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■ y — — 4 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy ond Reliable She (Elntton If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 27, 1949 Number 4 Funeral Services Held At Cross Hill For Miss Simmons BABB RE-ELECTED RED CROSS HEAD Miss Eleanor Simmons Killed When Bus, «*• 9 Credit Associotion Has Splendid Year, Officials Elected ASSEMBLY AIRS SUNDAY MOVIES. Largely attended funeral services for Miss Eleanor Hudgens Simmons,' Lander college student killed in a ! bus-truck collision Friday afternoon, were held (from the family home at j Cross Hill Sunday afternoon at 3:30. | Officiating ministers were her pastor, the Rev. Ware Madden of the Bap tist church, and Rev. W. G. Somer ville of the Presbyterian church. In Other Officers, Board Members Named to Serve Clinton Area. Truck Collide A bus-gas tanker collision The Clinton Fh-oduction Credit As- ! sociation held it 15th Annual meet-; j ing of members here on January 15th. | on Rex Lairford, Secretary-Treasurer TAXES, WATER Cane Creek bridge between "Green- of the Association reports that a very wood and Cross Hill late Friday af- successful and entertaining meeting At the annual meeting of the Lau- ternoon took the life of Miss EU*-' was held. .A large number of mem- rens County chapter of the American nor Hudgens Simmons of Cross HlU, , bers as well as visitors and quests Red Cross held last Monday night a freshman at Lander college. Five j were present. in Laurens, Thomas A. Babb, Lau- other Persons, white and colored,; j. T . McCrackin, President of the Several Controversial Issues Start Debate. Little Accomplished Thus Far. terment followed in the family plot; rens attorney, was re-elected chair-! en . tered the Greenwood hospital from Association presided over the meet- ColLirnbia Jan 2 6 — The zenerai ir, t q n ; n <* * 'D~..<,K.r+«.;an > , ’ . i miunps rereived Neither Carl Har- 1 j n g The Secretary-Treasurer, Rex vommoia, ja.i zo. ine -.ene.a. in Liberty Springs Presbyterian man for the coming year church cemetery. A group of Lander college students and officials attended the last rites, i a fun complement of other officers Miss Simmons was a day student; anc j directors. i injuries received. Neither Carl Har Ratchford W. Boland of this city R^ c ’hels was elected vice cnairman, along with were badly in j ure d. The accident occurred at , driver of the bus, or William Lanford, gavte a full report as to * ou ^ ef1 hghTly on Sunday :hels, driver of the gas tanker,' th/^ear’s operations, the report movies, tax reduction and water pol- J r . r lution control in a ibr.e' meeting 6:00 j showing the Association to be in ex ^ p. cellent financial condition, and with _. sf _ at ^Lander, living at her home and j m. on the Cane Creek bridge, the reserves now amounting to $52,254.00. The Sunday movie question came commuting from there each day. She j th * f {j° d ddv^lf be heW b ° dy ° f W3ter ° n ^ ^ UEens Loans to members in 1948 amounted up op a ,r^ renc ; e J c0 o un ,l y Clinton highway after crossing Coth-i to $408,000.00 ; b::1 ‘o allow paid Sabbath amuse- ran bridge. The bus, a shuttle bus| Two Directors were elected, J. M. men!s :n tne r t y of ^-orence. JOHN a Pins KILLED IN WRECK Popular Young Man Meets Instant Death When Train Hits Car At Buford, Ga. ... ... w..vc tv. wt.v. in March., was traveling home alter registering; Mrs Helen Melletle executive sec . for the second semester work when i . a rormri n f nraur, ! - t the accident occurred which cost her I c ^, a y on the last of four daily round-trip McCrackin of Newberry and Hugh Objections that it was statew.de life. i .fr* "a* Q „, 48 : runs from Greenwood to Clinton, left Bonds Workman of Clinton. Other in effect bounced the bill off the Miss Simmons was horn in Cross ^ndered alH a toUl ol IS dS.' >'"*« . Directors whose terms did not ex- house calendar into the judiciary Hill Sept. 10, 1930. Her father, the;,, which 288 involved service men Tl ? e »»<l the lanker met on pire are J. F Hawkms of Newberry committee. late John Frank Simmons, was a! an d dependents 272 veterans an d the bnd g e and were in a side-swipe Wallace L. Martin of Gray Court The measure would give ‘he cou^.