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■\ »•' '.-I 9 ♦ ,J 4 ♦ IHE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE - You'Donfvt Get the News Volume XLVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 24, 1948 Number 26 COUNTY PARTY TO STAND PAT ON OWN RULES ANNUAL MEETING OF JOANNA MILLS Chairman James P. Sloan States That Rules Adopted by Executive Committee Will Be Enforced. Walter Regnery Named As President. Local Men Added to the Board of Directors. At the stockholders annual meeting i of Joanna Cotton Mills company of |Goldville held Monday, directors and i officers were elected for the coming Plans Going Forward For New President Lions Club In order that there shall be no year. ( misunderstanding, the rules as adopt- i Walter Regnery, who has held the ed last Wednesday by the Laurens I positron of vice-president and gen- County Democratic Executive Com-jeral manager since the death of the .mittee will be enforced in the coun- late W. A. Moorhead in February, ty, Chairman James P. Sloan, of this was elected president of the corn- city, said yesterday. Unless and un-, pany. til the State Party brings its rules 1 At the same time P. B. Mitchell, Proposed Officers and Directors Named for Com munity Institution To Be Known as 'Bank of Clinton.' Stock To Be Offered for Sale Soon to Local Business Men and Other Interested Citizens. R. P. Hamer Named As Proposed President. As was announced several weeks ( bank board that the board of direc- ago, plans are going forward for the tors for the new bank consist of 11' organization of a new bank in the proposed members, their final elec-' city to offer the community a com- tion to be approved by the stockhold- plete banking service. ers of the new bank. ' An application of the Commercial! The following local business men into conformity with the law of the! retired superintendent of the mills, ; Depository to convert into a bank have been proposed as directors for land, there is no need for further was elected assistant to the president; I an( ^ a general banking busines.s the bank, action by our committee, he added. ! Wm. F. Regnery, vice-president; J.' was approved in April by the state. Under the Laurens county rules,: B. Hart, treasurer; A. D. Barron, s ec- > an k the obnoxious “thought control” oath retary; J. L. Delany, general super-. the ^ard spent several days m the is abolished, enrollment is extend-j intendent . and w - K - Waits, assistant Clt y making a study of the need and ed to eighteen year olds, general 1 general superinfendent. election certificates may be used by I Nine members were elected to the all in the primary in lieu of enroll- ! hoard of directors, as follows: Wm. F. ment, and the enrollment date has'Regnery and Henry Regnery of Chi- al ...... been extended to July 26. jeago, 111., Walter Regnery and A. D., that the conversion proposa will be The Laurens rules provide further j Ba rron of Goldville, H. W. Rums- nnHlret^c.tal^ri^at 0 ^' I that “the right to enroll and pratici-1 f eld of Chicago; -G. M. Jackson 01 d q V l e ^ u | g v ^ ^ n h pate in the primary in Laurens courf-y^h^esgo^ L.—Delany and W. K. 1 Btate^ an oar an ^ t o>a t ty shall cause of The committee took the position that this provision follows the letter and spirit of Judge Waring’s decis- prospects of a new bank here. A meeting of the siockholders of the Depository has been called for July 16th, at which time it is expected; R. P. Hamer John T. Young W. W. Harris ( ' J. C. Thomas S. G. Dillard —T. E. Addison J. P. Prather T. H. Copeland H. D. Henry F. M. Boland 'John W. Finney, Sr. ' / At a subsequent meeting of the not be denied to anyone be- Waits of Goldville, and J. B. Hart of P osit Insurance corporaUon, the bank proposed board .and organizers, the tmn uf tlie -Lioni, dub i'.