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Volume XLVIII
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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 25, 1948
Number 13
Citizens Federal
GIVE
RADIO STATION WLBG,
LAURENS-CLINTON,
TO OPEN SUNDAY
Studios Here At Presbyterian Col
lege. Gov. Thurmond To Speak.
Sunrise Service At Calvary Bap
tist Churcli To Be Broadcast.
The world’s newesrt radio, station
will take the air on Easter Sunday
when WLBG, the Laurens-Clinton
voice, will broadcast the sunrise ser
vices of Calvary Baptist church at
6:15 a.m.
John F. Arrington, Jr., manager of
WLBG, said yesterday that the staff
of the station intends to make the
programs appealing to the people.
He said that pfans at present in
cluded a broadcast on Easter Sun
day with the Hon. J. Strom Thur
mond as guest speaker. The govern
or will speak from i the chapel of
Presbyterian college. The public has
been invited to this broadcast at 3
Savings and Loan
To Build 'Own Home'
The directors of the Citizens Fed
eral Savings & Loan association an
nounced yesterday that plans are be
ing completed for the erection of
their own “home” to properly pro
vide adequate space and facilities for
its expanding business.
The new brick building will be
erected on West Main street just
above the building occupied by Gwen i
Evan Mills. The site was purchased
several months ago from P. S. Bailey.
The building will be modern in ev
ery detail and furnished "With attrac
tive walnut banking fixtures and a
fire and burglary proof vault. It Will
contain a large lobby, private offices,
ample work space, a directors room,
storage space and a heating plant.
The fixtures and vault door were
puttihased Monday by the directors.
Haihp Boyd is architect for the
buildihg. Blue prints are now being
prepared and bids for its construc
tion wiW be invited within the next
few days. It is planned to have the
building completed and ready for oc-
cupany by September. |
Hie Citizens was organized in 1909
and now has assets of more than a
million and a half dollars. It is a
home-owned and operated corpor
ation making loans available for
prospective home owners. Its current
dividend rate on savings accounts is
3 per cent, with all accounts insured
up to $5,000.
The association is headed by B.
Hubert Boyd, president! J. P. Prs- | ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ #♦ ovo*^•
ther, vice-president; J. Sloan Todd, | ~ ~ ~
secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Henry Hun- Mrs. B. M. Dutton, Sr.,
ter, assistant secretary-treasurer;; A*.
board of directors. B. Hubert Boyd, T 05565 ^t Hospital,
::: Harvey G. Dillard
Passes In'Baltimore
Word was received by relatives in
LAURENS COUNTY
SUPPLY BILL ON
Spartanburg last week of the sudden UAMCC f k\ CMHAD
j death of Harvey G. Dillard, 57, o*t llUUjL vALlIiI/AK
Baltimore, Md., on March 16. *
I Mr. Dillard is survived by his wife.i
[Mrs. Nellie Myers Dillard; a step-son
Robert Marhenke, of Baltimore: his!
j step-mother, Mrs. Jack Dillard; and !
four sisters, Miss Bessie Dillard, Mrs. j
| Sallie Bell Atwater, Mrs. J. A. Maher. I
and Mrs. Ada Dillard Campbell^aii,|
| of Spartanburg, and a .number ^oF[
! nieces and nephews. An>aunt, Mrs.;
i Lena Elliott Fleming, of West Palm |
Beach’ Fla., also survives. - •
Mr. Dillard^ was born and reared
As the pure lily is symbolic of Easter — our sincere
greeting symbolizes the wishes we hold for our large
family of readers and friends for a most happy and joy
ous Easter. May the beauty of Easter be with you al
ways.
(Cljnmtrlp
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Total Appropriations of
$316,475, With Heavy'
State Income Reducing
Amount To Be Raised
By Taxation to $48,992.
