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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 1, 1948
Number 27
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LOWRY M. WILSON
Nineteen Deaths In
County Past Year
Due To Accidents
Columbia, June 29.— (Special to
The Chronicle). — Nineteen persons
jin Laurens county died in 1947 as a
result of accidents of all types, a tab-
, ulation completed this Aveek by the
' vital statistics division of the State 1
Board of Health reveals,
j In Laurens county, as in the state, j
male white and Negro deaths out-!
numbered female white and Negro j
deaths. Five white men and two-
1 white women were killed by acci
dents in the county, and accidents.;
killed nine -Negro men and three
Negro women. In the state 1,346 per-;
; sons were killed by accidents, 584!
white and 388 Negro men, and 213;
white and 161 Negro women.
In order of prevalence, the three I
principal causes of accidental deathsi
! in the state last year were motor ve- ^
; hide accidents, falls or crushing, and!
I burns. Killed by motor vehicle acci-!
j dents in 1947 were 551 South Caro-1
jlinfans, 176 deaths were caused by'
falls or crushing, and 151 persons in
the state died of burns.
Seven persons were killed in traf
fic accidents in Laurens county dur
ing 1947, two white men and five
Negro men. Throughout the state,
almost twice as many whites were
killed in traffic accidents as Negroes,
and male traffic fatalities far out
YOUNG CLINTON CITIZENS
Local National Guard
Unit Leaves Sunday
For Encampment
ti
y
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Three officers and forty- no enli?*-
ied men of Battery B 107th. Ant:-
Aircraft Artillery Battal.on .v:;i leave
Sunday for a two-weeks encampment
, at Camp Stewart, ne.<r H.nc-f.ullv,
Ga.
The Clinton group :j making the
trip in trucks and will be jo.ncd by
the Newberry National Gu brd un.t
for the training in anti-aircraft tac
tics at the annual summer encamp
ment.
The following officers and enlist*
ed men will attend the encampment:
i . Capt. H. F. Blalock. 1st. Lt Thurs
ton R. Giles. 2nd Lt. Guy A. Tumblin, p ^ ent
1st. Sgt. Ralph E. Johnson, S-Sg‘.
Lawrence E. ,Bigbee. S-Sgt. Robert
L. Cann;r.. .S-Sey R< r T Smith, S-
PARTY LEADERS
OF FOUR COUNTIES
REAFFIRM RULES
Leaders from Laurens
and Three Other Coun
ties Stand Pat Against
Baskin Threat. Meeting
Held at Goldville.
G.
,Sgt. Willie M. Cannon.. S-Sgt. Bobby
L. Sanders, T-4 Benjamin O. Carrrp-
tbell, Cpl- Lee A Blakely, Jr., Cpl.
I Arthur B. Davis. Cpl. James B. Di-
Included in this group of local children arc the following: * ebs, Cpl. Chas. \\ Johnson. T-5 Aa.-
Top row, left to right: Deborah Bull, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Bull; ter C. Barker, T-5 Robert C. Boyce, ^
Shirley Ann Timmons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Timmons; Steve T-5 Neiffer J. Creswell, T-5 Douglas t
Crowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Crowe. E - De\oung, T-5 J. B Gilliam, F-5 ^
Bottom row: Betty Lou McDaniel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jessie F. Harvey, T-5 James L Me- ommen{ j at; ,
R. McDaniel; Shannon Russ, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Russ; Ha»ele Tay- Cauley, T-5 Chas. T. Mclnvaille, T-d
lor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Taylor.
Thornton M. Meadors, T-5 Marvin H.
June 29 : — Democratic
y leaders of Laurens, Greenville.
^Sp-'rtanburg-counties m
a conference here Tuesday stood pat
<-n their .refusal to heed evicti >n
threats by state party leaders and
lea hed virtual unanimity of opinion
on ail issues with which they have
broken loose from state rules
The leaders pointed out that the
conference earned no official weight
as they could not bind their execu-
ve committees on any issues, but
they determined to carry some reo-
ions back to the commit
tees in the counties.
