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♦ THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable She Clinton Chrontrlf If You Don't Read FHE CHRONICLE bfou Don't Get the News V *> w $ Mt 4 Volume IH Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 5, 1951 Number 28 PROPOSALS LISTED TO SPEED-UP SOIL CONSERVATION WORK Recommendations By National Association Endorsed By County Chairman Lawson and Cooperators. (Ryan F. Lawson, Chairman of Laurens County Soil Conservation District Supervisors, announced yes terday that farmer members of the Board of Supervisors had adopted six proposals designed to speed up effective soil conservation work. „' These proposals have been studied carefully by the Executive Commit tee of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts he said. At a meeting on April 24 in Cleve land, Ohio, that committee recom mended adoption of the proposals by all districts. As adopted they are out lined below: 1. That ACSP participants be en couraged to become Soil Conserva tion District Cooperators and that District Cooperators be acquained with the facilities available through ACP. 2. That the District Governing Body adopt as District policy the rec ognition, as District Cooperators, of all farmers who agree: A. To use their land within its capabilities and treat it in accord ance with its needs, and, B. To develop and carry out a bas ic conservation plan for their land. 3. That the District Government Body adopt: ^ A. The Initial Conservation Agree ment, B. The Advanced Conservation Agreement, and C. The Basic Conservation plan as the three stages of work with Dis trict Cooperators. A Basic Conserva tion Plan for a farm has been the foundation of the agreement between the District and the Cooperator in the past. The new proposal would open the way for the farmers to become Cooperators and get District aid without a basic conservation plan at the beginning. However, all their conservation work would progress steadily toward the adoption of Bas ic Conservation Plans. Mr. Cannon said to open the way for many more fanners to become District Coop erators much sooner, and start real soil conservation work sooner. 4. That the District adopt a sys tem of priorities in providing techni cal assistance to present nad pros pective cooperators. 5. That Districts extend assistance through groups of neighbors working together, instead of to individuals, wherever practical. 6. That other agencies, organiza tions, and individuals, in addition to Soil Conservation Service, be asked to assist in furthering conservation work in the district in all practical, appropriate ways. Jury Rules Little Girl's Death Near Here Unavoidable A coroner’s jury returned a verdict here last week of “unavoidable acci dent" in the death of six-year-old Ruby Doris Purdue near the city June 13 on the Mountville highway. Testimony at the inquest showed that the little girl darted across the street in front of her home when the accident occured. The car by which she was stricken down was driven by Deputy Paul Prince of Sheriff C. S. Wier’s force. Citizens Federal Pays $28,586.42 Dividend The Citizens Federal Savings & Loan association of this city, headed by B. Hubert Boyd as president, as of June 30, distributed $28,586.42 to shareholders as dividend payments for the first six months of 19M. The dividend is at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, and was ordered paid on all investment and savings ac counts by the board of directors at their June meeting. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay yoo. It’a thrifty to shop Ant In this newspaper, then In the stores as prices change new merchandise b received and displayed. READ THE ADS Managers Name Little League Boys For All-Star Team At a meeting held recently the five managers of the Little League teams asked 1 the following boys to try out for the Clinton Little League all-star team which will consist of only 12 players: From Academy Street—Hughey, Kidd, Samples, Thomas, Lambert, Hancock, Pearson, Quinn and Pat terson. From Florida Street — Pitts, Sease, Nettles, Motes, Smith, Tram mell and Deloach. From Joanna—©’Shields, Floyd, Morse, Cooley and Farmer. From I^ydia—Austin, O’Shields, Edmonds, Davenport, Fuller and Patterson. From Thorn well — W. Archie, Hanna, Timmons, and Smiley. From now on regular games and all-star practice will be in the new Little League park in front of Vet- ville. Most of the all-star prac tice will be in the mornings at 9 o'clock with regular games about 5:00 in the afternoon. The public is invited. Midget Bofs Hamad The following boys have been selected by the Midget managers to try out for the Midget all star baseball team: Academy Street— Pearson, Wal- lenzine, Campbell, Cannon, Lee and Farmer. Florida Street — Malpass, Sim mons, Lukstat, Ed Smith, B. Hol land, Copeland, Franks, L. Young and Webb. Joanna—Reaves, Tucker, Jen kins, Nix, and Dobbins. Lydia — Gwinn, Thompson, G. Fuller, Bagwell, and Taylor. Thornwell—Shaw, C. Hanna, B. Bartenfield, Mershow and Bennett. Fourteen of the above boys will be picked to play on the Midget all-star team which will play a se ries of games with two Spartan burg teams and the winner will go to North Charleston to play for the state Midget championship. School In Session Here At College For Bus Drivers A school for bus drivers opened at Presbyterian college Monday morn ing under the auspices of the state highway department. Sixty-one pros pective school bus drivers from all parts of Laurens county are attend ing the school to be trained in the principles and mechanical phases of school bus operation. Instructors for the course are Mrs. Florence Burch at Spartantourg and J. G. Culbreth of Fort Mill, driver- training teachers at high schools in their respective communities. Assist ing them will be State Highway Pa trolman L. F. McElwain, and J. C. Pace of this city, two of a group of 19 patrolmen chosen to aid in the statewide training program as a part of the new school law recently en acted by the legislature. In the state seven training center are being held with 557 trainees slated to attend. A standardized course will be given with 40 hours of classroom instruc tion, and behind-the-wheel training, and physical and mental tests before selections are made from high school students for driving the school buses this fall. The candidates are being trained at the expense of the state and are attending daily sessions at the coUege from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday. Rev. W. M. Blakely Resigns Pastorate Upon Coll To Army The Rev. W. M. Blakely, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church in Greenville, offered his res ignation to his congregation Sunday to be effective July 29. Mr. Blakely has been recalled to active duty with the army, not as a chaplain but as a lieutenant colonel with the infantry at Fort Jackson. A Presbyterian college, graduate, Mr! Blakely entered the army as a first lieutenant in 1940 and was re leased in 1946 with his present rank. At the time of his release he was commanding officer of the personnel center at Fort Bragg, N. C. (Mr. Blakely is the son of Mrs. R. F. Blakely of this city, and has a large family connection here. ATTEND PALMETTO BOYS' STATE IN COLUMBIA Pictarai .bove an Om aix Uu Boys 'State June 17-23. Walter A. Johnson, of this city, la the state di rector. Thooe in the gronp, left to right, are: William Coo tea. Cross Hill; Mar shall Neil. Thornwell orphanage; Hoyt Hanvey, Clinton; Richard Jacks, Clinton; Rembert Trnluck, Clinton; Kenneth Boyce, Joanna; and Mr. Johnson. Porter Addresses Laurens Group, Tour Made A group of 150 bankers, farmers, business men and extension service representatives attended a dinner in Laurens last Wdnesday night with County Agent C. B. Cannon as mas ter of ceremonies. The guest speaker was Horace G. Porter, economist for the federal re serve bank of Richmond, Va., who emphasized the importance of pro duction on the farm in these critical times. Bankers today, he said have the dual responsibility of lending funds to stimulate agricultural pro duction and at the same time of curbing inflation by discouraging non-productive lending. The dinner meeting was preceded in the afternoon with a tour of the Wallace L. Martin farm in Young's County Council Wins Two Awards For Outstanding Work Laurens county was well repre sented last week at the 3>lst annual convention of the South Carolina Council of Farm Women held at Winthrop college for four days. Expansion Program At Lydia Mills ■ /* a .r Lydia Cotton Mills is ready to put into operation the latest proj ect of a long-range multi-million- dollar expansion program. President P. S. Bailey, reporting the completion of work totaling $3,000,000 at the Lydia plant, said he expects to have improved pro duction facilities operating within the next two weeks. It will mean a 30 per cent increase in produc- tion and afford employment for about 150 additional workers The work at Lydia is only part of a $10,000,000 program of im provement at the two mills here Bailey explained its purpose in these words: “We started this program in 1948 with the idea of keeping ourselves competitive. It will give us bet ter working conditions and a bet ter product” The president explained that work at Lydia Mills had been “in tensive and extensive," because there was a great need for it Im provements covered a wide range. The entire mill was revamped from carding through weaving sections and additional machinery installed to increase its production capacity from 51,000 to 67,000 spindles. This brings Lydia almost equal to the size of Clinton Mills. Some of the mill improvements include: overhauling of all exist- ing equipment; installation of new opening and picking equipment; of vacuum stripping and new rov ing frames in the carding depart ment; installation of new high speed warpers and 16,000 new Whiting spindles in the spinning department; air-conditioning cf the MULTI-MHLION SALES TAX 10 SWEEP IN MONEY Retail Soles Program Began July 1. Expected To Raise Over Thirty Million Dollars. Columbia, July 2.