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V ) T i / I . , THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable (Ebrmttrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 29, 1949 Number 38 ClINTOH Business, Professional Folks You Know Mrs. Kenneth Baker Succumbs To Illness At Greenwood Home Mrs. Kenneth Barre Baker, one ot Greenwood’s best known and much loved residents for forty-eight years, mother of Kenneth Baker of this city, died at her home early Sun day morning after an extended period of ill health. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon frem a Greenwood funeral home, \yith her pastor, Ihe fiev. Miller.R. Wingard, in chrafie. Mem- t*rs of the Council of Immanuel liUtheran church served as active yallbearei*. i Mrs. Baker was born m Pmsper- ilty, Newberry county, a daaghter ■of Samuil C. Bane a ml Mary Bow ers Bar*e, both of Newberry county and both long identilteU with the life and development of ."Newberry coun ty, providing useful and aftin-e citi zens tor a long period of tiene. An early ^ancestor, Jacob Barr*, served as a lieutenant in the American forces in the Revolution. iHer fattier, Sam uel C. Barre, was hi Confederate ser vice as a member of Co. iF., 20th S JOHN H. HUNTER John Holland Hunter, who Stas never been in a bad humse, is quite a versatile gentleman, wh» has.many friends here «nd elsewhere. Mr. Hynter is a bpna fide Clinton citizen. His "birthplace was his ‘fath er’s farm near the city. He bears his father’s name. He attended the local high school from which he was .grad uated. Later, in 1918,, he was gradu ated from Presbyterian ciJlegc where he took an active part in athletics and won distinction as center sn the football team for two years, and fin ished with a fine scholastic record, ranking as third honor mar. in his class. Before completing cuQegc he en listed in the "U. S. flying service and reported for .duty the day alter he received his diploma. He bok his preliminary training the .ground school at Austin, Texas. From there he wnt to Camp Dick in Dallas, , . Texas. World War I ended J* fore he f Drgam2aUons an ^ ^member had his opportunity for uiverseas ^ kind ^ manner duty, and he received his .discharge shortly thereafter. Returning to his native home, he accepted a prsition as bookkeeper with Jacobs and Company. .A .year later joined the Dixie "Fkiur and Grain company in a similar position, and laier he wos connected with the office of Lydia iCotton MiRs. In 1921 the late Dr. D. M Douglas, president of Presbyterian callrge, se cured Mr. Hunter’s services as busi ness manager of the institution. There 1** rendered invaluableaervicc at a difficult job for a period of 20 .years nutll 1941 when he accepted a similar position with the Stale "Train ing schxo.1 near tlr.e city. He resigned his work at the Train ing school in the fall of 1947 rto be come assistant to the president .of the Montreat, N. C., Association. Suffer ing from •*’home-si«ikness,” he return- Most Of Nation’s Window Shades Come From Joanna i m Three Out of Every Four Mode from Cloth Woven At Largo Joanna Cotton Mills Plant. Recent Expan sion diagram Has Modernized Community. Throe o!f‘every four window shades by 64 feet has been built at a cost pulled down at night *r noon in the of over $80,000. United States are made from cloth i jfo. 1 spinning room this year woven & Joanna Cotton Mills Com- conditioned with a refrigera- pany plant at Joanna : gy s t*m. Washed air systems have I The mill produces about 70 mil-, been installed in the weaving depart- {lions yards of cloth a year and pos- ment, carding department and two sibly 95 per cent of this is window | other spinning rooms, shade cloth. The remainder of the; The mill employs aboal 1,700 per- mill’s production is about l,25h,000‘sons, pays about $3,OOO.WJO in wages yards of drapery cloth and 50,000 j annually, has