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t ■ r't .. - - • J THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLVII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 24, 1947 Number 30 CLINTON Business, Professional folks You Know *> W. R. ANDERSON, JR. Federal Farm Aid Resumed; farmers May Place New Orders Mrs. A. E. McIntosh Succumbs To Illness; Last Rites Friday W. R. Anderson, Jr., carrying the nickname of “Ned” since a small lad, heads the schools of Huntpr school district No. 5 as superintendent and has successfully devoted the greater part of his life to educational wprk. Mr. Anderson is a native Laurens county son, having been born in Lau rens and graduating from the high school of that city. He is a son of the late Rev. W. Ray Anderson and Mrs. Anderson. Authorization has been received to resume all phases of ACP work in Laurens county, including inssu- ance of prior approvals and purchase orders of the ( A.AA, according to H. A. Ropp, county administrative ofi- cer. 4 "v Issuance of prior approvals and purchase orders will be in accord-i ance with prescribed procedure and program provisions and limitations that were in effect prior to May 23,1 1947, when work on the AAA pro-’ gram was temporaily suspended due to an anticipated reduction of funds for its operation, Mr. Ropp said. All unfilled requests for lime, su perphosphate, and terracing under the purchase order plan of the AAA on hand May 23, were cancelled and those farmers who had placed the orders were duly notified of these cancellations. These cancelled or-! ders for conservation ’ materials and services can not be reinstate. How ever, the farmer may place a new request /or the particular material or service, and rest assured that everything possible will be done to see that his request will be filled, Mr. Ropp continued. Mr. Ropp requests all farmers car rying out any of the approved soil building practices under the 1947 program to immediately request ap provals for the practices in order that they may be paid under the program, as no payments^can be made unless approvals are received Mrs. Bessie Brabham McIntosh, 61 r wife of Arthur E. McIntosh, local Weevil Situation In State Reaches Critical Stage Clemson, July 22.—The boll wee- Hopewell Farmers Meet To Disciiss Grain Storage , 'R. D. Steer, extension cooperative vil situation in South Carolina has marketing specialist from Clemson DR. A. E. SPENCER PASSES AT HOME; LAST RITES MONDAY K... business man, died at her home here J reached the critical stage in all sec-1 and County Agent C. B. Can- early last Thursday morning after a tions of the state,” F. F. Bondy and critical illness of several months. |C. F, Rainwater, USDA entomolo- The funeral^ services were held gists at the Pee Dee experiment sta- Friday afternoon from Gray Funeral; tion, and Cedric R. Jordan, Jr., as- Home with the Rev. P. L. Bauk-: sistant Clemson college extension night as the officiating minister. In- service entomologist agreed today, terment-followed in Rosemont ceme- Reports of 34 county agents in 1S9 tery. The last rites were attended by a number of friends, neighbors and relatives, with many beauitful flow ers banked upon the grave attesting the warm esteem in which she was held. Pallbearers were: R. P. Chapman, J. P. Prather, Joe W. Leake, Richard Stutts, T. C. Johnson, C. F. Winn. non met with a group of farmers of the Hopewell commufijty laft Thurs day evening at John T. Young’s fish cabin to discuss a cooperative gran ary. W. P. Dickson presided over the meeting, and the usual barbecue was Retired Educator and Pioneer Citizen Closes Long and Useful Life In This Community. Dr. Almon Edwin Spencer, 79. re- m npr rpnt nun^tu^i served ‘ After 3 len * th y discussion a I tired member of Presbyterian college Thp 3 ^urvev ^urtpH L P pn‘nriln!o’ f" 01100 was ado P ted calling for the j f acu it y and one of Clinton’s pioneer ! appointment of a committee to make citizens, died Sunday morning at 9 3 study of 1116 P ro P° s31 and re P° rt ! O’clock at his residence here after o! Sr.5 p/r cent punctured squares I ^ *° U ’ e iT0Up - Th ' chairma '' I several months declining health. He named the following committee: J. L. returned to his home Thursday from ; and the fight is now between the Mrs. McIntosh was born in Allen-j^ 0 jj weev