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r) t * L WE CHRONICLE trives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable 4k , ®hp Olltntan Qlknntrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday-August 17, 1950 Wins 'Champ' Game it l CLINTON LITTLE LEAGUERS WIN CHARLESTON SERIES TO GAIN PLACE IN NATIONAL FINALS Shut Out Raleigh All-Stars 2-0 in Final Game With Bill Smith on Mound. Team Leaves Monday or Tues day for Williamsport, Pa. Clintdn, Little League champion, hitting star oi the series, followed won its way to the national finals by w jth another. Then right-fielder Ben- defeating the Kiwanis All-Stars, of jy Timmons stepped up and smacked Raleigh, N. C., 2-0, in Charleston last a double down the left field line to Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 1700. The new Carolinas champions will leave the first of the week for Wil liamsport, Pa., home of the Little league where the national tourna ment will open with eight teams competing. » Though he needed a bit of help from “Dusty" Rhodes in the final inning. Bill Smith pitched his way to victory over Raleigh’s Righthander Bobby Aster. Presbyterian Mission At College Aug. 25-27 ; Laymen from All Presby teries of Synod to Gather Here for Inspirational Program. Presbyterian men from all parts of the state will gather at Presby- terian college August 25-27 for their the fence and both preceding base annua ^ Christian Mission to Men’, DRAFT WILL CALL ANOTHER 85,000 OYER 8 MONTHS Hershey Says Calls May Affect More Than 185,000 Soon. Washington, August 15.—The na tion’s selective service boards expect to call up another 50,000 men in No vember and at least 35,000 more over the next seven months, it was dis closed today. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, na tional selective service director, gave the estimate to a closed-door meet ing of the House Appropriations Committee on August 1. His testi mony was just made public. The new draftees would be in ad dition to the 100,000 already ordered to report to camp in September and October. | Smith was the starting pitcher for p ariner an< i t|, en g 0 ^ Gray Poole idge, mayor of Norfolk. Va. Other Hershey. who appeared to support, Clinton in the series opener last and johnny Moseman on strikes to , speakers and leaders will include Dr requests for additional money to, Wednesday when his team won 4-3; end Um ball game and sew up the LeRoy P Burney of Atlanta. Ga. operate the draft during the current Jin eight innings. Aster got credit j vlctoI7 for Carolina. Smith | Col. Powell Fraser of this city. H T. Bavlis of Columbia. Dr. James G. Patton. Jr., eaecutive secretary sponsored by the synod’s Men’s coun cil runners raced home. That was all the scoring but Clin ton fans who had gone down to see the final and all other S. C. rooters ; the counci1 - has announced that an had some anxious moments in the; outs *‘ an{ fing program of inspiration last half of the sixth. Asher opened “ n{ * f^- owship is in store for those by drawing a base on balls and cat- w * 10 ex P ect attend. It is expected cher Bill Swain singled. Coach Tern- ! t0 be the la rgest gathering of Pres- pleton at this point called on his ace t , y‘ er;ari laymen ever held in the reliefer. Second Baseman Rhodes, j sla te. and he replaced Smith on the mound. Number 33 0 CLINTON AND WARE SHOALS TAKE FIRST OF FINAL SERIES Flog Chase Tightens In Central Carolina Loop. Only Two More Games On Schedule. The closing series of the Central Carolina league’s season is now be- mg played between Clinton and Jim Oeland of Union, president of Watf s » Joanna anVi Ware Shoals. •• • In Tuesday night’s games third- Among the outatanding speakers j Rhodes made Fred Olive pop out to. on the program will be N. B. Ether- Pirtored above is 12-year-old Bill Smith, (be pitching hero in tSe re cent Little Leeguen tournament at Floreore and Charleston At Florence In the elimination con- testa BUI aroo three gamea In Char- Ireton la the all-etara Inals bet C ha too Little BUI won two Jast of the aanea to win a trip The tittle Twe of bis ahut-outa In (be city ecbeofc Me la a mm' \ of Mr and Mrs Clyde M the city in fiscal year. Mid the call for 50,000 | for the victory when Raleigh tied the I g 0 V credit as the winning pitcher men in November would leave him series Thursday with a 2-1 victory.. n r ~ . 