- native of Hodges, and her mother, dependents and’92 civilians and de- : collison - The bus traveling toward and Lawrence F. Davis of Clinton.' oil of any city of over 16.000 people the former Miss Tessie Hill, was born ’ pendents Other varied' activities’ Clinton did not turn over, but was R. A. Darr, Vice-President and permits for Sunday paid amuse- in Cross Hill. Miss Simmons was! were also renorted The chanter she brought to a sudden stop. The tan- Secretary of the Production Credit ments. A constitutional ban on spe- wcic diau I cyuj icu. ific vnayici, sue cv.^11 Prtr nnr a Hnn nf rnlnmhia \jL-as nrecent Wiclatirm nrevented nam- John Griffin Pitts, 26, a native of this city and resident of Winder, Ga., was instantly killed by a train at Buford, Ga., last Thursday afternoon at 2:30. graduated last year from the Clin ton high school and entered Lander last fall. She was a member of the Cross Hill Baptist church and a nfember of the Y. W. A. of her said now has 17 Qualified first aid ker< o wned by the Greenwood Shell Corporation of Columbia was present cialized legislation prevented nam- ’ - dcoi«-.K/-...» “joft /..A* v.«»_ i and t»avp a shnrt talk ' jpg Florence in the bill. Reps. McChesney of Spartanburg ■r ■ 1 over. The gasoline caught fire and was a talk by the guest speaker, A. and Wright of Anderson, whosa L ; burned for about an hour but there H. Ward of Aiken, his address being county seat cities exceed 16,000. sue- instructors, four water safety instruc- dealer, traveled about 300 feet be- and gave a short talk tors find one home accident preven- ' the bridge and the cab veered Also a high light of tne meeting tion instructor. . A committee composed of J. L. , . ... . , church. She was a highly regarded Delaney of Joanna. C. P Roper of was no explosion, according to High- both entertaining and instructive. cessfully objected to a second rea 1 student at the high school here and Laurens and County Treasurer Sam way Patrolman J. C. Pace. i Complete ownership of the As- ing for the bill as a “purely local the news of her tragic death brought; m. Leaman was appointed to submit, Miss Simmons, sitting just behind sociation by its farmer members was measure.” genuine regret to many young people ^.report on the allocation of ex- the driver, was thrown forward by *he main topic discussed at the meet- state income tax exemption for who knew and admired her. penses between the Laurens and I fhe terrific impact when the front * n 8> snd much interest was shown patjQpal guard pay was propo-ed A vivacious and popular girl, she Clinton branches. wheels of the bus buckled under and b y the members present. Quite a bill by Reps. Wise, Utsey a*d was active in student affairs. In De-1 Besides the chairman and vice suffered head injuries which caused number subscribed for additional .\iacBay of Charleston cember she represented Lander in j chairman, other officers and direc- almost instant death, ccording to reports, Mr. Pitts was j the Christmas parade and she had i tors from this section follow: Treas- ^ urer Clinton branch, Hubert traveling alone and was struck by a 1 been chosen as a freshman attend- fast passenger train as he was cross-; ant at the May Court to be held ing the track at Buford, about 20; this spring. miles from his home. He was rushed 1 Surviving are her mother and three ford 0 f Joanna"'Mrs Hush" Bonds to a hospital where he died in a few! sisters, Mrs. Jack Coates of Charles- Workman Tench Owens Mrs Hu- Boyd; Board members: Mrs. G. N. Report On 1948 Foy, Mr. Delaney and Alex Craw- Christmas Seal Sale stock to replace stock now held by the U. S. Government, it being the pur pose of the Association to retire all government-owned