The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 10, 1950, Image 1
i
k •
in
. THE CHRONICLE
* Strives To Be A Clean
s 4 Newspaper, Complete
Newsy and Reliable
f
dlinton dhrottirlc
If You Don't Read
THE CHRONICLE
You Don't Get the News
Volume LI
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 10, 1950
Number 32
i
Am
JOANNA TAKES
TOR PUCE IN
CENTRAL LEA6UE
Leads Clinton By Half
Game In Close Race As
Season Nears End.
By DONNY WILDER
Joanna’s Hornets held fast to their
half game lead over the Clinton Cav
aliers Tuesday night when both clubs
had a bad night and wer; defeated
by Watts and Ware Shoals, respec
tively. Joanna’s Rube ^'■•i.on was
blasted for 15 hits by the last place
Watts Warriors as they topped out a
6 to 1 win over the league leaders
* The Cavaliers who ran through
their four-game lead last week like
a kid with his first nickle in a candy
store, had more than they could
handle as the Ware Shoals Riegels
bounced them out with a 6 to 4 de-
* feat.
Ware Shoals’ win placed them on-
^jy one game out of second place with
. Clinton, and only one and a half
0 JL games out of first place. The only
club in the league which doesn't
have a mathematical chance to^ win
the pennant is the Watts Wariiors.
The Warriors, however, can mess up
the dreams of some of the other
clubs.
The defeat handed to them Tues-
A day night was the sixth out of the
. last seven games.
Warriors Trounce Joanna
The last place club which invar
iably knocks off the top team pulled
the stunt again Tuesday night as
the Warriors ran through the Hor
nets with a 6 to 1 score.
1 The Warriors started off from the
very first Inning when Cleve Coop
er pounded a round tripper *ith one
of his teammates stationed on the
4 sacks. Watts went on to add single
numbers in the second fifth, sixta,
and seventh frames.
Joanna’s lone run came in the
sixth inning
Joanna connected with nine of
Watts’ Potts’ pitches but they Just
couldn’t group the hits into the same
* inning when it would count most.
Shortstop Marion led Joanna at the
plate with a perfect night in garner
ing three hits in three trips up. First
baseman Brock, belted two hits
• along with Tony Mazurek who dup
licated the feat, and Ellis and Wal-
thers trapped themselves a hit apiece
lor the night. *
* The Joanna Hornets played error-
less ball, but the Warriors were hitt
ing strongly and safely. Watts bung
led two plays sent their way by Jo-
\ anna bats.
Joanna's Melton fanned three men
while Potts got four men on strike-
outs. Melton walked four and Potts
dittoed.
Third baseman Smith was the big
* gun of the night for the Warriors
with three hits for four chances. Paul
Hazle also garnered the same aver
age.
Riegels Down Cavaliers
Ware Shoals’ ace Jim Voiselle had
his knuckle ball dancing tantaliz-
ingly around the edges of the Clin
ton bats but the Cavaliers couldn’t
get a big cut at it when there were
men on base and the Riegels went on
to win a 6 to 4 decision from the
P 1 home team.
The Riegels started the fireworks
in the third inning when they col
lected three hits and scored three
runs The visitors did the same in the
fifth, busting three hits and rushing
across three runs.
The Cavaliers came to life in the
fifth and scored three runs of their
own, just to keep the numbers in
round figures. It took four consecu
tive hits and a total of five safties
to bring in Clinton’s runs. Clinton
outhit the Riegels 10 to 8.
Clinton scored another run in the
seventh when Blackie Blackstock
swung into a homerun-bound pitch
and lifted it over the left field wall
with nobody on the base paths.
Blackie had a good night with a to
tal of four hits in five trips, including
0 his four-master. He was the only
Clintonian to find more than one hit
for the night.
Ware Shoals committed three er
rors but none of their errors produc-
• ed a run. Clinton bungled one play
4 and it cost the exact amount of one
run and probably more since it was
a perfect double play ball which was
muffed with one out in the third in
ning when the Riegels pushd across
their three runs.
Whittaker and Eaton shared the
mound duties for Clinton, Whitta
ker being sent to the showers in the
fourth and being credited with the
loss Voiselle went the distance for
the visitors. He had a little trouble
with the Clintonians but managed to
pull out by himself with little dam
age being done to his lead
* SPOKE AT BISHOPVILLE .
