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L.. r THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable (Elttttnn # Volume HI Clinton, S. C., Thursday, August 9, 1951 If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get^he New* Number 33 Clinton, North Charleston Play Champ Game Today Local Little Leaguers Make Great Record, Winning Over Florence and Conway In Tournament Series. { Deciding Championship Game To Be Called at 5:30. Clinton, contending champion, won two ball games to sweep into the finals of the state Little League baseball tournament. They will meet Cooper River of North Char leston in the championship battle at 5:30 this afternoon (Thursday). The consolation game at 3:30 will match Columbia Commercial against Conway. , The Clintonians pulled through a rugged schedule of two games, defeating Florence 2 to 1 Wednes day morning in a play off of Tues days 8-8 overtime tie, and then edging past Conway 1-0 in yester day afternoon’s semi-final. too dark for further play, so the two managers decided upon a full-game playoff for Wednesday morning. Clinton Third Baseman Smith was the batting and fielding star of the Tuesday battle. He collected three hits in four trips to the plate, scored two runs and turned in' several out standing defensive plays. Samples started on the mound for Clinton and went until relieved by Sease in the seventh. Sauls opened for Florence, was withdrawn in the fourth so that he would be eligible to pitch again in this tournament, but had to return to the mound that same inning when Clinton staged a five-run uprising against Pitcher James McLellan. Two hits, two er- North Charleston won its wayirors, one wiUc and two hit batters into the championship game by trouncing Columbia Commercial 9-2 Wednesday. Bruce Austin, Clinton right- accounted for Clinton’s five tallies. In the earlier Tuesday game, Con way defeated Charleston, 8-5, to qualify for the semi-finals. And hander, shut out Conway on Monday's opening round of play saw hits. He was in trouble three of the Coluinbia commercial whip Spar- six imungs but tightened up in the Unb 2 _ 0 and North c^^ pinches to keep his opponents away defeat Greenville 5 _ 0 from home plate. ! _ x ^ out an infield hit and advanced to r ^** uer *; ^ cir c ° ac ^ M * nd a n ^’ second When the short stop u threw first base. He took third on. ^tooday night in the college din- an infield out, and then came gal-! hll > ? ,th ,* b , anq “ et , “ w “ ^ loping home on Catcher Bobby flr,t ° lts * n< ? l >ere Hanna’s clean single. P roved 10 * a successful one. All . . rT. .. 'the youngsters were enthusiastic and ^ Tr w«re constantly chcnng (com the tmsU by deles tin, Ftorence, 2-1. Unle door unU i tht Wednesday morning. The game was f - ir ov . r a play-off of Tuesday’s encounter' . * ... 4I .. . which went an extra inning and Johnson, athletic director finally had to be called because of ** P***byterian college, was master darkness with the score reading 8-6. ceremonies. He first introduced D1 „ . ... 77: . Mayor Joe P. Terry and D. S. Tem- a* J ****** k*"’ 1 ** 1 b * pieton, coach of the Clinton Little and struck out nin. in ItnsMJ- ellm- r~+ Xourr}lmtm chalm ,.„ mating the Florence team. The one- run scored against him came in the first inning on just one hit, an error. County Weevil Infestation Shows Gain Past Week According to the spot checking over the county of boll weevil infes tation for the week of July 30, the infestation in cotton where poison was applied was 18 per cent as com pared with 34 per cent in fieilds where no poison was used. This compares with the week before of 17.4 per cent in fields where poison was applied and 76 per cent in un poisoned fields, according to County Agent C. B. Cannon. Mr. Cannon says that the applica tion of poison at this stage is just as important as any other applications for the protection of cotton now blooming and the small bolls less than 21 days old. It takes approxi mately two weeks from square until full bloom, he said, and from bloom until mature boll is approximately 25 to 30 days. From mature bolls un til cotton opens requires from 10 to 15 days, or a total of approximately 50 to 60 days from square to open, depending on weather conditions. From the time the bloom drops to 21 days afterwards, Mr. Cannon states, the little boll of cotton may be attacked by the boll weevil, mak ing it necessary to protect the pres ent squares and all young cotton bolls until the small bolls are at least 21 days old. Mr. Cannon urges a continuation of dusting or spray ing, both producing effective resulta, according to the extension entomolo gists and the experiment station. and a fielder’s choice ball. It was unearned. Clin too collected its and a pasted two runs in welcomed the lads and told them the city was proud to have them as it« guests and stood ready to do everything possible to' add to their pleasure and entertainment .. , .. , . . . .. while here. Sid Varney, college base- the fourth inning The defending baI , ^ allo brou ^ t to champions bunched two of their four, ^ vimltora hits in this frame and were aided by _ _ , two walks and a hit batter. Sease, f 00 * 1 * Charleston, state the first man up. was hit by a pitch- f ir * ct 1 0r of L^ 11 * ‘I*** ed ball, and Second Baseman Maxic! hU Pl*«“" ^^ wllh CUn- Lambert followed immediately with' 10,1 ***"[» •* Williamsport. Pa. last a single. First Basaman Bobby “ ld leam ~ a * * Credit Thomas walked, filling the bases. 