been giving a week’s pounds of mop yam a year. ■ vacation with pay to each employee About 80 per bent of the window 1 for the past 11 years and pays* wage shade cloth produced at Joanna is'bonus that has totaled $1,259,000 in sold to Western 'Shade Cloth Com- 1 the past 11 years, pany of Oucago also owned by the. ^ the ^ ^ majo r Jtegnery family that owns Joanna 1 S. C. Textile Mills Lead Nation In Consumption Rate TWO LOCAL MILLS COMPLETING LARGE EXPANSION PROGRAM Extensive Improvements Underway ot Clinton and Lydia Mills Com munities. (From Anniversary Fdition of The Greenville N’ews. There's something in the way of Wes tern ShadiDroduces rouzhlv 1 bUlMing pr ° jeCtS ^ b< *“ n com P‘ et ‘iBishop cited the federal figures th P / cuS^' ed ^ 1116 community. A $150,000 14- which showed that the state’s cotton fit) per cesn: of the wind cm shades ( bed mernorijd toward which a!*C' long rosuferxt hi Newberry county and identified wtih the his tory of that secttan of the state. Mrs. Baker was marrteu to the hrh Kenneth Baloer in January, 1893. Mr. Baiter died in Greenwood in January, 1®43, on their gulden wadding anni versary, on the day of .the annive* - sary and at the hour of the ceremoov. was a good roads aithusiasi in d was responsfblr to a large extent for the building several yeirs ago of the Calhoun highway connecting Clinton and Greenwood. Mrs. Baker was a charter mesuuer of Immanuel Lutheran church of 'Greenwood md was active in the work of the church and its Sunday school. She was an active member :*f Star Fort .Chapter, D.A.R, and also of Robert A. Walker Chapter, U. D. C. Her many friends vill remeriber her loyal and faithful work in these her and her sincere concern jn the lives of her friends. Mrs. Baker is survived by the fol lowing children: Di Stanley C. Baker, Green.wood; Ralph B. Biker, Newberry; Mr. Baker of this city; ;and Richard ILeon Baker, Newberry; one daughter Miss Mary Baker, .Greenwood. .Also surviving ar* one .broother, Charles .P. Barre of New York City; and two sisters, Mrs. E. W. Werts and Miss Kate Barre. both of Prosperity. Seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also ! survive. .Revival T# Regin At Joanna Baptist-Church On October 5th C. Regiment Mrs. Bak«’s’mother.,j the company, ihrrejgh its president Mary Bowers Barre. was a family: ! y ^ hree ° l | t * f ev 5 r T . Sh * ,d ® s Wnlter Regnery, contributed abodt ^ in the ctnmtry are from doth-made ^ the cost ^ d the reR1 . j! 0 * nT ® , . .. dents of the community .gave the fc?- The iMHterr. mill and commnmty ; aa . nc j er ^ jn^iyiduaj contributiaus, of today are vastly diftereru * r c> m jwas constructed and Mas dedicated the plain that started (Tperatums he-1^. 0 months aga A Ckiholic church °n« t M»iuu»ltu , ri»rc^aov. “a.e'r^ w “ , " u, in doctor ; .Ar.rhWift.Tj SlEirhna \flilVj anrl J * T.U State S tCXtllC UCtlV ity Through the Joanr a Foundttion, Rev. J. Edward Lehman, of the Baptist church of Inman, will fet the ed to the city in June of last year .and | guest minister in a series of revival accepted a position as booklaeeper with the Jvanna Stores at Joanna. Mr. Hunter has long been identi fied with .the .educational, religious, business and civic life of the com munity. He is an elder in the Furst Presbyterian church. His mother is Mrs. Myrtle Hunter of this city, one who is loved by all who know her for her gentle kpmt and sweet pert»»- aility. Mr. Hunter, by 3iis sunny na ture, has made many friends. It is most likely that the infant lad laughed instead of crying when he derived in this world. M.r. Hunter is j lways interested in all activities of the community and cheerfully does Jus part as a good citizen. He has • everal hobbies, he likes to go to the lake for a Ashing outing or .to get out on a good bird hunt in the criSp fall ■weather. Mr. Hunter was twice married. His first wife was the lade Miss TSet Wal lace of Kinards. Three children were born to this union, John Holland, Jr., and Herbert Hunter, a daughter, Mrs. C. W. Brice (Betty Hunter) of New Orleans. La. His second marriage was to Miss Hattie Mae Horton. Their residence b. 203 East Calhoun street. REVIVAL SERVICES AT SHADY GROVE CHURCH Revival services will begin October 2 at 730 p.m. and continue through Sunday, October 9th. Rev. T. Lay- ton Fraser will preach each night. 