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Volume XUX
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 3, 1949 ,
Number 9
Red Cross Campaign Poster For 1949
YOU TOO CAN HELP
throu gh RED CROSS
Kiwanis Official
For Ninth Division
Guest of Local Club
7,644 Automobiles
Registered In County,
Gain Over La$f Year
Committees Named
By Grand Jury
For Coming Year
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1949 FUND CAMPAIGN
Tlila striking and dran-.*tlc picture of Kcd Cross disaster relief work
done bjr Jes Scdlaikjer, noted American poster artist.
Local Kiwanians turned out strong Special to The Chronrcle. The new 1949 ^rand jury was or-
Thursday evening to greet Dr. Paul Columbia, March 2.—The number ganized last ween at he opening <>?
Wheeler, the new lieutenant gover- of motor vehicles registered in Lau- general sessions court with M P
nor of division nine, Carplinas Ki-lrens county as of the first of Febru- Abrams as foreman A ter an exam-
wanis district. Dr. Wheeler, long ac- ary shows an increase in every clas- inatlon of indictments, its final pre-
tive in Kiwanis, is head of the Eng- sification except one, trailers, where sentment was made,
lish department at Winthrop college, there was a slight decrease in the j n dismissing them from further
CoCntrasting the ideal Kiwanian number registered last year, accord- attendant upon the court, Judge M.
with the one who always asks, “Will ing to a report of the South Carolina \ianh commended the jury for the
! it put butter on my bread?” Dr. highway department. expeditious manner in which it had
Wheeler urged the clubmen to “take Automobiles registered in Lpurens handled a large volume of work
time to look around, and bind the; coun ty a t the first of February num- In its presentment the jury ex-
; wounds of your fellow man.” bered 7,644 as compared with the pressed its thanks for the courtesies
! He deplored a trend in education 6,948 registered in 1948. Truck reg- extended to them by the judge and
1 toward emphasis on “thing that can istration had increased from 1,129 other members o! the court, and ob-
be turned into money,” and toward last year (to 1,337; motorcycles had Served that some of ‘he previous rec-
a situation in which anything else a increased from 81 to 102. Trailers ommendatipns, not enumerated, had
student acquires is considered spend- registered as of February 1 numbered been carried out. We further wish
hthrift on the seven seas of education 50, as compared to the 58 registered thht ether recommendations be car-
i The lieutenant governor declared in the county last year. ried out.’ the presentment said,
j he is proud to be a member of an or- The total number of vehicles reg- Accompanying the presentment
! ganization dedicated to the fight jstered in the state as a whole has was a list of comm-itLees for the yea:,
against Communism. “I am afraid of a ] s0 increased in every instance, listed as follows: j
an impending order in which “per- There -are now 329,876 automobiles Roads and Bridges I. M. Smitn, D.
! sonalities would be destroyed,” he registered in South Carolina, as com- T - Pitts, J H Coleman, Jr.
declared. “We are prone to ignore pa red to 305,460 last year; trucks > Jail anti Court House: B F Par-
i warnings” about Communism, he number 80,848 as compared to 71,619; sons - G c - Vaughn, M. B_ Abrams.
■ said, i trailers number 6.419 as compared to County H°rne: C. W . Gray, C. A.
Dr.. Wheeler emphasized the sound 5^58, and motorcycles numoer 5,384, Gw.nn, Melvin MUrra^r
! structure and principles of Kiwanis as compared to 4,353. i Chain Gang L. E Prather, D. C.
, International. “It is well built against The county having the largest Smith, W. E Bragg.
1 all sorts of evils,” he said. He point- number of automobiles registered at Auditing Committee: R. W. Boland,
ed out that the 169 Kiwanis clubs ( the first of February was Greenville, Education Committee: M. A Wil-
. organized in 1948 set an all-time rec-1 where 34,109 cars were registered. w - T Blakely, R. B. Owings.
ord. j _J !_ json, J. H. Sparks, C H Came.
