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/ ' V; - . < v I zMa'lH THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable - If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLVI1I Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 22, 1948 Number 4 TRAFFIC DENSITY: Moorhead Rites REPORT; GIVEN FOR By Great Crowd YEAR IN COUNTY ’ Heaviest Daily Count of Cars 2405, On Clrnton- Laurens Link. -Funeral servires for William A. CMoorht-iid, r or„41 years a resid ent of 1 , the C1 i n to n-^Gold vil 1 e communify, 1 an i one of its , most"e^teemed ’ ciU- . zens, were concUicted at 3 o’clock last Friday afternoon from the residence in Gbldvifle. Burial was in Kose- mont cemetery in this city, with Columbia. Jan. .20.-(Special V. « Pallbearers The| The Cfironicle).—A traffic density re- « cv Edw “ rd Lo " s »* Greenvrllo, a p-ort giving the average daily traffic ; » m ' er P aslor a " d in ‘ m ’ i,te , tr ' end ot i volume at key stations in Laurens; 11 * family, was m charge o! the ser- county during the calendar year 1947,!"ces, assisted by the Rev H. F. as compared with 1946. has jus, beeh) Baukn. h, pasUir o Epworth Metho-. i j cicto VaiaVaw.ov Hr. church, Goldville. Mr. Lonj released by the state highway de-; . ’ . ° • . i paid tribute to Mr. Moorhead, speak- parjnen . , ing of his usefulness as a public- Counts were taken at thiee P oin ^: S pj r ited citizen and mill executive, of in Laurens county during the pastjhis unselfish spirit and big heart, his j year, with the following estimates j strong Christian character anl his resulting: On US 76, between Clinton and Laurens, an average traffic total of 2,405' motor vehicles daily during 1947 was recorded, as compared with 1,935 daily during 1946. Motor ve hicles and the number of each were broken down into the following class- sincere and untiring devotion to his home, family and friends. One of the largest crowds ever assembled here for a funeral attend ed the last rites. Men and women with bowed heads, from all walks of life, came to pay tribute to a man who had befriended many, who held! es: cars, out-of-state, 144; .cars, state, u t mos ^ confidence of all who 1,864; trucks/357; buses, 40. At the intersection of US 276 north west to Gray Court, US 276 south east to Laurens, and Road 23 (SC 228) east to US 221, the average dai ly traffic counts were as follows: US 276 northwest to Gfay Court, knew him, and whose life and in fluence will long be felt in his com munity. The Joanna Cotton Mills | company of which he was vice-presi-; dent and general manager, closed 1 from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. out of respect to Mr. Moorhead, and hundreds of NEW HOTEL PLANS GOING FORWARD Site Secured and Paid For On North Broad Street. Architects Com pleting Plans. BARUCH GIVES HIS PLAN. TO LICK INFLATION Calls for Ha r d Wc r V, High Taxes, High Pro-* duction, and Military Alliance Against Ag gression. Washington, J.m If) Bernard M gression, and a two-year domestic program of hard work, high taye^ : and high production to beat infla tion. WALTER REGNERY NEW MANAGER JOANNA COTTON MILLS COMPANY The board o>f directors of the Chn- |ton Community Hotel Corporation announced following a meeting Tues day afternoon, that the final negotia- | tions for the purchase of the hole'. 'site have been completed upon which R'aruch today - ! an option has been held for several prescription for w : ’ ! k <■ . vy an 'months ’ airtight American mlitary allianc-* . , . . . „ with all nations willing to f at ig- ■ The property was bought • from | Mrs. Nina Vance Bailey of this city | for $30,000 and has been paid for in full under the terms of the agree ment. It* faces 313 fe£l on North Broad street with a frontage of 508 [ 77-year-old park bench phil- feet on Academy street and 349 feet osopher offered th..' 1 remedy for the on Elizabeth street. world's post-war ills to the Senate . ..... , Forergn Relations committee which The board of d.reclojs passed a ^ un him as , he Jirs . non motion authorizing the_aa4e of a P«'1 8ovfrnm0nta | witness its heari0 g. ** 'fV? k I. u w the Marshall plan lor European streets, with the hotel to be built on! ^ ■ the lower end of Broad street at the • - inteirsection of Academy. The prop- 1 John Foster Dulles, Republicarr erty wall be offered for sale as soon ^ orei S n P°bcy expert w.d testily t | as details are worked out and it Is ^ morrow. ;decided definitely how much space' Baruch read a lO-minute pre- i will be needed for the construction of pared statement in wh.i h he endor*- fthe building. 