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4 \ • 4 L THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable t Clinton (Ehrontrlp Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 16, 1950 If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Number 11 TWO MEN HELD IN MOUNTVIUE CASE Now in Georgia Jail Charged With Robbery and Burning of Watts Store. * — Robbery and burning of G. C. Watts’ store in MountvHle on Febru ary 28 and assault with intent t4 murder a Winston-Salem, N. C. truck driver in a hijacking attempt near Savannah, Ga., last Wednesday night are charged against Thomas Lyncfy 31-year old Mountville man, and George Kersey, 27, of Stillmore, Ga. Both men are now in custody of Chatham county (Savannah), Ga., police authorities. They were > ar- Joanna Accident Costing Two Lives Explained By Regnery Truman Called 'Best Paid Man' In World; Luxuries, Vacations Cited The. boiler explosion in.the slasher' Washington. March 12.—Represen- room at^the Joanna Cotton Mills ear- ; t a t i v e Woodruff (R-Mich.) says ly Saturday morning that took the ( President Truman is “one of the best, lives of two men and injured a third, i if not the best paid man in the world was immediately investigated inde- j today.” pendently by mill officials and the) Woodruff figured it this wav, in a insurance company. istatement today: Both‘termed it: “One of those rare and unusual accidents that some times occur when all the necessary circumstances come together at once, Walter Regnery, president of the mill a year.” said. Old Anniversary Day Presbyterian S. S. To Be Revived Plans are underway by a special committees from the First Presby terian church for a big Anniversa ry Day celebration on May 14th. A committee headed by Mrs. W’il- liam Brooks Owens, is making pre jparations for the event with a large “A private citizen, to match the I attendance from here and elsewhere Last Rites For Luther Wise Held At Prosperity ' . Luther Homer Wise. 36,—passed away parly Sunday night at the Jo- 1 anna hospital from injuries he re ceived in an explosion which occurr ed while he was at work in the Jo-’ anna Cotton- Mills early Saturday morning. The funeral services were held JOANNA TO HAVE PHONE EXCHANGE No Charges To Be Made For Service Between — Clinton and the New Station, standard of living now enjoyed by the President, would need an income of between $3,000,000 and $3,500,000 The accident occurred when one of the copper-plated cast iron cylinders with, copper top and bottom, over which yarn is run to dry after it has been starched, exploded, pouripg hot water and steam on Virgil F. Kinard, j Woodruff inquired. Homer Wise and J. D. Courtney, who! Then he listed presidential ser First off. Woodruff said, Mr. Tru man has take-home pay of $110,000 a year out of his $150,000 salary—of which $50,000 is tax free. “How many other men have a take home pay of $110,000 a year?” exoec*ed [Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock from . 'Colony Lutheran church in Newlaer-i t ' om P' ar 'y revealed, plant It is an effort to revive the old- Anniversary celebration of the church’s Sunday school which be gan on May 8, 1865, and was con- The Southern B<dl Telephone an>i elegraph company revealed plant yesterday for the establishment of i ry county with Rev. C.. J. Rice in . , . charge, assisted by Rev. Horace j | exchange in the Joann t C. Lmdler, Rev. J. B Mitchell anc i comm u n i t y- the Rev. W. D. Haltiwanger. Inter-' A. S. King, manager of the corf.- tinued without interruption for 391 ment followed in the ch.urch ceme- pany’s Greenville District which years through 1904. For the occas- tery. includes the Clmton and .Tnnnn.. ions great crowds came in buggies. , A^ ive ^llbearers were Elton sections, made the announcement that Beoenbaugh, Dempsey Morris, El- would begin immediately on ’ bert Morris, Jack Kinard, Harold construction of a modern dial wagons and on trains and a special program was presented by the chil- were underneath. Mr. Kinard died,vices as follows: rested in the City of Spartanburg Saturday, Mr. Wise about 1:30 last Friday morning and lodged in the Laurens county jail. In custody at Savannah along with this pair is Angus Brown of Sylvania, Ga., who is also held in connection with the shooting. tomobiles, the yacht Williamsburg, private Pullman car, and vacation "V Ernest Edward Crosby, 37, was blasted with a shotgun near Savan nah Wednesday night, and is now in critical condition at a Savannah hospital. Sheriff C. W. Weir of Laurens county said that Lynch and Kersey admitted that they broke into My ers Garage at Mountville on the night of Feb. 28, taking a .22 rifle and a hacksaw, (Myers is a broth- er-in-law of Lynch, Sheriff Weir said.) They took the hacksaw from the garage and cut their way into Watts’ store. * They filled their car with supplies and set fire