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Columbia. March 23.—(Special ia
The Chronicle).—The Laurens coun-
ty supply bill, carrying a grand total
. . .. , , , — , , of $316,475 in appropriations, ,has
i ne ! r th * S0 " ^ late J<1Ck been introduced .n the house of rep-
■ fd A f da Elh0 ‘ t ° ll ' ar 1 d - F J or a -" u f n - resentatives by the Laurens county
ber of years he had lived in Haiti-; del iQn The tota , IS sllghtly
more, and was an interior decorator. ! er than the $304 ;!)l total of the
funeral servtces and burial were m ooun . s su ply blll for the present
Baltimore on the 19th. . | fiscal year, but the amount to be
i raised by taxation is slightly less.
•The newly introduced bill for 1946-49
, provides for $48,992 to be raised by
_ ] taxation, while $52,522 came from
Announcement is made that the: taxation for the 1S,4T - 48 a PP ro P ria -
county-wide Baptist revival which ti0ris '
Fuller Revival
In Laurens Again
j has been held in Laurens the past
two years, will be held again, this
year beginning April 18, and running
The decrease in the amount t.o be
raised by taxation is due to the
change in estimated revenues. For
through August 1. The announce- it is estimated that $10,462
ment was made by Rev. C. P. Chast-'will be taken in by Laurens county
ain of Laurens, chairman of the re-1 from insurance licenses, while tne
vival committee otf the 33 Baptist estimation for 1947-48 was $20,037.
! churches in the Laurens county as-! Other estimated revenues are as fol-
i sociation. (lows: fees from county officers, tines
and forfeitures, 1948-49, $30,921; the
J amount for last year being $20,908;
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The preaching will be done again
this year by Dr .Ellis A. Fuller, pres
ident the Southern Baptist The-I gasoline tJX tor 61.1,
pjn. Sunday afternoon. ^
Mr.‘ Arrington stated that he was:J. P. Prather, J. Sloan Todd, W. H.! RifeS HgTS Sundoy
confident that WLBG would offer an 1 Simpson, W. W. Harris, R. H. McGee,
interesting variety of entertainment
at all hours of the day. He said that
he had selected a staff from expe- .
rienced personnel in Georgia and
South Carolina. He himself is a vet
eran of fifteen years of experience
in radio broadcasting.
“We are forutnate in having an
extremely high tower from which t'o
transmit, and also in having been as
signed a frequency, 860, which is very
clear of other station interference,”
Mr. Arrington said. “It is our inten
tion to always try to speak for the
people of Clinton and Laurens.”
Mr. Arrington also welcomed those
who are concerned with public ser
vice progrmas to take advantage of
the facilities of the station. This in
vitation was seconded by Bob Hays,
J. B. Hart, T. D. Copeland and T. H.
Copeland.
LIONS CLUB’CARNIVAL
COMING NEXT WEEK
Final preparations are going for
P. C. Baseball
Season Opens Today
With Ohio University
Mrs. .Kitty Simpson Dutton, wife
of B. M. Dutton, Sr, died Saturday
at Hays hospital' where she had been
a patient for a few days. For some
time she had been in
health.
The funeral services were held
The Blue Stocking baseball squad
will open its season here this after-
ological seminary at Louisville, Ky.,!f rnou "* . laS !„_ ye ^ - $ , 5 « 9 ’ 5 1 ° 1 . : .
and a native of this country.
Presbyterians Work To
Raise Year's Budget
tax for this year $3,655. "last ye.ar
$1,745; beer, wine and iquor tax, this
year $80,509, last year $64,459; coun-
1 ty's part of income tax, ih^s year $30,-
625, last year $47,221; US coupons,
| this year $2,531, last year $1,687; mis-
V’ol- cellaneous, this year $2,131, last year
Sunday was designated as
.noon- fThursday-F-wtih-Ohto-umver- un-teen-Sunday’’ -at the First Presto} 1 -;* 2 . 471 : excess* revenue Toueuiea over
sity. The game will be played on terian church, at which time the; e s l ima ted revenue for the prccedin
ward to have everything in readiness | Sunday afternoon at five o’clock from j Qf fans wm be on hand for the open _
rierlinme‘Young field at 3:30, with admission' members were asked to make their year. 1948-49, $34,031; and for 194;-
charges of 75c and 35c, Director of financial pledges at the close of the I 8 . $32,251. During 1947-48 $1,390
Athletics W. A. Johnson has an- morning service for the new year’s "f r °m the national forest fire fund was
nounced. It is hoped that a big crowd work beginning April 1.
for the second annual Lions club car
nival to open for a three-day run
next Thursday Friday and Saturday,
April 1-2-3, at the armory.