1,676 vehicles during 1947, and 1,525 f r j e nris, including many milf execu-! during 1946; US 276 southeast to tives from various parts of this state Laurens, 1,682 vehicles in 1947, and elsewhere, were present. W. H.! 1,517 in 1946; Road 23 (SC 228) east Regnery, of Chicago, head of the; to^US 221, 135 vehicles daily during Regnery interests, owners of the 194-7 as compared with 117 during property, with his son, Fred Regnery, 1946. Classes of vehicles and the anc j several members of the New number passing through this inter- York office, were also here for the section daily were: cars, out of state, | services. 183; cars, state, 2,627, trucks, 616, i man y an( j g orgeous fl ora i of- buses,” 6»7. jferings that decorated his grave si- At the intersection of SC 72 north- igntly spoke of his value to .the corn- east to Clinton, SC 72 west to Green-’ mun ity an d 0 f t h e friendship he en- wood, and US 221 north to Laurens, joy^j qj those he had labored with daily traffic counts were: f or ma ny years. SC 72 northeast to Clinton, 604 ve hicles in 1947, 499 in 1946; SC 72 west - to Greenwood, 1,0e9~ vehicles ; ^ dtfrmg 1«T,"83S Tir — '' north to Laurens in 1947 compared Regnery Named Head Joanna Cotton Mills * . .. j ■. Former Assistant Manager Succeeds W. A. Moor head, Killed irv Plane Crash, As Head of Large Industrial Enterprise at GoldvilSe. Walter G. Regnery has been named Canada, where he enagaged in min- i general manager of the Joanna Cot-! ing, having purchased several thous- jed the aid program but suggested The meeting was presided over by wou '^ bavt to be -reniVrced ; Vice-Chairman R. P. Haruer who is ky drastic military and economic I serving as head of the board due to measures hi m.,ke it wor k. ! the inability of Chairman R. L. ILs formula was i Spartan one, ! Plaxico to serve because of illness. 1 and few of his sena:or.al audience I Robert Wysor, III, is secretary of gave it much chance of ad<rption I the board which i s. com posed the in an election yea- But the in following members elected by tar n itUtrnen commended h "a warmly i stockholders several months ago: R* 4 * n its scope and . : obj . c.t. jL. Plaxico, C. W. Andeifsvn, T. E. if his program wa lop ted, he Addison, Leland'Yoking, H* L. Eich- said, within two jt-a.s it could elberger, P. S. Bailey, W. C. Baldwin, maguaWy” riTt ; ear of another W. W. Harris, R. P. Hamer, D. O- war from all peoples. Rhame, Roy Gasque D. A. Yarbor- 1 His number one proposal was th..t ough, C. C. Giles, Robert M. Vance, the United States and the 16 west- ; and Robert Wysor, III. | cm European nations ticketed for Mr. Moorhead was killed in an f° n Mills company, Goldyille, sue-; a'nd acres of land in that area. Due' LaFaye & LaFaye trf Columbia, aid UI ^ r the Marshall plan- olui airplane z-rach near Ar——wbo- to--war -rertnetrerffs his mines Were architetbs-. -are- now eompletmf -plgns - CAmn ner tikemiT,J_ ptecigin. killed in an airplane accident , iofled to close in T94T7 ' 1 lor ■fTtt 4D-iuum hotel.'” - - , - • , _ - for the stock .wia.lenp^ate mutual aid .against. au. to Golovule in October *7 4 , ■ , . ~—^ expecting to remain approxi- in three months and the board au-i a fXlJ‘essor. t 1 th 1 ; thorized that all payments be com-1 “I rntan a firm promise to go to preceding year. Vehicles passing““ “* denrof'the'joanna 'coi^rationrandioTthe^ w^r ^rimrtediately entered Vleted- on the schedule as adopted war in joint defense if any of them through this intersection-daily and The decease(J ^ survived by his j father of Mr. Regnery. It was re-! th e Joanna mills and began to study when the stock was subscribed. the number of each were: automo biles, out of state, 154; automobiles, state, 1,650; trucks 317; buses, 40. widow, Mrs. Mabel Hopkins Moor- ceived ^ ith general satisfaction by| the textile business in which he be- j-. . T '. William H. Moor-' the