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Volume XLIX
Clinton, S. C v Thursday, March 17, 1949
Number 11
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JOANNA ENTERS
NEW 'KING COTTON'
TEXTILE LEAGUE
New Post Office
Service For Clinton
To Begin Monday
NEW ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC CHURCH AT
JOANNA TO BE DEDICATED SUNDAY
Wit’hHrawc from Control A hi « hwa y P° stal service bus will
wirnorows rrom ^enrrai be put int0 operation next Mondayt
i the 28th, between Greenville and
j Columbia, the post office department
' has announcd. A similar route will
be put into operation from Green
ville to Anderson to Augusta.
. , , . , , , The line will be known as the
It was announced during the week Greenv i lle , Clinton and Columbia
that Ninety Six, Greenwood, Ma- Highway Post office. On the inaugu-
Corolino and Joins Ma
thews, Ninety Six and
Greenwood In Loop.
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thews and Joanna had combined to
form a new baseball loop, titled the
‘•King Cotton League.”
Representatives of the four teams
ration day it will leave Greenville
at 6 a.m. and arrive here at 9:39, and
icturn from Columbia at 5:30 p.m.
After the opening run the scjj^dule
met in Greenwood a few nights ago bere w jjj be going down, and
and announced they worked out a p.m. on the return trip from
‘‘gentleman’s agreement, details ^Columbia, arriving in Greenville at
be taken up at a meeting expected 7;30 p jy, Mail for the first runi on
to be held this week. The group is- w hi c h special cachets in observance
sued the following statement: i 0 f the inauguration will be carried,
“Representatives from Greenwood, now b e i n g accepted and at each
Mathews, Ninety Six and Joa, ™ a ; stop there will be a brief celebration,,
mills met last night and formed the accord j n g t 0 Postmaster W. D. Adair. [
King Cotton league. The group was Most beneflt will 5e derived from
unanimous in its decision to use only 1 the special service by small towns
bona-fid6 employees of the mills as [ without adequate rail service. It will
players. This group feels that the; g rea tiy improve local service cover-
league should represent textile base- ( j n g the Columbia-Clinton-Laurens-
ball as simon-pure as it can be had. | Greenville area.
The four teams involved in the, The rolling posT ofTlce i$ 35 feet
new league all resigned from the longi 10 feet high) 8 feet wide> has ;
Central Carolina last week. The jg r0W s of boxes 10 boxes high, five
breaking-away from the old. C. C. L. three-foot sack racks and storage
and the formation of a new league space for 150 sacks of mail The bus _ (
is believed to have been caused by les are p a j n ted blue and gray with
gold lettering and red trimming.
the acute case of “professionalism
that has affected the Central Caro
lina recently. Sponsors of the new I orinil o Wifk
league are intent on promoting semi- 1 Leuguc, Wlm
pro baseball in its purest sense and Four Boll Clubs,
are designing every move to retain — ^ . •lift
the best qualities of the old C. C. L. I 0 UpCfl April I 7
and to forward the best interests of! -——•
textile baseball. Attempts are ex- The Central Carolina league ap-|
pected to be made to interest addi- j parently got back into harness at a
tional teams in the new league.
Joanna Leaves Carolina
Joanna Mills was the fourth team
to withdraw from the Central Car
olina league, notification being given
to the president of the league, Dr. R.
H. Park, of Greenwood, by Manager
Rolfe Clark.
meeting held at Wattsviile Tuesday
night, according to an announcement
yesterday by Hugh Benson, assistant
secretary.
The league will have four clubs,
Clinton Mills, Ware Shoals, Watts
Mills and Riverdale. Officials are ne
gotiating with two other possible
President Walter Regnery, of Jo-1 league members and said the loop
anna, announced that his mill was would be held open until March 25.
withdrawing from the C. C. L. He Plans are for the season to open
said Joanna will participate in an April 19 and run through August 20.
amateur league which limits the Three games will be played each
range of its players to employees of | week on Tuesday, Friday and Satur-
the plant they represent. He said he day nights.
