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THE CHROHICLE _ ^ Strives To Be A Clean 4 Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable • ' ’"T Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 30, 1950 DEMOCRATIC CLUBS REORGANIZE; STATES' RIGHTS ARE REAFFIRMED BIG CAMELLIA STILL GROWS Officers Elected and Delegates Named To County Convention Next Monday. executive committeeman. , Delegates: W. K. Waites, J. B. , Hart, Bill Thomas, XTTr Poag, C. & Chapman, Mrs.. Modine Brazel, J. F. McCarthy, W. W. Niver, Jr., J. N. Floyd, R. O. Poag, Mrs. J. N. Floyd, Joe Terry, Jr., Rolfe Clark, D. J. ~~ . Buchanan, Charlie Murphy, Henry Laurens county Democrats reor- Hunter, John Gaskin, ganized on the precinct level last club passed resolutions strong- Saturday and elected delegates to the jy endorsing the principle of States’ county convention to be held in Lau- Rights, rens next Monday morning. Several ° Lydia Club Meets clubs reaffirmed their belief in the xhe Lydia Cotton Mills club nam- principles of States’ Rights and their ed th e following officers: H. W. Wil- opposition to the program of Presi^ liamSi president; J. B. O’Shields, sec- dent Truman. Attendance through- xetaryuRoy Sanders, executive com- out the county was reported above m itteeman. Delegates: G. C. Parrish, the average. Jr ., L. H. Pearson, J. B. O’Shields, The Clinton club met in the after- H. W. Williams, Roy Sanders, Hor- noon at the high school for reorgan ization with the largest attendance in years. Dr. D. J. Woods was elected ace Brown. Renno Club Officers The Renno club named W. E. Bell, r - president of the club, W. W. Harris, president; J. H. Bell, executive corn- vice-president, J. H. Pitts, secretary, mitteeman; Mr£. J. H. Bell, secre- J. P. Sloan, executive committeemen. 1 tary. J. H. Bell is the delegate to the Enrollment committee: L. B. Dillard, 1 county convention . ~ chairman, J. J. Clark and R. L. Plax- j Hopewell Club Meets ico. I The Hopewell club elected Richard The club elected the folloWing.del- 1 Buford, president; Hugh B. Work- egates to the county convention with'man, vice-president; W. P. Dixon, .power to name alternates: Dr. D. J. secretary; J. R. Crawford, executive Woods, W. W. Harris, J. H. Pitts, J. 1 committeeman. C. R. Workman and P. Sloan, C. W. Anderson, Tench P. 1 W. P. Dixon were named delegates. Owens, H. D. Rantin, E. F. Anderson, I Shady Grove Club J. W. Finney, Jr., James E. Ander- The Shady Grove club elected Fred son, Rev. P. L. Bauknight, Mrs. V. Johnson, president; W. B. Gause, Parks Adair, Mrs. J. H. Pitts, Mrs. vice-president; Mrs. Belt Cooper, Nene Workman, Mrs. George W. | secretary; W. B. Gause, executive Copeland, R. L. Plaxico, R. J. Cope-‘committeeman. Delegates are D. T land, Russell Cooper, J. J. Clark, Pitts and W. B. Gause. George W. Copeland, W. C. Shealy, j. l. Adair l b. Dillard, m_d Mi- Blanks Ready For lam, Sr., W. R. Anderson, Dr. C. B. ! c a 7 Betts, L. E. Bishop, W. M. McMillan, 1 btare rlVC-ACre L. W. Cooper, C. C. Giles, Mac B, ConffiSfr Hipp, H. L. Eichelberger, Dr. W. R. '- OTTOn '-ORTesr Turner, Rev. J. H. Darr. Resolutions Adopted Lions Carnival Comes Next Week —■—•«;—■ Committees of the Lions club are busy making arrangements for the staking of their annual carnival, of* flcials of the club state. The carnival, set for next week end. April 6-7-8, has proved popular in former years, and the Lions hope to make it equally attractive to the public this year. Two or three big prizes will be given earh night; tn addition to the If You Don*f Rood THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Number 13 BIGGEST QUIZ PROGRAM-CENSUS. STARTS APRIL t . 