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Volume XLVIII
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 15, 1948
Number 29
BRANDON STILL
TOPS MID-STATE '
Laurens Pushing Top
Contenders in Hot Race.
Dunn Stops Joanna.
Young Cross Hill
Woman Drowned
In Lake Greenwood
—
i The body of Mrs. Dorothy Watkins
Perry, 19, was recovered Monday ..
. fi^bm Lake Greenwood at the spot,
| where she drowned late Sunday
i while urging rescuers to save her,
1 friend.
The Brandon Bombers, of Wood- was found at Fosters;
ruff, outlasted Clinton Mills Tuesday Landing on Lake Greenwood seven;
night in a slugging fest to gain an ™ les south <>f Cross Hill about 3:30 ;
11-10 decision at Woodruff and hold P 111 -
a one-game lead in' the Mid-State i Sheriff C. W. Wier said it was be-
league over the on-rushing Laurens; lieved the young woman may have
Tigers. Clau'dell Smith’s triple with suffered a heart attack.-She was in
two out in the eighth inning scored a rowboat with three others of the
Ray Acton from first with the win- same community, Thomas Foster,
ning run. Burnett, for Clinton, hit a Mrs. Mary Foster Kopp and Russell
home run. ! lusti, when a sudden windstorm '
Laurens Tigers, the “IT team of | c ^ used , the 50211 to capsize, the sher-,
the home stretch! found a pitching sai< L
master in Harold - Dunn in gaining 1 Foster swam ashore and he and
an 11-2 verdict over Joanna’s Hor-! his mother, Mrs. L. F. Foster, got an-
nets. Dunn allowed five hits, three; other boat and hastened out to the
of'‘them coming in the eighth for sfxst where his sister, Mrs. Kopp, and
Joanna’s two runs. Ham Werner’s j Mrs. Perry and lusti were in the wa-
TWO PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE BOYS USE
"THUMB" TO CLARKIA, IDAHO
home run, double and single provid
ed impetus for the Laurens scoring
attack on Whitworth—Joanna twirl-iming fairly well.
ter. lusti was holding up Mrs. Kopp
and Mrs. Perry appeared to be swim-
er. Bud Bowie provided the fielding,
feature of the game when he pulled!
The sheriff said he was informed
Mrs. Perry called to the rescuers, “I
down one of Guy Prater's long drives: can make it. Get Mary.” They got
with a bare-handed catch in deep left! Mrs, Kopp, looked around, and Mrs.
center in the sixth innnig. ! Perry was gone. Continued search
Riverdale and Mills Mill did not j failed to locate the body,
play. - . | Deputy Sheriff Mace Langston.
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Clinton and Joanna will meet in
a playoff game Friday night at 8:15
at the Clinton Mills park.
Games Today (Thursday):
Brandon at Mills Mill.
Riverdale at Laurens.
N. C., recently hitch-hiked 3,000
miles to Clarkia, Idaho, where they
are attending a forestry camp untii
Clinton at Joanna.
Saturday:
Mill Mill at Brandon.
Laurens at Riverdale.
Clinton at Joanna.
How They Stand
Brandon
20
13
Laurens
19
14
Mills Mill
18
15
Clinton ’...
15
18
Joanna
14
19
Riverdale
13
20
$342,911 Poid
with Thomas Foster and Grover Mc
Mahan, found the body after drag
ging for hours. 1
1 Mrs. Perry’s husband, Paul Perry,
j of the navy, is stationecTTh the slate September L
j of Washington. She had been living! Armed with a sign, shown above,
i at the home of her father, W. J. Wat- 1 which was labeled “2 Presbyterian
kins, a mile and a half from Foster’s 1 College boys bound for Idaho, will
; Landing. i appreciate a lift. Thank you”—the
Coroner R. I. Burgess set ,a.n in-! two boys left Clinton and reacned
quest for 2 o’clock Thursday after- j their destination eight days later,
noon. ! record their progress they had
In addition to her husband, Mrs. U ‘ hose rode them autograph the
.606 | Perry is survived by her parents, Mr.
•576; and Mrs. W. J. Watkins; three broth-
By—applying a good- rule of an Normal, 111., brought cake out to
“thumb,” Bob Hellams, Jr., son oi the travelers while they were wait-]
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hellams of this ing for the next ride..
city, and Nick Neville, son of Rev
Federal Tax
Collections In State
Reach All-Time High
j Columbia, July 12—Federal taxes
J collected in South Carolina during !
