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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete* Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 3, 1949 Number 43 New President Kiwanis Club Edgar P. Little Passes In Greenwood, Last Rites Here Edgar Preston Little, 51, well- known and highly regarded Green wood business man, died at his home | Monday morning following a critical I illness. The funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the "residence with his pastor, the Rev. James Overholser, and Dr. James Pressly of Due West, officiat ing. Interment followed here in VALUE OF GOODS MADE IN THE COUNTY MAKES TREMENDOUS JUMP Census Report Shows Gain in Manufactured Products of $23,883,000 Past Eight Years. Municipal Group To COUNTY FARM Greenwood Wednesday WOMEN MEET WITH WADSWORTH CLUB The value added by manufacture of goods produced in manufacturing establishments in Laurens county has increased apprximately $23,883,000 since before the war, according to in formation released this week by C. Rosemont cemetery, with a number Parker Persons, regional driector o DR. M. W. BROWN of friends and relatives attending the j last rites. *• « | Active pallbearers were: T. H. Montgomery of Athens, La., W. G. King of this city, Ned Watson, Joe Darby, Frank Hughes and Bill Wil son of Greenwood. Mr. Little was born in Clinton July 4. 1898, the son of the late Thomas : “ “ ~ ~ j H. Little and Ella Henry Little, one j Dr. Morgan Milford of the community’s oldest and highly w i , AJ \a/:*L esteemed families. NOW Associated With Eleven years ago Mr. Little moved to Greenwood where he was manager in 1947 it was $30,590,000. The term “value added by manufacture" means the value of manufactured goods in excess of the cost of materials and supplies, the Commerce Department officials explained. Various branches of Laurens coun ty’s manufacturing industries have grown correspondingly in the eight- year period, it was stated. The num- The second in a series of regional meetings held annually by the Mun icipal Association of South Carolina, will be held Wednesday, November 9, at the court house in Greenwood, accprding to announcement by Ma yor L. E. Bishop of this city. The first meeting was at Blackville State park yesterday The principal speakers for the ( Greenwood meeting, which Mayor ? resl(!ent Bishop will attend, will be Mayor R f B. White of Hartsville and Mayer Wm. McG. Morrison of Charleston. Mayor White will speak on the sub ject, “Your City and Mine " Mayor Fall Meeting Held With Large Attendance Discuss 1950 Program. the U. S. Department of Commerce in Atlanta. A census bureau report from its | ber of establishments engaged in 1947 census of manufactures shows, manufacturing operations has in- Mr. Persons said, that in 1939 the creased from 21 in 1939 to 37 in 1947, | Morrison, who is a member of the .value added by manufacture of goods, the number of employees from 5,182 executive committee of the assoc.- • produced by manufacturers of Lau-| to 6.594. and salaries and wages paid a f' on - discuss “Tax Just.op., fo j rens county was $6,707,000 and that 1 'rom 3,817,899 to 14.443,000 Cities.’ In addition to these addresses, the Dr. Marshall W. Brown, president of the Petroleum Products company Dr. George Blalock Compensation Claims In Local Office Show Decrease Dr. Morgan Milford and family Special to The Chronicle. of Presbyterian college, was elected He was a member of the First Pres- have moved to t ‘ he oity and are now Columbia, Nov. 2 —Unemployment president of the Clinton Kiwanis club byterian church of that city, a mem- on Thursday evening to succeed C v fc> er Masonic fraternity, and as C. Giles. The retiring president au- long as his health permitted was an tomatically oecomes vice-president active member of the Rotary club. and a member of tne board of direc tors. B. C. Preslar, i nomas Baldwin, R. M. Vance and D. S. Templeton were elected new members of the board of directors for two-year terms, suc ceeding W. C. Shealy, J. P. Sloan, J. Leland Young and Reece Young. Carry-over members of the board for another year are Edward Ferguson, I. M. Smith, Ed King. The new officers will assume of fice the first of the year, following the annual ladies night party to be held in December. Recently when he resigned from that organization because of his health he was elected an honorary member as occupying the recently purchased compensation claims filed with the Hamp