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X t THE CHRONICLE Striyes To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy ond Reliable THE CHRONICLE If You Don't Read You Don't Get the News i ?— Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 10, 1949 Number 10 STATE'S VOTERS TO DECIDE POLL TAX QUESTION I Lions Club Carnival Set for April 7, 8, 9 MR. AND MRS. T. L. COOPER TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY Constitutional Amend ment Gets Legislative Approval. Referendum Slated for 1950. The dates for the annual carnival staged by the Lions club have been I set for April 7,8,9, according to of- j fici^ls jof the club. Committees have ; been or will be appointed to handle ; the various phases of the carnival, i which will be under the general di- i rection of obert E. Wysor, III, who j has been chairman of the project the , past two years. i Among recent activities of the „ , , . ^ Lions club was the presentation to Columbia, March 9. The general i oca i school system of a tele assembly put it up to the people b i nocu i a r set to test the eyes of all yesterday to say whether poll tax sc hool children in this area, complete payment should continue to be a, with charts and other necessary ap- general voting requirement. purtenances. The presentation was A resolution proposing elimination mad e to W. R. Anderson, superin- of the requirement from the state tendent of schools, who expressed constitution got final house passage. a ppreeiation to the club for this gift, It was already past the senate and value of which is about $300. the house action automatically sub-. . .. h mils the proposition to referendum ,J h Joveraor h ot Distric , 32 ^, Lon "'The house also passed another res-' Ca P p . be ^ °' Greenville, together oiution proposing removal from the ^ , S , ? sec ' re E 5‘ ’'l 0 '' constitution of all poll tax provisions.,^' 1 ' er,. ■ . . .u . e mer governor of the district. District 1 This went to the senate for action Gove ‘ nor Campbell spoke 0( planS! in the making for South Carolina’s New $56,000 Hotel Court To Be Built In City By Boyd Plans for an unusual type motor court have been completed and work is to begin in the near future for the erection on a one-acre lot purchased j from C. W. Cooper* at the intersec- i tion of Jones street and East Caro- j lina avenue extension, across the railroad tracks from Gray’s Funeral Home. The announcement was made yesterday by the promoters. The court will be owned and op erated by Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Boyd ■ under the name of "Carolina Hotel Courts,” maintaining the high stan- I dards of fine hotels, they said. There Lauren will be 18 rooms in units of two and mittee. STRESS FOOD AND FEED PRODUCTION IN 1949 PROGRAM Agricultural Outline Calls for Meeting Farm Family Needs. The -production of an abundance' of food and feed should always have an important place on every farm program. In the 1949 agricuitura program recently announced by the County Agricultural Com- : appear^ as Point Number four, around a central rock garden 3 T ie goals set forth in the program Irow and con'Crve more food for home use Grow a year-round garden on e- cry f irm Increase suf- fi .cat production of corn, pastures, annual graz.ng, small grains, si age. our The ever-present question of leg-1 islative pay came up in a bill to' in appearance in the parade and a booth 1 Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Cooper! of this city, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, March 13. In observance of the occasion, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper will receive vis itors at the home of their son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cooper. 300 East Florida street, Sunday afternoon between the hours of 3 to 6. crease it from $1,000 to $2,400 a year. , .. . i3 _, .j ’ T . q’ u York at the national convention of , r. . . . . .. Lions clubs this coming June. About, son, of Greenville, introduced the eie Ann ^ \ Kin $15,000 will be needed, he said, for a at Madison Square Garden in New friends of the Coopers are cordially invited to call during these hours. No formal invitations will be issued. Mrs. Cooper is the former Miss Clara Bobo, and they were married bill He nronosed monthlv navments ******a j the home of Rev. C allie Matson at t ross Anchor, March 13, 1899. of $200 to each legislator i cre dit a ble presentation of South Car-, They are the parents of eight children, six of whom are living: Mrs. E. E. - vxx,., vi, Ashmore (Lillian), Charlotte. N. C.; Mrs. Mike Caskey (Alma Ruth), of Bennettsville; Charlie W. Cooper, T. Russell Cooper, Lynn M - . Cooper, and Tom B. Cooper, of this city; also Lewis L. Cooper and T. L. Cooper, Jr., deceased. „ . i u olina activities in New York. Mr. The proposed new pay scale would c be „ als0 to , d of the c „ ntinU ed become effective lor members of the P h , Li , th.p.ghou, the ?»