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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, February 23, 1950
Number 8
G. FAIR BUFORD
DIES SUDDENLY
IN GREENVILLE
Funeral Services From
Home Near City This
Afternoon at 3:30. In
terment at Rosemont.
George Fair Buford, 70, a highly
regarded citizen of the Wadsworth
community, died suddenly Tuesday
morning in Greenville while on a
business trip. Suffering a heart at
tack, he was rushed by ambulance
' to a hospital in that city but expired
in a few moments. The announce
ment of his unexpected death came
as a great shock to his family and
many friends here and elsewhere.
The funeral services will be held
from the home this afternoon
(Thursday) at 3:30 with his pastor,
the Rev. Joe Giles, officiating. Inter
ment will follow here in Rosemont
cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: J. Roy
Crawfbi-d, James Williams, A. A.
Ramage, Sr., Charles R. Workman,
Randolph Davis, W. P. Dixon, Hugh
Bonds Workman and Ryan F. Law-
son.
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The honorary escort will consist of
S. G. Dillard, T. D. Copeland, John
Addison, Don Boyd, Dr. G. R. Bla
lock, Dr. S. C. Hays, Dr. J. W. Davis,
C. W. Weir, Sr., P. S. Bailey, O. L.
Long, C. B. Cannon, J. W. Finney,
Sr., Dr D. O. Rhame, D. L. Monroe,
J. H. Pitts, W. W. Harris, Grady
Chandler, C. V. .Monroe, Hugh Ray,
Stewajrt Brown and Luther Young.
Mr. Buford was a native of New
berry county, the son of the late
Munson M. Buford, sheriff of New
berry county for a number of years.
His mother was the former Miss
Sally Bell. He was a member of the
Hopewell Methodist church and of
Campbell Lodge No. 44, A.F.M.
Mr. Buford moved to Laurens
county in 1918 and since then had
engaged in farming in the Wads
worth section. He was one of the
county’s most successful farmers and
always manifested an interest in ag
ricultural progress in the county.
Practical and conservative, he pos
sessed splendid judgment and un
limited energy.
Mr. Buiord was a man of high
principle, upright and honest in all
his dealings with his fellowmen and
^ possessed an affable, friendly dispo
sition. He was a devoted husband, a
loving father, and a sincere friend.
There are many who feel a person
al loss in his sudden passing, and
* who unite in extending their sym
pathy to the bereaved family.
Mr. Buford is survived by his wi
dow, Mrs. Lois Manson Buford; five
sons and two daughters, R. F. Buford,
M. M. Buford, H. M. Buford, aU of
Clinton, W. B. Buford of Savannah,
Ga., and J. A. Buford of Milltown,
Ala., Mrs. Posey W. Copeland of
Clirvton, and Miss Louise Buford,
who teaches in Winnsboro, and three
brothers, W. T. Buford, R. H. Buford
and M. L. Buford, all of Newberry
county, ^nd two sisters, Mrs. W. W.
Cromer and Mrs. Sally Bell Miller;
both of Newberry county.
Police To Enforce
New Car Ordinance
Chief of Police B. B. Ballard said
yesterday that effective March 1, the
recently passed city ordinance per
taining to the registering of vehicles
with the department will be en
forced. The ordinance specifies that
all cars and trucks in the town of
Clinton must be registered with the
police department, at which time
owners will be provided a red metal
. tag to be displayed on their vehicles
• as proof that city taxes have been
paid.
Revival Services At
Long Branch Church
Rev. B. R. Nichols of Whitmire,
will conduct a series of reveval ser
vices at the Long Branch Pentecost
al church beginning February 27
at 7:30 p.m. and continuing through
Sunday night.
The public is -cordially invited to
attend these services.
2,666 Vehicles Travel
Route 76 To Clinton
Each 24-Hour Period
Columbia, Feb. 22.—'(Special to
The Chronicle.)—The South Carolina
highway’ department this week re
leased statistics on average 24-hour
vehicle .classification at key stations
for the calendar year 1949. Three
of the key stations are situated in
Laurens county.