The meeting was presided over by u w 1. p* Law Enforcement Commiwee D
President C. C. Giles. At the con- rlOUSG VOtCS D
elusion Gov. Wheeler met with the |ncrCQS6 For
board of directors for a conference . .
about the 1949 International pro- PubllC WeliOrG,
gram.
PLANS MADE FOR
RED CROSS DRIVE
Committees Nomed To
Head Campaign In This
Area. County Quota
Is $6,535.
The annun’/drive ‘ > n ;c f;ir ., :
the American Red Cross m Lauren*
county will begin Tuesday. March 4.
it was announced yesterday. B C.
Preslar is general ch.arman for the
Clinton area, and Tench P. Owen .
publicity chairman
The county has been given a quota
of $6,535: divided 62 per cent for the
Laurens area, and 38 per cent for
Clinton.
A thorough canvass >f *he commu
nity. city and rural, will be made
during the month, with a gene: >us
support asked fo:‘ from the puoh
in an effort to reach the quota.
The following chairmen have been
named to head up the drive:
Business district: Lewis Puts.
Special gifts: R N Black welder,
H. L Eichelberger .
Dapper Hosiery Mil’. Henry Luk-
. stat.
City schools—W R Anderson.
Mfg Co.: M:
Ion
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; C. Smith, D. T. Pitts, M. B. Abrams.
W. Isaac Finney
Posses At Hospital;
ROAD-BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR COUNTY
As stated in a news article in The County Supervisor and at least one
Chronicle last week, Senator Ralph member of the County Board of
T. Wilson has introduced a bill auth- Commissioners of Laurens County Rites Here Friday
orizing the board of county commis- hnay deem advisable or necessary. J ^
sioners, composed of the supervisor E xecut i on The said bonds shall Wll Re T. Jacks 57, *—: An amendment increasing tne ai- rne funeral services were conduct- worker for the Cm* m branch,
talh. amoum'oTsMO.OoV'the prt S i b * «» County Treasurer! “2S : 2* Thursday arternoon .tromthe Gray Tbe drlv , „ wrtt be made
Columbia, March 1.— Among the . -. |,
increases to appropriations made in LOSt Klt6S Mere
the supply bill which were adopted
by the house of representatives last W Isaac Finney, 71, a lifelong res-
week were increases in the allotments ident of this community, died Tues-
for public welfare, on which a num-1 day morning at a Columbia hospital,
her of roll calls were taken. following an extended illness.
Willie T. Jacks. 57, died at hiSj amendment increasing the al-i The funeral services were conduct-
Willie T. Jacks Passes
At Home Near City,
Hallmark
Adair.
Thorn well Orphanage Mrs. Dennis
Sowers.
State Training school M.s 3 Lou
ise Cox.
Hopewell: Mrs. L L. Young..
Hurricane—Mrs. Tun Milam.
Long Branch: Mrs. Will Brown.
Renno: Mrs J. David Copeland.
Shady Grove: Mrs. B W. Cooper
Mountville: Mrs. Roy Adams
Residential: Mrs R. L Plaxieo.
Joanna: Alec Crawford.
Clinton Mills: J C. Boyce.
Lydia Mills: Walter Danhuff
Mrs. Irby S. Hipp is home service*
morning after several months illness.
.... ,, . . , i j vv. » t j _ . 7 C "' $3,100,000 to $4,671,000 was adapted Funeral Home here by the Rev. P L. lin Hpr th^ Uadershin of W K Waitet.
ueed. of which would be used for and the County Supervisor of I-«u- The funeral servics were held „ a 7 8 t0 3S roll call vote. Repot- Bauknijht. assisted by Dr. D. J. eha^aTto ttut area
road and bridge bu.ldinj purposes in reus County, provided that the in- Friday afternoon a! the Grny FWal sentatlces Culbertson, Milan, and 1 Woods and Rev. S. D. Cu'.heh'ot Un-. ge e bhairman^o. tnat area.
terest coupons attached to said bonds Han| i e with the Rev. James S. Gray, Wasson ^ Laurens county voted for' ion. A number of friends and rela- i i .i •• .
as the officiaung minister. Interment t he increase. ! lives attended the last rites. Inter- MethOdlStS UDSCrve
followed in Rosemont cemetery. The
services were attended by many
friends and neighbors who held him
in high regard.
the county.
