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Volume XLIX
Clinton, S. C., Thursday, June 30, 1949
Number 26
CLINTON
Business, Professional
Folks You Know
REV. C. BYNUM BETTS. D.D.
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Mrs. Beulah Barnes
Passes In City;
Rites Held Saturday
Mrs. Beulah Edmonson Barnes. 76,
widow of the late George T. Barnes,
Sr., died at an early hour Friday
morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Clarence E. Galloway, after a
four week's critical illness. Mrs.
Barnes and daughter, Miss Gladys
W. Barnes, lived together and had
an apartment on South Broad street.
The funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon from the Gray
Funeral Home, conducted by the
Rev. J. H. Darr, pastor of the First
Baptist church. Interment followed
in Rosemont cemetery. The last rites
were attended by a number of
friends, with many lovely flowers
banked upon the grave as an expres
sion of love and sympathy from
those who knew and admired her.
Pallbearers were R. E. Ferguson,
Irby S. Hipp, G. L. Simpson, W. C.
Neely, Dr. D. O. Rhame, J. B. Hart,
C. N. Mauney and Robert Johnson.
Mrs. Barnes was a native of Hills
borough, Texas, but had her resi
dence in Clinton for several years,
moving here from Columbia. She
was a daughter of the late Joe N.
and Mary Jane Noland Edmonson,
and was a member of the First Chris
tian church of Montgomery, Ala.
Mrs. Barnes was a woman of many
lovable qualities. Her rj*any friends
here and elsewhere who held her in
high esteem and enjoyed her friend
ship, will join with the family in
mourning her death.
She is survived by two daughters,
f^ev. C. Bynum Betts, D.D., pastor
of the Associate Reformed Presbyte
rian church, is “dean” of ministers
in the city where he is highly regard •
ed by all denominations.
Dr. Betts is a native of Chester
county and an honor graduate of
Erskine college. In 1925 he came
here from the Troy pastorate to ac
cept his present work as a successor Mrs.'Galloway and""Miss' Barnes.' of
to the Rev. W. H. Stevenson, re- this city . one SQn ^ Co j George T.
signed, who followed the Rev H. E Barnes , Jr., of St. GrambrieUe. Cal.;
Pressley, who resigned m 191 < to am j two g ran d(j au ghters. She was
enter mission work in Mexico. the last member of her immedaite
Under his leadership the pabt 24 f a mily.
years the A. R. P. church has made ^
steedy progress in all its work and r ft |„ m kj n NurtP
a lasting contribution to the spirit- V-O'Utnma Murse
ual life of the community. The church | q Head New
was organized as Providence Church ■ «j .. •
about 183d and was located then JOOnnO nOSpital
about three and a half miles from
Clinton, with the Rev. J. L. Young
A# tNOtPt*Oe*Ci PAY
This is an important day for each of us. Al
though we set it aside as a day of fun and summer-
holiday enjoyment, let’s npt lose sight of the fact
that “world affairs” make it a solemn occasion on
which we must rededicate ourselves to living demo
cratically.
We wish for you and yours a Joyous Fourth.
The Chronicle
“The Home Paper Everybody Reads"
CCC To Guarantee
Loans For
Farm Storage
SENATE APPROVES
SEIZURE PLAN
TO STOP STRIKES
The Commodity Credit Corpora
tion will guarantee loans made by
local lending agencies to farmers for
the construction of additional sto
rage facilities on farms or nearby
locations, according to H A Ropp,
administrative officer of the AAA.
After the lending agency has been
approved for this purpose loans may
be made to any eligible producer
, Tuesday approved a Republican-
store his own production of corn, Ar ' ten pl an f° r dealing with nation-
wheat, rye, oats, barley, grain sor- ^ stn,tes 11 provides for
ghums, dry edible beans, dry peas 9°^ Ta.t-Hartley injunctions
Vote Defeats Move To
Kill Toft-Hartley Bill.
Defeat for President.