For the station on U. S. Route 276,
two miles southeast of Gray Court,
the following statistics are given:
State Road 23 east to U. S. Route
221, 122 local passenger cars pass
during an average 24-hour period,
as well as one out of state car and
16 trucks and busses, making a total
of 139 vehicles; U. S. Route 276
southeast to Laurens, 1,570 local pas
senger cars, 96 out of state cars, 331
trucks and busses, making a total of
1,977 vehicles; U. S. Route 276 north
east to Gray Court, 1,638 local pas
senger ears, 96 out of state cars, 348 |
trucks and busses, making a total of
2,082.
For the station at U. S. Route 76,
four miles east of Laurens: U. S.
Route 76 west to Laurens, 2,111 local
passenger cars, 128 out of state cars,
428 trucks and busses, making a to
tal of 2,667 vehicles; U. S. Route 76
east to Clinton, 2,106 local passenger
cars, 131 out of state cars, 429 trucks
and busses, making a- total of 2,666
vehicles: State Road 35 south to
State Road 43, 98 local passenger
cars, 17 trucks ^nd busses, making a
total of 114 vehicles.
For the station at intersection of
Routes 221 and 30 northeast of
Laurens: U. S. Route 221 southeacst
of Laurens, 2,434 local passenger
cars, 60 out of state cars, 507 trucks
and busses, total of 3,001 vehicles;
U. S. Route 221 north to Enoree, 1,-
573 _ local passenger cars, 52 out of
state cars, 354 trucks and busses,
total .of 1,979 vehicles ;State Road 31
northeast to S. C. Route 308, 65 local
passenger cars, no out of state cars,
68 trucks and busses, making a total
of 133 vehicles; S. C. Route 30 north
east to Cross Anchor, 840 local pas
senger cars, nine out of state cars,
101 trucks and busses, making a to
tal of 950 vehicles.
True Bill Returned
Against Larry Elmore
On Murder Charge
With the convening of the Feb
ruary term of criminal court in Lau
rens Monday, the grand jury, return
ed a true bill against Larry Elmore,
42-year old Negro crop hand, who
Sheriff C. W. Weir said, confessed
to the shotgun slaying on November
27 of Virgil M. Betsill, 65-year^old
storekeeper in the Sandy Springs
section near Cliqton.
Elmore was arraigned Monday af
ternoon and Solicitor Hugh Beasley
said^hat his case will be called the
latter? part of the week.
The court this week is faced with
a docket of 55 new cases and 16 cases
brought over from the last term.
Judge J. Robert Martin, Jr., of
Greenville, is presiding.
.Training School
4-H Club Members
Presented Certificates
The State Training school girls 4-H
club held its February meeting in
“the school auditorium on the after
noon of February 17, with the presi
dent, Doris Smith, presiding.
The devotional was led by Irene
Stevenson.
After the business session, a short
patriotic program was given by club
members.
Certificates for the past year’s
work were presented by Miss Hazel
Dean, assistant home demonstration
agent. The demonstration consisted
of a moving picture on gardening and
control of insects.
City Churches To
Observe 'World
Day of Prayer'
As announced last week ihe
‘‘World Day of Prayer” will be ob
served by the five city churches Fri
day. The services will be held at
Broad Street Methodist church at
3:30 p. m. Dr. W. R. Turner will
make a brief address.
The theme of the program, which
will be used by women all over the
world, will be, "Faith For Our Time”
and it was written by an outstand
ing Japanese Christian teacher, Mi-
chi Kawai.
WINTER PASTURE
TOUR IN COUNTY
WELL ATTENDED
Large Group of Business
Men and Farmers See
Well Rounded Pasture
Development.
The winter pasture tour held ir.
the county last Wednesday was wel
attended in spite of the cold weather
The special observance is spon- ft was estimated that approximately
sored by the women’s groups of the
First Presbyterian, 5 ir st Baptist, St
John’s Lutheran, Associate Reformed ^college extension service; Dr.‘H. P
375 people made the tour.
D. W. Watkins, dirctor of Clemson
Presbyterian, and Broad Street Meth
odist churches.