>r the30 H0< race creed or color.” I this cit y- Messrs. Hart, Delany, Bar- wil1 have a ca P ltal stock of $100,000. following proposed officers have been mg year. • nery comr 'omm’ittee took the nosition ron and Waits were named to the and a sur P lus °I $20,000. It is plan- named and submitted for approval W. M. Walker :s the new pres;- now have 92 JOANNA MILLS EMPLOYEES GET SERVICE AWARDS Given Recognition for Long Service Records W. H. and Walter Reg nery Address Audience An audience of 60(1 men and u >- men gathered on Clark field m Gold- ' ville Saturday night for the presen-' | tat.on of service awards to 92 em ployees of Joanna Cotton Mills. The first ceremony of this kind was' nelu a year ago at which time 417 men and women received the long service ^ awards. A D. Barron presided. Preceding ‘the presentations Walter Regnery, { vice-president and general manager of the company, addressed those 1 present, congratulatmg those wmo at- ! tamed long service records He point ed out tnat those m the 25 year group had worked at the mill while the employees increased from 150 to the present total of 1675, and that the {mill grew from 4,000 spmdles to j 103.000 now in operation. Twenty- rive years ago the mill used 1,600 New officers have taken over d.rec- tales of cotton annually, and today 30 000 hal«K hp satrf Mr Reg- mended the workers w'ho records of ten or more W M. WALKER New Lions Officers Take Over Duties r ion and opinion in the case of Elrwore heads the Western Shade Cloth ^om- V. Rice. In this opinion, later con firmed by Judge Parker in the Cir- board as new members. j ned to offer the stock to a large t to the bank board and insurance cor- dent, and assisting him :n the affairs years with the company^ He congrat- W. H. Regnery of Chicago, who num ber of business men and other poration: - . of the club-are: uluted each of tfcose in this year's interested citizens in the near fu- Robert P Hamer president ~ First Vice-President — Robert E. group receiving awards, :and said. pany at Chicago, owners of the Gold-'! ure -, Jrhe P lan is to have the stock T e. Addison, 1st vice-president. Wysor, III May the pm. ring or watch which VW1V1 ^ ... ville property, was here for the de- la ^ e *y distributed in the commu- John T. Young. 2nd vice-president., Second Vice-President—M...Dillard you receive tonight serve as a taker cuit Court of Appeals, Judge War- lerred meeting of the board. In the n1 ^-,, .. 4 . , ' ! F. M. Boland, cashier. Milam, Jr. of our high esteem of your ac. m- ing is quoted as saying: | reorganization, a son, Walter Reg- _ y )llo 1 wl " g instructions from the Misses Margaret Holland and Mar- Third Vice-President — Harry Me- ph'shmemt.” I am of the opinion that the pres- ner y. succeeds his father as president 1 ' ederaI Deposit Insurance corpor- Ramage, bookkeepers. j Sween. _ W. H Regnery, of Chicago, pres ent Democratic Party in South Caro- °I the Joanna interests, lina in acting for and on behalf of : ~ the people of South Carolina; and Story Giv6n Ofl that the Primary held by it is the *.1 . . . .•• , , only practical place where one can| INOITIing oOluVlIIC I express a choice in selecting federal |_ a f e Mr Moorhead and other officials. Racial distinc- ,1 " ulc fV,r * 'V'wrncaa ation in presenting the application „ , . for approval, the promoters were in- IS re t‘ r i^S as structed to file full d^igTa'-proposed act i ve head of the Commercial De board of directors and officers, and P osltor y» wdl de associated for the 'other information. The directors of f^ esent with the bank assisting in m the Commercial Depository, together the or g amza '- lon and as an adviser. and Marion Lawson. cent of the company, was present and lions cannot exist in the machinery that selects the officers and law- with a number of other interested 'O'- ♦ business men in the city, have held It was recently announced in a several meetings recently considering make“ot * e “unit , ed t Stat*s; n and'‘al’l news st ° ry “ Chrdnicle that a, the propoaaland completing the r e-P^<i that the institution be named ^ jj Q;; s ; 0 ^ eef citizens of this State and Country' P™ P . 0 . S i 1 "f S .. U ". d . e . r . i. h f"f': Bank of C1 '"' 0 " ' n0,a The new bank will be located in the building now occupied by The Commercial Depostiory. It is pro- are entitled to cast a free and un trammelled ballot in our elections. the name of the fast growing village both the federal and state bank board Promoters announced yesterday At BcaVCrdam CHlirch ‘Goldville” to ‘‘Joanna Town.” Since offices. then it has been decided 1 | that stock will be offered for sale in! and if the only material and realistic 1 . ... „ .. . new name will be “Joanna,’ omit-! It was recommended by the state I the corporation at an early date. rff*J ^ **Town, i> this'b>jng'the~exp7ess- John Hi W. Boyd Dies Secretary—Gary Lahn. Treasurer—Fjancis. Blalock. 