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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.
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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
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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.
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HONOR ROLL
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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
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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.
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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.
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