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Page Eight THfe CUNTON CHRONICLE =! Thursday, January 12, 1950 College To Present Full Weekend Spores Program Col. Roy Hilton, Fdtmer Jap War Prisoner, Dies Public Welfare Aid ^ $200,000 In County For Five Months Period Presbyterian college will present Laurens, Jan. 8.—Ljeut. Coi. Roy Special to The Chronicle. Clinton audiences w-ilbu-3-full slate C, Hilton, U. S. army, retired, wh^ Columbia, Jan. 11. — A of sports this weekend. spent 42 months in Japanese < 2 00 was exnended , Three basketball games and a cahips and never fully recovered * ’ was ex P ended wrestling-match are Scheduled for. fro^ the effects, died this morning welfare assistance in Laurens coun Leroy Springs and Saturday total of i public was expended on assistance, of which $4,220,668 was used -for old age assistance, $204,561 for aid to the blind, $1,118,135 for aid to depend ent children, and $409,714 4 for gen eral assistance. ever barred. MRS. GfcRTRUDE Guardian. Dec. 24," 1949. NAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 26th day of January, 1950, I will render a NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS JOHNSON MEETING The annual meeting of the stock- 4tc.w I holders of the Clinton Community Noxirr nv annitai wirFTiNrr ! Hotel Cor P° ration ^ be held in the NOTICE OF ANNUAL RfEETING | high School building OF MEMBERS . 1 The Annual Meeting of the mem bers of the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association, Clinton, S. C., will be held in the office of the As- _ on Tuesday January 17, 1950, at 4 p.m. R. L. PLAXICQ. 1.2-2c Chairman Board of Directors gymnasium Friday at the-Laurens county hospital after Lv during the first five months of the final account of my acts and doings | SO ciation at 220 West Main Street in nights. The Friday a brief illness. He had been a patient 1949-50 fiscal yeaiv-according to a re-j as Guardian of the estate of Esther, ciintony-S. C. at 2 o’clock in the af- Wednesday, January 18, n:ght program, which features a cage at the^hospital sinceTarly todayi P° rt issued this week by the South encounter with Mercer university Colonel Hilton was born in Green- . aro :na apartment of Public Wei and a wrestling match with THb Cit- wood County November 7, 1892, a* Iare ‘ adel, will start at 7:30 p.m. son of the’ late James G. and Ann (dSfi^wrs tackle Adams Hilton, members of Louise Johnso'n\in the office of' the : tetmxm on Judge of Probate of Laurens County | at 10^)’clock, a. m, % and on the same! day will apply for^a final discharge from my trust as Guardian: • \ * Any persbn indebted t‘6 said estate Of the total expended during the p . f. > t a c k l e muu.., UU.-.UUCIS ul Green- month period in Laurens county, Furman SaturdaV mght beginning wood families. He was graduated $164,331 was expended on old age. from The Citadel in the class .of 1915, assistance, $3,563 was used for aid j is notified and’required-to make pay teaching the following year in the to the blind, $22,488 for aid to de- ment on or before that date; and all Laurens high school. In 1916 he ac- pendent children, and $9,854 for gen- I persons having claims against said cepted a civil service position with era l assistance. Restate will present them on or before at 8 oclock. And as a preliminary, starting at 6:30/the PC freshman cagers will open their season against Sumter high school. 1950, for the election of Directors and fqr the transaction of any other busi ness of the Association. ♦ J. SLOAN TODD,' , Clinton, S. C., Sec.-Treas. January 5, 1940. 