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r 1 • •V r < * "X. THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable Volume XLVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 20, 1948 If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the Newi Number 21 f Contracts Let For Building Program In Hunter District BRANDON HOLDS MID-STAIE LEAD S. »*»mc $ M ■t. j}.// •• ».« A / '4 Joanna Won Tuesday, Clinton Lost. New Pitchers In League. The board of trustees of Hunter school district No. 5 announced yes terday that competitive bids were received during the week for the school improvement and expansion program approved in a special elec- j 4 ^ , tion in April. The election called for: Mid-State league teams were oe- $250,000 for improvements stipulat- lieved to have set some kind of tex- , ed by the trustees at the high school, 4ile record Saturday night when | Lydia Mills and Academy Street! three games played amassed a total ( schools. ; of 88 runs. Batters in all games went The bids awarded bv the trustees on a heavy hitting spre.es,| | amounted to approximately'$211,000. Brandon of Woodruff won*the high with 5 per cent, or $10,000, for ai- score prize with a 88-9 -win aver chitectural fees to LaFaye & LaFayej Joanna. Mills Mill of Woodruffs of Columbia. New equipment will copped a 19-7 game from Laurens, cost approximately $22,500, according and Clinton slammed Enoree 13. to 2. to the trustees, the same to be pur- , Tuesday Night’s Games chased by W. R. Anderson, supenn-|* Brandon of Woodruff, moving out 1 tendent of the schools. It^ is planned with a wel| balanced club lately aug- i j to begin the building program at mented by the addition of—Pitcher T once in the hope of having the great- : Spec Padgett, the Erskine star, and 1 er part of the work completed by, the veteran Lefty Wesley Howard, September. i built up a two-game league lead The following firms were awarded Tuesday night with a smashing 4-1 M. Bailey, C linton lesident, wh^^e; con j rac ^ S) according to the trustees: ; voctory over Riverdale. will was filed for probate Monday in High School ! At the same time Joanna won at the judge of probates office. q ro sland Construction Co., Colum-• Goldville 13-5 over Mills Mill. G. On the same day her two nephews,; geaefai construction of addition Prater, Socey and Willingham slam- Robert M. Vance and Geo. H. Corne - jjjgb school-—$110,599.00. med home runs for the winners and son, filed a petition for appointment | T. C,-Johnson Co., Clinton, plumb- Hill hit for the circuit for the Millers. Schools To Close May 24 Without Commencement REPORT GIVEN ON TIMBER DRAIN IN THE COUNTY Forestry Survey Shows Heavy Cutting of Both Hard and Soft Woods. Miss Bailey Wills $1,000 To First Presbyterian Church The First Presbyterian church of this city was bequeathed ■$ 1,000 under the term# of the will of Miss Toccoa IN SHADOW OF MOOSE . . . Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, president-elect of Cplumbia uni versity, who has stated he is not interested in being president of the United States, is seen in close proximity to the head of a bull moose at a—Luncheon in New York, where he was guest speak er. W. M. Walker Named President Lions Club i Although there tvill bo ‘no formal I commencement exercises for Clinton | high--school promotional exercises!, \ will be held on Monday evemfig. TMay' 1 24, at 8 o'clock in 4he Florida-;— 1 Street school auditorium. 