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6 < \ \ . • W, : T . ? ' t , < \* r;i h ■ r THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable if. •.V «■* r- J>» Slip (ttlintmt (tthrmtirlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE ' You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 7, 1949 Number 14 LIONS CLUB CARNIVAL OPENS TONIGHT FOR THREE-DAY STANP Gala Event Expected To Attract Big Crowds. ' Armory Is Scene of Third Annual Funfest. The third annual Lions club car nival opens tonight at 8:00 o’clock at the armory for a three-day run. The carnival, sponsored by the lo cal Lions club, is staged to provide funds for the charitable enterprises of the club. Previous affairs have been patronized by great numbers of people who enjoyed three nights of fun and entertainment. Last year’s carnival was very sucessful $2,800 being donated by the club to vari ous charities. It is anticipated that similar crowds will patronize the event this year. A great array of booths has been set up in the armory and will be operated by members of the club, with several new ones being added this year, principally for children. They offer a wide range of “things to do” and entertainment, with priz es of every description going to pat rons who succeed in showing their skill and enjoying a certain amount of luck in the many games and events offered. Bingo lovers can play to their heart’s contest, you can shoot a rifle, pitch pennies for cig arettes, win a horse race, eat hot- dogs, enjoy cold drinks buy at a grocery store, throw baseballs at milk bottles, shoot pop-guns for prizes—any number of events have been set up for “fun for everybody.” At 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 tonight and Friday night three “big prizes” will be given away absolutely free, us ing admission tickets for the draw ing. On Saturday night will come the grand prize—and what a grand prize it is! Members of the club have been working all week to get everything in readiness for tonight’s opening. Bob Wysor, chairman of the carni val committee, and Dub Walker, president of the club, have been di recting the various committees in their work and coordinating plans to put on a successful show, Merchants and other business men and individuals in the city have been generous in supplying prizes — mer chandise, service and cash — to be used for the event. Everybody — grown-ups and chil dren—is invited to b€ at the armory tonight when the big 1949 Lions club carnival opens. Easter Cantata At First Presbyterian Church Sunday Evening Eighty-flve persons will present an annual Easter cantata entitled, “From Darkness to Light,” at the First Presbyterian church Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Mrs. J. Ferdinapd Jacobs, music director of the church, will have charge of the adult choir singing ar rangements by Tschaikowski for the Palm Sunday program. A junior choir directed by Mrs. William Brooks Owens will sing throughout the presentation. Assist ants with the children will b*e Mrs. Gary Dillard and Mrs. Horace Payne. The presentation will be given by the choir, augmented by a large number of voices. Small Chance Seen For Peach Crop “Some chance for some preach growers to have some peaches,” was about as near as he could come to an appraisal of this year’s peach crop after the spring cold snaps, it was stated a few days ago by Coun ty Agent Q B. Cannon. Local Boys Put Calves In Show Two local boys had 4-H beef calves placed in the blue ribbon group in the fat stock show last week in Florence. They were Earl Pitts, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pitts, and Dillard Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mace Young. Kiwonis Boy of Month COLLEGE aOSING PROGRAM SET -"IFOR MAY 29-30 To Lead Services At Lydia Church SAMMIK PINSON Pictured above is Sammie Pinson, of Cross Hill, member of the senior class at Clinton high school. He is« outstanding ministers of the Metho- the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Pin son. The Kiwanis club recently adopt ed a plan of selecting a “boy of the month” from the local high school Chappell and Dendy Named As Speakers. Ninety-five to Get De grees. Commencement exercises at Pres byterian college have been an nounced for May 29-30 by college! officials. Ninety-five students, the largest j graduating class in the 69-year-old hisotry of the institution, will receive degrees at graduation exercises on Monday, May 30. The grbup will be composed of seniors who have met requirements