employees of the company. jeame vitally interested. He decided KlWOniS 10 UDSCrve >ear 1947 by a total of 9.6 per cem Greenwood; Lhree sisters, three over 1946, the highway department granddaughters> and one g randson . reported. Depository Holds Annual Meeting Committee Approves Training School Request For $446,574 Stockholders of The Commercial Depository held their annual meet-j Columbia, Jan. 20. — (Special to ing last Tuesday afternoon. The offi-jThe Chronicle). — Contained in the are attacked,” he said. The Europeans themselves, he add led, should band together in a poli- jical, economic and defense union tinder ■ the United Nations, lower trade barriers amT be willing to bear arais in common defense. Members of the Clinton Kiwarns tbe d<Mn« stic sale, he saui the the duties of Mr. Moorhead with such: the community and zias many friends club will observe the 33rd imniver-L- a “production fo • a • ” H 1 a fine people to work with,” he said. > who will be interested in the an- sary of Kfwanis International dut in; overcnme existing V T' V f I 'Mr. Regnery is the youngest son of'* nouncement that he now heads the the week of January 18-24, w ‘h .1 s jj orlages aDd ^ ba-k an ma eria ;Mr. and Mrs. Regnery who reside in; large industrial enterprise. Mr. Reg-' program based on the service 01 gam-1 termed orodu-ti T ” J nery recently completed a handsome zaztion's 1948 administrative theme,, . p 1 °. n ine oiggest home in Newberry where Ije now, “Citizenshrp Responsibility •— the resides. , Price of Freedom.” head; one son, Dr head of Houston, Texas; two daugh-' Mr. Regnery in assuming the re- to remain with the company at Anniversary Week Throughout the state, traffic densi-j ters> ,^ rs j g Bolick of this city, s P onSll3 ' e position spoke in the high-, Goldville and for tne past few years .... , « • 1 n ty increased during the calendar| and ^j rs Caldwell Henderson of est terms of the Joanna organiza- has capably served as assistant man-1With bpeCial rrogram ,v.. ~ n c ''“" 4 “ ' tion and the loyalty of their em-i ager of the company. He has mani- ployees. “I did not hesitate to take up 1 tested a deep interest in the life of Hinsdale, 111. He attended and com pleted his primary and high school studies in the Hinsdale public schools and. was graduated from Massachus etts Institute of Technology in Boston cers reported a good business year 1948-1949 general appropriations bill,i ith g B S de „ ree Mr. Regnery married Miss Ger-| D. B. Smith, president of the club, trude Kenny, of Sault Ste. Marie, said yesterday that plans for the an- with an annual dividend paid of 6| which is now before the-house eer ing in 1937. ° He immediately went in mining engm-1 Canada, and they have three ^ttrac- niversary meeting, to be held at 7:30 per cent. The surplus fund was in creased to $22,50fT Its statement of December 31 representatives for debate, is an al-| location of $446,574 for the State Training school, located, near this to the northern part of Ontario, live children: Mary Beth, Eugene Thursday evening at Daytoo-CUntoii Frances, and Walter' Christopher. showed total assets of $1,146,018.80; cit y- This is the full appropriation ; p r0( Juction Credit deposits, $1,119,713.77; surplus and undivided profits, $23,805.03; invest ment in U; S. government bonds, $753,100.00. Directors re-elected by stockhold ers are: H. D. ^enry, S. G. Dillard, W. W. Harris, F. M. Boland, John T. Young and J. P. Prather. At a subsequent meeting of the 'board, the present officers were re-t requested by the institution for its expenditures in the next fiscal year, and represents an increase of $72,074 over the appropriation for the pres ent fiscal year. The state budget commission rec ommended that the appropriation asked by the school be reduced to $398,598,- but the house ways* and means committee ip formulating the Group To Hold Annual Meet Here Saturday Form Chapter In This County Far - Alcoholics Anonymous contribution this country can make to world recovery. To do so, he said, the nation must regain its economic sti&ility, ^and he prescribed these stabilization moves: * 1 —Extension of the President’s ...... , . . tariff-cutting powers for three years ' * *—A major cutback in food anct An outstanding feature of the an- other ftfrm produce prices, with th< niversary celebration will be the aimer to be compensated by an reading of a message from Dr. C. W. assured price /or his crops for th * Armstrong, Salisbury, N. C., promi-' next three years, nent physician and president of Ki-1 wanis International. , 3- Stabilization of wages, and i (longer work week at overtime pa; Founded in Detroit immediately, rates. 