10 ^ dl * * nd ,ul * ^ of then Right Fielder B?nji Timmon^ ^11* League baseball is growing also drew a base on balls to force in *?* t * r ^ ^** ***** **^> the first run. Left Fielder Elvin ^ Juvenile athletic program. Floyd then singled Thomas home “ ** * local sport, he said, played in with the final and deciding run. | ^ r **P* ctlv * communities under The other two Clinton hits of the 1 *™ 1 • d ^ t *upervision. He thanked game were made by Catcher Bobby ^ , tor ^**5 unselfish ser- Hanna in three trips to the plate. ^ 1,1 *™ining the boys and said a Sonny Sauls puched the entire, follow - u P Prof^m of Midget lea- game for Florence, returning to the * u *‘ u 1 b * in * 1 ® rm * d * nd wil1 ^ mound after only the night’s rest n** 100 * 1 recognition, from burling in the 8-8 deadlock Several invited guests from the Tuesday afternoon. jcity were introduced by Toastmaster This extra-inning thriller kept, Johnson and asked to stand for rec- some 2,000 fans in their seats right, ognition. up until it had to be called because All coaches of the participating of darkness at the end of the over- eight teams in the tournament were time seventh frame. asked to stand and introduce their Florence outhit Clinton 11 to 7 in, boys. Director Jones announced h$ the Tuesday tie, but alert fielding 1 had named three honorary members and base-running made up for the of the South Carolina Little League, difference. It appeared that Clinton Mayor Joe P. Terry, W. C. Neely and had sewed up the ball game in the D. S. Templeton of this city, first half of the extra inning. Third Claude Crocker, umpire-in-chief Baseman Peanut Snutfi singled, for tbe tournament, introduced the Freddie Samples walked and they umpire staff; Charles Burnett, Whit pulled a double steal to place both in BowiCi Jim pury^, Calvin Cooper, scoring position. The two then cross-, winfred Norrow and M P . McWhor- ed home plate when Sauls commit-! tcr ted an error, and Clinton shot ahead’ ‘ Spnatnr R T - Wilson delivered a . . I short inspiring speech to the. lads in However, Florence came bouncing w hit»h he emphasized the need of de- back with three successne hits and ve i 0 pi n g healthy bodies of becoming two runs to tie the score again. Then c jtj zens w bo know how to work with with the winning run on third base 1people, and of learning early and none out, Sease came in how to play the game honest, fair centerfield to relieve Samples. He and c ] ean calmly struck out the first two bat- ^ q Prince, college student dean, Blue Hose 1951 Grid Schedule LOCAL GUARDSMEN HARD AT WORK AT FT. McCLELlAN Troops of 51st Division Now on Moss Movement In Mountain Area. To Return Home Sunday. The Clinton National Guard unit. Battery B, 107th AAA AW Bn, with several thousand guardsmen of the 51st South Carolina-Florida division, ended the first week of their summer encampment at Fort McClellan, Ala., with a blaze of firepower, and are now on their second week of training. The com pany will return to the city Sun day. The “rough and rugged” warn ing for the trainees came from the division’s two top officers. Major General Sumter L. Lowry of Tam pa, Fla., division commander, and Bng Gen. John C. Henegan of Dilkm, assistant division com mander. General Henegan was high in his praise of the first week’s training which saw the young citizen-sol diers, nearly 10,000 strong, firing almost every weapon in the ar&enal of a modern infantry division. The steady rattle of machine guns, rifles, carbines, snd pistols provided a background for the reg ular booming of the division’s big guas during the first week Power ful rifles, now widely used in Ko rea. added their blasts to those of SOIL CONSERVATION MEETING STRESSING 'GREATER SERVICE,' HaD IN LAURENS _ I • ' C. P. Guess, of Denmark, Head of State District Supervisors, Makes Address Explaining Program and Urges A United Front and Cooperation for County Supervisors In Their Work. The Laurens County Soil Con-j government and management nf servation District of South Caro-; these districts is done by the pen lina held a dinner-meeting last pie who live in them. There is a Thursday evening in the commun- board of five supervisors seated to my right and left, who, in Laurens county, help to see that the job of Presbyterian college has an nounced its 1951 football schedule of nine games, as follows: Sept. 14—Furman at Greenville night. Sept. 22—Clemson at Clem son night. Sept. 28—Western Carolina at Clinton night. Oct 13—Davidson at Davidson. Oct. 20—Wofford at Clinton, I night. j Oct 27—Citadel at Charleston. Nov. 3 — Catawba at Clinton, | night homecoming. Nov. 17—Erskine at Greenwood, night. Nov. 22—Newberry at Newberry, Thanksgiving