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/ 1 f THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable ®he ffllwtnn (Clirmtirlf If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the Newt Volume XUX CLINTON Business, Professional Folks You Know FARMERS ATTEND CONSERVATION MEET Spartanburg Meeting Largely Attended. $21'376 In Prizes Given. Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 7, 1949 WASHINGTON PRESSURE WILL NOT CAUSE SOUTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS TO DESERT PRINCIPLES, SAYS THURMOND Number 27 PREDICTS WARM POLITICAL RACES IN STATE NEXT YEAR Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, July 2—Summer heat • has generated political talk as usual. Gov. J. Strom Thurmond. 1949 ’ istration prior to Mr. Truman, ad- even though no statew de races come presidential candidate of the States’ vocated a program to destroy the off this year. Rights Democrats, declared Saturday constitutional rights of the states to Much speculation centers around j that “no amount of pressure and in-" control their own internal affairs. the 1950 governor’s race, with these Twenty-five Laurens county 1 timidation f rwn Washington or even) "Mr. Barkley in his Columbia 12 possible candidates being men- f-vn-} s “ per Y lsor ®’ community; the setting up of a rump national , S p eec h did not defend or even dis- tioned: leaders and agricultural workers at- Democratic party in the state, will; cuss t h e so-called Civil Rights pro-i City Councilman' Lester MANY CHANGES MADE IN STATE'S TRAFFIC LAWS General Assembly Approves New Code for All Phases of Driving. tended a kick-off banquet meeting of the Piedmont communities soil Bates ! ^P ec * al to the Chronicle, gram; neither did he explain why he ! of Columbia. Columbia. July 2—The 1949 Gen- made his famous ruling to apply gag Former Secretary of State James era ] Assembly completely rewrote rule to enact these unconstitutional F. Byrnes. 1 and objectionable force bills upon. Former Congressman W. J. B. Dorn ‘ 1 ” ‘ ’ 1C a ^ s ’ c ‘ ornm 2 cause the real 'Democrats of South Carolina to dessert the principles for conservation contest at Bethel Meth- which they voted last November.”, odist church in Spartanburg Tuesday! The governor gave out a statement with reference to the Jefferson-Jack- j J. A. Bridwell, Spartanburg, chair- son Day dinner speech made Friday man of the six county contest, pre- n jght in Columbia by Alben W. Bar sided. Approximately 200 .farmers, j ]t]ey, vice president of the United business men, agricultural workers, state? 4-H club and FFA boys attended the j Governor Thurmond's statement: “countie, entered in the contest i ■' Tbe B ,t m “ ra “ °li outh f aro l ln V «.*'th^ir righrto'fir'the’'“qui;imc"al Clarendon," ways end means chair- senarate atones in themselves Counties entered in the_ contest! aJr „ wlth Mt . Barkley with refer- ^ (or vo f ers , heir righ , J, control; min. Briefly, the new traffic law is di- the south. * of Greenwood. ou ‘ a comprehensive code cov- ,< If Mr. Barkley had given South Mayor W. C. Johnston of Anrier- c:..Tg e\ery phase of motor vehicu- Carolina some assurance that he and son - traffic in the state. The new law the President would drop their fight State Senator Cnar’.e? Moore f is t00 big t0 cover in one article< to have the federal government us- Spartanburg. ,, urp from the states their police pow- State Rep. Charles Plowden of ‘ ' ‘ . ^ <1 ic es ac ua.ly are are Laurens, Spartanburg, Cherokee ence t 0 the greatness of the Demo and Union, in South Carolina, and Polk and Rutherford counties in North Carolina. their courts, and their right to sep- Labor Commissioner Fred Ponder vided into 18 articles. crstic party under the leadership of : arate the racet for the beneflt of of Spartanburg Article I defines words and phras- ; Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson and Roos- bo ^ b races tben be would have made State Rep. Thomas Pope of New- es. vehicles and equipment, and other evelt. Reports of progress made on the ..jj 0 o^er state or section of the a contribution to restoring harmony berry. Speaker of the House matter^ covered by the new law J. PLATT PRATHER year. Senator Olin Johnston and Gv J Strom Thurmond are expected contest were given by district super- country supported the Democratic, 10 the