felt such a set-up would allow morei If the league operates with four
young players to participate and pro-' clubs, officials state, a split season
vide a means of keeping basebalL will be used, the two winners meet-
alive among the younger prospects.! ing in a play-off. If six clubs do come
The faster semi-pro ball tends to de-! into the league, the Shaughnessy
prive the younger players of par-, play-offs will be used at the close
ticipation because a larger number' of the season. Each club will be al-
of them are not developed enough to lowed two outside players, who doj
compete with long experienced play-j not work in the plant they represent,
ers. Other officials of the league are
Johnny Moore, former Presbyte- Dr. R. H. Park, Greenwood, presi-
rian college star, is athletic director 1 dent; Clyde Crocker, Riverdale, vice-
at Joanna. Rolfe Clark will handle president; and W. T. Bishop, Ware
the managerial reins for the team. Shoals, secretary-treasurer.
Whit Bowie Named
New Manager For
Clinton Mills Team
■Whit Bowie, of Greenville, a vet
eran umpire and familiar figure in
textile baseball for years, has been
named as manager of the Clinton
Mills team in the, Central Carolina
league for the coming season. The
announcement was made during the
week by P. S. Bailey, president of
the mills. The new manager has al
ready reported, with practice getting
under way.
Bowie umpired in the Western
Carolina league the past three sea
sons and also officiated in American
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RIGHMO-WORK
LAW STATE NEED',
CONTRACTOR SAYS
Only Slave Labor Are
Those Forced To Pay Big
Fees To Join Unions and
Dues To Hold Jobs.
(Bv Charles Daniel, of Daniel Con
struction Company, of Greenville and
Birmingham. Ala., in Anderson, S. C.
Independent).
To protect South Carolina’s stake
in the South industrial prog:ess "we
T , , . . , ,, should aggressively fight for the
Legion high senool and college. mniT , Tenan:o of the Taft . Ha rtIey
games. He played with and managed
semi-pro and professional teams in
his younger days ahd gained a wide
spread reputation as a smart base-
bali man.
Mr. Bailey in announj;ng the new
manager said that Clinton Mills will
sponsor an efficient baseball pro-
Law on the Federal statutes and an
anti-closed shop or the right-to-
work for South Carolina,” Charles
Daniel, one
the nations’ foremost
Guilders said yesterday.
“It is a fact that the only slave
labor in the United States are the
millions who are fo ced to pay ex-
to join unions and
dues t > maintain their jobs. This
should not be required of Ame-ican
citizens.”
As head of one of the leading heavy
cor
istrueticn companies of
the nation
and a man alw
ays keenly
interested
ir.
South Caroli
na induetr
ial expan-
sio
n, Daniel als
o chaiged
a ‘'v.icious
air
-conditioning
bill” oe;or
e the state
Le
g.slafure has
roul'id .n
••w.di ad-
ve:
rse publicity”
for tne sta
!e.
T do not kn
ow the St,
ate Repre-
ser
Uahves re?p<
ansibfe for
the Air
C i
nditioning o
ill r.nyv before tne.
Le
gislature of South Caro!
ma,” Dan-
let
said, “but if
they bad
had a mii-
lio
n dollars t£
spend to c
lestrny the
gOl
ad Will that
h is been
i b..:!t up
in
this state f
owa -d ind
lustry rind
tc:
ir down ali o
• f the fa vo
: able pub-
l:c
:ty that has
been -’reat
ed m the
interest of new
industry’.
they could
no
t have done
a mere ef
fective job
Red Cross Drive
Makes Good Start,
Chairman Reports
B. C. Preslar, general chairman of
the Red Cross drive in the Clinton
area, reported contributions of $1,-
413.26 up to yesterday. This figure,
he stated, does not include reports
from the Clinton and Lydia Mills,
and Joanna Mills, which will an
nounce their results later.
The Clinton area has a quota of
$2,500 of the $6,535 goal set for the
county.
An appeal for the local drive ap
pears in the advertising columns of
today’s paper sponsored by twelve
well known local firms. The atten
tion of the paper’s large family of
readers is directed to thi^ message
bearing the caption, “Send the Red
Cross!”