—A new multi million dollar South Carolina tax program of gathering pennies on re tail sales began quietly Sunday. Cafes, drug stores and filling sta tions were the vanguard inaugurat ing the tax collection. They were the principal places of business open on an otherwise holiday Sunday. Just about everything they sold, except gasoline, was taxed. The rate is 3 per cent, out of which the state expects to take in $31,000,000 during fiscal 19&1-52. The money will support a new state school program built around a construction program to equalize Ne groes' school facilities with those for whites. The tax and i construction bond, issue it will support still are under state court test, but lack of an in junction in the test suit enabled the state to proceed with the tax. The segregated school system the monev will support was upheld a week ago by a special three-judge federal court. There was a flurry of last minute retail buying to avoid the tax Sat urday, merchants in some areas re ported. But the amount at tax avoid ed by such buying sprees was rel atively small compared to the year's sales tax most individuals will pay. Farm produce and merchandiie used in producing farm goods for The theme for the entire program , story brick and steel ware liouse was -Strengthening Family Life.’’! Living conditions of employees weaving department and the addi-!** 1 * l** principal exemptions tion of 278x-2 draper 44-inch looms. fr°«n the tax as far as every day Also constructed was a new three- Mrs. Harold Wallace participated In the symposium of “Living Together as a Family.” She spoke on ‘Home- making a Family Job." The delegates from all sections of ths state were welcomed by Dr. Hen ry R. Sbfis, president of Winthrop. Mrs. Robert C. Wasson, president of the Laurens County Council respond ed to the welcome. She was also in stalled as Piedmont district county councils in the Piedmont district The County Council received a blue ribbon and a $10 cash prize for the past City Observed Quiet Holiday Clinton was literally closed up yes terday in observance of the Fourth as a holiday. Stores and business houses were closed, with large crowds enjoying fishing, swimming, baseball and bar becues. Business opens this morning at the usual hours. township where they studied mod ern farming methods, soil conserva-j outstanding work during tion and other agricultural problems year. The tour began from the Gray Court- Twenty-four women from several Owings high school and wound up at 1 clubs in the county attended the state the rear of the Martin home place meet, where is situated the dairy herd with 145 head of Holstein and grade cows. In-between stops were made at the former Rhett Martin farm and at a system of three fish ponds which serve also as a source of water for an irrigation system that waters five acres of grazing land. Mr. Martin emphasized in his remarks that he was gradually tutning his rolling lands into pasturage and leaving the level lands for row crops which can be cultivated more efficiently with machinery. Little League Standings Cadet Joe Land At Training Camp Cadet Joe E. Land, Jr., son orf Mrs. Eva B. Land of this city, a Junior at Clemson college, is one of the 781 cadets now attending the 1951 Ord nance Reserve Officer’s Training Corps Summer Camp at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, for the field training course ending July 27. Cadet Land will graduate from Clemson in June, 1952, at which time he will be eligible for a reserve com mission as a second lieutenant in the Army Ordnance Corps Reserve. Club Quarterly Dinner Meeting July 10 The quarterly dinner meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Hotel Mary Musgrove on Tuesday evening, July 10, at 7:30. < John C. Floyd, general manager of the State Chamber of Commerce, will be the speaker. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Almost everybody reads THE CHRQNIOLE. We invite you to be come a subscriber if you are not al ready a member of our large family of readers. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: MRS. OSCAR FREESTROM, Clinton. AMOS EUSTACE, J. B. TEMPLETON, Lydia. CHARLIE BLACKWELL, * Hazen, N. Dak ota. MISS RACHEL WATTS, Mountville. . Academy Street Little Leaguers are continuing to play the role of “Jack the Giant Killer.” These boys are $till undefeated for the season. Standings Through July 2 W L Academy .