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Joanna Mills To
Start Development
For Home-Owners
The Joanna Cotton Mills has com
pleted plans to enable a number of
their employees to own their own
homes. Walter Regnery, president of
the company, has outlined the plan
by which several new houses will be
erected and offered for sale at a price
considerably less than it would cost
an individual to build his own home.
Lockwood Greene Engineers have
laid off a proposed subdivision of the
Laurens street section in the Joanna
community. The beautifully wooded
area can be divided into as many as
fifty-two lots the announcement
states on which the company is pre
pared to erect the homes, lots having
1 a frontage of 90 feet with a depth
varying from 138 to 310 feet.
The new development calls for
paved streets, sidewalks and gutters,
and adequate water and sewerage
mains. The outside of the houses will
be of asbestos siding, the inside will
be hardwood floors, tiled bathroom
and modern kitchens and cabinets.
Plans call for four and five room
houses. A low down payment plan
can be arranged the company states,
with generous terms. Those availing
themselves of this opportunity the
announcement adds, will hra all the
advantages of home owneVs in in
corporated towns including Tire pro
tection, water and other miscellan
eous services which will resu\in a
considerable saving for those d
to become home-owners.
Religious Census
lo Be Made Here
Sunday Afternoon
A City-wide religious census will
be conducted Sunday afternoon by
churches of the community.
A large number of workers will
miwdale at the First Baptist church
immediately take to the field on the
amifned streets to gather the de-
aired information. The purpose .of the
canvass, the Ministerial union states,
b to locate persons or families who
are not affiliated with a local church
of their denomination, or who are
not members of any church.
Residents are requested to remain
at home during the afternoon to give
their cooperation to the canvass tak
ers in giving them information as
to church affiliation which will be
turned over to the preferred denom
ination of the individual.
Blue Hose To Start
Spring Football
Practice Today
Sping football practice kipks off at
Presbyterian college today, beating
spring to draw by more than six
weeks.
Head Coach Lonnie S. McMillian
says he’ll probably limit this session
to a comparatively short four weeks
because of the press of other sports.
Track already has started getting
some of his attention. And baseball
will demand the presence of football
assistant Sid Varney before March
has blown its way very far along. The
other gridiron assistant, Gene Lor-
endo, already has his hands full pro
ducing a basketball champion, but
he’ll get in a few licks on the turf.
Presbyterian coaches open this
training period with high hopes that
many of their athletes will be eligi
ble to remain in school for training
in th** college’s top-ranked unit of
the Reserve Officers’ Training corps.
Approximately 40 players—includ
ing freshmen, sophomores and jun
iors—are expected to draw uniforms
this afternoon. After that, afternoon
sessions will be held daily, with the
pace becoming progressively stiffer.
On the sidelines watching the time
will be the 17 seniors who have hung
up their uniforms for the last time
in favor of sheepskins. These include
such sUlwarts as Walter Gooch, Bo
zo Weir, George Fleming, H. C.
Starnes, Frank Honea, Blake Watts,
Jimmy Lindsay, (Hollis Cate, Paul
Martin, Ronnie Johnston, Ken Mc-
Cutcheon, Gua Watt, Marshall Lan-
ter, Lewis Surls, JoJo Weingartner,
John McKissick and Cary Moore. ’
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Draft Rule Changes
Permit Students
To Finish Terms
Boy Scouts Mark 41st Anniversary
Membership Drive
Being Made For
Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce
launched a drive Monday to enlarge
its membership for the new year.
The campaign, headed by W. M.
Shields as chairman, opened with a
breakfast at the Clinton Cafe after
which the workers began a canvass
of the business firms and profession
al men of the city not affiliated with
the rr&anization.
At noon a luncheon was held at
the Clinton Hotel for reports on the
progress made during the morning.
It was reported that 26 new mem
berships had been secured and the
campaign would be continued and
concluded today at a mid-day lunch
eon at the hotel.
Those named on the canvassing
ccmmittee are: C. C. Giles, Dr. M.
W. Brown, Dr. Fred Holcoirtbe, I.
Mac Adair, J A. Addison, J J. Corn
wall, W. M. McMillan, W. G. King,
Jr.. W. C. Baldwin, B C. Preslar,
B. Hubert Boyd, J. C. Thomas, J.
Roy Casque, Dr. D. O. Rhame, J.
