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' M ' % |F 1 / v/ THE CHROMCU Strives To Be A Qean Newspaper, Complete^ V Newsy and Reliable . v .5 * If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News > Volume XLVII TO SPEAK SUNDAY V « ■i Smith Chosen As Kiwanis President DonaltJ B. Smith, manager of BelX’s Department store, and well known business man, was elected president of the Clinton Kiwanis club} last Thursday evening to succeed Ratchford W. Boland. The new president has been an active member of the club for a number of years. / The retiring president, Mr. Boland, automatically becomes vice-president Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 16, 1947 Clinton Drive For College Opened Monday Evening Number 42 ■A -- The campaign to raise $40,000 in Clinton for the Presbyterian college and a member of the board of direc-! en( * owment * un< * Sot underway Mon- tors. i day night with an enthusiastic “kick- W. C. Shealy, Keece Young, James off” dinner at the Dayton hotel at- COMMERCIAL BODY HOLDS MEETING Cong. Bryson Discusses World Conditions. Mr; and Mrs. I. M. Smith Given Recognition. ^ , _ r The October meeting of the Cham- and expressed the hope that Clinton lina State did not count in the state ber of Commerce was held Tuesday will liberally meet the challenge to race and left the Tl g ers with an un -'evening at Dayton hotel with Presi- have a part in raising the goal sought ! J|. lemished 1 *° record against South dent R. L Plaxico presiding, by the institution. ; ar0 Ina teams - | xhe club had as its guests Mr. and Announcement is made that the; Presbyterian knocked Erskine from Mrs. I. M. Smith of the Bush River University, Citadel Stand At Top In State Gridiron Race The University o^ South Carolina and The Citadel art tied up at the 1 top of the South Carolina college | football ladder after the past week- Kick-off Dinner-Meeting At Hotel for Workers. # ■ I - +* AAA * iwwlpoii iauuc:i aitci me yazi wceiv City HaS Quota of $40,000 in $Jj0,000 Champaign jend’s games. The University wallop In Two Controlling Synods. Reports Encouraging. j£ [0 F r “™ a e " c“aiei n i d 3.6 NewberrJ ' "" Clemson’s 18-0 loss to North Caro- he strongly endorsed the campaign P. Sloan and Leland elected new members directors for two year terms, suceeScPl 1 Young were; tended by a group of fifty can-1 °^ c > a ^ re P° r ^ s on caxn P a ^ n un ^ >ea ^ en « untied ranks \yith a community, recently named as one of the board of^. r JK„^ »•__ . i will be made at a second dinner-! 6-0 victory to take over third spot in Q f the six “Master Farm Families'’ £|vfesers. The meeting was presided local -pro fessor at Columbia Theological seminary, Decatur, Ga., will speak on ‘^Stewardship of Money” at a ves per service to be held in the Presby terian college chapel at 6:30 p.m., Sunday. Dr. Grutzke is a prominent teacher and minister of the Presbyte rian church. The public is cordially Invifed to attend the service. , ing W. C. Baldwin, D. S. Templeton,! over bJ H - L - Eichelberger M. \y. Brown and H. G. Prince,; chairman, whose terms had expired. Carry-j The college opened its campaign over members of the board for an- Sunday to raise $350,000 in 'the other year are Robert M. Vance, J. S. Gray, and B. C. Preslar. At the meeting H. G. Prince gave a talk on the Presbyterian college endowment drive now underway with special emphasis on the Clinton city campaign^ The new officers will assume of fice v(ter the celebration of “ladies night” to be held in December. A committee to have charge of this social event was named by the preit- dent. I Awards To Be Made Veterans of Local National Guard Unit South Carolina Adjutant General New A. & p. Store Opens Hero Today; A Complete Food Shop The Great Atlantic Si Pacific Tea company open their modern new self-service food store this morning'als have been sent to Captain H. F.