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I , '/ THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable 01tp (Cliutim If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 5, 1949 Number 17 Wilder To Head State Press Group * ’ DONNY WILDER Donny Wilder, a rising senior at Clinton High school, was elevated from vice president to president of the South Carolina Scholastic Press association at their annual conven tion held during the past week in Charleston. He succeeds Miss Marg aret Davenport of St. Andrews par ish high school. Donny is sports editor of The Pulley Now Held In Laurens Jail; His Wife Released Sheriff C. W. Wier said Monday that he had released Mrs. Jakie Ramsey Pulley, wife of Grover “Tojo” Pulley, now held in the Lau rens jail. She had been detained for questioning at request of Tennessee officers, when she and her sister ar rived Saturday to visit the former’s husband. Sheriff Wier said the car they drove was an exact duplicate | of the one in which Pulley was rid- ; ing when he was arrested near here by two city, policemen on the after noon of April 21. Officers in several states are still trying to connect Pulley with several safe-cracking jobs and murder, but so far have not succeeded. A federal warrant charging Pulley with violation of the national fire arms act was issued in Greenville several days ago. He is being held by Sheriff Wier in lieu of $10,000 bond on a charge of possessing burglary tools. 4-H Rally Day Draws Big Crowd, New Officers Elected Mother — America’s First Lady WILL SWEEP THE COUNTRY SUNDAY Millions will pay deserved tribute to her on “her day' The auditorium of the Agricul tural building in Laurens was filled to overflowing Saturday morning for the annual 4-H Rally day pro- Sentinel, students’ publication at the 8 raxn - William Jones, president, 4-H school, and has been a leader in the .council, presided. Helen work of the state association since Teague is sccretaiy. entering high schooL His friends will The devotional was conducted by be interested in the announcement fi\* girls from Bethany 4-H club Officers Named For T. B. Association At Annual Meeting UURENS COUNTY 5011 CONTEST The annual meeting of the Lau- OPEN TO FARMERS iens County Tuberculosis association was held in Laurens last week. W. T. Bolt, of lAurens, the retir ing president, was given a vote of thanks for his services the past two Prizes Amounting To 51,200 in Cosh and Mer chandise Offered. July 1 Is Closing Date. Supervisors of Liiurens Count/ Soil Conservation district report that progress is being made in the Pied- ment Communities Soi. Conservation Surface Treated Road Program Well Under Way iSlightly Over 93% County Taxes Collected for 1948 years. Mrs. J. Hamp Stone, of this city, read the report of the nominating committee which was adopted as follows: President, Henry M. Paris, Lau- 1 rens; first vice-president, Mrs. John Carey Bolt, Gray Court; second vice- president, W. K. Waites, Joanna; contest in which Laurens district is secretary. Miss Beaufort Copeland, participating. Business firms and or- treasurer, Leroy Burns, Laurens. ganizations of this area have already The executive commttee was nam- _ ed as follows: R. E. Babb, Mrs. Sarah off e red prizes amounting .o approx- DeLoach, Dr. Martin Teague and ( imately $1,800 for Laurens county ; Gordon Collins, of Laurens; Mrs farmers. Supervisors say they are Gray Harris, Gray Court; Mrs. J. H. there will be other prizes Stone, ot th, S city The board o( dl- :hc closiBg d ., tt ,he i rectors was also elected, with their ! term of office assigned. ■ contest on July 1. The budget for the new year was To date, prizes have been ofTered presented by Mr. Burns and adopted as follows; by the group present. The budget is S tanburg Herald-Journal. $300 based on the seal sale of the previous * year. The 1948 seal sale total was cas ^'Clinton Cotton Mills, $200 cash, reported as $7,500. Eighty-five per J o a n n a Cotton Mills, $200 cash, cent of this amount is used to fight Montgomery & Cranford Co., S-ar- , tuberculosis in Laurens county. I , anburg $100 in merchandise; Pitts- The annual report disclosed that , - 66 new cases of tuberculosis were Dillard Implement Co., C..nton, con- discovered during the past year. 8854 : crete mixer; Pitts Implement Co , chest X-rays have been made since Clinton, tractor" drag b arrow - H ^ , irv . tVw4 , A P ri1 ’ 1948 A reduction in the death payne & Co . clinton two tractor When the tax period for the col- ci3te was noted. of his election as president of the group for the coming year. Donny is the son of R. P. Wilder. with Mrs. Ruth Curry as local lead er. Mrs. Adeline V. Long, assistant County Supervisor L. B. Stoddard; said yesterday that the surface treat- lc ct io n 1948 ur ® n ‘^ f oun ^ y ta Q a , ^ ^ es ended April 15, slightly above 93 ed road program is well underway, ppj. cen t 0 f the total tax