B. Arnold aqd Fred Pitts.
Officers of the organization are
R. S. Truluck, president, W. M. Wal
ker, vice-president. Miss Iona Blake
ly, secretary, Gary H. Holcombe,
treasurer.
Washington. Jan. 10—The draft
rule* have been changed to permit
Ailed for induction, to fin-
a school ymr d
branch in the
The change eliminates a kink in
the regulations which had caused
many youths to drop out of college
in mid-term in order to enlist.
will
on Fab. f
Boy Scout
in every part of the nation by more than 2.750,000 boys and
leaden. ^Sbongthan Liberty*’ to the birthday theme
White
Scouts of
IS outstanding Boy Scouts in the
41st anniversary of the Boy
will be ebeenred Feb. 0 to 12
Bank Of Clmtoii |To Lay Cornerstone
Buys Church PropertfJIH
SSSr'flEtt Oronp to^ulld Rtuci
For Joanna
iltdihg
The church building and property
of the Associate Reformed Presbyter-
Heretofore receipt of a draft cell I ton church on North Broad street was
has meant automatically that the sold during the pest week to Bank
student wes heeded for the arniy, 0 f 0] in ton. fhe transection having
since the other services have been . e v v
getting all their men by the volunteer b * en ,ppr<ned 1451 S,bt> ‘ th by th *
route. congregation.
Because of that, the defense de- The lot faces 53 feet
ft
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R. Calvin Turner
Passes At Home
Robert Calvin (Cal) Turner, died
suddenly late last Thursday after
noon at his home on East Carolina
avenue after several months of de
clining health.
The funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon from the residence
conducted by the Rev J. H. Derr,
and attended by a number of friends
and relatives. Interment followed in
Rosemont cemetery. * v
Pallbearers were H. J. Pitts, E.
Mece Young, R. C. Stuart, Jamie
Hamilton, Edward Hammack and
Clyde Smith.
Mr. Turner was a native of this
county where he spent his entire life.
Soon after the opening of the State
Training school in 1980 h% became a
member of its staff and rendered
faithful service to the institution for
28 years until his retirement about a
year ago. * *
At the school he wes held in high
regard and by his upright character
end admirable traits he made and
held many friends in this community
who learned with regret of his pass
ing. "
Mr. Turner is survived by hif
wife, Mrs. Beulah Pearl Dunnaway
Turner; three sons, George Robert,
Colie Livingston and Norman Lind
sey Turner of this city; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Guy Smith of this city and
10 grandchildren pnd one great-
grandchild.
Morion To Manage
Bailey Cattle Farm
Lester L. Norton arrived during
the past week from his former home
in Williamsport, Indiana, to become
manager of Creekland Farm a few
miles from the city, owded and op
erated by P. S. Bailey.
Mr. Norton is an experienced cait-
tle breeder and will engage in breed
ing pure bred polled short-horn cat
tle on the improved Bailey farm.
Mr. Norton, his wife and two chil
dren will occupy a home on the
property.
partment said, many quit their class
es to volunteer, even though if they
waited for the draft they could fin
ish out the term before being in
ducted
Hereafter the student getting a
draft notice may volunteer for a se
lected branch within the two months
preceding the last month of the
school term, and report when
term is over.
For example, a college youth not
ified of a draft call todly gets de
ferment until March or April and
may then sign up with whatever ser
vice he likes. He then would finish
his school term before reporting for
duty.
The change is effective immediate
ly.
Fulton To Speak
Here Sunday
Dr. Darby Fulton, secretary of for
eign missions for the Southern Pres
byterian church with headquarters
in Nashville, Tenn., will be the guest
speaker Sunday morning at the First
Presbyterian church as a part of the
observance of foreign missions week.
Dr. Fulton will speak at 11 o’clock,
the worship hour being moved for
ward If mhAites since the service
will be broadcast.
Dr. Fulton is a graduate of Pres
byterian college and has many
friends and acquaintances here who
will be interested in the announce
ment of his coming. He is a son of the
late Dr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Fulton,
for more than forty years missionar
ies to Japan under the auspices of
the Presbyterian church.
Tkornwetl Host
To Tournament
Here February 20-23
Thomwell will be host to the class
C district 2 tournament in the new
Hartness gymnasium on February 20,
21, 22, 23 with seven schools repre
sented and fourteen teams, seven
girls and seven boys. There will be
four games each day for the first
three days and two the last day.
