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Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, January 15, 1948
Number 3
POLICE FINES FOR
YEAR $20,031.13
'Drunk and Disorderly
Conduct Cases Lead
Docket. 1,560 Arrested.
S. M. WARNER
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A total of $20,031.13 was collected
in mayor’s court here during 1947,
| according to the annual report filed 1
with city council by Chief B. B. Bal-
‘ lard. The amount was collected from
1,560 persons arrested during the
| year. j
■ In addition' to the regular report . .
I on recorder cases, a large- number of
cases for major crimes were submit-*
ted *to the F. B. I. in Washington by
the department. "
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As was the general rule each
i month, drunk and disorderly conduct
accounted for the‘major portion o^
the fines, with $8,046.23 for drunk j-
,and $1,709 for disorderly conduct. 617 j
arrests for drunkenness were made!
! during the year. -* <
|- Violators of parking laws num-
l bered 329, and their fifies amounted j
i to $172.50. ’*
Total days on the chaingang ac-i
cepted by defendants in lieu of fines
were 2,197.
, , . . , The record of arrests and fines j
of this city, was mstanlty killed m were as folloWB showing the num-!
an airplane crash near Washington, 1 ber ^ arrests and fines;
D. C Tuesday morning at 5:23l Fightir , g; 89 , $1,321.20: carrying
o clock. It was a coincidence that Mr. concea j ef j wea p (ms; 12, $415; violat-
Warner was traveling on the same ing the liquor law: * $206; drunken-1
plane from Greenville with W. A ness; 617 $8>04€ 2 g; disorderly con-;
Moorhead, of Goldville, at the Umt- dupt; 127> $1)70 9.20; gambling; 52,1
they lost their lives. Mr. Warner had $628; drivin g under influence 0 f in-!
charge of uae extensive building P- r - > - toxicants: 85, $4,851; speeding and
gram recently completed at the Jo- 1 re ., kless driving . 66i sl ,o54. 5 o; violat-1
anna Cotton Mills. It was his firs: )ing p arking laws: 329, $172.50; oper-
plane trip. . ating auto without driver’s license:!
The body will arrive * in Shelby-1 26, $301; violating the prostitute law: i
ville. Tenn., his former home, this n, $237; petty larceny: 37, $918; all
afternoon (Thursday) where funeral, other offenses: 16, $171.50.
services will be held. . j To Higher Cpurts
- MrT Warner had been a resident of| The following cases were sent to!
the city for nearly two years and; higher courts: - J
S. M. Warner Killed
In Plane Crash
Tuesday Morning
Shelburns M. Warner, 34, resident
CAMPAIGN FOR '48
MARCH OF DIMES J
BEGINS TODAY
Need for Funds To Fight Polio
More I’rgent Than Ever. J. C.
Thomas Local Chairman.
WILLIAM A. MOORHEAD
had recently erected a residence in
the College View section. He was a
Jones Construction company of Char
lotte, and at the time of his death
was en route td Okinawa on a year's
building assignment by his company.
He planned to fly to San Francisco
and sail from that port.
During his short residence here
Mr. Warner made many friends. He
was a capable contractor, possessed
Manslaughter by negligence: 1',
convicted in high court; manslaugh-!
W. A. Moorhead Killed la
Plane Crash Near Washington
i The 1948 March of Dimes will upeni
today and close January 31. R. E-j
Cole is campaign chairman for Lau-j
rens county, J. C. Thomas is chair
man for the Clinton area, and John
Ross for Goldville. Chairman Thom !
;as has announced the following as-'
si’stants; Mrs. John Spratt, mailing,
committee; J. C. Boyce, Clinton Cot-]
ton Mills community; J. B. Aber-
cronrubie, Lydia Cotton Mills; Miss
Lois Blakely, State Training school;
W. R. Anderson, Jr., public schools;
1 Leland Young, theatres; F^imunds
Young Boy Scouts; and W. W. Harris,
publicity.
The local campaign opening today
is a part of the tenth anniversary of
the National Foundation (of Infan
tile Paralysis. Chairman Thomas
states that this year as never before,;
j“the Clinton-Coldville area is going
out in the drive for voluntary funds.
: Until the end of the month every
naan, woman and child will have the
■ opportunity to share in combating a
: dread disease which for the past five
years has hit the county with the
greatest severity ever witnessed in
history.”