Music will be furnished by a group
from the college. 7
All who are interested are invit
ed to participate in this observance
of a world-wide day of prayer.
The World Day of Prayer was ob
served last year in 86 countries and
the program was translated into
more tian 60 languages.
Services were held in over 10,000
communities in the United States.
Cooper, head of the S. C. experimen-.
station; and Mr. and Mrs. McAime.>
of Sheffield, Ala., were on the tour
Mr. McAimes is connected with the
Tennessee Valley authority.
The group, made up of farmer-
and business men, met at 9:30 a.m
at the farm of Furman Thomason,
located on the Princeton highway ir.
the Trinity Ridge community.
Due to the size of the crowd, the
group was divided into two sections,
running approximately 30 minute
The day twill be observed in both •apart. W. A Lowery of Laurens, J
the white and colored schools, under
•the direction of Miss Faye Stewart.
i Baptist Group
Holds Spring
Meet In Laurens
'THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY"
GENERAL, CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN, FOUNDER
OF A NATION, AND ITS FIRST PRESIDENT.
1732—1799
C. Pace of Clinton, and J. D. Park o:
Greenville, state highway patrolmen
did an excellent job in assisting in
the tour, as well as the Laurens city
police under the direefion of Chie:’
Ivey in escorting the crowd through
Laurens to the armory where a bar
becue was served and a short pro-
^ T - i gram held. Walter F. Lyncft of
The Laurens Association he d its ] \iountviHe, an old timer at prep^u•-
spring meeting at the First Baptist j ing barbecue, prepared for and as-
church in Laurens with a large at- 1 sisted in serving lunch to 350 people
tendance from the 33 churches mak- • Also assisting in serving lunch were
ing up the association. i j 3 Williams, assistant county
Morning and' afternoon sessions agent; Miss Susan Hall and Miss
were held with the moderator. Rev. Hazle Lean, home demoiistration
H. W. Grange", presiding. The
Assessments For
Year Are Behind,
Auditor Reports
Dr. Brown Receives
Injuries In Fall
!On Atlanta Street
Laurens county taxpayers have 1 Dr. Marshall W. Brown, president
been slow in making their annual of Presbyterian college, suffered an
assessments and many of them have unusual accident in the business sec-
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been left there accidentally. He was
theme for the first session was “Mis
sions.’V The promotion committee
report was presented by Rev. J. H.
Darr, pastor of the First Baptist
church of this city. The “Advance
Program of Southern Baptists” was
discussed by the Rev. J. A. Bowers
of Greenwood. The Rev. A. T.
Greene preached the missionary ser
mon.
At the afternoon session the theme
was "Evangelism,” with the Rev.
Grange Cothran bringing the closing
inspirational message.
Coroner Burgess
Holds Two Inquests
Laurens, Feb. 19.—The^fiiVFof two
inquests conducted Friday by the
thrown forward, his taco hitting the!' 0 '' 0 ""’ R ’ 1 “ w , "if j u ,7
return a verdict that John Littlefield,
64, of Enoree, “came to his death
from natural causes.”
Only about one more week re- 1 pavement. The glasses he wore were
mains in which to make assessments broken and he sustained painful in-
without penalty. Miss Culbertson | juried \
said, adding that the 10% penalty isi After treatment in an Atlanta ^ reDruarv tl morninE aDOU[ inrf . e
due to be added to assessments made' c ii n i c Dr Brown was able to resume i y morning inree
after Marrh l«t • n^ir’in/tinn ^ , i mlleS fr0m LaurenS off the PrincC-
participation in a two-day confer-1 ton highway by Jimmy and Tommy
ence of the Board of Control for
Southern Regional Education. He
represents South Carolina on the ex
ecutive committee of this , organiza
tion in which 14 Southern states are
cooperating toward the improvement
after March 1st.
Miss Culbertson again caHed at
tention to the fact that this is “real
estate” year, or the year in which
real estate must be returned, which
does not occur but every four years.