stock in 1949, and thus become entirely ow r ned by its 929 farmer-members. minutes, never regaining conscious-1 ton, Mrs. Dick Martin of Johnson-1 be rt Todd, and li! lT PlaxicoTof Clin- ma^Tte thr^urew Co^nty'T^r- lars each were warded me nes s. ville, and Mrs. James Turner of, t0 n , 1 ° ^ .u y , whose names were drawn: T. J. The funeral services were held | Charlesfon. here Saturday afternoon at 3:30 from I ^— Broad Street Methodist church con "'AutO Accidents culosis association for the support of Wise said the loss to the state ia taxes would be “small; the help to guardsmen, great.” The bill went to the ways and means committee. .The senate received a report of a Five cash prizes of five silver dol- water resources in\ estigatmg corn- members mittee the assembly created last year It was docketed “as informa- Dav- There were more traffic accidents .ducted by the pastor, Rev. P. L. j Bauknight, and the Rev. D. L. Ha- IdCreaSC III State good of Winder. Interment followed | d *. in Rosemont cemetery. DUt Deaths UfOp Active pallbearers were: Andy Young, Jr., Gerald Suber, C. H. Mc Crary, Miller Harrison, Billy Mar tin, Haden Camp, Jack Holland, Ed gar C. Taylor, Jr., Jamas E. Ander son and W. Mac Finney. The services were largely attended, the entire seating capacity of the Citizens Federal Has Annual Meeting, Good Report Heard but fewer deaths and injuries in of the Citizens Federal Savings and who assisted in this effort, especial- Treasurer South Carolina last year than during; Loan association of this city was held' ly to the various chairman: William, J ennort Jr W R Travnham I .tion.' and sent to the commerce and the work of the organization during Tollison James W Poole and Georae manufacturers committee. -1949. This amount from the Clinton w. Boole and George . . . 00 . .. , .. . Randolph. i The committee reownmendeu i 1 ■ . Tt ■_ * f i > . e qu( ^ a as : i Subsequent to the meeting, of bill to create a state water pollution ♦ ^L,.i. yin ^.. ° reb ° , a stockholders the directors met and control authority with power to reg- ! 1 a f ai/ f xcee e ’ re-elected J. T. McCrackin, President; ulate pollution of lakes, stream^, J. F. Hawkins, Vice-President; Rex rivers and marine waters by indiis- Lanford, Secretary-Treasurer and trial, municipal and private sources. George W. Copeland. Ass’t. Secre- “Public health is of paramount the county quota w ! Chairman R. W. Boland said. Leaders in the local drive wish to The annual meeting of members! express their appreciation to those 1947. The state highway department’s last Thursday afternoon, with Presi-1 Shields, Mrs. J. Hamp Stone, J. C. dent B. IT. Boyd presiding. The an-’Boyce, Walter Danhoff, Bailey Wil- 1 rountv Schools Get annual report showed 9,346 accidents! nua ^ dnancial report for the year was liams, David Word, Mrs. Clifton .inn r c*. compared with 7 630 the previous' subm,n<? d th e officers, showing a Adair, Gary Lehn, Donny Wilder, $OOl/tUV rrom jtatG, church being filled with friends who year. successful year just closed and a Miss Mary Gaines, Mrs. Dennis Sow- 1047-48 Rpnnrt Shnwc gathered to pay a final tribute. The These accidents produced 52L sub5 tantial increase in resources. , ers. Miss Lois Blakely, Marion Wood, r vast array of wreaths and flowers in evidence at the cemetery was over whelming. Mr. Pitts was born and reared in deaths compared with 538 and in jured 4,526 persons compared with 4,601 the year before. Pedestrian deaths also dropped, this community where his entire life'from 143 to 131. was spent until he moved a few 1 A total of 15,750 drivers were la- months ago to Winder. He held ajvolved in the accidents, and 8,931 of position wifh the J. E. Anderson I them were reported as guilty of vio- Hosiery company of this city as a j lating road regulations, traveling salesman. # 1 During December there were 925 Mr. Pitts was graduated from Clin-J accidents and 51 deaths- compared ton high school and attended Clem-| with 812 mishaps and 48 deaths for son college. He was a veteran of j the month a year before. ; World War II, serving in the navy; *■" for two yea rs , . . f County Residents Invest The news of the tragic death of' - - - 7 - Mr. Pitts brought regret to many friends. He was a genial and popu lar young man, admired by all who knew him for his character and in tegrity and many admirable quali ties and high ideals. There are many to join with the family in mourning his untimely passing so early in life. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. June Crisp Pitts, formerly of Cross $739,439 In Savings Bonds During Year 1948 J. P. Prather, W. H. Simpson and Mrs. D. O. Rhame, the principals and importance” in pollution control, the committee said. It's investiga tion, however, grew out of demands from sportsmen for control of in dustrial pollution that was damag ing game fish. The work week of state office .... — —awv _ , oc • c employees could be shortened from T. D. Copeland, whose terms had ex- teachers in the public schools and the Columbia, Jan. .5. — (Special to five and one ha j f to five day3 un( j er pired as directors, were re-elected for three year teams. Hold-over di rectors are W. W. Harris, B. Hubert Boyd, J. Sloan Todd, J. B. Hart, T. H. Copeland and R. H. McGee. The financial statement submitted as of December 31, showed total as sets of $1,737,397.31; real estate loans, $1,334,136.14; private share in vestments, $1,545,749.36; general re serves and undivided profits $69,- 087.90. The association was organized in 1909 and is under federal supervis ion, with all accounts insured up to $5000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance corporation. Its cur rent dividend rate is 3 per cent per annum, with dividends of approxi- During 1948 the people of Laurens county invested a total of $739,439 in mately $42,000 paid to investors the U. S. savings bonds, reports D. F. | past year. Patterson, Laurens county chairman; Immediately following the annual of the U. S. savings bonds division. ; meeting, a directors’ meeting was The investment of this sum in sav-! held for the election of officers. The mill hiV"mother', ‘Mrs^Vrene Adair i in « s bonds represents a substantial; following were reelected.:. B. Hubert Pitts' four sisters Mrs W R Hoi- increase in personal savings and will i Boyd, president; J. P. Prather, vice- combe of Arlington Va., Mrs. L. S. P rov e an important safeguard to the i president; J. Sloan Todd, secretary- Reddick Mrs Frank Ramage and 1 flnan cial security of the people of the i treasurer; Mrs. Henry Hunter, assist- > • i w __:j an t secretary-treasurer. Parent-Teacher association. Purchas- The Chronicle.) -The financial stilt- a new bd | j n tbe house, ers of bonds and seals are also to be ment £ or 194,-48 of the South,Car-: j t was in troduced by Representa- commended and thanked. j 011 " 3 Stat * Department of Education,/ tives Haskell and Sapp of Richland Included in the Lydia Mill report released this month, reveals that for and others, and would give depair*- is $25 which was won as first prize 1 ? fiscal yea: ihe department re- men j heads the right to establish in the Christmas parade float con- reived a total o. $33 318,0.9, of which f lve _day work weeks, and maintain test. This also deserves special cum -, ♦ 3 2,551,264 was disbursed on educa- on i y skeleton forces on Saturdays. tion in South Carolina. Contemplating long sessions of the mendation, officers said. Detailed report on the $2,000 quota Tbe grand total of all funds ex-' ways and means committee in draft- follows: Bond sale Mail sale Clinton Mill .... Lydia Mill Hallmark Dapper Hosiery Mill High school Academy St. school Florida St. school Providence school .... Training school .... Orphanage College Bangles , pended by the department in Lau-;j n ^ a general appropriations bill, the 436.00 rens county came to $661,409. Ac- house set the delayed hour of 11:45. 