A beautiful trophy will be given
to the winning girls and boys team.
The first three d-iyt of the tourn
ament, the lifter no a game. will
styirt at 3:45 p. xn. and all night
at 7:30 p. m. ~
on North
Broad with a depth of 206 feet on
Florida street. The property was pur
chased by the bank as an investment
It was stated by the board of direc
tors.
The congregation is completing
plans for the erection of a new house
nut and South Broad street. The
building will be of brick construc
tion and it is planned by the congre
gation to get construction work un
derway in the near future and com
pleted as soon as possible. Until the
building is ready for occupancy tha
congregation will continue to use the
present building for their services.
Pock Meeting Set
For Friday Night
Rev. Sam Smith, superintendent of
Connie Maxwell Children’s Home,
Greenwood, and former resident of
Joanna, will speak during the morn
ing worship service at the Joenna
Baptist church. Sunday, February 4
at 11:00 o'clock.
At the close of the worship serv
ice, the cornerstone of the educa
tional building will be placed.
The bifilding is nearing comple
tion. It contains thirty-four rooms;
four large assembly rooms; twenty-
five class roams, kitchen and serv
ing roorr, and three offices. A mod
ernized nursery, beginner and pri
mary department will be provided
in the present building. The building
and equipment are costing approx
imately 550,000.
Throughout the day, members hav
ing united with the church during
the past two years will be recognized
and will participate in the services.
Goals have been set in all depart
ments of the Sunday school to aid
in the purchasing of chairs and ta
bles for the new building and the
new teaching procedures. All mem
bers and friends are invited to at
tend the services throughout the day,
There will be a Pack meeting of'by the pastor, Rev. James B. Mitch-
Cub Scout Dens 1, 2, anji 3 on Fri- ^ ell.
day evening, February 2nd, at 7:30!
o’clock in the Florida Street school I CEILING PRICE REGULATIONS
auditorium.
All parents with children in these
dens are especially urged to attend
this meeting. .
Merchants desiring copies of ceil
ing price regulations may obtain
them at the office of the local
Chamber of Commerce.
CLINTON
Thursday, Friday,
Saturday
February 8-9-10
Sponsored by Merchants Association.
All Roads will Lead This Way For
Special Three-Day Bargain Event.
Sumerel Sells Out
To Laurens Merchant
R. F. Sumerel, owner of Sumerel's
Department store, announced Tues
day that he had sold his stock of mer
chandise to Murrey Garber of Lau
rens. who immediately took charge
of the store.
A few weeks ago Mr Sumerel an
nounced he was retiring from busi
ness February first Since then he has
been conducting a closing out sale un
til the final disposition of the stock
wes made.
tIV business here 22 years ago this
January, and has operated one of the
successful department stores of the
city. M I desire to retire now he said,
and 1 wish to publicly thank all my
friends and customers tor their pat
ronage and good will since I entered
business.”
Mr Garber is a well known mer
chant and citizen of Laurens His
store was among the three in the
Simmons block in that city destroyed
by fire in December He has rented
the building occupied by Sumerd's
from the owner, Copeland-Stone
company, and said yesterday that the
present stock will be disposed of at
once after which he will add a com
plete new line of speciality merchan
dise.
Joanna Baptist
Church Honors Men
Last Sunday evening the Joanna
Baptist church held special services
honoring the men-o(-the-church, the
slogan for the event being, "Ninety
Nine Men to Sing the Ninety and
Nine”
A quartet composed of Johnny
Buchanan, Farrell Long, O. F. Mur
phy and Millard Murphy sang sev
eral numlers. Solos were rendered
by Wallace (Bud) Carr of this city,
and Johnny Buchanan.
John Holland Hunter of this city,
spoke as the business man. Alex
Crawford, assistant superintendent
at Joanna Cotton Mills, spoke on the
textile man. James Johnson spoke in
behalf of the farmer. H. M Kot) of
the Rush River schooj spoke for the
schools. The speakers** irt v thdr Milks
■emphasized ‘*What the Church Means
to Me in My Profession.”
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
HONOR ROLL
Robert E. Babb,
Laurens Attorney
Passes At Age 78
Laurens, Jan. 27—Robert Ei^ .r
Babb, 78, prominent Laurens county
attorney and civic leader, died at h.s
home on West Main street Saturday
morning following an illness of sue
months.