Several Changes and additions will
be made in the affair this year, and
a number of the booths in operation
will be -those that proved popular last
year.
Committees are at work building
the necessary facilities and equip-
manager of the Clinton studios of ment, and seeking to present every-
WTJRfl thing needed to suppliy a real carni-
The Clinton studios are located in va * atmos P here -
the radio forum and control rooms ; Clinton merchants and business
of Presbyterian college, and ‘ the houses have been generous in donat-
Laurens studios are situated at radio
center in Laurens.
Messrs. Arrington and Hays in
vited the people of this area to tune
their radios to 860 next Sunday,
when the first broadcast of WLBG
will occur at 6:15 a.m.
New Auto Store
t To Open In City
ing prizes for the event and others
have beeft purchased by the club.
the residence on West Main street,
conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. H.
Darr. Interment followed in the fam
ily plot in the Presbyterian church
cemetery. The services were attended
by a large gathering of friends and
relatives from here and elsewhere,
many lovely flowers from those who
' knew and enjoyed her friendship cov-
! ering the grave. Grandsons served as
pallbearers.
(Mrs. Dutton was *a native of this
community where her entire life was
spent. She was a devoted member of
the First Baptist church, a gentlewo
man of many lovely characteristics:
who during her long life endeared
herself to many friends.
Mrs. Dutton was twice married
j ing game.
^Friday and Saturday, the 26th and
27th, the Blue Hose will meet Mich
igan State at the same place and
hour. The Michigan State baseballers
are now touring the South.
Coach Bill Clark heads the squad
with prospects for a good team. Thir-
The total budget as submitted to
the congregation amounts to $21,-
113.00, a small increase over last
included in the estimated revenue,
but this was not carried over into the
1948-49 bill.
The only proviso in the newly m-
year. The amount to be raised is: troduced supply bill that was not in
divided, local expenses, $13.613.4)0,'the supply bill for the--preceding
benevolent causes. $7,500. The con-1‘'‘seal year provides that all expendi-
gregation was divided into nine divis-. tures over and above the 1947 supply
ions with majors and captains for the j act be paid from the delinquent tax
canvass, with J. F. Jacobs as chair- collections for the county. The
teen games will be played on the man and Wm. Brooks Owens, as-1 lOI 1 *! 8 bill provided $6,981 for de
home diamond during the season. ; sistant chairman.
College ROTC To Stage Ur. and Mrs. Jacobs
Army Day Parade April 6 On Trip To England
ficiencies in thq 1946 appropriations.
The 1948-49 supply bill provides
$110,000 for maintenance of chain-
gang, roads, bridges, building bridges,
purchasing /oad machinery.- ana
■of-'-roadsrtrre
Dr. and Mrs. William P. Jacobs' same amount that was appropnat-
left last night for New York, where ed tl,r P ur P ose ‘ n '^h® 194.-48
Army Day celebrations will be held
throughout the country on Tuesday,.
April 6. they will be joined by several of his new su PP^y provides
As a part of the national celebra- 1 business associates and will sail on!*® 5 ; 00 ^ tor t h * Purchase of blacktop
lion the ROTC corps at Presbyterian/the “Queen Elizabeth" Saturday for and stone be used in the con-
England. Dr. Jacobs, who is president) s ^ ruc ^ 10n ° roa ^ s ,n Lauiens county,
in next week’s Chronicle.
