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_x •' x v^ Vv THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean ’■ j Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable 9 . V, Volume LI If You Don't Rood, THE CHDOHICIE You Don't Get the News Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 9, 1950 Number 6 Heads P. C. Military Unit / LT. GOL. MARSHALL LANTER of Thomasville, Ga., has been ap pointed to head the college military unit as battalion commander. He received a promotion from cadet major. The announcement was made this week by Major Samuel Gray, assist ant professor of military science and tactics at the college. Serving on Lanter’s staff are: Ca- —det-Major Marion T. Wood, of West Palm Beach, Fla., battalion execu tive officer; Major Wallace K. Wil kinson, of Rome, Ga., battalion S-3 an<J adviser for Company C; Capt. James Puryear, of Portsmouth, Va., battalion adjutant and adviser for Company A; Capt. Edd Kenney, of Aiken, battalion adjutant; Capt. James R. Hollandsworth, of Coving ton, Va., battalion S-2; Capt. Ferdi nand Jacobs, of Clinton, battalion S-4; and Capt. Paul B. Martin, of Seneca, assistant battalion S-3 and Company B adviser. Company commanders are: Cadet Captain George C. Howard, Jr., of Greenville, Company A; Cadet Cap tain William B. Liles, of Colunrjbia, Company B; Cadet Captain William T. Mundy, of Abbeville, Company C; and Cadet Captain Henry P. J. L’heureux, band commander. Mercbonts Bureau To Be Organized After Drive Today A number of Clinton merchants met recently at Florida Street school to formulate plans for the organiza tion of a Merchants Bureau, to be composed of retail mercnants as a separate organization from the Chamber of Commerce. The present merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce is serv ing as the organizing group and has announced that a drive for member ship will be made today (Thursday). An estimated budget of about $600 a year, to be collected by dues, has been suggested to take care of four planned promotions for the coming year including the Christmas Santa parade. Chief Anderson Stricken At Fire Jack W. Anderson is a patient at Blalock clinic where his condition was reported yesterday as improved. Mr. Anderson, who is chief of the city fire department, was on top of the A. R. P; church Sunday night fighting a fire underway there when he suffered a heart attack. Getting down from the roof, he was rushed to the hospital for medical aid by several of the firemen when they discovered he was ill. His friends wish for him a speedy recovery. A. B. Blakely, who arrived at the church soon after ^he alarm was given, also suffered a heart attack from which his friends will be glad to know he soon recovered and is out again. Exchange Club To Hold Ladies flight Announcement is made that the annual ladies night party of .the lo cal Exchange dub will be held on the evening of February 13th in the college dining hall. 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 , chance and merchandise be comes more plentiful. BE WISE- READ THE ADS Blue Ridge Council 1 To Join In 40th Scout Anniversory Boy Scout Week, marking the 40th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, is be ig observed the week of February 6-12. The anniversary T^il^be celebrated in every city and town and most villages and ham lets throughput the nation and its territories by 2,300,000 boys and ad ult leaders. The observance this year finds the organization at the mid-point of its two-year crusade to “Strengthen the Arm of Liberty”, which seeks to bring more boys into its ranks, give them richer experiences in all phas es of its program under volunteer leaders of high character who take training courses as they carry on ef fectively. The theme “Strengthen Liberty” will be portrayed in count less meetings in pageants, demon strations, public ceremonies and Pa rents’ Night gatherings. The highlight of the second year of the crusade will be the National Jamboree at Valley Forge, at which 4,000 Scoots and leaders from every section of the nation and several hundred Scouts of other lands will camp together from June 30 to July 6. The Boy Scout movement in Am erica is reported to have started in 1909 when an unidentified British Boy ^Scout did a “good turn” for an American