Under the proposed act, the bonds
would be sold in blocks as needed,
and the funds exipended by the corn-
may bear their facsimile of litho
graphed signature.
mission. The auditor is authoroed “5. Payment. For the prompt paty-
under the bill to make a sufficient xnent of the principal and interest
annual levy upon all taxable prop- | of the said bonds as ^ severally
er * in Laurens county pay the bewme due, the full faith, credit,
said principal and interest as the ^0,^5 an ^ taxing power of Lau- Ga ^ ton I W i. lder B f ^ PP ’ J £
same shall become due. * VT - * *' f “*■*
Tftie bill now goes to the house for
approval. Senator Wilson stated that
he had held several conferences with
reus County ar. hereby irrweo^.y V^w^r^'e P ,£
Pallbearers were Babby »M Dielj caU ^ on ^ The
Nabors, Harry Laud ford, Vic Martin. rrmnty
in tmwjr ol the iacreaae-
The $126,000.. provided for aid 5o ment followed 19 Rosemont cemetery. World Dov of PrOVer
e blind in the ways iimi meens Pallbearers were*. Davis R. Hoi-, * m '
land. J.c* Hollani Kolmes Hollend., commBnoration ot «,«• -world
tV. T .tl o, prayer” Fr.day, March a. a
the
committee version of the hill was dd
vanced to $160,000 by an $8 to £ roll
^ J0 * HapnS ° f Ab Mrvic « for city-wide observance is
; Mr. Finney was a son of the late ^rv^Tw
DUeated, however, wus an at.tempt Rom aud Sarah Hunter Rnney M^thod st church at 3 30 pm
pledged. The Auditor ol Laurens ^ ™ , * re , , to raise the $75t.ft00 alWed Jor de- widely connected family of this com- aVi ;.! .nil .f rhl pTv i^^ncrtive u
County is hereby authorized and di- c^ ; .u r—i children to $1,150,006 In the munity He was a member of Broad f ., a
reeled to make a sumcTem “ann^l T homas Djal “ d dack * 65 Id 38 roll call vST whidh kUwlj j denommatioi^ are invited to attemi
the members or the aeieganon. Kep-^.y upon all taxa ble property in 5* *. ineCQ . ber ° f Duncan 8 Cre€k the amendment. Repie-semaUves Cul-; The decansed is survived by one and J oin m this world fellowship ot
resentatives Charles Culbertson C. Laurens County to pay the said prin-J „ sb,rteriaD . .. T bertson and Wasson -voted with the, sister. Mrs. T. R. Holland of this city; prayer ’ a . QrT , Hav
L. Milam and R. C. Wasson, and that fi pa i a n d interest as the same shall! n H . e ^ survived by one brother. J - majority against the meamre, while one brother, Hunter Furuev of Un-! G" that » me day * h P
the entire delegation.is favorable to become due, and the Treasurer of'S' Jacks ’ o/ ^tlaida, Ga.;Jw/o sisters,, Mlla>ri m favor iah'; two * alf-brothers. T. Irby Hoi-' ^ i teS ^ “
the road building program. jLautens County is hereby authorized' ^ Killed bJ ■ ^ 23 ror call vole .load of tins city, and L S Holland by ^
The Bill and directed to coUect suffica?nt tax-i J i d h ’“ d ^ -L 1 la Nabors of near mis an amt^dmmv' to increase tbe of Atlanta; and three half-ysisters,! t a ”*' in /f 68 . f g ^ d d
A copy of his proposed act is as es to pay said .principal ami interest.| ber *' HiS U1 Jfy^ rS ‘ F , a * n ^ 1 1 f Princ * 1 Ih-neral relieT allivimeut from $80ft,- Miss Janie Holland ef Greenville,' 1 / 1 1:16 U1 , ere5 ‘ l ’- :nterv.enom.na.. 1
The dawn of the “world day of
< — J_’ 7/, ' ^ _ i ? . ”T .: 1 *"■“ ' prayer breaks over the Fiji islands.
