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V / THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable (Elintmt (Eiinittirl? / If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 16, 1949 Number 24 CLINTON Business, Professional Folks You Know New Seaboard Sleeper On Silver Comet Is Named 'Clinton' The Seaboard Air Line Railroad IN NFYT T\A/Q YFAP^ company announces that 31 new 111 I f f V I LMIW stainless steel light-weight sleepers are now in service on their stream liner, “The Silver Comet,” which operates between Birmingham, At lanta and New York. The cars are the first of their type to be operated in the South, embodying the latest innovations in modern train equip ment and appointments. They fea ture all room-type accommodations, each car consisting of 10 roomettes and six double rooms. The interim decorations and color schemes were | $430,000 ALLOCATED FOR COUNTY ROADS Highway Commission Advises Delegation of Funds To Be Spent. JOANNA GROUP PRESENTED WITH SERVICE AWARDS James Henry Rasor, Patricide, Buried #At Cross Hill 124 Employees Given Recognition for Long Records With Company. Dr. Smith Is Speaker. COMMENCEMENT AT ORPHANAGE Cross Hill, June 13.—Funeral scr- TQ vices were held Monday morning for IV VLV^L James Henry Rasor, 63, who had beerf serving life in the state peni tentiary for murder. He declared to! the last that he was innocent. But his last of many tries for a parole still was pending when he died. He was convicted in -Laurens coun ty May 9, 1932, ,and sentenced to life Graduating Exercises Held Tuesday Evening And Awards Made. Wil son and Jackson Speak Following the policy of recognizing imprisonment Fne State Probation Eleven graduates of Thornwell Parole and Pardon board turned high school received diplomas Tue-i- down requests for parole. 'j day even.ng in the final chapter >f Rasor had suffered several heart the annual commencement prjgram attacks and had been a pat ent at the of the institution. The exercises wewre presided over the name “Clinton,” the announce ment states. Clintonions Receive Highest Awards At Erskine College THURSTON GILES Thurston R. Giles, associated in the automobile business with hill At the graduation exercises re father, is one of the well known cently at Erskine college. Due West, top is to be placed by the highway vice, and pins to 35 with 10 year Laurens, June 10—Approximately $430,000 has been designated by the ^ co, r m„> s county during the nett! two years, at Joanna presented tr-cacds according to Information furnished "> ‘J 4 employees Saturday evening especially done by Paul Cret and, the delegation ^""8 rec *^ records of employment. It was the penitentiary hospital in Columbia . Ralph Haman. | session of the le,,is t s th j rd ann ual ceremony of this kind He was transferred to Columbia hos- by President M A Macdonald T'.e According to the general passenger 1 stated by ;>€nator Kai P n vv " son - 1 a nd was largely attended. ! pital June 2 and died there Satur- salutatory was given by FreiU agent of the Seaboard, 25 of the 311 The roads, commonly called “farm Walter Re2nerv president of the d >’ a Sweat, the class will by Charlotte cars now out into service will be j«» m*rkM“ rowto. company, presided'and welcomed the Rasor and two other Cross Hill Armstrong and the valef, •. .ry by named for principal cities along their [il 21 to the construction program, to lhe exercises Xhe i nvoca . men were convicted of knifing and E^nis Delhngrr route. One of the sleepers will bear hesald 4 fin Q milAC = c 1 tion was offered by Rev J. B Mitch- clubbing Rasors wealthy father. Wil- Diplomas were presented oy B^S. ■" A total of 609 ™ lle * ls . eluded * liam c Rasor t0 death at h , s homc Pirvson, superintendent of the school. in the program. Of the total mil- * in Sentember 1931 and s Morse, chairman of the cage, 42.7 is to be constructed en- Music was furnished by Joanna ln * e P xemDe ‘- ‘board A copy of the Bible was pre- tirely from highway commission children under the direction of Mrs/ The others, Eugene and Lat.ian each graduate by President funds. The other 18.2 miles is to be Frances S. Giles and Mrs. Gladys W Crisp, also were sentenced to life Macdonald of awards to built partly by the county and part- Nabors of the Joanna Foundation imprisonment. They sti.l a:e in the senjor , waj jjy R R Ferguson, ar.d ly by the highway commission. In staff. penitentiary. awards to children by T C Dickson