35.000 -lo fmul, month, with." | Th. d.cdm, ,.m. ... plo^d Sotur- Fo " t "' lr '‘ U '' ,,m '- 0 C G ' r * ld He refused to predict the future day instead of Friday because of ram. d 1 **™*- commander of the \eterans. of the draft after that, pointing out j Aster for Raleigh started in great °I Foreign Wars, presented the Ciln- that he was requesting funds only i form but of the four Mts he yielded 100 l * afn ***** t* 1 * Jo **h L. Weeks Post 3192 trophy. The team also re ceived another award from Kenneth all the runs he’d need The Tarnee. Hubert, a representative of the U S youngster fanned the first six Clin- Rubber company, national tpooson. ton batsmen to face bun and had welcomed the Clinton team to seven stnke-ouU for the first three th * national tournament as a guest innings without a Clinton player ***• company reaching first This was the second straight year Then with two out In the fourth. for this year. He noted that current three of them came in succession schedules call for the induction of in the fourth inning and gave Smith 185.000 draftees in ail this fiscal year which ends next June 10 “With world conditions as they now exist,” be asserted, “this num ber may be found entirely inade quate m While Hershey did not say so. moot of the general council, . Atlanta, and the Rev W Ted Jonei i, regional di- rector of re.igious edu South Carolina synod cation tor the In addition to the a bove speaktrt laymn from each Prei tDytcry $n the synod will handle tt i# dcvotionab and will also appear a in other opacities n the program One at the outstandt ng features ot the past mootings held here has been the Christian feltowshi p that waa at- of the vmld ga into the air force have goals id the recall of a vet drilled a Bay Farmer. 1 Unas title L an defeated volunteers Lo yrtf « Mon by com- Burnod, Rescued By Three Negroes 1st year North Charles- *??• '"Kw by thoi a Raletgh learn 10 *** kU**** V Fo New Buildm Now Ready For Laurens County Fair 14—L Tom Hen- si critical at the Laurens emsaty earned at 10J0 last night e preser 1 In hip there ortll be sfl forma of recreation sad a soft ball game te pit the tslewL of yes- tar-year from the upper part of the state against those of the low-cone- try Thom attending the n w.U be entertained at Prashy on the fair saemal exhibit, and b Is being made far (be first college Presuteni M County Fair as three grown requested that re- lions be sent M as eeriy in enter that a# aught a v ance how many place Ware Shoals remained in the running by knocking off loop-leading Joanna, 1-0 in a game cut short by rain at Ware Shoals The Clinton Cavaliers at the same time blasted Watts here, 13-8 to remain in second place, just one game out of first. Th> Joanna Hornets must win both of their remaining games to cop the league championship. One win would assure them a tie least. If Clinton wins both of its games with Watts, and Joanna loses both to Ware Shoals, the CavaUers will be on top Should the Cavaliers take two and the Hornets split, then the two clubs would be dead.ockrd for first place The final two fames of the season •nil decide the outcome of the league •landing Friday’s action matches Ware Shoals st Joanna, and Clinton at Watts They will reverse in place* of play Saturday night t aviHem Rampage The Clinton Cavaliers went an a run-scoring rampage in the seventh and eighth innings here Tueada/ night to turn (sack the Watts War- norv 12-4. A light rain fell from the sixtn frame on but was not heavy etsoug 1 to halt the game A walk, a Watts error and three ee-4ay Mia- Clinton safeties produced ! ur mark ers a the bottom of the <vooth end soot the Cevaisers bark m e the load They had etoyed a fh. -rua ad- vaalagr » the early ina. fs but bad •son it fade ea Use War art psckei up a pair of mar hers a each of Use Miss Toe coo Who Visitor In London Toceoa Wise daughter of r e 1 T Mrs H M Wise of this city, ie now Rev. t. d. Jones IO “ “ -w Conduct Revival At The Greenville News yesterday carried a picture of Miss Wist chat- Hopewell Church ting with g 'beef-ooster” at the tow- ... - er of London during har recent va- lUv E S Jonas, pasta of ration trip to Britain ofricisl guard Memorial Methodist church a Co- of the tower The guard shown a, lumbts, will preach a the aanual John Ostlin. said the buildings were frvm erected at a coat of IM04 He stated by three Ne- P** n s are now underway for con- Young. Curtis An- struction of root roans and for on- I derson and Haskell Evens, who seal- closing the grounds artth a fence . od a front p**— poet before the Are *4* »*• aonths department arrived to reach him cry- president of the association. ; tag tot help from a room where he Oeorge Phianojr, urged all farmers < bad been trapped. They go* him to k®* 1 interested persons to obtain a the roof of the plans and later help- *** P rrmium ,ut tb at in- ed hii»» doem the 1 sdfier brought by eludes a total <>f $; .n cash prises the Art department He Mid copies of the premium list Mrs Henderson, who succeeded a • rll l be available at the Home Dem- Locol Mow CoHH By Droft loord To Tokt PkysKais SiSO Miss wises guide daring ‘ici' revival meeting at Hopewell Metho-1 crowBM Ip the bead of an inside castration clubs in the various fom- visit to the hMtoric Immdom lud- church, near here, begianing' o^t of stairs, was rescued by B in *be near future Crouch. Jr., who had to crawl to her * n commenting 00 the new buiid- St men between the ages < Lauren i i county were callei last Th orsday tot physici draft b< if iircs India ded from CUntcn i Lam F Icyd Patterson. Th