Activities slated for the current
TMarch of Dimes, Mr. Thomas said, ; President of the C linton Kiwan s riur
f£ir outshine any previous program Thursday ev ning, siK ccenms
, arranged for the annual appeal in Ratchford W Roland.^ Mr. Iknaatf
^this area. Coin cards have been dis-' P res * >n ' t ^ presidents pin to M~.
tributed to every house, and special' Smdh who, in turn, gave a pas! pnr>
school coin cards have been given to ident s pm to the retiring head
1 each student. I Other ofTnrers'installed were. Sfc_
“The 1948 March of Dimes .is in Boland, vwe-presidcnt; Robert M.
‘ full swing throughout the nation Vance, reelected- t -etary hf*
And it “is up to every one of us to the bc^ard n r dirrrtar:. nd the fc-
ido out utmost to put this campaign lowing dirrcrrr-4 .W C. ealy, Left*
I for funds for polio victims over the Young, James P Sloan and Leiard
i top,” Mr." Thomas declared. “Treat-, Young, succeeding ML W. Brown, H
| ment of infantile paralysis is costly. G. Prince, W. C. Baldwin and DL SL
! One case alone may require up to) Templeton, whose terms had expired.
DONALD B SMITH s
SMITH ASSUMES
HELM OF KJWANIS:
New President and
Officers Are Installed
Organization Giv£n.
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j Donaid B. Smith, manager o'f’Lrikn
i Department store and well know-
business* man of ti c city, be aar
vV ter by-ttop-neghgence- Tv released, by
coroner’s jury; aggravated assault: 3,
all cleared by arrest; breaking and
entering: 15, nine cleared by arrest,
grand larceny (over $50): 2, none
cleared by arrest: petty larceny (un*|
der $50): 42, 37''cleared' by .arrestJ
auto theft: 4, 2 cleared by arrest,!
2 not cleared; major offenses report-!
ed to police (includes unfounded). 1
$10,000 a year. That’s far more than
I nine out of ten people can afford,
y——— ^Wtth-eaeh and 1 every one of ua doingjjr S. Gtay and Ik C. Pwaiarr
MeetS Toor shafe™ putting our dimes fiffiT Smitn rpoke oT thc
Carry-over members at the board tor
another year are Robert M. Vawt
William Alexander Moorhead, 62,
q pJeasant personality and many fine;69; unfounded, false or baseless com- Vicej P res ^ent and general manager
traits of ‘ character. Genuine regret 1 plaints: 2; actual oTTenses reported t ^ e Joanna Cotton Mills company,
was expressed when the announce-ito police: 67; number offenses clear- jn( * recognized. as Guldville’s first
ment of his tragic death was re- ed by arrest: 52 (includes exception- Citizen, was instantly killed in an
ceived. * . al clearances); number offenses not Eastern Air Lines -plane crash near
Mr. Warner is survived by his-cleared and pending: 15 (the above Washington, D, C., at 5:25 a.m., Tues
General Manager of Joanna Cotton
Instant Death En Route to New York. Was 'First ^ °^ e M ,,n ^S w ^
Citizen' of Goldville and Highly Regarded In Tex- j strike n this community during the ty one , cammwc**
tile InduCTry FunerarServkes From Residence Fri- rT';
-day Afternoon at Thfeie O'clock. |be attacked. \ Q [ International tor the salt
“Judging by the enthusiasm shown ^ whole-hearted supfmet
widow, Mrs. Frances Coop Warner;
Tils parents, Mr, and Mrs. Edd W'ar-
petity larceny cleared by arrest is ' la y morning. Mr. Moorhead left the
manager at the time of his death.,by the citizens of this community, Ijuf the entire memteanhip in asana-
He had seen the mill grow from feel confident that the 1948 March ol off**, ywu help,” r=zd.
5,000 spindles to 104,000 and recog-j Dimes will go down in history, as a—] hope 1948 will be the finest yrtr
nized today as one of the most mod- bright page of community endeavor, j n the history of our Kiwanis dab.'
ern and progressive textile industries written by men and women, boys amj The retiring president was thaakarf
in the entire South. g irls ’ leagued against a treacherous f or his fine services
Mr. Moorhead’s ^ ‘ n a ^ rea ^ <l ra ma of human kind- d U n n g Ihe past year.
1 ” The foUwwinr
In speaking of
dehth yesterday. President Regnery!
included in the regular yearly re -jG reenv ilte airport at 1 am. for New sa ia ; am shocked to learn of Mr..
