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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable Volume XLIX She fflbrnnttl? If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the Newi Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 24, 1949 Number 46 1949 GRAND JURY PRESENTS FINAL REPORT OF YEAR — Presentment Made At November Term Court. Holdover Jurors Drawn For 1950. After passing on all bills place? 1 be fore it by Solicitor Hugh Beasley, the 1949 grand jury completed its work last week and made its final report for the year. The jury was dismissed witn thanks by presiding Judge J. Henry Johnson of Allendale, after the fol lowing six holdovers were drawn for next year: Ratchford W. Boland, I. M. Smith, Lewis E. Prater, Carl A Gwinn, Clifton Cain and W. T. Blakely. Accompanying the presentment were the reports made by the various standing committees. The audit ordered by the grand Jury early In the year was not made as a part of the presentment, but mention of it was made in the report of the audit committee In this re port it was said “This audit contains revelations and recommendations that we feel merit attention, although as a whole, the report indicates that the business of the county is in good roodllioo. and is being administered efficiently by those in office report was signed by R w end W T Blakely committee The Inns srlng la the prasenl To Usa PMMM Jed* of Thanksgiving In Clinton 14 Years Ago (From files of The Chronicle November IS, 1935) Misses Rosa Bailey Little, Copie McCrary and Caroline Martin, stu dents at Winthrop college, are spend ing Thanksgiving at home. Funeral services for A. Preleau Young. 73, were held from the home Thursday afternoon, with interment following in the Hurricane cemetery. Presbyterian will meet The Citadel today in Charleston in their annual football game. Dr. William Clardy Austin died suddenly, last Wednesday night in Chicago, 111. The funeral services ( were held Sunday afternoon at Lib- j erty Springs Presbyterian church, Cross Hill. Mrs. Irene Todd announces the en- i gagement of her daughter, Ruth Eli zabeth. to James Frank Martin of Laurens. Miss Mary Ella Bailey of Lowndes- ville, is spending the holidays with j her parents. Dr. and Mrs. T. L. W. j Bailey Mr. and Mrs. C. E Galloway and | daughter. Marcia, are spending’ Thanksgiving in Columbia with Mrs 1 Galloway'* parent* Miss Lidic Davit, who teaches in Langley, is spending the Thanksgiv ing holidays with her parents, Mr j and Mrs John D. Davit Mis* Emily Ferguson, student at Queent-Oucora college, it spending the Thanksgiving holiday* with her! parent*. Mr. and Mr* R E Fergu- children. Mr* Mr* B F Copeland, children of Charlotte, are I day* ta W nter Ha- wtth Mr and Mr* C I Blue Hose Close Grid Season The tallowing Ctomaao student* at (same foe the hodday* Clyde BUI Dehhtna. Jama* Mitt. McCrary. Marne Workman. L Jf Da- j Ne*f To Wofford ring, undafaeted Woffc rd « QUIET HOLIDAY PUNNED IN CITY FOR THANKSGIVING General Cessation From Business. Union Service In Morning. A day of rest and quiet will be ob- I served today by Clintonians in ce’.e- : bation of Thanksgiving, according * i a check made yesterday The mills here and at Joanna will j operate as usual on their regular j schedules with several days ta be : taken for holidays Christmas. The city schools, orphanage schooia. i and Presbyterian college closed ye.>- | terday for the remainder of the week • A city-wide union Thanksgiving j service has been announced by the ! Ministerial association for 10 30 th:. jmarning at the First Baptist church with all denominations invited unite fer the occasion The sermon I will be preached by the Rev J C I Dicker!, pastor of St. John'* Lutheran church. . No football is on the menu, the Presbyterian Blue Hose having c!pa*l I their season last Saturday with New • I berry at Newberry A general holiday sp:r.t will reign in the city with all places of busmen ! closed, and many hunting and engag ing in other recreation A nurtber of I Clintonian* are out of the ciiy. with {many relative* and friends ret ur run j I home for the d«y Training School 4-H Club Wins Canning Award Merchants Announce Store Hours For Holiday Season 1949 Rood Proarom Completed In County, Stoddard Reports County Supervisor L B Sux*d*~" made a report on the Iksf road pre gram in