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 services from Octub* r 5-16 at the Joanna Baptist church, the pastor, Rev. James B. Mitchell, announced yesterday. Mr. Lehman has been pastor of the Inman church for twelve years and he is a successful pastor and dy namic speaker. The church be blesses! along wjfli the commiu ity through hisevangrlistic efforts, Mr. Mitchdil said. Special music will be rendered each evening by the adUxf and yoidh choirs of the church and invited guests. The public is invited to .attend the services, which will begin each eve ning at 7:15. Newberry, Wofford Shore Top Ploce In Grid Standing Newberry and Wofford, both boast ing two wins in as many starts, share first place in the Palmetto state col lege fooJJball standings. Wofford will play Catawba Satur day at Catawba, Newberry will play Lenoir-Rhyne.-'Erekine goes to East Tennessee. Clemson will play .North Carolina State at Raleigh, Carolina will entertain Furman Friday night. Presbyterian returns to action next Saturday against Davidson at Char lotte. All-games standings of the eight state college teams after the second week of the 1949 season follow: W L T Newberry 2 0 0 Wofford 2 0 0 Clemson 110 Presbyterian 0 10 South Carolina .... 0 10 The Citadel 0.1 0 Erskine 0 2 0 Furman 0 2 0 ATTENDING INSl RANCE MEET Hugh L. Eichelberger, special agent of the New York Life Insurance com pany, is attending the meeting of the Top Club of the company at the Cav alier Hotel at Virginia Beach from September 28 to October 1. Mr. Eichelberger is a member of the Agents’ Advisory Council of the company. The productivity and efficiency of j South Carolina textile mills and their employes enabled the plants to oper ate at a higher rate of consumption j in the first half of 1949 than those of any other state. L. W. Bishop, direc tor of the State Research, Planning arid Development board, said after studying United States Department of Commerce figures. Although the entire textile indus try experienced a slump in the first six months of this year. South Caro lina plants reported a decline of only construction or other improvement three per cent of cotton system spin- 'going on all the time at the two Bud dies active on the last day of June ey mills here. Clinton Cotton Mills The country as a whole showed a de- inside the town and Lydia Cotton cline of nine per cent and all other Mills just outside s.aes had declines in excess of that Some large projects have been of South Carolina. Bishop said. (completed during the past year and Further err.phasiX’.ng his contention ^ o^ers are ;n progress at present, all tkat South Carolina textile employes tending t0 , A . ard modernization and and management possessed h i g h -mprovement of the textile plants qualities of productivvity and_ skill, and commun ities. A new cloth room recently was completed at Clinton Cotton Mills in a program that also includes con struction of a new stair and elevator tower, relocation and modernization . ... i t!" 1 ® slasher room (now in progress) a review of business conditions in the and air conditioning of the cloth mills ran 2J44 million spindle hours in the firs! six months, a far higher total thajj “that of any other state. Bishop said the figures came from Souther: prepared by the Atlanta . rocm which , s now ^ng done . P< ._ (Ga.) regional office of the Depar.