, the fiscal year-ending Jane 30 soared
; to the all-time high figure of S207,-
,435,191.32, a gain of m->re than $29.-,
000,000 over the previous fis al year,
it was announced yesterday by H. C.
Pitts, assistant to Collector ot In‘.e -
nal Revenue' William P. B vers.
' Most of the gain was .n ‘.he per
sonal and corpora’, i :n;< me brack- •
! et, which accounted : r $134,042,205
during the past year, compared witu
$158,743,937 the prevaup ye . . a gam
of almost $26,000,000. But other
brackets were up as .well, • with ted-
eral insurance contributions (social
security taxes) $10,041,711 in the fis
cal year c -mpared with $8,511,762 Tn ,
1947 and Thiscellaneous taxes, 'includ
ing luxury, transportation and excise
taxes, $9,366,000 for the pa<t year
compared with $7,515,373 the previ-
i ous year.
r Ten-- years ago- just before Mr
Bowers took over as collector of in- 1
ternal revenue, the total federal tax
es collected" wa? only $12,101,084, a
i little less than s:x per cent of the,
present total. Seven years before
| that, in 1931, the total collected in
| this state was only $1,977,960.
DR D .1 BRIMM
1—For the four fiscal years-pm-or
the one just passed, collections kept
Included in the signatures are two ■?«“!' much on a '* vel
and Mrs. John Neville of Horseshoe, girls who listed their ages as 16, both
I
j back of the oil-cloth sign, which they
of whom were from Winona, Minne-j
sofa.. —_
There are a total of 41 names on
the sign, which gives some indica
tion of the number of rides.obtained.
On Sunday. June 13, the boys at
tended service at the First Presbyte
rian church, in Miles City, Montana.,
which they describe as a “real West
ern town.’'’ ».
Their trip was concluded on Jane
15. when they arrived at the caiAp,
$173,709,337
the year ending June 30, 1944:
$181,578,035 in 1945; $181,306,927 in
1946 and $178,185,500 in 1947 The (
1945 figure was the highest prior to
the 1948 record just chalked up.
The bare figures indicate a drop o!
about $3,000,000 between 1946 and
1947. Actually there was a large in
crease that year in iiy.oihe taxes,
probably comparable to the increase
! during the year just past, because the
repeal of excess profits taxes became
effective on January 1, 1946, causing
DR. D. J. BRIMM,
NOTED EDUCATOR,
DIES SUDDENLY
—- —
Deon of Presbyterian
College Faculty and
Highly Regarded Citizen
Laid To Rest Saturday.
Dr. Darnel Johnson Bnmm.
tired prefessnr irf^-Bible at 1
ter m ' 'lege, d ed suddenly
last Thursday morning while
ing 'from his home to the post
He had not
n nun cement
gre.it ‘h
esny-
early
walk-
offue.
been ill and the an-
t his death "came as j
k to his family and wid«
circle of friend*. When stricken he
was rushed, to the hospital by ambu-
lan e but had passed aw ay before
,. . . a, drop in revenue of many millions pa,-a i aif i u ., s .riven
. ... which they wrote as being located dollars j^r year, so that the small Sir'-''’ - f une'al "services were cm-
. , recenUy mailed to Uie.r parnns as a m very preaj iountry. -W» are right drop that actually took place would Huc'cd’ Saturday afternoon at 1
34»;«n, E. T. J. C. and Janws Watkins; . h ,, . ;m.U» Jool •> »now-«i«»d rMiun*; been miicti Idffsr hril out mill-. ./Jo -i, f.nt'i»fr>bTtuna
455ithree sisters, Mrs. H. P. Bounds, Mrs.! amnd, from Ashretlle was tarns that se»m to disanpear m the >idua , „ d cmp<1Td , t , Maat summer srhuo student
nth Maior W.lUrd Jones Jorme- h- aky. ^as the last wnu««,oh_the sigh. and other Uses sharply mereased .n|meXrs o?“h. eoltege
i forming the escort. The services were
' in charge of the pastor. Dr. W
.424 i Marie Hill and Miss Ruby Watkins.
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Out In County
Jn Welfare Funds
GoldviUe Name To
Become Joanna
Onf August First -
with Major Willard Jones, former li
branan at Presbyterian college, who,
though not recognizing the boys, saw
the PC caption and tunned around
and drove them to’ Richland, Ky.
One autograph they won’t forget
is that of Louise Stubblefield, who.
