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\ •/ 7. s» ■•'T" +~ THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Kewspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable . / I If You Don't Read IHE CHROMOE You Don't Get tbe Newt . 3 Volume XLVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 8, 1948 Nvnber 2 BLUE HOSE PLAY NINE TEAMS ON 1948 SCHEDULE Grid Season Opens With Clemson. Four Home Games Listed On Menu. Presbyterian College Blue Stock ings, under Head Coach L. S. Me-] ( Millan, will play a tough nine-game i football schedule next > fall. Ath letic Director Walter A. Johnson, I has announced a definite slate otj eight games and said negotiations | are underway to get an additional I contest for October 16. The Blue Hose will open the season I a week late than has been the cus tom "In the past, Director Johnson states. Traditionally the curtain will be raised with th<* anmial game with Clemson at Clemson on September 26. ; The calendar is similar to the one P. C. battled through the'past year, with the coaches predicting a strong er and better team than the past year. Coach McMillian said spring football practice will start. about the middle of February and continue for eight weeks. w. Thurmond's Bill For Reorganization To Meet Hard Fight Many Measures Before Legislature > Convening Next Week ^ Great Falls Woman Killed In Car , Accident Near Cify TEXTILE WAGES M COUNTY FOR YEAR ARE $11,996,0% t - Manufactured Goods More Than $51 6,0% Are Employed. Columbia, Jan 6 M Tfc I Columbia, Jan. 6.—(Special to The Columbia. Jan. 6.—(Special to The The first violent death of the year Chronicle).—Certain to be a/soujee Cjironidle).— Although the second! in the county was registered Sunday of bklthr eon.tfO'versy in the 87th session of the South Carolina General as the result (rf an antomabile coliis- Geheral Assembly after January 13, 1 Assembly will, become engaged al- .on op Route 72 between ptnre antb— when the second session begins,-is most immediately with miaq£-vital Wihtmire when Mrs. Alma Godfrey Governor J. Strom Thurmond’s pro- and bitterly disputed measures when Tarlton, 61, of Greart Falls, suffered posal to reorganize the state govern- u convenes ua January 13. new pro- a fractured skull from which'she d^ied meht. A bill introduced last year posals of a general nature 'are cer-; at 7:15 th? same night in the Lau Tor this purpose was held over until, tain to appear, and some of these rens county hospital. the 1948 session. "Somewhat related an* likely to be introduced by .mem- j Mrs. TarHon was riding In a car chronicle). Well over twe .e a. i but by no means dependent on the bers of the Laurens delegation. ' driven by her daughter, Mrs. Ethel . dollars has been irrv» ted if - reorganization biir^tre^proposals to The .number of non-local bills in-.Gibson, also of Great Falls, whefKlhe county m.muf.i.rtun- t etfet “streamline” South CSfolina admin-j troduced by a member of the state Gibson car and another car driven'^, :hrm . n . s Hnriny the Vai fl j- -.I year. j istratron through a constitutional eon- | ;egl S ) a ture, however, does not' de- i by Forrest Ada>r of this efty, collid- to produce g«wds vahied at inore vention and through-the'ceirtralizing j terrriine his activity in legislative ed just beyond the Lloyd Adair than fi/ty-on* million doHars, 3. L of couny government in the county, matters . County affairs, both in the place. Mrs. Adair, wh<f was nding Gamble. comnmssioncT of the Soutr i'both of which the governor advo- legislature and at home, and com- with her husband, was thrown out Carolina department &l lab<e ir. cates. (One jnbthod suggested for miUee occupy a large portion; of the car and is now'a patient at nouneed this week concentrating' county administration ^ tiine o{ ^nators and rep- Hays hospital where her condition am ount of capdal invr'>d v is that of extending the authority of resentatives. Delegates who intro- was reported yesterday 5s satisfac- Laurens county imhutrirs m tt* E. M. TIMMERMAN E. M. Timmermon Passes AtHospital After Brief Illness Eugene Murphy Timmerman, 40, well known Clinton citizen and au tomobile dealer, died at an early hour the boards of county commissionersL duce too many controversial general: torily improving. Mrs. Gibson, was 194^.1947 fiscal jrar tetaia %\Zjar. Measures to centralize county gov- eminent have appeared in’the Gen- erel Assembly in previous sessions i members may concentrate on per- measures .may