Democratlc P art y ', visors for their respective counties. part y un der their leadership more “ The Democratic party of South ^ ^ Ryan F. Lawson, chairman of the ] 0 y a lly than did South Carolina and'Carolina has voiced the feelings and merman. Jr., of Lexington. Laurens board of supervisors, gave s ou th. » ■ conviction of the people of South State Senator O. T Wallace of the report for the Laurens district. “Because the party at its f948 na- Carolina with reference to the Tru- Charleston. He reported a total of 15 communi- t} ona i convention deserted the prin- man-Barkley civil rights program State Senator George Warren of . ttes organized and entered in the c jpi es an d teaching* of these«great and no amount of pressure and in- Hampton. James Platt Prather, a native Clin- contest, with a total of 356 farmers t p res jd en t $ by advocating the so-cal- timidation from Washington, or even j be gubernatorial campaign gen- tonian, has for many years been id- P artici P at ^ n *- Th f toUl value ° ; led Civil Rights program, the Demo- the setting up of a rump national tra ii y , expected to play second tid- .... ; Prizes to date for Laurens county do- 1 crats 0 j South Carolina repudiated Democratic party in the state, will t0 tb e U S Senatorial race next ratified with the wholesale grocery nated by ^siness firms is $2640. and the nalJonal : eadership of our party'cause the real Democrat, of South U * business and in a quiet, unassuming more pnzes are promised Mr. Law- last NoV ember CaroUna to desert the principles for manner can always be counted upon son a i so to i d 0 f the splendid cooper- j .. No Democratic leader or admin-1 which they voted last November.” to give his support to any worthwhile a tion the district supervisors had re effort for city or community better- ce iV ed from business firms and or- ment and progress. ganizations, and their willingness to Mr. Prather was born in Clinton participate by offering prizes for the where his entire life has been spent, contest He is a son of the late Rufus L. Pra- The main ther and Mary Ray Prather who was given were born in the Duncan Creek com- conservator of the soil conservation munity and Union ceunty, and for service. Spartanburg. His theme wa years were highly regarded resi-, "The Conservation Farmer.’ dents of this city where they lived | Laurens county farmers 1 w honorable and useful lives. His fath- the meeting and the communities “ ew er at the time of his death was fore- they represented are as follows; Bai- t;on of the Thornwell orphanage ley community, D. Eugene Brown;' rector Donald Rus'e’.l of Spartanburg for- Article II simply requires motor- mer assistant secretary of state. -*fs to obey all traffic regulations Lt Governor George Bell T m- and all traftic officers It makes vi- ( iation of any provision of the act a misdemeanor One section makes the provision of the act uniform throughout the entire state Another section allows local au- thor.tie? to regulate traffic in their localities so long as local regulations do not conflict with the general statewide traffic law Article 111 describes the various traffic signals, sign? and markings and otner traffic control devices to Good Results From Weevil Poisoning n address^oX the evening] | n Hopewell Section by Dr T S Buie, regional ~ ^ By C. B. < annon. County Agent The writer visited the Edisto Ex- Historic Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church Rededicated Sunday The historic Liberty Springs Pres byterian chdVch at Cross Hill, almost 100 years old. was rededicated Sun- lock ho R..m mav enter Timmerma: frequently j torney gen* talk regard ant govern has been r for ree ertii m mail it T • W - • J Y n h ne ontest. ounds c :mmerman or B Senate contest, a, been ment candidate for sta There has been tne race for lie although Timme L imed as a cand Others mentione rnes and uien- rman | {iAffa * used 1 quired Article IV ighways. oey all deals 1 Mo: uch ith requtres ka to stoc onsts are signals reporting motorists immedi- the r.er Will ost are State Rep Charles Y< f Greenv.le. and Rep John i.ti» o! Spartanburg. The-c has ceen no talk about cc estx for other constitutional offic 1 retary of State W. P Blackwi are pre, Ar- icide. di driv.ng. * m.e Laurens county fv^*'* attending Statipn last Tnursday with interesting and impressive - v county agents, experiment sta- d1 -* interesting ana impressive men. entomologist, and the di-1 The V 1 man of the xnornwell orphanage ley community, u tugene mown; nrar^d Vnd' m^mo^taU^nd furmlh- farm and dairy and their children Barksdale. J. Herman Power; Green- obse.ve experimental work tf cot wtn dedicated with large con- attended the orphanage schools, pne pond. Roy W. Curry; Gray Court- V'tiUont both morning and after- of the brothers. Holmes Prather, now Owing*. Fred Stoddard; Hopewell, 1 Tb* 6011 infestation was About 300 persons were pres- a resident of Kissimmee, Fla., was a, W. P. Dickson; Lanford. T. R. De- dne P* rc * Dl w g er f P°- ,on " . . the occasion with old friend- v * “star” baseball player at the orphan- Shields; Mt. Bethel. John Griffin and. 1 ”* »pplied and cotton fruiting and h ^ renew *d an d Strengthened dur- eT * 1 John D * nl * 1 * Comptroller A nn dn age and held tii record of kniking i H. O. Abercrombie; Mountvll^ burning fr^ly. A heavy infmt^ * nd ‘ lrrn « thened duI General E. C Rhodm. AdjuUnt Gen- ^ ^e fo^on. V deals with unken driving and fnnic.n^ it nses of drivers fuun i hom- rckless to re- guilty fac- Article V’l sets up the new estnctioru, known as the prim e speed i.mit It provides that no at a speed greater able and prudent un- • ball TanhTr boj ITimr ’ G»ori»" ' ti 0 " °! “'■« wfr, nolej kkrTT' ,h * «r»l iim», C Dot)»r md sipT of “B" “ , 1 / oun ‘ m,n , ,c - 22 c r J E5f 55!?%£L i An<te "“ * ,u ^ v?f mi k„ „ m .„d.,orr,» mf > i e lith S W fir E Sll corninv o S Mh S is Ridge J W TirSiy Youngs W ment station officials on applying pastor of the church fr«n 1*12 to A rM ^ expected for tho statu- on right side of the road. h. ?n Tha Lomls ^ dust under proper condition and m 1928. preached on Peter the Preach- tory omct ot ^nculture Commis. and “P “^y regulation, regard- I™ RT Kins District supervisors from Laurens the proper way. The air to be still er and Cornelius the Healer. He drew now held by j Ro y j onw ;ng overtaking and passing h MNL who aiiended^ere Ryan F Lawson wid not apply dust before 5 00 in the s parallel with the Liberty Springs He j, expected to have opposition Artie.e VTII sets out safet * P*r^„ w :„ r d e K. *■> - ^ ssts, • nd ,rora ^ •* D,uon '■ 'rr 1,’/r y 1 m ^k m .d, .«kton *sre. J Later when Messrs. Milling and Ful-i O’DeH, W. H. Fleming and M. Y. gu* ler dissolved partnership the latter Blakely, of the soil conservation ser epened the Fuller Grocery company vice; C. B Cannon, extension service; and Mr. Prather was associated with* H A. Ropp, Production and Market- Che owner until this business was li- ing administration; S. C. Gambrell and Roger Blakely, vocational agri cultural teachers. Reports by counties in the district showed prizes valued at $21,376 al ready offered by cooperating busi-, , ,, , ness firms. This figure wa, expected! dust a PP Iied ran from zer0 to mount even higher as other dona- P* 1 c€nl lions of cash and farm equipment are announced. quidated. Since 1929 he has been associated with the J. C. Todd Grocery compa ny of this city as manager. The bus iness is owned by Mr. Todd of Lau rens. Truly “Platt” as many of his customers know him, has “grown up” in the grocery business. Mr. Prather is associated with W. H. Simpson in the ownership of Pra- , • 1 1 ther-Simpson Furniture company ' CllfltOfl Little LeagilCrS Ploy Spartanburg Tonight dent of the corporation, Mr. Simpson, At Clinton Mills Park secretary-treasurer. Mr.' Prather was a director of the Commercial Depository from its or ganization until its recent conver- tion into the Bank of Clinton. He was then elected a director of the new bank. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Citizens Federal Savings & Loan association, and vice-president of the corpora tion. His hobby since a lad has been “fishing and hunting”. He has many iriends who have known him since Tne cneck made last week or Don me nev. j. naicniora 01 01* ei O.. weevil infestation in the Hopewell Stone Gap. W Vs.. re*d the Scripture OlOail INOmea VJfl Community showed an average in- and gave a prayer and benediction. Frekinff Board festation of 13 26 per cent where The Rev. W G. Somerville, pastor BHC-DDT dust has been applied as of the church, gave the pastoral j compared to 32.2 per cent infests- prayer tion where no poison appl mg. st