Lauren* county thi* ween I'We have just completed I IS 3 nruie | of farm-to-market surface-treaMM More then tot rlub members, to al Store* wt >pen on Wodnet- rands throughout the county th » yem." he said The** reads link from high* a r to highway, and many a are by country churches an f iMt relief* toot-1 leader*, parent* and guen* attended day afternoon* beginning November * r ' 00 -* P •- test this week | the annual 4-H Achievement gram pr seen led in Lauxen* lest in seJebretiea of National High Mat |Achievement wars C’ubs from nil ■Ktiom of the county nor* rrpee- Seturday after- wnted upset when the. Senator Ralph T Wilson ga\w an .nspirational talk it rsaiaf the theme for the special week. "Better Liv.ng for a Better World ** Several mem be: * ga\e report* on special activities dtrr.ed on during the year hy the boys and gals for de- Ux be to the tretes. ns prnvidBd by law la the event the office force is insufficient promptly to perform the duties of charging off valueless executions we defeated the Blue Hose 20-14 the rlosing game of the F C The Citadel, idle last week, parti n Giles, who is a student at William | on the only Thanksgiving day show Mary School of Art involving state squads when it meet. Elisabeth Ne son. Mary , Davidson at Oiarlotte and EVnse Von Ho.- Omson will be at Mobile. Ata. | »indent* at Lander coltege. are Saturday to play Auburn That same at home for Thanksgiving afternoon Sonth Carolina will enter- Miser* Martha and Mildred Whrt- tain Wake Ftarrst at Columbia, ten, students at Lander college, are) One game remains after this week ,r ye * r 21rd ’.brought Wednesday. January 4. i earning Wednesday after noon clos ing on January 11. St< ms will -emsin open until C M o'clock on Thursday, December 1st and Friday. December 2nd Also, be- g./itung Monday. December Itth • rrou *»«Fr d*y December 23rd They will remain open until 7.00 o'clock Saturday. De ember 24th. on Stores snl ce.ober 3C. ma* Da* a? The State Training School 4-H in observance .e clued Monday. De- ooservance of Chnst- Monday. January 2nd of Near Years Day employed and that provision for pay ment be made by the County Dele gation. or in the General Assembly, or otherwise. “We also recommend that the fiscal affairs of the County be so arranged that the fiscal year win run from July 1st to July 1st instead of Janu ary 1st to January 1st, and that the Delegation in the General Assembly secure the passage of enabling Acts for this purpose. “We wish to compliment the of ficials of the City of Laurens on the Safety Program inaugurated by them, and the effective cooperation of the authorities with the public, so as to render the City of Laurens to be a safe place. “Attached hereto are resolutions adopted in reference to the death of one of the members of the Grand Jury, Mr. Roy B. Owens, the Jury lost a most efficient member in his recent death. “In view of the fact that the Grand Jury is intended to be a continuing body, and that sometimes its recom mendations are lost sight of in fol lowing years, we recommend that the reports of the Grand Jury made during the present year, and espec ially the reports of the committees attached to the final presentment, be furnished to the Grand Jury for the following years, ’ for its information, and in order that it may investigate and see if the recommendations have been carried out. 'Tn conclusion we wish to state that each member of the Grand Jury feels that every courtesy has been shown hbn by the officials of the Court, and the Cpunty in the performance of their duties. Our thanks are extend ed to them for their cooperation, and our best wishes go with them in the future performance of their duties. “All of which is respectfully sub mitted. “M. B. Abrams, •^Foreman." spending The ho'iday« with tlsetr par- I before the '49 curta.n goes town— _ _ .. . ents. Dr a fid Mr*. B O. Whitten South Csralina at The Citadel De-iC,OltagC OitfCtOlS "Xir.jL standing, of u. ..gh. Aftwd Meeting* college team* after ten weeks of the! 1949 season follow: Miss Bmmie Adair of Lockhart, ‘t •pending the holidays with her par- that additional help be enU Mt ^ Mrs R _ r Adair. Mia* Janet Leake, who kas been employed in Orange, N. J., has ar rived home where she will rem in until her wedding occurs next month. Miss Vivian Parks Adair, student at Brenan college, Is spending Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mr*. V. Parks Adair.. Mrs. Anna Henry of Jacksonville, Fla., and daughter, Mrs. R. O. Ward Er&kine of Kingstree. are guests of Mr. and • Mrs. Harry C. Layton. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. J. A. Chandler entertained her bridge club at luncheon. The Musgrove Mills chapter, D.A. R., met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. John W. Finney. On next Wednesday afternoon members of the Music club, several children from the city schools, and a group from the State Training school will present a Christmas pro gram, “*Ye Olde Christmasse in Mer- rie England” in the Training school auditorium. On Friday evening Mrs. Hubert Todd and Mrs. Jack W. Anderson en tertained with a lovely dinner party, announcing the engagement of the former’s sister-in-law. Miss Ruth Todd, to J. Frank Martin, Jr., of Lau rens. A four-course dinner was served by the hostesses, assisted by Mrs. Irene Todd and Miss Doris Bolt. The following are listed on the No vember honor roll at the local high school: Alethea Barnett, Frances Bauknight, Marion Chaney, Dorothy Clarke, Mary Crawford, Helen Davis, Thomas Ellison, Peggy Sprunt, Mary Jane Sturgeon, Thelma Taylor and Pauline Whitmire. I Wofford PRESBYTERIAN Clemson The Citadel Furman Newberry South Carolina .... W 19 1 4 3 3 J 2 2 L 0 4 4 4 6 7 6 7 The county did all the construct*#’ j work, snd pur~he*ed all th* materu fused, and A T. SisUre ConstrueU#> , Co. Spartanburg, applied the mite ' nal at I Or per square yard The coun- ty engineer J Marton Bryv.n Jr ! has completed measuring the r *ad sod gives the follusnng-statement a* to all their rest The cost per mile average S3 (79 fit* The foUowmg is the statement give ' oy the engineer as l onung from th* bond issue stone SI01.U7 02. asphav $153.HAT 70. contractor $108,340 71, t . test asphalt $2(1 79, freight charge $(2.4*1 34. miscellaneous. $341 13. er- g.neer $1.0(190. guard* lor road i l $53 00 Total for cost of surface tree* - 1 ment, $424,074 (1 Other items pu:? | chased from the bond issue machin 'ery and trucks $41.572 32. lumbr $17.092 40, pipe and cement. $14.- 03fi 07. storage tank for asphalt. V»5» ■ Mrs R S Thompson of Andrr«on. Jblal for a* these items $114,751(9 , Dr. Marshall W Brown is attend- member of the first graduating class ^ ,r,nd * 0 * aI fr ' r ^ 1> I ing a meeting of the Regional Coun- at Presbyterian college, is visiting | 0 icil for Education at Bilwxi, Miss. On as the guest of her nephew. W 0 _ 1 club, undr - the direction af Joe Shay, fumishad special music for the event. The rlub also re -erved $2t) for the best individual ciab canmrng record. Otnersriw regular will be observed ig hour s First Graduate Of Clinton College Is Visitor Here Barbecue Given For Highway Employees In Due to the new machinery and fa- Tuesday Governor J. Strom Thur- W Harris and family. i vorable weather conditions, we were mond and Dr Brown took part on a Mrs- Thompson, a native Clinton-^ t0 bul 1 ab 00 * ^ miles mor.* o program broadcast over the mutual was Miss Rebecca Boozer before | surface treated roads than was an- 0 netwwrk. her marriage, a daughter of the i a t e 1 ticipated the first of the year. Super- Oj Dr. Brown, accompanied by Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. Job J. Boozer, pioneer v '^ r raid. q! Brown and Mrs. George C. Beilin- res,dmts of this community. [. ^ has bo * n a Kreat pleasure t> P' erath, will go frrnn Biloxi to Houston, ! Mrs. Thompson graduated from 0 ^ ll!d ^hese roads for the people i.’ (Texas, visiting New Orleans, tne Bel-I Clinton college (now Presbyterian i the c ‘ OUI )ty this year, he said. Ev- llingrath gardens at Mobile, A!a. t and college) in its fi-st class in 1843. The f ryon * bas COQ P er ated >n aiding u :other points of interest enroute. (class was compowd of three mem- •° comp ete the work The proper!. ' In Houston they will be joined by bers. Miss Boozer, Miss Florence Ja- Dr. Rellingrath, riean of Presbyterian ‘ tobs and Miss Jessie Copeland Miss ! college, who will also attend the; Jacobs maTied the late W J. Bailey. toP 50 ' 5 owners on the roads were more tha’ generous in giving rights-of-way ani in hono. of the State Highway , meetin g 0 j Southern Association: of this city.ancf Miss Copeland mar- John T. ToaSr' and