461.30 c ° r ;n g me financial statement. The committee began work on the 457.23 ; ne f und; > distributed to schools in a g a j n this morning It is using the 302.00 Laurens county were alloted as fol- state budget commission’s outlined 20.97 bill yesterday, planned to meet 4.50 Salaries of teachers, etc., $532,016; $135,000,000 spending for 1949-50 as 44.76 Transportation, $62,956; ; a basis f or jt s money measure. 34.69 ^^ at ! ona ^ucation: agriculture,: other committees also could take 21.43 $ • ^ >ta e arid S4,_40 federal; home advantage of the late morning hour 14.29! economics, $2,265 state and $2,688 to hold meetings 79.50 1 federal; veterans’ farm training. $15,-1, 37.111 477 federal; trades and industry, $2.-,' 2.44 3 70 state and $360 federal, and dis- PC Will Play Nine 19.46 tributive education, $1,643 federal; r 1 r 1 lO/in School lunch program, $2,559 state OOPICS lH I Miss Martharene Pitts, all of this 1 co ^ nty > ^ . c : tv I South Carolinians in 1948 invested y ' | a total Of $34,408,818 in savings Towns Get Shore of Motor Fees Collected ' bonds, etates W. Brooks Stuckey, .state director, U. S. savings bonds division. The success Of the peace-j Erskine Beats PC Cagers, 70-59 Roosevelt Ball At Joanna Saturday Night $1,935.68 and $“ 7 >364 federal. _ Adult schools, $328. Attendance teachers, $1,980. Tax Assessments The annual Roosevelt ball will be Time Here Again ! given in Joanna school auditorium The Presbyterian college has announc ed a nine-game football schedule for 1949 including the addition of Da vidson and Furman. The slate: Sept. 17 — Clemson at Clemson (night). Sept. 24—Open. The Chronicle.)-State Treasurer war _ , . Mr. stuckev. is due tnir"' “VV; ^T.*VT“ is sponsored uy xne i^oyai Jeff Bates is distributing among the e XC e llent and patrioticefforte of! 1 * 8 ® T uesday ^ ght . in Leroy s P rin « s : der of Moose of Joanna with the en- to i a - v ’ s P a Per time savings bonds program^ as was I More than 1 000 basketball fhns ' Sa !t! rday be « in '] lin ". at 8 30 ' f V,') ^ due annual rounds (night). .vioie u»an i,uuu DasKeioaii Ians i with round and square dancing. The ot -Miis Jennie V. Culbertson, county (>,* h FrsJti Oct. 1 — Davidson , a t Charlotte 25 c..T. (S ^!i ‘t: .rue of the sale of war bonds dunn* saw Erskine defeat Presbyteriati col- Oot. 8 — Erskine at Anderson cities of South Carolina this month gym by a 70-59 score. i event is sponsored by the Loyal Or- audltor > t° ta ^ e returns, appears in (ni>ht) Cz.'t. 14 — Furman at Greenville vines ui ouuiu ^aiuiuia u.is i..uiin. bun H re ds of volunteer workers 1 '”';*' . * * tire proceeds to go to the March of Returns this year. Miss Culbert- (n ght) the cities’ share of the motor trans-' [P® It was the first defeat in state com- Dimes fund campaign now on in the son sa ‘ d - ba ve to be made only 8 me ciues snare oi me moior mans- ^ h ^ ^ * t d th * ; i uimes iuna campaign now on in the w -“ ^ oe made only tVt 2 1—Wo poriation fees collected by the S. C. 1 ^y®’ t a f but l n ® l t r ® a " | P«tition for^the Blue Hose and both ; county for the Infantile Paralysis on Personal property, new buildings Public Service Commission during u«,t.nfiVl’ ST'^5. Admission prices will and real estate transfers. She add-, 2 8 _ Cat offord at Clinton * tbe fl _ na L S * ix _ m _ 0nthS .*^ a 194 * 8 '. Af l! r achlevwnenr in savings bond's'‘saTe!: reC ° rdS ° f flV ® W ‘ nS ; and f} 00 tor men ' ® d re ^, rns musX als J ° be made (night). awba at Clinton the amount appropriated to the com- mission is deducted, the lees are dis- " ° with the public cordially invited. tributed among the cities and towns i of the state on the basis of popula- Heart Campaign To tion Be Made Feb. 7-28 and one loss. .Presbyterian played the game 1 without the services of its captain, ; « Herb Lindsay. The Blue Hose star LOUrenS L.OUnty I eacherS Among the amounts to be received from the distribution, are the follow- lowing allotments Jo toyms in LaU rens ton Court, $209, and Waterloo, $78 Association Meet Feb. 3 center sprained an ankle last week in practice. Presbyterian could field no one fine aiioimenis 10 towns in j_au- As announced last week. a c am_ ' who could effectively cope with Jack Th f. Laur en5 County Teaichers as- « foun7v l!lu r ^ m92 cTn- 1 ^. t0 raise funds by the .