| (Thursday) on East Carolina avenue Blalock, commander of local Battery . .. . M (B, 107th AAA battalion, to be award- at the corner of N. Woodrow street! ’ . . , ’ ■ . ed at a formal ceremony to veterans who are entitled to them synods of South Carolina and Geor gia to bring its endowment to $600^ 000. The appeal for funds is being carried to all Presbyterians in the territory in the hope that the drive will bo successfully completed with in two weeks. General Jospeh . B. Fraser of Hinesville, Ga., is general chairman for the campaign. At the meeting here Monday night 1 the organization plan to raise Clin ton’s quota was outlined. The group of workers were addressed by W. A. Moorhead, vice-president andgerieral manager of Joanna Coljbn* Mills company, Goldville. Mr. Moorhead emphasized the importance of Chris tian education and pointed ouflhe numerousy benefits educational,'‘tS? meeting at the hotel on next Mon- standings. It was Erskine’s first south Carolina. They were pre day evening at 7:30. The local special Same against another South Carolina sented to the club and enthusiasti- gifts committee has been at work for eleven - cally welcomed and congratulated the past few weeks and the other j As in the case of ,Clemson, Wof- upon the unique honor recently be- committee members are now busy at j ford’s 12-7 loss to Davidson did not stowed upon them, their assignment of, raising funds.[figure in South Carolina records,| Congressman uosepn R. Bryson Other dinner meetings will be held here October 27th, with the final vic tory dinner scheduled for October 31. A few scattered reports already have come into campaign headquar ters here it was stated yesterday. The First Presbyterian church of Greenwood, with a goal of $4,180 has reported $5,700 raised, or nearly leaving the Terriers yet to play a| W as the guest speaker .for the meei- South Carolina college team. : i n g an d was introduced by Mayor L. Furman jand Erskine, with onejE. Bishop, state loss to no wins, and Newberry' Mr. Bryson spoke of his duties and with two losses to no victories in the I experiences in Washington as the state brought up the rear of the Pal- Fourth district representative. He metto lineup. That may be changed this week end, however. Furman will entertain said the situation in Washington is serious as it affect? conditrons in Europe today. He said he felt that 0V R«^ ei Tt*} 7 * 1 * Citadel at Greenville Friday| con * ress should ** called into 3es - T* ,h ' Bulldogs 1 ® ,on consideration * .h, many have notified ‘ from the top perch. far-reaching problems. The Citadel-Furmari setto will be 1 We are in a serious plight, Mr. headquarters their Ca ™£* ig . ns are over and their quolas ! the "only "game "pitUng 0 state W teams : Bryson said > as re * ards Russia b *- exceeoea. ! against each other. South Carolina' cause of strained conditions, confu- Collegfe officials are enthusiastic { an d Clemson are idle, awaiting their! sion and uncertainty that exists be- over the outlook for the campaign, annua i s t a t e f a i r ••jgjg Thursday" t wee n this nation and the Soviet Re- with much preliminary work done| tussle October 23. (public. The Russians are a strange. ligious, cultural and commercial that, in the synods during the past three) Erskine plays Eastern Carolina suspicious P®°P¥. / he James C. Dozier announced this wefck| come to the communit y because it is, months preparatory to the whirlwind, Teachers at Anderson Saturday) As nations we must live together ♦hot Wor 9 i the home of Presby 161-180 colle 8e. As campaign now underway to be com- n ieht. Newberrv visits Finn onH °n a mutual basis. Russia’s position that World War 2 Victory medals ‘ . . .. and American Defense Service med- :a membCT ^ anolh ' r ^nomination. pleted by the end of the month. next door to T. E. Jones Si Sons Fur niture store. The biding was re cently erected by Dr. S. C. Hays for The Victory medal will be awarded Last Rites Held For Oscar. Kern Funeral services for Oscar M. !^ern, 49, who v died at Greenville the occupants and the store will re-ij? vet « r *ns who served b f\ we ® n General hospital' last Thursday after place the one operated in the P a st|^ < f mb ® r 7 ’ ^f 1, and De cember 31, a byef illness, were held Friday af- Tax Levy For Year Given By Treasurer ; night. Newberry visits Elon, andi on a mutual Qa sis. Russia's position Wofford journeys to Guilford Pres- ! is a 8 ras P in 8 one - and an inflow byterian goes to Parris Island Friday, in this country should be for a game with the Marines. prohibited until their attitude is Standings at end of the fourth cha nged week The 1947 county tax notice appears SouthcfrbhM ^ W 2 In today’s paper, with the general The Citadel .... .... .... 2 levy for this year remaining at 17;Clemsop .... i ternoon ‘ at^NJlreth Preibylenan | mills ’ divided as follows: ordinary, Presbyterian i church in Spartanburg county with,county, 7 mills; bonds, 7; high school, 1 0 0 place the one operated ^ . . ,, .. , on Muserove street , 1946, and were honorably discharged. on Musgrove street. ' :To be entitled to an American De- The store is modern in every de- (ense Service medal, the veteran must the Rev'p'T^M^hesnev^offipiatina li- hnenitai il- ' £T w" *T*i Furman 0 tail, everything is attractive and san- have entered the service . €V ‘...... nc ^..