Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

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, October 23, 1947 Number 43 WINNING U.N.FOffTIB...SataalMai hy Honey Evdeigh, Canadian arttt, this paatat wm the Vetted Nattau i feeter >f-the yanr eoeapeti- tie*. The lmehte§e ttteme hernia eeretwU j planting n eeedling, foliage •T mUtth la M*Ifc Rfr af flagi ef the D*tt*i Natieaa. The artfcrt po’ntHI vet: "Wty ewm hepnmhm *f the United Nettone m n eyubol of hope ece— to he the expraarioa of what am* y people feci.” • fl ■ BLUE STOCKINGS MEET When Transport Oil Truck Jumps Bridge Railing ROLLINS HERE FRIDAY J. A. Compton, driver of a trans port oil truck owned by D. A. Yar borough of this city, narrowly missed j serious injury or death Monday j i morning when the truck crashed into i • 1 the railing of a bridge over the Saluda | river near Honea Path. The truck ; cab broke loose from the trailer, terian college today predicted a ter caught fire and plunged over the mination of the winning streak of Tough Florida Tars To Give P. C. Rough Time Under the Lights. Gray Court Youth Found Guilty Of Manslaughter Laurens, Oct. 15.-Harold Crowe, CfT 110 CAD fAIINTY 14-year-old youth indicted for mur-i^"* ■ VI\ VWlii ■ der in connection with the shotgun j shooting of his father, James Crowe,] was found guilty of manslaughter by i a General Sessions Court jury here Coach Lonnie McMillian of Presby- Wednesday night. The jury deliberated for nearly four and a half hours before return- THREE-YEAR ROAD BUILDING PROGRAM $1313,700 Available For Highway Projects Through Federal Aid. Columbia. Oct. 21. — (Special to ,The Chronicle).—The South Carolina railing and landed about 15 feet be-'two games that the Blue Stockings i n g the guilty verdict about 10:30,. i neath the bridge. ! have run up when they meet the] Young Crowe was charged with' u t , ... , I The truck was a complete loss, RoUin s Tars here on Johnson field kilUng his father-with a blast from , hlghway departmen. this wee t | while the trailer which turned over tomorrow night at 8 o’clock, I a shotgun last summer at the Crowe vealed the full details of its three- jon its side, was’ damaged consider- ] The heavy double-wing Floridians,; home near Gray Court. ~. - year road construction plan in Lau- ! ably, Mr. Yarborough stated'. y . , victors over Richmond, while being! hearing both cases con- rens county, a fclan which makes I Mr, Compton sufferedFlBurns 0 n elted ° ut by 6 *°> com ® to to y h ! currently, acquitted Mrs. / Oract!available $1,313,700 in funds to the i his arms and face and a cut over an sorne “ me ^ 0 y a > r ^ or a workout be- c rowei mother of the youth. Mrs. I eye, which, .while painful, are not. fo ]"f tbe game ... serious ! visit0rs > one 0 * tbe * ew teams , Mr. Compton was on his way to l" 1 natio , n tha ! runs from the get a load of gasoline for the local ] doubl e w,n « formation, had Miami in oil company. a d > ther for the laat week, runmng their double and triple reverses with passes tacked on the end of them for good yardage. All this week the Blue Stocking junior varsity team has beep running Rollins plays, and the results have {been encouraging — for the visitors. The varsity has had trouble locating Clinton High Downs Laurens Here, 20-7 _ . . county for hlghfway work. Crowe was charged with being an accessory to the fatal shooting. ! The Surens county program was Thursday morning Judge J. ^ood-i begun by the b tf hway department in row Lewis sentenced Crowe to the i 1046 and will continue through 1948. state reformatory at Florence until ! R oad work in the county is divided he is 21 years of age. In his testi-jinto three classifications, for each of mony, the youth said that he shot his: which an allotment has been made, father as the latter lay in bed be- O”* » s program "A,” the $41,000,000 cause his father had mistreated and 1 federal aid program, from which Laurens county receives an alloca tion of $M1,300; second is program “B,” or the miscellaneous contin gency program, from which the county will obtain $50,000 out of a total state fund of $2,800,000; and the third division is the $13,000,000 "farm „ . to market” program, or program “C” (Johnson field Friday mght. | tougher. ] p re sbyterian college endow-] w hich makes available $322,600 for “Tot” Fallaw, Clinton’s fine full-1 The underdog Hosemen, in good me nt Fund drive in Clinton got ofT county highway construction, back, ran wild to score all three shape from the water-logged game to an excellent start last