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i THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable (Klintim (Efjrmttrlp You Don't Read CHRONICLE Don't Get the Newi Volume LI I Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 19, 1951 Number 17 COUNTY SUPPLY BILL INTRODUCED IN HOUSE CALLS FOR $429,Tt3 APPROPRIATION ■' ' I I ■' ■ ■ ■' ■ —I ' '* Includes 10 Per Cent Salary Increase for Employees, Another Building at County Home, Jail Improve ments and More Funds for Roads. Th« Laurens county supply bill was given second reading in the lower house Tuesday where it is now subject to amendments be fore passing third reading and be ing sent to the senate for final ap proval visor, $3,960.00; travel of county supervisor, $1,200.00; tax collector, $2,310.00; two (2) county commis sioners at $605.00, $1,210.00; travel expenses for county commissioners at $350.00 each, $700.00; attendance officer (to be used, for needy chil- The bill as introduced calls for d " en ‘- *2<X).00; travel for attendance an appropriation of $429,763.50 for °^ lcer ' * or needy children, $300, .he Ml &«1 year beginning July pr ° fram ' LaUr ' M The bill estimated that $286,733 - 15 of the total amount will be College To Begin Night Baseball Night college baseball — some thing new for South Carolina- — will be inaugurated by Presbyte rian college Saturday night against The Blue Stockings will play five games this season at the Clin* Little League To Open Monday The Clinton Little Leaguers who have been working out for about ten days will open their season Monday, April 30. A weekly sched ule of the games will appear in The Chronicle each week. The follow ing schools will again have teams: Academy Street, Florida Street, Jo- ton Mills ball park, home of last Providence and ThomweM. years’ championship Clinton Cava liers. Game time is set at 8 o’clock Presbyterian’s hard-hitting ball club, coached by Sid Varney, al ready has racked up an impress!vO record in intercollegiate curias. And in turning to night play, it is determined to continue that record. The Midgets will oe boys from the same schools as the Little Leag uers and then schedule will start May 14. They will begin practice next weak. They will have a state County, $300.00; County attorney, $300.00. The county attorney shall be elected A ^ .annually by supervisor and county available to the county from indi- commissioners; Laurens County rect revenue sources, leaving $143,- Library (provided, that the distn- 030 35 to be raised by the general button and circulation of library countwide 11 mill tax levy. A six 1 books in rural schools shall not be months supply bill was pased the curtailed, $10,000.00; ladies rest| Georgia Teachers college, first of the year after legislation 1 room, $000 00; county health de- was enacted putting the county orJ P*rtment, $4,800.00; sanitarion, aal- a fiscal year instead of a calendar “T. 82.640.00; travel 8600.00, 83.- tasia. i $40 00. county nurse, salary, $2,- a win * «*«w < 910 00; heating and janitor service rhr#>r?u kL i for health center, office supplies, Tench t if ao much be necessary. $3,200 r. Owens stated that the increase 00 , t will be the duty of the pub- in this year’s appropriation is due jk health department to handle the ; r imanly to the 10 per cent raise viul statistics of Laurens County; in mi*ry for county esnployaaa and expenses in spraying DDT and X- t© the appropriation of 880.000 for ray and film aol 8300 00. snent road construction Other Deputies—mills (six at $170 After Saturday’s engagement PC expenditures call for a $10.-'each). S1.030 00. to the head mill! will play these home games under tupplement to the insurance deputy at Joanna as expenses for i light ^ tr * n * P °T tin< „ p *;r , ? rT V ■“! April 23—Parris Island; April 17 mf for inmates of the county home, nesses to )ail and to trial at Mas _r r »j| lnr Mav 15—WoffortT and also a fee for the drawing up of utrates court. 