the latter group, the county super- Gold watenes went to 53 who have Richardson said he learned that 0 f Atlanta, both members of the visor and commissioners are to grade been with the company 20 years; James Henry Ra^or, the eldest Rasor b^rd 7^ highest averages and and topsoil the roads and the black rings to 29 who have 15 years’ ser- son, had accumulated large debts and yearly honor roll was read by Mr. vice, and pins to 35 with 10 years ; that his father refused to give him p ; nson. The benediction was by DrJ young business men of the city. I Mr. and Mrs. David Edgar Tribble, 1 commission. Pre*entations were made by P B any more money Mr Giles is vice-president and of this city, received the highest The roads to be graded, topsoiled Mitchell, assistant to the president; He aL«o said general manager of Giles Chevrolet awards bestowed on members of the and blacktopped by the highway de- Joe L. Delany. superintendent, and knew tha» Jake. Company”Inc* headed by hi. father,id... partment wore I,.ted. a. follow.: W. K Wait.. «..».« .uperint.hd- who oper .ted . . C CGiles. as president. His mother Mrs Tribble, daughter of Dr and R° ad the Armory at the end ent J B Hart, treasurer of the com- ed trustee and e is also connected with the firm as Mrs. J. B. Green, of Columbia Theo- of South Harper street by Brown Spany lnducted new members into er swill. The sta bookkeeper and office manager The logical seminary. Decatur. Ga . was dairy to Burnt Mill creek and then the “Old Timers Club of which he was one of tne n company has the agency for the well- *r ad uated “cum laude. ’ and was pre- fro,n Brown's dairy back to Highway became a member The »even in this der. known Chevrolet car and truck, and the C. H. Nabers scholarship ™ Country club—6.7 miles; group have 25 yeara service or more Jake Rasor t also operates a complete service de- for highest scholast.c record Road from near Dials church by *‘th the company C Up shot and partment The firm it now celebrat- for W* As highest honor student Switzer place to Highway 76 near Of the 1.650 employees of the mill*.. p-rrh of the R-or home the nigh. w ,, ing its 21st anniversary in Clinton, for the entire college course among .Garlington Place-y6 miles; 466 now have received pins, r.ngs. of the murder having opened on January 15. 1928, ^e 85 Erskine graduates, she was Road from near Matts Mill across or watches State Constab* J M Ri hardson w hen mV Giles moved here from valedictorian of her class I to U. S. Route 276 near Hellams The address for the occasion was was redited with breaking the ca*e Florlda Mr Tribble was presented with the on Gr-** Court road—3 miles; delivered by Dr J O. Smith, pas- re-ords in the par e ooard s office Mr Giles attended Clinton high. Henry M Young ring, given annual- . Rood from near old Hob-Knob tor of Buncombe Straet Methodic showerf B „ Oak Ridge Military academy and by childsen of Dr. Young to the to near Baileys School house on church of Greenville, who was in- Officer* reported that the Rasor men ts. the Beautitude areg>>d Clemson college He graduated’from fr»duatin« student who is Judged by Rout# 37-1.7 mil#.; troduc^d by the Rev. H F Bauk- home w as ransacked thoroughly posts for -II of us. he added Tha-,k General Motors Tech at Flint Mich faculty as having the best record R^d fro,n Maddens Station to night The speaker predicted one of They said the old mans b«viy wa.*ICod, y unf graduates, that yog ha*e For four and one-half years he was o1 general excellence ” v Ekom—5 4 miles; the greatest slaughters in hUtory—ef found wrapped in a blanket and an opportunity to re e ve yoir in the army and air force and was F or the »ummer Mr and Mrs R oad from Road No 37 near Ar- Human people b> peoples of satellite stuffed in a pantry education thus far In a Chr.r an 1 • awarded the DistintuishVl Flying Tribble will make their home here rnor F b F old Sullivan place to nations who are dissatisfied with her They found a olood-covered kn.fe mtution In* closing. D- Jacks » Cross and Air Medal with eight clus- ^th Mrs .J. W Leake on North R 0 ** No aovial and political emphasis a itick of firewo.jd apparently used ’When you kn. w Him and terf Broad street, and this fall will go to R®** 1 fro,n Martin's Cross Roads Dr Smith, using as his subject, as a clab and prints of a bare foot commit your life to God He *.U l>e He joined hit father's business in Nashville. Tenn. where Mr Tribble down near Wa «-Hor Creek church “Some Things To Remember ” drew in the blood on the bedroom floor w; ih you, Chnat will be your co - 1940 and after his discharge from ^ « n t* r Vanderbilt mescal school into R°^ 221 at Fleming's stor^- on his experiences during a trip oi sunt compemon. the way. tne trut ». 