jj an( j the farmer,” they dale county (then Barnwell) Nov. 13,, Mj n the lower counties the 1885. She was a daughter of the late fight is to protect the young bolls, John James Calhoun Brabham and Sally Faust Brabham, but for the past thirty years had made her home here. She was a member of Broad Street Methodist church and Stephen Weather conditions have been fa- j Adair, Heath Cpoeland, Furman a Greenville hospital where he re- vorable for boll weevil devedopment,I Thomason, Lucius Burns, and John! 1 Earle Smith. I Laurens county, it was reported, j is each year increasing its small grain j and the question of having a granary; to store the crop during the harvest' peak is being given attention by a! number of leading grain producers. The government census of 19451 while in the Piedmont section it is to get a crop of bolls set and then to protect them Jrom the boll wee vil. Dust applications * to protect the j D. Lee chapter, United Daughters of bolls will likely be more pn) fi tabl e sho * s ^ ^e county produced j Following high school graduation. ^ (late j or re q ues t. he entered Presbyterian* college here;. aDDrovals from which he graduated in 1923. He 1 then became principal of the Lu- verne, Ala., high school, holding the position two years. In 1925 he came back to Clinton and associated him self in business witht his uncle, the late George W. Bailey, becoming manager of The Bee'Hive department store, located then at the present lo cation of Rose’s. Three years later, in 1928, he be came principal of Clinton high school and held this position for 11 years, resigning in May, 1939, to become superintendent of the Woodruff schools. Two years ago he was elect ed superintendent of the Clinton schools, succeeding Pat H. Hobson. Mr.-Anderson holds his M. A. de gree from Emory university. He has made a large contribution to educa tional progress in this community. He has served as president of the Laurens County Teachers association and on various committees of this body and the Fourth District associ- District Meeting Order Eastern Star Here Friday Night A meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star, Sixth district, will be held here Friday evening, July 25, at 8 o’clock at the Masonic hall, it is announced. The district is composed of .three charters, Ada No. 6 at Lau rent, James B. Parrott chapter No. 9 at Clinton, and Goldville No. 154. 'Mrs. John D. Davis, of this city, is district deputy grand matron. The following officers will serve, at the meeting: Mrs. Mary frerry, W. M., Clinton. A. G. Arnold, W. P., Clinton. Mrs C. A. Seawright, A. C., Lau rens. C. A. Seawright, A. P.,. Laurens. Mrs. Ruth Cook, Cond., Laurens. Mrs. Modine Brazel, A-Cond., i Goldville. ation. Before hundreds of boys and j Mrs Myrtle Fulmer, Treas., Gold- girls he has set high standards of v n] e . character and has given liberally of | Mrs. Mary T. Chapman, Sec., Clin- his time in helping them to live up | ton. to those standards. Besides his profession, Mr. Ander son has made a valuable contribution ton. James Fulmer, Chap., Goldville. Mrs. Leila Johnson,- Orgtmist, Clin. to the civic, religious and cultural life of the community. He is a mem ber of the board of deacons of the First Baptist church, a former super intendent of its Sunday school, and is teacher of the men’s Fellowship class. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis club, having served the latter as president. Al ways his support and influence can be counted upon for the betterment of conditions among his fellowmen. Mildred Rutledge, Ada, Laurens. Mrs. Ruth Arnold, Ruth, Clinton. - Mildred Corvers, Esther, Goldin lie. Olivia Abram*, Martha, Goldville. Mrs. W. B. Able, Electa, Goldville. Mrs. R. E. Yarborough, Warder, Clinton. Lisle Stone, Sent., Laurens. All members of the order are in vited, officers state. the Confederacy, in Which she was 1 always^vitally interested. Mrs. McIntosh was highly regard ed as a woman possessing many ex cellent traits of character. Her pass- than earlier applications in the low- ir counties, while the only chance 116,905 bushels of wheat in 1940 and 194,649 bushels in v 1945. The oats that most Piedmont farmers have to ^ * n „ 272,978 bushels. with 410,219 bushels in 1945. In the same years the barley yield was 10,076 bushels against 79,906 