-i P 0 n s *r UC tion Comnanv of Green- men: of Commerce of which C. Park- cour.tr *4 for 37.97 becoming Banna Cotton Milk* and then Joanna Cotton MiDk Curipany An pansu m pragrint in 1946-47 saw completion of a new thr»? story and basement wing retraining 80,000 square feet, the number of spindle-- increased fp* m 89JD00 to 104.000 construction nf 60 new brick Tile res idences in the commuuty and a 24- unii apartment building. These apart- . . ...... mento have fnree and Ave rooms a*d lunch rooIT1 ,flncl other ta “biies are .profitable operation in South Caro- bath steam heating, (flectnc water 1 “P eratfd ^ the Community Build-i 4 rui,’' Bishop declared. heaters, electric stoves and electric ! in * ^ ncti0 ^ for 50cial ^ recrea-! ^ ♦ garbage disposal units in the sinks' T;ona; purposes. Heavy Sf>€nxfinq If! and they rent for SI.25 per room per The name of the postoILce way f 7 r r , 3 _ j changed from Gcldvilje to Joanns. LOUrenS L.00nry rOf den Construction Company of Green ville has the contract for most of this work, which will cost a total of about $250,000. The weaving department at Lydia ity • c- < per cent of the cot- an eteemnsynwy imt tution; a* ex-a,™ spinning activity in the South-1„„ alr c „„d,tione<t and one tensive necreanonal program » car- 31.22 per cent tor the total wtave room a , clmton WMhed lir ned on in the community. The, of ti«* entire country. «vs’em< Foundation 3:ook ow.>r the Joanna •‘The adaptability of employes to ' Mercantile Compary and .wrofits i r ,ew types of work and the foresight from this business-now go into the}of management in vere installed. Construction of a $200,000 office building at Clinton adjacent to the from this business-now go into the |of management in modernizing their ' , office building is now in Foundation fund. Under the Joanna j have combined to maintain a ' p r0 g ress and should be completed Stores Company a bowling alley,. high level of empplayment and of {he latter part of this year. The new vault. Mone recesitly a storage room 250 August 1, 1B48. LocbI National Guard Launches Recruiting Drive Captain R F. Blabck, oxanmandir of Battery L 107tb Aidi-Aircraft Ar tillery battal’on, has; anmamced lh*t the fecal rrv-ationaJ Cuarrl unit is launching a recroiting oarapaign Mo last tkrough Octboer 15. P. C, Davidson To Play Saturday After 23 Years Lqpse When .Presbyterian collegf and Da vidson taqgle in the ’'Battle of Pre»- byterians” at Bavidson Saturday, they will renew a rivalry that lapsed 23 years Jtfto. The Wildcats won the las: meeting ^Public WeLfare Special To The Chronicle. Columt.-.a. pt. 28.—Expended for ipublic assiRtanre in Laurens county Muring tte ttimth of Auginr. was a L ictal of according T* a re- V»ort isM*d tt-is week by Jterthur B. -livers, surectiv of the Scu'b Caro- ina Department of Pubbc Welfare. |Of the 'tectal, i2 per cent wa expend ed for laid age assistance, two per *vent fen aid v the blimL TO per cent *or aid to d»pendent ciulttren, and The gohl «f the dr-ve is to bring - n 1926 JftF a slim field-goal margin, *\\e percenf lor general a«tstance. In Sr-ith Carolina. 51.182.923 was the C!mton.unit to ite lull authoriee i ( 3-0 Thai .gave.them a coui.t of five strength of 104 men. Ite currei.t victories in eigh* meetings with the ^. 5 pent on penlic welfare .assistance rbpigih is. >4 enlisted me* and six^Blue Roae. (-during die n/mthi bringing the total ofincers. Blue Stocking backs galloped to .-spent mice the begmning of the Captain Bh lock stateci that all mti. I only two triumphs, while one ended j present fiscal year to 52.332*234. Ex- between the ages of 17 aut 35 are ; in a tie. j pended ^an pi olic welfare- ir Laurens P. C., fresh after last week-end’s wn8e ttr5t °/been open date, is deTermined U increa* ^$79,370. of »hich $65,f)55 kas gone its total Bui Coach Lonnie S. McMil- ! : ' or old W ^tsistarice, 51.4A5 for aid lian is fully aware that he has picked ! *° tae 58,961 far uid to de- a rugged Davidsoi for purooses of li jen< ^ en: chijtf’en, and 0.87? tor pub- bettering the record. 