conscript had ing A more intensive educational E E Cox Seed Cleaning plant. C’.in- The association’s main objectives tires; W B. Blakely Seed piant, Lau- es ended April 15, slightly above 93 | for the new year include the follow- r e ns . L 000 lb s lespedeza sencea seed; Twine tiw. top . he s * ld ' a " d f When the books closed only $26,765 ^iciafs'Tn "pUcinVunder”medicai Gramling & Pringle. Gramlmg. $8 . Jin? by £ W1 e treated as as the 'of the total of $405,443 remained un- ca . e act j ve c ^ ses wb o mav be spread- in fertilizer; Henry Gramlmg A (members stood while counted t» de- county engineer approves the com- .. . , .. c _:j T ho care acuve vases wnviuaj N i a _ ar , Chemical Co Gramlm* S81 termine the club having the largest pletion of the work .collected, the treasurer said. The ing mf ection; rehabilitaUon of ex- Niagara Chemical Co., ^ramiin., $8, 7i umber of club members present and "The supervisor said the county ^“^‘^unty 5 tax' collector sanatormm patie ^_ Airline Agrees To Pay $60,000 In Gvil Actions _ . .. . . * to become known lo other club mem-] road force is making splendid pro-;T u u 'n r i,,c 'j'VZVk! 1 _ _ w P;. 50 * ^ 1 th ' <°' ^ has been Memoriol Day Exercises William A MoorhMd, vi®-president ; hlch ^ ^ aum . c0 , nty j, doing ^ the ^ in effect sine. IS. «rrt of April Late Announced for Moy 10 f” Srr ZMTl, from ooy club strucum work and buying the ma- ti ’“ >ay ' rs ,u ™ d ,n .’L853.29. in- ton MiU. company at the time ol hi. ; thr busintss session , Hclen death, January! J. 19 8. 1 iTeague wa* elected council president of a Douglas DC-8 near Washington, ‘ for ^ coming Johnny George D. C., and ShelbuiTi M. con- was named vice-president; Claudella tractor of this city, who as 111 ^ Burgess, aecretarjr; and Here he 1 in the same crash. j Gibbs, tieasurar i insecticide; Spartan Grain A Milling Co., Spartahburg, $50 cash; Laurens K:wams club, $25 savings bond. Eleven groups, representing 196 farmers, have entered the contest to date, as follows: Barkedale-Narnie, SSSTa’t" SliUre, runburf,^ ““ On T««d.,. May .0 Stephen ^ contractor is applying the material. - D. Lee chapter, U. D. C., will spon- A n erl ^ A n r 1R /or* m e. r c ■ PitirH The Jtgreemenl was Beached Gibbs, trensunar ^ ^ trucks purchase* . recently, the su- *■{ J. B. Williams, assistant county ] pervlsor said, his Yorce will be able applying as the low bidder with a bid of ten , c '«X a, Vw m.Ainery .„d Kiwonis Boy of Month open court on separate civil actions agent, presented checks for sale of at Greenwood Monday morning be- 4_h beef calves sold this spring to fore Judge C. C. Wyche of Spartan- the following: .Carl and Ray Stod- bur 8- dard and Jimmy Lindley. Robert TJje Air Lines company was sued Wrenn received his check before the several months ago for $250,000 by meeting as he was unable to attend. Mrs. Annette Mourhead Henderson, Billy Ray Tr^ynham received a executrix of her father's estate. Mrs.* check given by Chilean Nitrate Edu- _ Frances C. Warner at the same time cation service for 1948 field crop GOCS Up Each MonA filed complaint asking for $150,000 winner. Billy produced 41 bushels ♦ from the airline as executrix of her of corn per acre on four acres, using Special to The Chronicle, husband’s .estate. Wood’s hybrid seed corn S-2J0. Cehnsbia, May 4. — Lauren s| The two men were killed in a _ Watts, Jr,, received $51* sav- county will receive $5,920 this, crash of Ite Greenville-to-Washing- bon d given by Firestone Tire and month from the distribution to the to build between 50 and M miles of black-top road this year. The board of esmmissioners, he said, feels that the county has the best aet-up fori such a road program it has ever had.' County Gas Tax ton flight of an Eastern plane near Rubber company ior 4-H soil ounser- Oxon Hill, Md., about five miles work- south of Washington. The .complaint Announcements and brief corn- said the plane was going into a were made by Susan Hall, Washington airport for a landing h® 1116 agent; also brief remarks were when the fatal crash occumed. [made by Joe Jones, district 4-H club agent of Clemson, and C. B. Carenon, oounty agent The main part of the program was The plaintiffs were represented by the firm of Grier, MoDonaUt Todd A Burns of Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Sadler, Jr., To Make Home Here Friends of Rufus E. Sadler, Jr., win be interested to know he has been released from the navy and is I Branch, Mrs. W. R. Brovrn and Mr£ presented by 30 dubs, ranging from music to plays, all of which were educational and entertaining. The dubs with local leaders taking part on the program were: Greenpoxxi, Mrs. Mary .W. Weathers; Barksdale- Narme, Mrs. E. J. Evatt; Hickyry Tavern. Mrs. E. M. Morrow; Long JACK SPILLERS row associated in business with his father at Sadler-Owens pharmacy. Ensign Sadler was on active duty three years following his graduation from