not have sufficient; dismissed from the Laurens hospital gig. Commissioner Gamble time'to work for their passage. Some; after being treated for minor injuries represents an increase of fl. and returned to her home. 423,085 for the county over the I9U- Coroner R. i. mirgess impanelled| 1946 fiscal year. An' even more substantia! increase . , Sunday morning at an Aiken hos- After the opener with Clemson the: oatient Blue Hodmen will i^ay The c ‘‘^' 10r 6nly a ,e« (hours. He had been a in Charleston^ October 2. | patient lor a fg. but were not successful. Legislators j CU ading committees on which they supporting- the plan have held that a r g represented to introduce a bill in a jury here Monday and had it go it would improve the efficiency of w hj c h they .are interested, rather j to Lancaster to view the body at ar v\:.; .n th? v .Uie of tbr the General AssTnbly by eliminating than sponsoring it as_ ^individuals, undertaking establishment. He fur- duccd by manufaftoreia in I ; a majority of the many local bills'Other members may combine their, ther announced that an inquest will county. Mimrafacturf* rose $!2jM9 which must be acted upon each year, forces to win favorable consadera-' be held here this afternoon at 2 666 in value to a tou^y total «af Those opposed to the proposal declare tion Cor proposals they advocate,' o’clock. ' $51,551,753 m the past fcacal ywr. tl\at such a centralized system would rather than introducing measures of i - The number of eoanty indatral make county Officials too independ-j a similar nature individually. And I Funeral services fqr Mrs. Tarlton establishments remnfed was 37. ten ent of the jurisdiction of county leg- a t all times when disputed issues'were conducted Tuesday afternoon more than in the prev.oo« perftxL Oa islative delegations. j ar e before the General Assembly,! from the Fin< Baptist church in the payroll of these mduatr’es ^awre games to be played Imre are ^!S'a„rwa','r'emOTed S j Drunkenness HeodS arranged, and an opponen is 3°“ i hospital for special treatment when ^itv PoliCO Docket for a fourth game to be played here; Thp |^ ,l 7 ru.icc For December on October 16. The schedule follows: Sept. 25—Clemson at Clemson. Oct. 2—Citadel at Charleston. - Oct. 9—Erskine at P. C. (night) Oct. 16—Open. Oct. 23—Catawba at Salisbury. Oct..30—Stetson at P: C. (night) Nov. 6—Wofford at Spartanburg. Nov. 13—Rollins at Rollins. Nov. 20—Permanently open. Nov. 30 — (Thanksgiving Day) Newberry at P- C. his condition became critical. The ' announcement of his death came as a grfat shock to his family and wide i circle of friends here and elsewhere. 1 The funeral service was conducted i Monday afternoon from the residence i on Walnut street by his pastor, the | Rev. P. L. Bauknight of Broad Street \ Methodist church, assisted by a for*; mer pastor, Rev-. J. H. Kohler of An derson. Interment followed at Rose- mont'cemetery. Both at the home Last Rites Held For Hugh B. Workman Hugh Braxton Workman, 53, died suddenly Sunday afternoon - at the home of his brother, Ben C. Workman near here, after a period of declining health. ' each legislator may find his efforts Great Falls, of which she was a mem- 6.096 residents of the cooufy, vOk a* [fully engrossed m acting for the de- 1 ber. She is survived by her husband, additional 413 ptraori eraployixl •v*.* feat or passage of such issues as he ’thre'e daughters and four sons.! ** the total for the prrvmts fisc.-.! jea. Wages paid to Lamms courly ^hi- i ployees in the . manufacturing le:^ t totalled^11,996,096, as rtmlrartnl la $9 162.913 in tf>e fisjcal -ytiar beiore. ’ or an inrreaM* of $2J33.!33. L»- bor cnmm'>s»or’.'. van! „ , . . . . , Textiles m?.de a ; oncnpatiot Exterwive .mprovemenU m B i, ^ phony service during the year were ^ ^ considers best. ' In the 1947 session, the members of the Laurens delegation sponsored in The report of the city police de- whole or in part the following no- partment for the month of December' local bills^and resolutions:, shows 207g arrests made against 116 Representative C. L. Milam: A in November. Fines collected for the bill prescribing a schedule of state month amountetkto $1,638.70. aid for teachers’ salaries—rejected; v — Lu,. u,—. and Telephone Service In the City Now Being Expanded In addition during the month there- * ,1U a concU! ' rent resolution urging yesterday through the of- i "T," were 111 violations of par^n^ meter§ ^' on ®J es * i con tinue the appropna-, r 4J — 0 — 41 r,-,, —a.