4 -Restoration of at least 50 per cent «f the excess profits tax whic’’ was killed at tre end of the wa \ Stockholders of the Clinton Pro-, . A large number o>f Laurens county. . ...... , , duction Credit association will hold alcoholics at a meeting in Laurens! the annual meeting of membprs here January 5 at the high school building on Satur-(group, day, January 24, at 10:30 o’clock —w.v w ...v<zia weze _ • z- a.m., according to announcement of, n jg bt and an y one ^ho has 51 drink- elected for the coming year: John T. '. r • . Pb rr>;)ria *' )ns 1 r ^ s ore .Rex Lanford, secretary-treasurei oF problem and is interested in Young, president; H. D. Henry, vice-, the n or, * mal a ™“ nt r “» u « s,e * . , " president; F. M. Boland, cashier; Miss! ° r ' B ° l Whitten, superintendent Margarrt, "Holland and Miss Martha 1 '" h ‘ a b ‘;? 8et 1 St2te ' r,; P orl of the ycar Ramage, bookkeepers. ‘ l m j . l cr a a oca 10,1 | eluding a special report on the asso-1 Laurens. ' wan s dav nurseries summer --.m... a T*. I — * Jt 3mefded primarily for an assistant! ... Jr I warns day nurseries, summer -camps duction in the federal debt. 1 " - medical director, a business manager, d ” rect()rs wjll , be elected i AA .w-as founded in Akron, Ohio, land clinics; sponsored 3,600 Boy j 8—Continuation uf rent controls. NEW SUBSCRIBERS t a ea P a,ble head mechanic, and in-; f the bomin- year Members will in 1935 b , v ^ akoholics.-one B phy- Bcout and Camp Fire Girl troops;7 Postponement of less essentik UnkinD D^l I (creased salaries Tor staff members. !^ so ^ vie w he emnoT^c^ndcreditf^?" 3 ^^ ° thera f nan " ier - ^‘^cegave 210,127 students vocational 'ederal, state and municipal work. HONOR ROLL ‘The estimated daily per capita, ^ S u 0 "7n and ^ for next 1 ‘ ^ time t e 0 J'* anizatl0n has grown guidan/e; assisted 38,952 veterans|projects, givmg priority to housing cost of maintenance for the next fis-i cie\eiop pians io r icx untll lts merrbersbip now numbers with fiousing problems and 65,465 in schools and hospitals. Don’t borrow your neighbor’s pa-' ca i yeari based upon this total re-! yea I'. approximately 70,000 men and .wo- reemployment; secured 29,592 work-' ‘ , . „ . . , i War I, Kiwanis International now formed a county AA . ’ ,... , . embraces 180,000 business and pro- ’ fessional leaders ip more than 2,700 along with the wartime amortizatic : The group will meet each Tuesday clubs, throughout the United States, rates for new industrial plants. Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. S-Postponement of tax reduction' i In its activities program for the for two years, after whid-h ther i solving it may arrange an appoint- pas t year, Kiwanis International has should be a fSve-ytar gradual low be given a detailed ment with son* member of AA by provided 415,374 lunches for needy eru* of personal and co^raVUx ears operations m-. addressing inquiry to P. O. Box 215, children -nded 99 163 children m kT^ c * . ,. a tor P° r a.e tox- rennrt on the asso-! T.aurone 8 ,<-h.ldren. aided 99,163 children in Ki- es. combined with a continued re- per—let THE CHRONICLE be deliv-| qu e S t, is $1.24,” Dr. WhVten stated! “The territory served by the Clin- ered to your home every Thursday jin his budget report. “For the total}l on association, which makes short *t>v_ - ...z; z_ ,— -..l ... . .. term agricultural loans to farmers, morning. The cost is low, all ’ sub scriptions payable in advanvee. Welcome and thanks to those on cur Honor Roll this week: HAROLD L. O’DELL, > Norfolk, Va. MRS. JESSE THOMAS, Charlotte, N: C. •. } HOMER DOUGLAS, Gray Court. *-//' care and training and all service giv en by the institution, this cost will stand critical analysis and compari son.” The house of representatives or the senate may change the amount bill T* . The wtulediaired presidential ‘ad men who have recovered from a ers for growing and harvesting crops;, viser suggested that ftp*.