Boyd residence on South South Carolina Employment Secur- Broad street. Dr. Milford is the son ity Commission during the month of of Mrs. C. O. Milford of Greenville. September showed a decline, on a lumbia and president of the Munici- and the late Mr. Milford. statewide basis, according to a state- j pa i Association of South Carolina. ment from the commission. The de- Mrs. Robert Wasson, newly elected of the Laurens County Council of Farm Women, presided at the fall meeting held Saturday at Hopewell Methodist church, with the Wadsworth H o m‘e Dem mstration club as hostess. Every demonstration | club in the county was represented. I with 106 members and guests attend ing. I “Community Recreation" was the i theme, which was given special em- , , , phasis at the meeting Art Freet. of mayors, clerks and other municipal Presbyterian co ii e ge,'spoke on the officials wall hold round-table confer- value of immunity recreation The ences on prob.ems relatne to mum-j coun , y cborus< under tne direction )* cipal administration. At the Green- ^j rs H:»roId Wallace, rendered tw* wood meeting Mayor J K. Cass o: 1 selections: “Beautiful Dreamer" and Greenville will preside over the dis-i ..^ vrnn n f L OV e - ’ adapted from Largo CU « S rj?!?‘ ; of The New World Symphony Mrs With others. Mayor Bishop w >' ! Adeline V Long was accompanist in the conference. j n c harge of the devotional was The meeung w.L be presided over \j rs Crawford of the W'adsv^or*h by Dr. Frank C. Owens, mayor of Co- , c j u jj ^| rs Crawford gave an inspir- Formcrs May Lose $500 Million In Cotton Cutback Washington, Nov. 1—Senator An derson (D-NM) estimated that the cotton cutback approved by congress would coat cotton farmers $500,000,- 000 in 1950. President Truman’a former secre tary of agriculture predicted that fann prices might decline in the next few years despite the price support act passed by congress. Anderson pointed out that the cot ton acreage reduction plan voted by congress will force a cutback from 25,900,000 acres and 15,446,000 bales this year to 21,000,000 acres and about 11,500,000 bales in 1950. He said the 4,900,000-bale cutback at about $125 a bale, will mean $500,- 000,000 less for cotton farmers despite continued wartime support levels. ^ r - Milford will be associated with menl from me commission The de- | The visitors will b« welcomed by a testimonial of '^le regard"cTf his fel- ' Dr - Geor «e R. Blalock at the Blalock dining trend was attributed primarily Mayor R H W’oodle of Greenwood low Rotanans He had a number ofi clinic in practice of medicine and *‘0 an increase in textile employment 1 Anderson’s mayor, W. C. Johnston. }^nd S an’d «.a"ve^ e re X^arn: I He ,s a graduate o ( Furman throughou, the sta,,. In area, ^ wlll reipond . ed with sorrow of his oassing. ! university, and received his medical where there is uttle or no text.le em- A barbecue dinner will be served Mr Little is survived bv his wife training at the University of Penn- ployxnent, claims general.y remained f 0 ]] ow , n g t h e meeting at Mi’.lsford was Miss* Lizzie Ruth David- Medical school, graduating around level spring son before marriaee also of this city. In t 944 He served his internship at Tne number o. unemployment This year's series of meetings were a daughter of the late Gus B and Memorial hospital in Charlotte, compensation claims filed in the arra nged under the general chair- Maggie Ma^n DavSdsn; by oneU- C . after which he spent two years Clinton office of the State Employ- manship of L . F TheiUng. city clerk daughter Mrs E G Willis o' Aiken ! m the medical of the arm y- For ment S€cunt y Commission during 0 f Orangeburg. The final meeting and three grandchildrenHewasthe the past two years he has oeen en- September showed a decrease for ev-L.o. - ... and three grandcmidren. He was me „ aged n the Dractice of his Drofes , on e-y claim except veterans initial l.,t member of hU immediate family claims. Non-veteran initial claims * * filed in September numbered 153. Children Here To Attend Laurens Circus Mills Bros, circus will give two performances in Laurens Friday, af ternoon and night, sponsored by the Exchange club of that city, to help raise money for recreational pur poses. It was stated yesterday by officers of the club that a sufficient number of tickets, sponsored by Laurens and Clinton business men. have been sold to let the children of Thornwell or phanage, as well as a group from the State Training