The auditor said that her office
will remain open Wednesday after- . ,of higher education in the South,
noons until March 1 in order to ac
commodate property owners who
find it inconvenient to make their
assessments on any other day.
Laurens, Greenville
Dairy Show Set
Special Services At
College Next Week
_ Religious Emphasis week for the
’Presbyterian college student body
j will begin next Tuesday and contin-
I ue through Friday, March 3.
A Laurens and Greenville county j The principal speakers will be Dr.
dairy cattle show with a larger pre- ; W . R. Ward, pastor of the First Pres-
mium list tharr the annual state fair
event is being arranged by the
Fountain Inn Booster club, tenta
tively for April 19, it was announced
yesterday.
byterian church, Spartaaburg, and
the Rev. Daniel Iverson, pastor of
the Shenandoah Presbyterian church,
Miami, Fla.
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Bishop-Walker
To Reopen Soon
Bishop-Walker Pharmacy will re
open for business early in March, the
owners state, in their new location
in the hotel “block formerly occupied
by Roddy’s. The firm has been out
of business several months due to a
fire which destroyed their equipment
and merchandise.
New equipment for the store is
now being installed, and nationally
advertised merchandise unpacked
and arranged. The store will be one
of the most modern and attractive-
in the Piedmont section.
Bush River Church
To Consider Building
The board of deacons of the Bush
River Baptist church has called a
special meeting of all members of
the church on Sunday at 7:00 pm.
The object of the meeting, it is
stated by the pastor, Rev. T. B. Alt
man, is to consider a report and rec
ommendations on building a new
church. All members are invited to
.be present
. ! The discussion groups will be lead
Plans cal! for a premium list of by R ev Leslie Patterson, Rev. Mc-
more than $500 in the various class- jJeod Frampton, and Dr. Sidney J.
es. Cattle entered in . the show it is l. Crouch of Clemson.
stated, can be sold at private sale
if the owner wishes. Other sale fa
cilities will be provided at the show,
however, as in past years.
All interested persons in this coun
ty are invited to enter cattle in the
show.
College Students Hear
Former Missionary
A former missionary io China, the
'Bronze Derby' Goes
Back To Newberry
The Newberry college Indians de
feated Presbyterian college Satur
day night in Newberry by a final
65 to 41 score. The Blue Hose had
downed the - Indians here Thursday
night 46 to 52, the win returning
the “Bronze-Derby.” i
R«v. G. Raymond Wombeldorf, spoke. turned the prized “Derby”, tradition-
to the Presbyterian college student, a i symbol of p c.-Newberry supre-
body at the Monday chapel hour. He macy to the Indian camp after a one
came here as a representative of the day’s keep by P. C.
Student Volunteer Movement of!' . m
America, and cited his experiences A**- J
as a missionary and told of the pres- ^-OUnClimen Attend
ent plight of China.
Sunday evening Mr. Wombeldorf
addressed the Westminster Fellow- The following city aldermen were
ship group of the First Presbyterian | in Columbia Tuesday to attend the
church. ^ | annual meeting of the Smith Caro-
^ “ lina Municipal association: W. M.
McMillan, Lynn Cooper, Hugh Ray,
Woodrow Wilson and attorney Tench
P. Owens. Mayor L. E. Bishop, was
unable to attend because of a recent
operation from which he is now re
covering.
Mayor Bishop was pained as a
member of the executive committee
I of the association.
Mr. Littlefield’s body was discover
I ed February 11 morning about three
miles from Laurens off the Prince
ton highway by Jimmy and Tommj
Todd, of Laurens, who were hunting
near the farm of John Lake.
Sheriff Wier declared that Mr. Lit
tlefield had been reported missing
from his home in Enoree since Jan
uary 26. A doctor’s sttaement was
read at the inquest which stated that
Mr. Littlefield had been dead for two
weeks, and that he died of natural
causes with no signs of foul play dis
covered.
The coroner’s jury also held an in
quest in the death of George C. Dob
son, a Lancaster alderman, who died
January 26 as result of an automo
bile wreck on Highway 76 between
Laurens and Clinton early that
morning.