4 miles; few months ago to Europe. He ad- Service# were conducted from the the light Through Him you wiN Road from WatU Mills on 761 to vised the group to remember that “if graveside in the Liberty Springs reach your goal on tiae right road. Route 30* by Chepman and Roland «■#» trtie that a sorts I revolution is Prwbrtensn churrh cemetery tn for he is faithful and Juit. miles; under way around the world, we'Cross Hill with the Rev Ware Mad- Grad us Use Clea# The graduating class was compose I L. R Lynn, former presid that J ames Henry m stitution. a you nger brothe’ - The address to ott le gr3 tore here, wi is nam- etc •live red by Re. J w xe utor in tf le fath- D D. pastor of the F.rst ite char ged t hat thi> rhurch, CoUlml b>a H n< dives for tt le mur- is Hr i theme. "A R ad R. Md. Compare an < aid roi •difled that Lathan A it H a modern higl > way. dabbed him on the m i!s. stoplights and other Ji Pr IcKJ ed Md traduate s to arm .. c* m.' d v c s jt' i 1 •h nodern safety devu es. a good pe i’ ionaUty, a sound e ducattun. Wat ll he sign posts s *on 41 ; the highway _ # ite. he said The Ten Gunman Road from No. 76 by Frank Kings must be sure that we are on the den and the Rev to Rabon Church—2 miles; 1 right side and that all of us. capital officiating W G Somerville of the folowing member' Chariot:? Leave This Week For Sanford, Fla. »ephine Thrower and Mac W' Maas Play Giveu The annual senior play*. .an Mi the service returned to Clinton and eral manager. He ia a member of the Boll Weevil Lions club and Broad Street Metho- ♦ mui!M,r U »!d DlM»»nt o.rion.UtT'lwI ihr’lT*]”.“'Jhl R °‘ d ,mm n,,r W.twloo h» H.r- .nil l.bor. m comtnt out with «um»- Mr wn U T»«r< oM on th» i Arautronf. RattlU B»k»r. Ptur Si m.d* m.S,““n<tr i STlSSS - du * 1 ‘ n ' h ' rf Sprtnd to Cro.. H,11-4 5 tmlM; thm, bott.r than wh«o wr bo,.n to Sth ot Fobru.r, .nd h.d lived the Crawford. Denm. D.U. ( er. Harol many mends. wnwil of DoU w^vlli. County Adopt Road from Lantord ea.terljt to- revotutlonue He condemned Com- treater part of hi. lit. m Cro., Hill Dr-tter., Lob.e G.,. HetTT Ct.be t. ,.. .. ward Route 30—J milea: mumim and called upon hu hearer, where for m»nr year, he waa a Laura Htllhouje. fneda Sweatw ' lhe Blockwelders | cne 5*? W1 ^ Road from Greenpond road by to remember that we have more pri>minent merchant and farmer ported on .he weevil situation each church and by Wallace Place trouble with ourselves than with Surviving are his wife, Mrs rS: u . ii to Route 765—1.6 miles. anybody else in the world.” Civilua- Blanche Fuller Rasor; one daugh- The Hopewell community is con- Roads to be built in conjunction lion is a very fragile thnig, he said ter. Mrs G Fred William*; and two O'Leary s Cow” and A G *od Girl In rnntp!? with th< hi * hwa y department were We should select a few things and sons. William Fuller Rasor. all of the Kitchen,” were presented Mi - Mr and Mrs. R. N. Blackwelder Sanders ^ al as”isums ii cotton ****'.'! fO—«_ ^ stand behind them “ he asserted Cross H M Henry Rasor. Jr .“day evening Proved r g the entc - leave today for a short visit t6 the msevt cont^l *have bron assigned to . Ro * d J from , ne * 1 r Brthany to Coop- “Concluding he congratulated those ot Greenwood, and five grandchil- tuinment members of the b>a 1 CnmJr**^ w Co r^., N J,!£:r u "V enurm d " n —-— H ■ | | wit, the first of the week for exlensmn to ^“t" in SS! for'. umiV ihx'w.n^" U.V Coptoin BornCS Sanford. Fla., where Mr. Blackwel-' special project There are aonroxi-' dj**« *»«#/, o - stand for a unity that will be a la*t -, — r.. w . ar * approxi Road from Martins Cross Roads ing. Christian unity * Ull UKlfiawa ! na iQnn 39 farm f rs wlth a PPro x i m *te- to Ora by Craig Hunter—3 2 miles; 1 Announcement was made during y 180 acres of cotton in the project Road from U. S. Route 76 below the evening that the Joanna Mills Friends of Captain Carroll E . u n Country club and easterly back to was expanding its insurance plan to Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Peachtree Road Presbyterian c-hiir-h wivds may ^ foCnd Hig+,Way 76 ab ° ve Clinton-3.5 the extent that an employee with 20 Barnes of this city, will be interested Atlanta. Ga The pro^dint of Vm rwvus may oe iouna irggqr.jintn m ,i es; years or more of service would get a tc know he has landed on Okinawa institution. Dr M A Macdona! 