140,000 Census Count ers To Ring 40,000,000 Doorbells In Two To Four Weeks. Washington. March 29 The great- numerous smaller ones offered at j cst quiz program :n history—the 195 many of the booths. Three evenings ‘ of fun are to be provided, with re freshments available for those who want a breather between trips to the various booths. Funds realized by the carnival are to be used for the general charitablf activities of the club. During the past year, from funds of the 1949 carni val, the club donated $1,612.32 to the Clinton Recreation commission,*whTch was used for a city-wide program of baseball, softball and football among the “small-fry” of the city. Through the eye conservation clinic census—starts April 1 for a two- week run in the cities and three or four weeks in rural areas. It will give an estunated 151,000,- 000 people in this country (and per haps 4,000,000 more in U. S. territo ries and ponesffiohs) a onee-in-ten- years chance to "tell the governmen'. about themselves in the interests of v. pras-pe ty and posterity. To insure that they _ do, 140,000 , question-primed census counter fig- maintained by the club .needy chil- i ure to ring 40,000,000 doorbells, dren were supplied with examina-1 knock on auto-trailer doors. Board This is no ordinary camellia bush beside which Mrs. Robert P. Jeanes, wife of Dr. Jeanes, is standing in the yar<X of her home in Easley. It is a Rachel Belle variety and was at the home of her husband's mother, the late Mrs. P. S. Jeanes of this city, until it was moved to Easley in 1946. Dr. Jeanes said the bush was 27 or 28 years old. It bears from about Feb ruary 1 to April 1 and each year has around 350 blooms, Mrs. Jeanes said. (Photo courtesy Greenville News). tions and glasses fitted. In addition, a plastic surgery operation was per formed on a Clinton girl at a Balti more hospital to correct facial fea- houseboats, make dog-sled visits to Alaskan Igloo—and whatever else is necessary. For farmers, the big quiz starts a tures, which was the third in a senes ' bit earlier—by mail financed largely by the club. She is j Postal carriers in most farming now ready for a fourth operation, ( sectors will begin next Wednesday Enumerators Listed For Census Count In Clinton Area Orphanage Given $9,733.90 In Duke Trust Distribution and will return to Baltimore shortly. Other minor calls upon the club have been answered favorably. Members of the Lions club request me people of this community to keep an open date next week-end and come cut for at least one evening of fun with them at the armory. Contract Let For County Agent C. B. Cannon said , , , yesterday that the five-acre cotton The club by an almost unanimous ^0^ for 1950 wi ii be held as in 4 vote, passed a resolution expressing the past and that a pp lica ti 0 n blanks opposition to President Trumans and regulations may now be secured Civil Rights program and endorsed 0 ffi ce by interested farmers, the stand of the state Democratic j' ew changes will be made in the convention two years ago. The reso- rules from last year he said lutions follow:. i r^- a 1 • a a a -n ^ ^ ] First place in tne state contest will “Be it resolved by the Democrats bri $750 and $275 for second Dis _ • of Clinton club of Laurens county at ^ prizes wiU be $ 2oo and $125 for its club meeting on March 25, 1950. g rst and sepond high yields, while }■ That d0 hereb ,y commend, ^nty prizes will bring $50 and $25. and approve the course of action fol-j Mr Cannon pointed out that 10 0 r lowed by the 1948 state convention more f armers f rorn a county must of the Democratic party of South enter th e race and t urn j n the rec- • Carolina in opposing the present ords tQ tbe county agent’s office to leadership of the national Democratic e iigihi e party and the efforts of such present; Robert j*. Cam, of Trinity Ridge rcaf^rcal leadership to enact the community was last year’s winner FHPC law, the anti-lynching law, the in the district He pro<iuced 4,330 anti-poll tax law, the anti-segrega- ds Qf lint cotton with j ^ tion laws, commonly known as the ; n< , b stap ] e so-called Civil Rights program. i j^gt prize in the county last year p “2. That we do hfereby instruct the' went to Billy Ray Babb, of Gray delegates representing this club in Court, who raised 2,820 pounds of • the 1950 county convention of the cotton. Second prize was given to Democratic party of South Carolina william M. Bobo, also pf Gray to stand firm in support of the action Court. He netted 2,705 ppilhds.’ of the said 1948 state convention, and j ^ * to oppose any effort to have the 1/; • n; v iej ftnn | • Democratic party of South Carolina J MWamS UlVIblonai sacrifice its traditional principles or j Meeting Held Here reverse and repudiate the state par-!. ■ . j_j ty’s opposition to the so-called Civil Largely AifenoeO Rights program and those who ad- I vocate such program.” ' The annual divisional meeting of Clin toil Mills Ciub Meets the ninth Carolinas division held in The Clinton Cotton Mills precinct the college dining hall last Thursday elected the following officers: W. L. evening was attended by 235 Kiwan- Evans, president; J. C. Cannon, ex-,ians from the eleven clubs in the di- e^tive committeeman; Joe Terry, vision. The attendance prize was won 'clerk. Delegates: Joe Terry, J. C. by the Greer clqb. • Cannon, Roy Holtzclaw, John Sparks, The meeting was presided over by Arthur Howard, Leonard Gilliam, J., Ratchford W. Boland of this city, the L. Arnold and J. W. Hedspeth. 1950 lieutenant governor of the dis- Joanna Club Elects ^ , _ , , . Governor Orin Crow, of Columbia, Walter Wingo, of Spartanburg, dis- Appropriations amounting to $822.- _ • kl kl trict supervisor of the census for the 854 were made Tuesday to 116 hos- ErCCtlOn NOW NcgrO Fourth Congressional district, com- pitals and 40 orphan homes in North Rnilrlinn prising Spartanburg, Greenville, Un- and South Carolina by the trustees . t ''' 7 ®' ion and Laurens counties, has an- of the Duke Endowment meeting in „ „ ~ . nounced the enumerators for the New York- ; the recent a PP''°''’ a ‘ °1 county to make the census beginning Of this amount the hospitals will a "‘y 0 -” 00 bond issue by Hunter April 1. : receive $678,889 and $143,965 will st bool district voters to be used to Mrs. R. P. Wilder, of this city, is go to orphanages. Eighty-two hos P‘- b y dre ^ ^rd ^f ^ruttewTSt the crew leader for the Clinton sec- ^ and 27 orphan homes received ^ hr ?’ ^ b ° ar 1 d of V™ 16 * 5 1 bon, C «md M^ T Lane Mon^ and L" North Carolina and , n (Thursday awarded a contract for the Mrs. Hebert L. Gray for the Laurens 34 hospitals and 13 orphanages. area. The Clinton enumerators have been South Carolina allocations went to construction of the building to E. H Hines Construction company of Thornwell orphanage of this city. Gr oc nw ood. announced as follows by Mrs. Wilder: ' 3 beneficiary of the Duke trust, was * 'tbmit °$82 SOO^the Pearie B Watkins Wilton B Tim- allocated $9,733.90, the largest; CCMSlriKtIon about $82,500 ■reane* • waiKins, wiium d. urn nrnhanaap in this trustees stated. Contract for heating, BlTely Sa J. STcia^ w! ™.« V, Wn'cr^! P^mbin, and electrical worK «« let Johnson, Mary E. Norman, Edgar B. *923.33 over the *8,810.57 figure tor \ “' e t T ,^ Norton. Eva S. IPilta. and Virginia D. last year. The allocations are made h”in at $ on^ to^hava Lta^nlilg linton; Martin ET on the basis of the number of.chil-.^ ° 8 a five-day delivery of the specia agriculture census questionnaires The farmer is to write down wha. crops he raises, farm equipment he owns and so on, then turn in his answers when the census men come around in April with the population and housing questions to be asked farmers and city folk, alike. Anyone who refuse to answer could be fined $500 and jailed for 50 days. (Census takers who tattle wha: they’re told can get $1,000 fines and two years in jail). President Truman said :n a pro clamation issued from Key West. Fla., recently ‘‘no person c.m be har med in any way by furnish.ng the in formation required ” The President assured the nation that the census data will not be used for taxation, or in eonne tion with military service, jury service, school attendance, immigration, ur to en force any law. “There need be no fear.” he said. "That disclosure will be made re garding any individual person or his affairs.” But Census Bureau officials don’t expect trouble. Most people, they’ve found, are willing to talk about thenr- Babb^Laurens^*Gladys" W* V1< Nabors^ dren and days ^of care during the , ^rtssuT^as^^^by Joanna; Sara C. Simmons and Grace y ear - I vo » e f 62 k The district the trus-i s€h ' es ' They are glad t0 coo P erate W. Watts, Mountville; Catherine H. Epworth orphanage, Columbia, the “ i ' J- ei v!f d .34 qqq in- 1 for census Purposes,, at least once a Workman, Kinards. Methodist institution, was given 56,• The Laurens enumerators were 587.20; Connie Maxwell Home, announced from Laurens. Shady Grove Women Organize County Demonstration Club 1 The county home