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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable Slip (Elttitan (Ebrontrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 6, 1949 Number 1 ASSEMBLY MAY FOLLOW PRESENT BUDGET PATTERN Doubtful If Free-Spend ing Hands Keep Appro priations Within Current Bounds. Columbia, Jan. 4.—State spending by the General Assembly for the next fiscal year may follow the pat tern of the current year Reports of decreasing litiuor reve nues, which are earmarked for pub lic education, may cause the as sembly to pull in its usual free spending hands long enough to keep appropriations within current bounds. Those bounds, several legislative leaders contend, are too expansive and should be tightened. There seems little likelihood of that, how ever. The current overall state budget is approximately $120,000,000, of which about $108,000,000 is in state funds for operating costs. This operating budget may be re tained in the face of declining liquor revenues. Either that, or the liquor taxes, now heavy, may be lightened in an attempt to increase sales for greater revenue. The only other out is the un popular one of new taxes. Also making demands on the Gen eral Assmbly that meets January 11 will be state institutional requests for money for permanent improve ment programs. These are particularly strong from state colleges seeking new' class rooms and dormitory biuldings. En rollments have been heavy since the war at The Citadel, Clemson, the University of South Carolina, State A. and M. for Negroes at Orange burg, and Winthrop. These and other demands will be boosted by the fact that in many cases federal funds are available if matching state funds are forthcom ing. Requests for state funds for per manent improvements and to take advantage of available federal funds total nearly $11,000,000. Budget requests for operating costs would run the proposed -tate spend ing by the new assembly up to $140,- 000,000 or more. Biggest items oT in terest are statutory raises in teacher pay and pleas for pay raises for oth er state employees. TOTAL VOLUME Of BUSINESS WILL BE "'f l l" ter.' 1 "’' SLIGHTLY LESS IN 1949, BABSON PREDICTS Committees Named 1949 IN A NUTSHELL General business Off 5G National income Off 5G Farm Income Off 150 Bituminous coal Off 50 Anthracite coal Off 10O Crude oil production Up 30 Steel output Up 5G Automobiles Up 100 Building and construction Off 200 Lumber Off 50 Foreign trade Up 50 Airline passenger miles Up 10O Military activit.es, includin rf f* aircraft Up 500 Retail trade Off 5 r 7 to in': -•* Babson Park, Mass., Jan. 1 -( Spe- By ROGER W BABSON wholesale price changes. | Wm. B Able has been named as president oi the local Exchange club This ex- x or the coming year, succeeding the any retail R e v James C. Dtckert. :rchandise other officers also named are R. NEW YEAR BRINGS BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR STATE If Previous Postwor Years Are Followed, 1949 Will Be Prosperous. Columbia, Jan. 1.—The new year will be a prosperous one for South Carolina if the pattern of previous postwar years is followed Statistics compiled by the state re* Majority Members New Legislature Listed As Lawyers j Columb.n, Jan. 4.—(Special to The Chronicle). — Two of the Laurens i county delegation, elected during the past summer elections to the 1949 general assembly, are listed as be ing without previous legislative ser vice .according to a list of members of the 88th general assembly compil ed by James E. Hunter, Jr., clerk of the house of representatives. The other two members of the delegation were re-elected during the summer, after having served in tne previous legislative session. Senator Ralph T Wilson and Rep- ' resentative Charles B. Culbertson are the two members of the delegation who will begin their first term in the general assembly during 1949. Representatives C\ L. Milam and Robert C. Wasson both served in the preceding session of the legislature. Senator Wilson is the only lawyer in the Laurens delegation, while , Representative Culber tson is listed 'as a merchant, Representative Milam is listed as a farmer and fertilizer er net profits. This means that, in four farm forecasts assume normal Bond, Pierce Chandler, R. B Hel- All of which spells progress, de dealer, and Representative Wasson is many cases, dividends will be less in weather. A drought could upset these, lams. spite the national inflationary, trend , both a farmer and a merchant. 