Foj- the return trip, they will have i volume
anolher banner painted with the; —^
words, “Returning to South Caro-’ id TIL
iuaa’’ which, they hope, will bring a* ^nTS. W, J, JOCKS
much luck as the one they used whe*
they he ark? d for the “potato state.”
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Mrs. D. M. Carr, GoldviUe post-
Pcsses At Home
After Short Illness
Columbia, July 13.—(Special te The master, has been notified by the post
Chronicle). — Expended for public' office department that the changing Spend Week At Camp
welfare assistance in Laurens county of the name of the GoldviUe office ■ * ^
ior the 1947-48 fiscal year thnougn ] to Joanna, has been approved effect-j
May was a total of $342,911, accord-i Lve August 1
ing to the May report of the state 1
County 4-.H Clubs To^ 1 Boll Weevil Report
For Past Week
Mrs Fannie Prince Jacks, 53, wife
of W. T Jacks, died Thursday mght
at her home near the city after sev-
Laurens xxmnty 4-H club boys and The boll weevil checks :n Laurens era ^ mun; hs of declining health and
! girls will attend Camp Long in Aik- county last week on the ten. farms • a critical one iiays illness.
The change in name was recently, en cfiunt y July 19-23 The young i checked each weeii showed an aver-' The funeral services were held
department of public welfare, which requested on petition of a large per-! peoplc will be transported on school age infestation of 5.4 per cent. Vlt h SaUirtii - v afternoon at 6 o’clock from
was issued this week. - • ■ - centage of the residents of the mill i buses driven by experienced drivers,.infestation showing from one t» 16 i0ra >' FuncraJ Home conducted by
The total sum spent for public wel- community that centers about Jo-1 county extension a g ents state ’ per cent on individual farms, accord- ^ :i n J. W«K)ds and Dr. Wm
fare assistant in South Garolina dur-1 anna Cotton Mills company.. At first; Fjf f , ‘ qfi . , avo mg to County Agent C B. Cannon.) Turner - Interment 'fiJ lowed m Rose-
ing the fiscal year through May was it was suggested that the name be | K1 - gnpH y ' t>Qys amt S6
$9^51,547, of which the largest jdi-jJoanna Town but later the formal
vision was the $6,900,881 spent for | request for the name oJ Joanna was
old age assistance. i filed.
—The-Laurens county .welfare total j According to President Walter
(for the fiscal year is broken down Regnery .the suggested change was
6s follows: $280,108 for old age as-!made to have a name more closely
tied-in with the Joanna business.
“We want the world to know,” he
said, “that Joanna is the home of
Joanna Fabric.”
sistance, $6,070 for aid to the blind,
$42,714 for aid to dependent chil
dren, and $14,018 for general assist
ance.
During the month of May, the 1 . ~ ~ ~ ’
average award per case tor all pro- QuilM Galled To ActlvE
grams of public assistance in Lau- V . \a/:*.L D mm L
rens" county was $21.22, .which was, Wlin lx OAK Or
slightly higher than the state aver-l^ a j or • Qo es J 0 J^cksOTI
building
arriving
per.
Mrs. -Beatrice Sloan of the State
Training school staff, and Mrs. W. K.
Brown and Mrs. T. B. Sumerel of .the
are “““"ithe county last ^eok nkowed
the leaders for the summer outing
thifee per cent • infestation on 111
eight farms poisoned a* compar'd to) The servici*s were
average infestation on the farms not j friends,
poisoned of 13.5 per cent. ; neighbors who knew
Individual checks on farms oveH Jacks for her many
Johnson Named Principal
Of York High School
a* high ] a - -character
i as 64 per cent infestation. Mr. Can-J Jack>
i— —j *-»—-j kukiir
was a
non reported, and July'hnd August! rt ‘ ailIf y her .entire
(Turner, assisted by a former pastor
Dr, D. J. Woods.. Surrounded by
1 friends and a wealth of floral tnb-
; dieSy the body , was laid to rest in the
I .anr.tiy plot in the church cemetery.
Dr. Brirrm was born in Atlanto,
Ga., July 20, 1862, a son of the late
Re\. William Waldo and Elizabeth
Johnson Br.mm He attended Foot-
worth college. Central university and
received his bachelor of arts degree
from, Southwestern Presbyterian un
iversity. He was graduated from
i Columbia Theological seminary. Col
umbia, in 1890, and received'hij •J»t-
torate of divinity from Davids;*)
1896.
a professor in Hebrew a pel
Columbia seminary for sev-
years, then accepted the positio i
cf superintendent of Catawba Mili
tary academy at Rock Hill. Before
coming here he was superintendent
of the city schools at York.
