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i • n \ •» 14 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable *■ *' . • ■ V 1 ■ I - —# 1 " ■ (She (Elmtott (Hhrontrlf If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 25, 1950 Number 21 Clinton Population Announced As 7.158 't , ^ r 61 To Graduate At Clinton High School Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday Evening by Dr. Betts In High School Auditorium. Seniors To Get Diplomas Monday Night._ The commencement program of the Clinton high school will be ushered in Sunday evening at eight o’clock in the high school auditorium when the baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Dr. C. B. Betts, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presby terian church. It will be a union ser vice of the city churches with sev eral ministers having a part on the ^program. Following the prelude, the tradi tional processional will see the grad uating class take its place in the reserved section. Rev. J. C. Diokert will offer the invocation, and pray er will be offered by Rev. P. L. Bauknight. Special music will be given by the girls’ glee club. On Monday evening at eight o’clock at the same place, the com mencement exercises proper will be held. The salutatory will be given by Mona Blakely, the president’s ad dress by Donny Wilder, the valedic tory by Martha Ann Simpson. Spe cial music will be given by a senior group, and a piano solo by Patricia Fowler. Presentation of awards will be made by Principal R. P. Wilder, and diplomas presented by Supt. W. R. Anderson. Class officers are: President, Don ny Wilder; vice-president, Frances Elliott; secretary, Betty Jean Sum er el; treasurer, Wallace Abrams. Commencement marshalls will be: Joan Cole, Vefana Cox, Betty Foshee, Peggy Sease, Linda Smith, Frances Winn and Sara Hollingsworth. Sixty-one In Class There are 61 in the graduating class, 35 girls and 26 boys. The list, with their addresses, has been an nounced by Supt. Anderson as fol lows: Girls Martha J. Anderson, Clinton. Mimi D. Barron, Joanna. Mona B. Blakely, Clinton. Peggy A. Boatright, Clinton. Sylvia A. Braswell, Clinton. Helen J. Brown, Cross Hill. Lou Ellen, Cagle, Clinton. Mary Jo Copeland, Clinton. Doris E. Deakle, Joanna. ^ Mary B. Deakle, Joanna. Mildred 1*. Dunlap, Clinton. Mary Frances Elliott, Joanna. Velda L. Farmer, Joanna. Patricia A. Fowler, Clinton. Malba M. Gardner, Joanna. Maxine R. Hanvey, Clinton. Jacquelyn Lovelace, Joanna. Jo Nolle Lowman, Joanna. Virginia E. McCullbugh, Clinton. Margie N. Martin, CUnton. Barbara N. Morris, Clinton. Audrey O’Shields, Joanna. Mary T. Pinson, Cross Hill. Bonnie M. Pitts, Joanna. Betty F. Rollins, Clinton. Martha A. Simpson, Clinton. Peggy J. Smith, Joanna. Vera E. Smith, CUnton. * Mary E. Sullivan, CUnton. Betty J. Sumerel, Clinton. Hattie L. IWdrick, Clinton. Margaret A. Wilkie, Cross Hill. Maudine R. Yarborough, Clinton. Martha E. Young, Clinton. Faye Ellen Hardman, Clinton. ^ ’ Boys Wallace M. Abrams, Joanna. Gilbert B. Blakely, Kinards. Guy Blakely, Clinton. William P. Bowers, Joanna. George L. Copeland, CUnton. George A. Espieg, Clinton. Herbert W. Fallaw, Clinton. James O. Few, Clinton. William C. Freeman, Clinton. James C. Haupfear, Clinton. Gene Haupfear, Clinton. Richard J. Hampton, Clinton. James Hollingsworth, Joanna. James C. Lathrop, Kinards. Claude E. McElhannon, CUnton. i WilUam H. Manley, Joanna. Alvin Nabors, Joanna. Eddie T. Rowe, Joanna. Earl B. Simmons, CUnton. Edward E. Simmons, Clinton. Dick M. Vaughan, Kinards. Donny Wilder, Clinton. Charles D. Young, Clinton. WilUam E. Young, Clinton. William McGill, Clinton. Thomas Prince, CUnton. Miss Fannie Hatton Passes At Hospital, Funeral Rites Today ORPHANAGE TO PRESENT JUBILEE PROGRAM IN JUNE Will Celebrate 75th Birthday With Large Number of Alumni Back on Campus. College Announces Five New Members Added To Faculty JOANNA, HOLD LEAD IN 4-TEAM LOOP By DONNY WILDER President Marshall W. Brown has, announced five additions to the fac- | ulty of Presbyterian college. The league leading Joanna Hornets Two of the new processors will join desperately to their half game the English department, while the j over the Clinton Cavaliers by 1 other three will teach chemistry, ®^2ing past the Ware Shoals Riegels mathematics and Spanish. They will ln . a Same which went into the begin their work at Presbyterian at | * en . t nr h n <?