1949. Taxes * Boy Scout: Robert Johnson, Roy that makes today's dollar worth less j The men composing the 1949 gen- 3- Military preparedness will be 13. The federal budget will not Benjamin, Cecil Wilson than in 1939. ; eral assembly are, in the majority, a new and powerful industry which be decreased during 1949. Extension: Almon C. Spencer, Roy Here are some of the development lawyers, with 30 members of the this country never heretofore ex- 14, Federal taxes woll not be de- Workman, Jr, C. W. Bridges. board s findings: senate listing their occupations as 1 perienced in peace times. It is creased during 1949, but there may Recreation: R P Wilder. R. P Manufacturing employment lawyer, m addition to 52 lawyers in destined to bolster employment for be some readjustments to encour- Henderson, James C. Dickert, L E. increased 24 1 per cent from 1939 the hou-e of representatives. Farm- some years ahead, but not the star.- age venture capital and to ease the Cason, R B Hellams. to 1948, w’hen 180,000 wage-earners . ing is the next most popular legisla- dard-of-living. tax burden on wages. Education. R. B Hellams, Shirley were on industrial payrolls, live prolession, with 14 farmers in J- Inventories, quoted both at their 15. We forecast that an attempt Timmons, R P Wilder, William J. Spindles in the states busy textile the senate and 31 :n the house. A dollar values and in volume will ;n- will be made by some cities to put Davis mills operated 31.520,000 hours in ciai to The Chronicle). 1. Total volume of business for 1949 will be less than that of 1948 There surely will be many soft spot.* General Business sale prices aeciine. secr etary; Gary Holcombe, treas- Farm Outlook urer. Board of control: R P Hen- 9. The total farm income for 1949 derson, Grady Chan.iler, and Lewis should be less than that of 1948, due Bond. to lower prices for Ahea,, corn, pork, President Able has announced the poultry, eggs and^ce^am dairy prod- follo , Ving oorTimi ttet'.s t . serve the ucts. Farmers should diversify more club for the cnm:n . vear in 1949. get out of debt, putting sur- p rogram; Ga , y Holcombe. Shirley u , plus money into savings and prepare T mmons j ames (/ i> ( g e - t F-ank scarch - Popping and development for real trouble some day Fowler Lewis Bond. ' ‘ ’ ' ' ----- - *•— 10. The supply of certain vege- Membership: V an Junes, tables and fruits should increase dur- Merchant. J B Johnson. noo.ness act.vity. ing 1949 The price of these should Attendance Grady Adair. Ray- M n e people are employed at fall off. barring some weather, in- m ond Johnson, James L Boyle h.gher wages, producing more goods sect or blight catastrophe. Fellowship L E Cason. Grady and services that bring higher prices 11 Poultry and dairy products will Chandler, Homer Bishop than in the war years. also increase in volume during 1949, Publicity James C Dickert, Gra- Bank deposits and collections are prices averaging less than 19+8 prices, dy Adair, Olin Furr, W E McLen- soaring. New industries are coming 12 Farmers wull continue to W'ork dn, R M Burts. aoto the state, and old ones are em- buard reveal marked progress in just j about every phase of financial ami 2. Most industries will show r small- for extensions of subsidies. The above Activities: Tom Cooper, Lewis barked on costly expansion programs. number of legislators list several crease during 1949. Both raw mater- ceil.ngs up m real estate taxes or Public and Inter-C^ub Relations: 1947. compared with 23,244,000 hour* professions, such as Steve Anderson ial piles and manufactured good* will enact local sales taxes. James C. Pace, L E Cason, Lewis •'> 1939 of Florence, who ;s a farmer, radio be in greater supply during 1949. 16. The long-term capital gains Bond. Grady Adair. N’ct agricultural income jumped commentator, and tobacco sales su- Commodity Prices , tax of 25 per cent will remain un- Agriculture R P Henderson, Rob- Horn $102,000,000 in 1939 to $227- pervisor. I 5. Some rationing or priorities may changed. ert Johnson. C. H. Thomason. 000,000 in 1945. a 122.5 per cent in- Although the entire membership of be attempted in 1949. The public will Retail Trade Finance Gary Holcombe, James'L. crease, the house of representatives was make demands for price controls in 17. Goods on counters wull be of Boyle, Joe C McDaniel. Cash ineome from farm marketing elected la*t summer to serve two- the, case of certain products. Beware better grade in 1949 Club Aims: James C Pace, Tom wa - s 5316,000,000 in 1948, a 219.2 per year terms. 