for degrees in August of last year, January of this year, and in May. The address to the graduates will be delivered by Dr. Clovis Chappjell, pastor of the First Methodist church, Charlotte. Dr. Chappell has achieved wide recogni tion as an.author, and is one of the CAPACITY CROWDS ATTEND OPENING ’NEW'BROADWAY * _ Lovely Theatre Enthusi astically Received By the Public. Appreciation Expressed to Mrs. Dick. The handsome “New’' Broadway opened its doors f< r the first time Monday evening after a busy week Mr. HIM was born in laiurenst"' pr t para ' io " by Manajw J. Le- couniy October 28, 1862, a son ot the lan[, Y,,un * ,^gT’'V, ng a, l r r , !; n late John C. and Clayton Smith Hill, » muateab-Take Me Out to the both well known Laurens county Ba " ? . , ?5f re - w,b 1 family Ho hie omti^ gating capacity o: 834, was filled A. Mason Hill, Cross Hill's Oldest Citizen, Passes Archie Mason Hill, 86, prominejU retired merchant and farmer, and the oldest citizen of Cross Hill, died Sunday afternoon at the Greenwood hospital. He had been in declining health for, some months, his condi tion having become critical a few days ago. Funeral services were held Tues day morning from the graveside at Liberty Springs, Presbyterian church cemetery with his pastor, the Rev. Ware Madden, and the Rev. W. G. Somerville officiating. REV. J. A. HOWARD Revival services will be held at the Lydia Baptist church for the week April 10-17, it is announced by the pastor, Rev. J. H. Walker. The guest minister for the servic- families. He lived his entire life in the county, and was the last mem ber of his immediate family. (Mr. Hill was a great sportsman, and a great lover of fox hunting for which he was known far and near. For a long number of years he had been an active member of the for the two showings at 7:30 and 9 30. Many lovely flowers were placed in the lobby and on the s‘age sent for th6 opening with the con gratulations of local and out of town business firms. A brief opening program preceded the show. Manager Young expressed dist denomination. The baccalaureate sermon on Sun day will be delivered by Rev. S. Wilkes Dendy, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Dalton, Ga. and orphanage high school.- The se- Dendy is a graduate of the col lections will rotate between the two schools. The student is selected on the ba sis of leadership, cooperation, loy alty, scholarship and general school activities. The selection is made by the faculties of the two schools and the plan is sponsored by -the Boys and Girls Work committee of the club. Sammie bears the honor of being the first boy chosen for the‘month of March. Four Attractions Secured For Concert Association lege in the class of ’20, and a mem ber of its board of trustees from the Georgia synod. Mr. Dendy and the Rev. Richard R. Potter will receive doctor of di vinity degrees from their alma ma ter. Mr. Potter, of the class of ’36, is pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Sumter. Alumni will fete the graduates at a buffet supper in the dining hall at 6:30 Sunday evening, with Tench P. Owens of this city, president of the association, presiding. During the commencement exercises Monday the annual gold “P” award will be presented to the alumnus voted most outstanding in his profession by the — j directors of the Alumni association. The membership drive for the Lt. Col. Powell A. Fraser, head of Laurens County Community Concert the RC/TC unit, will presented 24 association came to a close last Sat- students commissions as second lieu- urday, officers announced yesterday, tenants at the same time. Last year 672 memberships were ^ sold and it is expected that the set c * l C goal ot 800 will be realized for the jpGCIQl ^€rVIC6S coming season. A*. Cj.-f. Rn D fiefr Four attractions have l>een booked, _ . . P two;to be given in the Laurens high Begin April 10 school auditorium and two in the new high school auditorium here. Beginning Sunday, April 10, and The first attraction in October, to continuing through April 17, a series be given in Clinton, will be a dance 0 f special services will be held at number featuring Sveltlva, prima the First BapUst church. Services ballerina of the Metropolitan opera, ; w in begin each evening at 8 o’clock with two other dancers and pianist, and the public is invited to attend. The November attraction in Lau- The services are an evangelistic rens will be Richard Farrell, young effort on the part of the church and pianist. • emphasis will also be placed on In February, Dorotha