the United States Naval acade my at Annapolis, Md. Mrs. Sadler Is the former Miss Mary Doherty, of New York, and they have one daughter, Sara, 14 months old. Orphanage Pupils To Present Recital Tlfe Thornwell orphanage music department will present a large number of piano pupils, boys and girls, in recital on Friday evening, May 13, at eight o’clock in the chapel. The department is headed by Miss Luva Macdonald and Miss Glo ria Owens. The public is cordially invited for the program. k BEAD THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It’s thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then in the stores as prices change and merchandise be comes more plentiful. BE WISE— READ THE ADS * T. B. Sumerel; MountvilJe, Mrs. J. H. Watts; Oak Grove, Mrs. Grace Cain; Stale Training school, Mrs. B. Sloan; Trinity Ridge, Mrs. Virginia G Griffin; Bethany, Mrs. Ruth Cur ry; and County-Wide club assisted by home demonstration agent. Refreshments were served at the end of the program made possible through the cooperation of a Lau rens business firm. Although a rainy day, there were 300 club members, local leaders and parents present. Heavy Percentage State High School Graduates Failing In College Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, May 4—The State De partment of Education this week re leased to the South Carolina Genera] Assembly a special report on the number of South Carolina High School graduates from Laurens and other counties of the state who en rolled, passed, failed, and withdrew because of failure during the college summer school of 1947 and the col lege year i of 1947-48. The special report is required by an act of the legislature. In the 16 four-year white colleges in the state 3,364 high school grad uates entered freshman classes, 1,- 355, or 40 percent, finished all of their work, and 463, or 13 percent, withdrew because of failure. In the five four-year Negro colleges of the state 958 high school graduates were admittejl, of which 517, or 53 percent finished all of their work, and 68, or seven percent, withdrew because of failure. . -r counties of the stak 1 of one cent of the six cent state tax on gasoline,* according to State Treasurer Jeff I Bates. The distribution is made' monthly, on the basis of the number | of motor vehicle licenses issued for each county. The remaining five 1 cents of the tax is retained by the State Highway Department During April a total of $298,512 is being alloted to the counties of the state from the tax collections made » last month. Receiving the largest Jack SpiLers, o. this city, memoer portion is Greenville, which will re- * be sen ’ or class at Clinton high, ceive $26,513, while the $1,460 al- is lhe club “boy of the loted to McCormick county is the unde r a pla " recently adopt- smallest allotment for the month. edi and be was P reii * nte d club In April of 1948. the distribution at its the past ' week Jack totalled $2*9.048. of which Laurens 18 the son of Rov - and Mrs - J - W county received $4,877. Spiilers. His father for the past year 1 has been pastor of Calvary Baptist e* |i r . • ii. J church of the Clinton Mills commu- V-Oliege v»nOir neoru nity. Jack plans to attend Clemson 4 . . i vip- dard, leader, 16 farmers; Green Pond. • sor the annual observance ot .vie- ’ , ’ , . mortal day. Mrs. J. Hamp Stone.|R"X n' d kIon U, |.adM 31 ! chairman ot the committee announc- Hopewe.l. W. R D .kson. leader 3 1 es that plans have been completed. ! J ™ ers i, V * . ,f o' A parade, headed by the ROTC !* 3der - 22 farmers: Mountvtlle. L. P. band of Presbyterian college. m em- */ Iters of the U. D C and others, willl >rn»rs: Ora. M.lton V Blakey. form at to o'clock at the library on, 2 ' *f l r 1 m « 5 ./“P " .South Broad street and proceed to;° ar ' in , the Confederate monument on the J r,n ''* Rld **' J - w PP' VP , ' ' square There the band will play M fjnww: Youngs W D L ma- several selections and a prayer will 1 *' ' u von. t " ' ' i i 1 a ^ madc j Point, J. H. Wharton, leadei. HI Mrs. Stone also states that school “Crners. children in the lower grades, bring- Supe:visors .visn . e y en ing flowers, will gather at 10:45 a t. y itati0n an >' ot :a.;ners gn the Presbyterian cemetery to deco-} 4 ' aurcns county to enter : is ^antes' rate graves. A talk will be given by ReQ'-iiremen.s a r ° -ha ^icrc r>« a* Dr. W. R. Turner, a salute will be ‘ ea '* *armers m 4 gfaup Ryan fired, and taps will complete the pro- I Lawson, chairman o: the board. gram. Erskine College Quartet To Sing Sunday At A. R. P. Church states that any farrrers who wish t > organize a group may receive assist ance in organizing and entering the contest by notifying any member o' the board of supervisors. These su pervisors are: Ryan Lawson, Clinton; Warren Tinsley, HFD, Laurem; H. O Abercrombie, RFD ], Ware StoaL Ths Er-hkine college quartet will * 5am Fleming, Ora w P ’ender special