Bryson Named As
County Engineer
The Laurens county board of com
missioners announced yesterday that
Marion Bryson, of Owings, has been
secured as engineer for the county
■ to carr? on the road work program
now under way. Mr. Bryson is a col
lege graduate and served in the arm
ed forces overseas for two years do
ing engineering work. He has been
employed for the past two years by
Dickson company, contractors.
Chamber Commerce
To Change Method
Electing Officers
President R. P. Hamer of the
Chamber of Commerce said yesterday
that the next quarterly dinner-meet
ing of the organization will be held
at the college on the second Tuesday
in April at 7:30 o’clock.
President Hamer also stated that
at a meeting of the board of direc
tors on March 6 he recommended a
change in the method of electing of
ficers and directors. Following a gen
eral discussion, his recommendation
was approved and tnfi’ following mo
tion adopted: “That the president
appoint a nominating committee to
suggest a group of names, double the
number of directors to be elected, to
be mailed to the membership of the
organization with each member re
quested to vote for one-half of the ;
names suggested for directors. Those |
receiving the highest number of votes
will be declared elected. The elected
board will then meet and elect offi
cers. normally, but not necessarily,
from their members. Under the new
election system ballots will be mailed
all members with the request that,
they vote their choice and return 1
same promptly. i
Several other matters were also |
considered at the board meeting.
To Receive Hotel
Bids Here Tuesday
gram. Their park, with floodlights horbitant fee
and all modern conveniences, is one
ot the best for its size to be found
in any class of baseball, with a seat
ing capacity of approximately 2.000.
Mr Bailey said every opportunity
will be offered their employees to
develop as ball players and at the
same time give the young players the
advantage of playing along side of
two or three experienced key men.”
'49 Community Concert
To Be Presented In
Laurens and Clinton
The officers and directors of the
Laurens County Community Concert
Association met recently to complete
plans for the 1949-50 campaign, and
at that time Melvin G. Feins, presi-
Dedication exercises will be held Emmett Walsh, Bishop of Charles- dent ot he Laurens Hosiery mi.',
Sunday. March 20. at St. Bonifac«,.-t°n. ■»« «•»»«< «» I*"* ,he “W"'- <••»" •>« &*«> -<>»«
, 41 , a ^ ^ aUV 9 00 A M.—Mass and First Com- zation. by th introduction ot this vicious
Joanna s recently completed Catholic munion Mary Beth and Eugcme , Mrs w H Harley, of Laurens, air conditioning bill with the result-
church, the services to be presided Regnery, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. was elected secretary and Mrs. D. O. an - adverse publicity tnat haa
over by the Rt. Rev. Emmett Walsh, Walter Regnery, Sammy F. Winsper, Rhame, of this city, was named as- Jeen given to South Carolina
Bishop of Charleston. The public is son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Wins- sistant secretary. Other officers are throughout tne country,
cordially invited* to attend all ser- P* 1 ’* Phyllis Diane Roddy, daughter John K. Taylor, first vice-president; ^ thoa * us have :mer-
„• ^ ith a ... of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Roddy, and Pam Mrs. Lee S. McMillan, second vice- tsted ourselves and worked persis-
vices with a special invitation to be McA u ister> wb ose family lives in president; Mrs. Ferdinand Jacobs. ten t ! y in an effort to attract new
present at the 11.00 o clock service. Whitmire. Mass celebrated by his third vice-president; and Murray in du.stry to the State, its most dis-
The new church, a handsome Eminence, Bishop Walsh. I Garber treasurer ‘ couraging. The efteetive job the
$40,000 building constructed from El«yi i 0 :00 A. M —Parish breakfast at' All directors were reelected. They State Research, Planning and Devel-
berton granite and capable of seating 1 Joanna clubhouse, about 150 people are Hugh Benson. N. G. Hardi.e, Cecil, °P men * Board has done is being nu!-
125 persons, is located at the corner in attendance, including guests. Roper. Mrs. Sara D. DeLoach, C. K li fjed and their efforts lost by re-
oi Marion and Main streets in Jo- H:00 A. M.—Administration of Wright, and G. M McCuen, all of 8Ultin fi unfavorable publicity from
an £u' O , Sacrament of Confirmation by His Laurens; Dr. Marshall W\ Brown. Proposed impractical bill.