school, attend the cir cus without cost. Those desiring to purchase advance tickets are asked to communicate with John Gatlin at the Wattsville cafe. The children from here will be transported to the circus in busses, it was said. Local Laymen To Attend Atlanta Meet Five thousand laymen of the Pres byterian church, U. S., will gather in Atlanta November 4-6 for a conven tion, the large de 1 egation coming from all areas in the Skiuth to hear a number of noted speakers and see pictorial displays of their church working at home and abroad. The following laymen from the First Fhesbyterian church of this city will attend: Tom Plaxico, Hugh Jacobs, W. C. Baldwin, Harry Nettles, A. B. Godfrey, Tench Owens, Powell A. Fraser and Dr. J. W. Davis Bauknight Returned To Pastorate Here For Fifth Year The Rev. P. L. Bauknight, pastor of Broad Street Methodist church of this city for the past four years, was returned to this pastorate Sunday at iffeg closing session of the South Car- . [olina Methodist conference in Char leston, for a fifth year. It is under stood that the church asked for his return and the announcement that he is to remain here another year will be received with satisfaction by his congregation and other friends in the city The Rev. M. B. Patrick was re turned as superintendent of the Greenwood district, in which the Clinton and Joanna churches are in cluded. The Rev. H. O. Chambers, a former pastor here, was returned to the An derson district as superintendent. Rev. J. H. Kohler was transferred from a four-year pastorate at St. John in Anderson, to Bethel church at Chester. Rev. L. E. Wiggins, also a former pastor, was returned to the Woodruff pastorate. The Rev. H. F. Bauknight, pastor the past four years of the Epworth church at Joanna, was transferred to the Butler circuit at Saluda. He is succeeded at this charge by Rev. J W. Giles, transferred from Waterloo. Dr. Milford married Miss Sara Mc- Laurin of Dillon, and they have two and 875 non-veteran continued will be held November 16 at Harts ville ing message Mrs Ben Workman, president o' the host club, extended greetings to the group Mrs James Roper, newly appointed se -rotary called the roll by clubs and read the minutes of the spring meeting A panel discussion on Pr >gram Plans for 1949-1950’’ was conducted by Mrs Hugh Bond< W rkman. with the 13 departmental chairmen par ticipating County goals were adopt ed with the securing of a county mu sic director for rural schools heading the list. Dunng the business session. Mrs Municipalities from the ^’Rowing j Q ray ^| arr;s reported on the district un.ies are ex pec ed to be re P re ~ held recently in Spartan- L,aunn ox union, ana mey nave iwo , t ,, , . „ ,^ rented at the Greenwood meeting hur - v* r , i vVillis Dresden* o' •mall sons. Jack and Todd. Ho is a *,* 7 > 7’ P " on -. Greonwood. EdwHeM. McCormick. c’ub aa'^Sd ™'eteran initial claims and 1,030 non- Abbeville Ande-snn (Vnnee Pick Ine ' jre * n P ona C * UD - ex enaea an m grandson of Morgan Todd of Simp-. ei,,™ mIh in -He. Anderson, Oconee, Pick- vitatl0n t0 the c0uncil to me et a: sonville, who married Mrs. Mayme Little Copeland of this city. He is a great-nephew of H. L. Todd, who re sides near the city. Highway Accidents In State Still Show Increase Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, Nov. 2. — September traffic accidents in Laurens county totalled ten, all of which took place 1 on state highways, according to H.l. , , . .. V rk.,o F ia>. T- Ji ’ I tinued claims filed dunng the pre- L. Quarles, Jr., director of the mo-1 ,. _ A , tv,a C J- • ceeding month. Veterans claims fil- ens, Greenville. Spartanburg, Lau rens, Newberry, Saluda, Union and Cherokee. Hallowe'en Bazaai veteran continued claims filed in the 'Clinton office during August. Vet eran claims filed for September were as follows: six initial claims, 58 continued claims, and five self- employment claims. During August, veterans filed five Initial claims, 138 ii _a j continued claims and 43 self-em-' Lar 9 e, y Attended, ployment claims. The Clinton of fice serves all of Laurens county. On a statewide level, a decrease was shown in every type claim filed. Non-veteran claims filed during Sep tember totalled 8.830 initial and 42,- 348 continued claims, as compared to the 13,895 initial and 50,620 con- by of Greenpond in the spring Awards were made by Miss Susan Hall, home agent, as follows Attend ance gavel for having the most mem bers present