music at the local 1 Clinton Associate Reformed Presbyterian Farmers may also notify the coun church next Sunday morning, and ty agent, vocational agricultural the public is cordially invited to at- teachers or soil conservation sen ice tend the service. technicians for help in or 'ju;z.ng The quartet is composed of Miss and entering the coatest. Eleanor Bryson, soprano; Miss Har- 1 Mr Lawson also invites any busi- net Edwards, alto; Eugene Grier,, ness firm in this aica to pai .i.. t uve bass; ;and Harold Parrott, baritone in the contest by offering prizes t > Raymond Thigpen is accompanist. winners in the contest. Any super- The young people have sung at a visor will be pleased to discuss the number of churches in this state and purpose of the contest -with interest- n North Carolina and have been fa- ed businsss firms at any time before college, he says. _ vorably received. They recently gave July 1, which is the closing date fee The “boy of the month’’ is selected • j half hour program over station entering the contest. The Presbyterian college choir ^ a committee on the basis vVFB^, Greenville. Mr. Lawson also states that there ‘ ‘ i^o;,3 ooo™,-of,™ oov,oio. The service Sunday morning will will be at least 2C groups of 10 or be broadcast over station VVLBG, the mure farmers to .enter'the contest by church has announced. the closing date, and that soil con- ® ‘ servation service technicians stand Music Concert ready to assist farmers in planning n n J 3 c °mplete soil and water conserva- I 0 DC Presented plan on their farms immediate- ^ ly after they enter the contest. The The annual music concert, com- Plam worked out on each farm, w.ll posed of three hundred children’s b* basis for which applied so.» practices will be In Sacred Program made their last appearance of the °^. cooperation, seholar- 48-49 session at the First Presbyter- . and 6e nera l school spirit and ian church here Sunday morning. | act vities m The regular sermon was omitted and ^ ,, r j r • a full hour program entitled, “To College Students Enjoy pr e ese G „^ 7 bef^'a Picnic At Comp Monday tion. | — NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Dr. Edouard Patte is director of' The Presbyterian college student the choir. (body went to Camp Greenwood on Saluda river Monday afternoon for the first annual student body picnic, sponsored by the Student Christian association of the college. L. V. Powell, manager of the din ing hall, had charge of serving the A man said yesterday he does not meal. * take THE CHRONICLE because he a game of softball between faculty does not have time to read it. He is members and students was played, like the man who was so busy chop- 1 and other sports indulged in, includ- ping wood he did not have time to ing swimming, races and stunts by sharpen his axe. j the fraternities. New members of the You are missing a lot if you are SCA cabinet were installed. Ben Col- not a subscriber of this paper. It is lins, of Miami, Fla., is the president, full of news about people and things 1 in which you are interested. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: THOMAS E. BALDWIN. MRS. ALLEN SIMMONS. , Clinton. H. R. BERRY, MRS. J. M. THOMPSON, Mrs. ROY E. McCOY, West Clinton. F L. THORNBURG, MRS. DAVID SATTERFIELD, Lydia Mills. voices from the four schools in the city, will be presented on Tuesday evening, May 10, at eight o’clock in conservation judged., Farmers who enter the contest bv the Clinton high school auditorium July 1 will have two full years t » The concert is given each year by a PPly sOiil conservation,practices and the music departments of the schools, compete for prizes offered, with the public invited Rules for the contest may be ob tained from the county agent, voca tional agricultural teachers or soil GAMES THIS WEEK Central Carolina League Friday—'Riverdale at Clinton. Saturday—Clinton at Riverdale. Tuesday—Watts at piinton. King Cotton League Friday—Greenwood at Joanna. Saturday—Joanna at Greenwood Mid-State League Saturday—Lockhart at Lydia. Wednesday—Lydia at Ottaray. Hi Students ^ttend Stote Press Meet At the annual convention of the South Carolina Scholastic Press as sociation held during the past week in Charleston, the local high school was represented by the following Miss Helen Outz, adviser, official delegates, Carolyn Young, Betty Jean Sumerel, .Dial Jacks, special delegates, Charles Johnson, George Espieg and Catherine Espieg Donny Wilder, newly elected president of the association, also attended. In the news department, The Sen tinel was one of the divisional tro phy winners in the story-of-the- month contests. conservation technicians. FOOD * Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Grocery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stoles .n the city. Read the advertiserrien's — they tell you aoou: changing prices each week and w’here you can buy to advantage.