1 Road from Highway 76 down to, total of $2,000 life insurance with for duty with a transportation div;>- presided, and dur.ng the ervice ' re- Calhoun Highway 72, south of Clin- premiums paid by the company | ion of the army. setned 71 Bibles an I Testaments to ton—3 miles; Starting with $500 after five years. Before leaving the States. Capta n a group of children for reciting tn® Road from Princeton to Saluda each employee gets an additional Barnes was stationed at Fort Mon- Catech.sm Special music was v river—2 miles. $500 when he has been with the cont- roe, Va. His wife, the former Miss pany 19 years, another $500 at 15 Barbara Summit of Charlotte. N. C Jordan Assumes years and another $500 policy when and three small daughters, expect : |w . . he attains the 20 years record.. - • jom^ him -as soon as possible Penney Management' Attractive folders were distributed 1 for the presentation and carrying the T wn Mj|| c Wore Tn der will be manager of the J. C. Penney company store. He formerly served as assistant manager of this store. The Blackwelders came to Clinton eight years ago. As manager of the and the entire orphanage family a .i a number of guests enjoyed a barbe cue dinner. j SernMn '<unda> The baccalaureate sermon wag preached Sunday morning by tie Rev E. T Wilson. D D. pastor of as many as 600 live weevils, estimat- Penney store. Mr. Blackwelder has e d. per acre and much of the cotton taken an active interest in the busi- attacked by thrip and cotton flea ness and civic life of the commu- hopper, making the cotton plants nity. He has been a member and * director of the Chamber of Com merce for several years, and a mem ber of the Kiwanis club. He was an officer of St. John’s Lutheran church. Likewise, Mrs. Blackwelder has tak- $110,000 Loan en an active part in the work of the r U s. I D church and by her cordial manner 1®*" PlOlCl PrOJCCt and graciousness has made many friends here. As they go to their new have a feathery appearance, Mr. Cannon said. R. F. C. Approves John B. Jordan arrived in the city names of those presented award- -- t Monday as the manager of the J. C. Saturday night. The list of employ- Hove NArCek S Vacation The Reconstruction Finance cor- Penne y company store, succeeding R. ees receiving the watches, rings and home in Sanford they will carry the ^ poration, according to a news release Bla'-'kwelder, transferred to San- pins appeared in The Chronicle last best wishes of many friends and ac-, from Washington Monday, has ap- *' a ' .week. _ quaintances. If they are unable to proved a loan of $110,000 to help fi- _. dordan * s a native of North obtain a home immediately. Mrs. | nance the construction of a new ho- Carolina and has been with the Pen- Pioneer Comp To Blackwelder will return to the city; tel here. ^ e y organization for several years. for the present. No announcement has been made H e comes here from High Point, N. Upen June Z.\J-£j ♦ , by the board of directors of the Com- G-, where he was assistant manager -- ThnrnwAll Alumni munity Hotel corporation as to The ° ; their store. Mr. Jordan has a The Pioneer camp of South Caro- The mills will resume operation God. and God must cone firs: if v ir I nurnweii details of the loan, or what move ‘ s P lendld record with the Penney ] ma presbytery will be held June 20 July H •ii i % * ^ 1 nnm rva noc r»\’iH«rvKvr Hie w. i , * fered by the choir Dr. Wilson used as his iubjec*. "You Can Take Ii With You.” based on the 24th Psalm He emphisucd the importance and vaiue of Uun<s that are eternal against worldly am bitions and possessions that will n't last when individuals stand before ♦ God There are many things, he told President P S Bailey of the Clin- the graduates, you cannot take w. i ton and Lydia Cotton Mills stated you. But you can take that w hich > au yesterday that the mills will clo-e are. he said Christian character He for the period July 2-10. All em- told the graduates to have dean ployees will be given a week’s \a- hands, a pure heart, to shun vanr.y cation with pay who have been with and not to swear deceitfully Sec the company for one year or more, your hearts upon the Kingdom ■'* Officers Named At the annual meeting of the or- | phanage alumni association held Sunday afternoon the