Clinton Lad Voted
Outstanding Player
Little Leaguers'
Lieut. Alan Plummer,
Recent P. C. Graduate,
Killed In Korea
Second Lieutenant Allan Frank
Plummer, 24, of Clio, and a recenf
graduate of Presbyterian college,
was killed in action in Korea on
July 24th according to a dispatch
from the War Department.
Lieut. Plummer was serving with
the 1st Cavalry and was shipped out
from Camp Stoneman, Cal., arriv
ing in Japan on June 28. A letter
received by his family and written
July 19 told them he was on ship
en route to Korea.
The young man, who was pleas
antly known here by many friends,
graduated from Presbyterian college
in January past, and as a reserve
officer, who received his commis
sion three years ago he went to
Fort Benning soon after graduation.
He served with the 8th Air Force
in England two years during World
War II.
Lieut. Plummer is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wright Plum
mer, two brothers, and several half-
sisters.
CLINTON LITTLE
LEAGUERS WIN
STATE TITLE
Lads Lose Only One
Game In Tournament.
Playing Raleigh In
Finals at Charleston.
The Clinton Little Leaguers prov
ed to be the best in the state last
week as they whipped a trouble
some Spartanburg crew for the state
championship in the playoffs at
Florence.
Clinton’s victory came the hard
way since they had already been
downed by the Spartans once and
one more defeat would eliminate
them from the tournament. The de
termined little Clintonians showed
spirit and spunk and edged past the Last Rites Held
favored Spartanburg boys with a A*. I C
one to nothing score. Dusty Rhodes JOOnnQ rOf
scored the lone run in the fifth in- William J. Adair
ning when he singled, stole second.) 9
and scampered home on Glenn
CLINTON DOLLAR DAYS
TODAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Three Salesdays Sponsored by Merchants Associ
ation. Big Shopping Crowds Expected for Special
Bargains During the Event. Free Parking Privileges.
Three more big Dollar Days — to-j with free parking privileges offered
day, Friday and Saturday —are in w h° come.
prospect for the residents of this en- .. 1 event is s P on sored by tae
.. ... , _ _. Merchants association. Three success-
tire community this week-end. Big ful days are being an i icipated by
crowds are expected to come to the merchants who have complete lines
city and take advantage of the hun- of merchandise and are offering spe-
dreds of bargains offered by a num- dal values to the buying public,
ber of participating merchants. Read The American dollar will be King
The Chronicle today for the big today. Friday and Saturday. All
news - roads will lead to Clinton—an excel-
The city will "close down" all lent shopping—center—Tor the big
parking meters for the three days money-saving $$$ Days.
Two New Professors
Added To College
Faculty for New Term
i
9
DUSTY RHODES
j
I
‘ Dusty’’ Rhodes (above), 12-year-1
old son of Mr and Mrs. W. C Rhodes,
of Lydia Mills, was selected last week
as the outstanding player in the state
tournament event at Florence, and
was presented the highly prized tro
phy. A year ago the youngster was
selected as the outstanding visiting
player in the Charleston tournament
The Clinton team received the
1 "Governor’s trophy" to be held for a
year, and also a team trophy to be
kept permanently.
"Dusty” plays second base and is
a relief pitcher. He was called upon
to pitch the third and deciding game
Friday against Spartanburg in the
jL*JU series and woo 9-1.
Draft Boord Colls
86 Men To Report
August 14 ond 17
The County Selective Service
board with offices in Laurens, sent
. out a total of 86 draft board notices
last week, according to Miss Nan
nie K. Armstrong, clerk.
She said that 43 of the registrants
would report at 8 a. m. on Monday,
August 14th, and the other 43 on
Thursday, August 1?.
Fifty one men between the ages
of 23-24 received notices previously
to report today in the first draft call
in the county since January of last
year.
The clerk stated that registrants
are required to call in person for
changes of address or to report mar
riages and births. All draftees will
be sent to Greenville for physical
examinations, and if accepted, will
be called later for duty.
Pitts Graduates At
Air Force Base
Pascal Mark Pitts son of Mrs. P.
M. Pitts of this city, graduated Au
gust 5 from the Air Force Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps Summer
Encampment, Chanute Air Force
Base, Rantoul, Illinois, which began
June 25, 1950.
Mr. JPitts is a student at Clemson
college where he is majoring in tex
tile engineering and upon his grad
uation will be qualified to accept
a commission -as a Second Lieuten
ant in the United States Air Force
Reserve.