Powers, youth, the pastor, Rev. J. H. Darr, young woman violinist, who has stated. Young people, representing just signed as soloist with many of the officers of the church, will be the country’s biggest orchestras, in- recognized and have part A the eluding the New’ York Philharmonic, meeting. will be the attraction here. Bruce GaUoway, of Trenton, will In March the Laurens number will direct the congregational singing and be The Revelers, world famous male t he adult and youth choirs will fur- quartet in a varied program of har- nis h special music, mony and comedy^ Qn Sunday morning, the 10th, at 7:30, members and workers in the intermediate and young people's de- I partments of the Sunday school and Baptist Training union will meet for breakfast and a devotional program. es will be Rev. James A. Howard,' Cross Hill Baptist church and was 3J1UW : x ” u superintendent of evangelism for the an honorary member of the board a PP r0i 1310:1 or tn0 messages of South Carolina Baptist convention, bf deacons at the time of his death. Mr. Howard will be in the county Mr. Hill married Miss Jessie Rob- during the week directing the simul- ertson, of Laurens county, on Janu- taneous evangelistic campaign in the ary 30, 1896. She died November 12, Baptist churches. - 1912. . 4 r _ To the services at the Lydia Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. p ap J iy '° turn 11 uver to M 3 >' or E church at 10:30 and 7:30, the pastor William W. Wharton, Orlando, Fla., r ‘L pl ’' senlm * the ’j 1 * 5 ’ extends a cordial welcome to the Mrs. Wade H. Willitord, Bishopville. „ Bishop expressed his con- public. Mrs. Carroll E. Summers, Oran.e- P "' n ' burg, Mrs. Olive W. Donihb, Port- cVs an<l sa,d ,hat ^ 1, ' < ' : ' tr ' '* :on " land, Tenn.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. congratulations received, including telegrams from several movie stars. “This theatre has been built for the citizens of Clinton and this entire community.” he said, “and we are Coker Glee Club To Give Concert Here Friday At College The girls’ glee club from Coker college in Hartsville, will give a con cert in the Presbyterian college audi torium on Friday night, April 8, at 7-30 o’clock. County Has $6,500 Quota In State Cancer Drive L. W. Marks of Laurens, will serve as chairman for the 1949 drive of the parable with those m the larger cit ies of the Carolinas. “The ma i.age- rhent, we know, has worked hard foc_several years to obtain a permit to get the building under construc tion, and is to be commended. We wish for the new play-hous*' e' ery success, and desire to thank toe own ers. for making this contribution to our community.” Manager Young asked W W H ir- Clinton is onjp of eight communi- South Carolina Division of the ’u PU « C f ^ ^ uc 0 ’ ti* a in «n..th»rn onH „„ntrrxi ^ ouin . , - a j' ouna envision or me a f ew remarks The ciU/ens of ties m southern and central South American Cancer Sooty for Laurens Clinton and this entire enmmu-iifrv Carolina in which the woman’s col- county Julian H Scarborough of ^ ^ u th eT1 ‘ lr * tommuiity. lego choru., of 35 vo,c«. conduct'd CoImbia tate camia’gn d.rKtor 5a ‘ d Vi Harm ' w, . sh , PUb “ C 'i' < ' X by Virgil Smith, dtroctor of mux,c SESSd “a t^STft £“ .ST fTSf^ “Vf thT at Coker, will sin, on it, annual the drive in th e counly. Mr. Marks fo”ely tbeatre m wh*h we iL spring concert tour April 6-10. w jn wor fc i n cooperation with Mrs n wmcri we are ** The tour program of famous sac- ^L i^ch ^o U the co^y ^me u U ^aSwul'in iff o fts ao red and secular music ranges in va- commander for the society po^ntnlents modernli e^uiooed and nety from a ^oup of sacred wngs The drive will be held during the furnished, and every effort his bc-en .Vn and ^achmarninoTMo^Isidore ^Sl lai^^ve ^ Ui^m I'f 7°" ’ 0 SttS b£ nrv?* th * Mr pleasure .I ,» patron,. It a a da- neties of everyday life. The Coker Scarborough stated. »i nrt tn mir niv nnH tmi* >< numbers Brahms*“ca ^. secuIar Bwrh count y has b** 11 assigned a on e of the “Carolina’s finest ” numbers by Brahms Castalnuovo- quota for the drive, of the $154,33$ \f r Harris said that in 1936 the Tedesco and Aaron Copland. quota for the state. Sixty percent i a t e Dr Jack H Young a man who Tour scouts are Ivy Umbers, of the funds will remain within loved Clinton purohesed pro >- ancTPeggy Jo Tpap^Jumor' oTSr^r Car t ° Iina to fin »nce the service ert y upon which the building standi rJr? i ? L f G ^’ 10 P^^ase certain equip- wi th the intention of erecting a no- pianist. Solo parts are to be sung by ment for cancer clinics, to help fl- dern theatre on the «dte Beciu-e of Marion Bonavita, of Columbia, so- nanc6 better detection facilities tn j i nrann- Fror.,.