In 1909 Dr. Bnmm moved with h:>
native of this fami1 ^ l° u F lmto " to become profe-
life was sor Hible at Presbyterian college.
attended by a
relatives and
and loved .Mrs.
fine attributes
will .determine the cotton production i s 7* r ‘^ She ^as a svember of Dun-| a t f>oslUo " , he ubly fllled untl1 hl
r 1 i ^ ^ » . rP;.! rf*mpn I TWO vp;ir«s 'aOix * vn A ■ ri ■
the!
age of $20.56. In the county, 2,1231
persons received a total of $32,4761
in welfare payments during
month.
Of the amount expended J 01 '’- we L ■
fare assistance in Laurens county 1
during May, approximately 81 per
cent went for old age assistance, two
per cent for aid to the blind. 13 per
cent for aid to dependent children,
and four per cent for general assist
ance.
Spent for welfare assistance
South Carolina during May was
total of $937,336.
Sgt. William N. Quinn, for the
IROTC unit it Presbyterian college, j^ his du H es . A uK»st 1. He has| Big Auction Safe At
past several years stationed with the
” unit at Presbyterian college,
report to Fort Jackson in the
next few days for active service. He
j will have the rank of major.
Major Quinn has been a highly re
garded instructor at the college and
his friends here, while regretting his
departure, wish him well as he goes
in ito his new. post
in so far as boll wee.viJ is concerned. ; Creek Presbyterian church.
! Farmers who are following instruc-' The deceased is survived by her
i tions as outlined by experiment sta- 1 nui J’ ; ‘ ind ‘ tw »' brothers, J H Prune
Hanrid C. Johnson of this city hus!' 10 "* "*'*“'“* So<nl results B , Mn ‘»; “J '<■■£ p ‘"«» °1 «*“
art^nlpd a -T^«itinn rtrinoirral n T 1 m the USe ° f the neW dUStS, hr Said, dnd tW - W SlStgEU. MlSSCS Emma
accepted a position as principal of, . 1. -land Mattie Prince, both of Clinton
the York high school, and will as-1
j been prpcipBil of the Ford
school in Laurens for five
having returned there m 1946 follow
ing his releaw? from the naval ser
vice.
Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Pres
byterian coHegr and- has done ad
ditional study at the University of
^ Golcfctlle Son
j A big land auction sale will br held
!».t Golds ille Saturday beginning at
Frue Bus Service
To Fuller Meeting
It has been announced by Robert
10 o’clock under the direction of the Johnson tnat tie First Baptist church
Southern States Realty company of
Spartanburg.
The sale will include the Blalock
a : During the recent war he saw ser “! th ^ aroli n* and Furman univer- esta t e suhriivision to be sold by the
[ rice in the European theatre, bolding s y ’
the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Mrs. Quinn and children will re-
j main here for the present at their
home oh East Walnut street.
!
Seven Lose Licenses
On Liquor Charges
Columbia, July 13.—fSpecial to The MrS. Nannie F. Lake
Chronicle). — A total of 190 South
Carolina drivers, of which seven
were- -Laurens couaty residents, had
their driving licenses suspended dur
ing the last half of June on charges
of driving under th6 influence of li
quor, according to the semi-monthly
report of the motor vehicle division
KATES HIGH AT W1VTHROP
i Miss Jean Williams, rising senior
jat Winthrop college, is on the list of
distinguished undergraduate students reagp tract*.
Passes At Laurens
Laurens, July 12. r — Mrs. Nannie
Ferguson Lake, widow of T. D. Lake,!
died early Sunday morning at the
Laurens County hospital.
Mrs. Lake was a lifelong resident
of the South Carolina highway de-Jof Laurens. She was a daughter of
just announced for the second se
mester of the 1947-48 school year;
Miss Williams is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Williams of the Wads-
comimmity. ——
heirs for the high dollar., The prop
erty which faces the Joanna Cotton
Mills company property has btn-n
sub-divided into a number of busi
ness lots, tome sites aud ‘small bc-
A band will furnish
music and cash prizes will be gives
away. .