1 There will be no regular graduat ing class this^ye.ar, due to the state; , ——— 'change over from tfi{r~Ll-ytar to the Columbia Vuw 19. (Special to the 12-year scholastic „pl-an. Chronicle.) Information o: t a a ’ Those to receive high scho.of 'cii- 1 -drain of Laurens county Vffrv.t re- 1 nlmmns are: George Fountain Cox, Sl urces is o, .varied o <1 re ' Dennis Roland Fallow. Billy Fen-~^rl thi < tv • ^ nell, Margaret Hart Harris, Betty mission ot Forestry -*• Jean Jennings, Rose Marian Sim- T ie report is a j . ogress ; . . : mens of this city, and Elaine Jean on the timber dram phase r . re- ' f'ranzen and Frank Mac Templeton cently. completed urvey ol . i of Goldville. ~~ Carolina forest losoorti-. co uu .ied ■ The exercisers will open with a • by the United States Forest Sei v.ce welcome address by Elaine Franzen, in cooperation t with the State Com- I president of the class. Margaret mission of Forestry and _the Clemson Harris, honor graduate, will introd- ; uce Dr. W. R. Turner who will speak on “Know Thyself." Mrs. Caldwell Henderson will gave violin selections, and Miss Barbara Workman will sing “Indian Love Call.” Miss Caroline Ashley of the school faculty, will be the piano ac- as administrators with will annexed. W. M Walker was named presi- companist. Extension Service. The timber “commodity drain” recorded for counties in the state by the report le ers to “the removal or waste of sound, live, merchantable t^rbec from the forests for, commercial or domestic uses.” r The information m the report is for lf) J 6, but the com parison, . . mpilatiun, and pub!, atipn Her brother, Wm. J. Bailey, named in 42 o 00 the will as executor, had died in thej meantime. Miss Bailey died May 9 and her | ; ing and heating at high school—$16,- Academy Street School W. M. Fine, Spartanburg, general brother April 11 ^ The will disposed qf real estate, stocks and personal property. The construction of addition at Academy house and lot on Pitts street where ; Slreet sc hool-$ 12 ,567.00. she lived was left to her sister, Mrs-j Blackstonc Co., Columbia, plumb- ! Emma B. Cornelson. Another house | am j h ea ti n g at Academy Street! and lot on Pitts street, known as the; school _ $ 5 i893 00 Motes house, was left to af niece, Mio.j Randall Electric- Co., Spartanburg, i Mercer B. Wise. The furnishings and woj-k a t Academy Street' effects in the house where she lived. were left to her sisters, Mrs. Cornel- | Lydia Mill School son and Mrs. Mary B. Vaoce, halfi ^ Fine, Spartanburg, gerieral .and half. j construction of addition at" Lyd.a 1 Her tw-o sisters, Mrs. Cornelson and; Mill school—$40,341.00 M . . _ , ■ •* of the statistics gathered has just In a close game at Laurens, Clinton dent of phe local Lions club for the W. R. Anderson, superintendent, been conjpieted. The mil details of | Iqst 5-4. Laurens moved a single jeomip^year at its meeting Friday w ill present diplomas to the eight lhe f orestl y resurvey which was Casliion Electric Co., Columbia, ran across the plate in the lucky gening. .graduates, the class being the small- .-najp j n the state between 1946 and electrical work at high school — ; seventh inning in a fast contest. To sene with Mr. Walker, the club est in the school’s history due to the are to |j e pubi.shed later. ingston homered for Clinton yhiW j also selected the following officers: -addition of a twelfth grade. The total amount ol ail sound live First Vice-President —. Roaert E. rs. Vance, two nieces, Toccoa Wise, Blackstone Co., Columbia, plumb-; Mills Mill and Rosanna Campbell, and one ne- a nd heating at Lydia Mill school Laurens phew, Robert M. Vance, shared in; _$ 13> 2i9.og. Joanna . T. C. Johnson Co, Clinton, elec- Riverdale in Morrow and H. Warner had a double; and a single apiece- for Laufens 6ames Today (Thursday): Brandon at Clrhton (4:45 iq.the afternoon! Riverviade at Mills Mill w Layrens at Joanna Saturday: Clinton at Brandon Mills Mill at Riverdale Joanna at Laurens. How They Stand W Brandon . 