* Un *’ 2 » hos P ltal konds, ft, and hospital Erskine . 0 «k. IMe VP. of UgMukf ^L, br Tl»M? <0U0Wed “ ““ ***{*»?• e , [Newberry ..1 ... .... Z Z Z l equipment has been installed. ♦j 9 4 1 and have served no t w ^Jl - — | County Treaeuser, Sam M. Leaman 1 Among new departments will be l 12 months In order to wear the for Mr ’ Kern had heen connected with,announces that the books opened' AH G * ine * one for the handling of frozen foods. 1 eiim service claso with the medal 018 sherifrs department of Spar- yesterday, October 15, and will re- J” 111 "* • • • A new and modern meat department a ^ eteran must have gone overseas + tanbur « as a r “ ral 0f,iC K e f i? rH Z 1 'South Carolina is also included. between those dates ^e P 851 ten years, and was a highly, without penalty. He,stated that due °° u £ n ^arolina H. C. (Hack) Brown, the firm’s, The Iocal National Guard unit i S regarded citizen and officer. Before to special levies, school district levies J? ofI . ord **• — ’ — | ine local mauonai uuara unit is , ” ... , ’ ; „ . A PreshvtArinn “f^heretor the past two years, • making good progress in the recruit-aemson past year.^will continue as assistant f or interested- young men who can manager. James W. Blake, of Colum- j q ua ufy physically and mentally bia, an experienced meat man who' will be in charge of the new store. r n g"d7ivV“now''underway,^ CaptaVn 1 fa 5 min ! Jr V tbe /f id y ille section ar ® f . rom last f ear ' no '. Ne wberrv George Corley, assistant manager the Blateck stated bm st nr has openings wh f e be continued to live ; tice gives the levies by townships 1 Furman*^ . —... — -- —i i Mr. Kem was a native of this crty,| The total levy -for the school dis- rurman the son of Mrs. Agnes Kern and the tricts in this area are: • * i ^ late Arthur Kern. j Hunter: Rock Bridge, 17; Wads- D us FronrKico Surviving besides his mother are worth, 22; Clintor^ 39; Goldville, 27;!?; wWvnlSC his wife, Mrs. Ethel Mosely Kern, Kinards, 25; Reederville, 30; Mount-1 JOUght Id LaUrCdS W 3 2 2 2 1 1 ~ 1 0 L 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 L 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 T 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 will move -to the city, will be msma- ger of the newly installed meat de-! •'•WUlllS L/ISTilCi partment. Several new employees (Officers Named will be added to take care of the en-1 larged*store, Manager Brown said. | Eugene J. Coltrane, president of S® 1111 . of Tampa, Fla.; and two sis- one daughter, Nancy Kern, two ville, 25. j brothers, Robert .of Darlingtop, and ters, Mrs.* P. S. McElhenny of At lanta,, and Miss Louise Kern of this Supt. G. L. Rankin, of Greenville, i Brevard college, Brevard, N. C., &as and district supervisor T. C. Wil- elected governor of the Carolines Hams, of Columbia, have been in the Kiwanis district at the concluding cit y» who teaches in Lancaster, city several days planning for the session of the annual convention held opening today. ( week in Charleston. He succeeds In commenUng on the opening of DuPre Rhame of Greenville, the new store, Mr. Williams stated:) Asheville, N. C^ was chosen is the “We feel there is a definite trend to- 1948 convention city. ward moving food stores away from the congested areas of a city, and we believe the people of Clinton and Nine new lieutenant governors Hallowe'en Bazaar At Armory October 31 Plans are going forward for the Jacks: No. 1, 17; Shady Grove, 22, H. J. McCorkle, of York, represent- I have been generous in spending , your money, he said, but if we are i to make allocations for other peo ples there must be an evidence of appreciation and cooperation. Our forebears after the Civil war showed an indomitable courage, and the na- 1 tions looking to us for help must [have this same attitude and a will- j ingness to help themselves. Mr. Bryson spoke of the enormous national debt, largely due to war, he said. He stated that he had voted with President Truman against re- duction in the tax bill because debts should be paid, and thnso in thcAfaev. i est income bracket would receive [little benefit by the -reduction^He [said he voted for the Taft-Hartley , act over the veto of President Tru7"~ \ man. He stated that he was in favor of compulsory military training for youth. I am a Democrat, he said in con clusion, but I am not afraid of the future either with a Democrat _____ or Renno, 18; No. 5, 21; O’Dell’s, 20; in the Hartsville Coach company of Republican President. What I am Garlington, 22; Hurricane, 20. jLumberton, N. C., appeared before afraid of is present Communistic Scuffletown; Long Branch, 32; the Laurens city council last week trends and activities of left wingers. Musgrove, 17; Langston, 19; Sandy! seeking a franchise to operate a bus Springs, 22; Ora, 20. 