills company of! of the squares are punctured and to will be increased from $16.00 to Goldvillit and the State Trairing continue dusting until a-crop of bolls * % ' V. C. GILES Charles Clinton Giles, known to his intimate inenas as “Clinton,” is an adopted Clintonian who has lib erally given his support to business and civic efforts during his 19 years residence here. Mr. Giles was born in Cleveland, Tenn., and at the age of 10 moved with his parents to Nichols, Ga. For a number of years he lived at Odessa, lla^ where he was superin tendent of Ltyon Pine Lumber com pany, a large industry of that state. From Odessa he moved to Clinton on June 15, IMS, to accept the Chevro let automobile agency. He purchased and improped property on West Main street soon after coming here where 1 he has successfully operated the Giles Chevrolet company, sales and service. Mr. Giles is an aviation enthusiast. He began flying as a hobby in 19S5, and began instructing civil pilot training in 1940-41. In 1949-44 he in- structed the army air forces of the 39th College Training deftchment established at Presbyterian college. WWSM unit ^operated here. He is a past pres ident of the South Carolina Aviation Trades association, past president of the South Carolina Fliers association, and is now serving as a director of the South Carolina Aviation Trades association and National Trades as sociation. He operated Giles fSlying Service from 1939 until early this year when he sold the business to Shipman Flying Service. Mr. Giles is a member of the Meth odist church, the local Kiwanis club schooL Of historic interest are shown the is set. A dusting demonstration has been $24.00 a year, with meetings held from September through May. The board in recommending the change Passes By Large Margin With Prospects Defied of Another .Veto. BRYSON OPPOSES BILL Three South Carolina con gressmen, Riley, McMillan and Rivers, voted for the income tax reduction bill. Congressman Bryson of this district voted against the bill, as did Congressman Richards. Con gressman Dorn was absent. Washington, July 8.—Defying pros- yyi xuaiuru; iiiLcie&i die miuwh uic rv uiiMiug ucinunsu dnun udb uccu, —— ° — , # . pre-Revolutionary home of Major | arranged at the Edisto experiment state< ^ that ^ woulc ^ enal) ' e the mem ‘i ^ 0 f, no ‘"J. er P resi . en hl ’ Edward Musgrove, “The Center of! station at-Blackville for Friday, i b ® rshi P t0 be better informed as * 0 j ^ rtis^^approvaf fo tl^revised^Re- Rorhance and Reality” and a photo graph of Ann Pamela Cunningham, founder Of the Mt. Vernon associ ation. . There is also a photograph of Miss starting at 3:30 p.m. New insecti-1 work °f the club cides will be demonstarted, Jordan said. Weevil Infestation Increasing In County Boll weevil checks in the county the past week, according to County Agent C. B. Cannon, showed 13 per cent infestation in cotton on farm No. 1 as compared to 3 per cent the week before, after five applications of sweet poison. Mr. Cannon reports that the cotton on farm No. 2 showed four per cent infestation as compared to one per cent the week before, after three ap plications of sweet poison. Farm No. 3 showed five per cent infestation, which was the same as the week before, after two applica tions of sweet poison. Farm No. 4 showed five per cent infestation as compared to one per cent the week before, after three ap plications of poison. The fifth farm showed 18 per cent infestation and 2250 live weevils per acie as compared to no live weevils the week before, following two ap plications of poison. A farm using a commercial mix- mere is aiso a pnoiograpn ox aiiss v q ji- Wil Lou Gray, of Laurens, pioneer |^ in ® ■ r C6 JCedlmgS in adult education and founder and : )^yg^|g[)|g *fo Farmers director of the Opportunity school. Cotton Acreage In State Shows 9% Increase An increase of nine per cent in South Carolina’s cotton acr^ge this year over last is the first substan tial upturn in acreage since 1937 but is still twelve per cent less than the acreage of 1944 and six per cent below average for the five years r941-45, Frank O. Black, agricultu ral statistician, said ysterday. The estimate of 1,050,000 acres in cultivation on July 1 compares with 963,00 a year ago, 960,000 in 1945, and the ten-year (1936-45) average of 1,249,000 acres. With average abandonment, about 1,044,000 will remain for harvest this fall. There is a much greater increase of acreage in> the lower than in the upper half of the state, which seems due, in part at least, to less difficulty in getting the crop planted on the __ san^ar loam soils of the south and tui. Ik0w»d «M Uv«7l^TUi'|Urrc» «*»l'U>an ““s Qt up-statc. Farmers may place orders now foi pine tree seedlings to be shipped from the state nursery for setting this fall, County Agent C_ B. Cannon said yesterday. President Pl/xico reported that! P ublic P n