business man lost in a London 1 fog. This is said'tp have lead to the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America in Washington on February 8, 1910. The Blue Ridge Council, of which Laurens county is a part, is joining in the celebration which began Mon day. TBe Council in addition to this county includes Abbeville, Ander son, Greenville, Greenwood, New berry, Oconee and Pickens. It reach ed an all-time high in boy and lead ership membership January 1, 1950 with 4,576 boys and 1541 adults. The trend is still upward and the boy membership February 1 was 4,600. L. L./Stanley of Qreenville, is scout executive of the Council. Scouts in Laurens, Clinton and Joanna will enter in the observance of the week with special programs. Heart Campaign On In County, Goal $4,000^ The 1950 Heart Campaign in Lau rens county, with Col. R. E. Wysor, of this city, as chairman, got under way the past week and will be con centrated during the month. The week of February 12-18 has been designated as “Heart Week” with a national goal set of $6,000,000 to help carry on a nation-wide attack on heart diseases througn research,*ed ucation and community service. Chairman Wysor states lhat a goal of $4,000 has been set for the county and that workers will conduct a per sonal campaign in an effort to raise the set amount. Chairman Wysor also announced that Mrs. George Attix has accepted appointment as co-chairman in the drive in charge of the Laurens area and territory-in the upper part of the county and that Mrs. B. F. Win- gard has accepted a similar appoint ment for Clinton and the lower part of the county. » County Teachers To HoJd Meet At Joanna Today ’49 County Textile Payroll $13,638,525 All Manufacturing Enterprises Have Payroll of $15,235,220. Annual Production of Seven Cotton Mills Reaches $54,949,336, With 5502 Employees. The 43 manufacturing establish ments in Laurens county paid total wages of $15,235,220 during the fis cal year ending June 30, 1949. They' had a rombined capital of $17,406,- 637, an anual product valuation of 637, an annual product valuation of $63,395,996, with 6,644 .employees. These figures pertaining to -the county are contained in the 14th an nual report of the South Carolina De partment of Labor, submitted a few days ago to the General Assembly. Textile investments'in the coun ty amount to $12,249,577, valuation of product $54,949,336, average num ber of persons employed, 5,502, to tal wages $13,638,525. Housed in the textile plants were 286,442 spindles and 7,927 looms di vided as follows: Clinton Cotton Mills (plants 1 and 2), P. S. Bailey president, 71,- 824 spindles, 1,804 looms. Goods manufactured standard print cloth, yarn fabrics. > . Lydia Cotton Mills, P. S. Bailey, president, 51,264 spindles^ 1,278 looms. Goods manufactured, print cloth, yarns. Joanina Cotton Mills company (plants 1 and 2), Walter Regnery, president, 103,176 spindles, 2,688 looms. Goods manufactured, shade cloth, drapery fabrics, mop yard. Gwen Evan Mill, Clinton, Ralph M. Levey, president, 24 looms. Goods manufactured, upholstery, pile fab rics. Laurens Mills, M. L. Smith, pres ident, 30,480 spindles, 981 looms. Goods' manufactured, rayon and cot ton textiles. , Palmetto Spinning Corporation, Laurens, R. C. O’Brien, president, 1,- 170 spindles. Goods manufactured, yarn. Watts Mill, J. P. Stevens. Jr, pres ident, 28,528 spindles, 1,152 looms. Goods manufactured,. rayon fabrics. Also Hallmark Manufacturing Cor poration, Clinton and Laurens—Shirt manufacturers. Fertilizer—Bycolife Manufacturing company, C. W. S. Guano company, and Southern Cotton Oil company. Clinton Plywood Corporation, (furniture and wood factory). Bottling plants—Canada Dry Bot tling company, Clinton, Laurens Co ca-Cola Bottling company and Nehi Bottling company, Laurens. Miscellaneous Industries—Laurens Glass Works, King Manufacturing company, Clinton. ’ Knitting Mills-g-Cross Hill Hosiery Mill, Jake Rasor, president, ladies full fashio/ied nyon hose. Dapper Hosiery Mills, C. W. Anderson, pres ident, ladies full fashioned nylon hose; Laurens Hosiery Mills, Barnett C. Gordon, presided!, ladies full fashioned hose in greige. The mills used 64,751 bales of cotton, 10,237 tons of coal, and had a total mill village population of 9,800. Mrs. George W. Addy Claimed By Death, Rites At Hurricane Mrs. Mary Young Addy, 66, wife of George W. Addy, died early last Friday morning at Hays hospital where she had been a patient several weeks, her final illness being pre ceded by an extended period of ili health. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Hurricane Bap tist church near the city of which she was a devoted member, conduct ed by the Rev. J. H. Darr of this city, with interment following in the adjoining church cemetery. Many friends, relatives and neighbors gat hered to pay a last tribute to one who was loved for her many fine qualities, and the floral tributes were many and beautiful. Active pallbearers were: Bennie B. Blakely, Pierre Ramage, Frank Young, Joe C. McDaniel, A. B Blakely, Jr., arid Rex Young. The honorary escort consisted of the deacons of the Hurricane church and First Baptist church of this city. Mrs. Addy was a* native of this county where her entire life was sp6nt. She was a daughter of the. later J. H. M. Young and Margaret Workman Young. In addition to her husband, the deceased is survived by two sons, J. Y. Addy of Laurens and W. A Addy of Lakeland, Fla., two daughters. Mrs. A. B. Bobo of Spartanburg and Miss Qranna-AddyJaf Clinton; three brothers, A. M. Young, Andy B Young, both of Clinton, and W. A. Young of Reidsville, N. C., one half- sister, Mrs. Bell Scott of this city, two half-brothers, Lewis and Edgar Young of this city, one step-sister, Mrs. Metta Quattlebum of Colum- .' bia, one step-brother. Roy C. Work man of this city, and six grandchil dren. CLINTON MISS HI MISS The Laurens county Education as sociation will hold its February meeting at 3:30 this afternoon (Thursday) in- the Joanna school auditorium it is announced by Mrs. T. B. Sumerai, principal of the Long Branch school, and president of the organization. Devotional for the'meeting will be conducted by one of the Joanna pas tors and a brief musical program will be presented by a group of Joanna school children under the direction of Mrs. Gladys Nabors and Mrs. Frances Giles. Light refreshments will be served by a committee from the Joanna Woman’s club. The main feature of the program will be a demonstration in physical education instruction conducted by Miss Lucile Bowers, elementary phy sical education consultant for the Spartanburg city schools, and Dode Phillips, director of physical educa tion for the state department of ed ucation. Leaders Named For Religious Week At the College The annual Religious Emphasis week for the Presbyterian college student body has b&en announced for February 28—March i The leading speakers for the spec ial services will be Dr. W. R. Ward, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Spartanburg, and the Rev. Daniel Iverson, pastor of the Shen andoah'Presbyterian church, Miami, Fla. Three South Carolina ministers will lead discussion groups during the four-day period. They are: Rev. Leslie Patterson, executive secreta ry for the synod. Rev. McLeod Frampton, pastor of Purity Pres- terian church, Chester, and Dr. Sid ney J. L. Crouch, pastor of the Fort Hill Presbyterian church at Clem- son. Jim Hollandsworth of Norfolk, Va., has been named the new pres ident of the Student Christian asso ciation at the college, succeeding Ben Collins, who graduated at the close of the recent semester. Sibley To Speak ^ \ For Presbyterians Sunday has been designated as “Layman’s Stewardship Sunday” in Soufh Carolina Presbytery. The guest speaker at the First Presby terian church* of this city at the morning services will be W. A. L. Sibley, executive director of Mon arch Mills, Union, long active in layman’s work. Another Liquor Store Opens In City A new liquor store has recently opened in the oty at the lower end of West Main street by Charles L. Hipp. The business is housed in a new building recently erected. Mayor L. E. Bishop, Chief of Po lice B. B. Ballard and City Attorney R. S. Owens appeared before the state tax commission opposing the issuing of the license. It was issued soon after the hearing. With this addition, there are now five licensed liquor stores in the city A. R. P. Church Domoged By Fire L Fire and water did considerable damage to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church early Sunday evening at which time a group of young people