Mr Babb was born in Laurens
county, the son erf the late Messer and
Laura Hellams Bahb He was grad
uated from The Citadel in the class
of 1804. He read law in the law of
fices of the late Colonel Irby and W
R. Ritchie and was admitted to the
bar in 1899 He later practiced law
with Booth Knight and was associat
ed with former Gov. R. A. Cooper
and the late Col. Henry Y. Simpson,
in the law firm of Simpson, Cooper
and Babb He served as special judge
on many occasions and was a United
States commissioner at one time. He
was a colonel on the staff of Govern
or Cooper.
Mr. Babb was both city and county
attorney for many years and presi
dent of the Laurens City Democratic
club for 30 years. He was active in.
church work and was a member of
the board of trustees of the Fir»t
Methodist church where he taugh\
a Sunday school class for 4! year;.
He served as chairman of the board
of education for Laurens county f >r
many years He was a member of
Laurens Rotary chb and also was x
Mason.
He is survived toy his widow. Mru
Dome A. Babb, two sons, Robert E.
Babb of Charleston and Thomas A
Babb of Laurens; one daughter, Mr*.
A. M. Bradley of Greenville; one
brother, R. A. Babb of Laurens; three
sisters. Miss Mary Belle Babb and
Miss Sara Babb, both of Laurens, and
Mrs. W R Wyatt of Easley, and
three grandchildren
Funeral aervices were conducted
Sunday afternoon from the First
Methodist church by Dr W. B Gar
rett. Interment followed m the Lau
rens cemetery
Members of the Laurens county
bar, and officials of tha First Met u-
WfLM ftctive p
honorary escor*
Blue Hose Still
Top In Basketball
The state’s nine college basket isll
teams are in a full 14-game schedule
this week after semester-end dold
rums.
Today Presbyterian meets Wofford
here. Charleston at Newberry, and
Duke at the University of South Car
olina
Friday The Citadel meets Presby
terian here, Maryland at South Car
olina, North Georgia at Erskine
Saturday Maryland at Clamson,
The Citadel at Clem son, Furman at
North Carolina, Newberry at North
Georgia, and Presbyterian at Wof
ford.
la ttor elate standing at the end of
the season's eighth week. P. C. stands
first wifi 1C victories ant four loss
es, Wofford second with 7 -wins and
4 losses, and Clem son third with %
wins and 3 losses. Carolina and Ers-
kine follow in fourth and fifth pla.'es.
Baptists Prepare For
Evangelistic Period
A study of the book, "The Place
of the Sunday School in Evangelism”'
will be held at the First Baptist
Church beginning Monday evening,
Feb. 5 at 7:30 and continuing through
Thursday evening of the same week.
The study of this book is a part
of the program of the Southern Bap
tist convention in preparation for the
"Evangelistic Crusade to be held in
Baptist churches east of the Missis
sippi U\e last week in March and
the first week of April
The public is cordially invited tt>
attend and attendance is urged upon
all Sunday school workers and offi
cers of the First Baptist church.
There are very few homes m Clin
ton ind this community in which
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our large family.
Welcome and thanks to those on
our Honqj Roll this week:
JOHN SLOAN.
CECIL ADAMS,
MRS JEM WILKIE,
Clinton.
MISS MARIE FRASER,
Orangeburg.
S-A CHARLES KINARD,
C-o F.P.O., N Y.
LOUISE TIMMONS,
Cross Hill.
MRS HAYNE WORKMAN,
Kinards.
BOB OWENS, JR.,
Charleston W. Va.
H. W. WOODWARD.
Orangeburg.
County To Plan
Civil Detense
Laurens county mayors and mag
istrates plan to meet #us week to set
up a civil defense program J. P. Rob
erts of Laurens has been named
chairman.
The group will, meet in Laurens
Friday to learn what each headquar
ters will need in personnel and
equipment. Mayor Joe B. Medloek of
Laurens said.
Those expected to attend Include
Mayor Medloek. Mayor Joe P. Terry
of Clinton, and Magistrates Eugene
Johnson of Joanna, J. T. Miller of
Laurens. J. R. Berghaidt of Ware
Shoals, C. Y Culbertson of Waterio - *,
Sam McCrary of Clinton and Frea
Williams *f Cross Hill.