P> a "‘°^ r5 ° nal in,: , om ' improvements in the Southern Bell, 13 *” ^ M.MO.mOIM a year start- elephone company service, local| in ^ anuary and long distance, has been approved by the district manager with the in- The senate is ready to follow suit, perhaps before the week-end, thus stallation of new switchboard and i putting the politics-packed issue other equipment to begin in Oc- once more up to President Truman, tober. A Clinton-Cross Anchor line The house roared its approval by a is also included in the contemplated veto of 302 to 112, which was 28 improvements, as well as enlarged fa-, v °t es more than the two-thirds that cilities to serve the Goldville area, j would be needed to override a veto. The board of directors reported its, The original bill was passed by a The trees will cost 50c per 1000 for j Dir^j "^xty-nine 0 Democrats joined 233 theSoVw 0 ^ Mr of Charleston. The directory; Republicans in voting for the meas- include a Lst of a11 residents ure. Two Republicans^. Carl An- ^T 1 , f ” l l Sliof the city, telephone numbers and dersen of Minnesota, and Merlin Hull address of the person making the iother helnfu , information Its Dub _ of Wisconsin—teamed up witfl 109 order. following two applications, as com pared to 1500 live weevils with one application two weeks ago, he said. New Demonstration Agents Enter Upon Work In County Miss Susan Hall of York, and Miss Adeline Vaughn of Simpsonville, be gan their duties July 1st as home __ _ demonstration agent and assistant Lid'past president ~of the” Chamber ^ ent m^O-aurens county, According v/ill be filled in the order received. La*t year the supply of tree seed lings fell far short of the demand, but ther^ is a much better supply oh hand this year, it is reported. In the Piedmont section it is rec ommended that planting be done af- tetr January 1st. * other helpful information. Its pub- J lication, the president stated, will in- Democrats and Rep. Vito Marcanto- Forestry officials state that orders volye ho expense tQ the Chamber of nio, American Labor party, of New of Commerce. He Is a member of the board of directors of the latter Or ganisation and served as division “B” manager in the recent campaign to raise funds for the erection of a new ■hotel in the city. He is known as one of Clinton’; most enthusiastic boost ers. Mr. and Mrs. Giles reside on South Adair street. Mrs. Giles before mar riage was Miss Ruby Roberts of Douglas, Ga. They have two chil dren, Thurston Giles, who is associ ated in business with his father, and Mrs. Patricia Giles Kugler, both of this city. Delegates Attending Montreat Conference The following from the First Pres byterian church are attending the Leadership Training school in Mon treaty N. C.: Mrs. Grady Chandler, Mrs. Earl Workman, Mrs. Jasper Rowland, Mrs. Alex O'Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Young, Mrs. J. H. Stone, Mrs. W. C. Baldwin and Miss es Lillian Dillard, Frances O’Daniel and Myra Adair. Thornwell Memo rial church is represented by Mrs. Robert H. Jordan and Miss Irene Hawthorne. A late, wet spring followed by a dry period seriously .handicapped planting operations in the Piedmont. Cottorr plants are making good growth but boll weevils are present in sufficient -numbers to constitute a threat of serious damage. The first forecast of production will be as of August 1, released on the eighth.^ Col. Wysor Awarded ^ Legion of Merit 10 Confederate Widows In County Get Pensions Columbia, July 8. — (Special to The Chronicle). — Ona goqfaderated ^ ^ Widow in Laurens county received $600, and nine Confederate widows in the county received $136 from the office of Comptroller General E. C. Rhodes this week, as their annual pension ’from the state. Approximately 600 widows of Con federate veterans received $90,911 in South Carolina, as did the four re maining Confederate veterans in the'^onth state. Widows over 90 years of age! — ^ receive $600 a year, widows under! I 55 receive $106, and widows between,! the ages of 55 and 90 receive $136 State Meeting under'the present state law. Turner Conducting Services At Ft. Inn to an announcement by Miss Ger trude Lanham, district agent. Miss Hall succeeds Miss Louise Fleming of Laurens, who retired July 1st after 25 years in home dem onstration work. The office of assist ant has recently been added. Miss Hall is a Winthrop college graduate and has been home demon stration agent in Spartanburg county. Miss Vaughn is also a Winthrop graduate and has been food super visor with the government services in Washington, D. C. Local Guardsmen Go To Encampment Three officers and 27 enlisted men of the local National Guard unit (anti-aircraft) left Sunday for a two weeks training period at the South Carolina National Guard’s encamp ment at Fort Jackson. The unit is headed by Capt. Fran cis Blalock, commanding officer, and Lieuts. Thurston