?; i' h ssmbly ;., v :- h - h „ C a n K V f neS i" country and in South Carolina in 1951. The constitution prohibits a pay , icCo „ tinuing , Mr . Campbell increase after a legislative term be- y gins. Betting Bill Approved Another potentially ex p 1 o s i v e question was handed legislators with stated some pf the principles of Lion- | ism and what constituted a good i Lion in his efforts for his club, his state, his country, and the world. 4 . , . , Among recent additions of new introduction of a bill to legalize pari, * . .. , . .. D , t _ u , , - members to the local club were P. L. mutuel betting on horse and dog' Lower House Approves Bill For Granting Divorces Many County Roads To Be Black-Topped Under Year's Program with shade trees, rustic lily ponds and all to make an evening comtort- are able. Cars will be able to make a far complete circle within the court and park at any one of the 18 entrances. On the cgmar will be a 5-room res:- derwe to be occupied by the mana- and gram mrgh ims to support ger. growing Lvestock industry." The buildings, according to Mr. County Agent C. B Cannon sug- Boyd, will be oJ solid tile construe- gests that those who are uncertain a ; tion with a combination of rug tex- to the amounts of foods and feed* ture face brick and stippled stucco necessary to adequately mee* the on exterior walls. The rooms will needs of a farm family and the be roomy and attractive, with both livestock on the farm should secure single and family accommodations, copies of Extension Circular 314. Breakfast will be served to patrons; Food for Health an ! Better Farm also, grilled sandwiches and soil Living This circular is available drinks during the day. , free at the offices of the loca After having visited practically agents i every motor court in a wide area They call attention to a statemen* and contacting several hundred by D W. Watkin*. director. Clem - prospective customers and visitors son extension service, in the fore- here, Mr. Boyd said he is determ.ned word of this circular in which he in order to make it Carolina's finest, says: “Good Health is necessary for to include the following, tile floors, hotter farm living. To assure good innersprmg mattresses, private baths, health careful planning is neces- free radio service in every room, in- sary to the end that plenty of good dividual room cooling and heating, wholesome foods be produced and . Roddy, H. M. Lukstat, Thurston Special to The Chronicle. I The Board of County Commission- phone srevice, police and fire pro- conserved The plann.ng should in- races at incorporated seashore re- Gi i eS| Harry Baldwin, J. A. Orr, a Columbia, S. C., March 9.—The ers has allocated the fifty miles of lection. elude not only quantity but al>» * « transfer from the Greenville club, bill *‘to provide for and regulate the, roads to be black-topped this year. It is anticipated that operations d i •• 'y and va'ie'y m > ie t pre sorts." Myrtle Beach is the resort the bill has in mind. . and Walter DanhofT, a transfer from granting of divorces from the bonds ; it was stated yesterday. School bus will begin in August or September, wee for the nutritional needs of the senator Gasque, of Marion, was t h e Union club. Mr. Orr recently pur- of matrimony in this state" was ap-land mail routes are to be improved the owners, state. e autnor ortneoili, which 15 ' c h a sed the Western Auto store here, proved last week by the House of (first; roads linking from highway to ne steered tnrougn .he and Mr £) anhoff is the new SU perin_ Representatives. A motion to kill the highway, and many of these roads the ilar to one house in 1947 only to have it die in the senate. Gasque was elected to the senate last year. ! m The bill bounced out of the senate LaiirailS County judiciary committee unexpectedly f CAnj A7 I with • majority favorable report. VJCiS / In Senator Kearse of Bamberg, signed B eer on< J \yj ne Tax the minority unfavorable report. Gasque predicted that it would 1 pass both houses. * Senators ordered ratified bills to and Mr. Uanhotl is the new supenn, ttepresemauves. a motion 10 mu me i nignway. ana many oi mese ruaas p Cnr* tlf tendent of Lydia Cotton Mills. * bill was