to the building, burning it to the ground. The store, located right in the cen ter of the Mountville community, had a filling station in front with a shed over it, and also had a corn mill in a section to the rear of the store. Sheriff Weir said that Mr. Watts told him that the building was worth about $2,500 and the stock of goods about $2,000. From Mountville the pair went to Virginia in a 1947 Frazier. They stole a 1950 Ford in Suffolk, Va., Sheriff Weir said they told him, and stole a shotgun from a man’s house in Virginia. They were back through this sec tion last week Sheriff Weir said, and Lynch went to his mother’s house. They went on to Savannah, Ga., where the shooting of the truck driver took place Wednesday. Lynch and Kersey came back to Mountville last Thursday, Sheriff Weir said. Laurens county authori- _ ties were watching the roads to his residence, guarding two of the three roads. He came through on the un- Courtney is reported in good tion at Joanna hospital. The cylinder was examined by an u , expert in metals who found no flaw ^ ^ . £ in it. It was one of the newest cyl-1 > n Ke y Wr5t - FIa - and inders in the plant, and had a safety | a A r> an “.‘ t _ . ... valve set at 15 pounds, which was' An esUmated ^ 660 persons never reached. The cause of the explosion was too much unevenly exerted pressure. Sunday. Mr^j Forty-two “facilities” fo in good condi- vacationing and entertaini for. travel, dren of the Sunday school witji a Cockrell, Bruce Wessinxer Rav 0r machine switching exchange at nrominent sneakor each Voar Din- ei 1.. 'j t u ‘ t , ‘ f 4 '"a ♦ 1 . v 1 ♦ Wn 6 ♦ \ . ~ prominent speaker each year. Din ner \yas served on the grounds with aining — in-'a fine fellowship enjoyed. .Several Shealy and John Long. The honor- Joanna> and stated that the work ary escort consisted of the church will be earned to completion a.* council of Colony Lutheran church, rapidly as possible. The building. Mr. Regnery said the insurance com-j sfve of air travel w hich is charged pany concluded. Instead of being ! to ^ a j r f orce . filled with steam, the-cylinder had | T ‘ h e yacht Williamsburg, “for both water and steam in it. The w hieh the crew costs alone are $190,- clUding planes, 35 White House au- years excursions were run to help 1 M Wise was born and reared in which has been erected by the* Jc - ^ - bring the crowds to,the city. In the | the Mt Sive sechon of Newber^ anna Cotton Mills for housing th.* dairy of the minister of the church, : county anc j was son , be central office equipment, is now be- the Rev. W. P. Jacobs, on May, 7, |j ohn w and Mrs Matt i e Fulmer,m8 made ready for occupancy. Mr. 1904, it was reported that a special wise. For a number of years he ^* n 6 said that the Company hope* made his home near Prosperity. He 1° have the new exchange placed was /a faithful member of Colony in service around the first /)f Jun - Lutheran chuich and the church this year/ For the celebration in May ser.-council. He was a veteran of World “The Joanna Exchange, including vices will be held in the morning. War II. central office equipment, outsid>- to run them at an annual cost of -$1,491,540. A White House travel allowance o7 between $33,896 and $40,000, exclu water, being heavier and cooler, was at the bottom, so that part of the metal expanded more slowly. The steam in the top caused that part of the tank to expand quickly, the in vestigation /said. When the workmen decided to get the water out of the tank quickly by increasing the pressure to 14 pounds 000 annually.” The President's personal plane, the Independence, costing $1,133,000 to build and about $120,000 a year to man. The President’s private railroad car, costing between $250,000 and $350,000. A destroyer escort for the yacht immediately, the sudden increase of | Williamsburg Woodruff says it costs the pressure in the upper part of the j be naV y $876,000 a year to operate tank was too much for the unex panded bottom. “The sudden increase in pressure is not a practice approved by the company,” Mr. Regnery pointed out. “But it may have been done many times before without harmful re sults. Everything just happened to cause the explosion this time.” Mr. Regnery expressed his pro found ♦regret over the accident and the death of the two. “Mr. Kinard axxd Mr. Wise were fine men and the kind of employees every company is pleased to have. I deeply regret the mishap and our company extends sincere sympathy to the bereaved families.” Funeral Services For Virgil Kinard Held Sunday a destroyer. Secret service guards and White House police costing $459,200 a year. White House salary costs of $998,254 a year for a staff of 225. “By comparison,” Woodruff added, "President Roosevelt in 1945 had a staff of 53 costing $256,431, and Pres- excursion train brought more than 500 Columbia and Newberry people to Clinton for