'highly commended the group in hi. LiOn Tamer—Pinky Reddeck. italk. He inducted five new’ memoer.. Tail Twister—Mac Adair.' j into the Old Timers club, composed New directors—Robert P. Hamer of employees of the hull for 25 year ; or more He expressed his pleasure in being present for the presentation. Those admitted into the Old Timer; club were Gertrude Flow, Robbie Francis, Betty Furr, T E . Osborae and Joe T. Purdy. ! Gold watches were awarded to 26 1 persons who have been with the null The Third division quarterly Wo- 20 years. These presentations were Baptist Women To to vote there. if? Preference of many residents of Q U( tJ en \ y A«- U ome “The prayer of the complaint for a the community A request has been n( f me declaratory judment will therefore be ^ ad f. t0 4 the P 0St ° fflcede P ar u tmentm In Belfast Section granted by which it will be adjudged that the plaintiff and others simi larly situated are entitled to be en- Washington for the name change 11 “Joanna,” the petition being signed 1 College ROTC Given !'Excellent' Rating; Group Now At Bienning tmaris Mtssiorvary union meeting will ma d e by P. B. Mitchell," {be held Wednesday, June 30, at 10:3G pertntendent of the mill! Joe L De- , o’clock at Beaverdam Baptist church.' lany, superintendent, presented gold 1 The program, with the theme “Foi rings to those in the 15 year group. God and Home and Every Land,” and W. K Waits, assistant supenn- will be as follows: tendent. presented gold pins to those hv about two thmicanH rwml* of tho John H ' W ' B °y d ’ 64 - wel1 known. The ROTC ^nit at Presbyterian Call to worship—100th Psalm.’ the 10 year group. This makes a ^ it Artinn nn thp rom.pct farmer of the Belfast section, died college has again received ‘‘excel- Hymn, “All Hail the Power of Je-Jutal of 509 persons who received rolled and to vote in the primaries * L ine request is su ddenly Monday afternoon while at lent” rating from the army after for- sus’ Name." awards last year and this year for conducted by the Democratic Party of,® Pf™ ir V • -p 5 nIdvifl 1 Hp wark on his P lantation -. He had not mal spring inspection, Lt. Col. Powell Devotiona’—Mrs. J. H Darr. 10 years or more of continuous con- South Carolina, and the defendants'?. * e e v,iu oe been ill or complaining, and his Fraser, professor of military science Roll call and reports from church- nection with the company. and their successors in office will be n,<!f ' arf1pn ' enjoined from excluding qualified voters from enrollment and casting ^ n 9 .. bailors by reason of their not being ducted Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock wa s activated shortly' after World sey. Mrs. S. W Some re 1 and Mrs. J. residents of the community to help construct a $100,000 memorial hos- d d d been 'tHp oiiestinn has hppn ackpH hv* deatd came as a great shock to his and tactics, said yesterday. es. Mr. Waits, chairman of the hos- f- *■ town railed • Iamily and fr * en ds. • - I •Excellent” nas been the rating Reports from Associational officers P tjl -und committee, reported that The funeral serv i C es'. were con- : given the unit each spring since it —Mrs. Sloan Mahon, Mrs. Hall Ram- $28,000 of the $34,000 to be raised bjr _ x r ... . a 1 t » . . persons of the white race.” ! Th ® late A ‘ Moorhead, vice- i rom Little River-Dominick Presby- War I * H Shellev. The action of the Laurens County, joLna^Cot^rMilh * tblTtwI TTy!} ° f W 5 ich , he a ! Colonel Fraser was notified of the Offering. Executive Committee 1S manifestly | w iii t hr ow lig h t on the ?‘ thful member a nd ruling elder. rating recently after the inspection Hymn. “Jesus Shall Re.gn." not within the state rules Mr. Sloan Si^ .-D^r ng ^d following he * services were conducted by the officers examined the unit May 6-7. Missionary Message - Rev. J said, but the committee deemed it 1 dues . uon ' u, Jrin a ana lonowing tne pas tor, Revr Thomas Houze, assisted They included Col Carlisle r‘ r Darr. a safer course to provide legal rules ov’erseeTfor l^ge ac eages'Tn^Ches- ^ Dr - t D f ^ Wo H ° dS t ° h f ^ ci } y - In ' Lt - C ol. E. P. Scott,' and Lt. Col. Ma- Greetings-Mrs. J E. Hill, for its primary to the end that the ° vers “ er , iai : ge acr ® a £ es in Lnes terment followad in the church ceme- hono Roes Jr of the Third A-mv Prayer. Democrats, of the County will not ter cou nty, the land belonging to sev- ter y The rites were a ttended by a headquarters at Fort