Monday Five the projects planned in the touchdowps for the Devils, while w * tb tb ^ Parris Island, ^arines^ last evenfng at the first report meeting county under the federal aid pro- . _ B CtSi By Donny Wilder Before a crowd of more than 3,000 the ball and in breaking up plays, fans, the Clinton high Red Devils 1 and as Coach McMillian says, “Re defeated the Laurens Tigers by a member, these are just freshmen; i score of 20-T under the lights of Rollins is a dam sight bigger and] threatened to kill his mother. $I5,M0 Reported To Dale In College Drive B/ULEY INTERESTS FACE SUIT FOR $100,000 BY MRS. ELSIE BRYSON, MRS. VIR6INIA BROWN Defendants Recently Cleared In Forgery Coses/ Laurens sires sparked by the passing; wee ^< been working hard on h e icl in the Clinton hotel. The gen-ig ram have been awarded contra - Institute Action Aaoinst W. J. Bailey and Associates °f Mauldin and the receiving of Rus-] an offense of their own in an effort era i. canvass in the hands of the These projects, the amount tentative- , . an i • £ LA I*-* ' D *,• -sell. ] f 0 ™ a ich the Florida team touch- Uams turned in $2,985; reporting as k allotted, and the amount of the In Local Banking rirm tor Malicious rrosecufion. Laurens took the lead in the first' down f° r touchdown, which should follows: Team 1, Captain W. D. Adair, contracts, areas follows: on route 39,- , quarter by means of a pass from ] ma,te a bi « h scoring, spectacular $000; Team 2, Captain W. C. Bald- ( ro m a point near route 225 to U. S. ■William J. Bailey, president of M. had told the defendant, W. J. Bailey, t Mauldin to Russell. The conversion 1 battle to watch. ! win, $295; Team 3, Captain Roy Gas- ' r oute 221, seven miles of road work, S. Bailey Sc Son, Bankers, of this city an( i the cashier. R. C. Adair* and was good. ' , | This 15 the fi "] 0 meet ‘ ng of the two ; que, $145; Team 5, Captain Hugh S. 1 including 156 feet of bridges, allot- city, and heirs of the late M. S. Bai-! th , tt d , sheriff Wier' the second quarter, the Tigers teains smce 19 :„’ wh<n the Tars , Jacobs, $435; Team 6, Captain P. M. ment $200„000, contract $107,960; on ley, who have interests in the bank,! ’ u j • vw took to the aerial route again, but| emer Sed Wlth a 19 -° victory, and the Moore, $515; Team 7, Captain W. B.! r0 ute 101, from Gray Court toward were named as defendants in a suit] Just how the papers described in the jj mrn y Hollingsworth, Red Devil] Blue Stockings are determined to]Owens, $370; Team 8, Captain R. S. Reeves gin, allotmerrt $142,400, con center, intercepted a Laurens pass turn the table on the record books. , (Truluck, $625. filed Tuesday by Mrs. Elsie Bryson warrants originated and informed and Mrs. Virginia Brown, both of them that they (the plaintiffs) had this city. : nothing whatever to do with the Each of the plaintiffs asked $50,000 ^ f or gi n g or uttering of same other than octvw.1 and punitive d.males for m.- ^ ou , the ordcrs of lhe de . hcious prosecution. The suits wete filed at the office of V. B. Fleming,, w - J - Balley - transmitted clerk of covietg and 4»ave be—'■ecrved-tfajough thair co-defendant, H. W. by deputies of Sheriff C. W. Wier. ' Simmons, but in spite of said infor- According to the court roster pre- nation conveyed to them by these pared by the Laurens County Bar plaintiffs and in spite of evidence on association, the case will not bei the papers themselves, and V'-K - . . . into"? scheduled for trial at the term ofknowladgeof their ongm by Uie d^Tton a head h^a^e oMSto?. civil court beginning Monday. Mrs. Bryson and Mrs. Brown, sis ters, were recently cleared of forgery fendant, W. J. Bailey, individually and as president of the bank, the de and lateralled to Hampton, who lat-1 ^ light workout ender the lights eralled to Fallow, who ran 50 yards is scheduled for tonight: for the TD. The score remained 7-7 the rest of the first half, and the third quarter! was scoreless. Ip the fourth quarter a .pass from Fallaw to Hampton, good for 45 Civil Court Term. Convenes Monday The October court of common pleas yards, put the ball on the Laurens will open^in Laurens next Monday, £7~27*“ki!d“37* General “chaiman 10-yard line. Fallaw went around end for the six-pointer, and put Clin- Late in the fourth quarter Fallaw intercepted another Tiger pass and, after a few ground plays by Earl Mc- Elhannon and Curtis Freeman, the tract $151,800; on route 276, from Dr. D. O. Rhame, reporting for the]Laurens to Barksdale, seven miles speciaT'gHts committee, turned in I of roadwork including 