defeated by a 78 to 23 roll leading by country schools ana TrOper 1.0re VJT Soil Important , call vote, with Laurens Representa tive Charles B. Culbertson voting with the majority favoring the bill. churches. County Supervisor L. B Stod- dard states that he has received In Farm Program while Representatives C. L. Milam ] many requests for black-top roads, and Robert C. Wasson voted with I He says, "We can not build all these the minority to kill the bill. The House adopted, by an 84 to Th estate tax on beer and wine 15 roll call vote, an amendment to during January yielded $402.27 for increase the period which a party . . •< in Ann » Laurens county, of which 90 per cent, must wait after divorce before re- appropnate $159,000 more for the or 1352.22, was produced by beer. marrying from 60 days to six months, | me current nscal ^. he allocations to mu- after killing by a 64 to 42 vote an, that was built in the Conservation and improverr.ertt m "E\ery farm family should know the k.nds and amounts of f wds and feeds necessary to adequately meet the needs of the people and live stock on the given farm and should insofar as possible endeavor to pro duce and conserve sufficient amoun; to meet these needs Town and vil- roads this year. Many of the roads the productivity of the soils should 1*6* families with land available requested will have to go in the 1950 be the goal ai every farmer, County should endeavor to do this.’ he de road program. However, we are go- Agent C. B. Cannon said yesterday. cl * re * ing to build every mile o< bloc4s-top> He emphasized the vital part proper- “ , road this year that is possible.” I care of the soils occupies in the 1949 County Magistrates State hospital in We have twelve miles of roads better farm living program for Lau- a !_*. a he fall, and these re ns county recently announced Appointments Approved three^^/perioSTm*underwrite'pro- nici P? Uties and counties were based amendment which would have exten-1 roads will be surface treated ih Ap-| He quoted Point Number 2 in this duction in this state of hybrid corn seed. The on January collections. Eight per ded the waiting period to one year, ril,” he said. "We also have from 12 program which reads; "Soils—Con- Special to The Chronicle cent of the total revenue went toj Representative Culbertson voted to 15 miles of roads ready to top- se rve and improve the productivity Columbia, S. C. March 9 'r* H at' n r a h 11 • H var * ous incorporated municipalities;' with the majority against the one- soil which have been built smee 0 f SO ils through liming, proper fer- Senate last week approved the ap consideration or a nouse-appro\ea seven per cent was divided among'year amendment, while Representa- Christmas in spite of bad weather." j tilization, cover crops, crop rota- pomtment by Governor J Strom .»; _ i F * ill?! jL 1 - i * 1 j !" the 46 counties, and the remainder tivs Milam and Wasson voted in fa-- "The new machinery the county tions, and terracing, drainage, and Thurmond of the foliowing mag^ was retained in the state treasury : vor of the amendment. Representa- has purchased this year has enabled i rri gation where needed ” To these trite* for Laurens county lives Culbertson, Milam and Wasson us to carry on this work,” Supervisor goals he added, “Use each acre for Clau ie A Patton. Foun'.a.r. Ini tutional amendment to legalize di vorce was postponed by the senate f^VhoT'^id. until today. Senator O. T. Wallace, of Charles The total beer-wine revenue for all voted with the majority favor- Stoddard said. It purchased two (he purpose for which it is best (Young Township), succeeding J H .... 4 4 . January was $259,088.07. This means ing the six-months amendment. .. w.U take about one hour. " £• ‘‘Sp. 0 ,^‘ d «22 (SJSS K™ 6 In a joint senate house session, the wen , th< r support ot schooli. $22,000 Budget Since beer produced 90 per cent crawler type tractors, two motor adapted; then treat each acre accord- Abercrombie. graders, one traxcavator (to loading t 0 need. R. Eugene Johnson, reappointed. legislators heard a speech by Dr. T. M. Stinnett, associate director of the of the cornb ined top-soil), and five new trucks. An-: He points out that much informa- Joanna. (Mountville, township); other piece of machinery is to be mation and assistance are available J T Miller, reappointed. Laurem,. deliverd in about thirty days. | to aid farmers in carrying out this (Laurens township); "The County Board of Commis- important phases of the program. He John F Gnffin. reappointed. Cross National Commission Education on Teacher revenue, the bev- ! Sunday was designated as “Volun- sioners intends to be fair to all sec- says that among these sources (Cross Hill, township) erage brought in $233,179, of whichIteer Sunday" at the First Presbyter- tions of the county in carrying out) information are circulars, bulletins, R A Heilams, reappointed. Gray $199,808.82 went to schools, $17,-[ian church, at which time the mem- this road road program,” the super- and ether types of in'ormation from Court. (Dials township); Agricultural County Tax Refund $7,899 Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, S. C., March 9.