Cpl. Horace Ridings
- Funeral Rites Held,
7,450 Automobiles
Registered In County,
604 Increase In Month
Patterson, T-5 James R. Taylor, Pvt.: Richland county party leaders had
Bobby J. Braswell, Pvt. Geo. R. Cox, oeen • nvited 1 ' ,ut cou!d not att 5 nd
P\t. Jack N. Davis, Pvt. William C. These ^ re th ® tlv<> C0UJ ? 1 t ‘^
Freeman, Pvt. Joe S. Holland, Pvt. vtdes State Chairman William P
Shealey Lawson, Pvt. Bobby J. Baskin has threatened may not be
Meadors, Pvt. Ernest L. Webb, Pvt.
counted in district and state races.
Wm. E< Young, Pvt. Jessie B Lydie, i . That threat didn’t carry great
(Special to Pvt. Billy L. McCrary, Pvt. Murphy weight today, however, and the leai-
Lowry M. Wilson, well known and numbered female for both races. Of \A/ nc IfiflpH lit'Artinn
highly regarded Clintonian, is the men k * ded 1947 automobile] ^ r +
city’s champion walker, a famUiar , were^eg^^nd^of thehcome^Tkilled 0: Funeral rit€S for Op 1 - Horace W. Columbia, June 29
gentleman on the streets daily with 62 were s wh ’ te and 36 were N ’ .Ridings, who gave his Ufe in the ser- The Chronicle).-Motor vehicle reg- Timmerman. Pvt. David E. Tribble, ers present emphasized they wanted
his “mail pouch ’ across his shoulder.; Th f faiic nf hie i iqu^ istrations for all types of vehicles Pvt. Wm. D. Bagwell,' Pvt. Gerald the actions taken by their county
thfs JeiTson, r Mr'xs;— r with > r “ anne
«*;*. - » afternoon l (Wed*«! n^.r^veh.cte. r.g.s.ercd in May ; Copeland. Jr.. Pvt Ernes, The four count.es .hav,„ TO -
ate^from Clhlton^hSh 5 He^nded white> Women ^ whfte men.Tnd | wltk the^ev 6 M^A. BryTnt and'the Automobiles registered in Lhe coun-! —
PresbvteHan College where he "ook! this conditi on was reversed for the Rev. James Mitchell conducting the ^ last mon ^ numbered 7,450, while p stQte 0 f W J Railev
iNegroes. White women killed by falls services. Interment followed in Rose- 6 . 846 were registered in the county % C j ST i are i 0T
T 0 -!- crushin g in the state numbered’niont Temetery here with military ouring May, 1947. Truck registration Valued Ot $2,327,619.76
Mr. Wilson was employed for a 7^ as compared t» 50 white men. honors * was L332 in the county last montn, . r-i j a • I
time by the Lydia Mills store Mill- Thirty^ne N eg r o men died of falls! C d1 Hiding was born and reared 138 com P ared to L189 the preceding In Nletl ApprOISOl
ing Grocery Co., and J. A. Bailey. j an< i crushing, as contrasted to 16 iX , reared Mgy Trailer registration in Laurens *
f in Spartanburg county, but ™oved iCOUnty j ncreased { rom 74 j n \j a y t William J Bailey, banker and ,n- other L.ree counties with the excep-
Burns killed four Laurens countv' 'f 7 ^ ^ Cn 3 1947, to 76 in May, 1948, and the dustrialist of this city, who died tu>n of the final phrase that binds the
Laurens county ; ng ^ He attended the Joanna • hum ’ ber of motor J ycles registered April H, left an estate valued at voter to support nominees of the pn-
1 sentatives present today are agreed
jon the matter of permitting Negroer
to enroll. Laurens county chairman
James P Sloan agreed to recommend
I to the Laurens committee that the
full 1946 oath be adopted as has been
done in the other three cauntiei
Laurens has the same oath as the
In 1920 he joined the local post|N e g ro women - _ _ _ _
SSSnSiW o 6 , ZolY^ir and ^ 0 ' ' vh0 d,ed|,i -' u,e ^ ph ^-'-- ds -
without interruption, he has been burns were more hazardous for wo-i 8 0 V e ume ne V0Iun '
employed at the office and is the old- mp n than m*>n with -ri v»hit» ki , teer ^ d ‘ 0 . r . tb ^. ¥ an . Iie corps he was
$2,327,619.76, exclusive of his home! mar * v i n H 16 general election.