Art • IX ay at intersec here collision down. au with rights of 10ns and other places > are common. Friends of James P Sloan of this Article X deals with the rights ami daues of pedestrians on the roads 1 imcsia- ytmjKi. vhh w. int». ..tail tn kn/iur h» Article XI regulates the opera :ed. The After a dinner in the adjoining 1.7. bo4rd j£j£ cjrlrs and P la * vehi. e- on ion The Clinton Little Leaguers put on an exhibition game at Lydia Mill the morning of the 4th. Everyone en joyed a good tight game which end ed in a 3-2 score after nine innings of play. Little Leaguers play six innings as a regulation game. Thursday night at 8 o’clock Clinton Little Leaguers, ages 10-12, will play Spartanburg Little Leaguers at the Clinton Mill park. This will be the first time any game under Little w U j J.I . , .7 ‘ 7^,:. : was appointed a member of the I check further shovyed the infestation grove prepared by the ladies of the **7 r r «kin. Due where no dust applied ran from five church and topped off with barbecue of the Article XII deals with special stop P* r cent lo 51 ptr c*nt wb*«a, the, hath, the afternoon eerv.ee, befen o'.. *tu for railroad crossings, school infestation for the community where *t 2:30, featured by a history of the 0 ,. \ g h R buses, through highways, alleys and S5B I ■ ■ ■ to 34 Church given by Mrs S. J. L Crouch J. 0 ™" 1 I J e ^ yt * ria " chu f ch at 7° n draw bridge* of Clemson, the former Miss Kate 15 a * un, ‘ Article XU deals with parking re- Austin of Cross Hill, and more recent nj ‘ tMLtution. ‘ R L Plaxico of this city is also a member of the foreign board of the church with headquarters a! Due West. Some of the increase infestation on dusted fields due to weather con- incidents of pleasant memory related ditions which delayed the applying by those who grew up in the church of dust at proper tune. [Other members also had a part on Cotton is fruiting freely and if the the program. boll weevil is to be controlled, it will be necessary to hold down the infes- piss* Wine Prtvn tation in the early fruiting period. ^ , In 1947 in eight Piedmont coun- For Highest SolCS ties, according to U-SJXA. Agricul-j ♦ tural Economic report, a loss of $7,- t David T. Pitts of Pitts Implement 552,000 to cotton crop, or a 23.5 per company of this city, received a $100 cent damage due to boll wevils and cash prize yesterday from B. F. other cotton insects and for the state Avery & Sons, Louisville, Ky., for of South Carolina, a 20 per cent loss the highest sales among their dealers or a damage of $30,392,000. j for the week ending June 24. The In 1948 in the same eight coun- contest includes all dealers, with $100 ties a loss of $3,796,000 or a 12 per being awarded each week to the cent damage. For the state, $14,218-, salesman holding the best record. 000 or 9.0 per cent damage. The local firm distributes the well Time will tell the value of loss known Avery farm implements. Laboratory Technician For Hospitals Here William T. Laughter, of Ashevi N. C., has accepted a position laboratory technican at Hays Hos pital and Blalock Clinic. Mf. Laughter is a graduate of Dell School of Medical Technology. Asheville, and was In Naval service as gulations and stopping on highways. Article XIV contains miscellaneous regulations, such as rulds for back ing, mountain driving, coasting, ob structing roads and a host of others. Article XV deals with automotive equipment, requiring lights, horns, brokes, safe steering devices, safety glass, ami many other items. Article XVI_£ets up procedures for inspecting vehicles by the highway deparmtent. Article XVH sets up size weight and load standards for vehicles us ing the roads. Artie.e XV UI sets up tr.al proc?