at tthe meeting was pre sented to the Eden club. Mrs George Curry, president The Durbin clua came second, and Hickory Tavern | third. The clubs in each district having submitted the best reports, were pre sented small cash awards. They w-ere' Barksdale-Narnie, Greenpond. Hick- 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 Big Drop In First Ginners' Report For the County The cotton crop in South Carolina this year dropped to nearly half that of last year, according to preliminary figures released by the Bureau of the Census, United States Depart ment of Commerce, and the yield in some counties was only one-third of the 1948 yield. The preliminary figures as of Oc tober 10. show that 4,348 bales were ginned from the 1949 crop as com pared with 7,291 for the same period last year. Chaneys Move To New Home Mr. arid Mrs. W. M. Chaney have completed their new country home in the Madden Station section above Laurens where they are now residing Mrs. Chaney plans to divide her time between the Laurens and Clin ton stores. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hughes and small daughter are now residing in the Chaney’s former home on South Adair street. Joanna Presbyterian Church Services Services will be held at the Joanna Presbyterian church Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock, with a sermon by the pastor, Rev. L. W. Brown. The pastor announces that special services will begin, at the church in the evenving at 7 o’clock with the Rev. Neil E. Truesdale, of Newberry, in charge of the services to continue j through the week, with the public invited. 1 tor vehicle division of the S. C. State Highway Department. jed in September amounted to 322 in- litial, 2,778 continued and 212 self- Four persons were injured as a employed clams, while in August result of the Laurens county acci-j veterans filed 525 imt ial. 5,918 con- dents. No deaths were caused by the > tinued and j 872 S eif-employed accidents reported during Septem- cliirns in the state . ber, however. Property damage re- i ^ suited from seven of the ten acci- • a*- 11 dents. PC and Citadel The statewide accidents total for Meet FfldoV the month was 889, of which 635 j _ L T* ^ were reported as occurring on state rOT jUtn Time highways. Forty-four of the 51 1 • deaths resulting from traffic mishaps A football rivalry of 30 years stand- were caused by accidents on high-, ing gets its 1949 airing when Pres- Proceeds $722.18 The Hallowe'en bazaar given the Parent-Teacher associatipn Florida Street school on Saturday evening at the armory was largely ; ory Tavern, and Wadsworth, attended. After the meeting, the Wadswortn Many of the ch.ldren came in cot- ; club served a delightful luncheon at tume and the building was trans- the community recreation building. formed into a Hallowe'en scene with i • rustic decorations. j PC-Wofford Prizes for the best costumes were awarded as follows: 1st. Joey Powell; Juflior-VorSlty Meet 2nd. Billy Brooks Owens; 3rd. Co- rinne Boyd. Proceeds from the project, $722.18, | will be used for the work of the or ganization. Mrs. Julian Bolick, the j president, states. ' Officers of the P -T A have ex pressed their appreciation to mem- meeting here Saturday night a: be-s. teachers, parents, civic clubs. a o’clock. business firms, the cub scouts and H’s the small-scale edition of the individuals who contributed to the hard-fought rivalry which flared with Here Saturday Night Junior varsity football men of Presbyterian college and Wofford concentrate on serious knocks thi- week in preparation for their foot ways in the state system, as were byterian college invades Charleston ( 333 of the 384 injuries repor*ed. Of | to match grid prowess with The Cit- | the 607 accidents involving property adel Friday night, damage, 397 took place on state' Competition between the two in roads. | stitutions began back in 1915, with The accident total for September.! the Bulldogs winning 14-0. They’ve 889 accidents, exceeds the 815 motor met 29 tirrtes through the years and success of'the carnival. vehicle accidents reported in South Carolina during September of 1948. The total of 7.277 accidents this year to September of 1948. The total year to date also exceeds the 6.616 highway accidents reported for the same period last year. A total of 384 persons have been killed in mo tor vehicle accidents and 2.970 have oeen injured since the first of 1949, while the same totals for the cor responding period of 1948 were 379 deaths and 3,236 injuries. prepare to go into the 30th encoun ter with The Citadel on the long end of the record books, 20 victories to 8 for PC One game ended in a tie The battling has been particularly fierce in recent years as the teams took turns whipping each other. PC emerged with a 7-0 victory last year, after The Citadel had squeaked through with a 7-6 win in 1947. V ■■■■ Penney Employes Honor Mr. Jordan Thornwell To Play Winnsboro Here Tonight Honoring Manager John B. Jordan, the employes of the J. C. Penney m j company gave a picnic supper on last Thornwell orphanage will meet vV ^ dnesd3 y evening.