100 feet of subscriptions totalling $12,615, bring-' bridges, allotment $294,000, contract ing the amount raised to date to $143,200; on route 396, from Mount- 115,600. jville to route 39, 1.5 rpiles of road The goal for Clinton has been set ^ work, aUotmei|t $20,000, contract at $40,000, and with two more,reporti$18,000; and improvements in Lau- meetings, scheduled to be held Octo- rens, allotment $72,450, contract $200,000. The three remaining-* projects in Laurens couhty under the federal aid program which have not been con tracted are as follows^on U. S. route distance for another six points. Tne^-Lydtfr-Mills: Robert Dalton J. C. into headquarters and g ive every in- extrapoint was made as McElhannon, Jayson, Walter Kirby, Floyd Patter-1 dication that Presbylerians in the plunged into the middle of/the line «>n N. Creek, Posey Davis and ;two states are behind this e(Tort on Across the twin stripes. C. M. Roach. _ behalf of the college The appeal has ! also been presented to the college alumni, and to date a substantial number have responded' generously. Anderson To Open New fendants in pursuance of the said . . . , . , l . malicious prosecution s^it its agent, charges in cases brought by the bank. R c Adair> and oth e rs . before the They were formerly employed by • g rand j ur y and indictments charging W. Simmons, who was tried with, f 0r g er y were returned in 10 cases them in a number of forgery cases -! a <*amst each. ) In September, 1945, the women werei j be com pi a i n t s a i so set- forth that acquitted and Sunmom was convict-1 in ite of the fact that -4 rs . Bryson ed and sentenced to five years. The . Mrs Brown were acqui tfe^i„ state supreme court granted s,m -| i945 ) they were brought to trial again I The Devils held the Tigers in check mens a new trial, however, and he, in Septwnber| 1 94 7) oh ot her similar the rest of the quarter by means of and the women were tried again l as t|f or g er y charges, and that they were a strong forward wall, starring'i Cf/vra Llara month. Upon completion of state tes- b y a directed verdict and “Huh” Hunter Tnhneon 1-00165 JiOre nere timony, Judge J Woodrow Lewis, of that on the basis a previous un . Darlington presiding in general dtrstandin g with the so i ici t 0 r, the sioi« court at Laurens, directed a ot b er cases were n ol prossed after IHOWOII Receives verdict of . acquittal for the women th w ^ re acquitted and a jury acquitted Simmons. ] h wgs aUeged that the d efendanU Mrs. Bryson and Mrs. Brown are i n tbis action staggered the securing represented, in the suits by Senator ! 0 f warrants in the original cases over O. L. Long of Laurens, who repre- a period of several weeks, “gave un- sented them in the criminal actions, usual publicity thereof to the public R. E. Babb of Laurens, and Clint T. press in order to humiliate, embar- Graydon of Columbia. rass and discredit these plaintiffs and Blackwell, Sullivan and Wilson, of hold them up before the public Laurens, and Price and Poag, of; (each) as a common forger and cheat Greenville, assisted Solicitor Hugh i n orde r to force her to assist them ... . . .. . (Hugh L. Eichelberger has expressed Thirty-six petit jurors for the tern ' nfl dence that the local campaign have been drawn by the jury com-' be succes&fully concluded at the . .. : lappointed'deadline.* Included from this section on thej Throughout the supporting Pres-] 221, one-half the cost of the Enoree .ist are W. M. Perdue of th »s c »ty,j byterian synods of Georgia and South river bridge, allotment $40,000; on and Charlie Mundy of Hopewell. icarolina, churches are now engaged iU. S. route 221, grade separation ball rested on the Laurens 10-yard > rrom Goldville: W. W. Niver, A. |in their j ocal campai g ns seeking to project at Harper street and C. & W. line once more. Fallaw then chargedjJ- Gosnell, Claude Johnson, W. H. ■ e a minimurn objective of $350,-|C. railroad in Laurens, allotment off tackle to make up the remaining | R us h ton a " d Ca „^ e JJ S ‘, T „ lOOO. Reports are beginning to come $100,000; and improvements in Clin ton, allotment $72,450. “Hub” Hunter, Charles Johnson and Dial Jacks. 