State Highway Patrolman John
Tankersley, who investigated the
collision, declared that Mr. Dobson
was traveling toward Clinton when
the wreck occurred with a car driven
by Charles C. Steele of Clinton, who
was headed towards Laurens.
The jury returned a verdict that
Mr. Dobson “came to his death as
result of a wreck between a 1940
Ford driven by Charles C. Steele, and
a 1949 Cadillac, driven by George C.
Dobson.” _ .
Municipal Meeting
Mountville Class
To Present Play
The seniop class of Mountville high
school will present “Take Your Med
icine” Friday, February 24, 8 p. m. in
the school auditorium. The public
is cordially invited.
Mrs. W. W. Cole
Observes 80th Birthday
On the occasion of her eightieth
birthday Tuesday, February 21, the
family of Mrs. W. W. Cole gathered
at her home on Sunday, the 19th, tp
celebrate with a birthday dinner.
Children and grandchildren of Mrs.
Cole were assembled, with 57 rela
tives present.
agents, and several 4-H club boys.
Dr. Cooper in a few remarks on
the program stfated that a short while
ago, he spent two days on a pasture
tour in the state of Mississippi. He
said he saw more winter grazing the
first half of the day on tne tour in
Laurens county than he saw in the
whole state of Mississippi on a two-
day tour. -
The farms included on the tour
were marked with stakes with a
number and printed instruction
sheets explaining the grazing on that
paAicular farm were distributed tc
the party.. A loud speaker was usee
by each group on the tour at each
stop for discussing winter pasture,
both by the farmer and extension
workers.
The tour included farms ranging
from one and a half acres of grazisu;
for the family cow to as much as
175 acres on commercial dairy farms
Many. favorable comments were
heard during the tour -by various-
farmers that the pasture prograrr
showed to be applicable to all size.--
of farms regardless of the numbei
of livestock on the farm.
Farms included on the tour in or
der as scheduled were: Furman
Thomason, Carl L. Thompson, Milton
Thompson, Gary Gibbs, Ernest Eas-
terby, J. W. Tinsley, and M. S. Boyd,
in the Trinity Ridge community; V
L. Abbott, J. Herman Power, and L
T. Yeargin, in the Barksdale com
munity; Johnson Hunter, Mrs. Aliev
O v Martin. Furman Weathers, and
John B. Cook, Owings; A. J. Hughes.
Earl Hughes, E. J. Sloan, Harry L
arj^ Lewis C. Hughes, in the Durbin
community; Robert A. Harris, J
Gray Harris and Frank Bobo, in the
Voungs community; D. E. Todd, B
R. T Todd, and Homer Owings, in
the Barksdale-Narnie community
Also the state highway shoulder
demonstration seeded taJfescuo, one
mile long, ending at Homer Owens'
farm, was observed.
In the afternoon, the tour included
farms of A. L. Neighbors in the Log
Cabin community; League’s (Jairy.
near Clinton; T. P. and D. Eugene
Brown, lather and son; B. W. and
Cecil Brown, brothers; R. H. and
George Roper, fatheit and son, and
E. F. Coggins.
Those making the tour saw a real
pastime program and know that the
county rightfully carries honors in
winter pasture work, said County
Agent C. B. Cannon. The roll-ng lana
covered with grass as seen on the
trip is proof that grass farming pre
vents the washing away of sloping
lands. The pasture program i*s one
that all governmental agencies, along
with the farmers, are working to at
tain — saving the soil and feeding
livestock.
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MISS MARY CRAWFORD,
Lydia Mills.
Presbyterian Church
At Lydia Burns
The Lydia Mills Presbyterian
church was completely destroyed by
fire Sunday morning during the Sun
day school hour. The piano, song
books, tables and chairs were saved
For the present, it Is announced,
senvices will be held in the Lydia
Mills community house. Sunday
school will be at 10:15, with preach
ing services at 11 o’clock. The Rev
L. W. Brown, whtf recently moved to
Abbeville, will preach Sunday since
he is supplying the church until a
I pastor can be secured.
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