Washington, June 30—In a sting-
UC ilidVJC l» W Oiijr dlgiuic; f/IUUUUCi • J . . ®
who is in need of additional storage i ^ t ena ^ e
! capacity on or nearby his farm to
and
or peanuts, but the structure may , 1 LP' an ^ :-e ‘ zure government
not be used for storing cotton, Mr.' « n T , he an *f as afl °P te<1 b y a vote of
Ropp said. 50 to 40, and was thus mad ? a part
The producer will file his applica- administration s bill to replace
tion for the loan at the AAA office e Ta.t-Hartley Art with a new la-
where details of the plan will be or . P re ' ,lflent Truman campaig-
furnished. , I ned (or re P eal -
Mr. Ropp said all out of the pock- Adoption of the amendment at a
et cost except the cost of labor us- tumultuous Senate session was an
ually employed on the farm-will bb important victory for Sen. Taft (R-
I included in the estimated cost of the Ohio) and others who are battling
I proposed storage structure.— ! keep the basic provisions of the
The loan may not exceed 85 per present law
cent of the cost of the storage struc- After the vote. Sen Lucas of Illi-
ture or 45 per cent per bushel of r 10 ! 8 * the Democratic leader, told the
the rated storage capacity, and in*- Senate:
terest will be charged at the rate of "1* doesn t much matter what hap-
i four per cent per annum. pens to the Labor Bill in view of
The only other charges will be re- *'hat happened here today "
cording, legal fees connected with kater, however, Lucas told a re-
| obtaining the required collateral doc- porter he did not mean to giv^ the
uments, and a service fee one-fourth impression that “all is lost."
cent per bushel of storage capacity, i “J ^ frank to say that in my
the minimum charge being $2.50 opinion the injunction issue is the
and is to be paid at the time appli- roost important one of the entire bill,
cation is filed. The loan roay not ex- and certainly the outlook on the rest
ceed a period of 5 years and is re- bill doesn’t look too bright in
G. Foy, superintendent of the A 1949 cotton production close to payable in annual installments with view of what happened today,” he
Joanne schools, has announced the 100.000 bales is predicted for Lau- ;n terest added. .added.
faculty for the 1949-50 session, as rens. Spartanburg. Union and Chero- "Any producer interested in con-‘ He said that when the Senate votes
follows, kee counties, provided growers have structing a building for the purpose the rest of Taft s proposals “we
Primary department: Miss Kather- good weather and can hold off boll outlined above should contact the ^i' 1 know a little-better where we
j ine Blakely, Clinton; Mrs. Frances. swarms. AAA office, Mr Ropp said. stand
Giles, Seneca; Miss Mildred Work- Statistics supplied by the South ^ Sen. Morse (R-Ore), who has as-
' man, Clinton; Mrs. Mary L. Harris, Carolina Cooperative Crop Report- c ' B l sumed a leading role in labor debat-
Seneca; Miss Etta R. Adams. Seneca.jing Service show that per-acre pro- SODIOr YOUIIQ People es, said however that Tuesday’s ac-
Elementary department: Marvin S. duction, one of the 5-acre cotton im- a ^ (“ nmn Tkjr :i ns roade the bill “so unworkable
Miss Kittie Mae Moseley of Col- Norman, principal. Auburndale, Fla. ;iprovement contest goals, is fast im- v.ump I niSVVecR and so anti-labor” that ‘the sooner
as its first pastor. Dr. Betts has held, umbia. has been selected to fill the Miss Louise Waldrep, Enoree; Miss proving. Acreage and improved cul- Ae 4et r * d ^ and takc the whole
many positions of honor and trust in position of Nurse^Administer for the Earr, Little Mountain; Mrs. tivation methods are reported for all . A n 9 m „ 0 * i eni ? r y° un * people to the polls in 1950. the better '
Faculty Given For
Joanna Schools
For New Session
Laurens County
Grew 21,200 Boles
Cotton Last Year
his denomination. The honorary de- new 12-bed Joanna Memorial Hos- Nettie Hammond, Sumter,
gree of doctor of divinity was con- 1 pital which is nearing completion, 1 Junior high school: Thomas E.
ferred upon him several years ago and which will hold open house July Chandler, principal, Newberry; Miss
Dalene Hatton, Little Mountain; Miss
by his alma mater, Erakfne college. I 15 with appropriate dedicatory ex-
The congregation he faithfully serves' ercises it was announced this week, Mary Freeman, Greeaviile.
has recently purchased a building I Miss Moseley is a graduate of the
lot on South Broad street and con-1 Columbia Hospital School of Nurs-
templates in the future to erect a , ing. Richland County, and her pro-
new house of worship adequate to its fesskmal experience includes several
needs and out of the business dis
trict.