A similar increase is shown in reg- place valued at $35,000, according
istration totals for the state. Auto- an appraisal of his properties tiled in 18-year-olds to enr*^.
est present city, carrier connected N e g ra women killad by burns, and hjs^oarents 6 \rthur W and t® 0 ! 5 !! 65 registered in South Carolina probate court in Laurens last weex. 1 K j ' t
oa a, w —X_^_i .. resides ms parents, Arthur W. and ,__ t , J 000 , on The apprajsai, w hi c h was made by, in the rebel program in view of pos
sible action in state courts in the
connected^ men -^ 31 u wbite a " d 51 (employed in Goldville
_ connecte<1 ,Negro, women killad by burns, and! Besides ms oarents Arthur w
wilh the office in po.nt of service.. j 28 white and 41 Negro male deaths r^nnie SheoDard Ridings he ir. sur"' gtoathunumbered 332,182, while
Mr. Wilson walks an average of, from this cause. i vived bv two brother^ Dorsev Vee' onl y 305,458 were registered during 1 H. Douglas Gray of Laurens, R. th . vn ,_
I 5 milev a da y on h is «v. days I Pf^^l
sister, Miss Louise
iria, and several
10 the week ' or an 'XTwtk'ba- Says 'Bug Cotchers'
The body arrived from overseas
Tuesday.
miles a year on a 48 (
sis. This means that for the 28 years; Nof ReCOmmended
he has held this position he has _ d li \kf •!
walked more than 100,800, and right- rOr DOll WeCVll
ly can be designated as the “city’s • * •
champion walker.’’ Regardless of County Agent C. B. Cannon has^A|)(jgfson Entertains
weather conditions, he is always received two personal letters from ^ VA/**.!- D L
found on his “beat" with a cordial extension entomologists in regaijl to orOlip With BarbCCUe
greeting for those he serves. [ the use of “bug catchers” forboll 1 ♦
There are five employees at the weev ils. Mr. Cannon said that he had
^ Riding of Colum tiod last month was 87 -5H. as com- Blackford of Spartanburg, showed, ^ wP ^u^ues migru aeciae u
1 d ngs, of Colum d t 75594 for May, 1947 $1,318,057.76 in stocks and bonds; s a 1 te ®l ectlon - C. Victor Pyle, G-ree
1 aunts and uncles. ipared /5,5»4 tor May, ltf47. .; $558 I78 72 in mortga g es , notes and! v - !l * Democratic, chairman, said he
C. W. Anderson, owner of the Dun-
post office who were there when Mr. 13 farmers to ask him about these can Creek Hereford Farm, was host
Wilson joined the office — J. w.i catchers - ’ |last Friday to the South Carolina
Leake, H. D. Rantin, Alex Henry,! w - A - Buffin, extension entomolo- Hereford Breeders association on his
Mrs. H. D. Rantin and C. F. Winn. £ ist of Auburn, Ala., wrote him a farms near the city.
\ loncrtHv y. r u ;U ~ k k '
icash; $75,662.88 in life insurance;, would cal1 a meeting of his county
$75,169.64 as his interest in jointly, executive committee and would rec-
owned property, and $300,550.76_ ot ommend tdc na mes of the 18-
other miscellaneous property, includ- > ear * 0 l ds purged from the rolls in
. ling his interest in M. S. Bailey & view the le ^ al question involved
With the decision of Palmetto tex- 3 on _ Bankers. 1 Sloan said he was considering the
Two All-Star Games
Now Scheduled
tile league managers Monday night
at Hickory Tavern to stage an All-
Star baseball game, two All-Star
Listed in the stocks and bonds
were 1,921 shares of the common
same course of action in Lauras
I county.
cai baseball game, two All-Star " t Xu. ^TV1;^J 1 v«;™ Ad four. counties still haye the
same, are scheduled for early July par va i uei C appra) ^ d at $ 5^,3 0 -o, an 5 bojjta although the
in This baseball area. X. . deadline set by state rules has been
, c . . 921 shares of the common stock of j
The Central Carolina - Mid - State . n, ,, , pas-sed.
, , Lydia Cotton Mills, no par value, ap- n „
game will be played Wednesday. a . c , ad9n n ^ H ; Present for the meeting were M *.
i Sloan and John Ross, a member of
■ the Laurens County Democratic Ex-
^JL* <. ; ca tchin2 boll wee vile anrt nthor ----- — —- , ine Palmetto league game will oe rUMCr IVeVIVOI • c.utive committee; C. V Pyle, chair-
zen who always stands for the b«st • , P*<>«ram «>ns.sted of judging three played lhe (oll Friday night at . . , 0 man. and J M Wells. sXtary of
interests of the city and community. I «aII^fo C i S ! rin ^ of A b e ef cat , tle -^ ob “ n the same park. In that All-Star game Begins July 18 I the" Greenville •onumttee; Julien
Mr. Wilson is a member and dea-1 _ le ^ te L in whic i} a statem fnt i The largely attended and^ enjoy- July" 7, ~a7 8:30, at The' Cl"moii"MMs praised at SJ18L200.