follows: i “6. Invalidity. If any of the pro-| Jacks, him ^ the * rav<f IUiO to $2.3SH.Dnfc RepreservtaUves ,klrs Grady Shuler nf Richh*x, and;
“An act to authorize Laurens Coun- visions of this Act shall be held un- ,seven momins a *°- Culbertson. Milam and Wasson voted |.Mrs. Palmer Calverl »f Umen
javith the mujortty agais.st the u>-
a rease.
'^Clinton Woman's Story
ty, South Carolina, to Issue Coupon constitutional such unconstitutional-
Bonds in the Aggregate Amount of ity shall not affect any «f the re-; ClemSOf! AluHHli
not Exceeding Six Hundred Sixty maining provisions of this Act. t p
Thousand and no-100 ($600,000.00)1 “7. All Acts or parts of Acts in-1 *0 KeOfQCUlZe
Dollars for purpose of improving and consistent herewith are hereby re-j '*■ ■, 1 ■* ■ . _.
constructing Roads and Bridges in pealed. A meeting of Clemsmi men to re-, |fj Reaifefs'iRigest'
Said County and to Provide for the “8. This Act shall take effect upon I org* 111 * ^ Laurens caunty_aJumnj, i ^
Payment Thereof. its approval by the Goveamor.
“Section 1. Laurens County issue - —— -
bonds purchase machinery and im- j, . —
prove roads.—Be it enacted by the Heart L>Ompaigi1 I O
General Assembly of the State of Conf-jpue Few
1 at the edge of the International dat
‘ line Progressing ever westward with
! the sun, at the end of 24 hours con-
i tinuous prayer will have encircled
. - j the globe, ending with the St. Law-
>WIliam Paul Simterel, tH, of Lait-, rente island in the Arctic,
rena died suddenly at his home in j
Rites At Laurens For
William P. SumereJ
Mlss Inez TuckL ' r ot the Thann-. Laurens Friday night, ile was a son
miTnitr hm.QP 1 Wcl1 ° r P hana k t ‘ stafl wa s ^ TV-'ot the late Mr. and Mrs. Milton A
munity house, it was announced ye»~, cent a f a 51^,) c hecSt fmm Sumerel, a veil kaown family of the
terday by a Clemson ccmmittee. Readers’ Digest for an nnecdole snb-^Pr* Ridge community nea: here.
•Movies of the thnUing Clemson- mitted to the magazines depart- The funeral senvuws .ere held, » o
Boston college football game when .... . I* ,IC ‘ U Boy Sco
Clemson won 27-20 vrl.l be shown In TW Ln-Ued Sunday kflarnoon at the Seawnght ; count Wlll
by a coach from the allege. , St ^ cs ‘ - u , , jM^uar, m Launm*. and conducted!^.