23 of the 46 senators were of installment purchases in 1949 18. There will be many mark- Cooper, William J. Davis'. cent increase over the $99,000,000 not up for re-election last summer, 6 - We expect the peak in whole- down sales” of inferior quality Youth: R. M Burts, A J Mer- collected in 1940 having been elected in 1946 for four- sal e commodity prices has been goods. Curbs on installment buying chant, Grady Chandler, Roy Work- South Carolina had 21.546 busme« year terms. Of the 23 senators elect- reached for this cycle. We, there- will continue. ’ man, Jr, Almon C. Spencer. ’ enterprises in 1947, or 39.5 per eeirt ed in 1948, only four are without for- fore, advise going easy on inventor- 19. The dollar value of all retail Safety: James C. Pace, R. P Wild- more than the 15,448 ; counted in 1939. mer legislative service, 13 being sen-lies- 19-19 is a tune to get out of debt sales in 1949 should about equal that er, Pierce Chandler, Van Jones, J. B. capita income averaged $729 ators who served during the preeed- and sta y out °f deb t- of 1948, perhaps off 5 per cent. Johnson. in 1946. The state ranked 46th na- ing term and the other six having 7 - The retail price of some goods, 20. The unit volume of retail sales Sunshine Committees for Chil- tionally, but the average was IS# 3 had previous experience in either the o th e r than fo° d products, may be will be less in 1949 than in 1948. dren’s Day sometime during the P« r cent m(>r « U» an the $250 recorded house or senate. higher during 1949. but w'e believe Foreign Trade summer months' R. B. Hellams, L. in 19 29 and nearly that much mors that the cost of living index has 21 Our foreign trade will remain E. Cason, Ravmond Johnson, C. W. the $261 average of 1939. Colleae Choir To Give I turned downward. about the same. We shall continue Bridges, Olin Furr, Frank F. Fowler, State banks bulged with $676,006,- 3 TC I 8. Retail price changes lag after 1 (Continued on page eight) Almon C. Spencer. Cecil Wilson, J. 000 in deposits at the end of 1946. la — C. Dickert. 1939 Bhey had 312.2 per cent less, or 481 Miles County Decreose Reported j Committee for Ladies Night: J. C $164,000,000. _, The Fre-uyterian eolleze choii win n J l Ci 1 w 1 * rx r » Dickert, Frank F. Fowler, Gradv The federal government's Ux Uka i Roods In Stote In Violent Deaths Adair. Grady Chandler. James l. from the state fw 1947 totaled $171,- ln County Post Yeor i Bovle ie Choir To Give Three Prooroms Sunday H. D. Payne & Co. Handsome New Home To Open Friday H. D. Payne & Company, local dealers for G. E. produets, will hold their formal opening Friday, Janu ary 7, as announced in today’s paper. The former Dr. S. C. Hays prop erty at the corner of East Carolina avenue and Woodrow street has been remodeled and modernized during the past several weeks and will be opened to the public for the first time Friday. On the first floor a large and attractive room is provided for the display of G. E. home appliances. Upstairs similar display rooms are arranged and offices, and all modern conveniences provided. The public is cordially invited for their formal opening Friday J. I. Adair Showered With Silver Dollars James I. Adair, .known to hundreds of friends as “Jim Buggy,” celebrat ed his 74th birthday yesterday. For the occasion his son, Holmes Adair, and young grandson, Walter Holmes, of Roxboro, N, C., sent him 74 shin ing silver dollars which he was show ing some of his friends yesterday and ■was about as thrilled over the gift as a young lad would be. The dollars are displayed on a large surface- flushed walnut board. Mr Adair said he was going to carry his money “board” to the bank so he could sleep easy. of the there was a sharp reduction in fatal For Needy People mg to v.ulence in the county during 1948, - — * ^ sing three programs of sacred songs u. , c this week-end when the 32 members Highway System and their conductor, Dr. Edouard Patte, will travel to Chester and Columbia, Jan. 4.—(Special to The Rock Hill, Chronicle).—The total mileage The Chester appearance will be- stale highway system, according gin at 11 o’clock in the morning on the most recent report of the South -.wth homicides off two thirds. Sunday at Purity Presbyterian Carolina highway department, corn- church. A; 4 o’clock the men will piled as of December 1, amounts to sing in Johnson hall at Winthrop 16.982 miles. Of the total, 7.846 miles college, and at 7:30 in the evening 'were in the primary system, and they will appear at the First Pres- 11,136 miles in the secondary sys- byterian church in Rock Hill. The tern. However, at the December program entitled ”The Advent” will meeting of the highway commission, be presented. The choir gave that 570 miles of the secondary system program on its fall tour of Georgia. wa s transferred to the primary sys- 000,000, a 1,516.2 per cent jump Irom the $11,000,000 collected in 1939. Life insurance sales climbed 156 per cent from 1939 to 1946. when, they amounted to $105,814,000. The number of business telephones more than doubled between 1939 *nd The sheriff reported that only 15 1947. Totals for the two years were lives were lost through violence dur- St John's Lutheran church; of this 25.196 and 54,300. mg the year as compared with 24 Clt >'. through, its mens organization. An even larger increase was fe