835 00 per month ’ plan, for an addition lo the county 8388 8>; lo the CdiFdapu^ al shift to night . _ i baseball la Athletic Director Walter aeverai mei S15 s.'tsjL tvs’" 54 m uj' - T --«— Carolina collefra T h e^ athletic | ^ wme tax. 830.840, fees from conn-1 two (each member of the Board of •* ^ r **kyterian <' , lW r w ** , heip call some games they Su.im-1 Mr, u * coupons 838J08. county^ part of tually rendered plus state mileage, Johnson believes that playing H at phon* J or J4J m tea. 840.000 ^iMafusil tea of Tc per mile). U.000 0O night will prove the shot-m the- . »:o U Magistrates cHy of Laurens MlS$»0«ary Ta Italy ui in* i ^ xjrsnz p-« To Sp#ok At imn * SjVTV.^ I. loa * y M « m<K>al Church of dteiogMg. voofe krti— iSSot onSrotf bp the de V lrgat V K.n. I M0e. I ‘ 113.00 Clastea. $1,100; office low u> at Bailey To Receive Alumni Citation P. S. Bailey, president and treas urer of the Clinton and Lydia Cot ton Mills, of this city, has been named to receive the Presbyterian college Gold P Award for 1951. Announcment was made this week by Dr. M. W. Brown, president of the college, following Mr. Bailey’s selection by the board of directors of the Alumni association at its annual spring meeting here. The Gold P, the college’s high stamp of approval, is given annual ly to the alumnus who has made outstanding progress and achieve ment in his chosen profession for the year. The award is made dur ing the annual commencement ex ercises in Jilne Mr. Bailey is a graduate of the Rededication Church Service Largely Attended Largely attended rededication services of the historic Mountville Presbyterian church were held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 following the completion of recent repairs, the first ever made on the building. Many former members and resi dents of the Mountville commun ity were present for the happy oc casion. At the conclusion of the service a bountiful picnic dinner was served on the grounds. The theme of the impressive program was 11 Timothy, 3:14: “But continue thou in the things thou hast learned ” Following the invocation, the 1 tournament this year around the middle of August in Charleston The state Little Leaguers touma meat will be held m Clinton this summer starting August 8. Eight teams will be in the tournament with Clinton serving as the host team This will be a single elimi nation affair, or sudden death aa it is sometimes called Several aaen with coUege in the class of 1926. He] hymn. "Come Thou Almight King. ’ was named last year as an alumni member of the board of trustees. In announcing the recipient. Dr Brown praised Bailey for putting into effect his philosophy of en lightened management. He point ed out the mill president has con tributed much toward improving both the working and the living standards of his employees One of the most impressive moves in this direction has been the devel opment of a broad program which 1 also of this city covers every age group from kin dergarten on up. Winner of the I860 Gold P Award was Dr Addison W Simp- ot Washington. Ga was sung, and a welcome extended the congregation by the Rev. George A. Anderson, supply pastor of the church. The Rev Fred T. McGill, s former pastor of the Cross Hill and Mountville church es. gave the history of the church. The reded ication ceremony was m charge of Dr W R Turner, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, and the prayer of rededi- cation followed by Dr. D. J. Woods, ax- and Delegotk>n Divided On Soles Tox Vote The appropriate sermon for the occasion was delivered by the Rev Leslie H Patterson, executive sec retary of the state synod The ser vice concluded with the singing of "Blest Be The Tie That Binds.'* and the benediction The church was founded in 1883 and the Sabbath school orgarued m 18*4 It has a present member ship of 80. and on its rolls, past and present, ms many of the highly re- topaollma resit for waft rand 0444 «• Cross Hill. So, Mast April 81. e#u *O t * ™ trolt. Mich. will ridge u s ;r*al The house of representatives on Tuesday adopted the free conference report which cleared the $144.40i.4M | fnrded and influential fami lie general appropriations and sales tax bill. Representative Tench P Owens sf this city, and Representative R. C. Wasson of Hickory Tavern, soled for the report. Representative Justin A. Bridges of Lwurena, voted against it Earlier last week the house on a roil call refused to adopt the free that community who have show n love snd loyalty to their chui< and the work of the Kingdom ov> a long period of yean. ’!