15-Year Sentence John Howell, about 40, was given Gene Antyerson, of Anderson, will open a neW ladies ready-to-wear storC" here"early in January it is an nounced by its president, Eugene An derson. A lease has been secured on the building'on Musgrove street now 16 years Thursday in the court of’/occupied by Dailey’s and owned by general, sessions at Laurens follow- All five of the scheduled program “B,” or contingency projects, have been contracted in Laurens county. They are: on route 308, from route 56 north of Clinton to route 30, allot ment $12,000, contract $12,000; on At a sectional meeting held in Au-j route 562, from a point 0.8 mile east gusta last Friday evening General of U. S. route 76 at county road to 'Joseph B. Fraser, of Hinesville, Ga., i Hurricane church, 0.8 mile of road- chairman of the over-all appeal, stat- ] work, allotment $1,500, contract ed to a group of 200 men working in $1,500; on road 51, the re-fiooring of the campaign that “now is the time j present bridge over Indian creek, al- for Presbyterians to put forth every rlotment $1,500, contract $1,500; on reasonable effort for one of our own' road 57, from route 72 to Duncan Mrs Wm B Owens and earlv after' colleges; a colle g e that deserves our, Creek church, allotment $9,500, con the* first 1 of th^jFear^t wfll be re-1 supRort a V.this particular time, if we! tract $9,500; on road 25 (old route modeled and modernized before the formal opening. / , Beasley in the prosecution of the i n collecting their money out of H. criminal cases. j w, Simmons and to satisfy their own The plaintiffs brought the suits for personal malicious feeling against malicious prosecution against W. J.jthem, although (each) had very Bailey .individually; and W. J. Bai- p romp tiy told them the true state of ley, P. S. Bailey, 5liss Connie Bailey, 1 facts which showed that each was ing his conviction of manslaughter. Hawell was tried on a murder indict ment charging that he killed his wife, Mrs, Carrie Troutman Howell, at] Anderson’s is one of the leading their home on the Calhoun highway' ladies stores in Anderson and will between Clinton and Whitmire. Mrs. | carry a similar line of merchandise ] are to advance the cause of Chris- ; 782), from U. S. route 76 to route 72, I tian education in Qur own. immediate' 2.6 miles of road work, and on road ] communities.”- ; 58 from road 25 to U. S. route 76 in / . Clinton, one mile of road work, allot- 1 Presbyterians Adopt ment * 25 ’ 300 - contra 5t $25,500. - 7 -- r | Four farm to market projects have i been prepared in Laurens county and three of these have been contracted. Howell died in the Laurens hospital; here c w Anderson of this city is Rotary Elder Plan two weeks ago after being found lyj associated with his brother in thei " ___ ^ ing on the floor in her home with ownership of the business. ! At a con g r eg atl onal meeting of the ‘ They are: on route 560, from route 56 blood running out of her mouth, ^ ♦ : First Presbyterian church Sunday to Kinards, six miles of road work - — — ^u C0Urt . D P w 0 v! n « a r' Large Crowds Attend imorning it was voted to establish! (including bridge, one-half the cost), Mrs. Emma^B. Cornelson, Mrs^ Mary no t guilty whatever, when all of said and Babb to defend Howell, j d ^ the rotary system of elders. Under allotment $72,000, .contract $59,900; B. Vance, Frances Williams Arthur, j charges could have been contained in' ^ iV/pCnwg INCW A. (J r. jtOTe the plan as approved, the elders will on route 306, from route 56 north of Rose Williams Tarrant, Reece Wil-jone warrant andVovered by one in- SPEAKS IN LAURENS ! * be divided into three classes with liams, Bailey Williams and Mrs. Elo- dictment if there had been probable ise Bailey, partners trading and do ing business under the name of M. S Bailey fie Son, Bankers cause therefor.” It was contended that each plain tiff had suffered “extreme humili- Dr. M. W. Brown, president of ; Large crowds attended the open-' one-third retiring each year. The Presbyterian college, was the guest ing of the Great Atlantic & Pacific bulletin stated that the classes wnl speaker Thursday evening at a sup- Tea company stoi'e last Thursday, be selected by lot after the election mer meeting of the Men-of-the- Friday and Saturday on East Caro- of additional elders at a congrega- Mrs. Bryson and Mrs. Brown set a tion, she has been caused great Church of the First Presbyterian lina avenue. The store is modern inPtionaLmeeting set for Novembe'r 9° forth in the complaints that on April‘ men tal and bodily pain and distress, church in Laurens. (every detail and replaces their for-) ^ 13 and April 30, 1945, R. C. Adair,'her health has been undermined, she who is cashier of the Bailey bank, has lost much time from her em- . brought charges against each of them j payment and business, she has been S with H. W. Simmons named as co-| forced to hire attorneys for her de- ^4 defendant, alleging they forged note* tense, and has sustained much ex- and mortgage* and statements of pe nS e and great financial -loss.” transaction to M. S. Bailey & Son, i — i « Bankers, in varying amounts, most!D^.pll rnnnor Riivc * of them around«|700 or $800, andj£ USSen foi-ged names to t^ie papers “know-' LOOper COD Company ing same to be false.” 