bushels. get a crop of bolls is to start a vig orous dusting campaign now,” they ing brings sorrow to all who had the pointed out privilege of knowing her. j .. With conditions as they are thel These flgures do not include The deceased is survived by her prospects for a good cotton crop inj gram cut for hay ’ husband; one son, Odyss F. McIntosh ^ Carolina look very slim unless* of this city; one daughter, Mrs. R. B. the farmers take immediate action. Roberts of Charleston; two sisters, DeUils on hoil weevil control meaS- Mrs. Marion Black and Mrs. Henry Bryant of Bamberg; two brothers, J. J. Brabham of Abbeville, and Bub a g e nts. Brabham of Bamberg; and one' granddaughter, Betty Roberts Charleston. ures, which may be profitably used ! now, may be obtained from county of Johnson Given Two-Year Term Laurens, July 18. — Judge Steve Griffith imposed a sentence of two years here this afternoon on William Ernest Johnson, Clinton textile ex ecutive, whb was convicted in Gen eral Sessions court here Thursday of involuntary manslaughter and * driving -an automobile under the in fluence of intoxicating liquors. ~ * Johnson was alleged to have run over and fatally wounded a four- year-old child last June whille re turning from a baseball game in Clinton. Judge Griffith granted him 30 days in which to arrange his af fairs before beginning his sentence. ' His attorneys, in asking for mercy, announced that they had abandoned a motion to appeal. Final Report On County Cancer Drive Totals $4,800.12 Cadet W. A. Cummings On Tour of Air Bases Cadet William A. Cummings, of t*e U. S. Military academy, son of Col. and Mrs. A. H. Cummings, for merly of this city and now of La- carne, Ohio, was a recent visitor to Shaw field, near Sumter, with a part of his class. With the introduction of a new item to the West Point summer cur riculum, Cadet Cummings and his class are spending a month touring With the last contribution hav- 1 ing been received the past Satur day, the annual drive for the Amer- I ican Society for the Control of Can- | cer has been closed with a total of $4,800.12 having been collected in the county, it has been announced by Mrs. Sarah Dixon DeLoach, of Lau rens, county commander. The goal for Laurens set by the national board was $2,500. Mrs. DeLoach described the drive as a “big sucess” and expressed her appreciation for the co-operation throughout the county. A large portion of the amount DR. A. E. SPENCER { cently underwent an operation and was bright and cheerful, and improv ing, when the unexpected end cama. His wife, Mrs. Martha Calvert Spencer, preceded him to the grave jtwo months ago on May 23. Funeral services were held M jn- da^afternoon at 3:30 from the First Presbyterian church of which he was the senior officer. The services were conducted by his pastor, Dr. W. R. Turner, assisted by a former pastor. Dr. D. J. Woods. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Many friends the ifrom here and .elsewhere assembled the Ninth Air Force bases of the tac- . .. A , , tical air command as well as other confuted ^11 be used in AAF fields. I f° Unty / or . those . wh “ n f ed aid ’ for the last rites, with many beauti- At Shaw field, Cadet Cummings Mrs ’ DeL, °® ch said, and asked that; f ul fl owers f rom f r j en ds and orgaiu- was shown the complete organiza- any ? n ? who * tnows patients .who rabons hanked upon the mound as a tion and use of fighter aircraft in , * n touch her -[ silent expression of the love and high Part of the funds will be used for iiegard in whlch he was held educational, programs and already a thousand leaflets are on hand to be distributed, made for detection centers. June Bond Soles Totol $55,617 U. Sj Savings Bonds conditions among nis xeuowmen. n U' LJ Mr. and Mrs. Anderson make their! home on Walnut street. Mrs. Ander- Leg AlliputOtioil son before marriage was Miss Esther Britt of Tifton, Ga. Their daughter, Helen, is a student at Florida Street school. Ross Young Is III At Laurens Hospital Ross D. Young, well known Lau rens citizen, is quite ill at the Lau rens hospital where he has been a patient several days. Mr. Young was born and reared in Clinton and has a wide circle of friends and a large family connection here who will re gret to learn of his serious illness. B. L. King, one of the city’s oldest