*,. u , u . in ‘ * oeuer aeieciion lacimies, to unsettled business ropd.tions and 1ns and ? I* ”, 7^' medlclne5 - dressings and loan health. Dr Young* was unable to !w M y H ^* ° f Sumter ’ both chests for home treatment of cancer proceed with his plaru before his Frannoe Hann Fiioxxm t of c ^ ases an d to furnish transportation death in 1941. War then came on and Antonin T#>v i- an t <-:h i treatment centers. The money do- government restrictions made build- ^\ nt ° n °’ T ft ’ nd Shlrley Prescott nated during April will also be used ing impossible With the end of the of Hartsville, are piano accompan- to finance more than 200 projects wa r four veurs ai?r effo t- wi*r • ists Sarah Smith of Georgetown, seeking the causes and cures of con-' Tade by the pmmiftei s fo ^ uTe i Miss^uart^rahlm 0 " ^ * SPread acburate inforrna - building permit but it could not be Miss Stuart Graham of the college Uon concerning the detection of can- obtained \ veir ion c.rni hmLs n,. WiU ChiPer ° n th * ft*” 11 «>« <*»»*« •< procrastma- .heow^ ers immediately proceeded with then- touring group tion. Cub Scouts Hold Meeting READ THECHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It’s thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then in the stores as prices chance and merchandise be comes more plentiful. BE WISE- READ THE ADS Rogers 3-Ring Circus Coming To City April 21 Rogers 3-ring circus will appear • in Clinton on April 21, sponsored by YNnon Hnncn' Afr the local Kiwanis club. The proceeds '-fpen will be used for Laurens county iron High School On lung equipment for polio victims, c 3 . a *| 1 *> and the children’s library fund. CVCning April IZ President C. C. Giles stated that the Laurens Kiwanis club is cooper- The Clinton high school will hold ating in selling tickets in that city, “open house” on Tuesday, April 12, He urges that tickets be purchased from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Supt. W. R. early, since the club will secure 50 Anderson has announced, per cent of the advance sales, and) The public is cordially invited to only 10 per cent on the day the cir- inspect the new auditoruim and ad- cus appears. Tickets may be secured dition to the school which has just from members of the club, which been completed, is asking the patronage of the public A program will be presented in for the event. . the auditorium at 8 o’clock, it is an- • nounced. Turner To Leod Services In Lourens Dr. W. n. Turner, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, will be the guest minister at the First Presbyterian church in Laurens for simultaneous services in that city during Holy Week, April 10-17. Similar services will be held at churches with Dr. Fred Brown of the First Baptist and First Methodist Knoxville, Tenn., and Rev. John M. Younginer of Spartanburg, as the visiting preachers. Mountville High To Present Ploy The senior class of Mountville high school will present a three-act play entitled, “For Pete’s Sake,” on Friday, April 8, at 8 o”clock in the 1 high school 'auditorium. Members of the cast are: William Jones, Paul Coleman, Lucy Atchi- j son. Iris Shumate, Rosemary Mar-1 tin, Paul Chandler, Charles Graham, George Jacks, Lois Thompson, Eve lyn Woody, Thomas Boyce, Geral dine Avery. A small admission will be charged. County Gives More Thon Quota In Red Cross Drive The county has a quota of $6,500. building plans, ground bavin;’ been The luck-off dinner for the campaign broken last June was held in the community hall in This lovely theatre did not just Laurens last Thursday evening and “spring up” overnight, Mr Harris largely attended when workers were said. It is the fulfillment this eve- given instruction and kits of mate- ning of a dream of the late Dr. A total sum of $6,561 85, with some 113 S ‘ m Young 12 years ago and that dream reports still incomplete, had been ri*i »• -y a jj ^ as now keen made a eality ly hi. collected in the annual Red Cross ^nlDlt I 0 AddrCSS daughter, Mrs. J M. Dick, who, be- fund campaign in this county when (^rftonvillo cause of her interest and love for the last tabulation was made Satur- VJ,CCI,Y,I, C rviwamons Clinton was determi led to cairy o.f. day, it was reported by W. Fred Da- n . cw . . l ke plans of her lute and es.i.t.ucu vis, o. Laurens, chairman of the r * **' mathematics father Congratulati ns are in order, drive. The county’s quota, was $6,§35. de if rt f\ ent at w Pl0 *byterian college, he said, to Mrs. Ukh, her niuuu*i.r Answering a wired report, Fran- w .