Not only as a minister, but citizen.
Dr. Betts holds the esteem and con
fidence of the community. He is a
member and past president of the
local Kiwsnis club and stands ready
at all times to give his influence and
help for all worthwhile activities.
Dr. Betts married Miss Mary Ruth
Copeland, of this city. They reside
at 407 North Broad street.
National Guard Unit
At Camp Stewart, Ga.
responsible positions with the same
institution where she received her
training. At the Columbia Hospital
she has served as night supervisor,
operating room supervisor, nursing
arts instructor, general supervisor,
and director of nurses.
Other positions held by Miss
Moseley have been operating room
supervisor at Marlboro County Hos
pital in Bennettsville, and director
of nurses at Mary Elizabeth Hospital
in Raleigh, N. C.
Her professional affiliations are:
Member of Columbia Hospital Al
umni, South Carolina Nurses’ Asso
ciation-district No. 3, American
OpUin H. F. Blalock, command- I »"<* American
ing officer, and 80 enlisted men of
Battery B, 107th Anti-Aircraft Ar
tillery battlaion left Sunday morning
for a two weeks encampment at
Camp Stewart, near Hinesville, Ga.
The Clinton group made the trip
in trucks and were joined at Camp
Stewart by other National Guards
men for training in anti-aircraft tac
tics at the annual summer encamp
ment, June 26-July 26.
Skating Rink Opens
Here Friday Night
Ed Thompson, of Greenwood, is
erecting a skating rink on South
Broad street across from the armory,
with two sessions daily, at 7:30 and
9:00 p.m., except Sunday. The open
ing has been announced for Friday
night, with the public invited. The
announcement states, “Do not ask to
skate if you are or have been drink
ing intoxicants.” Mr. Thompson will
operate^ the rink.
Monday To Be
Holiday In CHy
Clinton merchants and business
houses will close Monday, July 4, in
observance of the Glorious Fourth.
A general holiday spirit will prevail
throughout the city for the day.
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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 you about changing
prices each week and where
you can buy to advantage.
Red Cross.
Miss Moseley reportetd for her
new duties this week so that she
may be on hand to receive and set
up new equipment, and complete
the organization of hospital person
nel.
Homecoming Sunday
At Historic Liberty
Springs Church
Liberty Springs Presbyterian
church at Cross Hill will be rededi
cated in a special homecoming exer
cise to be held at the historic church
Sunday.
The present building, almost a
hundred years ago, has been com
pletely remodeled and brick veneer
ed and memorials and furnishings
in the structure will be dedicated at
the special exercises. The morning
worship will begin at 11 o’clock and
aftetrnoon worship at 2:30. Former
pastors, members and friends will
take part in the exercises. The Rev.
W. G. Somerville is pastor of the
church. A native of Virginia, he
came to Cross Hill from York county.
12 Scouts of Troop 138
At Camp Old Indian
Twelve Boy Scouts of Troop 138,
with the scoutmaster, R. L. Yarbor
ough, are spending a week, June 26
to July 2, at Camp Old Indian above
Greenville.
Those attending are: Kenneth
King, Boyce Wilson, Buddy Yarbor
ough, Larry Fowler, Rudolph Ham
rick, Billy Watkins, Leon Hedspeth,
Maxcy Hedspeth, Jimmie Wilkie,
Bobby Quinn, Philip McGee and
Darrell Foster.
VISITS IN TEXAS
Dr. Thorn well. Jacobs, of Atlanta,
Ga., who has been visiting here, left
during the-week for a stay with his
brother, Dr. Wm. States Jacobs, in
Houston, Texas. He was accompanied
to Houston by Reese Youngs who was
there for a short stay.
^ . 32.500 acres in 1M7.