1C a&s-S~an.:e His hopes rest on a lightning-like backfield. capable of thrusting into invited to enroll in the Nation*: Gv&tt ami lake idvamtag* of tilt many opportunities for service, edu cation land.trsining opim Lo.Siem. Every mereoer of Balteyy B will serve up an.tetive recrjaiter. accord ing to .Captain Blalock. A call bonus of $2.01 is ofRred to the mea hers for each new member securetd. National Guard meeiir\gs are held' i^y 011 play- By contrast. every Monday night at the artaory. , The jay scale runs from $.157.50 • air attacs * for a recruit to $3465(0 lor b first'' ,ou ^ easl - sergeant per year. Weekly drills and' 1 '• camp h,04atied fCafeteria .Adcfed At ♦ Clinton Hmh.'Sihool 14 States Represented In P. C Student Body Fourteen states are represented in Presbyterian college's student body i of 475 this fall, as follows: Georgia, \ additions and remodeling of the Duririg August, 489 »ppTications “ or public ai^istam e were received r y the IS. C Department id Public •JVelfare. 48J>-nore than the number nowever, Dtvidson boasts ten open- j . . , . A s ^ stjamce na „. attack respected throup out the g 0 y " ™*“ e pay .wients fsr all eases receiving awards j averaged $22.54 during Augast. The I total number xif cases undo rare of l ,lre deperthneir increased by 317 dur- I ing the ntonth. exclusive o r emergen- g? ass.srtance The averag* award per ca«* for all part building will include offices, laboratory and cotton room, air conditioning and heating. P S. Bailey, president of the two mills, said the laboratory would have the latest equipment with controlled conditions for testing cotton, yam and cloth. When the new building is completed, the present office building will be used for medical and personnel departments. Fiske- Carter Construction Company of Greenville has the contract for thu project. ' The same firm recently complete/ a $200,000 three-story brick and ste-xl warehouse at Lydia Mill* A filter plant with a capacity ot* 7BO.OOO gallons a day was completed and put in operation during the pait year to furnish water for both Work was completed recently on surfacing all streets at Lydia Mills, culminating a program of modt'rm- jation that had been going on for several years. The streets had been graded and drainage installed and work has also been completed on all houses ;n the Lydia community Bathrooms and sewerage facilities were installed in all of the 265 hous^f in the community. The McPherson Company of Greenville has done the engineering ■work on all of the construction pro jects hero. Clinton Mills employs about 1,00(1 persons and Lydia employs around 700. The mills have a combined pay roll of well over $3,000,000 a year The plants manufacture print cloth, broadcloths and tw:I!s. The modem new high schod. cafe- ton put into opera!* >n at tie be- gtnjiing of the 1949-50 session feeds approximatley 375 s udents. The cafeteria was alHed along with other Parent-Teacher Group programs iif piuilic assistance in Lau- To Meet Tuesday Night sens county for August was 423.79. j — 7 * North Carolina. Florida, Alabami, Virginia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ten nessee, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. South Carolina leads the field reith 288, Georgia 92. North Carolina 50, Florida 16, Virginia 15. Indiana 6, and Alabama 5. Adair Is Champion Corn Raiser buildj-ig last year wifci equipneni being installed during tb: summer. Linw h is sem*ti at two periods and the firxt group ot students are resum ing classes as the second is btmg served. On last Wulnesdav the trus tees and their waves were guests •for tench. Mrs. W.lliam Baiter Owers. super visor, is assisted by, Ylrs ; J. Will Dill ard anti several kitcrfcrn helpers. County Gets $74,135 