—rexuh nidls invented IRM9.751 o' regulations with fines of $55^59. As is the case each month, the lion lor the Clark's Hill power prol.| to )he _ S<l,lU, 73‘ Bell 1>te|llK«e; ^ to , al r ^ l « Lau ect—passed. friends assembled for the rites, with Warty' lovely flowers covering the mount attesting the esteem in which he was held by many friends here and elsewhere. ^ Active pallbearers were! L. O. Hiers, Arnold Cannon, S. Y. Adain -H. L. Eichelberger, Dr.. F. F. Hicks, Jdhn W.-Finney 1 Jr., and James E Representative Walter L. Martin:) “ * . , . u . , . The announcement states that and graveside a large gathering a! greatest number of arrests 64. .were ; Th( . muclhJebat ^ ly,, 'i a5t friends assembled for the rites, with for drunkenness, for which fines of, .j i company, Greenville, which serves . j this crea. one drunkenness, $991.20 were ccdlected and 111 days given in recorder’s court. * For fighting, 4 ? persons were ar rested; carrying concealed weapons, 1, drunkeneness, 64; dfseocderly con- sibn which would have made the ! state a wholesaler of liquor, placed drastic restrictions on retail liquor dealers, and provided for local op tion—rejected; and the conrurren . . . . . , tion — rejected; and the concurrent; duct, 9; driving under irtfluenee of i resolution u ^ congress, to con-! intoxicants, 5, speeding and w-eckless driving, 2; operating auto without li- rens manufacturers, produced aae an nual product valued at $44>43^&3 ... ... ... .employed an aveivtgv ef 4J72 em- local and one toll position are now , , .. . , ...... rr 1 proyees, ana paid $9,961,194 us fista. oeing installed at the In^a’ . .. L” . ? . . ., . , vv..gei .b the ia*al year, the local to provide 200 add.Uona. ■ nutJughamt c lines. An additional local with 200 * Unes rapacity will he i rut ailed dur ing the summer. During January two additional opc- Jdnn W.’rmney Jrv, and James E. *>; “ R, Anderson. The honorary. escort was! cense ’ ’ damaging private or public tinue the Clarks Hill appropriation. 1 Representative Robert C. Wasson: bill to make the state the whole- rators will be added which will giv? the office a total of 23. Three mc'e uoerators will be added in the sum- the last fiscal yeai ed and- prospered, Gi Capital invested by auastaefar*’* to a total of fS26.aS6.M9. The rzluc of the annual product mm 240,138, or $445,746,341 ah.yvc fee 11945-1946 fiscal year. Am I « ^ V *rw j A . . . * a ' 1 Ilc Ulll UlUfkC' U1C hfeCbtAT tut: WilUAC- * ... , . i I A I LXHl The funeral service, were conducUor su™,™ 5 in uirre! s . aler ®» U< ' uor ' retail lic,u« th " • ! * r pos,,lon “ "‘-,531 rfardente ol'Ik. i!.- ed Monday "aftenioon from the grave-{ church Jere^ivw I and ~ a looa! option, Mr. Timmerman was a native of Augusta, Ga. Twenty-three years agoi ~ 7’ ™ ^ he moved to this city where he had | Circulating Petition been engaged since then in the radio Annincf PnrLinn kAatnrc and automob,le business. For the past A 9 ainSt Karkl "9 Meters side in Hopewell cemetery by the Rev. F. L. Bauknight, pastor of Ep- worth Methodist church, Goldville. Pallbearers were: Henry Hunter, Francis Scurry, Hugh Bonds Work-, man, Hayne B. Workman, Randolph Davis and Claude Monroe. The honorary escort consisted of Jess Young, Roy Crawiford, G. F. Bu-1 Mr. Timmerman was a public- ford, A. C. Workman, C. R. Work-j spirited citizzen who identified-him- man, W. P. Dickson, L.J.. Young and with the life -of the community. Lee Willard. r* e was a m ember of Broad Street Mr. Workman'was a native of this Methodist-church where section oS the county, a son of the a member ol the board late Asa C. and Anna Watkins Work-| also a member of the Lions club and man, and was a member of Hopewell i ^ iam ^ )er Commerce. He gladly Methodist church. His entire life was 1 « a ve of his time for every effort for spent in this community and the an- the ^advancement of his adopted city. additional friends of the family. j5° rd * r S . CCUrt 291 dayS were glven a bill to create a board for tiuTpur-' tacal exrhan 6 e now , has 1000 , irking violators. several years he held «he Oldsmub.le j * p, UUon „ ^ c i rculatK , among ' Clark's Hill appropriation, agency .or Laurens county. '' the business establishments 'of the Senator O. Langdon Loi ployed, bnogrng tbc average _ ...v .. .working in South Oarofioa pose of establishing a school I Wephon- «IU. 225 .ppUeahon, ^ to , M law enforcement olticers in the state lile ,a J add.Uonal mscalUUons. A .