Members of the music faculty are; The state crop lest season was
Mrs. Gladys W. Nabors, Joanna; art 871,000 bales of 500 pounds gross
and audio-visual education, Miss weight from 1,123,000 acres against
four counties. , ^ r °ro the First Presbyterian church He said any further attempt to per-
Laurens countv farmers last vear and T hornwe11 orphanage left Mon- feet the bill would be a waste of
Laurens county farmers last year day (or a one _ week conference at time.
3L700 acres against^SOO bales S from Camp Fellowshi P on Green- Senator Douglas (D-1U) told a rt-
wood which will continue through porter that the day's decisions show-
next Saturday.
ed (hat “anti-labor forces are in coo-
Conference director is Rev. W H. j trol of the Senate” and that the issue
Boyd of Ware Shoals, business man- will have to be taken to the people.
Betty Jo Shands, PauUne. 1651.000 bales from 1,055,000 acres in and au^tanMaurineu Gr ** n ~ The «""gency amend-
New members of the faculty are! 1947. manag- ment was sponsored by Taft and
Messrs. Norman and Chandler, Miss Per-acre yields for Laurens coun- Dav1d Max ^? 11 of thls dty ,’ An Donnell (R-Mo) and Smith (R-
Freeman and Miss Shands They sue- ty for 1947 and 1948 were 228 pounds attenda 9 c * of J 5 y° un * Pf>P ie 13 NJ). The Senate approved it after
ceed R. H. Folk, Mrs. Myrtle S.'and 320 pounds, respectively. expected from the countie* of Green- first batting down 3 other plans for
Speake, Mrs. Bettie Copley, and Miss
Virginia Nickles, resigned.
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Farmers of Bailey
Community Organize
D. Eugene Brown, of the Bailey
Columbia Firm
Begins Annual
County Audit
C. C. McGregor A Co., a Colum-
community, was elected community bia firm of accountants, began the Mother of Clinton
leader at a farmers meeting held in annual audit of county offices last n •• . n
Bailey's school Friday night to or- ] week A crew of men, headed by G. Resident rOSSCS
gamze a soil conservation commu-:M. Williams, Jr., is making the cler
nity project.
J. B. O’Dell and W. H. Fleming,
technicians of the County Soil Con-
wood. Abbeville, Laurens and New- handling strikes imperiling the na-
berry comprising South Carolina tional health or safety
Presbytery. The faculty is composed 8. C. Vote Divided
of several ministers and ladies, in- Senator Maybank voted for the
eluding Mrs. George Bellingrath of amendment which would keep the
this city who is teaching some of Taft-Hartley injunction provision
the artcrafts. against national emergency strikes,
* Senator Johnston voted against it.
servation district, and County Agent
Turner Is Speaker
At Presbytery Camp
ical records. The company made the Mrs. Minnie Plaxico Quinn, 81,
audit last year wife ol John Newton Quinn, died at Dr. W. R. Turner, pastor of the
Funds for the audit were provided her home in Blacksburg Monday af- Eirst Presbyterian church, is out of
by the delegation during the last ses- ter an illness of two years. A York city this week and is one of
C. B. Cannon met with the group and ; -'ion of the legislature. Mr. Williams county native, she had lived
discussed soil conservation, boll wee- said his contract is with the grand Blacksburg about 26 years.
vil control, gardening and insect con
trol. Also a timely motion picture,
"The South Grows Green,” was
shown and enjoyed by all who at
tended.
The Bailey community makes a
total of 15 such organized communi
ties in the county.
Benjamin Furnishes
First Cotton Bloom
The first cotton bloom brought to
The Chronicle office was pulled on i
jury. All the county offices, includ-; Funeral services were held Wed-
ing those of the magistrates, will be nesday at 5 p.m. at the A. R. P.
included in the audit, he said. j church, conducted by the Rev. S. A
The completed record will be rea- Boyce, the Rev. W. H. Quinn of Try- | morning by the Rev. James L. Doom,
dy for the Grand jury at the next on, N. C, and Dr. C. Bynum Betts pastor of the Presbyterian church.
in tbe speakers at Enoree and Bethel
Presbytery young people's camp at
Piedmont Springs.