City General Election
For Mayor Aldermen
Set For Tuesday
The city municipal election will be
held next Tuesday, August 15, to'
| elect the nominees of the recent pri-
I mary to serve for two year terms i
bginning in September.
The nominees are: For Mayor, Joe,
P. Terry.
Alderman, Ward 1—Hugh C. Ray,
ward 2—S. A. Pitts, ward 3—W. M.
McMillan, ward ♦—W. M. Walker,
ward 5—Woodrow L. Wilson, ward
8—James C. Craine.
Under the new election law qual
ified voters will vote at large for
mayor and for alderman from each
ward.
Registration for the election has
been small. The polls will open at
8 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. John J.
Clark, T. H. South and John F. Nor
ris have been appointed as managers
of said election for the Clinton pre
cinct, and R. X<. Yarborough, John
W. Arnold and George Turner for
the Clinton Mills precinct.
Reaves’ double. In the second and | resTdem^of ^‘h^comm^nitJ dle^al 1 *7 y ° Un * pro,f>ssors have
final game the Clinton lads had little his horne i n Joanna Tuesday after-|f dt , d t0 the Presbyter,a n colIt ** e
trouble with the Spartanburg crew noon after a two-months illness. 1 ^Ity, President Marshall W
and roared away from them with a ^ m held Bro * n announced yesterday. They
nine to one score and the state lit- ! ine lunerai services were ne ‘u
tie league championshio yesterday afternoon from the home, will begin their duties with the start
Clinton i.< now fightta* it out with '?" d , UC '' d J 1 / P ' the “"rt month
Raleigh, the North Carolina champs. , h , a” ana”! President Brown luted the facul-
in a best two out ot three affair to | additions a. Dr, Newton Jones,
see which team will journey to Wil- Rosemont cemetery ' 111 who will serve as associate profes-
liamsburg, Pa. to enter the National
sor of history, and Francis J. Kear
playoffs. The Carolmas’ tourney is tr were: L.oyd, R. C. and ley. Jr., associate professor of chem-
Terrace
P. Adair, Carl Garner. Verlyn , s try.
Dr. Jones comes to Presbyterian
i <11 \ H. G. Prince, dean of men at Pres-
V W byterian college, was the guest
• >
speaker Sunday morning at the Pres
byterian church in Biahopville.
Cubs, Scouts To
Meet Today
A meeting of Cub and Boy Scouts
will be held today (Thursday) at six
o’clock at the Clinton Mills commu
nity center.
The group will be addressed by
Executive Pittman of the Blue Ridge
council, Greenville.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
HONOR ROLL
Keep informed on what is happen
ing in your home town and commu
nity. You can do so for less than 4c
a week by reading THE CHRON
ICLE.
Welcome and thanks to those on
our Honor Roll this week:
RALPH SMITH,
MRS. ANNIE STONE,
Clinton.
F. B. BURNS,
Belton.
MRS. HOWARD WILLIAMS,
FRANK HOWARD,
Lydia.
PVT. LAWRENCE C. BARBERY
La Plata, Md.
S. C. Cotton
Crop Set At
460,000 Boles
Columbia, Aug. 8. — South Caro
lina’s cotton crop, estimated at 460,-
000 bales, apparently will be the
smallest since the 408,000-bale crop
of 1941.
The forecast came from the Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
based on August 1 conditions.
A 32 per cent drop in acreage from
last year, and heavy boll weevil in
festation, are responsible for the in
dicated short crop.
The predicted yield of 254 pounds
of lint an acre, compares with 209
pounds last year, the record high of
391 pounds in 1944 and 321 pounds
average for 1939-48.
Cottonseed production of 188,000
tons is indicated this year, based on
the rate of lint to seed in the past
five years.
Crop correspondents report an av
erage of 550 pounds of fertilizer an
acre used on cotton this year. This
compares with a record high of 575
pounds in 1949 and the 240-pounds
average in 1932.
The cost of fertilizer averaged $11
this year, $12.15 last year, and $2.50
in 1932, the department said.
S. F. Roddy Going
Bock To Lebanon
S. F. Roddy will leave Saturday
for New York whire he will sail for
his home in Lebanon, after a two
year’s stay in America. Most of this
time he has resided here where he
operated "Pop’s’’ Lunch on Mus-
grove street which he recently sold.