— Greenbrier of Winnsboro tonight at The group motored-to a picnic spot 8 o’clock on Johnson field in an elim- near the city for the outing Fourteen ination game for districts two and ^ne*ts, including wives and husbands four in class “C.” The winner will of J h ® employees enjoyed the supper draw a bye in the next round and whlch was servedjvith punch. will play for the upper-state class - “C” championship the week of No vember 18. Thornwell has won six and lost two games this season, losing only to Wens and Newberry, two class The biggest valuc you can get is j a ; a year’s subscription to THE CHRON- The elimination game begins at 8; ICLE at a COst of less than ^ a week NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL o’clock. Erecting Building For Sunshine Cleaners A building is being erected by Dr. George R. Blalock on the lot be hind the post office to be occupic on completion by Sunshine Cleaner with the addition of a shirt laundry. Construction was begun this week and it is expected that the buildin., will be ready for occupancy around the first of the year. I payable in advance. Nowhere will you find so much community news of interest as in this “family news paper”. Welcome and thanks to those on cur Honor Roll this week: O. B. STONE, J. P. BOYD, ROBERT E. WYSOR, III, MRS. L. S. STRICKLAND,, Clinton. MRS. THELMA BOATWRIGHT, West Clinton. Albert l. boyd, Puerto Rico. Wofford Is Only Undefeated Team; Bhre*Hose Second A Undefeated Wofford remains top light in the state football sea son. with no losses this season. Presbyterian stand-; second in the column with four wins and two loss es. C’emson lost the rust week to Wake Forest 35-21; Florida edged Furman 28-27; Appalachian downed New berry 41-6; Presbyterian conquereo Catawba 19-13 The Blue Hose will go to Charles ton Friday night to meet The Citadel, and Oklahoma State will meet the Wofford Terriers at Spartanburg Saturday will find Boston College 1 The followin at Clemson and South Carolina at | for the varsity FC-Wofford engagement at the Blue Stockings' homeroming ; two weeks ago. The high-riding Terriers won that game by a close 14-7 count, so Pres byterian's Baby Blue Hose squad is bent Oil revengt It boasts t oredit- ! able record so far this season, with the decisive wins recorded over Augusta', Richmond academy and the Nca- brry Jayvees and a close 13-8 loss to Clemson. Admission will ue adults $1 00. stu dents 50c. Clinton 4-H Club Holds Meeting The Clinton 4-H club held its monthly meeting Wednesday October 26 in the Clinton high school audi torium, with Mrs Adeline Long, county home demonstration agen* officers were elected . the year: Margaret Lawrence. Marquette in a pair of daytime games i president; Dorothy Stogner. vice- That night it will be Stetson and president; Constance Burts, secretary Erskine at Greenwood and W’estern and treasurer; and Joan Vaughan Carolina at Newberry. All-games standings of the state’s eight college football teams after sev en weeks of the 1949 season follows. Wofford Presbyterian Clemson Newberry ... Furman South Carolina The Citadel Erskine W 7 4 2 2 9 L 0 2 3 5 5 4 4 5 T 0 0 1 0 0 n f 0 chairman of social committee Mrs. Long made an interesting ta'.^ on personal charm, after which she gave some demonstrations The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday November 30, at 3;0 ,t o’clock at the Clinton high school All girls ages 10 to 21 are invited :j attend. McSween President Lincolnton Club The Rev. Allen McSween. pastor of the Lincolnton, N C, Presbyter ian church, has been elected as the new president for the Lincolnton Ki wanis club for the coming year. Mr. McSween is known here by a num ber of friends, being a former resi dent of this city and a graduate of | Presbyterian college. 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.