£' X Contract Let For at VJS of De- Mr Sun- in Italy, and ; while home on furlough has been se- ’ cured by some of the leaders In Southern Methodism in teis section to visit the churches snd tell of his work. At $ o'clock a fellowship supper" will be served in the basement of Clark of Cowl. $3.800 08 anist- g:^ J; f SaOivana. $380 80. Jacks, to clerk af court. I1J1880. tSOO 0 Mountville $2So or. clerk for extra clerical services, if naymerrt of lurors in criminal cat necessary. 82410 00 auditor. |1. £tamafutr.tes court and for 38$ 78. travel for auditor. 8880 08 ».u^ ex per sea 8388 00 , susr- ^ New A. R. P. Church tuy *? > ^.A?.?..clwkal help for ehamgang camp build in a, $775 88; . jdrtor. 81310 00; county treosur- p r . . ns3 Poaiooe and Xlahonery • er. $1 it? T$; ftevteal help for coun Sheriff uoc oo clerk of court, T** Associate Reformed Presby the church to which the membership ty treasurer. 82.310 on superintend *2 000 00 probate ' idrr $i out o. terian church let a contract Tuet- and friends are Invited. Those st ent of education $100 (5o travel au ditor. $750$$; stmervisor $60u, day to W E Baker h Sons of Whit- tending art reqested to bring a oic- rxpensr for superintendent of ed- 00 treasurer $’■ Vk> 00; superin- mire, for the erection of a new aic basket of food sfTlcient for their uepbon. 1^00 00; assistant I2.J18-, trn dent of education, 8880 00. mag 00; extra help to handle teacher re- utrate. $100.00. certification and wtthholdmj tax. Court house, including water. Work will begin within the next the service will begin in the audito- *? muc * be n«easaix 81.J10J0;j lighu. fuel, telephone in said build-! two weeks officers of the church num to hear Mr. Stanndge The Litrk c ? unt y mg. janitor, supplies. _plumbmg gUt ,. *t a coat of $50.000 00 public U cordially Invited to attend The building with a seating ca- the service ations and sales tax bill lives Owens and W Over in the senate. Senator R. T Wilson voted with the minority church edifice on the corner of own family to add to tie Walnut and South Broad streets Immediately following the supper sionen; $2,310.00 jailor at $230 00 and other repairs. 88.808.00; ra pe* month, $2.840 00; maintenance pairs for court house (to include for radio system. $450 00 Coroner. 8715.00; travel for coro ner, $300.00; county physician. $835.00; travel for county physi cian, $150.00; assistant county phy sician, $425 00 travel for assistant county physician (all county work nchiding inquests and post mor- terns), $75 00 medical supplies, $300.00; provided no medical sup painting and flooring as necessary) $2f>ooo0; For national guard units in the county; Laurens unit. $600 00; Clin ton unit $600.00; for beautifying court house lawn, $100.00; county iad. $6,000.00, to include water, lights, fuel, disinfectants, plumb ing, catching prisoners outside of the county snd dieting prisoners plies shall be purchased except on at (85) cents a day; architect for written approval of the County drawing preliminary plans for the pacify of 285, will be of brick con struction. attractive in appearance u . » ■. D , and modemly equipped The con- Ring Attending rllOt erty*on >n North^road^streirt^to^the Instructor SdlOoJ ^„ 0, of a Snu^ £y Tui Charles E(*l) King, of this city move from the present location u one of the class of civilian wlota which has been their house of wor- attending the pilot instructor ship for a long number of years. school at Craig Air Force base, in Members of the building commit- A laba,na tee are J. P. Sloan, chairman, R L, The school, only one of its kind in Physician and not to exceed $25.00 i modernization of county jail to Plaxico, L. M. Wilson. W. D. Adair, the air force, gives a six weeks per month; the court house janitor. | court expenses, including jurors. !j. Sloan Todd, Hidiert Todd and B course in the latest air force meth to be named by the clerk of court take care