—The gasoline tax refund issued to Lau rens county during the fiscal year 1947-48 for gasoline purchased and used solely for agricultural purposes ' 1 came to a total of $7,899, it is stated 797.56 to municipalities and $15,-' bers were asked to make their finan-| visor states. 572.72 to the counties. cial pledges at the close of the morn ing service for the new year’s work Accidents In beginning April I. The total budget as submitted to the congregation amounts to $22,005, a small increase over last year. The amount to be raised is divided, Hassell Tucker On Navy Cargo Ship Hassell Evans Tucker, of the navy, son of Mrs. J. T. Watts of Route 1,1 local expenses, $14,505.00, benevo- is serving aboard the cargo ship USSllent causes, $7,500.00. The congre gation was divided into nine divis- 4 . 4 r 4 u e 1 The Chicot has recently completed ions with majors and eaptains for in the report of the So uth Car °J.‘ n 0 a the initial operation of a program j the canvass, with Robert M. Vance Tax Commission for the year 1948, desi g nec | to i mpr ove the breed of the as. chairman, and Reese Young, as- livestock on the island of Guam. sistant chairman. One hundred and forty-four head 1 The budget goal was raised during of cattle, cross bred with a selected the day, it was announced. which was issued this month to the governor and General Assembly. | The total refund for the counties of the state for gasdline used for ag ricultural purposes was $289,334, of which the largest amount refunded to any one county was $28,526 to Marlboro county. The report of the tax commission ^, a jjy" also reveals that "assesments” and ^ equalization of merchanlts, sundry in * 14 J manufacturers and printers” in Lau- 1*11101 KCpOIT MOOe rens county for the year 1948 came Qp X-RoV SurVCV oron- ' - 1 number of U. S- cattle, were shipped 3,300 miles from Hawaii to Guam. Despite bad weather conditions and a cargo fire at sea, the Chicot delivered her cargo without a cas- Heart Campaign Raises $2 # 000 County Last Month the Clemson Extension Service, U.' Wilmer P Abercrombie, reappoint- j S. Department of Agriculture, and RFD Laurens. (Scuffletown the State Experiment Station, avail- township), i able free at the County Agent’s Of- A. I Dixon, reappointed. Renn*. fice; information and technical as-" (Jacks township); .•hstance in the preparation of farm J ^ Buzhardt. reappointed. Ware plans available through the Soil Shoals, (Sullivan township); C. Y Culbertson, reappointed. Wj- Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, S. C., March 9—Lau-1 Conservative Districts; the farm al rens was one of the seventeen South; lowances available through the Pro- terloo, (Waterloo township ) Carolina counties in which no high-; duction and Marketing Admimstra- Sam McCrary, reappointed. CUn- way accidents took place during the'tion’s 1949 agricultural conservation ton ' (Hunter township) week ending February 26th, accord- 1 program; and information and ing to a report of H. E. Quarles, Jr., teaching material available through 'No-Can-Do' Toq director of the motor vehicle divis- vocational agricultural teachers In. D . ^ addition to the above, motion pic- * Hi Ufl V-OfigreSS tures are available. — * • Mr. Cannon also staggesls that many Washington. March 6 —Chairman ion of the State Highway Depart ment. In the state as a whole, 99 high way mishaps were reported, causing I the death of nine persons and injur ing 41 other participants. The County Health Col. R. E. Wysor, of this city, \ county chairman for the Heart Fund j campaign, stated yesterday that $2,000 has been raised during the drive under way the past month. | Chairman Wysor expressed his ap- department preciation to those who assisted in to $836,485, according to the prop erty tax division of the commission. The assesments and equalization to- and (; ount y Tuberculosis association The campaign and to all who made «-j«Hcf77n UntieS 35 3 Wh ° e came ,h av e reported the following mass