*lal conunr- seemjngly hopeless state of mind and. promoted 42189 activities for farm tees oe set up in Congress and al: hohy- youth, and sold savings bonds and ( the way down to local levels to re includes the counties o< Laurens and Alcoholics Anonymous is not an stamps valued at more than $33,000,-' view all public spending projects Vxxy»»xr A .fiill O ♦ U OT TY1'A ffrl - ! . . J j # .. wr J and defer those which are not abso lutely necessary. " The Elliott Halls Move To Greenville Newberry. A full attendance of mem- or g ari i za tjon in the conventional 090. bers is expected. Visitors, including sense 0 f tbe word There are no dues ladies, are especially invited, Se cre * whatsoever. The only requirement 1 R0gjstration Board for membership is an honest desire. _ tary Lanford said. ^ lur mt . inwC rsnrp is an nonesx aesire w n ' J allotted to the school during its de-„ The agricultural classes of veter- to stop drinking. AA is not allied •▼•Cn^DCrS KC-OppOlfirCO bate on the general appropriatidnS ans of Laurens and Newberry coun- with any paftlcuTa7 r ''?§Tni,"'”se'ct,' or ties have been invjted to be present denomination, nor does it oppose Mrs. Gladys R. Cook of Fountain FOOD Is An Important Item With Housewives YotLW'ffl find helpful Grocery and- Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stores in the city. Re?d the advertisements — they^ tell you about changing prices and-where you can buy to advantage; Rites Held For Moore Infant ys, 1 Furferal services were held at 3:30 e r. Also, A. W. Holler, assistant gen o’clock Saturday afternoon for Shel-' eral counsel of the Farm Credit ad- jby Alan Moore, infant son of Mr. and ministration, will be present. Mrs. G. W. Moore o»f thisveity, who! » -died at Hays hospital Friday, Janu-! p A ||: pr Ppcinnc (ary 16. The services were held at : , J- 0,l,er *je5l.gns Damascus Baptist church in Cal- JoOnnO "Position c ihoun, Ga. ' jto study the operations of i*MCJ»edit anyone. The organization simply ^ nri * Waterloo, and M. din and Mrs. Elliott Hall and ‘co-operative. wishes' to be helpful to tfipse who D- Milam, Sr., t»f this city, have been daughter, Isabelle, moved the pas' A. H. Ward, district extension are afflicted with alcoholism. re-appointed 'during the week by, week to Greenville, where they *11' agent, ^vill be. present as guest speak-‘ ^ Governor Thurmond as the" Laurens make their future home Thei; er, and is an especially gifted speak- 1 ki pffnft-o 'county board of registration. Their friends here will be sorry to khow or Aten A W Holler, assistant cen->*^*S* rTIllCc Loses Mother appoinhnent h^s been cort'irmed'by; they have left the city the senate. Friends of Mx^-and Mrs. Hayme G. Prince will sympathize with them I jn the death of the latter’s mother, Mrs. T. M. Banks, which occurred ‘Mr. Hall is a member of the adve: - tismg firm of Lowe At Hall, with of- *i.vs in Greenville. Beaty New General Foreman At College Bridge Returns To O. F. Beaty of Greenville, is now JFormer Position j Surviving with his parents are one 1 “Bud” Collier has resisted his po- a ‘; l " e ^ I^reemd He ^Sunday- connected With th« college, as gen-j < — ♦ J sister, Glennice Aloore; one brother, sition as director of roen. and boys ^ ’ * eraK foreman of the maintenance de-, C. W. Bridges, who has been ass* Maurice Moore; his paternal grand- activities Tor tW’Joanna Foundation °‘ nil> ' parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore,! at Goldville, to become athletic di- and his maternal grandparents, Mr. rector at Woodsj^e Mills in Green- and Mrs. W\ A. Shirley, all Cal- ; ville, and^entered upon his new work houn. ". ‘ last week. Funeral services were held Monday at Bethel Baptist church near has had wide experience in general Greenville with interment in the maintenance and the handling of church cemetery. . 1 maintenance personnel partment, is -was .announced this elated with R. S. Trulutk the pa> week. Mr. Beaty, a qative of Ohio,; several months tn the ownership ana operation . of Commercial Printing company, returned this week to hi* former position with Jacobs Press.