12-2c me Blue Stockings' red hot bas- the adjutant general’s office, war de- ketball squad is currently tieef for partment. first place in tocTFMq cage race with He was, appointed a second lieu- a record of two wins and one defeat, tenant June 5, 1917, and was detail- weekend and.made a clean sweep in ^ed to school with the provisional of- Presbyterian invaded Charleston last deers battalion at Fort Leavenworth, whipping the College of Charleston Kansas. He served overseas in World and The Citadel on successive nights. ,War I, embarking Christmas eve, 1917, and returned to the United States July 15. 1919. Colonel Hilton WiiS 3 v varded the Silver Star, French Crdix-de-Guerre and the World War I medal with five battle stars. Upon returning' to the United States he was assigned to duty at Port Sam Houston. Texas. In Sep tember, 1922, he was ordered to the Infantry school,. Fort Benni'ng. Ga., where he remained for one year as a student and one year with the 29th infantry. He was detailed to duty with the South Carolina National where he remained five In the state as a whole, $5,953,078' saifi date, duly proven, or be for- WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BA& CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at . 200 South Broad St. Office Hours 9:00 to S:30 . . ' r ' Phone 658 Baptist Ministers Condemn Desecration Of Sabbath Day The Laur.ens-Reedy f River pastor s confcren^ met here Monday morn ing at the Fir-jt Baptist church:—-*— During the session the' pastors w/nt on record condemning the des ecration of the Lord's Day. The adopted resolution follows: ■ We. the pastors of the Laurens- Guard. Reedy River Baptist associations, 8°, years. Upon the termination of this on record as expressing our spiritual [assignment he was ordered to the conviction, as being opposed to the | j n f antr y sc hool at Fort Benning as a student in the advance course. Af ter graefuaiing he was sent to the to the many desecrations that are existing in our communities on the Lord's Day. “We call upon the Christian peo ple of bur churches and communi ties to have a definite conviction command and staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Colonel Hilton arrived in the Ha waiian department in 1929 and was against these desecrations and that ass ig ncc j to duty with the 229th in-/ they cease to patronize those public f an try as instructor of the Hawaii,! places that disregard the sacredness ^ at j i0na j Guard units stationed in| of the Lord’s Day.” Honolulu. me Rev. James B. Mitchell is president of the county group, and Rev. R A. McKinney, secretary. MASONS TO MEET Campbell Lodge No. 44, A. F. M., j will hold a regular communication Tuesday evening, January 17, at 7:30 ^ ^ oclock The F. C. degree will be .con- s jj^q j^ e ] e ft Charleston 5erred. AH' members are invited to be present, stated V. P. Adair, sec retary. ' CALL 74 FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES -Upon returning to the States in, 1934 he was placed on duty with the organized reserves, being stationed in Minneapolis, Minn. Leaving Min neapolis in 1936, he was assigned to 1 The Citadel, Charleston, where h was on duty as assistant professo military science and tactics/until vember, order to the Phil- NEW JLEt Watclti iming Instrument Checks every oetai OH If WITH Jhs, (pauhotL UMI0-CRAF u r»u ttmm mriti Pctsmt OHLT * l ™ — **•' P A U L IO Jr TIME-O -C.