the event. with dinner on the grounds, and services also in the afternoon. For- He is survived by his w.fe, Mrs distribution cables placed through- Norvice Enlow Wi e. and the fol- out the community and cables ex- mer residents who attended any of. lowing children Luthe Roy Wise, tended to the Clinton central of- the Anniversary celebrations, re- Ruth Allene Wise, Larry Kenneth fice. will represent an expenditure gardless of where they now live, ; Wise .and James. Steven-, Wise, all‘of approximately $80,000", Mr. are cordially invited to be present of Prosperity. Also the following [King said. The equipment is desig for the day. Members of the chuich i brothers and siste-s: George N. WUe n ed to accomodate 350 subsenberi or others who attended these pro-' Lexington: Clause K W se, West initially. grams in the past are asked to in-1 Columbia. F ed H \<’i-e Coiumoia. The new exchanf?t , will consist of vite all friends and relatives, who | A Clyde Wise, L Cornell Wise, both , what is known as 355 _ A dial ^p. of Prosperity; Mrs. Jason Cockrell, i ...... - , j . Mrs Clarence Metis, both of Pros- m< \ nt of th f latest type and design perity. and one half-sister, Mrs. O. and ' accordlfl K Mr - O Shealy of Newberry. A number especially to fit may be interested. Mrs. Owens for the committee, is inviting little stories or incidents in connection with past Anniversaries. If you can recall something of the programs, of the crowd, or any amusing incident you are asked to write same down and “send it to Mrs. Ow'eTYs. Such a collection will be of interest to many of the old- timers who will be here for the oc- of uncles and aunts survive. Roberts To Address Presbyterian Men At Tonight's Meet ident Hoover’s staff totaled 37 at alcasion the committee stated salary hill of $127,200. :; Then there are vacation retreats at Key West and Shangri-La—the latter a presidential hideTOut 70 miles from Washington in nearby Maryland. And in addition to the regular White House fleet of about 25 cars, Woodruff continues, it is getting a “luxury fleet" of 10 new cars. These, he said, are specially-built limousines with "gold-plated door Red Cross Drive In Clinton Area Is Lagging Behind As the end of the current drive for Red Cross support is nearing in Clinton, the quota ot $2,774.00 is short by a considerable sum, it was 'handles, vanities and perfume cases.” j re P° rtt ‘^ yesterday. What’s more, Woodruff a d d e d , | Officials point out that quotas are J Virgil- Furman Kinard, 33, died Saturday aftetnoon at the Joanna hospital following severe burns he guarded road, Sheriff Weir said, | received in an explosion in the slash- and escaped . I er room of the Joanna Cotton Mills A police call was put out, and ; early Saturday morning. Spartanburg police picked up the j The funeral services were held pair in Spartanburg about 1:30 Fri- Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock from the development needs of. the com •“ munity which it serves. Housed in a building designed for this partic ular type of equipment, its opera tion will be entirely automatic. lender tht- plan of ser . ice opera tion. there will be no charge foe The M^rch dinner-meeting of thej* alte between the subscribers to the Men-of-the-Church of the FiK t ^anna exchange and subscribers of Presbyterian church will be held at'^ 1 ® Clinton exchange and imrt wr- the church this evening at 7:30. New- sa - The Joanna subscnbers thu* ly elected officers for the coming W1 ll not only be able to ti-lk to each year will be installed. other but, Mr. King said, will Ik? ' The guesfspeaker will be the Rev. Privileged to call all of the 1500 tel- J K. Roberts, D.D., pastor of the , ephones connected to the Clinton ex • First Presbyterian church of Dan-k han «f 'r ithout an y ^ ^ ^ vil l e Va tance charge therefor. Dr. Roberts is a former ba- s l° r 'The establishment of an exchang? the church here, resigning in the fall at Joanna,” Mr King said, making of 1943 to enter the U. S. Army as a chaplain. Following his discharge even the White House secretaries, much less than were necessary dur-• from the service he accepted the pas who “once walked to work . . . now.jng the emergency of war, but nev-1 tor ^ te of the UanvllIe church. day morning. Police at Spartanburg said that Lynch and Kersey had a shotgun in their automobile when arrested. The pair was turned over to Sher iff Weir, but he later released them to Chatham jtounty officers, since -the crime charged in the Georgia _county is a more serious one. Lynch was released from the pen itentiary about six or eight months ago after serving a term for enter ing a store. Peach Crop Said In 'Fair Shape' By County Agent “This year’s crop of peaches seems to be in fair condition,” according to County Agent C. B. Cannon. He said, “We have received some damage to the peaches from cold Weather so