McPherson Ga find it necessary to face charges of eral wldows and maiden ladies. Dur- lar2e gathering of relatives friendc "^ du ^ uariers dl r on Mcmerson. Ga. lino 11 necessary to lace cnarges o Blalock was able to I garnering 01 relatives, friends The unit is composed of three corn- contempt of court in the Federal u ‘g Dia OCK was aDie 10 and neighbors, with many lovely missioned nffo-er*; Courts r “" the k blocl ' ade a " d »' >>■* flowers banked upon the grave at- ^„ed oft,«" S'ree noniamn "‘ i - ~ cotton shipped out, which was paid testing the esteem in which he was a band tioV of his employment Mr Blalock ^pIuk n ! Twenty-eight students left from Youn g Peo PI e ; , —Mrs. McCuen Thom- a ^d Laurens after the <.*ere- asked that he be naTd off in gold and t Pallbearers /e 1-6 - Down s Monroe, their homes the past week to partiei- as <>n, Mrs. A. Y Dennis, Miss Beat- ™n.e> No tickets were sold. Ux* !he came lith his weaUh to Martin’s u Z w i EUge « e in annual ROTC camp nee Highsmith and Mrs. Fred Cul- capacity of the park having me came wun nis weaun 10 Martins H..*b RonHc ^ been bought by the mill and all who attended were their guests. Attractive folders were distributed for the presentation and carrying Family Day At First Baptist Church companies and H Lunch. Meditation—Psalm 67. Devotional—Miss Virginia Hender son. pita! had been raised to date. The rr..’l has contributed $66,000 toward the proposed hospital. A collection wa staken towards the $6,000 still needed for the project. Soon after this is raised it is expected that con struction of tne hospital will get un- derway- The mill, was host to the large crowd of 1500 that attended the Mid- “Gck Forward in the ’Work of the State League baseball game between || Realizing the importance of thejfXy *!?rtOoMvnte ^dtadlTd ’ R ‘" d0l ‘* P ‘ | £,'w£L'T h eg ■i^iSp.n^ bJ ^AppreciaUon-Mrs. C. S. Pmson. £**-• Fc,ton H Moore - cap " — Reading 01 ' be and so much gold was*so dazzling r a . and h *Z L Baker ‘ Jr - and Sgt - William B. Closing message—Rev J B Stepp, tor the need for the daily reading of God’s and unseen to the ^ £ ^ a "y ^ f ie h r ‘ ds w,n learn Wlth Calloway of the college unit. Upon Jr - ' tbt ; nj!nes of tho ^ r f eiV ‘ ng - lAard '‘ Word accompanied by earnest prayer. { this section wh o had been reduced ? passing. return to school in the fall the stu- — —•— Sa.u.day night and also toe group*, The Sunday morning service at the' to near sta ; v ation during the hard- , j he d ®y :eas | d 18 su ^ vived b y h *s dents will take further advanced mil- |r^, 1 -r- h, rr ,red a year ago The list of em- First Baptist church*vill be observed s hin S of war they decided to call the if n m ^ S ° n f itary trainin » leading to reserve of- Jo Qnn Q Employees To. ployees receiving the watches, rings as family day, the pastor has an-; little settlement Goldville 'Ynd 11 0 /. G0,d ; commissions upon graduTion.' Be Given Vacation and pins appeared in The Chronicle as family aay, uie pastor nas -»-.i ittl e settlement Goldville, and the ville John H W Bovd Jr of laurel *ri, nounced. Ev ® r y , fam !} y . and !j a< ; ; name has continued since then." Hill N C David L Bovd of Chested ^, Bei } r V ng from Clinton are: member of the church is urged to Mr Moorhead in relating the story, p a * Thomas c Boyd of the U S Otho Johnson. Milford Smith welS. n, Th*e n “ rS wm U l J , ve d as, ^ ^ *2* °ol c'^Lec, ^ ^ C. Wmn. its theme the Bible, with a message'‘ n uite e a sociaraffair'waTheW^at fo “ r dau *f bter 1 ** Mrs ' A. B. Dav- y U nr gs stressing its Diace in the home in thei< ‘ idson of thic city, Mrs. Juanita John- • WO A^lllS M0rC stressing us piace in me nume, hi t V time the young daughter was marnea’ son 0 f Ati m t a Ga md \Ti« R^ttv -r /^i # ■ life of the Christian and in national to G Alfred Brownin The ^Boyd and Mrs J(4 E L fin^ston T ° C,0Se ^ 0r ^eek well-being. The public is also cor- n ^ r1vt „ a ^ ;n„ ^ Jo »oya ana Mrs. Joe r.. Livingston , _ diallv invited to attend the evening ar ”'‘® a . in Doreen ville on 0 f this community, six grandchildren * irvice *’ eight o’clock i la P ^eir w edding trip to an d one sister, Mrs. Thomas Brown Employees of the Clinton and Ly- service ^ eignt. oaocK. -fleam that the Blalock home with aH- of LnureTrs. — — - • - 4ia Cotton Mills the lovely wedding gifts had burned to The Joanna Cotton Mills c mpany, Goldville, has