were meeting in the auditorium. The fire, starting in the upper roof, was soon extinguished by the fire department. I Membership Drive On This Week For 'SO-'Sl • Concert Series This is Community Concert Week in Clinton and the surrounding area, according to an announcement made by Robert E. Wysor, III, president. The purpose of this year's drive, as in other years, is to accept renewal memberships from .past subscribers and to enroll new members. While a general canvass will be made. Mr. Wysor said that he or an assistant will be at headquarters in his office every day this week, from 9 until 5, to accept memberships. Mrs. Hummel Harley, sectary of the association, made a special point of the fact that no box-office admis sion s-t«^*S5yof the concerts will be sold, since the artists who appear in the series are selected according to the number of subscriptions obtained during the drive. Mrs. Harley said that the campaign will close this Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock, after which no subscriptions can be se cured until next season. The artists to appear in the 1950-51 season will be chosen at the close of the drive, and Mrs. Harley said the executive committee of the association would welcome suggestions and expressions of preference which can be mailed or phoned in to the headquarters. Interest in the concerts has been widespread, and has insured in the past three seasons a near-capacity audience. Only 800 membersnips ran be sold since this is the maxi- mum capacity of the Clinton audi torium, where half of the concerts are presented, and indications are there will be an increase over the present enrollment of 705. Calvary Baptist To Build Two-Story Church Addition Calvary Baptist church has voted to build a two story addition to the present church building, the addition to consist of 16 class rooms, two large assembly rooms, two rest rooms and an equipped kitchen. An architect is already at. work on the plans, and a campaign to raise the necessary funds for erecting the building will get underway the first Sunday in March. The pastor. Rev. J. W Spillers, states that the estimated cost of the building is $30,000, and one-fourth of .the needed amount is on hand. The church hopes to raise $10,000 in cash and pledges on the first Sunday 1 in March, he said. MARGARET ANN WILKIE, of Clinton high school,'will be among 242 South and! North Carolina high school cnior girls whom W.nthro > college will honor next month. The’ Johnsonian, Wiirthrop student news paper. wil publish February 1.5 its 13th annual “Miss Hi M.'S' - editioa in recognition of the >ears outstand ing senior girls. Selected as the representative o' her school,’Miss Wilkie is a member of the Bet^ club and Junior Home makers asso.ciktion. She is the daugh ter of Mr. ^and Mrs. W. C. Wilkie >' Cross Hill. Other seniors from Laurens county in the “Miss Hi Miss” edition are Rachel Taylor of Gray Court-Owings high. Peggy June O'Dell of Hickory Tavern. Virginia Moore of Ford high, and Betty Lee Swofford of Lauretu high. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL We welcome new subscribers to our family. If you are a newcomer to the city we invite you to join our large family of readers. If you want the news, you want THE CHRON ICLE. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll thls.week: JOE EDWARDS, - Clinton. R. C. WATTS, WALTER LEE BENJAMIN, Mountvllle. LAMAR “BUNDRICK, Cross Hill.^ JACK THREAT, Fortson, Ga. MRS. LUEASY T. OWENS, State Park. Horry Dent Named New Editor Of Blue Stocking Harry S. Dent, Presbyterian col lege junior from St. Matthews, is l the new editor of The Blue Stock ing, students’ publication. He suc ceeds Doug Kiker of Griffin, Ga., j editor of the publication the past two semesters, who has accepted a : position with The Spartanburg Her ald. i The new- editor, appointed by the college editorial board, has had a wide range of writing experience He edited The Blue Stocking one semester last year, is currently co editor of the college magazine and has worked in the public relations department. The first issue under his direction appeared Saturday. Miss Ida Crawford Co-Author New Book, 'Camp Counseling' “Camp Counseling’’,' an illustrat ed book of Know-How for the camp ! worker, has just been issued from ; the