Announcement of tine nation wiD
be found in the advertisiog columro*
ototeda^r paper.— ~ - r
partment.
the late John A. and Margaret Wat-
. FOOD
Is An Important
Item With Housewives
: Ti
The drivers charged with drunken'ers Ferguson, .members of well-
driving in Laurens county ranged known I*aurens county families. Mrs.
from 27 to 58 years of age. 'Lake was a member of the First
Baptist church. • - ’ [
Survivors include four sons, John
F. Lake of Laurens, Paul Lake of
Tampa, Fla., and Ed and Williaffi J.
Lake, both of West Palm Reach, Fla.;
ffopr daughters, Mrs. Fleming Jones
!of Laurens, Mrs. Joe Phinny of Co-
j Item'With Housewives
YOU will find helpful Grocer, J^ fc'SSSS
N. Barksdale of Greenville; seven
grandchildren and two great-grand
children.
Funeral services were conducted at 1
You will find helpful Grocery
and Market News in THE
CHRONICLE every week from
leading food stores in the city,
• Read the ^ivertisements —
they tel) you s about changing
•prices and where you can buy
to advantage.
11 o’clock Monday morning froln the
i First Baptist church by the Rev. J.
| E. Rouse, assisted by the Rev. T. C.
I Cook. Interment followed in the
Laurens cemetery.
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retirement two years ago on AugUi
! io.
For a number of years Dr. Brinun
supplied several Presbyterian church
es in the county as'pastor. For the
past 26 years he had taught the La
dies Bible class at the First Presby
terian church and was one of the
( faithful and highly regarded mem
bers of that-* congregation.
Not only was Dr Brimm an out
standing Bible student but also a wel'
known writer. His publications in
clude. "The Bible Student and Re
ligious Outlook,” which he edited
jointly with the late Dr W M M;>-
Pheeters for several years, and a
number of pamphlets and Work book
unsold and New Testament histor;
D • Brimm w as a popular and he
aved professor at the college In
Ihe 1947 annual which was dedicat-
Ted to him following his retirement,
students- wrote the following: “To a
wortny teacher, a genuine and under
standing Tiend, a man of indomi
table courage and strength of charac-
! ter ’ loved and respected by student
and .faculty, "We si nee rely and’ with"
great pleasure dedicate this Pae-Sac ’
Dr. Bnmm was married twice. Tu,
first marriage was to Miss .Via: v El-
• izabeth Muller of Columbia who die 1
"THE CHRONICLE brings a great in 1922. By this union one .son sur-
amount of pleasure to our hdme each vives, Henry M Bnmm >f Richm >nd
week.’ - a lady subscriber said yester- Va. A second son, William Wald-*
day in renewing her subscription. of Miami, Fla,, preceded bun to the -
The same will be true in you: home grave just a month ago' Mis tb^a
if you are not a member of our large son, Daniel, was killed :n an autonur-
tamily of readers. New subsr: ptions bile accident in California
will have a bus each night next week
to toke those going to Laurens to
' attem? the Laurens Baptist Associ
ation*! reviral to be conducted by
'Dr. Ellis At Fuller, preM*Jc:i: the
Southern Baptist Theological sem,-
nary, Louisville Ky.. July 18-August
1. Thr bus wjJJ leave the
each p;gh4. - begrgnrng
7:30. The public is cordially invited
to attend these meetings, and Mr.
Johnsw states there will be no
charge lo passengers to ami from
Laurens.
square
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
HONOR ROLL
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invited, anywhere.
Welcome and thanks to • ■
our Honor Roll this week;
CPL MARION W SHAW;
Fort Lewis, Wash;
H. M. BRIMM,
Richmond, Va.
DONALD W. SMITH,
Edgefield:
JULIA NORRIS,
Cross Hill.
ELEANOR SHAW. . : . .
Clinton.
MRS. HELEN OWENS,
MRS. BERTIE ROWE,
, JAMES SMITH,
.WILLIAM SPURLOCK,
West Clinton.
aboi
se
year ago.
His secdnd marriage, was to the
* rner Mrs. Lilia Herndon Li
■ o. merly oT York -
w i<
_ aghtfoot,
M.irv’fVes.
S-Sgt. Matthews
On New York Leave
S-Sgt. Stepheri J. Mathews, local
Army and Air Force Recruiting of-
iicer, .left today tor ..a stay at
home in Jordan, New York, and will
return to this city August 4. While’
S&t. Mathews is away anyone desir
ing to join the army or air force is
asked to do so at the Greenwood Post
Office ir^Greenwood