AU Clemson men, whether mem- Mlss Tucl,!r 8 contnbution -by his p*s:.«, tr» Rm
Scout Training Course
At Laurens Tuesday
South Carolina: That Laurens Coun
ty is hereby authorized to issue its „ a , , .. ,
bonds in an amount not exceeding Beart fund campar^his still
Six Hundred Sixty Thousand and no underway in the fcounty withX^ol. R. ( „„ iaataa , jj.ta.r- , • ,. ... , , , f u r Rn _ <lct
100 ($660,000.00) Dollars face value f- W 7 sor ’ of } his chaiMan. bers of the ai d chapter or not, have ptar . td m thi March 1Si ' ue ^ loK
for the purpose of providing funds Solicitations h a v e b e em made b een invited to attend. Those who lo ^!; , . . , , lD
to purchase road machinery, to re- J hrou ghout t«*county and will con-j would lliu . ^ j oin *.he chapter but ^ Our a'owdj'd bu;- stopped in a, . ,
pair and construct bridges, to cm- t:nue j™ se / eral da ^ S<*'enty per cannot attend the meeting wene re- town ‘ nd tht ‘ ^ c 7 *
ploy an engineer, grade, top soil cent of the funds raised in the cam- quested t0 Yancey Poole, at ? ddrt ' s * d Utt ' Purge's us loU ^ Lornr Hughrs Sumere .
and surface-treat such roads of the P ai * n remains in the county, the re- Laurens, a member of the committee.. lo ^ : +K ^ ^ ^
county as maybe designated by the ^naming 30 per cent going to .the na- It was announced that the Gator 4U - - - ' 1 1 > n .1 1 e
Scout leaders of Lauren j
meet at the Watts Mills
County Supervisor and at least one ti “ nal cha P ter for research .work in B owl game will be sh»wn Mairh 24i sto P- My enrplpyer does not juir-
heart diseases.
member of the County Board of
Commissioners of Laurens county 1
at some place yet to he announced
Mrs. W. P. Jacobs, co-ciaiirman, *♦*
eifher before or after the issue of asks those who may not have been A4 rs Rnl/4ytj|| BuvS
the bonds. contacted in the drive who desire to * .
“2. Interest—form. And the said contribute to the cause to notify her, ClllltOII FlOWfir SfiLOp
bonds shall bear interest at the Mrs. J. Hamp Stone, Mrs. J. F Ja- —
rate of not exceeding three (3) per cobs, or Mrs. C. W. Cooper. The drive Announcemest w*as made yester-
' Fra nces iTLgjiacih Sjumerel; four
jfMi eating brothers T. B Bmnerel of near Luu—
Wrier to Rylaid F SumeneJ of this city.
mit me to recommend
place as being supe:._.
other. But if J can be oi servicr to -- arnLr * Lia * rei ot (jnrenv.,.e. ami
... - ., , l ir l M. A. Surnere! ul HewourL Kv * thr***
you withm tl»- noxt h..!, hour, you yj. K cb , dt , ^
will find me at the Jlhte Cate, luin
M-s
local leadership training committee
man. Instructions will be given in
program planning, advancement, the
various scout skills, such as rope-
work, axemanshif). compass work,
mapping and other subjects. All in
terested .n the Scouting program are
invited to attend.
This training course is one of sev
eral program improvement aetivi-
J , c ' '^ UI i Jack W. Aaderstm uf tins city and | jes P lanned at a recent county d:s-
doors down the street on the ritfht. Mre Lyles Marky ^lumrens triCt metftin «
Jacobs LhL Anderson,
Russell To Address
iaa nna Mess Club
I'ne group will be organized much
as a Scout troop is organized a:xi
wid carry out actual troop meetings
tnat may be carried back 10 each in-
dvidual troop.
Carrol Pitman, local field Scon*
centum per annum, payable semi- has been extended from February 2d day by Mrs. B. F. Wregard of the
annually, shall be payable at such to March 5. sale of Clinton Flower shop to Mrs. - j.
time or times and at such pla?e or ^ W. C. Baldwin, of this city. j.ln NeW OlTICeS
places and shall be in such form ■ n a .. ■ The business will be operated un- •»-
as the County Supervisor and at least CiCJieiDerger AlfendS der the same firm name by Mrs. Polly Jacobs Last, owned by J. F Jaiwitei,
one member of the County Board ]f)SlllttnCe Meetina B Draughon and Mrs. Fiances War- ’ll as moved inti' the Ikacobs offane A meeting of the recently organ-. exetutiV ^. will' assist Mr. Weeks mi
of Commissioners of Laurens Coun- ^ * ner. building on East Carolina avenue, Men’s Chib ®f Joanna will be tfle training ‘program.
ty may direct. ! u T 1 I Friends of the Wingai4s will be necently purchasnd by Mr. Jacob*. held Saturday *3ernooa at 5:30..