John Pitts Gets
Army Discharge
The Western Auto Associate Store j
will open in the city in the near fu-'
Friends of John Pitts, III, will be
ture, pecupgrinf the store room oh. , kn0 * •>* b “ r f C i‘ V ' d -
Musgrove street formerly occupied I k ! s dlschar 8^ f. r ° m arm y a J grandchildren
by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Stoneman. CalsT. after one and a hasf -
J years service. He served with a mili
tary police unit as sergeant and was
V. D. Ramseur, Sr., of Greenville,
and Mrs. J. E. Kaufman of Florence.
Her. second marriage was to B. M.
Dutton, Sr., who survives with two |
children, B. M. Dutton, Jr., of this j
city, and Mrs. C. W. Hallman of Ma- |
nila, Philippine Islands; also twenty
grandchildren and eleven great-
$50,000 for this purpose.
Of the 34 items listed under the
section on salaries and travel. 28
There will be three drawings for u er tnarriage was to the late
grand prizes on Thursday and Friday ^ Simpson of this city. From. .. ... . ( w-n.j?ianri nr ia<(yh« wh« r.r»«ihont. v. U u..it,
nights, while on Saturday night a 1 ^ union the following children ! college wlU parade throu ? h the l>usl '. , A ^ ’ ' S pr f 6 while the oreceding bill allotted on!v
special drawing has been p.anncd, ! ?
nature of which wi.. be announced c.. J. D. Simpeon of Athens, Ga.. Mrs. ™ r «^onh^
nation’s schools and colleges. Lt. Col. 1 ter * England- They will be away
Powell Fraser is commander of the: about a month and expect to visit ^ ave the same a PP ro P r >ations under
Scotland and Ireland. preceding supply bilf. Lnchang-
m | ^d allotmnets are: clerk of court,
DoAoka.tA.;*... ki’ $3,300; assistant to clerk of court,
Presbyterian Men |$1,800; clerk for extra clerical ser-
Elect Officers | vices, $1,500; travel lor auditor, $100;
additional help for auditor* for pre
paring and filing records (xf tax re
unit.
company, and vacant for the past
several months.
. , , ! stationed in Tokyo. Before entering
The announcement was made yes-| the ■ 7 • —
. army he was a junior at Clemson.
erday by Jones Burgess, the owner, John the SQn of Mr and Mrs j
who for the past five years has been I Henderson Pitts, is visiting an aunt,
Caldwell Hendersons
To Leave Greenwood
assistant manager of Montgomery-
Crawford company in Spartanburg.
The store IMr. Burgess states, will car
ry a large and complete line of mer
chandise, the formal opening date
to be announced soon. Mr. Burgess
and family expect to move to the
city as soon as living quarters can ! Present Easter Cantata
be secured.
Mrs. James D. Nelson, and Mr. Nel
son in Inglewood, Calif., and will ar
rive home the latter part of this
week.
Baptist Choir To
Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell Henderson
of Greenwood, will make their home
at Goldville after April 1st. Mr. Hen
derson has accepted the position of
manager of I. M. Smith’s dairy in the
I Bush River section near Kinards and
, j Goldville.
i Mr. and Mrs. Henderson for the
! present will make their home with
’ Mrs. Henderson’s mother, Mrs. W. A.
At the regular 11:15 Sunday morn-1 M ° orhead - but P lan t0 build a home
ing worship service, the choir of the near Goldville soon. Mr. Henderson
'I
First Baptist church will present a
McCrary Succeeds
Father As Magistrate cantata, '“The Glory of Easter” by i wood creamery
• . j Edward W. Norman. In keeping with
Sam H. McCrary, of this city, basing ^eme of the resurrection of
been appointed magistrate of Hunter c br j s ^ there will be a brief message
township at’ Clinton, succeeding his by the pastort Rev j H Darr The j
late father, C. H. McCrary. The ap- pub ij c j s cordially invited,
pointment was made by Governor J. Evening worship will be at 7:30.