of juveniles. $300.00; and shall perform such duties as' witnesses and bailiffs, $8,000.00; the clerk prescribes, $1,848.00;] County home for food, clothing, judge of probate, $2,310.00; clerk i fuel, lights, etc., for inmates and for judge of probate. $2,310.00; travel probate judge, $300.00, pro vided that all fees collected in this office shall be turned over to the county treasurer. Thai does not in clude commissions received from the Tax Commission on inheritance taxes. All certified copies of mar riage licenses shall be furnished to persons in the Armed Services of the County and all Veterans of World War I and II free of charge; judge of probate for indexing pen sions, $25.00; extra clerical help, judge of probate, $400.00; Sheriff, $3,960.00; travel expenses for sheriff, $1,200.00; deputy sher iffs, seven (7) at $220.00 each per month, $18,480.00; travel expenses lor seven (7) deputy sheriffs at $100.00 per month, payable month ly, $8,400.00; salary county super- ■ .8# READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay yo«. It’s thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then In the stores as prices change new merchandise Is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS for farming expenses. $6,500.00; salary of superintendent, $1,160.00; salary for Mrs. Striblkig, $350.00; additional help to care for inmates, $1,320.00; supplement to insurance fund for rebuilding county home, $10,000.00: Agricultural building, including pay for janitor (who shall be em ployed by the county agent) jani tor supplies, plumbing and other minor repairs, fuel, water and lights, telephone calls and stamps, $700.00; Club Work Council of farm women (To fur- (Continued on page eight) Interdenominational Plan To Study B?ble Will Be Made In City i i — Beginning Sunday, May 6, and every Sunday thereafter, from 2:00 1 to 2:45 has been set by the church es of Clinton as a time when all families are requested to study their Sunday school lessons for the following Sunday. This is intend ed for children, young people and adults in the family. Chimes will ring out from the First Presbyterian church at 2:00 p.m., as a reminder. These plans were made by a group of leaders representing ev- ry church in the community. J. C. Thomas was elected chairman of this group, and Mrs. Harry Nettles vice-chairman. More details will be learned through the churches, it is stated. Presbyterian Men To Hear Truesdale B Blakely. Roy Hitchcock, of Athens,! of and classroom instre- Ga., is the architect. tion to both military and civilian pilots, to fit them for their future jobs as flying instructors for aviation cadets. Mr. King served as a pilot in the 8th Fighter group in Japan for a The monthly dinner-meeting of’Jeer Until recently he wes in busi- the Men-of-the-Church of the First n ^. s er *" , Presbyterian church will be held F , ** course this evening at 7:30 in the dining he ** transferred to another air hall of the church. command base where he The guest speaker will be the w 1 give flying instructions to avi- Rev. Neil Truesdale, pastor of Ave- ation cadets. leigh Presbyterian church, berry. New- NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL newspapers enter your Cancer Society Meeting In Laurens Tonight The Laurens County Cancer chap ter announces a kick-off dinner this evening (Thursday) at 7:30 at the First Baptist church in Laurens. Din ner will be served without cost to all What home? Be sure to have THE who attend, it is stated by the chair- CHRONICLE included—it is a man. home newspaper, filled with local The group will be addressed by news about folks and happenings Lon Sullivan of Atlanta, representa- in which you are interested. New subscriptions, payable in advance, are invited, everywhere. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: MRS. H. W. STEER, JACK WBHJUNT, W. R. THOMAS, GREENLAND PAJCM, MRS. W. R. PRICE, MRS. MARGARET THREATT, Clinton. MRS. L .C. WHELCHEL, Joanna. JACK DAVES, Newberry. PTC ROY WILSON, cjo PJM., San Francisco, Cal. tive of the American Cancer society. All interested citizens of this com munity are invited to attend the din ner-meeting this evening. Local Girl Member New Lander Fraternity Four regional officers of Alpha Kappa Gamma from the Univer sity of South Carolina campus in itiated a charter group at Lander college, Greenwood, the past week end into the women's national hon orary fraternity. The Lander initiates include Miss Sara Chandler of Clinton, a member fo the senior class. PC Trock Team At Miami Saturday Presbyterian college invades the University of Miami this Saturday for its second dual track meet of the st aeon after dropping a do— decision to Clemson here last week The Blue Stockings bowed be fore superior depth jn losing to Clemson by a narrow two-point margin. 68 1-2 to 64 1-2 Alto gether. Presbyterian won eight first places snd tied for two others while the Tigers could win only five. Walter Gooch and E. M Watt were high scorers for the squad coached by Lonnie S. McMilllan Gooch racked up 13 1-2 prints, WaU 1L Spring Council Meeting Set for Saturday Dr. G. Watts Cunningham will be the guest speaker at the spring meet ing of the County Council of Farm Women which will be held on Sat urday, April 21, at 10:30 a.m. at the Shiloh Methodist church. Dr. Cun ningham has chosen for his subject, “Family Life," which is the theme for the program. (Mrs. Robert Wasson, president of the council, will preside at the meet ing. Every club member is urged to at tend the meeting. The Shiloh Home Demonstration club is hostess and will serve lunch to the group. Mrs. Carroll Wallace is president of the hostess club. College Ploymokers Plon Dramotk Production In May Chamber of Commerce Meeting Changed Miss Iona Blakely, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, said yester day that the April meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, previously announced for this evening, the 26th, has been postponed. The meeting will be held at an early date to be annonced later, and will be at the new Hotel Mary Musgrove. Circus In Laurens Next Tuesday Rogers Bros, circus will give two performances in Laurens on Tues day, April 24. Their appearance is sponsored by the Kiwanis club of that city. The curtain rum on a new 4ra- croup at Prexbytrrian eoflrg** with practice Mauona well under way on a production by the re cently organised Playmakers. with a one night performance acheduled for the middle of May The play group makes an ambi tious start in attempting Labur num Grove,*’ a three-act comedy by J B Priestley It was well-receiv ed and had long runs both on the British stage and on Broadway. Director of the Playmakers is Mrs. Ben Hay Hammet. wife of the college public relations direc tion at Auburn under Professor tor. who studied dramatic produe- Telfair Peet. Student Sid Den ham of Atlanta. ie president of the group, and Ken Waller of the En« lish department, serves as faculty adviser. Mrs. Hammet was well pleased with the response of both the stu dent body and faculty in the or- ganization of the dramatic group. Approximately 35 turned out for try-outs. Selected for roles in “Laburnum Grove" were: John Glover, college Spanish professor; Buster Mull of Greenville; Imogene Lanier of Madison, Fla.; Doug Blanton of Al bany, Ga.; Barbara Allen, college dietitian; Margaret Harris of Clin ton; Ed Mann of Charlotte: Cloud Hicklin of Richburg, and Ted Free man of Fort Lawn. Denham serves as stage manager; Marcus Prince of Charlotte as prompter; and Curtis Crowther of Columbia as electrician. Clinton and Laurens Students Win Honors An article in The Sentinel, Clin ton high school publication, by Sally Pitts, won national recogni tion in the South Carolina Scholas tic Press Project concerning tu berculosis in the state. Sally is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. < C. D. Pitts. Barbara Smith, in Tiger Life, the Laurens high school publica tion, also was honored for a similar article published in the Laur^n-s paper. RETURNS TO HIS HOME Charles Pinson has returned to his home in Cross Hill alter a few days stay at Hays hospital 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 chorging prices each week axd where you can * supply your needs and buy to advantage.