far this year,” but added that “there is no way of telling just how much damage has been done. Mr. Cannon declared the effect of the cold weather will not show up for several weeks. He explained that growers still have from a month to six weeks yet to worry about the cold weather threat. He pointed out that Easter night alone last year severely hurt the peach crop. —~ — T 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 change and new merchandise is received and displayed. * •. , BE WISE— READ THE ADS Bachman Chapel Lutheran church in Newberry county with Rev. Joe Giles and Rev. L. H. Jeffcoat as the officiating ministers. Interment fol lowed in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Louie Nabors, David Long, Woodrow Crouch, Harvey Dowd, Bill Dees^and G. W. Price. — Mr. Kinard was born and reared ilL Newberry county, a son of-Char- lie F. and Mrs. Lizzie Long Kinard. For the past four years he had been a resident of Joanna where he was employed. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and Woodmen oi .the World. He was' a devoted mem ber of Bachman Chapel church but had recently moved his membership to the Methodist church at Joanna. Tie is survived by his wife, Mrs. Leona Amick Kinard; his parents, and the following brothers and sis ters: Heyward and Fred Kinard, both of Joanna, Thurel Kinard of Germany, Mrs. Broadus Baker of Joanna, and Mrs. Robert Turner of Newberry. Also by a number of uncles, aunts and other relatives. -- - ... I- — -- Laurens Woman Named On Prison Board Miss Sara A. Babb, of Laurens, a member of the high school faculty of that city, has been appointed by Gov. J. Strom Thurmond as a mem ber of the board of directors of the South Carolina penitentiary, accord ing to an announcement from Co lumbia. Miss Babb is to succeed Ralph T. Wilson, who resigned when he was elected to the senate. Miss Babb is a sister of R. E. Babb, well known Laurens attorney. Sewing Center To Hold Open House The Sewing Center sponsored by the Home Economic Department at Clinton high will be open to the pub lic Thursday afternoon, March 23, arrive in White House cars.” AM this, he said, not only makes Mr. Truman a top-pay executive but enables him to enjoy ‘.‘services un dreamed of by his predecessors.” Polio Drive In County Termed‘As Big Success ertheless, many areas'of. the nation are constantly experiencing disas ters that require relief. Such is the case at this time in Louisiana. Mis sissippi, and Tennessee where flood and tornado have left hundreds of families homeless. 6,500 flood refu- service available to all the resident* and business establishments of thr* section of Laurens county, will meet a long-felt need, and is being don-* in recognition of the growth and de velopment of the enterprising com munity of Joanna. It is but another Dr. Roberts has many friends here who hold him in the highest regard, rand who will be interested in the an nouncement that he is to be in the step in the Southern Bell’s program city today. ! of expansion in South Carolina, an i • ! is in keeping with the company’s ob- FHA Housinq jective of, providing more and better , , iii • k. 1 111 telephone service to the people of the gees still are being sheltered in Unif NOW Under state as rapidly as the job can be tents in 14 Louisiana Parishes; Red ! -, * i.‘ U ' cione.” Cross is feeding 3.000 persons and ^OHStrUC 1IOH ilere assisting an over-all total of about 8,000. In Tennessee shelter is be- Joanna lAone of the four new ex- A FHA project. King Apartments, ’ Ganges whiVh will b*’ established iu is now under construction on. Pine j-** 16 y® ar others being con st reet at the rear of the J R.‘Craw- structed at Bath in Aixen county, .1. A total of $4,431.55 was raised in the March of Dimes drive recently {ing provided for 775 persons, and completed in the county, it was an- 1.000 are being fed. with an approx- nounced by co-chairmen Earl Cole imate equal number being similar-j‘ orcl place of business, and E. B. Mose of Laurens. This rep- ly cared for in Mississippi. I The apartments wi.l cons:-*, of resents the second highest amount^ , . , d t d mil ^t nnt 1 units com P !etel y modern eveiy ever raised in a county campaign fbr 1 , ^ h t nton ? “ d f .1,^^ L" W ! way lt is announced. The building manager of the Southern Be. com- cently announced that t:.e program bf expansion the Isle of Palms near Charleston, • and at Eastover in Richland county. J M. McAlister, South Carolina ever rdibea ui d cuuniy cdmpdigu iui i- ai.