1 ' 1 ,i,a “ * 660,000 Bole Cotton vicinity will welcome an opportu-'is headed by Pel Segnious of Kings- nity to shop in a new and modern: tree. District 9, in which the CUnton (food store, located where they can j club is grouped, will have the Rev. always park close to the store, and'Muller R. Wingard, of Greenwood, were elected, severt from North Car-' bi * Hallowe’en Bazaar sponsored by olina and two in this state. District 8 Parent-Teacher association to be staged at the armory on Friday night, October 3L beginning at 7:30, with the public cordially invited. There will be fun for everybody, get in and out without crowding. las its new lieutenant governors Mr. 1 the httl e folks and the grown-ups.; Frank Kellers, Jr„ son of Dr Frank “We were limited-by space in the! Wingard is pleasantly known here Admission prices will be 10c and 25c.(Kellers of this city. Musgrove street store, but the new! by many Kiwanians and served as Befreshments will be offered for sale j ^ store, with 3,500 square feet of floor i pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church j including eakes and other good things space, will enable Us to expand on'of this city before accepting his pres-! 10 eat. There will be a cake walk, the line of goods offered. The store is new throughout, and will operate as a self-service store. Two cashiers will Operate At the front of the store. Their opening announcement will be found in today’s paper. ent pastorate. Pitman New Scout [Executive For County j Local Boy Serving On Aircraft Carrier games, contests, a bakery 'shop* hand-work booth anw fortune telling booths. The sponsors are arranging an evening of fun and ask a liberal son of Mr and Mrs. B. L. CroweTl of is ready for the mai * m S job but that line in that city. A committee was appointed by thet mayor to study the _ _ feasibility of the proposal, it was CrOD ForCCOSt In State stated. The Hartsville company is now op- [ A South Carolina cotton crop pTT” erating buses in this city, in Lum-1660,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight is forecast from conditions on October P. This is 15,000 batei or 2 per cent less than prospects a month earlier and 5 per cent be low the 697,000 bales made last year. - ’The indicated yield of 303 pounds lint per acre is 45 pounds below the 1946 yield but slightly above the 10- year average of 301 pounds. The census report shows 247.000 For the first time the county will j l [M nmn 8 bales gmntd in the state Frank Kellers Listed For Army Commission Eighty-three South Carolinians! £f rton and Whit eville, N. C., and have been nominated by President | arbn ®* on and Hartsville in this Truman for recess appointments asj ,ta £?’ _ _ commissioned officers in the regular 1 . P ‘ Ga stley is manager of the army and the regular air force. ^Clinton franchise. Included in the list is Capt. (Maj.) 7 ^ County To Mail Out Tax Notices mail out tax bills this year to all prior to ^^ber 1, which compares old* and npw' Trp a «nrt.r with 723.000 to the same date last _ . _ j taxpayers, old and ne\y- Treasurer William H. Crowell, of the navy, Sam M ' Leaman, states that his office ! year and ^O.OOO in 1945. To Begin Dilatory Here This Month patronage from the public, the pro ceeds to be used for the association’s work. 4 C. M. Pitman is the newly ap pointed field executive of the Boy Scouts Jor Laurens and Newberry! p r *rL ran counties and has entered upon the DaKer I nice work. He is making his home in Years For Shooting Goldville because it is the center of — R. L. Plaxico, president of the^® two •reas, he said. Charles Baker, 21-year old Clin- Chamber of Commerce, said yester-l Mr. Pitman, formerly an Eagle ton taxi drvier, was found guilty in day that he was in receipt of a tele- scout with ibe Taylors troop, recent- general sessions court in Laurens gram from the Baldwin Directory ^ attended the National Training, Wednesday on two counts of assault company of Charleston, stating that * ch ° o1 fpr Scout executives in Mend-' a nd battery with intent to kill. Judge this city, is serving aboard the air- there may be some