Proclamation By Mayor wrrT rerrrred and weirtmed mto
nerf three sisters, Mrs. Millie Gill, port); total arrests made during the! YOTk on a business trip for his firm. Moorhead’s death. In my opinion ln connecLon with the appeal, dup; T ^ leaser. Tench P.
Mrs. Rex Murray and Mrs. Clifton 1 year: 1560'; subjects fingerprinted He and four’other passengers were the entire county and that part of ‘"f yor L Bishop has issued the (C _ E Kinfc Ratoert F. Black, F. L.
Reed, all of Shettyyville; two broth--during the year: subjectsT>hbto* ! kiil£d and Tour..uthaxs..injured,...when .-South-Cawlma- lost-a-vary-good -ma«: ‘9.L_ iThoanjaan, B. B. Ballard and IX
J- ... . i _ ...... K i ii... — -4i u. w ... ..... j “Whereas, infantile rv
ers, George Warner and Harold War
ner of Tallahassee, Fla.
Concert Association
Membership Drive
Meets With Success
graphed during 4he .year: 118.
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Quintana To Direct
Men's Activities
At Joanna Mills
Dick.
... , . J 4U 4 .u I H. L. Quintana, formerly of Gen-
I L. ha \ be !, n ^ n ^ 0U . nCH Y, at Electric at Br.gdcport. Conr...
membership drive last week for the has been appolntH dirKtor of mf „.,
Laurens County Community Concert and ^ . act|Vlties „ OI , he Joanna .
associatino was highly successful,
children, and,
I “Whereas, the past five years mark
ed the highest incidence of infantile
paralysis in any previous five-year
penod in the nation’s history, with
some 80,000 Americans being strick
en, and.
CoonmUm appointed by the
ident tor the new year follow
Program: Joe Detany, C. L Fte
rfault, R. U Plaxwo. W. W.
and T. L. Fraser.
. Finance: Leland Young, Thomas
Baldwin, W R Anderson, Jr, EL &
with 649 members being secured.
At a meeting of the officers and
directors of the association on Sat
urday evening at the Wattsville Com
coach the Joanna baseball club in
munity house, with Miss Bettie Rich- 1 t ^ ie .i ea ? ue as P ar f °f hi 8
ards and Hugh Benson as hosts, a
contract was closed Jar the : current
season with the Columbia National
Concert association of New York. previously managed the Camp % Croft
First on the program is Virginia! team during the war years as an
duties.
Well qualified for the position and
no stranger to South (Carolina, he
the plane, groping.“through heavy.! every sense. It is too bad he had Whereas, infantile paralysis again
rain ahd the pre-dawn ’ darkness, I to go before‘his tune. Good men are f^uck tJ)e nation heavily last year,
crashed in a wooded area five miles rare and Mr. Moorhead was one of! 1 ?* 1 ? 8 1011 thousands, mostly little
southeast of Washington as it was ap- them.”
preaching the capital for a landing ' Tex!tile executives and ’friends
The plane smashed into a wooded, th hout lhJ? state e ssed simi _
slope on the Maryland side of thej^ sfK>ck , t his untimely dealh( and
Potomac river. , , he hl g d p; a ^. e held in the textile
J. B. Hart and Waiter Regnery, indust-ry. . »
oCf^iais of the, mill, left a! mid-day. ,y r - Moorhead was a public-spirit-i “Whgfeas, the 1948 March of Dunes Tefn P , ** ton » Te »«* C^ieiis.
»' a Tuteral h^rin HvatuvmT' mT ed ’ useful cUlzen ' ^ways • ready to -j ami3r y 15.30, is the sole support ofj Attendance and Ifoosr: R. F>_ Tt*
•i I * Juneral home H^altsvibe, Md., do h , s part for the advancement of the National Foundation for Infan *“*>■. Jr, Heeae Young. J. W Kmg.
•Russell Cooper, W M MuMilla^ C
Bynum Betts.