He is the father of P. L. Roddy, of
this city, and has made many friends
here who will learn with interest he
is returning to his "home land.”
McLeod To Speak
For Presbyterians
The guest minister at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
will be the Rev. Cliff H. McLeod,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, Mooresville, N. )C.
Mr. McLeod is a graduate of Pres
byterian college and is pleasantly re
membered here by a number of
friends and acquaintances.
Football Practice
At Clinton High
Coach WUmot Shealy has an
nounced that football practice at
Clinton high school will begin Mon
day, August 14, at 9 am., and will
continue each day. All boys who are
interested in a try-out are invited to
be on hand.
being held at Dorchester _
park in Charleston. Davenport and Louie Nabors.
Clinton has three winning pitchers ' _ M r -Ada ir was a native of f rom ^e University of Virginia,
who can be depended upon when 'j 10n c o u nty. a son of the late where he received his Ph.D. and
the going gets rough. Billy Smith „ ac .. an , F ‘ knnie Nels< * n A<lair where he has taught. He received
is the winningest pitcher on Clin- B A 411(1 M A degrees from
service
ton’s roster since he won three of i * a ™ ily me / Tlbe( Emory University. He saw
Clinton’s five games in the playoffs
of Broad Street Methodist church
in World War II as an army cap-
in Florence. Jerald Jenkins, of Jo- V 11 * P 0 *****^ mai, y fnends who will He ^ married
anna, pitched himself into the win !*. Kearley is presently completing
column in the pUyoffs with one vie- hi st a t^ graduate work at v *n d? rbilt. and
tory to his credit and versatile Dus- ^honi P 07 * P*a n s fo have his doc . rate when
ty Rhodes was credited with the re- Surv £ on ^ wi!<< Mrs.'£
Bessie Broome Adair; two adopted
children, James and Geneva Adair;
mainiag win.
The top bat swinger for the lit ^
tie leaguers is G len Brock Reaves, i anc | sevtra i nieces and nephews
of Joanna Reaves batted in the win-1 „ m
ning and only run in the first game ■ xjj *4 »«
and collected three for four in the i IVlCIlWOlU
^cond «.m, wIlh SlMrUnburc Two PojSCS At HoSMtol,
of the battering Brock s hits were 0 :. . A # *« r »
screaming doubles. KeSIOBIIi Or rlOdgCS
In the play off only four runs j ^ ■
were scored against the Clintonians James William Mcllwam, 69, a
in six games. The Clinton boys well known and highly esteemed citi-
amassed a total of thirty two scores, i “n of^ Hodges, died Monday night at
A crowd of two thousand is ex
pected in Charleston for the finals.
All the games will begin at 5:30 on
the nose.
The Little Leaguers, headed by D. , 4 . , . „ j « l.
S. Templeton u couch, are: Dusty! * !<,n 0 ' tl ’* la I “ C ' or «* Re,> « cc *
Rhodes, Bill Smith, Joe Chafin. Den
nis Bennett, Bill Dobbins, Bruce
Austin, Grady Fuller, Jerald Jenkins,
Dwight Tucker, Billy Cranford Benji
his M.A. from Vanderbilt.
While studying there K-arley has
been active in music circles, play
ing the cello in the Nashville Sym
phony Orchestra. He served as a na
val officer in World War II.
In announcing the additions Pres
ident Brown expressed satisfaction
over obtaining the services of these
two well-trained professors.
Dr Jones replaces Wallace Barn
hill, who is on leave-of-absence f >r
the Greenwood hospital following duty in the armed forces. Kearl y
four years of declining health and a succeeds Gordon Goodale-, who r-*-
serious illness of five days cently obtained a leave-of-abser.,'e
Mr. Mcllwain was orn In Abbeville to pursue further graduate study
county December 12, 1880, and was
Stevenson Mcllwain, both members
of well known Abbeville county
families.
Mr. Mcllwain was reared in Abbe-
Timmons, Geoi-ge Copeland, Wayne I . county and was engaged in
Hornsby. Ray Farmer and G lenn I armi 1 n * and th « mercantlle business
for 16 years prior to moving to
Revival Services
Begin Sunday
At Bush River Church
Brock Reaves.
