The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 12, 1950, Image 8
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THfe CUNTON CHRONICLE
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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:
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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
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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,
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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.
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Rear Dillard’s Store
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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
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Home of Better V a I u e s
GOODS
SALE!
SPECIAL PURCHASE!
Sanforized .... Tubbable.. .Lovable... Day in and-Day Out
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IS
EYELET EMBROIDERY TRIM
Cotton Broadcloth Dressses
■'A
■■ ’>1
Cotton Club Frocks that are a
pleasure to wear and stylish to
oywL Delicate coloring and easy
to don features as well as the free-
moving brief sleeves and self-tie
belts. Pick your cotton early in the
“cotton-pickin’ ” season.
Regular Values
6.95
Deep Tone Colors of ... Grey ...
Lilac . . . Brown . . . Green . . .
Navy.
Flower Tone Shades of . . . Pink
. . . Light blue . . . Silver grey . . .
Aqua . . . Lavender. - ;
Sjzes:
Juniors 9 to 15
Misses 12 to 20
Womens .! 38 to 44
Belk’s Budget Cottons.... Basement
- 1 — “Fruit of the Loom”
COTTON —
PRINT DRESSES
Beautiful New Spring Prints, Styles and Colors
The label in each dress guarantees the quality.
Sizes 12 to 50
mu
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.
Belk’s Basement
PILLOW CASES
“Snuze” Brand — 42x36
29c ea.
ORGANDY I
CURTAINS
2.88
Pair
Permanent Finish—42x90
39-In. SHEETING
Good Quality Unblecahed
Muslin
10c yd.
, 40-Inch
CURTAIN SCRIM
Pe*bble Dot Pattern
27c yd.
80-Sq. PRINTS
Solids — Florals — Figures
37c yd.
42-Inch
GABARDINE
Green, Navy, Natural, Royal,
Tan, Brown
44c yd.
Regular 79c
> Big New Shipment -
Drapery & Upholstery
48 Inches f
Wide
Florals — Stripes
Solids
94 yd.
Beautiful Quality
Fast Colors
Values to
1.98 Yd.
Piece Goods — First Floor
Sun and Country
Picolay
—Maize
—Pink
.—Lt. Blue
—Aqua
—White
—Rust Yard
Assorted White
Goods
—Piques
—Oxfords
—Batiste
—Linen
—Nainsook
—Broadcloth
Final Clearance!
LADIES
DRESS SHOES — PLAY SHOES
' , AND OXFORDS
“Lady Caroline”
NYLON HOSE
51 Gauge, 15 Denier
Pair
First Floor
Assortment
of Leathers
3.00
Also Suedes
SPRING RAYON GABARDINES
—Powder
Blue
—Lilac
—Silver
Haze
77c
Yard
—Dusty
Rose
—Pink
—Aqua
Rayon PANTIES
Ladies Sizes
4 Pairs
1.00
CLOSE OUT!
CURTAINS
> Values to 3.98
le98pr.
Broadcloth
White Bleached Only
5 Yards
1.00
Reg. 39c Yd.
CHAMBRAYS
Solids — Stripes — Checks
44c yd.
MEN’S
SPORT SHIRTS
Reduced
1.00
ea.
Values to 2.98