Angus. William Arthur Marvin Egbert Reid, Earl ilh the srtn while Bo> rent all th« sray to. Watts abaorbad the lam Home runs were almost a dime 4 paper doaen in the high-scoring traces a. 1*24 in Vic Lombardi. Guy Prater. Charh, report Gaffney. Lao Thomas and Boy Pe«i- by the er each hit for the circuit mark Mias Wise, who is touring Sunday. August 20. and continuing Britain with a group of American trough Friday. August 25. Services college students, ssys she is un- *111 be held each evening at 8.40, ac cessed by the beautiful gardens in cording to Rev Jot W Giles, the England. “I am enjoying every min- pastor ute of my trip,” she Mid. Boll Weevil Situation Cited In County Hopewell and of other churches in the Joanna area. He has also been pastor of the Whitmire Methodist church. The public is cordially in vited to attend these special services. side on his knees to avoid suffoca- in 8* *® house the exhibits, Mr. Phin- ti on ney and Mr. Gatlin pointed out that The house, a large two-story itruc- th « buildings were planned especially ture. was practically destroyed by * or . ** lr ase They Mid County Agent son, Hs Franklin Graham way. Jr. Negro otoggm. rl Yates Nel- rold Knox. John Thomas -Howard Motes. Sidney and James Arthur Duns- : op*»*d the Those never-My-die Ware Shoe. Re gels nosed out a bitter bunch a Joanna Hornets, I to 8, in a strugg. which was halted by showers sT.c five complete innings of action. Ware Shoals' Pitcher Joe Kara Rtogeis’ victor too Mr. Jones is a former pastor of, ^ich are said to have started C. B. Cannon assisted in drawing up h — 1 registrants f Willie Henry oberson, Geor County boll weevil infestation for | • "’ last week showed 44 per cent as Mountville School compared to 28 per cent for the week - . *, 31 of August 3, according to County UpORS August D I .Agent C. B. Cannon. Dusting now is for the protection of small bolls under 21 to 25 days old. As to the squares from now on, there is little hope for making cotton, Mr. Cannon states. Migration might be expected at any time now, he added. Municipal Primary Ratified By Voters Nominees in the June municipal primary were elected in a general election Tuesday in which 19 votes were cast. Primary nomination is equivalent to election. Trie new administration will as sume office September 1. headed by Joe P. Terry as mayor. He succeeds L. E. Bishop, who did not offer for re-election. Aldermen elected are: Ward 1 — Hugh C. Ray; ward 2—S. A. Pitts; ward 3—W. M. McMillan; ward 4— W. M. Walker; ward 5—Woodrow L. Wilson; ward 6—James C. Crain. #1 READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pxy yon- It’* thrifty to shop first In this newspaper, then in the stores sa prices change and new merchandise is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS The Mountville school will open for the 1950-51 session on Thursday morning, August 31, at 8:45 o’clock. The faculty consists of Mrs. Olga Laramore, Mrs. Carl Wharton, Miss Mary Boyd, Mrs. C. P. Townsend, Mrs. Kermit Watson, Mrs. Malvin Williams, Mrs. R. R. Burns, Mrs. El len Hendricks, Mrs. Joseph H? Shea- ly, music instructor, and R. R. Burns, superintendent. Mrs. Patterson Attends Course At University Mrs. Marguerite F. Patterson, Lau rens county attendance teacher, has returned home from the University of S. C., where she took a three weeks course under Miss Mary Cal vert of the school of social work, giv en especially for attendance teachers sponsored by the state superintend ent of education, Jesse T. Anderson, and supervisor of school attendance, Ralph Durham. The purpose of the workshop was to increase job effi ciency and community significance. Woods To Speak For Presbyterians Dr. D. J. Woods, retired minister, will occupy the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church at the Sunday morning service. Dr. Woods is a former pastor of the church. MrLEOD HEARD SUNDAY Rev. and Mrs. Cliff H. McLeod of Mooresville, N. C., were week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Brown. Mr. McLeod, who is pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Moores- volie, was the guest minister Sunday at the First Presbyterian church hare. om here in- Rice, Benm* Me Morris, son in the rear and had mounted to the the plans and added that there will •*« ^ al * ,ou "- w ‘ ll ‘£ Hubert Perga be ample space for all exhibits. * n< t Willie Henry Rice. roof when the Are department ar rived. Most of the furnishings were lost. (Publisher's note: Mr. Crouch, who rescued Mrs. Henderson from the Are, is a resident of this city). Report Given On Soil Conservation Program Official tabulation of the number of farmers participating in the 1950 agricultural conservation program from the state PMA office as of June 30, shows 9100,990.46 allocated to Laurens county for soil building practices, and that amount has been allocated to the farmers. The report further shows only $1,033.11 has been reported earned as of June 30, which is only approx imately one per cent, which is very disappointing, R. W. Hamilton, chai.