1 It was further alleged in'the com- NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Bicycle Club mer store on Musgrove street. i Manager H. C. Brown and District _ . . upervisor T. C. Williams of Colum-jTo Meet Saturday bia, expressed themselves as highly 1 ; ** — gratified over the opening. Clinton toward route 30, allotment $70,800, contract $70,800; and on route 252v from U. S. route 76 to U. S. route 25 north of Ware Shoals, 12.o’ miles of roadwork, allotment $142.- 800, contract $172,400. The one project in the county which has not been contracted is cm road 22 (route 308), from U. S. route 221 near Ora to route 30, 3.7 miles of road work, allptment $37,000. plaint, that after the warrants were the Cooper Cab Company formerly issued by Magistrate R. M. Brownlee, owned and operated by his late broth- the plaintiffs were arrested on the er, L. L. Cooper. _ t warrants and were placed in the | Mr. Cooper will* retain his present county jail at Laurens before they connection, he stated, with Cooper I A lady in a distant city writing a'a _L__ friend here said, “I know everything La »>Or dOVing bhOW j that happens in Clinton, I read every At Laurens October 31 'page of THE CHRONICLE. | «. j Regardless of where you live, this plans are fast shaping up for the T. Russell Cooper has purchased “(family paper” will keep you posted Farm and Home Labor Saving show The Clinton Bicycle club will meet j Saturday morning at ;10:30 on the To-n-L Hwonc Florida Street school grounds, with] ’ VJWenS v#OmpleteS ] all boys and girls of the club invited. LflW Course In Virginia The program will be under the diree-! ♦ tion of the Kiwanis club. as to happenings of relatives, friends to be held at the Laurens armory Oc- and folks you are interested in. ;tober 31 from 10 ajn, to 4 p.m., ac- Welcbme and thanks to those on cording to C. B. Cannon, county farm posted bonds for their release. It was set forth in the complaints also that the warrants of arrest “and the said malicious prosecution there MRS. PERDUE LOSES FATHER Friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. by caused, occasioned, instigated and:Perdue will sympathize with them in instituted by the defendants accru-jthe‘ death of the latter's father, C. Motor company. ing by and through their agent and employee, R. C. Adair, who - insti gated same at the defendants’ re quest.” The plaintiffs also contended that prior to issuance of the warrants they H. Minick, Sr., which occurred Thurs day night at his home near Prosper ity. 4 Funeral services were held Saturday at St. Luke’s Lutheran church with interment in the'church cemetery. our Honor Roll this week: THE MOORES, - Rome, Ga. CHARLES C. MOORE, Spartanburg. LAURENS MOTOR CO., Laurens. MRS. JAMES BURKE, C. E. WHITE, Clinton. ^ MRS. W. P. BYARS, Goldville. MRS. MARSHALL WEBB, West Clinton. agent. Many dealers have notified -the county agent’s office that they are planning on showing labor saving equipment. Any person wishing to show any labor saving equipment is asked to notify his office at once. — No admission will be charged to see 'the show as this event is educa tional. HONS TO MEE^ EARLY The Lions club will meet at 6:30 Friday evening at Hotel Clinton, it is announced by officers. FOOD Is An Important Item With Housewives - You will find helpful Grocery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week, from leading food stores in the city. Read the advertisements — they tell you about changing prices and where you can buy to advantage. Tench P. Owens has returned to the city after completing the law course at the University of Virginia recently. He expects to take the examination for the South Carolina bar early in November, following which he plans to be associated with his father, Robert S. Owens, local attorney, in the practice of his pro fession. Mr. Owens is a graduate o.' Pres byterian college in the class of 1941. He immediately entered the army where he attained the rank of cap tain. While servingyin Italy he was wounded in the leJfUpon separation from the army in November, 1945, he entered the University of Virginia, j completing the normal three-year law. course in two vears.