confusion due to Dairies Make AHvnnres craft carrier USS Franklin D. Roose- the fact that addresses on the books . _ . velt, undergoing repairs at the Nor- may not be correc t- Heretofore tax- 1*1 MlIK mCCS folk shipyard, PortsrlmTithT'Va. payers have been required to write oi —— Crowell enlisted in the navy # on c . a11 at the treasurer’s office to get Effective October 20th, League’s May 14, 1946, and received his re-! the arnount taxes due. cruit training at the naval training! center, Bainbridge, Md. Brown Announces Services For Sunday Dairy of this city, and I. M. Smith’s Dairy, Kinards, announce that prices on milk will go to 22c per quart, an advance 2c per quart over present [prices. Cream and other milk prod ucts will have corresponding ad- ": vances, they said.. There are many newcomers in | >■ in announcing the advances Clinton. The best way to famijjanze Messrs. League and Smith state they NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL their corps of workers would arrive bam, N. J. He was graduated frqm J, Woodrow Lewis gave him three ~ Clinton. The best way to familiarize Messrs. League and Smith state they in Clinton onsthe 17th to begin work- 411 ® University of South Carolina in yetars~on each count, the sentences to A communion service will be held yourself with the city and its peopk are^forced to 4 dtf sb'~because every- on the proposed city directory. j 411 ® ® Iass of 194 * a and duri ng the war run concurrently. j Sunday afternoon at 3:30 at Shady is to read THE CHRONICLE. Plate thing pertaining to the dairy industry on the proposed city directory. i" 1 ® ciass OI 1!WJ * ana aunng tne war run concurrently. [~ ’'rJITJT'T J ai anaay 15 lo reaa umkunicle. Plate thing pertaining to the dairy industry Several weeks igo tbe Chamber of s®™* 1 4w ® and a half years in the ' Baker was alleged to have shot;^ov® Presbyterian church conduct- your subscription now as many oth- has gone Up: Th*ir announcement Commerce endorsed the Charleston n>v y- J. C. Jacks and Cleve Satterfield as ;® d by the pastor, Rev. H. W. Brown, ers are doing each week. company’s proposition to make ■ | - they sat in Satterfield’s taxicab on Sunda y school will be held at 3 o’-1 Welcome and thanks to those on! Elizabeth street in the CliAton mill our Honor Roll this week: [will be found in today’s paper. directory of the city. The company ( also went into a contract with the city for renumbering the house*. Goldville will also be included in the directory. Turner Conducting Services At Hemingway - 1 ^ t Dr. W. R. Turner, pastor of the First Presbyterian church is spend ing the week at Hemingway in .the lower part of the state where he is conducting revival services at the Presbyterian church of which Rev. C. J. Matthews is pastor! READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS. REGULARLY EACH WEEK They inform yon as to chang ing prices, where yon can sup ply your needs, where you can shop to advantage. BE WISE — READ THE ADS village. Going on the stand in his own defense, Baker claimed that Jacks was about to cut him with a knife when he shot two times. Satter field, he said, was hit by mistake. Regular preaching service will be held by the pastor at the Goldville church at 11:00 a.m. Sunday. ■ ■■■ Morion To Address Presbyterian Men The Men of the Gimrch of the First Presbyterian church A^ill hold their dinner-meeting*this evening at 7:30 September Bond Soles To to I $76,474.50 D. F. Patterson, of Laurens, chair man of U. S. bond sales in the coun ty, reports a total of $76,474.50 in savings bonds sales in Laurens coun ty for the month of September. Sales for the state for September, at the church. Dr. John wlarion, of) Richmond, Va., has been announced as reported by W. Brooks Stuckey’ as the gue*t speaker. -7 * 4. t [state director, were $2,317,387. GEORGE C. YOUNG, Cincinnati, Ohio. FRANK LOFJTIS, Alto, Ga. MISS GRACE YOUNG, Rock Hill. 4. MISS RUTH BARNES; Kinards. MRS. PAUL GLENN, Lafayette, Ga. . MRS. EDDIE PRICE,* * Goldville. H. L. ROOF, EDWARD WILLIAMS, JAMES HUEY, South Clinton. City Tax Books Arc Now Open T|ie city tax books opened yester- ^day, October 15, and will remain epen without penalty until Decem-- ber 15,, ac^rding to Wm. -Brooks Owens, city clerk-and treasurer. The ordinance as passed by council ap peared recently in The Chronicle. The levy for the current year is the same as last year,'37 mills; 12 mills for current operating expenses and 25 un ills for interest and sinkin' fund on various bond issues out- /r i ■»'.<<£ *