* AT CAM THE ■LJOMTNtHf SPEED or T>* WATC* ESCAPE- hman be exposed with FAISTTED AC COEDS POA COMECDOM. fW» CMty*" 0 "* 7 Wet OaJw E-ap**** Kwry Crr*r B<si Ai»e fry WeprtitMn SW»t Wfc«r« 7 • F TIm TB» Sotv. T)rp« CrrstAl As Ut.4 !» TIm ASOAnis Clock *Jim» ^boUaJU *7o %fou '"COSTS YOU NO MORE For TFk Conoiete SOENTIFIC SKVCE 1940, and was ippines. ’ Colonel Hiltop^w-as ,a member eL General MacAfthur’s staff and then that of General King, who assumed that ^dmmand. He served on his until the fall of Corregidor. Colonel Hilton remained a prison- er^of the Japanese unti/he was. lib erated in Manchuria in Augusi/1945. He was awarded the Legion of Merit, Presidential Unit Citation, Pearl! Harbor medal and Asiatic-Pacific 1 medal. X . After spending three months in army hospitals, her was placed on the retired list, and he joined his family; in Laurens. / He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruth Easterby Hilton, of Laurens; 1 two daughters, Mrs. Henry T. Little of Atlanta”Ga., and Miss Laura Anne Hilton of Laurens; and one brother, Wallace W. Hilton of Co lumbia. I Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon from the chapel of the Kennedy mortuary by the Rev. J. E. Rouse and the Rev. Tom C. Cook. Interment followed in the Laurens cemetery. ArFT= ANDERSON Rear Dillard’s Store LIQUID OR > TABLETS GIVES EAST RELIEF wH«nCOLD MISERIES STRIKE ITINERARY FOR 1950 OFFICE OF LAURENS COUNTY AUDITOR The County Auditor’s office at Laurens, S. C. will be open from the 1st day of January to the 1st day of March, 1950, for the purpose of taking tax returns for the ensuing year; and'for the transaction of all business .pertaining to the office. For the convenience of taxpayers, returns can'be made at the following appointments throughout the county on dates named below for the purpose oj taking tax returns for the year 1950: Watts Mill . „ Clinton Mill Lydia Mill Tip Top State Training School Lanford Ora Joaqna ... v - Joanna Mouhtville Cross Hill Laurens Mill O’Dell’s Store Princeton—* . Taylor’s Store Buzhardt’p Store Hickory Tavern C. G. Hipp'& E. H. Reeves Z. C. Vaughn’s'Stori W. H. Bolt’s Store Ftn. Inn (Henry Woods Store) Roberts Store : Tuesday, Jan. 10, 9 AM to 6 PM Wednesday, Jan. 11, 9 AM to 6 PM Thursday, Jan. 12, 9 AM to 6 .PM I Friday, Jan. 13, 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM : ... Friday, Jan. 13. 3 PM to 5 PM i . Monday, Jan. 16, 2 PM to 3 PM Monday, Jan. 16, 4 PM to 5 PM Tuesday, Jan. 17 9 AM to 6 PM Wednesday, Jan. 18, 9 AM to 6 PM Thursday, Jan. 19, 10 AM to 12 Noon Thursday, Jan. 19, 2 PM to 5 PM Friday, Jan. 20, 9 AM to 6 PM . Monday, Jan. 23, 9 AM to 10:30 PM Monday, Jan. 23, 11 AM to 12 Noon I Monday, Jan. 23, 2 PM to 3:30 PM! Monday, Jan. 23, 4 PM to 6 PM i Tuesday, Jan. 24, 10 AM to 12 Noon, Tuesday Jan. 24, 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM 1 Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM Tuesday, Jan. 24, 3:30 PM to 5 PM Wednesday, Jan. 25, 10 AM to 11 AM Wednesday, Jan. 25, 11 AM to 12 Noon Stephens Store Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1 PM to 1:30 PM J. B. Cook’s Store Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Robert Harris Store v Wednesday, Jan. 25, 3 PM to 5 PM Owings Thursday, Jan. 26, 10 AM to 12 Noon Gray Court (Abercrombie & Owings) Thursday, Jan. 26, 1 PM to 5 PM Coker’s Store Friday, Jan. 27 1 PM to 2 PM Mt. Olive (Cooper’s Store) ^ Friday, Jan. 27, 2:30 to 3:30 PM Martin’s Store Friday, Jan. 27, 3:30 PM to 5 PM Waterloo Monday, Jan. 30, 2 PM to 4 PM Clinton City (City Hall) Tuesday, Jan. 3i, 9:30 AM to 5 PM It is absolutely necessary that all taxpayers make returns this year as both real estate and personal property must be returned. This includes all those who own automobiles and who are subject to poll tatf—all male citi zens between the ages of 21 and 60 years are subject to poll tax. The only personal property exempt from taxes is the household furniture used in your own home. If not convenient to come to the County Auditor’s office in the Court House, please meet me at one of ^the above places. JENNIE V. CULBERTSON* County Auditor JANUARY CLEARANCE — •* Vk iv . T, Home of Better V a I u e s GOODS SALE! SPECIAL PURCHASE! Sanforized .... Tubbable.. .Lovable... 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