- The Clinton Cavaliers the start of the fall semester next con tinued to push the Hornets and strengthened their hold on the sec- September. The Thomwell orphanage will cel- The new faculty members are John ^ by P° undin 6 out ajop- ebrate its Diamond Jubilee June 9-13 w . Stevenson!and John Morris, Eng- 1 1 tory over the Watts with a five-day commencement pro- ii s h; Robert C. Lamb, chemistry; i .w gram. The institution opened for the j 0 h n L. Sloan, mathematics; and ^7® U "in in Tenth, ... _ reception of orphan children 75 years Richard O. Adams, Spanish. Ro> Marion poked a drive into le.t Miss Frances H. (Fannie) Hatton ; lt 1875f with the Rev. ’ T . a11 5« ld in ‘ th * tenth inning for an in- Sloan, Adams and Lamb are all the-park home run which broke up the ball game and chalked up a 4-3 died late Tuesday afternoon at Hays william Plumer Jacobs as its found- hospital after a several weeks illness. Tbe funeral services wiU be held this afternoon (Thursday) *t 3:30 er. For the special event next month a full program has been arranged for h0In ', C ,° n ' which all alumni ot the institution ducted by Dr. W. R. Turner. Inter-^ jnviwd ^ return t0 lhe ment will follow in the Shady Grove Presbyterian church cemetery near the city. Pallbearera will be Harold C. Jbhnson, Hugh Bonds Workman, Raymond Johnson, Johnny C. John son, G. W. Hollingsworth and C. W. Weir, Sr. Miss Hatton was a native of this county and a lifelong member of the Presbyterian church. She was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Nancy Scott Hatton. She possessed many fine traits of character that en deared her to many who will learn of her passing with regret. Surviving-are one sister, Mrs. E. W. Copeland, of Laurens; one broth er, Johnny Mack Hatton, of this city; and a number of nieces and nephews. campus for the celebration. Over 3,000 boys and girls have received training in the home since it was established. A feature of the week will be the dedication of the handsome new au ditorium-gymnasium now nearing completion as a gift from Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Hartness of Spartanburg. The complete program follows: Friday, June 9 Senior Play—8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 10 Alumni banquet—6:00 p.m. Presiding—J. Graham Miller, New York city. Program — Dr. Thorn well Jacobs, Atlanta, Ga.,; Garvin J. Daniel, Bir mingham, Ala.; H. J. Winn, Green ville. Alumni meeting—9:30. Sunday, June II Morning worship—11:15 a.m. Ser mon by Dr. J, B. Carpenter, Holly Springs, Miss.; assisted by Dr. Mat thew Lynn, Maitland, Texas, and Rav. Clarence Sistar, Atlanta, Ga. Communion service — 4:00 p.m. Meditation by Dr. L. R. Lynn, Talla hassee, Fla n assisted by Dr. John W. Carpenter, Dunbar, W. Va., and Rev. Arthur T. Taylor, Marston, N. C. Evening worship—8:30 pjn.. Ser- of the college, announced yesterday m0 n by Rev. Clarence E. PiephofT, Dr. A. W. Simpson To Receive High Award At College Dr. Addison W. Simpson, promi nent Washington, Ga., physician, will receive Presbyterian College’s high stamp of approval at com mencement exercises on June 5. Dr. Marshall W. Brown, president | graduates of the college. Sloan, a native of this city, is the son of Mrs. E. B. Sloan and the late Mr. Sloan. He received his B. S. de gree from P. C., where he finished cum laude, an M. A. in mathematics at Duke university, and has complet ed two more years of graduate study at the University of North Carolina. He will be added as an associate pro fessor and will head the mathematics department while Dr. Jabir Shibli is on leave of absence to visit the Mid dle East. Adams, of West Columbia, was graduated magna cum laude in re ceiving his A. B. degree from Pres byterian. He went to the University erf Texas for his M. A., and has com pleted two years of graduate study in romance languages. TEN-YUt GAM IS 25 PHI CENT Census Count Shows Increase of 1,454. Lau rens City and County Show Similar Gain. victory for the Hornets Tuesday night in the Ware Shoals park. Two Joanna pitchers collaborated in the victory but the win was cred ited to Ray Suit, who was making his first appearance for the Joan- nians. Suit combined his talents with those of Harris and together they