demonstration 1 agent. Miss Hall, and the assistant j agent, Miss Dean, met with the ladies of the Shady Grove co: Greenwood, Baptist, $8,055.53. The Laurens county hospital re- 1 ceived $758. I Formers Will Meet In Lourens To Discuss Weevil Control tees reported, received $34,000 in surance from the old building and equipment that burned. When the election was called by j the trustees it was stated in their signed statement that whatever bal- I ance is left from the amount on hand and bond issue would be used for erecting additional rooms at Acade- I my Street and Florida Street schools. With the additional 3 mills required to retire the new $100,000 bond issue, the miilage of the school district will J. W. Tinsley, chairman of the ’“nitv ’ county agriculture committee, has | be 29 mills this year. Unil y ! * rr,<wAt; n ,T i r, oU.... 1 Ml Thursdayr'Ma'rch Xlt | The Joanna club elected the fol- L .... a lowfng officers: Rolfe Clark, presi- heads Kiwams in the two Caro- dent; W.*W. Niver, vice-president; Imas, addressed the meeting and was 4 ^ Joe Terry, Jr., secretary; J. B. Hart, enthusiastical y received b y t h e Hall, games were enjoyed under the group and delivered an excellent ad- t direction of Misses Dean and Hall, a . r L'L’*. A a. U' l dress. The next meeting will be at the AIT CXnlDli Ar nigh house and organized the Shady, !" ^; re , ns rf on Th “ rsd K a l; Chorlie Wilson Is Grove Home Demonstration rtub. J weevi ,' program i 0] . 0 l9 l 5 S j US: ’ c 0 Baseball Assistant vi^rSee^r'i^e^oS;! For Blue Hose Team - Mr. Tinsley states. He added that ^ weather conditions for fall and win- Char.:e Wilson, a resident .or i ter have been favorable for weevils », un ?, Je r y ears P ast Rochester to be plentiful this summer. County j n ^ w Coach Wa.ter Agent C. B. Cannon states that burn- ... . , , . ... .. ’ng of timber land is false economy club department chairman, with the, • u u . u ..... . . . .’ , 'in weevil control and should not be duties of each explained by Miss ., ract j ced Officers elected for the year were: President—Mrs. Belk Cooper. Vice-President—Mrs. J. C. Nabors. Secretary—Mrs. Clyde Bledsoe. Treasurer—Mrs. Carroll Johnson. Local Leaders—Mrs. Tom Atkins, and Mrs. D. T. Pitts. - After the election of officers and Barbare in piloting this season's Heads Student Association ^ Jo • Street Petitions school Wednesday, April 26. at 3 30 School April 3-5 ' oclock. All ladies ot the commun- „ , .. r „ | ity are invited to join the club. Miss Helen Ligon Property owners residing on un i , paved streets and desiring that they i Delights Audience Here be paved in the present city im provement program are requested to j An audience of music lovers greet- being sold by pupils of the schools Reproductions of 150 masterpieces of art will be exhibited in the music room at Clinton high school under the sponsorship of the Beta club April 3 through 5. Tickets costing 15 cents for stu- :dents and 25 cents for adults are now lege. Charlie ranks as one of the out standing athletes from Presbyterian college where he won 16 letters in four sports. In football he captured all-state honors. He went to the big leagues as a great baseball player, joining the St Louis Card.rials in decadem the census had been taker every 10 years since 1790 The government wants to knfiw name, address, age, sex. racer martial status, occupation, working hours, income, whether you own your homir what bathmg and toilet facilities it has, and so on. Even the kitchen sink gets into it—question: Do you have one? Nobody will have to answer all the questions about population, hous ing or agriculture, and some need n’t answer any: Mama and papa car. speak for everyone in the family H they know the needed information There are no fixed hours for the census lakers’ daily rounds, but you can count on early-hour starts ana late-hour finishes The counters, or "enumerators’' as they're known officially, get paid on a piece—work basis, and the sooner they complete the count in baseball - .team at-Presbyterian Tbl^ their area the fasti” they've earned 1928. He spent most of his ten years) been set apart of pro-ball with the Cardinals, Ro- their money. It’s all f.gurd oat to yield them about $8 on the