^th 1 piive, 6-foot, 6-inch Erskine center,! s0ciatl0 , n w>" meet Thursday, Feb- $2 972' Cross Hill $273'' Gray 1 ^' aro ^ na H eart association will be who made 20 points to lead all play-I ruary ?’ at u 30 , 0 w 0c H, at tbe fr au “ . , $2,972, Cross Hill, $273, Gray, ffvr thD FebrHary ers in this de artment , rens high school. Mrs. Ruth Thortias, Last RltCS Here Fof ; ZoTTtlZrryy .7 ‘ > "! n , e<, • Nov - 5 “ The Charle*un j prior to January 1. Real estate, (night) i other than new buildings and trans- n ov 12—Stetson at Deland FLa ; fers. are not to be returned this year. ^v l^NewlTrrv at Miss Culbertson stated that the re-! .Ne^oerry a. Newberry. turns are due to be made on or be fore March i when statutes require Training Union Rally a penalty of 10 per cent to be added a a i 3 r ■ 7 — At Laurens Sunday —v.' HEAD THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK They inform you as to chang ing prices, where you can sup ply your needs whatever they may be, where you can shop to advantage. BE WISE— READ THE ADS heart diseases Col. R. E. Wysor, of this city, is i“he put-pose lTirpS«^ii!*" I >SX u SSSST or^ s5£ ™*ror _*•» B T ,st : in a national effort to multiply the f orwar f d who led thl state with a ,ration association, will speak on “Our ThomOS Guy JeaneS Sundw afteraonn’ at T13 ' research and study in the held of 24-ooint average in five games be- P ™ Iess ' 0 " al Organ,zations." ' wkh fhe T urT x^L. K . ^ tore this same, rolleeted 17. 1 ' !. j funeral services were held yester- 1 t "u, ch ,„ ^ r .„r TO e di ?' ’ day afternoon at Kennedy Mortuary, pi,. ? ^ ^ 1 ,. the general county chairman. The r w . FAAf> Laurens, for Thomas Guy Jeanes i • * w - s b aiers * re ^ ue:,ts that aH personnel of the committee for this! Extension CoUrSC To | FOOD who died Monday night at Veteran’, ^ local ch Jches^send nospual, in Dublin, Ga. Interment personnel community and Joanna will be an- ;Be Offered Here nounced next week, with other in-1 formation to enlist the support of r all j The Univ ersity of South Carolina for this worthy and important appeal. 0 fT er j n g an extension course fdr Connected With Local Store teachers of this area. The course of fered. is one in the field of social sci-'| ence and will be taught by R. M. Burts of the Presbyterian college fac ulty. It will begin on February 8 at i George D. Ellis, Jr., formerly of Clinton high school and will meet at Columbia, is now connected with 3:30 p.m. 1 the local Western Auto Associate I The work will be for’both gradu- store. Mrs. Ellis will join him here ate and undergraduate students, it later. 1 is announced. FOOD Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Grocery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading-<Jood stores in the city. Read the advertisements — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can buy to advantage. was in Rosemont cemetery here. Mr. Jeanes is survived by one sis ter, Mrs. Gtiy Benjamin of 'Dry Branch, G?.., two brothers, J D. Jeanes oJ this city, and P. C. Jeanes of Greenwood. ' P.-T.A. TO MEET The regular meeting of the Flori da Street school Parent-Teacher as sociation will be'held Tuesday eve ning, February 1, at 7:30. All mem bers are invited to attend. ciency ratings for each department to the secretary, Miss Vivian Clark. Sloan St., Clinton. Efficiency banners will be awarded to the departments having the highest grades. A departmental conference^yyylLbsi conducted and the executive com mittee has worked out a pnogram which will be of interest to all the ••hurches. Mr. Spillers requests that all offi cers be present and each of the churches be represented. The public is invited.