al- lowed the last place Riegels only five ' i n "population hits over the ten inning route. Babe Ellis pounded out the most hits for the Hornets as he polled three singles off the two Ware Shoals pitchers, Jim Voiselle and Roy Brid ges. The two teams started off in pretty much the same fashion by running in one run apiece in the first inning. The Riegels got greedy in the third inning and rolled up two more runs A 1950 population of 7,158 for the City of Clinton was announced Sat urday by Walter S. Wmgo of Spar tanburg, Fourth District census su pervisor. While the figure is tenta tive Mr. Wingo said, he does not expe-t any material change from this figure and the final one to be released from Washington. The 1940 count gave Clinton % population of 5,704 The new fig ure of 7,158 is an increase of 1,454. an increase of 25 per cent for the ten year period or a fraction over 2 per cent gain on an annual basis. Covering the past 30 years, the city has shown the following gains 1870 * 200 1880 465 1890 1060 1900 1865 1910 3272 1920 3767 1930 5643 1940 5704 1950 7158 The city’s gam compares well with Lamb, whose home is in Greer, re-• l ea d the Hornets 3-1. The game i-siinms city and other towns in thia ceived a B. S. in chemistry from j progressed this way until the ninth that Dr. Simpson had been chosen for the Gfbld P alumni award given annually to the alumnus who has made outstanding progress and ac hievement in his chosen profession. The award recipient is decided upon each year by the board of di rectors of the alumni association. In announcing the 1950 winner, Dr. Brown cited him for his unselfish devotion in the field of medicine. Last year’s award went to Dr. William R. Wallace, of Chester, for mer president of the South Caro- Maxton, N. C. Una Medical Association. Dr. Simpson recently was present ed a certificate of honor by the Georgia Medical Association in rec ognition of 52 years service to the citizens of that state. Two achieve- The regular meeting of the Ki- ments along this line include organ- wa nis dub will be held this evening College Park, Ga., assisted by Rev. Furman Jordan, Greensboro, Ala. Monday, Jane 12 Tour of the campus—9:30 a.m. Barbecue—6:30 p.m. Choral program—8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jane IS Meeting of the board of trustees— 9:00 asn. Dedication of gymnasium — 4:00 p.m. Graduation exercises — 3:30 p.m. Address by Dr. Louis C. LaMotte, Eleazer Will Speak To Kiwanians Today ization of the Wilkes County Medi cal Society and the Washington General Hospital at 7 o’clock in the college dining hall. The club will have as its guest and He is also the author of “The Life speaker, J. M. Eleazer, Clemson Col and Service of the Rev. John,i e g e Extension Information Special- Springer,” the first Presbyterian | i s t minister ordained on Georgia soil, ^ Mr. Eleazer’s weekly news column and he has served as a ruUng elder ; “Farms and Folks”, is one of the in the Presbyterian church for the i most widely read newspaper fea tures in the state. It appears regu larly in The Chronicle. past 42 years. Dr. Simpson attended Presbyter ian college for three years, leaving after his junior year in 1895 to en- PftST . n rr, r r. Tn ter Atlanta Medical college. He has B£ CLO SED TUESDAY been an active supporter of the col lege ever since and currently serves as the alumni association's Georgia director. P. C., and has had two years of grad uate study in chemistry, lie comes as an addition to the department of chemistry. Morris, also a native of Clinton, received both his B.S. in math and M A. in English from the University of South Carolina. He has done ad ditional graduate work at the Uni versity of Tennessee .where he now serves as instructor in English. Stevenson, who comes to Presby terian from the Vanderbilt English department, received his B.A. from Wofford and his MA. from Vander bilt. These two English professors will replace Ashby Dick, who resigned to enter Louisville Theological semi nary in preparation for the Presbyte rian minisUiy, and George Reeves, who will go to France for additional study at Sorbonne university. Vacation Bible School Begins May 31 At First Baptist Church The dally vacation Bible schoql of the First Baptist church will be held May 31-June 14. The school will be gin at 9 o’clock