Gasoline Tax During Frscol Year — Special to Tor Cteonicle. Columbia. Sep: 28 -Gasoline d «rf:blition totalling $334,961 is r.g aJo-ted among 3he counties of the sta te : his month, according to State Treat*, -er Jeff Bales Of the total, Laurens county \vUl receive $6,378. The distribution is being made on The of the tax be- ^ regular monthly Florida Street school PTa” will be held on Tuesday evening October 4. at 7:30 o'clock in the school auditorium. All members «.nd those who wish to become mem bers are invited to be Foy, superintendent of sihoo.s, will be the speaker evening. present G N. Joanna for the Cafeterias at the ottecr city school* j ^e basxs yf the gasoline tax collect- J. I. Adair, one of the city’s best [ bait* been in operation sieverac years. ec ^ ;n Suuth Carolina last month. gardeners, was displaying a large j stalk of corn yesterday containing t .... , eight healthy ears. It was the Hast- !^gi» bnOW With ings prolific variety and shows that A r —^ f n I— ns, n Mr. Adair knows how to raise corn Mrm y 10 • JQ P^ as well as build a house. His patch! c . . _ r TT u " , M was heavily fruited, he said, the yield „ ^ anon Shaw, son of Mrs. being cut down by the dry weather, j ’ ^*' er 0 *^ ls Clty ’ ls on dBly NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL the 27th Infantry division at Osaka, Japan. Sgt. Shaw landed at Osaka on August 30 after stops at Guam and Okinawa. I Mrs. Shaw, the former Miss Criss Huff of Ft. Lewis,, Washington, and Keep up „,th the news in ,if Udr ' n l>la,, 10 CHRONICLE—the cost is less than; 1 n 111 ln Jap>n ”■ 4c a week—all subscriptions payable | ^ in advance. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week. VASCOE S. KENNEDY, Memphis, Tenn. MISS LOUISE TRIBBLE, Due West. MRS. PAT McELHINNY, Atlanta, Ga. PVT. RALPH E. BLACKWELL, San" Francisco, Calif. W. F. GANN, Clinton RFD 1. Lost Rites Here For Mrs. Faye James Funeral service-: for Mrs. Faye Dean James, who died at her home in i Easley on Friday, were held Sunday | at 2 o”clock at the Easley First Methodist church conducted by the Rev. J. S. Edwards. Burial services were at Rosemont cemetery here. Mrs. James was a niece of Mrs. Eva Ferugson of this city. Each month one cent of the six- cent state tax on gasoTyie is distrib uted among the South Carolina coun- ttes. on the basis of the number of motor vehhle licenses sold in each ccurdy. The .remaining five cents of the tax is retained by the slate high way department. Th«’ total distribution this month is higher than that for any month during the 1948-49 fiscal year, except May, 1949, when the distribution amounted to $344,404, according to a report issued this month by the state treasurer's office. The lowest state- w.de distribution from the gasoline tax during the 12-month period was $304,897, distributed duririg July, 1948. The total amount distributed to the counties during the fiscal year was $3,199, <68, ot which Laurehs county received $74,135, Ofiicers of the associut coming year are: - President—Mrs. Julian B >1, Vice-president—Mrs. Huber Secretary—Mrs. R. p Wilder. Treasurer—Mrs Carlyle Neely n tor the k. TodJ. Baptist Brotherhood Xadies Night' Tonight The Brotherhood c!«b of the First c - hur ch is observing Ladies Night th:s evening (Thursday) • 30 m Presbyterian eollec hall. Maury Pearson, soknst for the Spartanburg male chorus, will give a musical program, it is announced at lining LYDIA PRESBYTERIAN CIII RCH The services for first and third Sunday evenings have been post poned until the third and fourth Sun day evenings. The pastor will be absent on account of the revival at I Shady Grove. FOOD Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Grocery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stores m the city Read the advertisements — they tell you about changing prices each week ami where you can buy to advantage.