R. Giles and Jack K. Barnes. Brig. Gen. Ansel B. Godfrey of this city, is commanding officer of the encampment. JONES TRANSFERRED Friends here of Lt. Col. Dudley Jones, medical corps, will be inter ested to know he has been transfer red from Platt General hospital, Coral Gables, Fla., to' Fort Leaven- Colonel Robert E. Wysor, Jr„_of this city, U. S. army, retired, was presented the Legion of Merit last Thursday. The presentation was made in Columbia at the South Car olina Military district, 3rd army, for' extraordinary fidelity and excep tionally meritorious conduct 4n the performance of outstanding duty. The citation reads: “Colonel Robert E. Wysor, Jr., per formed exceptionally meritorious services from June 30, 1944, to Sep tember 2, 1945. As S-3. Infantry Re placement Training Center, Camp Blanding, Fla., he displayed excep tional skill, ingenuity and devotion to duty in the development of out standing, effieient, practical and real-* istic training. The superior character of training achieved and maintained at this, the largest replacement train ing center in the Army Ground Forces, reflected his unusual ability and untiring efforts.” The citation is dated June 30, 1947, and bears the signatures of the Ma jor General, .The Adjutant General and Secretary of War. * - r . n Federal Officers Seize Liquor in This County Columbia, July 8. — (Special to The Chronicle). — The alcoholic tax unit, a division of the federal gov ernment with headquarters in Co lumbia, reported this week that its to’which the public is invited. Tick ets have been on sale the past two weeks by members of the club with a large attendance expected. ^ The, York, to oppose the bill and give Mr. Truman a chance to fulfill his prom ise to put before congress the “right kind of tax reduction at the right time.” The house, by a two-vote margin, upheld on June 16 his veto of the original GOP bill which would have put the proposed cqts into effect be ginning July 1 of this year. Before shouting its approval of the new measure, the house beat down by a vote of 261 to 151 a Democratic attempt to send it back to the tax- writing ways and means committee * with instructions to redraft it along lines reportedly favored by the White House. The recommittal motion was spon sored by Rep. Aime J. Fora'nd, Demo crat of Rhode Island, with the back ing of many administration support ers. He proposed to force the com mittee to scrap the GOP plan in fa vor of increasing personal exemption from $500 to $600 and reducing taxes in each income bracket by. three per centage points. * Except for the change in the ef fective date, the revised measure The following delegates from the sets up the same percentage scale of ! Copeland-Davidson post will attend'cuts for the 48,500,000 taxpayers that the state American Legion conven-1 was rejected previously by Mr. Tru- tion in Columbia July 13-15: J. D.jman as the “wrong kind of tax re- Owens, E. C. Edwins, Wyman M. duction at the wrong time.” This scale sets up a 30 per cent slash for persons with taxable in comes of $1,00^ or less a year; 20 tA Legionnaires, including several now j 30 per cent for those with incomes’ Commerce. Copies will be sold for $15.00. and advertisements solicited from business firms, with the as- semblying of information to begin in October and completed early m next year. The directory will also include a city map and a renumbering of all residences by the block system. Mayor L. E. Bishop stated that city 3 council has approved such a contract. It was reported that a city fran chise has been granted to the Clinton Coach Company, Inc., for the opera tion of bus and coach lines in the A*fr«tm Lydia Cotton Mills and Goldville. The company with headquarters in York, operates bus transporation in a number of towns. The incorporators are H. J. McCorkle, John L. McLean and J. Paul Britt. New ’eqatpment is being secured by the company, Mayor Bishop stated, and it is expected that operation of the lines will begin next Kiwanis Barbecue At Armory Today The Clinton Kiwanis club will give j Shealy, Ott Thomas, R. P. Chapman, a barbecue this evening (Thursday)! Lewis Bonds, C. F. Winn, and W. A. at 7 o'clock on the armory grounds ! Johnson. A number of other local at the Nationil Guard camp at Fort Jackson, are also expected to attend. Mrs. J. D. Owens, Mrs. R. P. Chap- bet ween $1,000 and ■$ 1,395; 20 per cent for thqse between $1,395 and $137,000; 15 per cent in the bracket dinner cost will be one dollar. Wahy®* 1 *. MrSieLewis Bonds and Mrs. E. I between $137,000 and $302,000, and ter F. Lynch, of Mountville, an ex pert cook for such- menus, will pre pare the dinner. C. Edwins will represent the Auxil iary at the meeting. 