“ irk. ’ ’ ; ~ ^
The Palmetto league game will be Fuller Revival
ivir. wiison is a memoer ana aea-; , - : u „ V , aatcj.ucu auu cujuji- , ,
con in the Associate Reformed Pres- * C i° n I e [f nCe uf? 0r J ° n I "' able occasion was a field day for Dark
byterian church, and a first-rate citi-! 7,9 ont . ro !t follows - Machmes f or members of the association. Ther,^.
As a city earner he is always cour- lto ^J®|^ ar | Mr. Anderson s beef herd and - !tne league-leading Lydia team will wyuu, cnairman, and W
teous. accommodating and personal-, “on fifld feks ti; J ' hlS ^ T he ? tir f P T i P la y 3 selection of All-Stars from The county-wide Baptist .revival secretary, of the Pickens
variably lell down when compared ing, and drew a large number of cat-
to chemical poisons. I would advise tie raisers from this and other states.
Wyatt, chairinan, and W G Acker,
committee.
ly interested in the large numher. of “^riablTfell ^ov^when 5 I ^ educational and int ^ res |‘ the' rest of the league composed of services will open in Laurens on LeRoy Moore, secretary, and Thomai
lamilies he serves, and faithful in the , T . e "..^ mp J ared H 18 ’ and drew a large number of cat- Hjckory Tavern, Ridgeway, Ware July 13 th. the committee on arrange- M. Lyles, a member of’the Spartan^
discharge of his duty.
any farmer that ... it would be wise
Mr. Wilson married Miss Violet | to "delay the nurchase of^amT ^iTh'k At thC n ° 0n bar ~
rrisn of MountviHe They hav^ throp' if- . any such , becue was served the guests by Mr.
attractive children Martha Mell and ^ ex P eriment sta-1 Anderson. Approximately 300 peo- Textile Plants To
attractive children, Martha, Melt and turns find the practice profitable.” |pi e were invited for the event. iCAllie rianf> IU
William.
State Training School
Begins 28th Year
Citizens Federal Pays
Dividend of $19,662
The Citizens Federal Savings and
Rites Sunday For
Chandler Infant
Shoals, Fountain Inn and Watts Mills. me nts has announced. , burg committee
^ The services will be jed this year, It was not a formal meeting at all
. as for the past two years, by Dr. but a conference fiur discussing the
Ellis A. Fuller, president oi the; various points on which the’four
Southern Baptist Theological semi-‘county committees have defied t^
nary, Louisville, Ky., and a native state party. ^
of this county. The visitors were guests of Mr.
..... .... .. , T „ Announcement is also made that. Sloan for lunch at the Joanna Inn
Mills of this city^and Joanna Cotton the meeting will be held on an Irby! *
Close For Week
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The Clinton and Lydia Cotton
Mills company, Goldville, will close avenue site instead of the high school
David Austin Chandler three-dav ! Saturday lor a week s vacation with g roU nds as in Lhe past,
pavid Austin Lmmdier, three-day oav for their emDlovees The nlants X
old mfant son of Mr. and Mrs. H. wiU resume operatJon on the doming ^
The State Training school will be- ( L° an association of this city, as of
gin its 28th year today (July 1st) June 30,,is distributing $19,662.19 to ,
with a large building program now! shareholders today as dividend pay-X rad y Chandler of this city, died j u j y j 2
underway there. ments for the first six months of suddeid y Saturday night at Hays ^
Since establishment here by the i 948 - The dividend is at the rate of ho * pi 2 a ]'o lin TL i. a j t
state in 1920. the institution has been 8 per cent per annum, anc^was or- I '^OXton Assigned To
City Cleaners To
Close Next Week
canablv headed bv Dr B O Whit-' dered P aid on a ^ investment and day afternoon at six o’clock from p . . .
capably headed Dy L»r. L. u. wmt accounts by the board Qf di _ Gray Funeral home, conducted by POSltlOO At York
ten as superintendent. It now has a sav mgs
population of approximately 1,000 rector s at their June meeting.