- man of the state committee, said. Many thousands o( toil, of lime- HurricOrte Service stone could be used very effectively The fair is scheduled for Octo ber 20 through November 4 with Pre.l’s Midway Shows furnishing tht carnival attractions. The fair association is being spon sored by the Laurens Exchange club The sate is located on the City Park — ♦ area just off the Clinton-Laurens Special to The Chronicle highway. Columbia. Aug. 15.—Laurens coun- u *’ lnere free passet County's Gas Tax Shows Increase With Each Month third frame with a one-timer an 1 scampered all the way home on Phi - hpa’ ringing triple. Phillips was nabbed at the plate as he tried la stretch bis blow into a home run. but that was all the Riegels ncedea to win. In the five inning game Karakul allowed only two singles while Mel ton dished out three safe blows, ui- cludmg the pair which were bunched together in the fatal third Karakul fanned two and issued no walks as Melton retired one on strikes and New Hotel Here To Open Soon The board of directors of the Com munity Hotel Corporation met Tues day for a report on the progress of the new hotel now under construc tion on North Broad street. It is expected that the modern ho tel, which has been named the “Mary ty will receive $8,464 this month as its share of the portion distributed I to the counties from the state gaso line tax revenue in June, State Treas urer Jeff Bates stated this week. One cent of the seven-cent state gasoline tax is set aside for monthly distribution to the counties, the amount allotted being determined by the number of automobile licenses sold in the county. The $8,464 allotted to Laurens Musgrove,” will be completed and county this month is an increase over opened about November first. ! the $6,364 allocated to the county in the same period last year. A total of Owens Graduated Sunday At Clemson Clemson college awarded diplomas Sunday to 136 graduating seniors. Included -in the class was Robert Spencer Owens, Jr., with the degree ot bachelor of civil engineering. Mr. Owens is the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Owens of this city. Spears To Lead Football Practice $423,054 will be distributed Irom the T n Rpnin 1 tax this m nth, as compared to $333.- U ucym jepr. I 619 in August, 1949. The allocation on lands of the county to correct the Rev. Gene Spears, Jr., who is sub- acidity, and'be used to earn a soil ?' to tne counties this month is one of the largest ever distributed, the state Baptist church while^ he i* treasurer said. building practice^ C. B. Cannon, ... , . . county agent, said. Profitable pasture •“•J on vacat.on, will be in charge grasses and legumes can not be «. ot service »» Hurricane Baptist tablished unless the soil has had suf ficient lime to correct acid soils, he said.- Final Report On 1940 Conservation Program church Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Add to the publications coming in to your home THE CHRONICLE, the newspaper that gives more local The final report'on the 1949 agri- news than any other published. We August 14 on the Jack H. Davis, Jr , farm in the Rock Bridge community j cultural conservation program as re- invite new subscriptions. The cost is I ! ta , r C “ J ' Benjamin r.ad tne ported by R. W. Hamilton, chairman less than 4c a week, payable in ad- 1 ‘" cU “ n °' <‘rst a boll last year on August 11. Coach Lonnie McMUlian will be gin varsity football practice at Pre^- byigilan college-on ^vptember I, tf is announced, with a squad of sixty men expected to be on hand. Athletic Director W. A. Johnson said yesterday that 1,084 new bleach- ^ er seats have been added in the sta- ^ dium, a new press box provided, and The first open cotton boll of the, an electric score board and dock m- Benjamin Furnishes First Cotton Boll season was brought to The Chron- stalled. icle off.re by John B. Benjamin. It was pulled early Monday morning! 1 of the South Carolina PMA commit- vance. tee, under date of July 19, showed Welcome and thanks to those that Laurens county had valid obli- our honor roll this week: gations to farmers of $107,737.33. with 96.2 per cent allocation. There! were 1420 farms of the county par ticipating, in the 1949 program, or 50.1 per cent of the farms taking ad vantage of the soil conservation pro gram. For the state as a whole, only 48.1 per cent of the farms took advantage of the program. ’GLADYS SIMPSON, RALPH LAWSON, Clinton. MRS. C. L. CROCKER, MRS. LAURENCE JENKINS, Joanna. PVT. J. I. HOLLINGSWORTH, San Antonio, Texas. MRS HENRY NE VERM AN, Richmond, Va. Fraser Ordered To Fort McPherson Col. Powell A. Fraser, head of the, i Presbyterian college K.O.T.C. unit j the past several years, has been trans ferred to G-3 Section, Third Army Hg., Atlanta. Ga. He has been or dered to report to Fort McPherson September 1st. FOOD... 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