The Rev. William G. Doyle has Eminence, Bishop W r alsh. Phil Rod- Miss Norma Hallett, and W’ M ‘ I: 1S ?he general understanding
been parish priest for the past two, dry,. Jr„ son of Mr. and Mrs. Roddy, Walker, all of this city; Joe Dclany. tha; the proposed law was drawn
and one-half years. His churches Anita Soltis, daughter of Mr. and of Joanna; Mrs. Niles Clark Water- U P attorneys a-nd engineers of
include groups in Abbeville. Green- Mrs. Steve Soltis. loo; Mrs. Hall Fleming, Enorec; and the CI ° w “ h the idea of forcing
wood, Newberry, McCormick and Two other masses will be celebrat- Mrs. Carroll Gray, Gray Court. ’* Ihrmigh in South Carolina and
Laurens counties. His itinerary in- ed by Rev’. Father Doyle and Rev. Mrs. McMillan is membersh.p • se ’t in 2 U P a s a model to be push-
cludes ^masses each Sunday in Jo-j Father Madden of Myrtle Beach, at chan man, and at the executive meet- ed m other states, Daniel asserted.
10:30 and 11:30 a.m. ing she announced that final details tt is of course mfWractical to have
W r . H. Regnery of Chicago, 111., were being completed for the annual air conditioning in ail manufacturing^
bene-
taking
anna, Greenwood and Abbeville.
The following schedule has been
an ron n I e( * ^° r exerc * ses Sunday: head of the Joanna interests, will be membersh.p week„ beginning Mon- a - eas > ar| d in those where it i
8:30 A. M —Dedicatiori by Rt. Rev.! present for the dedicatory services.
Clemson Club In
County Reorgonized
j Blackwell, Ellison
Join Armed Forces
day, March 28. She added that pres- competition is rapidly
ent members would be given the care c> ^ requirements,
opportunity to renew for 1949-50 at "One very large mill in South Car-
the final concert on Friday, March °^ na ^ as J us ! comp!e*ed installation
25, when Whittemorc and Lowe, duo- dir conditioning in all areas a here
pianists, w’ill be presented as the 11 can used without adversly af-
last attraction of the current season. Acting manufacturing conditions
At that time, Mrs. McMillan said, 1 ,Viave had proposed bill be-
workers would be at tables in the ,ore . South Carol.na Legislature
from
Yancey Poole, of Laurens, was According to M-Sgt -Edward Q.
elected president last week at a re- i Ham, recruiting officer of the army
organization meeting of the Clemson and army air force service in Clin- - _ „
co.lege club held in Laurens at the, ton, Ralph Eugene Blackwell, son of Laurens high school corridor, ready ana lyzed aijd--have a repor'
Watts Mills community house. j Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Blackwell of this to reenlist present subscribers, and the!r engineers to the effect that if
John Spratt o»f this city, John C.l c ‘ty. has been enlisted in the army a !so to sign up new members for the tdey are fo^-ed to change their own
Bolt of Laurens, and S. C. Gambrell, t°r three years. ' next season. All new members will moder!1 a *r conditioning system to
ot Owings, were elected vice-presi- 1 Lloyd Wesley Ellison, son oi Mr be admit ted free to the Wmtte.nore r «iu:rements o; the imprac-
dents. C. P. Roper of Laurens, was, and Mrs. Adell Ellison of this city and Lowe concert, she said. |‘ oaI now under consideration
elected secretary, and Maxcy Crews is now on ike waiting list and is ex- Mr - Feins announced that Clinton 11 wou!d cost this good mill at
of Laurens, treasurer,. (pected to be called within the next school’s new auditor.um would a nul'.ion dollars extra t«' ’r ike
Motion pictures of the Clemson- lew days. soun be‘Completed, and he urged all tne ‘■•hinges, and then t would be
Boston game were shown. It was an-i ” — the officers to plan for a bigger drive unp^ctica!) to a large ex te it far
nounced that pictures of the Gator . D a ' new m «nbers so that the county the;r manufacturing purposes, ’ He
Bowl game will be shown at the vJintOn KeSIOGHt could be assured of four big-nam" adde d:
next meeting. Lose? Mnfkpr attractions, two to be'held in Lau- " We haci 0, } e la W plant subsian-
~ I rens and two in Clinton. He remind- , - a ‘ i y established m South Carolina,
T" .7~ ' , ,, ed Mr s- McMillan that Clinton's au- but thc ' ,vild headlines that have re-
*- ' d , I ? d , M't, R ’ N , R ‘ a L ltw ,f lder ditorium would be smaller than Lau- su,ted in l he Eastern papers from
da'vV^ir^in^ 0 ? C th d ’H N 'Eh'’ renS ’’ and that * he and her wooers tn: - s ^ CiOUs b!!1 before our Legisla-
, f - v n , act -*r ° f the death thc would have to limit the total num- tu r* hes so disturbed the owners that
The regular monthly dinner-meet- voider" ^welcfer Vad^bet Xcty“new h^’ ^ ^
_n 2 of tile Men-of-the-Church of the quite ill and a patten, for several Lore ^ou"Z g L executive "*!>« Prosed 1,4 Wu S ner Ac-
committee
Presbyterian Men
Hold Meet Tonight
seating
capacity of the new hall.