8 trees five inches in diameter and Awards and medals 'wi.ll be pre- jWysor 1 . III. ■ |..enfed by Principal R. P. \\ :ider. ■ ] arf j ei . which-were out in Laurens I Second Vice-President—M. Dillard The public is cordially inyited to at 'Milam, Jr. (tend the exercises. *• 1 Third Vice-President—Harry Me- j Sween. L O various amounts in 108 shares of! Clinton Mills stock and 419.8 shares of Lydia Mills preferred stock. Tn her brother, W. J. Bailey, who had already died, she left 66 shares of Clinfon'^Mins sIbck7”20tr 'StrareS Of trical wmrk at Lydia Mill school— Clinton $3,514.13.~ - ; v 1 . 6 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 I Secretary—Gary Lehn. [. Treasurer—Francis Blalock. | Lion Tamer—Pinky Reddeck. f Tail Tw’ister—Mar Adair. Directors—Robert» P. Hamer and Marion Lawson Pet. The new.officers will assume' .800 duties July 1 .600 .500 .444 Five P. C. Graduates Receive Degrees At Columbia Seminary l eounty during the year was 8ft.361 [cords, ot which .'8,115 cord., i softwoods and 32,253 were i. . J- woods. In the state r.> a whole, o,- er five million cor 1 ' u wood were i cut for all- purposes. The total lumber chain m Laurens [county was 12,786,0')0 board feet for 1 both hard and softwoods. The spe- Red Cross Exceeds ;|3a Quota By $32351 u Five graduates qf the class al 21 , ... f . i ■ ,■ . . , . _ . , . ; cies most trequentlv cut lor lumber completing study at Columbia Theo- . , •; tr,e r ,, , j m Laurens county was the southern logical seminary and receiving dc- ‘ grees Monday evening were Pres-! ' byterian college college alumn. h i Aiken Taylor, son of Mrs. George » ....., . .. , , * i softwood listed tor Laurens county Taylor ol this city, and Allen Jacobs, 1 ,, , 0 . h , * „ , ,, ’ cutting was 3,000 board feet. o. cy- a former student at Thornwel or- . r „ ..... i press, making a total of * 9,460,000 yellow pine,. with 9,457,000 board feet of this' species removed for lum- 1 ber in the county. The only, other Sh«riff C,: W/VWer 'General Motors stock, 20$ shares of j Seeks Re-elec Hon Lydia Mills preferred slock, Bozord Resigns As Limestone Dean i The Laurens county chapter of the ! American Red Cross exceeded its 449 jphanage, were among the graduates. . j , . f ... , & board teet of softwood cut. Hard- A W ‘‘ S woods cut fur lumber in the coun- buoU by reporting a tKal , o,. p.. Tf”! er " e , c ty amounted to 2,3^6,000 board feet, «-**»"* rentributed dur,n*.-the;°' *1" 3 « accepted tne. with board fte . 0( „ ow iota campaign. Of this SmM '"’"Crtpoplir lead,„g all me outer-ftard- l ! rian church in Smyrna, Ga. The! ! seminary has offered him a fellow- ! Dr. John F. Bozard, dea* ol thel^Iinton raised $3,707 13 and Laurens, 1 woods cut in the county. For the shares o Lydia Mills common stock Caldwell W. Wier annotmee> Limestone English departnwaL Gaf- $ 6,«2i.51. i v 7Y .state as a whole, 1,014.451.000 board and a 115 acre farm at Cross Hill, [candidacy for re-election as sheriff fnev has resigned to become head -T ^ , u ^ ! shl P fj ' r fu rther study in the nun-' ^ of . all Umber SD e (1 cs were cut Incase of the death of W.J. Bailey | of Laurens county ia .the primary to of the Engllsh .department at the' Th ® re P° rt6 Wepc ,mad . e by ,' s try Mr. Jacobs, a member of tiie j J, lumber Wlta J, 13H()m) bo u property bequeathed him should go be held this summer. His official Mississippi State College fur Worn- ^ a Far i^ COUr ‘ Ty cba l ir u ma * of .class of ’1942. ha.s accepter a call to; J eet , >r , ()Uthern yel ^ u ae ; ead to her sisters, Mrs. Cornelson and (.statement appears in the advertising ’ en in r olU m bU s, Miss., it is announc- Tl ? um f as A .ff a church fn Charleston. , [ n „ the ‘ so ft\voods and 75 556 000 Mrs. Vance. ; columns of today’s .paper. | ec j. ider.t of the chanter, and Mrs. .iUMen 1 a 1 ine M)IUVOO(1s Jn « <a,ooo,uuu The will was dated Noi«mber 2.1 Sheriff Wier is nou completing hisj [> r