Agrk-uRiire: J. H. Pttls, W D
Adair. R. L. Blackwehder, C. E. Kins
Boys and Girls Work' C. C. Giles
nation have prosecuted vigorously R‘ s * ,a l , 4 ^ *
sity until his retirement. He-had our fight against Infantile paralysis,! Brown - * ’
the residence, with interment fol- i on g 5 een affiliated with the Baptist and provided for prompt and nde- Husiness titandards. S W Sumerf..
lowing in Rosemont cemetery. The denomination and was a charter quate medical care and treatment otj^- H: iMKJee, I. fif. Hmith, Hubert F.
services will be conducted by Rev. niember cind first deacon in the or- infantile paralysis patients regard-!*^*** ^ Thompron
Edward Long of Greenville, an inti- ganization of the Goldville BapLst less of age, race, creed, or color, and ' Clasiifl—B— and Rlj^rnbersh 1
Foundation of Joanna Cotton Mills! where it rested Tuesday nicht Thev
•« O^vilW. ! t’eturned a, 3 30 mi ThuS .im. 1 2* ^ * h “ J,,Ir “ « !
^ , v v 4U o u j o i 4 hberally od his time and means to the etorating its tenth anniversary, and.
Mr. Quintana will manage and day) on the Seaboard Silver Comet,, . ivi educatlonal and rehglous llfe ^
—u .u„ r i v-n i- anc j the body was removed to Gray;
Fiineral Home.
■‘Whereas, during the past decade
f the community. For mqre than | the Nauorval Foundation and its,
ten years he was’ a member of the | chapters serving every county of the-
The funeral services will be held board of trustees of Furman univ
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock from
U»: r.
;ar ^ ei-uauic ui yyxiuams uuucgc, nc | l.. --c .j,, ax.u i.ic erturem wa s instrumental in the “Whereas through the Natioi al t '- P 4 " 50 *. H M Young, J Siaor
played varsity baseball “for two years 1 Rev. H F. Bauknight, pastor of the building of the present Baptist and Foundation’s great humanitarian en- 1V>dd * w - C.‘'Sbealy, J Lee Yoary
ic-j and captained the basketball team atj Epworth Methodist church at Gold- Methodist churches otf tnotA'cminun- deavors fear has been reo’ai'ed bv ^ H a R* r d-
Mac Watters, soprano, and a concert athleftic officer at that base.
pianist accompanist who will appear! A graduate of Williams college, he j mate friend of the family, .and the church, was instrumental
the latter part of January.
About the middle of March a danc-
ing troupe from South AmeWa, in- that institution. While serving in the'ville. . iLy He servet } as a member of the hope, panic by knowledge and thou Chfi> Rrlahom and Kchreo*
eluding Rosario, Antonio and three army three years as an athletic offi-| The following nephew's will serve state highway commission for the sands of children have had restored! m ' n * Report; W C. Baldwin, Denars
additional-dancers^, a Spanish gui-leer, Mr. Quintana coached and man-iaa pallhearars: W. F Vaughn CL C.: unevipired term uf the late B. H. Lie pr-e^ss gift of motion. • Sowers. John W Harris, W. 11 Smy.
tarist and concert pianist accompan-1 a^ed all major sports here and*over- Vaughn, Jack Vaughn, D. M. Vaughn, Boyd. was a" member of the •'Therefore. 1, L. E. Bishop, mayor ;5on -
ist -will be presented. iseas. -—. ** ~
Later in the season John Sebastian, | -ErTiploye<d by the General Electric
billed as the world’s greatest har-J company for the pa^t year, he has
monica player, with concert pianist, I played semi-pro baseball and basket-
will appear. ' hall in. an industrial league
Alex Crawford, Tom Grav/ford, Mau- American and South Carolina Cot- of Clinton, do call upon al! residents! Ki»an« Education Kenneth
rice Howie, and Carl E. Brietenger. ’ ton Manufacturers associations and': of Clin ton and the surrounding com- . er » Hid»e»4 T«dd, J. Hew
No honorary escort will be had,, the always took an active part in their munity to join wholeheartedly dur- Wasson.
family has announced. , deliberations. He was a member of mg the two weeks January 15-30* in Music and Reerption H. G. Pram*
Mr. Moorhead was born in Union the board of trustees of the Laurens making the 1948 March of Dimes the w - A - Moorhead, Pwwell A. Fra
Mr. and Mrs. Quintana will make, an March 4, 1886, a son of the touhty hospital, a director in the most successful in history so that the H Wilke*.