In the absence of Dr. Turner, his
pulpit will be occupied Sunday
term of general sessions court which
of this city. Burial was in the Smyrna at Hartsville. who will be in the city
is in September, Mr. Williams re- A. R. P church cemetery. for fhe coming week-end as one of
ported. Surviving are her husband; two leaders at the Older Young Peo-
sons, S. M., of Charlotte and J. Brice P^'s conference to be held at the
Quinn; three daughters, Mrs. W. B ; college.
Tribble of this city, Mrs. G. E. Spratt *
and Miss Lillian Quinn; two broth- ^ ala re -rtur
ers, V. K and J E Plaxico; a sis- VjAMES THIb WEEK
Citizens Federal Pays
$23,566.05 Dividend
June 25 by J. P. Benjamin on the June 30, will distribute $23,566.05 to-
farm of Jack H. Davis, Jr., near morrow to shareholders as dividend
Rock Bridge chapel on the Clinton- payments for the first six months of
Mountville highway. 1 1W9 The dividend is at the rate of
^ 3 per cent per annum, and . was or
dered paid on all investment and
savings accounts by the board of di
rectors at their June meeting.
The Citizens Federal Savings and! ter > Mrs - p M - Caldwell of Smyrna;
Loan association of this city, as of, and s ^ x grandchildren.
Honorary Degree For
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
HONOR ROLL
You need THE CHRONICLE not
only for all the news of the commu- n. gi_,.i ^ ■ ■
nity, but to be informed on prices»V*QiTneW Lynn
of every-day necessities. The adver-1
tising columns of the paper furnish! ’Ehe Rev. R.^Matthew Lynn, a for-
you much valuable information youI mer resident of this city, had the
can’t afford to miss. honorary degree of doctor of divin-
Welcome and thanks to those on conferred upon him by Austin
our Honor Roll this week: college. Sherman, Texas, at recent
W. H. HANEY, commencement exercises. Dr. W. B
Marietta, Ga. *
MISS GEORGIA BROOKER,
Columbia.
MRS. JOHN W. KING, JR ,
Sumerville, Ga.
H. GOWER,
Spartanburg.
L. H. DAVIDSON,
T. R. McELVEEN, *
Clinton.
J. T. BROWN,
RED 3, Clinton.
MRS. DEITT LOONEY,
MRS. B. E. TAYIOR,
MRS. J. R SANDERS,
BROADUS BAKER,
Joanna.
MRS. CLYDE RHODES, SR ,
Lydia Mill.
Guerrant is president of the college.
Dr. Lynn is pastor of the Presby
terian church at Midland, Texas. He
is a son of Dr. and Mrs. L. Ross Lynn,
| former Clinton residents.
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State Training School
Begins 29th Year
Cleaners To Close
All Next Week
Royal Cleaners, Inc., and Sunshine
Cleaners, have announced they will
olose for the entire week, July 4-9.
They will re-open for business on
the morning of the 11th, their an
nouncement in today’s paper states
The closing next week is made to
rive their.employees a week’s vaca
tion, following an established cus
tom.
Textile Plants To
Close Next Week
Central Carolina League
Friday—
Watts at Riverdale.
Ware Shoals at Clinton.
Saturday—
Riverdale at Watts.
Clinton at Ware Shoals.
King Cotton League
Friday—
Mathews at Joanna.
Saturday—
Joanna at Mathews.
Mid-State League
Saturday—
Lydia at Ottaray.
Wednesday—
Lydia at Newberry.
The Clinton and Lydia Mills of
this city, and Joanna Cotton Mills
company of Joanna, will close for
the period beginning July 4th for a
week’s vacation with pay for their
employees. The plants will resume
operation on the morning of the 11th
The State Training school will be
gin its 29th year tomorrow (July 1).
j Since opened by the state of South
• Carolina on September 14, 1920. the
; institution has been capably headed
by Dr. B O. Whitten as superintend
ent. It now has a population of ap
proximately 1,000 people and 150
staff workers.
Post Office To
Close Monday
The post office will be closed all 1
day Monday, July 4, in observance of |
Independence d a y- According to a
statement by the postmaster, W. D.
Adair, thare will be no mail deliver
ies.
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