10*4 per cent for that portion of net income above $302,000. Local Cannery To Open July 15 County Peach Crop Begins To Move The Clinton cannery will open! Last week 11 cars of peaches were Tuesday, July 15, and remain open; shipped from Laurens county to Northern markets. The quality of the Dr. W. R. Turner, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, is conducting evangelistic ser- vices this week for the congregation ( to Kansas of the First Presbyterian church at Fountain Inn. The pastor of the church, Rev. Charles Raynal, con ducted prayer, meeting here last night at the Find Presbyterian church and will occupy the pul pit Sunday morning in tha absence of Dr. Turner, worth, Kan,... Ha and hi, family, . co f ,cat ' d “ wUon, °f a.r«.a, w. tax-paid whiskey which was being were here during the week to visit .J j,. „ . . . , . hit .later, Mr,. Hubart Boyd, anroute ^ L au "" s counl J , ( la!t ’ month, and had made five arrests in connection with the case. Throughout South Carolina in the past month, officers of the agency seized 60 stills, made 53 arrests, and Confiscated 296 gallons of whiskey. DR. SPENCER IMPROVING Dr. A. E. Spencer, who has been a patient in tha General hospital in Greenville the’fraet two weeks, un derwent an operation Saturday morning. Hivroany friends here and elswehere will be interested to know t that his condition was reported yes terday as improving. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTfSEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK They inform you aa to chanc ing prices, where yen can sup ply your needs, where yon can •hep to advantage. BE WISE — READ THE ADS Miss Eva Harris Attending Conferences Miss Eva Harris director of re-, on Tuesday and Thursday of each ligious education at the First Pres- week until the demand i ncreases f 0 r peaches is good, with the Golden bytenan church left Tuesday for I adc ijtj ona i opening days. i Jubilee variety being shipped first. Montreal, N. C., where she will spend, Those having produce to can are | The main cropi whlch is Elberta) wm the remainder of the month attend-, asked by school 0 ffi cia i s tcr bring be moving the last of the month, ing severa conerences. e wi go same | be canner y between the Peach packing shed; in operation 01 hours* of 8 a m. and 1:30 p.^. on the ! are: Vic Fleming at Lanford, E. J. | Poole near Lanford, C. W. Madden, | Cold Point; Rex Lanford, Waterloo; j L. E. Reeder, Cross Hill; Lawrence . F- Davis, Clinton, and Gray’s orchard 1 at Gray Court. Inspectors reported so far are: J.C. Doggette of Brunson, T. H. Stewart of Coronaca, and A. W. Cooner of Johnston. Harold Hoover, of Florida, is field man for the South Carolina Peach Growers association. August for a month’s vacation. Mid-Slate League (Games Through Saturday, July 5) 1 STANDING days specified. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Plaxico Named On State Hospital Board R. L. Plaxico, well known busi ness man of this city, was appointed Sautrday by Governor Thurmond to the board of regents of the State hospital in Columbia to fill the unex pired term of the late E. P. Vandiver of Anderson. The board also has su pervision of v the State Training School here. w L 21 11 21 11 ... 20 12 .... 20 12 .... 19 13 .... 12 20 .... 10 22 5 27 Joanna .... RiVerdale 21 Laurens Whitmire Watts 19 Newberry 12 Mollohon Clinton COMING GAMES Saturday, July 12: Mollohon at Riverdale. Clinton at Watts. Laurens at Whitmire. Joanna at Newberry. Mv^day, July 14: Mollohon at Joanna. Clinton at Laurens. Riverdale at Newberry. Watts at Whitmire. ~ Wednesday. July 1«: Mollohon at Clinton. Riverdale at Laurens. ' Watts at Joanna. Whitmire at Newberry. Every housewife now needs to keep Pet. • informed as to prices and market .656 1 conditions. The best way to gain this .656! information is to read the advertise- .625 ments appearing each week in THE .623 CHRONICLE. They are full of prices ^ ■#. a . lation you can’t V^rOWtOrd ACCCptS .594 .375 afford to miss. .313 ^ List your subscription today — the .15(rprice is less than 4c a week. All the news—“just like a letter from home.” Thanks and welcome to those on company, Goldville, and entered, upon and helpfyl information Position With Joanna Lewis A. Crawford has accepted a 1 position with the Joanna Cptton Mills our Honor Roll this week. MRS. RAY FOWLER, Houston 9, Texas. HARRY W. DAVIS, ' Conway. MRS. AGNES KERN, . MRS. TO\l PLAXICO, Clinton. HARVEY E. DOWD, Goldville. JOHN YARBOROUGH, South Clip ton. MRS. MARTIN THEDFORD, Tyler, Texas. his work the past week as assistant superintendent in charge of third shift operations. Mr. Crawford was graduated from Clemson college the past month" 1 completing the textile engineering course begun in 1939 and which was interrupted by his overseas service in the Army Air Forces. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford will make their home in Goldville. Mrs. Craw ford before marriage was Miss Fran ces Ruth Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Edwards of this city.