-" in 1943-1945. Before com ng to Clin- durt ’ s for violations and provides vi- ton he was technician at Hesser Clin- u ‘ d * 10n penalties. It places enforce- ic, Benson, Arizona and Greenville j rnent o: ’be entire act under the high- Generai Hospital, Greenville Wd * v department. boyhood days and admire him for j League. rules and regulations has t0 th e 1949 cotton crop. Many far-, his hign standards in business and been played in the Piedmont region private affairs. of the state. Mr. Prather married Mrs. Selma] The Little Leaguers are proud of Buchanan Adair. They reside on their new uniforms which they North Adair street. National Guard Unit At Camp Stewart wore for the first time in their ex hibition game at Lydia the morning of the Fourth. Clinton Little Leaguers will play Winnsboro Little Leaguers Monday night in the Clinton Mills park at 8 p. m. A large crowd from Clinton and mers will not make any effort to k i |»i| r I control boll weevil, but indications employees are that more farmers will poison ; £ n j 0 y{ n q Vacation cotton this year than ever before, j i ^ Few fish would ever be caught by! Em p loye e S of the Clinton No Accidents In County Lost Week New Health Officer For the County fisherman unless an effort was made No boll weevils will be killed with j dust in the bags in the house. and The officers and enlisted men of Battery B 107 Anti-Aircraft Artil- _ lery Battalion (National Guard) are j t0 turn out to see these games, at Camp Stewart, near Hinesville, Ga., for a two weeks encampment that will end July 9th. Capt. H. F. Blalock is commanding Porf Jockson officer of the company. CHAPMAN NAMED OFFICER R. Pope Chapman, of this city, morning, was chosen ^ice-commander of Zone! _ Lydia Cotton Mills, and the Joan na Cotton Mills company, Joanna, are enjoying a week’s vacation with , pay which began July 4. The mills will resume 'operations next Monday the surrounding towns is expected Brig. Gen. Godfrey 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. Brig. Gen. Ansel B. Godfrey, of this city, is spending two weeks at Fort Jackson, for the anual summer encampment of the 51st artillery di- 1 in the upper state at the annual,-*. , convention this week in Greenvlile V-lty UDSCrVCd of South Carolina American ^^ion- Monday Laurens was one of the seventeen, Dr. W E. Baldwin, former head South Carolina counties in whieh no of the Oconee county health depart highway accidents were reported ment and more recently commission- durmg the week ending June 25th, er of the Tri-County health depart- according to a report last week by ment at Toccoa, Ga , has been nam- H. E. Quar.es, Jr., director of the ed head of the Laurens county health motor vehicle division of the S. C. department effective July 1 State Highway Department. Of the 109 drivers licenses sus pended during the week, two were from this county. Dr. W. H. Holtzclaw with head quarters in Greenville, has been head of the Greenville and Laurens coun ty health quarters for several years. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Clinton was literally closed up [Monday in observance of Indepen- jdence Day. Stores and business houses were I closed for the day and a general hol- We invite new subscribers to THE i da y spirit was “in evidence with encampment oi me oisi arunery ai- * e S “ D laree crowds eniovina fish na swim • ■ . c a mil n a Ma»ior,=i CHRONICLE, locally or any where, i Jar S e crowas swlm ' Vision Of the bourn CaroUna National _ . . / ..... , mina hasehall and harhpcnes Guard. The division is under the Usi your subscription today for “all m^g, baseball and barbecues. command of Brig. Gen. Godfrey. Laurens Negro Is Victim of Ice Pick Cannery Open Tuesday, Thursday Beginning next week the Clinton cannery will be open regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays for both white and colored, it was announced yesterday. the news.” All subscriptions payable in advance. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: JESSE H. PRINCE, Clinton. GEORGE SULLIVAN, , West Clinton. CALVIN PQAG, , Joanna. G. H. JACKSON, \£ydia Mills. Laurens, July 4—Laurens may be credited with at least one violent death over the July 4 week end. Sheriff C. W. Wier said that Luis Howard, 30. co’ored, is being held in jail in connection with the ice pick death Sunday afternoon of her husband, Willie Howard. The sheriff said that she told him that her husbasd was threatening Pfc. Rufus M. Chafin, son of Mr. her with an axe when she grabbed and Mrs. Rufus Chafin, of Clinton the ice pick and stabbed him one has recenlty been transferred to time. Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquer- Dr. C. P. Vincent said the wound que, New Mexico from Rome Air pierced the heart. Force Base, New York. He enlisted Howard was dead when the offi- in the Air Force in January 1948. cers arrived. Private Chafin Sent To New Mexico 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. BE WISE— READ THE ADS