Strom Thurmond with the approval
and confirmation of the senate.
has been associated with the Green-
Dr. E. N. Sullivan
To Join Hays Hospital
Dr. Edgar-N. Sullivan, a member, Th f Men-oMhe-Church of the Fir$t i
Of the medical staff at the General pp^yterjan e hurch unon the rec- 1 ^ ni ’ * 60( ’ < ‘ lemal hel P for aud.-
hospital in Greenville for the past! ommendation ^ a nominating com- j ^ ^
Several months, will be associated mittee have elected the fnllowirwi tredSUrer ’ travel expenses for
With Dr. D O. Rhame a, Hays hos- £ "o slve for j com n. yj.r ’ «> *420; as-
nital beainnina Anril 1 omew 10 serve xor me coming year- j sistant to superintendent of educa-
puai oeginning Apni i. Dr j ohn w Hams, president; A B.! ti „ n t1 Hnn avtt .. 1 h . , . .,
Dr. and Mrs. Sullivan and young. vice-nresident- Robert F “ n ’ ’ 1 ’ 800, extIJ hel P lo handle
son, Jimmie, will occupy one of the 31^ secretary, C. E Kir" ‘ j teacher recertification and withhold-
Reese Young apartments on Cleve- j U rer.
land street.
ing, treas-'
ing taxes, $6pO; clerk to board of
College To Begin
Holidays Today
Greenville Boy
Wins In Contest
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Visitors are warmly welcomed to all
services of the church, the pastor
1 states.
Local Masonic Chapter
Host To R.'A. Masons ,
William Plumer Jacobs ' Chapter
No. 54, Royal Arch Masons, was host
| Monday evening to a group of visit
ing Royal Arch Masons from Signet
Chapter No. 18 of Newberry. The R.j
A., degree was conferred on 21 can
didates by thei local chapter, three
candidates from the local chapter, 13
from Newberry. Present at the meet
ing iwere 37 visiting members.
The local chapter has a record of
leadership as one of the outstanding
York rite bodies in the state.
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Advertising in the "home paper’
service for your business.
county commissioners, $1,800; radio
system for sheriff's office, $300,
coroner, $600; county physician.
$750; assistant county physician,
$375; court house janitor, $1,500;
judge of probate, $3,300; clerk for
Spring holidays at Presbyterian Bobby Hunt, of Greenville, won probate*’judge, $1,800, to judge of
college will begin today and end out over Jimmy Somerville of Cross p roa bte for indexing pensions, $25.
April 1. Most of the students will be a Clinton high student, in the'sheriff, $3,300; traveling expenses
off the campus during the holiday, d ' str ‘ ct American Legion oratorical for sheriff, $900; travel expenses for
season. - j contest held here Tuesday night. HeTsix deputy sheriffs, $4,200; salary of
will compete in the area contest this; COU nty supervisor, $3,300; travel of
morning, in Greenville. '’j county supervisor! $560; tax collector.
^ $2,880; two county commissioners,
$1,000; travel expenses for county
commissioners, $500, three board of
registration members, $300 Undei
, the salaries and travel section there
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sent to yourself or a relative or cal help for the probate judge, and
friend'—call 74. The cost is less titan j the following items have been chung-
4c a w<ek—alb subscriptions payable, ed from! the preceding, .year's ap-
in advance. prporiation: auditor, county’s share
Sing (^copies available at the office uf salary decreased from $1,237 14
every Thursday, 5c copy. , _ ^ 1947-48 to $900 in 1948-4,9: treasur-
~ Welcome aTTcTThanks to those on er, county's share of salary decreased
out. Honor Roll this week.
WESTERN AUTO STORE,
W. K. FRANKLIN,
Clinton.
GTAT WFADDEN,
w III sell" goods aniT
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! from $1,237 in 1947-48 to $900 in
1948-49; expenses for sending out tax
notices, decreased from $1,000 to
j $500; jailor, increased from $2,160
to $2,280; six deputy sheriffs,' in
creased from $12,960 to $13,680. The
1947-48 supply bill included in this
section a $1,650 appropriation for a
portion of the superintendent of edu-
-*—jratiotrs salary, which w’as not carried
over into the 1948-49 bill.
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