and highly esteemed citizens, is a patient in the General hospital in Spartanburg following the amputa tion Saturday of his right leg above the knee. Reports state that he stood the operation as well as could be expect ed and is now showing improvement. His many friends here and elsewhere will regret tq learn of his continued illness and unite in wishing for him a rapid recovery. LOSES HER BROTHER Mrs. Hugh Ray, of this city, was called to Union Saturday morning on account of the sudden death of her twin brother, Fred Crosby. The fu neral service was conducted Sunday County Farm Women Win Blue Ribbon > Laurens County Council of Farm Women was awarded a blue ribbon for outstanding work during 1947 at the closing session at Winthrop college recently of the 26th annual ♦ afternoon from Pr.ce Methodist ™ nve "«o» «< South Carolina church of that city. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS < REGULARLY EACH WEEK They Inform yon as to chang ing prices, where yon can snp- ply year needs, where yea can shop to advantage. BE WISE — READ THE ADS Council of Farm Women About 400 South Carolina wom en attended the two-day conven tion, and most of them also par ticipated in the three-day state home demonstration short courses for farm women, which preceded the council convention. sales in Laurens' county totalled $55,617.00 for June as reported to D. F. Patter son of Laurens, savings bonds chair man for Laurens county. Sales for the State for June were $2,666,576.25 as reportetd by the State Director, . W. Brooks Stuckey and are running at ap proximately the same rate as those for 1946, being for the first six months of this year in excess of $20 million dollars. Mr. Stuckey a\so pointed out that sales in South Carolina contin ue to' exceed cash-ins. T ~ demonstrations by the famed 20th Fighter group. Before the tour is completed, he will have seen and studied demonstrations of attack bombers, heavy bombers, radar equipment, air-borne troops, and air- ground cooperation. Bom in Honolulu, Hawaii, Cadet Cummings cam^ to Clinton in 1937, where he attended high school and Presbyterian college. He also studied jat Cornell university and Lafayette college, Easton, Pa. He entered the army in December, 1943, and served Active pallbearers were: H. M. Young, Dr. M. W. Brown, F. M. Bo- Hotel Stockholders To Meet Tuesday TT until July, 1945, when he was dis-^J* 16 high scho01 auditorium. Plans are being / 1 * i land ' R E - Fergdson, j H. Hunter, John Spratt and Dr. W. F. Jacobs. The honorary escort was composed of thei deacons and additional elders of the church. Dr. Spencer was born December 14, 1867, at Tuskegee, Ala., a son of the-late Almon and Janie Nall Spen cer. He graduated from Center coi^ lege at Danville, Ky., in 1888’’and then came to Reidville in Spartan- Subscribers to the capital stock of the Clinton Community Hotel Cor- poratidh have been called to meet next Tuesday, July 29th, at 10 a.m. charged to enter the military acad- The corporators in calling the ^rg county, . where he taught two of 0 June* r 9 49 ^ ZTrTZt d^s.^aU sVktl- * 1914^ of June, 1949. ers invited to be present alma mater cahferrPd unon h.m ih. Elberto Peach Crop ^ow Moving The courity’s heavy Elberta peach crop began rolling te Northern mar- Three Civic Clubs To Hear Thurmond alma mater cstSS^fTred upon him the The proposed hotel is to cost ap- l honorary degree of doctor .of laws Plans are going forward for the “Civic Club Night” program in the college dining hall on the evening of August 1. The complete program will be anndunced next week/ / The dinner-meeting will be featur ed with an address by Governor J. Strom Thurmond. The committee on arrangement proximately J2H.OOO In the re .; w ' th h '=‘“'.de. “ a young teacher, cent campaign J132.000 wax raised ci ‘" ,e lu , tlmton ‘" Se f; in local subscriptions-; with the re-i te, " b ' r - 1 '? 1 -, a P ° „ maining balance needed to be pro- ! h Fr ' nch at Clmton college, now vided by a mortgage or bond issue. £' ,b *' r ' an C “ U '“- I h ' " a ™f ^ the college and Dr. Spencer from ^ that time have been closefy linked together. A supreme faith in the in- ; stitution in its “dark days,” coupled i with a willingness to- sacrifice per sonal ambitions, was a marked char- Clinton Gets $2,364 From State Motor Fund tb kets during the week, with peak i consists of James C. Dickert, chair- Columbia, July 22.