avt • >ge for a the oretical eight hour working day, whether they're handling thick y populated cities or are-lf where peo ple are few and far t etween. A special night- April 11 - h s Chester, and Columbus, Ohio. In re cent years he has held a—position with a large concern as traveling salesman before returning, here. , get their petitions signed and filed e d Miss Eugenia Helen Ligon in the The proceeds of the exhibit will be i ** ~ with the City Clerk and Treasurer college auditorium last Friday eve- used to purchase pictures for the city County Cotton as soon as possible. The petitions n ing when she appeared in concert schools. Penn A/nlroc Drnn must be properly signed by the ma-. under the auspices of the College and The exhibit will be open to the V-r °P ,v ' aRe5 ‘ jority of property owners on the Clinton Music club. It was her third public from 9:00 am to 5.00 p m., on For Past Year J street it is stated. Blanks may be; program before Clinton audiences the designated days. ' obtained from R. S. Owens, city at- and, as in the past, she was enthu- jtorney. siasticaUy received. KJCW Cl IRCr D I DfDC^ Miss Ligon whose home is in 'NEW Lions Governor Greenville ’ has gaine( L n ; a ii 0 " al HONOR ROLL Visits Local Club prominence as a concert singer. She has a lovely soprano voice and a Laurens county cotton production followed the state-wide pattern last year and dropped considerably. Bureau of the Census reports show that the county ginned 15,091 bales DAVID Neville, NEVILLE pj*per. j to 566,163 last year. Welcome and thanks to those on I Orangeburg continued to lead the Each week new subscribers are °t cotton from the 1949 crop, against - imost attractive personality. She was added t0 THE CHRONICLE’S large 1 9.423 the year before. The local Lions club had as its , accompanied by Mrs. Roy F<3wlkes,^f a miiy. We 'invite your subscription ^' or the state as a whole predu tion David Neville >unior of Newberry; guests Friday evenin S District Gov-| also of Greenville^ if yuu are not flow' 4 reader of the; Cupped from 871,587 bales in 1948 ^. n c:uersiud n t t „« 0 cM e s ,ur b ^: ™ b ° th Dr. Milford Leaving wa, chos.n i„ a ca^-wide KM £ ! whfch 1 twQ 6 others ^uiht the post— 4fessed the members on the work : Dr. Morgan Milford and family Severn SonServflle of BarnardsWlle, and al " ,s , ^ national and state are moving this week to Mauldin, in organizations. I Greenville county, j.where he will ^ 1 practice medicine. ’■ N. C., and Sidney Maxwell of Clin ton. Neville is the son of Mr. and Mrs. SPOKE IN LAURENS I Dr. Milford came here last Novem- 1 , D. W. A. Neville, former Clinton res-i Dr. M. A. Macdonald, president of her from Simpsonville, and since idents. His mother before marriage the orphanage, occupied the pulpit was Miss Mary Bean, daughter of of the First Presbyterian church in t^ie late Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Bein. 1 Laurens an Sunday morning - then has been associated with Dr. George R. Blalock at the Blalock clinic. our H nor Roll this week: J. L. TINMAN, EMMA H. YOUNG, - City. mrs. m. p. McWhorter, West Clinton. MRS. J. E. PLAXICO, Blacksburg. , MRS. H. L. DAVIS,. Jacksonville, Fla. LARKIN A. HALL, Spartanburg. I cotton producing parade in the state, but fell to 43,775 bales against 75,488 ' the previous year. I Prince Addresses Woodruff Group H. G. Prince, of the Presbyterian college faculty, was the guest speak er last night at the ladies night ban quet given by the men of the First Presbyterian church in Woodruff. * sients in hotels ar.ii simultaneously thrcui"' try <*> that they - v 1 *-' over and over as the; Fach enumerab*' w official identifies:!'. :■ won’t bo any monk tv i impersonations Nt > quired by tne Cers any paper whatsoc.t* After the tally shv-* t* are all the Bureau will sytud .t most thr years and^about S’l.Hi hot) sortii ’anting tra - !> arist cam ; r at the cotr - : be count 1 nove. vM carry : n . rd so the * t .•* ness abc t on A’en is r - bi reau to si i READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS RFCILAkLY EACH It will pay you )fs thrift) to shop first in the newspaper then in the sten* iss price- rhaiire and pew uerrluuidi.se is rereived and dtuy>iayed. * ^ BE WISE- READ THE ADS