each morning and continue until 12 o’clock and is for children and young people from 4 through 16 years of age. There will be Bible study, hand work, stories, recreation and refresh inning when Joanna staged a school boy’s rally to tie the score at 3-all. Then Marion’s welcome blow took place before the 1,000 spectators. Cavaliers Climb The Clinton Cavaliers rolled to victory over the third-place Watts Warriors Tuesday night by way of strengthening their second place spot in the Central Carolina league stand ing. The Cavaliers rode the crest of a 10 to 1 victory off only six hits given up by the Watts pitcher. Smith. Clinton capitalized on every break that came their way, and there were quite a few Errors, walks, and some not too bright plays were some of the things that hounded the Watts pitcher from time to time during the ball game. The Cavaliers grouped all their hits into two innings and made the most of them. Clinton enjoyed a big second inning and a fine fifth inning, pushing across four runs in the sec ond frame and six tallies in the furi ous fifth. * No - Cavalier batter got more than one hit. Cooper, the Clinton pitcher, aided his own cause by pouiutiag out a timely, double. In Clinton’s big fifth inning they scored the six runs on only three hits, au one error and two walks section. In The Chronicle’s guessing contest more than 500 guesses were submitted by subscribe rs here and elsewhere ranging fio n a low of 5,700 to a high 12,500. A substantial part of the increase is flue to a new ruling this year counting college students in the town where they are enrolled which swelled the fig ure more than 400 representing the Presbyterian college student body. This ruling similarly helps other towns in which colleges are located. The orphanage is in the count but not the State Traming school or Lydia Cotton Mills community which are included in the county figure. Laurens City Gains The City of Laurens also showed a substantial increase, jumping front 6,894 to 8,657 during the ten years. This gives a gain there of 1,763 per sons. a total population over Clin tons figure of 1,499. Couaty Shows Gain The County gained 2,772 person* from 1940 to 1950 despite a marked migration of farm papulation to ur ban centers and out of the county. The official count is 46,957 ^|s com pared with 44,165 in 1940. The greatest population increase occur red in Clinton and Laurens, the given by pitcher Smith in one of hi; i{wo t° w ns jumping in the ten years moments of wildness contributed lo ' n < )re ihe entire county increase. the Clinton drive. Daniels S as pended Mr. Wingo explained that rural pop- ulatu n jp gradually ‘moving out, a Big Jake Daniels, Joanna's hard fieAd 'ttgun definitely in the 1949 hitting first baseman, has been $us- census. ments and a good attendance i s *n- pended from the Central Carolina ticipeted. Registration [or the school teague , or thirt a,„. Djn , els was' I)-jdaes Announrrt will be held Tuesday afternoon May suspended because he hit an umpire. I ' r,o 9h s ’f'" n 0UnceS 30th from 4 to 5 o clock. Those batted in the clean-up spot fcr. For TnC HoUSC finding it impossible to register at the Hornets this time may register Wednesday morning at lhe school. The brawl occured last Saturday %ight when the Hornets were playing Itinerary Given For Candidates In County Campaign The post office will be closed Tues day, May 30, in observance of the Memorial day holiday, states PosW master W. D. Adair. The stamp and general delivery Anderson Addresses Mountville Graduates Justin A. Bridges, one of the five qualified candidates in the race for the Clinton Cavaliers in Joanna. The the he use of representatives from umpire called a close play and Dan- [ this county places his official an- iels dida’t see fit to agree with him jncuixement in today’s paper. Hal Walthers has been moved into; Mr Bridges, a ’•e-ent graduate of jthe fourth place in the Joanna bat- ( the University of South Carolina, i* ting order and Roy Marion has tak- wow a ftnacttcmg .tterney in Laur ens Two years ago he made a cred itable •-howinf in the house race. * The baccalaureate sermon be‘ ore the Mountville high school gradual- en yver , the first base position whitn was - wa.