press. Miss Ida Crawford, daughter of Mr' and Mrs. J Roy Crawford of 1 £linton, is co-author of the book. Miss Crawford was former art su pervisor at. Winthrop college. For the past year she has been at the University of Maryland whe e she is working for her M.A. degree and is laso a member of the physical educa tion teaching staff. Co-author in the production of the ijook was Miss yiola Mitchell, ass.s- tant professor of pnysical education at the university. Basketball, Wrestling Here for Week-end Two -sports will fill the athletic slate at Presbyterian college tn^ week-end. Blue Stocking cagers start things rolling when they entertain Clemson in a feature basketball attraction Friday night, and the wrestling team will meet the powerful Appalachian team Saturday evening. The basketball encounter will close an active week of hardwood activi ties for the Presbyterian quintet They trounced Wofford at Spartan burg Monday night, and Catawba here Tuesday night. County Form Group * Conducting Drive For More Members A full membership drive wa ; launched Monday by the Laurens County Farm Bureau it reported by M. B. Henderson of Owing*, pres ident of the county group. The drive will be in conjunction with a judicial circuit campaign which will continue through Feb ruary 20 It is headed by C. R Workman of Kinards, a member ot the state bo^rd of d.rector-: of the organization. Mr. Workman states that he hopes the drive will boas: the total membership of the fou counties. Laurens. Greenwood, Ab beville and Newberry to well ove the thousand mark “We should have at least 2,000 members from -th.> great farming district”, he declared The campaign opened Monday evening in the agricultural building at Laurens with a workers and a kick-off meeting The workers were addressed by E.- H. Agnew. presiderv of the South Caroiina Farm Bureau. College Alumni Publication Dedicated To President Brown i The Presbyterian College Alumn. New.-, was off the press yesterday in j its winter edition and bearing a spe- ; eial dedication . to President Mar shall W. Brown. . 1 Dr Brown, who Is in his 25th year of service to the college, is featured uni the cover as well as by a story tracing his career a- oneo: the state'.-, outstanding educators. Among other posi’ions, he current ly serves as South Carolina represen tative on the executive committee "o the Board of Control f or • Southern Regional Education. The Alumni News, qugr'ely alum ni publication, :s edite i by Ben Ha, -Hammet, Director of Public Relations and Alumni Affairs: Chapel Choir Pleases Large Audience Here Th t e chapel choir of the Woman’s college of Furman university pre sented a program of sacred music Sunday evening at the"First Baptist church under the direction of Prof. Arnold Putman of the university. The singers were greeted bjft a ca pacity congregation and mo^t cred itably presented an enjoyable pro gram. Presbyterian Men Name Officers The ?.len of the Church of the F rst Presbyterian church have elec ted th* following officers for the new year beginning in April; R. P Hamer, president; Frances Blalock, vice-president, Harry McSween, sec retary-treasurer. Mail Clerk Dies On Run Near the City J. E. Hammonds of Elberton, Ga., mail clerk on the Seaboard Air Line Comet, died suddenly about 11 o’clock Monday night between Clin ton and Greenwood. The body was taken off here and Mr. Hammond’s relatives were notified. Presbytery Rally To Be Held Here On February 22 A South Carolina Presbytery Ral ly will be held here on February 22 beginning at six p. m . Lt Col. Pow ell A. Fraser, Program of Progreso chairman has announced. The sche dule calls for a picnic supper at the armory, followed by group" meeting- at the First Presbyterifn church ana high school auditorium The, inspirational speaker for the rally will Dr. Charles Kraemer, pastor of the First Pfesbyterian church of Charlotte, N C Sorority To Give Valentine Party Laurens Alpha Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority will spon sor a “Big Valentine Square Dunce' 1 from 8 30-12:00 at the Laurens Ar mory on Friday night. February 10. There wi.ll be cake walks, cartdy walks, and fun for all Music for the dance is being furnished by the "rtiver Falls Play Boys” from Green ville. Admission is 50c for ladies and $1.00 for gents.