announced that their employees will be given the usual summer vacation from July 3 through 11. All employees, following then established custom, will be paid for the holiday period who have been working continuously witn the com pany for a year. Cannery Will Open Tuesday The cannery on Woodrow stieet B an Browning) will be open all day next Tuesday, the ground.” The widow. Mrs: Mrs, James G. Monroe ami .child _ . Browning (Medora Blalock), 87, now* ren of Latta spent several days this by the company. The mills will re makes her home in this city whth her week with relatives here. ’ open on the morning of July 12, 'daughter, Mrs. W. A. Dicus (Mattie _j ~ ’ 4ia -Cotton Mills will be given a week’s vacation with pay July 3-10, according to a posted announcement FIRST COTTON BLOOM The first cotton bloom of the sea June 29, and beginning the following wi lmnlatr»a«f week the cannery willopen Tuesday, nil piemen I July 6 and again on Thursday, the Pirn’l Formed Here 8th, all day, and each week there after on Tuesday and Thursday, the management has announced. READ. THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGIU.ARLY - RACH WEEK J They inform you as to chang- !ig prices, where you can sup- ly your needs whatever they, lay be, where you can shop 9 advantage. BE WISE)— READ THE ADS The Pitts-Dillard Implement com pany is the name of a new concern now in operation in the city on West Main street. The business uras pur chased from the Duncan Creek Im plement company owned by C. W. Aftdersop. . ‘ \ The owners of the hew firm now applying for a charter of incorpor ation are„W. R. PitiS and S. G. Dill ard. They are county distributors for Ford tractors and farm implements. MISS DARR GRADUAtES { Miss Blanche Ellen Darr has re- ; turned to her home here after re ceiving the bachelor of arts degree from Blue Mountain college. Miss., at recent commencement exercises. She also received a diploma in piano. Miss Darr is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Darf of this city. MR. MERCHANT .... There Is No Substitute For NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING \ * Your messages regularly in THE CHRONICLE, will _he_geen and read by thousands of people Ttt leisure.'The life of the weekly home paper is longer than that of any other advertising medium—it is kept and read through out the week by members of the family. * -1 •— THE CHRONICLE is the most economical and most effective advertising Tnedium you can use in Clinton’s trade area to reach your prospectivErrostomers. THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” son fui nishedf^The Chronicle was picked Saturday, June 19, from the farm of W. M. Chaney A bloom from the farm of Mrs. George A. Copeland was brought to the office Tuesday, followed on Wed nesday morning by one from the Reese Young farms by Willie Davis, colored. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Our first responsibility is to* oar large family of readers- to g..v you a complete, newsy, clean amiiy newspaper. THE CHRONICLE .vants to go in > ere y notne m * e community t > be read at lei-su e by all members of the tam.ly! We invite new subscriptions. Thanks and welcome to 1 our Honor Roll" this week: MRS. P. W. ROGERS. W. W ROBINSON. RFD No. t, Clinton. HUBERT ADAIR, Bennettsville. National Guard Men Exempt From Draft In o:mat.on has been received by tile local National Guard unit to the effect.,that men be 1 .ween the ages of 19 to 25. if they join the National t i re d oeftme--to**’-president signs tne :< cntly passed d:att bill will be ex empt f^om the dralt provisions. Men 17 and 18 years old may bt> accepted for enlistment.' however, they must register when they teach their 19th -urthday Veterans with it s than T2 months service between.the ages of 19 and 25 AS 11 nor be dratted it they belong to the N’ataunal LLuaad- Any preseni- rnenux'r of the* N. . i Guard ■ be- tween 19 and 25 .\h. dischargev. ’ ':;y reasons tl.ei than jdinmg. -ao armed 4Wves will « v abject t-rr^rm- .. .d subse- mmeeiiate regr juent draft. 1 r.eiested nu u '■ y . at any . -li. ent insti a ' - c e The Thomas Family On Western Trip Mr. and MYs .? C Thomas hose on daughters, Lucy Ami, Terry, Kay, left Sunday by motor fo month's trip tb California and pe of interest in the West While a' ■ they will visit a brother of j Thomas at Padalttma, Calif., Los Angeles. t