Day. Bollentine's To Open Super Market Here In September Ballentine’s Grocery Stores, Inc., a ity Hall at Laurens at which time a program was inaugurated for ‘Greater Service," and to discuss; preserving the agricultural wealth the program which has a two-fold of this area is done. These men design: (1) to give definite assign- work for no salary. They are al- ment to each supervisor in the dis lowed travel expenses, but beyond trict as chairman of one of the fol-jthat it is humamtarianism and lowing committees: finance, pub- J kindly feeling toward the welfare licity, program, education/and leg of their fellowman that causes them islative, and (2) through advisory to serve. I am proud to represent committees to bring every organi-jmore than 180 such men in forty zation and all walks of life to the two soil conservation districts of assistance of soil conservation dis South Carolina. I am proud, too trict supervisors. j that soil conservation districts now The meeting was presided over cover every state and the ternto by Ryan F. Lawson of the Hope- 1 r**! possessions of the United well community, publicity chair-, States, and that they have a very man of the county district. Mr strong voice in the affairs of Amer- Lawson welcomed the representa- ( • ca f l farmers through our state as- tive group of fanners, business and sociations and through the national professional men, and spoke of the, association of soil conservation dis- importance of adequately conserv- tricts ing the state’s land and wat*r re- When we stop to reflect, thh* sources. Seated at the head table | country was founded with 100 per m addition to Mr. Lawson were the cent of its population engaged is other members of the board of su- J agricultural enterprises, necessary pervisors. J. W Tinsley, W P. I for survival. This course at that Dickson, S. B Fleming and James time had no alternative The Unit- D. Wasson. During the evening, ed States was made great because several who were present were, of this pioneering. The present day _ called upon by the chairman for trend is one of concern, when we mortars, howitzers and the divis-1 brief remarks and endorsed and know that now only 17 per cent of ion’s tank guns. 4 stressed the importance of conser- the population is rural while 83 “These men nave left civilian: va * Ion w ork in the county, jobs ranging from grocery clerks to The guest speaker was C P. department store owners," General Guess, Jr, president of the Stale Henegan said. ’They have given Association of Soil per cent have drifted into other jobs as urban people These chang es have come about largely because Conservation | of certain forces which have tended two weeks of their time so that: District Supervisors. Mr Guess *° destroy rural communities. One they will be better able to defend spoke on “A Changing World—A j trend, and I am not here to say their nation, and they’re doing a. Free People” Because of its im- ***** ** did not have its advantages, fine job of it” porta nee to agriculture, and es- which has tended morft to destroy “As long as the American Army' pecially the problem of soil con- **** attractiveness of rural living can show the spirit displayed here servation. The Chronicle is pub- perhaps could be attributed to the by men from Clinton and other Ushing the speech in full. Mr. 1 c^solwlation of schools The fact Cities whose men make up the di-1 Guess said to the group: *bat children are transported mtu Vision, the nation does not have to! Soil conservation is not new. urt> * n areas for a large portion of Worry about the quality of its Great nations have been great be- lhe * r f orm **i v * >«*« has left them ( M A a. A 1 _ _ -S - fighting cause their soils were great. without grasp of the actual condi- Troops arose early Tuesday fort weak nations haw"been%reak th * 1 , “ frtHK>d *hem on farms, a mass movement to a bivouac area cause their soils were weak, Amer Tr> * r ‘ e * lec * frowmg from this sit- in the mountains surrounding Fort; j ca has been a great and strong na u ** K>n has greatly reduced the in- McClellan’s 40,000 acres, according tion since it was first settled it has c * nt|Ve to heep our rural commu te Col. Henry W. McMillan, of fone through two of the greatest mtie * ,tron * Ev * n ru™* churches. Jacksonville, division chief of staff and bloodiest wars of all tunes on * °* fb« nation’s greatest strong “It will be the first such large- within the past thirty yean We ,1old8 - have become an isolated me- scale movement staged by the di-lhave been victorious Our policy d,t l or * de * ll **‘f concepts of high vuion since its activation after has been to deal strongly ia words s * a [* dard » of living World War II, Col. McMillan re- battle with any nation that, Somewhere in our educational portod. ‘It will give a combat might threaten our Democratic system we have neglected, and se- polish to men already toughened ideals and our way of living. How riously so, the fundamentals of i>y a year of armory training at long wo can retain such an attitude, man’s existence We are forgetting