rn 1947 the Brotherhood, is sponsoring a corded in residential phones. There There were only three homicides dr ive to collect clothing for the needy were 36,267 in 1939 and 94,900 ta in 1948. as compared with nine in ^ t ^' e war ' devasla f ed countries of 1947. According to Sheriff W. W:er, Will Collect Clothing For Needy People In Devastated Europe 1941 Automobile deaths in the county Council A spring trip to Florida is being tern . including approximately 35 increased by one, as there were eight R e ; ie f Europe The clothing will be ship- Truck and truok-tractor registra- ped through the National Lutheran turns showed a fO per cent g»ln from agency, Lutheran World 1939 to 1946 The 1939 total planned. miles in Laurens county. fatalities from traff ic mishaps last According te an announcement by Automobile owners’registered I As » f «« lirs ! of December, there year, agamst seven m 194.. the chairman of the Brotherhood 633 private ■aere 193 61 mi.es in the .-.tate pn- The other four violent deaths dur- committee, J. L Boyle, clothing bun- m 1939 and 315 975 or 17 6 oer cent -mary system in Laurens county, and mg 1948 included one suicide, one dies will be picked up at the homes more, in 1946 ’ ’ ’ 288.29 miles in the secondary road death from electrocution, one drown- of those who wish to contribute. Call Average size of state farm* de- —• ! system in the county. ing and one accidental gunshot death, him at 86 or 265-M. creased slightly—from 81.7 acr«s to The new Center Service station at 1 be Laurens county primary sys- • The city schools are cooperating 74.6 acres from 1940 to 1945 bu f the corner of East Carolina avenue tem o f r ads consisted , 67 43 miI by desiKnating a specific date for the averfage value of land and build- and Woodrow street, will hold their <)f hl « h Lvpe pa\ing, 118 aO miles of pupils to bring clothing to school, ings went from $2 461 to S2 *97 formal opening Friday, January 7. bituminous surfacing, 0 86 miles of blfTimie W. bummer Especially needed are such articles Capital invested'in manufacturing The station, one of the most modern improved earth, and 6 2 miles of ♦ as shoes, coats, sweaters, shirts, bed- totaled $336,000,000 in 1936 arl and attractive in the state, will be unirn P roved ear m- according to the Simmie W Summer, 73, died sud- ding, and infant wear. $527 000 000 in 1947 managed by Tommy Hollis. report. The secondary system of denly at hi* home near here last Now that you have had a Merry In'the same period value of man- The new station will offer motor- ^ ,ads . ln Cl _ ,u _ n ’y consists, as of Thursday a:t> several years of de- Christmas, won't you try to make ufactured products jumped from someone else a little happier'’ $315,000,000 annually to $1,557,000,- , e.* Ae:e held Satur- The organization is asking the peo- 000 and the nufrhber of employee* from the Langston pie of the-commumty of all denomi- rose from 109,000 to 168.000. n this county by the nations to liberally respond to this ’ Rev Carl B hop, with interment worthy appeal for the needy, i follow.ng in th • church cemetery. Mr Summe: was born m Polk county, N. C., b ' had made his home in this comm, ify the past four — years. He was a son of the late The city of Laurens has entered its Henry S. and C. ne Agams Summer. J A. Orr. Jr, of Greenville, has third consecutive year without a He is survive by his wife, Mrs. moved to the city wrh his-family traffic fatality, its second without a Mary E. Summ ; three daughters Mr Orr recently resigned a 43,727, the 1946 figure 73,322. Center Service Station Will Open Friday ists a complete service, featuring December 1, of 0 20 m.les of high clining healtl Texaco gas and oil, and Firestone ^P 6 P av ‘ n S- H)T76 miles of bitumi- Funeral sei tires, tubes, batteries and accessories, it is stated in their announcement in today’s paper. The public is cordially invited for Friday’s opening and to inspect the station which is complete in every detail. nous surfacing, 7.37 miles of improv- dav afternoo; ed earth, and 178 96 miles of unim- Baptist church proved earth. Laurens Ends 2nd Year Without Traffic Death New Owner For Western Auto Firm Bellingrath Begins Work At College H. E. Bishop Accepts Greenville Position Baptist Deacons Will Be Ordained During the Sunday morning wor ship service at the First Baptist church there will be an ordination of two deacons, R. M. Burts and J. B. Johnson. All deacons of the church are urged to be present for the service. FOOD Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Grocery and Market Nows in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stores in the city. Read the advertisements — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can buy to advantage. « H E. Bishop, manager of D.xie-Heme store, has