- x..i ... I ~ this cause, it was stated. The record | fdl1 t0 slipport , thls nitrciful woik , ork is being done by w G King pany with of $5,387 was set in last year’s drive. ° n a bas ‘ s as represen.ed ! * Sons as contract ors, with William bia. recen Those heading the drive said that b y‘ t V cur [ e "\^ ta ’ off,cer % staU> t G. Liles, Bissett. Carlisle-Wolfe of company’s , _ the’eounty chapter of Infantile Pa- A aie as ^ ed beai in ,nint I “‘‘“ Columbia as architects. The land- throughout the state the- year wou d ralvsis wished to thank all who helu- tbe campaign closes this week. scape architect is Eugene R. Martin require the expenditure of seven and , n ’ I — of Atlanta. H E Bailey of Colum- one-half million dollar Mr. Hi ed to make the drive a success. . _ In the Clinton area. J C. Thomas CenSUS Applicants was the general chairman. He re-' ported that $1,289 was raised. His report in full appeared recently in The Chronicle. The Loyal Order of Moose at Jo anna made a contribution of $55.00. The Joanna contribution was made by the Joanna Community Chest and not Joanna Foundation, as previous ly reported. Miss Helen Ligon To Appear Here In Concert March 24 Miss* Helen Ligon, of Greenville, noted soprano, will appear here Fri day eveping, March 24, at 8:15 in the college auditorium. The concert is sponsored by the Clinton Music club and Presbyterian college wifh a $1.00 charge for admission. Mis*. Ligon, a graduate of the Jql- liard School of Music, New York, is a well know artist and has made numerous concert appearances. <4 ■ ■■ i^P Merchants Invited To Join Association Merchants in the city who have not joined the recently organized Merchants association and who de sire to do so are asked to contact a jnember of the following committee not later than Tuesday, March 2: D. at 3:30 o’clock. At this time an in- B. Smith, chairman, I. Mac Adair, W. teresting demonstration will be giv-|C. Baldwin, C. C. Giles, Van Jones, en by a representative of Singer Ma-|J. B. Jordon, Mrs. Perry Moore, B. chine Co. on use o(, attachments. ’ C. Pi eslar and P. L^ Roddy- For County To Be Given Tests Today Walter S. Wingo, district supervis or for the 17th decennial census, has announced an itinerary for the fourth district for enumerators tests. For this county applicants tests will be given at Jhe Clinton high school today, March 16, at 3:30 and at the Laurens community hall at . the same hour. Crew leaders for the county have been attending a training school which completed its work on Tues day. They are Mrs. R. P. Wilder of this city, and Mrs. L. M. Gray and Mrs. Pearle M. Monroe of Laurens. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL ; If you are not a subscriber to THE CHRONICLE, we invite you to join our big family. And when you fin ish reading the paper put it in your magazine rack and the whole family will enjoy reading it through the week. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: . MRS. HORACE HORTON, Clinton. • / MRS. NELLIE SHERFIELD, C. R. ANDERSON, Lydia Mills. MISS KITTLE MAE MOSLEY, Joanna. ley bia, is the FHA stkte director. When! stated that the greate- part of tbs completed the apartments wjll be of- program will be concent ated in tec lered for rent. ~ - rapidly ^growing Piedmont se.'tion f Application for charter-for the cor- the state and part.c.ilarly in t e poration to be known as King Apart- Greenville district, i whi h Clint n ments, Inc., war made in January ancf Joanna are a part by W. G King, Sr., of this city, and — 7 ~ s B. King, Sr . of Columbia, fha Dean's List Students listed the unit as a $130,000 project.' _ _ . — Get Banquet Tuesday Lions Club Carnival ♦ _ . . -I £ -7 o Presbyterian college dean » t Coming April o-z-o students for tir>t ser. i -‘or wo^e g:v-' — en a banquet in tbe college din.n 7 The Lions club carnival, an annual hall on Tuesday evening, feature of tbe activities of the local | Guest speaker for the occasion w * service group, will be held in the Dr. James W Jackson, pastor >f ‘b * armory on the nights of April 6-7-8, First Presbyterian church in Coiu: - it has been announced by club offi- bia. dais. j The banquet honored all stude : i The carnival will be operated with quality points.for a 2 4 ratio * again this year along the lines of past better as recently announced by Dr. years which have - proved so popular George C Bellingra'.h. a c a d e ‘n, ? with the public. dean. I - * Committees have been appointed I ~ to handle theAarums phases of work in staging the show and preparations arle in progreTs. , _ The carnival will be staged under the general direction of Harry Mc- Sween, president of the club. Glee Club To Moke Trip To Florida The Presbyterian college glee club will leave March 25 on a nine-day spring tour opening 'with a sacrea concert in Brunswick, Ga. From; there the songsters and their direc tor, Dr. Edouard Patte, will go to Florida for nine engagements. \ . FOOD... Is An Importont Item With Housewives You will find he'jful Gro cery and Marke’ News in THE CHRONICLE eve I veek f vm leading food store,- in the c tv Read the advertisements reg ularly — they tell you about changing prices each-week and where you can supply your needs and buy to advantage.