Bozard went to Limestone in He 1943. ber of the «. call to the d-iive, Thomas A. Babb, pres-1 a church in Charleston. idem of the chapter, and Mrs. Hcien [ Rev. George A. Anderson, assist- v 4 , , f u,. G Melette, executive secretary. | ant professor of Bible at PC. received bna . r< eet 0 black ® um leadin '> ' he J . c - Thomas wai chairman for 1 the Master Theology degree at the aJrdwoods - Exchange Club Delegates To Attend State A4eet third -term. He said he was running ,9^ from Furman university, nc,,, „ „ on his record of service to all the ^ a j, radq ate of Furman und holds! n area and * K VVa<Js lor [ exercises on Monday people of the county, and that he has ; a mafi ter’s degree from the Univer-’ e ' y. The pu.lpwood drain in the coun ty was 11,975 cords for the soft- been fair to all alike He is a former; sity of Virginia and STdootor’^ de-i j resident and police officer ot this city, g ree f rorn Cornell univera ty. i Noted Soprano he- iii wel 1- known. The local Exchange club will be. The sheriff stated Ld his announce- Henry daughter«*r':vir. and Mis'" if FI^OSCS AudieTKe ; Other members of the class who . j. ^ 4 , u a /.u ,, woods and 460 cords for the hard ' na\ e been educated at the college are woot j s Thomas Horton of Spartanburg, class VU ' . . *’ The fuel wood production per av Eugenia Helen Ligon, represented at the annual conven- ment: -j have alwqys believed in D/ Henry of th^ city/ A number of ^ tion of the South Carolina Exchange j c i ose cooperation between all police years ago hes was orincinar of the * 1SS clubs to be held at the Francis Mar- ~ ' ion and Hellams tht" president, Rev. James C. Dickert.; t Qc j a y < y 0 ur sheriff’s office has been Myers Y. Cooper, president of The equipped w'ith the latest type FM i In County U Spent National Exchange club and forfner ra£ jj 0i thereby enabling us to give | ♦ governor of Ohio, whll be the guest|y 0U quicker, more efficient service.! Money for soil building jractices *overs, and was generous with her of honor and principal speaker at the a well equipped sheriff's office pr. under AAA is exhausted aaid many encores at the close ol the program, annual meeting of the state organi- p 0 ji ce department with well-traued 1 farmers will not be able to “cooper-^ Mass Ligun has studied in New of 1945; Roy Coker of Commerce. Go—i !a,ss 111.1.040 u-nt, .i g’-■Hu.iUm r cum laude. and Bill King' 0! Rict- ul , ban Ga.. class of 1941. erage farm in Laurens county ~2T6 whiclrwas air.i',c '.lie was rate ; averaga-of 17'.7 cords pc. -farip The total county production of luelwbod aut-inccs of the Music club arvd college. With earn number she was liberally ;.p- plauded by tfr.e assemnlagc of mus.c Tbree New Candidates Out For Alderman ' dor of the county .fuelwood p < duc- •1 was 22,900 cord of dead or cull trees and 8,390' cords ot sawmill and woods wastg. The total county timber drain for fence-post and miscellaneous farm national vice-president at the Atlan tic City convention. He was elevat- panr _ . In ward two thei’e are two entries, , , Final U. S. department of agri- the original allocation of money had The Clinton and Laurens Kiwsmis P. D (Brack) Adair und A B D - ed to the national piesidency y ^:culture figures on the 1947 cotton been obligated. clubs iv 11 unite .n an m er-city uUio vidstwi. Mr. Adair is employed ov unanimous vote d the c e egaiO ami ! crop . ^qw that South Carolina pro- meet*r.g next Tuesday evening, the Coope r M dor comp ini \l■ n ,■ officers al the Cincinnati convention duced l51t0 oo bales of 506.