been trans ferred to Greenville where he will manage a Dixie-Home store in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop have made many friends during their stay here who regret they are leaving the city. Mr. Bishop will be succeeded by T. E. Gantt, former manager of a Dixie-Home store m Greensboro, N. C. Mr Gantt and family will move here soon. Americoji Red Cross Meeting Jonuory 17 Thomas A Babb, chairman of the American Red Cross, Laurens Coun ty chapter, is calling attention of local members that the annual meet ing will be held Monday evening, January 17, in the Red Cross office in Laurens, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, i All members are invited to attend. The office is located over Scott’s 10c ■ store in Laurens. homicide, Police Chief . T. Ley and two sons, M *. \\ A. Ramey of urer of Furman umvers.tv and ou’- the reported January 1. Pickens county. -Irs. J. M Yancey chased the Western Auto Associate of Carrollton, Ga Mrs. J M Dr George C Bellingrath. former president of Rabun Gap-Nacooche« school m Georgia, arrived this week, on the Presbyterian college campu* to begin his' work as academic dean. The position- was vacated in No vember when Dr. Bernard C. Mur- EXCHANGE CLUB TO MEET The Exchange club will hold their regular meeting Monday, January 10, in the Presbyterian college dining hall at 7:30 o’clock. All members are invited to attend. TELL IT TO THE WORLD The first rule of salesman ship is that if you have any thing to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell it to the world! That, in Clinton’s trade area, means to advertise it in THE CHRONICLE. Every week this paper goes into the homes of the residents of Clinton, West Clinton, Lydia Mills, Goldville and the rural sections of this community where your pros pective 1949 customers reside. The more people you tell, the more you will sell' The most successful Clinton firms in 1949 will be those who through effective advertising tell the buying public each week of changing prices, what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, the services they are prepared to give. Advertising in THE CHRON ICLE brings customers to your store. Mor- store here from Jones F Burgess ^ x J? gan of Laaford S .tion, Roy J-Sum- who has returned to his former home d ? Ch ' ^ ** I>rofe * sor mer of near Clin >n, and Henry O. and position in Spartanburg. Summer of Clint n; three brothers The Orrs are occupying the Moor- and two sisters, W. A., of Lanford head apartment on Centennial street Station, Elbert, of Gadsden, Ala . and vacated by Mr Burgess. John Summer of Dalton, Ga , and Mrs Carl Hambrick Brehmer Returns To To Argue Will Cose At Laurens Friday Newberry Form of psychology, resigned as dean an4 went on leave of abeenc* as. praffek.*?. sor to accept a special assignment in research with the navy. Dr. Bellingrath will be joined by his wife ia February and they will occupy the residence of J. Isaac Copeland at 200 South Owens street. Joe W Brehmer, overseer for the KIPW ^1 IRQf'D IRPDC B. H Boyd farms near the city, has ? VT . * Arguments in the *uit to break the resigned the position and returned HUNOK ROLL will of the late W. J Bailey, banker to his home place in Newberry coun- ———— , - and textile president of this city, are ty several miles from Kinards. Have THE CHRONICLE come mte scheduled to be heu d before him Friends of Mr. Brehmer and family your home eyery Thursday, monunf Friday. January 7, at 10 a m in the will regret to know they have left during the coming year The coat is court house, it has been announced this community where they have re- less than 4c a week. We invite new by Judge of Probate J. Hewlette sided the past several years. ' Wasson. | » The suit is being brought by attor- Fj rp I C m „|| neys for the two granddaughters of Jmail the deceased, who were left $25,000 Itl City Post Year each in a will which bequeathed *•* over $2,000,000 to other relatives. The city rir-e department answered The action brought by the grand- 82 calls during the year just ended, daughters is to prove the will “in their report filed yesterday showed, common form.” Testimony in the Losses for the year ly fie in the-city action was taken before Judgf Was- were negligible, onlv $3,530, account- * son m October. The arguments were ed for largely by the destruction of* * son m Octooer. I he arguments were ed for largely by the destruction of i postponed while the testimony was two houses. J. W. Anderson is chief, transcribed. of the department. subscriptions, anywhere. Welcome and thanks to those m our Honor Roll this week: ■ . MBS. EHPS DAVIS. MRS. JAMES WOLFE, W. B. BSLAKELC. . Clinton / B. T MOULTRIE, , ? ' Memphis, Tenn. WILLIE MAE T>EAN, ELOISE ROBERTSON, South Clinton. CHARLIE FOWLER, Greenville.