their home in the Joanna apartments ■ j a 4 e Walter Alexander Moorhead and Citizens Federal Savings and Loan fight against this dread disease
can
The concerts will be given at the
Laurens high school auditorium, and
it is announced thal tickets and dates and he w.il carry -on the schedule of Dgblah Jane Whitlock. He attended association, a charter member of the be “pressed mi>re vigorously
of concerts will be mailed to mem- 1 activities under way at thfe present tbe public schools in Union and grad- Clinton Kiw r anis -club mtd a past ever
bers. jtime and . immediately start on fhe ua ted from Furman university, and president of both the Kiwanis club v
Quite a number ot people from j organization of the bpseball club. i then attended a Business college in. and Chamber df Commerce. He
Clinton and Goldville purchased, Mrs. Quintana, the former Miss Atlanta, jin 1905-06 he was asso- served several years on the executive “January 12, 1948
tickets during the membership cam- Drummond of Ninety-Six, and a reg- c i a t e d with J. L. Coker company at committee erf Blue Ridge council of
paign." jistered nurse, expressed her pleasure Hartsvillet* He left that firm in 1907 Boy Scouts, and always enthusi-
^ |at k e * n g back in South , Carolina tQ go to Goldville to accept an office astically supported all scout work in -
position with the then Banna Manu- tnis area. He was organizer of the jCOlit ExCClltlVC
factoring company ahd was associat- Joanna Mercantile company and had Lawrence L. Stanley, of Columbus,
Pub hr Affair*
Public
Rites Here For
Smith Child
; where she has spent most of her life.
Terry Franklin Smith, 20-month-1 ^ 0rr ‘^ 5' V ® n
old son erf Lt. and Mrs. Clyde F. NoVol DlSCnOTgC
Smith, jJrr, died Friday at their home | •..
at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss.. j Walter J. Morris, Jr., son of Mr
than! tions: G - A Bui ton, Julian Itohri,
i B C. PrCsIar^ WalU't IhmLap.
“(Signed) L. E. BISHQP. ,'Support of Charrkr* in Their Spc
‘ Mayor. ltua, **** J C : tl. N Ko*
i R E- Ferguson, Sr, Thoiuwell firm-
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I Undenprivilegetl ( Xikl D. D.
kinson, BiU PMU, J & tlray, M
' Rubertson. K. H. HoO. -
Vocational Gmrtrrr and Kiwn
Stanley Named New
ed with George M. Wright now of other business and community inter- Ga., has been named as executive of Sponsored Youth Owranixabon*:
Abbeville, until the latter resigned to ests. Always a-Tiusy, man he found the Blue Ridge Boy Scout council to R- Dillard, G. W. IIoIMngsworLb,
become presidept and treasurer of | time to serve his state, county and succeed Horace S. Williamson, re- **- Dickson, 11. A. Mardonald, J.
Watts mill at Laurens in 1919. -i community-in a constructive way. cently resigned. The announcement Dick. .
Under several managements and Whatever he did, he did well, - and was made yesterday by E. P. Riley, 1 —f— : —
Survivcrrs,*besides his parents, in-'and Mrs. W. J. Morris otf this city, ownerships, Mr. Moorhead had re- many Smarts are saddened by his council prewdefit and'the chairtnaSi TO KVTHt MKDKJtL SCHOOL
elude his paternal grandparents, Mr
and Mrs. Clyde F. Smith of this city!
Funeral services "were, conducted
at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon from
Gray FunerarHome with Rev. p.. L.
has received his discharge from the maiacd with the company and last passing. His death is a great loss to of the personnel committee,
ivy and refurnM to his home here year he completed 40 years service to tne communjity. * J Mr. Stanley conus -to the Bltu W H. (Andy) Anderson, studnet
Morris, who served two years in the mill, community and -employees.! Mr. Moorhehd is survived by his Ridge council, ’which includes Jhc M Presbyterian rtilkfr, has beco ar-
the naval air corps, held the ratine Since 1937 he has* been associated, widow, Mrs. Mabel Hopkins Moor- Clu
air corps, held the rating
otf seaman, first class, and was re-
Baukndght*. pastor of Broad Street j cently stationed at Banana River,
Methodist church, officiating. Fla.
Since 1937 he has" been associated : widow, Mrs. Mabel Hopkins Moor-. Clintim and Goldville troops, to sue- cejjted to enter -Uu? first year
with the owners, W. H. Regnery and
associates of Chicago, holding the po
sition df vice-president and general
■1 rtr
head: one son, Dr. William Hopkins'ceed Executive Williamson, who on
Moorhead, otf Houston, Texas; two February 1 goes to the North F’-orida
(Continued on page eight) _ . councrl at Jacksonville, Fla.
St the Duke wnnrvmty school
medicine, in Dm hr—. H C., and
begin his sturfies therr this fall
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