-pounds ON DUTY IN CHINA ; 25th, with the Laurens club as host, son is manager oi the CUntun Bo :'i- last year. , .gross weight from 1,050,000 acres. ! W. L. Cauble, sonarman, tLrd ThTs s ocial metring wE take 'be ed Wi ehousc. Jeon Williams On Johnsonian Staff «1 This*tvas a yield of 297 pounds an class, son- of William Robert Cauble P la ce of the regular meeting of the acre. of this city, is serving aboard Hie 27th, olfi-uers have announced.. R L D’ C L 1 USS McCaffery which is W. C. Baldwin it chairnvan of tbe DUSn KlVCT jCROO) i-nt; tence-pust .m,1 miscqllaneuus a.m use, 0.4 pjcr cent. i The state's cottonseed production destroyer 'was 253,000 tons. Both the lint and operating in the area of Tsinglae, club's cceremittee ut mter-zlub relk- Closinq May 25 Miss JMn Williams, ol near Clin-!»«« China. - , ;tion S . r , S * ton. has been named an editorial, sin A c f _ 7 . „„ . , ——^ — : : 1 t ‘ Cumm»*ncement exerr se associate on the staff of The John- At an average price of 32.4 cents ,00,an Wmth'r'op''"conesc'''wVoklyi“ '7 «**<>" $"»■*?' «“ «'»>« "7W r - ,0r «“• semes, ' r -; worth $;o.291.0„0 at *32.80 a too M:ss Williams, a member of the h •^ es, valu ? 1919 and cotton at the second high- senior class, is the daughter of Mi. and Mrs. James B. Williams. est. - READ THE CHRONICLE : ADVERflSEMENTS regularly EACH WEEK They inform you as to chang ing pflftg, where vou can sup ply your needs whatever they may be, where you can shop to advantage. BE WISE- READ THE ADS Miss Kathleen Shaw Graduates In Nursing - " Miss Kathleen Shaw, daughter of j Mrs. H. W. Steer of this city, re received her diploma from the Wil mington General Hospital School of | Nursing in Wilmington, Del., on- Tuesday, May 11. Commencement exercises were held at the West ; Presbyterian church in Wilmington. Mrs. Steer and daughter, Miss Elear nor Shaw, attended fHe exercises.; [Miss Shaw is a graduate of Clinton, ! high school and also attended Pres byterian college. She has been in 1 training in Wilmington for the past thre^ years.^-' i I L. MR. MERCHANT .... There Is No Substitute For NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING Your messages regularly in THE CHRONICLE will •be seen and read by thousands of {ico^le at leisure. The life of the weekly home paper is' longer than that uf^auy other advertising medium—it is kept and read through- put the week by members of the family. THE CHRONICLE is the most economical and mhsf i * effective advertising medium you can use in Clinton’s trade area to reach your prospective customers. THE CHRONICLE 4 “The Paper Everybody Reads” at 8 30 f Bush River school v. il be held Tuesday evening, May 25. beginning Two t>J the gradual** brief talks, with Dr. James C. Kinacd piesident c-f Newberry college, ieliv-- e: ing the address. Those 16 i ece \ e 1 m elfth .. le j NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL plbnnas are Eleanor Lsag, Me idol's - Mini Wicker. There are few homes in this sec tion -of the county in which THE will make CHRONICLE does not go. If yours is one. we will be happy -to receive your ! nibscription The pr.ee is $2 00 a year, payable' in advance. Welcome and thanks to those on Cromer, Sarah k ami Itir iaivl Joanna Group Attends Meeting The following officials and over seers of Joanna C <L n Mills, Go.U-! ville; at rqd* r ”* v> ? ; jr ia.1 meeting the Southern Textile association at - — - — Myrtle Beach Thursday through Sat- ENLISTS IN ARMY urday: W. K. Waits, Alex Crawford, James W Thamp C. N. Franks. J M. Rowland, W. W. and Mrs. O T. Ti -uir Honor Roll this week 5, .\i!;s i [ \i<( Hi) CHEEK, MISS I LA SATTERFIELD, DR B. C MURDOCH, Chnt an.’ MAHIO.N !’I-'A v Whitmire. ' MRS. JAMES F. Ci>LL.\sVN Boswell, N T-OM ATKINS, RFD No. 2 Niver, Jr.. E.' J Willingham, D. J. i Buchanan, Rolf Clark, Carl Franzen, [Julian Bolick, James P Sloan, Kelly Waits, L. E. Prater and. W. E Byars. ). son of Mr. ipson of this in the Regular city recently enhsted Army Jbrougn the Columbia Recruit ing Station for a period of three years.