Seconds, School, r.ed the ,ate J W Erhardt .New- gave a bountiful barbecue dinner last I leges Nov. 26 through Dec. 2. CHURCH SOCIETY TO MEET The executive board of the Women of the Church will meet at the First Presbyterian church on Monday af ternoon November 28, at 3 o’clock. Wilder To Attend Education Meeting R. P. Wilder, principal of Clinton high school, with L. McKnight of Winnsboro, and J. V. Kneece of New berry, will leave Friday to attend the meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary schools in Houston. Texas, Nov. 27 through Dec. 1. Friday evening al his club house near' , , ii l LI I the city. The barbecue was given the KOuDOr MOKCS Haul large group, Mr. Young said, in ap-, A*. Pkarmncv preciation of their splendid work in;^ 1 «*">■«»'» rnormacy the building of a new road through ! _ „ ' a section of his farm property. I So ™t:me Sunday between 10:30 berry. Miss Jacobs was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Jacobs. Miss Copeland the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eb T. Copeland, all now de ceased. Mrs. Thompson is the only surviving member of her family. ONLY Shopping Days Until Christmas Let THE CHRONICLE advertisements help you each week. They are filled with interesting, helpful suggestions and “store news” that will save you time and money while stocks are fresh, full, and thrilling. BE WISE- READ THE ADVS. am. and 2:30 pm. Bishop-Walker ScrviCGS Lost ^^GgIc Pharmacy w r as entered, the safe ran- . . , sacked and $1800 in cash stolen, be- At the Urphanagc longing to the store and Walker’s ♦—-— Community Market. i A week of religious emphasis ser- A hole had been cut in the back vices w’as held at Thornwell Memo- door indicating that a burglar lifted rial church last week continuing the door bar and entered from the through Friday evening. The services outside, but evidence pointed that were led by the Rev. Paul Edris, pas- the intruder was hid in the store tor of the Presbyterian church at when it closed for Sunday hours. , Daytona Beach, Fla. ‘ A nail file and ice pick were found which were used in breaking open 3jn Rnrodc Set the inner lock of the safe. Officers r 'bn i . investigating have reported no arrest, * OF UGCGHIDGr I or evidence as to the guilty party. Mr. and Mrs. Doiley Move To Hickory As previously announced, the Christmas parade will be staged on Thursday, December 1, at 4:30 p.m. A number of floats, decorated cars and four bands will participate in the Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell parade the committee in charge has Dailey will be interested to know announced, they moved this week to Hickory, N. I C.. where they will reside at 2034 County GinninQS 1 Fore : Hills Drive. Mr. Dailey has T™' 1 / beer tmnsferred there as office man ager :or !he Industrial Supply Com pany of this city. M s. Dailey, the former Miss Bet ty Davis of Laurens, was secretary to the president of Presbyterian col- 'lege before leaving the city. I Below Lost Year The South Carolina cotton crop is considerably below that of last year, ginning figures through Nov. 1 show Laurens county had ginned 11,667 bales on this date against 14,794 for the corresponding period last year. Supervisor Stoddard said the coun ty road force is busy every day ge’- ting roads ready for surface treat ment next year. "We are planning t build a large mileage of surface- treated roads in the county in IDofl.’ Winthrop Girls At . ) Home for Holidoys The following Clinton girls who are students at Winthrop college arrive! home .yesterday to spend the Thanks giving holidays which continue through Sunday: Myra Adair, Mr> George Frady, Rebecva Cupelano Martha Dailey. Myrtle Ann D iBose Cornelia Harris, Mozella McClure Anne Owens, Frances Geraldine Trammell, Marjorie Ann Williams. Barrie Jean Wingard, Kent Wvsor. Carolyn Young. From Joanna: Nancy Chapman and Elaine Franzen. Baptist Group To Meet In Laurens The Woman.’s Missionary Union of the Laurens Baptist association will meet in its annual session on Satur day, November 26j at 10: 30 a m. a;< the First Baptist church in Laurens All officers of the W. M. fs. and Young People's Counselors are invited to be present. The associational officers will present the plan of work for the year relative to the Advance Pro gram as recommended, by the South ern Baptist convention