x-; contributions, to $57,582,770. , ray surve y which was conducted dur- ^ ing January and February: total | n c Ur a n r0 AaentS : number of persons examined, 8,368;' * Babb Re-elected • iiuiiiwi ui yx;k ovira cjvcuiiiticrvj, o,ouo,i ■ |a P/tiinfu Affnrnnv definite tuberculosis, 30; suspended. Ill NCW UttlCCS VtfOunry Miiorney ‘tuberculosis, 14; non-tuberculosis The Board of County Commis- pathology, 220. sioners at the regular meeting Tues- The Health department and Tu- day, re-elected R. E. Baibb, of Lau- berculosis association have grateful- rens, as county attorney for the year ly acknowledged assistance the sur demonstrations in soil conservation Hugh Scott. Jr . of the Republican and improvement are to be found National committee today labeled the in Laurens county. “One of the 61** congress a "No-can-do’’ session Of the 140 drivers licenses sus- 1 best ways to find out about soil con- has failed to keep single pended in the state during the week,; servatjon" and how it contributes to promise made by Mr Truman during eight were suspended in Laurens better farm living* is to visit one 1^48 campaign.” county. j of these farms and talk with the He said in a formal statement that j people who are doing the job and the Democratitc-coatrolled congress AA GrOUD To Hold 1 the benefits,” he declared, has been in session for almost two K - months but has done little more than “set a notable record for intra-party bickering and inability to act.” “It is apparenrt.’’ he swid. “that very few of those (President Truman’s) promises will be kept, which is prob- ii Family Night" James Painter Passes The county Alcoholics Anonymous (2 an min Rsir organization will give a supper to- ' jCOr 9 ,<l BQr tXQm night) Thursday at 8 o’clock at Blaz er’s place on Lake Greenwood for „ _ r James S. Painter, of Atlanta, Ga., a biy a good thing for the country— “family night.” Members from the: )^ as a ” lon ^ *he thirty-five applicants and a SO rt of backhanded tribute to 1949. 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 yi\ about changing prices each/ week and where you can buy to advantage. H. L. Eichelberger and Robert Wy sor, IH, local life and fire insurance agents, have new offices on East Carolina avenue in the bqilding re- i vey received in the county. The cor-1 cently vacated by C. W. Anderson dial cooperation of schools, clubs, in-1 Hosiery company, and owned by the dustnes, the press and radio sta- Mississippi Youngs’. They moved tion, and volunteer workers mad« the recently from the second floor of the project a success, they said. Next Week's Term Court Cancelled Jacobs building. Training Union Meet At Laurens Sunday The term of civil court scheduled ( Elimination contest of the Junior to convene in Laurens next Monday, j and Intermediate' sword drill and the 14th, has been cancelled, it was | better speaker tournament for young announced Monday at the office of [ people, and the hymn festival, will Clerk of Court Vic R. Fleming, fol- be held Sunday afternoon at the lowing a meeting of the county bar association. Jurors previously drawn for the term will not be expected to report. First Baptist church in Laurens. All Baptist Training unions of the Lturens association are invited to attend and enter contestants. Greenwood, Laurens and Clinton groups and their families will at tend. L. from Stone Mountain judicial district' the congress, at that. who recently passed the state bar| r examination in that state, it was an- nounced by Jirdge Frank Guess. Mr\A/ CI ID I D CDC Mr. Pa.nter graduated from the ^ t bUbM-KlotKi orphanage/high school here in 1940{-fQNOR ROLL after which he attended Auburn uni- versity and Emory university. He is the son of Mrs. Mollie Painter of this city. 1949 RED CROSS FUND Womonless Wedding At Bush River School Subscribers to THE CHRONICLE do not take a hasty glance through its pages and discard ft. They read every page carefully, for in their “home paper” there’s news 'f them selves. of their neighbors, friends, | relatives. You are missing “lots” if ^ . | you are not a member of our large There w-ll be a “Womanless Wed-i am ^- v readers, d.n , ’ at the Hush River school Fri-. Welcome and thanks to those on day mf.ht, M irrh It, at 8 o’clock, our Honor Roll this week sponso-ed by the Parent-Teacher as sociation of the s.hool. The ^public, is eoidially nv.t'vi :o come ami en-i joy an evening ot fun. The proceeds will be used for the benefit of the school, with admissions of 25c and 50c. MARK WARJtEN. Columbia. TOMMY HOLLIS. MRS ROSA COLE. JAMES HAYNES, EMMA MARY THOMPSON, Clinton. i