Methodist Women Will
Hear Conference Leader
Miss Helen Bourne, state confer
ence president, will address a joint j had served as deacon of the Hodges
meeting of the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service and circles at
Broad Street Methodist church
Bush River Baptist church will
.. open a series of revival services Sun-
Hodges. He was owner and manager day> August 13i at 8 with a
of the J. W. Mcllwain general mer- entrance program into a ren-
chandise store in Hodges for 32 0^*4 church. The Rev A T. Usher,
years, and during this time he was pas^ of the nr8t Baptist
church of
also engaged in farming
In his community he was regarded
as a citizen of high character. He
on
Monday afternoon, August 14, at four
o’clock.
Officers state thait following the
meeting a social hour and refresh
ments will be enjoyed and all mem
bers are invited to attend.
The Sara Glenn Circle will meet
Monday evening at 8 o’clock* at the
church with Miss Kate Milam, Mrs.
Clyde McCrary and Miss Maud Geer
as hostesses.
Dillon, will bring the message in the
opening service. Dr James C. Ki-
nard, president of Newberry college,
_ , ^ . i, 1, . will extend words of congratulations
Presbyterian church for 28 years and 1 to the church on their building pro _
gram. Other personnel on the pro-
was an active worker in his church 1
and in its Sunday school and othei
organizations.
gram include Mrs. S. P. Harris, or-
0 . . . . . . . ganist, Ryan F Lawson, C. C. Wal-
Surviving are his widow, who was j ace and c T smith.
The guest minister for the revival
before her marriage Miss Louella
Mabry of Hodges; two daughters, „ T w * .
Mrs. J. W. Herndon, Hartwell. Ga., j p ^ r - ^ Jobr \ A u Ha , m " ck ’, of
and Mrs. J. W. Wyatt, Hodges; three F irst I&PUrt chu rt’ h of Charles-
sons, James M. and Eugene E. Mcll-. un ' is returnin 8 ^or the second time
wain, Anderson; William T Moll-! and will arrive for the Monday eve
ning service. He will continue to
preach through Sunday August 20,
Saturday excepted. The hours for
the services will be 10 am. and &
Attending Conference
At Bon darken
Miss Margaret Blakely is directing
the general Bible conference of the
wain, Ware Shoals; five sisters, Mrs.
Hamp Hodges and Mrs. Carter Dan
iel of Hodges, Mrs. Ed Halfacre and
Mrs. Herman Halfacre of Newberry, w ,. ,
Mrs. W. C. Baldwin of Clinton; twoi^-J^ P uba £ lnvlte<1
! brothers, John Robert and Albert! pastor. Rev. T. B. Altman, to
! Mcllwain, both of Due West; and ten j atten d the services,
grandchildren. ! ^
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning from Hodges Pres-
Associate Reformed Presbyterian ; bytenan , cb jy rC D W !lr h W
'Boyce and the Rev. W. T. Red offici
ating. Interment followed in the
Hodges cemetery.
Summer School To
Close Saturday
church at Bon darken, N. C.
Mrs. R. F. Blakely and Miss Kath
erine Blakely are also spending sev
eral weeks there. Miss Lizzie Sloan
will leave the latter part of the week
to attend the ten-day conference as
a delegate from the local church. Sne
will be accompanied by her sister,
Miss Lydie Sloan.
FOOD...
*
Is An Important
Item With Housewives
You will find helpful Gro
cery and Market News in THE
CHRONICLE every week from
leading food stores in the city.
Read the advertisements reg
ularly — they tell you about
changing prices each week and
where you can supply your
needs and buy to advantage.
State's Draft Call
For October 750
Cblumbia, Aug. 8. — An October
call for 750 men has been sent to
South Carolina’s 48 county selective
service boards, state selective service
director James Hunter announced
today.
The state’s September draft quota
The eight weeks summer school i* 752. Men who will fill this call
at Presbyterian college will close »ow are receiving pre-induction ex-
Saturday.
Announcements as to the opening'
of the regular sessiori in Septembei
will be made later by President M |
W. Brown.
animations, Major Hunter said.
ATTENDING PAGEANT
AT MYRTLE BEACH
Miss Barrie Jean Wmgard left
yesterday to attend the “Miss Amei-
ica” pageant at Myrtle Beach.
Miss Wingard, who was "Miss
South Carolina" of 1949, will serve
as a hostess. Clinton has no official
entry in the contest this year.
, She will be accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. B. F. Wingard, and lit
tle brother, Binki Wingard.
,{Wk
Of
5§ys
Thursday, Friday
Saturday
AUGUST 10-11-12