First Presbyterian church - will be weeks at CharloUe ^lemorial^hos Be’oie adjourning, the executive s . - -
held a, the church -.his evening at pi,at foltowng an operation. Euneral £ hZTkv OwCfga'for'h,°r' ^
1, is announced b, officers that a “ C ° nCOrd ^
transcription of a talk made by Dr. ^ — •
William Elliott, pastor of the High- fA ’ C • a
land Park church, Dallas, Texas, upenmg Service At
will be played The subject is Christ Mf PleOSOnt Churrh
the Only Answer to Man’s Selfish- rieubunr V^nurCH
ness.” Recorded music by the Phes-
The
byterian college choir will also be pi^ a “o 1 tbe \it.
b£ . ard Pleasant Baptist church will be held
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The
equally as vicious and unnecessary
ii.id is resulting in corresponding un
favorable publicity for this state
From our .rather' wide knowledge
o. industrial operations throughout
_ tne entire Southeast, we know be-
^ * ' . Vl J»d any question of doubt that the
The many friends of Mr and Mrs.' textile manufacturers of South
T. Heath Copeland will he interested olma as a whole have done C uro-i
to know that their twin sons. Georg? progressive job of retiabibtatinz
Copelond Twins
Now At Home
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As previously announced, bids for!
the construction of the proposed 1
Clinton Community hotel will be
opened here next Tuesday, March
22, at 2:30 p.m. in the high school
auditorium by the board of direc-
tors._
R. E. Hitchcock, of Athens, Ga„ is
the architect. He states that more
than a dozen contractors are expect
ed to submit bids.
The proposed hotel will be modern
in every detail with a large lobby,
coffee shop, banquet hall and other
quarters on the ground floor. The
second and third floors Will contain
41 rooms.
If bids can be secured making it
possible to finance the project, it is
expected that the board of directors
will proceed with thc construction.
New Broadway
To Open Soon
pastor, Rev. B. L Wood. Sr., invited White and HeA * h Coll >ert, are now modernizing and building
Manager J. Leland Young said yes
terday that plans are being made to
open the new Broadway theatre, un
der construction for several months,
in April. The theatre will be modern
in every detail, one of the finest in
the Carolinas.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
HONOR ROLL
'on Friday, accompanied by their
nurse, M rs. Essie ^^tkins. ‘1‘ heir
weight at birth was about ,24<
pounds, and now they weigh
proximately five pounds each.
ap-
City Schools Close
Today and Friday
The city public schools will closet
today and Friday in order that the
teaching staffs may attend the annual
convention of thc South Carolina Ed
ucation association being held in Co
lumbia. i
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Welcome an dthanks to those on
our hopor roll this week.
A S. YARBOROUGH.
Tampa, Fla.
JOHN C. MARTIN.
Joanna.
v MRS. N. C. WILSON,
Union.
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Laurens county 4-H boys and girls
observed National 4-H Club week
March 5-13, with the theme, “Better
Living for a Better World.” The ob- 1
servancc was directed by Miss Susan
Hall, county home demonstration
agent.
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