— — 3 0 Lydia — 2 2 Thronwell - 1 1 FlorjUte 2 3 Joanna — 1 2 Results Last Week Academy 13—Lydia 2. Joanna 8—Florida St. 4. Academy Street 9—Florida St. 2. Next Week's Schedule Thursday — Florida Street at Thornwell. Friday—Academy Street at Jo anna. Monday—Thornwell at Lydia. Tuesday—Joanna at Florida St. Wednesday—Thornwell at Acad emy Street. Florida Street lost two games during the past week but contin ues to hold a fairly comfortable lead in their league. They have about three more scheduled games to play^ Standings Through July T ^ " W L Florida St. 12 3 Academy St 7 6 Lydia 6 5 Thornwell 5 5 Joanna M 1 13 Results Last Weak Lydia 10—Academy St. 7. > Academy St. 11—Florida St. 4. Florida St. 6—Joanna 2. Next Week's Schedule Thursday—Florida St. at Thorn well. Friday—Academy Street at Ly dia. Monday—Thornwell at Lydia. Tuesday—Joanna at Florida St. at Lydia have been greatly un proved by completely modernizing the village; overhauling water and sewerage systems, paving streets and sidewalks, construction of a SI50,000 swimming pool and the building of a school cafeteria. ,r Mrs. Ola Richbourg Posses At Hospital, Burial Rites Here •Mrs. Ola Scarborough Richbourg, 84, widow of the late E. T. Richbourg, died Saturday night at the Newberry county hospital after a critical ill ness of two weeks, preceded by sev eral years at declining health. The funeral services were con ducted here Monday morning from Gray Funeral Home, with interment following in Rosement cemetery. The services were conducted by the Rev purchasing goes. The rate is 1 cent on purchases from II to $5 cents, inclusive; 2 cents on purchases from 36 to 66 cents, in clusive; 3 cents on purchases of 66 cents to $1.16, inclusive, and so on The tax is applied against the pur chase rather than the item or against the billing period where goods are The tax. although against gross sales, still has s ceiling on individ ual items. It is $25 on items coating from $750 to $l,50g, $40 on items from $1,500 to $3,000 and $73 on ill items of more than $3,000 Boll Weevil Losses In SC $60,000,000 The boll weevil and other cotton insects in 1960 robbed South Caro lina cotton farmers at 256,811 bales of cotton and 105,849 tons of cotton seed, the National Cotton Council T. B. Altman with a number of: points out in commenting on the Anil friends and relatives assembled to 1950 crop report of the Bureau of Ag- pay tribute to one who had lived a long and honorable life in this com munity. Pal-bearers were Joe H. Simpson, Jr., Joe Brehmer, C. E. Galloway, S. E. Richbourg, Jr.,- Walter Rich bourg, Jr., J. B. Howell, W. H. Miller, John Epps and R. C. Adair. Mrs. Richbourg was the last mem ber of her immediate family. She was born in Lee county ahd a num ber of years ago moved here. She was a member of the First Baptist church. Surviving are two sons and two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Howell of De catur, Ga., Mrs. C. C. Wallace of Newberry, E. T. Richbourg of Louis ville, Ky., and S. E. Richbourg of Lincolnton, N. C. New Poster Installed At Shady Grove Church • ^ Rev. J. S. Gray of the college faculty was the guest minister Sunday morniqg at the First Pres byterian church. The pastor, Dr. W. R. Turner, took part in the or dination service for Mr. Vernon In man as pastor of Shady Grove Presbyterian church near here. Mr. Inman has also been installed as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Joanna. Mill Employees Enjoying Vocation Employees of the Clinton and Ly dia Cotton Mills, and Jdanna Cotton Mills at Joanna, are enjoying this week as “vacation week’’ .with full pay. ./ Fishing Permits Are Now Required rlcultural Economics. In monetary value, the council es timates these losses amounted to more than $69,000,000 or an average of about $586 per South Carolina cot ton farm. Our national need for cotton U ur gent, the council reminds in calling on cotton farmers to do everything possible to meet the 16-million-bale goal set for this season by the De partment of Agriculture. A 28.9 pep cent reduction from the full yield, such as occurred in the 1950-dl sea son due to insect damage, could se riously jeopardize this goal. To realize the high yields necessary for maximum cotton production, farmers are asked to follow' closely their state cotton insect control rec ommendations. -r Mitchell Nomed FHA Supervisor Henry Mitchell who has served as assistant county supervisor for Farmers Home Administration since April 1, 1939, has been promoted to the position of county supervisor to serve during the absence of Eugene R. Stewart who has been called into military service. The announcement was made this week by R F. Kolb, director of the state administration. It is also announced that Meady M. Smith from the Aiken office will fill the vacancy made by the promotion of Mr. Mitchell. ... . . ,, . . . Beginning July 1 resident fishcr- Wednesday-Thomwell at Acad- me n of Lake Greenwood must have emy Street. a special permit which costs $1.10. Non-residents must purchase per mits costing $2.10 which are good for be sorry to know she is ill end a patient at the Blalock clinic. MRS. STEER IN HOSPITAL Friends of Mrs. II. W. Steer will -two con'Sfcutive days only. Not moYe than tvfo such permits may be ob tained during one year. \ 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. i