‘ ! a ddress- the Greenville Kiwanis and co-partner, Mr Young And our cis P. Simmerville, of Atlanta, re- e ub tl,day at noon at their regular city is to be congratulated, he said. meeting. ,, that we have a young man of the Dr. Shibli, a native of Lebanon, calibre of Mr. Young as manager o. gional director, telegraphed congrat ulations to Mr. Davis Monday in what he described as a “successful J us ^ nort k of the Holy Land, will its theatres. campaign.” “With increasing de- sp ? ak w 0 l n the ^ lestlne situation with We are h which he is thoroughly conversant ~ ‘ ‘ Glee Club Goes To Winthrop Festival happy, he said, that Mrs. Dick has come down from her homo in Raleigh, N. C., tor the opening He asked if she would kinly come forward on the stage for a moment in order that the capacity audience might publicly expres.> its appreci- The high school glee club, under ation to her for what she has done mands on the Red Cross this year confident your chapter will exceed minimum goal to make possible maximum Red Cross service,” he added. Of the total sum collected, the upper part of the county with Lau- iens as the center accounted for $3,- direction of Dr. L. B. Nilson and Mr. Harris saici, we wish to pre- 769.85 and the lower part wtih Clin- Mrs - Caldwell Henderson, has en- sent to the audience a Clinton ton as the center for $2,792.42. A meeting of the cub scouts was | held on, Thursday evening, March 31, at Florida Street school. „‘~ The meeting opened with prayer 1 by Dr. W. R. Turner and the singing of the cub song. Wolf badges were presented for achievement and later stunts were enjoyed. The Joanna cub pack and their leaders were guests ' of the group for the meeting. AUTOMOBILES.... are becoming more plentiful, many prices are being changed in the industry and new mod els offered. You will find interesting and helpful “automobile news” each week lit the advertising colnmns of . . . THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” Brown Addresses Anderson Groups Dr. M. W. Brown, president of Presbyterian college, was the guest speaker Monday afternoon at a joint meeting of the women of the Cen tral and First Presbyterian churches of Anderson, using as his subject, “Christian Education.” Dr Brown also spoke to the stu dent body of the boys high school at I 11 o’clock in the morning. Revival Services At Calvary Baptist Church I, A revival meeting began last night at Calvary Baptist church and will continue through April 17. Services will begin each night at 7:30 o’clock. Rev. J. A. Cave, pastor of First Baptist church at Whitmire, will be the visiting preacher for the ser vices. Rev. J. W. Spillers, the pastor, in vites the public to attend. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL tered the music festival which is to daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Young 1 be held at Winthrop college. Rock Dick, and to welcome you back Hill, on April 12, 13, 14. This is the home Many have been saying dur- first time the school’s vocalists have ing the past several days, and prop- attended the festival and will give erly so. orchids to the ‘New” Broad- a varied program. , way. I want to say orchids to Mrs Dick and to present you tnis corsage with the comphmeiits of our news paper, and we want >ou to know that you have the tha.iks, appreci ation and best wishes of the people —————————— of this entire community in making There are very few homes in this the dream of your father a reality community in which THE CHRON ICLE does not go to be read by all members of the family at leisure. It is filled with “home news” and im portant “store news” you can’t af ford to miss. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: M1RS. O. F. BEATY, L. O. MONTJOY, Clinton. CLYDE FEW, JESSIE COOPER, West Clinton. MRS. O’NEAL BEASLEY, Anson, Texas. SGT. JAMES M. MEADOWS, San ^ntonio, Texas. . Mrs. Dick graciously responded. She said, “All of us love Clinton, nothihg is too good for Clinton, and we are happy to have had a part m providing the new Broadway for tn home town which I dearly love.'’ Mrs. Dick was enthusiastically ap plauded by the audience. A recording ot 'he xning pro gram was made by WU&G, Laurens, and broadcast Tue ay at noon for a 15-minute period / HERE FOR THEATRE OPENIV, Mrs. J M Dick i f Raleigh, .N C . was a visitor here d. sing the vk having come down i the opcimg. of the “new” Broadway theatre.