- he.d by Daniels. ing class was delivered Sunday ev- wai: ne ‘ a ening in the Mountville Presbyterian 1 Clinton Moves l p church by the Rev. George A. And- Clinton Cavaliers are slowly erson of this city. pullirtg up toward the lead hrid over Monday evening in the school aud- tiiem the Hornets 'jnr tne Imt itorium the music pupils were pro- SP 0 * tn the Central Carolina College Vesper Services End spring series of evening ves- ! daily one trip, but there will be no motion exercises for the eighth grade nets w ha ^, a two and a 8 ame lead sr-vjees at Presbyterian college I rural delivery. windows will be open from 10 to 11 a.m. The city carriers wrill make their | sented in the annual recital. Pro- Mo ’®st week the Hor were held Tuesday morning. College Exams To Begin Friday Final examinations begin Friday for 490 Presbyterian college students. The testing period which closes the regular school year will through Thursday, June 1. The Laurens County Democratic executive committee has announced the itinerary for the approaching campaign for candidates. Ten meet ings are arranged, all to b$ held at 8 pm., with a lapse of several days between each township meeting, i The itinerary as announced, fol- ' lows: I Monday, June 5—Poplar Springs. ; Monday, June 12—Hickory Tavern. Thursday, June 15—Laurens Mill. Monday, June 19 — Gray Court- Owings school. Thursday, June 22 — Joanna (at !club house). Monday, June 26—Cross Hill. Thursday, June 29—Woodville. Monday, July 3—Clinton Mills. Thursday, July 6——Cook’s Store. Monday, July 10—Watts Mills. Former Joanna Girl Makes Perfect Population Guess on the Clintonians and were to play a series with the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers took two of three games and moved up to half a game behind the Hornets on the strength of these two victories. cloet^ Sunday evening The gueet ‘peakn wws Dr. R. A. Forrest, president vt Toccoa Falla, Ga. Institute, and mtnlster of the Tcvtoa Presbyterian tbarch. Providence Exercises MOVES INTO NEW HOME Mr. and Mrs. Ratchford Boland extend have moved into their recently con structed home on N. Broad Street. Mrs. Carl Breitenger, 1 of Merchant- ville, N. J., is the winner in the cen sus guessing contest conducted the past several weeks by The Qmmicle. Mrs. Breitenger, the former Miss Jane Crawford, of Joanna, submitted a perfect guess. The census report last week gave the city’s population as 7,158. In her letter to The Chron icle April 17, Mrs. Breitenger sent this exact guess—7,158. She added, “I receive my Chronicle every week and enjoy reading it so much. I hope my number wfll be the lucky one.” The Chronicle offered $10.00 to the subscriber submitting the closest guess to the official government fig ure. A check for this gmount has MEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL gone forward to Mrs. Breitenger wiih Be Held This Evening our hearty congratulations as thei ♦ j .. . ‘‘perfect guesser” though she is far! It is announced that commence-1 Fcr 'css than 4c .» you can away from her home community. She ment exercises will be held this eve- |have a clean, new > icbuble news- is the daughter of Mrs. Bell Moor- mng (Thursday) at 7:30 for Pbovi- papei in your hem« 'rKT CHR N- head Crawford of Joanna. |dence school. An invitation is ex-jlCliE. (.**■* y t >u an .» subscriber The second closest guess, 7,182, was tended to all patrons and interested you wnll never be w.lhi g to do with- submitted by W. C. Shealy of this friends to attend. / out this welcowe vn tU-i e«ch week. city. He missed the ten dollar prize i ^ | May we by 24. W. E. Caudell, of Kinards. was FfV|C£onnl Churfh Tn cor list"* third with a guess of 7,123 He missed T* 01 • " ,. | Wek by 35. Misa Essie Young, also of this Hold SerVICCS Here ^ add your mn* today to city, was fourth with a gpess of 7,200. | Regular services for All Saints She lacked 42 of answering the ‘‘$64 Episcopal church will be held every question.” Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at St. Many other guesses were close to John’s Lutheran church on Hampton the official figure. More than five avenue, according to announcement hundred were submitted in the con-; by Bishop John J. Gravatt, bishop cl tes *- the diocese of Upper S. C. I ♦ \ ome and fhai'hv thosi |euT Honor Roll*th.s week MK5. M. W A:«wae, . MRS JACK H nAyjS, SR , Clinton jvsrriN a. BKirv.ns La ureas. PAUL WOODY. Columbia.