following offi cers were elected to serve for the coming year: Mrs. E^dar Copeland, president; Mrs. Laura Lynch Kellers, vice-president; Mrs. Caroline D. Sowers, treasurer; F. M. Stutts, sec retary. will be made toward the construe-! corn P any as ev i denced by bis pro- through June 25 at Cam# Fellowship tion of the proposed building. motion as manager of the local store near Lake Greenwood for boys and Donkey Ball Gam6 i girls between the ages of 12 through 2 . . n. • . READ 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. • s*» BE WISE- READ THE ADS Clemens To Join Belk's In Greenville J. W. Clemens, connected with Belk’s Department* store since last October, will leave the city the first of July for Greenville, where he be comes merchandising manager- of Belk-Simpson, one of the largest de partment stores in the Belk chain NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Our first responsibility is to our large family of readers—to give you a complete, clean, newsy newspaper. THE CHRONICLE wants to go into every home in this entire commu- lives are to receive His blessing. \ our vows in life, whatever they may be. he said, should ha.e a pr-*; - er relationship to Jesus Christ Mike those things you can take with y a of first concern, and your lives w 11 spirit ., il unity to be read at leisure by all | , • Mr. and Mrs. Clemens have madetmembers of the family. We invite Comelson Heads a number of friends during their ,new subscriptions. All subscriptions short residence here who will regret ,ii ic> uvi>A\rt.ii iiiv, ui uii uugn • • |kl* 14. The following young people from Here rNClOy iNighi the First Presbyterian church will attend: Hugh Eichelberger, Jr., Car-1 A donkey ball game between "Dub be blessed of God. and a 'roll Hart, Bill Turner, Ellen Fraser, Walker’s Wonders” and “Hampton’s c °ntribution to mankind. Grace Danhoff, and Chris Patte. Hotshots" will be played Friday Those attending from, the outpost night a! 8 p.m at the Clinton Mills StOfCS To Cl0S6 chapels will be: Bethany — Carolyn ball park. The game will be spon- ,, • . , . , , Fallaw and Charlotte Haralson; Rock sored by the Woman's club of Clin- MOfldOy, July 4tn Bridge—Glenn Davis. Patsy Adams I° n Mills for their cleao-ikp program -- and Dorris Macdonald. Mayor L. E. Bishop will act as um- i The Merchants committee of to know they ar# to leave the city. Joanna Employees To Be Given Vacation r The Joanna Cotton Mills company at Joanna has announced through President Walter Regnery that their employees will be given the usual summer vacation from July 4 through 10. All employees, following a policy started 13 years ago, will be paid for the week who have been with the company conti»uously for one year or mare. are payable in advance. Davidson Group Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: GARY HOLCOMB, J. S. BOOZER. Ciinton. MRS. LYDIE M. BARNWELL, West Clinton. MISS AMILEE STAGGS, Laurens. J. f. McCarthy, Joanna. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Davis and daughters, Mary Griffin and Emily, of Atlanta, Ga. spent Sunday with Mrs. John D. Davis. George H. Cornelson, of this city, has been named chairman of a local ' organization of Davidson college ; alumni, parents, students and friends in connection with the “Piedmont- ; Davidson dinner” to be given Fri- ' day night at the Poinsett hotel in Greenville. A large attendance is ex pected throughout the'Piedmont re gion, it is stated. T^e meeting will be featured witn an address by Dr. John R." Cunning ham, president of the college. Dr. Jokn McSween. of Greenville, will serve as toastmaster for the occasion. pire, and a big crowd is expected. A Chamber of Commerce stated yester- f mall admission will be charged . day 'that Clinton stores and business _________________________________ houses will close Monday. July 4. for the usual holiday This will : affect the Wednesday afternoon cl - ing during the week of the 4th, the announcement said 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 C4ty. Read the advertisements — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can buy to advantage. To Attend Kiwanis Meet In Atlantic City Mr and Mrs C C Giles. Mr a d Mrs D. B Smith and W C Baldwin will leave Saturday for Atlantic City. N. J-. to uttefrd the am .« Ki\* mu I International convention, June 19-23 j They expect to be away ^bout a u evk j and will visit several places of m'.er- | est upon their return trip.