people and 150 staff workers. ! TaT *
♦ . Farm Women Attend
Monday To Be
Holiday In City
; The city's four cleaning and laun-
T-. „ m t . * f „ i dry establishments announce they
Dr. W. H. Turner. lnt«ment follow- „ “ , will close ail of next week. July 5-10
ed in Rosemont cemetery. • Jame, E. Thaxton has accepted a give tht ,. employees a vacation
He is survived by his parents; two position with the Clemson college The nlant* -jl-.u
brothers, Henry Grady Chandler and extension department and left this ini , ( ,f Julv l'> -hi - * rnarn "
James Robert Chandler; also his ma- week -for York, where he will begin today’s ^ states.
* State Council of Farm Women meet-
Clinton merchants and business ing at Winthrop co iieg e , Rock Hill,'
houses will close Monday, July 5, in j ast week
observance of the Glorious Fourth, i Attending from this section were:
A general holiday spirit will prevail Mrs w p Abercrombie of the Long
throughout the city for the day. 'Branch club; Mrs. Robert Cain, Oak
An announcement of the closing, Grove; Mrs. J. K. Haselden and Miss
signed by a large number of busi- Blanche Cox, Musgrove; and Mrs.'
ness appears in today’s paper. Hugh Bonds Workman of the Wads-
^-i_ , worth club, and president of the
Meet At Winthrop , _ .
m • ; ternal granaparems, mi. ana Mrs. R. Ins new work today. ~ . ————
Miss Susan Hall, county demon-' S ’ Horton of near Clinton, and his Mr. Thaxton for the past three . _
stration agent, accompanied 17 dele- grandmother, Mrs. J. Cz years has headed the poultry depart- kjpvi/ Cl | Dcpn i q r nr
gates from Laurens county to the Chandler of Cross Hl11 - ment at Thornwell orphanage. INtW OUBiLKlDCKb
Kiwanians Hear
Delegates' Report
At the regular Kiwanis club meet-
ng Thursday evening a delegation
' from the Rock Hill club was present
to present the president’s gavel to
tne club, which in turn will be pre-
rented by a committee to another
club in the ninth division
R. W Boland, and W. C Baldwin
gave a report of their recent attend
ance of the International , Kiwanis
" i mi i rutiU 1 i in LnAiigel'cy, Calif., a t-
HONOR ROLL
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Laurens County council.
Hunter Accepts
Rock Hill Position
John H. Hunter, who has been as
sistant to the president of the Mon
treal, N. C., association for the past
several months, ha? resigned to ac
cept an office position with the White
Printing company in Rock Hill. Mr.
and Mrs. Hunter will move there this
week.
! Before going to Montreal, Mr.
Hunter was business manager at
Presbyterian college and the State
; Training school for a number of
years. |
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’ delegates'from the club,
i James P. Sloan gave a talk on the
wifles and regulations as recently
adopted by the Laurens County Dem-
Every housewife now needs to keep lieTs'c-n^man^ COmJmttee of Wtuch
informed as to prices and market ..
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information is to.read the advertise- Caldwell Henderson and Rev. L. W.
ments appearing each week m THE Brown wer<? received and welcome 1
CHRONICLE. They are full of prices as new memb ers of the club,
and helpful information you can’t — —
Ttiomas H. Leake ;
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Thanks and welcome to those,on “Newrtas been received here of the'
our Honor Roll this wieek^-^ death of Thomas H Leake at his
, ‘ MAJOR WALTER B. TODD.
AIX). San Francisco, Caf.
JAMES E. THAXTON,
York.
^ROBERT HOLLEY
Clinton.
JAMES HOLLINGSWORTH,
^-Goldville.
HARLEY KUYKENDALL.
WILL LYDA, r
MISS NELLIE LAWSON,
MRS. GRACE BRAGG,
J. B. FULLER,
West Clinton. •'*
home in Pans, Texas, on June 17
He was .buried in the family plot
there by the Side of his wife who pre
ceded him to the grave two years
ago.
Mr LPake is a native of this Cfitv.
a son of the late Capt. William James
and Susan Little Leake, one of this
i county’s pioneer families. - As a
young man he moved to -Texas.
Mr. Leake is survived by two, sis
ters, Mrs. E. W. Stone of Union, and
Mrs. Charles E. Moody of New York,
and several nieces and nephews,