“3. Sale. The said bonds shall t fi ‘ f th ^ y . j interested to know they plan to con- Part of the firrt floor Is occupitd Guest speaker f»r the occasion will
be sold by the County Btrard of com nan v soent last week in tinue tp res,de in Clinton . for the by Jacobs List and part by C. V. J be Donald Russell, Spartanburg at- NEW SUBSCRIBERS
Co^f 11 ^ 5 , 006 ^ 5 ^ County at Y^^aUen^ing’a^eeUng of|P resent ’ toderjon Hu,i«, Compaq. HONOR ROL1
S!?“i " f-Ttfa Sa ‘ e '.l 0 .’ "f U.e company’s agents advisor, conn-, « »« '>*• »P»** nWrlK,JL '-
less than ipar and accrued interest, ^
the proceeds of such sale shall be for
the purpose provided in Section 1 of| ^ r - Eichelberger, holding an en-
this Act. Provided, that said bonds viable record with his company, was
may be sold all at one time or in elected last fall as a representative
such blocks and at such times as the company’s agents in the South-
i east, its .purpose being to interpret
basic problems of the agency field
1 force to the company's management.
FOOD
Is An Important
Item With Housewives
You will find helpful Grocery
and Market News 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.
Crouch Sells Station
To Young Brothers
B. W. Crouch, owner of the Clinton
Service station on East Carolina ave
nue, announced Monday that he had
sold the business to Mason and Car
ol Young of this city.
I Mr. Crouch has becon mm *Cr
[of the Laurens Rest Home, inc. Lis
friends and those of his family will
I be interested to know they will con-
j tinue to make their home here.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
Your messages regularly in THE CHRONICLE -wil!
he seen and read by thousands of people at leisure. The
life of the weekly home paper is longer than that of any
other advertising medium.
Advertisers who have tested all available medium*
of advertising in the county declare that THE CHRON
ICLE does the whole job very satisfactorily alone.
There is no hit-or-miss when merchants and busi
ness >is»* THE CHRONICLE to reach their poten
tial customers
meeting' and*'chicken stew will be Tf
aervK*. Men of the cummumnity who d ° rv,t * >elon < to THE
aifp htierested in joining are invited s growing family of
to attend. | rea ders we invite you to list your
The club which was formed re- subscr ^P t ‘ on today. All subscriptions
c*tit)y, has a membership of over ar f pa ^ ab ^ e advance.
, !00, wtth the following officers: Welcome and thanks to those on
PrexiUtnt, Walter Regnery. I 0Ur Honor Roll this week;
• Vice-President, Vernon Gainer. ! ILB\ S. HIPP, Jit
Sivretdry-Treasurer, Kelly Waits.
Legion Plans To
Erect Building
The regular monthly meeting of
the Copeland-Davidson post, Ameri
can Legion, will be held this evening
(Thursday) at, 7:30 at the armory
R. P. Chapman, commander, stated
that all members are invited to at
tend, as plans will be made to begin
erection of the Legion buildinf in
the next few months.
Rock Hill.
MRS. IDA DGSTER, ,
Columbia.
MISS FLORENCE BLAKELY,
Durham. N C.
DAVID S COOK.
MRS BEN MAULDIN.
LEA MAN JONE,
Clinton,
GORDON BOYCE.
JAMES HARRELSON.
ROBERT SATTERWHITE
MRS. JOHNNY MOORE.
MRS...!: WHELCHEL,
JOE TERRY,
Joanna.