-never emerged from the committee f 11 '' * 00 n ”“ to which it was referred; and the bill d " , ; ,n * U ' c Jcar ' lh ' ">anagement stages ^ urging Congress to • corltinue the ' Long: A con- city requesting pity council to re- [-current resolution to extend the hunt- Training School Listed For $398,598.00 •' ".'Jc move the parking meters installed in mg season for quail and rabbits in i n i n the city a few months ago, and game zone 2 in which Laurens county In Budget KcpOlt against which much opposition has is- Included—adopted: a concurrent ;i :>• he served as been expressed. It is understood the 1 resolution urging Congress to support 1 budget commission’s recoin- ] state tor the laat of stewards; petition is being signed by a number the plan of Major General Phillip ’ mended expenditures 1 to the legisla- the annual pnw B. Fleming in regard to the Federal^ ture . ^ state government for the Works. Agency’s advanced planning new year, 1948-49, the State I program—adopted; a bill to prohibit Train mg school located near here is to these workers increased acre fear 69 mil’..on to a total of jfeuw 3w million dollars. The annual product volar ad tn tiles alone m-, 1946-1947 s more fear the value of the aanital product to all manufactured ifeodb m Sow' Carolina in fee fiscal year 19C- By his pleasant personality, jovial spirit, courteous mann'er and thought fulness of others, he made many J. Davis Workman of Green- friends who learned of his death with genuine regret. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Leonelf Smith Timmei - man; one son, E. Munplhy Timmer man, Jr.; one daughter, Nell Mood Timmerman; his mother, Mrs. N. B. Timmerman of Augusta; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Hudson of Augusta, and Mrs. William Coskery of f^leming- burg, Ky. rvouncement fo his passing will be rceeived with regret by his friends. The deceased is survived by one] son, wood; two brothers, Ben C. Workman of this community, and J. Rion Work man of Columlbia; and two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Scurry of Chappells, and Mrs. R. G. Spearman of Jackson ville, Fla. petition is being signed by a number of business firms. -rt SGT. MATHEWS RETURNS ' S-Sft.' Stephen Mathews has re turned from a ten day stay in New York city and has resumed his du ties as recruiting officer for Clinton and Laurens. TELL IT TO THE WORLD The first rule of salesman ship is that if you have any thing to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell it to the world! That, in.Clinton’s trade area, means to advertise it in THE CHRONICLE. Every week this paper goes into the homes of the residents of Clinton, West Clinton, Lydia Mills, Goldville and the rural sections of this community where your pros pective 1948 customers reside. '■ The more people you tell, the fnore you will sell! ‘ The most successful Clinton firms in 1948 will be those who through effective advertising tell the buying public each week of changing prices, what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, the services .they are prepared to give. Advertising in THE CHRON ICLE brings customers to your store. Jones Wins Car In Bendix Contest Conway J. Jones of Fountain Thn, head of the T. E. Jones & Sons chain [of furniture stores, ^was awarded first prize in a sales contest of Ben dix washing machines for the past year, and was presented a new 1947 Ford sedan By the company. Mr. Jbnes sold 1,250 per cent over his quota to top the sales of 300 dealers in the Carolinas. The automobile was given him by Southern Ap pliances, Charlotte, N. C, area dis tributors for Bendix. The Jones firm operates a store in this city on East Carolina avenue, j headed by C. T. Thomason as man-1 uger. Christmas Lights Are Taken Down The hundreds of Christmas lights which adorned the business section of the city during the Christmas season were taken down Monday by the city water and light department and tucked away for future Christmas use. * '1946. Textile valued al $1,136,236AM im fee Cora] ,«r. afem. pnodurt valor m€ mil manufacture, inrhiduif; IrxLlrx to the fiscal year prrrediac mm $1. 