—(Special the Chronicle).—The city of ■Cittrton' 1 at '*^ n ^ ic of the ed ucator for 54’years will receive $2,364 from the semi-; untl1 his retirement „two years ago. annual distribution of the motor In 1897 - 1 ^ 0 ’* he served as president shipments expected by the end of man, representing the Exchange transportation fund State Treasurer of the institution. In 1910-11 he was the month. Through July 19, 96 cars of early varieties of peaches were shipped fiom the county. * club Sob WysufT-Uons club, imd W. jV((^te7nnounced this week The " a ™ d —"2 .» D. Adair, Kiwanis club. Revival Services At Bailey Memorial CKurch 1921 STANDING OF CLUBS (Through Saturday, July 19) Weevil Damage In County Spreads According to County Agent C. B. Cannon, boll weevil infestation in !the county last week ran from five per cent to 64 pee cent. Without sev eral weeks of immediate hot weather I this year’s cotton crop faces a seri ous damage, Mr. Cannon states. W L Pcb Riverdale .. 26 12 .684 Joanna .... 24 14 .632 Whitmire .... 24 14 .632 Laurens .... 23 15 .605 Watts .... 20 17 .541 Newberry .... 14 24 .368 Mollohon .... 13 25 .342 Clinton ’ .... Tv 30 .189 fund is apportioned to all incorpo-1 w ^ en ^ r ‘ ^ ^ ou Sl a s resigned the rated cities in South Carolina on a 1 P residenc > r to .go to the University of population basis, and consists of mon- Carolina as president, Dr. , ey from the licensing by the South ^ encer was a8am caRed into service i Carolina Public Service Commission as d i rect i n 8 head and served un- A series of reviva 1 services will of trucks and bUses to operate 0 n u[ lhe election of Dr. B L. Parkin- reviva. services w “J, highways in the - stale The 1 total! 500 several months later. Through BaUey dirtributed to the cities j «*'»“* >*“*• ^ church, and continue through Sunday' 18 treasurer stated, evening, August 3. Services will be! held daily att 7:30 pan. The Rev. C M Pulliam, j-Iwje- (s|£W -SUBSCRIBERS ful preacher of Florence, will be the! u _. n/M I guest speaker. The pastor, Rev. D. C.j HONOR ROLL J’ 1 j Gregory, cordially invites the publib 1 | teaching duties, he served as secre tary of the board of trustees and treasurer of the institution until his retirement. Dr. Spencer did not confine his la bors and interest to the college, but 4$ entered into all activities for the bet- COBONG GAMES Saturday, July 26— Mollohon at Watts. Clinton at Newberry. Riverdale at Whitmire. Laurens at Jpanna. Monday, July 28— * Mollohon at Newberry. Clinton at Riverdale. Laurens at Watts. Joanna ^at Whitmire. Wednesday, July 30— Laurens at Mollohon. Joanna at Riverdale. - Newberry at Watts. Clinton at Whitmire. to attend the services. Special Services At Holly Grove Church Revival services will begin at Holly Grove Baptist church near here on Sunday morning, July 27. The series of meetings will continue each.eve- nir\g at eight o’clock with the pastor, Rev. Heyward Comer, bringing the messages. The public is cordially in vited. THE CHRONICLE is filled with terment of the community. He served news about people you know and are, severa l years ago as president of the ( interested 'in. It carries more “Peo- ^ bamber Commerce and was one ; pie You Know” items than any news- * be a ctive leaders in the Knights paper in the state. It will be a newsy °* Pythias order here.. He was the visitor in your home each week if oldest member of the local Kiwanis invited to come, and the cost is less c l ub and ‘ n spite of his age held one than 4c a week. of the best attendance records in the Mrs. A. D. Connor of Lexington Park, Md., is spending a month with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. League. Welcome and thanks to those on c l ub and wa s always interested and our Honor Roll this week: t MRS. R. BRUCE ROBERTS, •"Charleston. W. H. SPOONE, Columbia* JOHN H. GRUBER, Goldville. MRS. B. T. MOULTRIE, MRS. GRANGE CAMPBELL, West Clinton. active in its work. No Kiwanian was held in higher esteem. ? As a churchman. Dr Spencer held many posts of honor and responsi bility. He was ordained an elder in the First Presbyterian church in 1894 and was clerk of the session until the time of his death. For 53 years he was the beloved teacher of the Men’s (Continued Oh page two)