111,490,387. . Kiwanis Club To Begin Year's Work The-first meeting of the Clinton the use of a seine to catch fish in the recommended for ^ mamienance ap-1 waters o< McCormick county—pass- P^Prration . of $398,598.00, an in- County CoOC€ft ed; a concurrent resolution express-1 creas * $24,098.00 over its $374,-. || ing sympathy^rin ‘ the death ol Tom 500.00 appropriation for 1946 47. ; UNVC UndCrWO^ B. Pearce; and a Senate resolution j- 7^— Aiming at a goal at I requesting the trustees of the Uni-i^cout ExeCUtlVC In th ° Laurens County versity of South. Carolina to cancel ^ . Concert asauriation a scheduled talk of Sherwood-Eddy, ■ Th IS ArCO KcSignS ' membership campaign at a on the grounds that Eddy allegedly ~ ~ , Monday night in I^aumw at tkx was a Communist—no final action Horace S. Williamson, alter almost munity halL taken by the Sehate. > E'* year* as executive director of; Approximately 69 — ■ ^ the Bjue Ridge .Scout council, has chairmen from all jii'esighled directive February 1 to take the county were gives up new duties as executive of the as to their dabes —« North Florida Scout Council at Jack- spoke evprtvurd opfeiman sonville, -Fla. * | pects > tor a rfe fes; Auditor Now Making Rounds Of County ^\a a !l! S v ClUb f ° r ! h ! < ^! l i-‘ 5e | Miss Jennie V."Culbertson, county Mr - WilMamson accepted h.s pres- the tainpuign before the heM this evening at 7:30 at Clinton-, auditorv -| now ma king her annual ent Potion in February 1942, and 5 pan. Saturday Dayton hotel. The newly elected of-) pounds of the dbunty to take tax re-! dur,n S his administration an- in- Mrs. L S MtMi fleers will assume office, committees { Urns •' i crease of 1,300 has been noted inethe i vice-president and will be announced and the club or ganized for its year’js work. Chamber Commerce « To Meet Tuesday Ttye regular dinner meeting of the Chamiber of Commerce will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30, at Hotel DaytonjClinton, with all members invited turns. Yesterday she was'at Tip Top and ^ nro ^^ nen ^ the council which im ! for ihe campaign, aad Roy Wi the .State Training schObi. Today eludes trixips in Cliiiton and Gold- an ongamzation «iirtv6pr she will Be at Lydia Cotton Mills and | Naftioniil Comaumj^y Cbarrrt 'Friday at Waterloo, the schedule His mcceesor has not yet been abiop,,explained drhab of fei I for the remainder of the itinerary announced by the governing board. Mr. Williams sang appears in today's paper. ... ’ ^ This year,-an off year, reaf estate Vir . w , nr will not be listed except where new NEW SUBSCRIBERS buildings have been erected or wljere UfhMfhp BOI I property has changed hands,’ she, l\V/LL said, calling attention also, to the Dr. James C. Kinard, president of [ act ^pslative enactment all household goods._and furniture used in the home of the owner are now A New Year is here. I let one ol — , . , . your reooluti.ms be to have THE Newberry college, will address the j ^ .. f _^ tUre USed CHRONICLE delivered in your home every Thursday morning, filled with club. County Cotton Crop ^ Shows Big Decline Official ginng reports for Laurens county confirm the general opinion i tha tthis year’s cotton crop will be very much smaller than last year. The official report, now issued from WashingiAi instead of by local agents, shfcvs that 11,065 bales were ginned in the county to December 1, | as compared with 19,103 gales ginned ; to the same date last year. 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. ^ ^ exempted from taxation. In effect, she said, this means that a persen.l "f*? “ »«* *- awning nothing but tunisetfKild’goods v ' r ' , f lrl ® ,5^ UInn * U5t IWUr ’“ b- 1 and furniture used in the home </■ ‘ 31 T!? , lon Ij Wekpcna and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: MRS. J. C. KING, . 1 the owner will not have to make a. return. Automobiles, she pomted out, particularly, are not exempt. Dove Season To Close January 13 Garvin B.’’ O'Dell, county gamej' warden, reminds residents that the fishing license expired December 31, and new licenses are now on sale in various parts of the county. He also stated that the dove season closes on January 13. Panama C(ty, ELa. CLYDE FORTNER, Greenwood. MRS. JOHN THORNLEY, OUN A (MOORE, (MISS LUTRELL OAKLEY, ' D. M. HILL, - «• Clinton. MRS. JOE KELLY. Goldville. mrs. e. d. McCullough, i West Clinton. com pa rued by Mrs. P Roper, of Laarvoo^ pri county assux-iatioa, aa4 Brown, of thu city. Headquarters, ed at fee Men’s with reports to to by the mexiferrshsp cl cens eiuphaaue that fer end Saturday mjfei mad am. stops will be sold Three, and are planned for campaign is An adverbs formation about pears in The tfernurlv Thomas To Head 'March of Piles* The annual -Rbudu* VTrss.dcrr infantile will be made durto* ifcr will again be headad by J C as choiivnan. I mittee will be 4 * -