MIM *nd our first week of train- an d how long we can retain such *he very essence of our physical great strength, can only be reflect- arM * mental culture which has made ed in the total strength and ability ; *h»s country great. We are educat- of our natural resources. There are in g ourselves away from hardships. mg here South Carolina's Governor James chain with the home office in Easley, F. Byrnes is scheduled to be guest _ _ _ _ ^ has rented the store building on of honor at a division review Fri-; t hose who" would maintain that educating ourselves away fro'm South Broad street now occupied by day. day before Guardsmen break great ships won this war, that a freedom, and educating ourselves Howard’s Pharmacy, which will be | camp and head for home August new t ype bomber will win the next in *° a ,a ck of moral responsibility war. and that had it not been for toward our fellowman. certain types of artillery we would These problems are not the prob- have lost some important cam-'lems of one aggregate group. These paigns. We must realize that even problems belong to everyone They though truth lies in some of these are not only essential to survival I statements, that the basic resource, but they are most important to our | agriculture, has founded the nation ability to withstand attack from ' that built the tanks, that welded nations who would hke to super vacated next week when this firm *2 min es its location, as previously an- | nounced. Ballentine’s has rented the prop erty from the Mississippi Youngs! /» ■ I 8 A V and will open their super market Uc)|p£ 111 ID TCdFS Counly “ . ‘ early in September as soon as the building is remodeled and rearrang ed for their opening. The chain oper- 1 The population of Laurens coun-j the ships, and maintained higher vise our total destruction Statist! ates a number of stores in the Pied-' *y showed an increase between standards of physical needs for its cally, it is true that all wealth is mont section, including one in Lau- 194 0 and 1950, while several coun-1 military personnel than any other created from the earth or water rens. I *i« s of this area showed a decrease. ; armies in the history of all coun- upon it Agriculturally, our indus- — I The county’s population gained' * nes trial wealth varies in direct pro , from 44,185 in 1940 to 46,974 in | Again I repeat, soil conservation portion, 7 to 1. For each agricul- 1950. j js not new. China, one of the oldest tural dollar that is created, o.ir m Population counts of the county:! and most cultured civilizations at dust rial wealth is multiplied even I nine townships are: i one time, began systems of terrac- dollars, and each agi icultun'. dol Cross Hill 2.121 1 ing and conservation to protect its lar unproduced retards our indcis • Dials 5.2914.natural resources many generations trial wealth seven dollar It i- previously announced, resi- Hunter 13.6171 agVx They did it because they -real- therefore, a problem of the bunker ; dents of Laurens county have been j Jacks 2.698; izod. with an ever ihcreasing popu- the lawyer, the licho-il tea : r. i.:,. (called upon to contribute a mini-j Laurens 14.303!jyfeidit’ they had a continuAi d* - minister the baker, th< mum of $715.00 to the Red Cross to Scuffletown 1,335! creasing, agricultural production, the candlestick maker to • fna; help in rehabilitating flood-stricken Sullivan 2.397 As far as area and numbers of peo- Ut ‘ maintain high agnculr areas in the Midwest. J. Hewlette) Waterloo 2.504 pie are concerned, China could to- duct ion jn an a ton -ph Red Cross Appeal Made of County With $715 Goal As Wasson of Laurens, is the county' Youngs chapter chairman, and Mrs. Irby! These final statistics . 2,700! day were re- ters and forced the third to foul out to the catcher. By this time it was Dr. Sims To Speak For Baptists Sunday entertained the Little Leaguers roy ally with an appropriate talk filled with good baseball stories and at times was funny or comical, which went over big with the Little Lea guers. City Gaily Decorated Dr. Charles F. Sims, general sec-1 For the Little League tournament retary-treasurer of the Baptist Gen- j the business section of the city has eral Board with headquarters in Co- 1 been gaily decorated with flags and lumbia, will be the guest minister at, banners in honors of the lads rep- the First Baptist church Sunday morning at 11:15. At the 8 o’clock evening service the guest speaker will be H. G. Prince, student dean at Presbyterian college S. Hipp of this city, home service worker, is cooperating and accepting donations from residents of this community. Subscriptions are being received by mail or in person by Mrs. Hipp or B. Hubert Boyd/ treas urer. ^ The Red Cross has set a goal of $5,000,000 to be used exclusively to help flood sufferers. ! Those who wish to help in the drive are asked to communicate with 1 Mrs. Hipp. a first-rate nation, but as d ? m ^ 1 * h d <-'m<X'ratic' processes such they cannot be counted be- arising from the thinking of Amer- cause of their wanton destruction * ( ' an people. In South Carolina ou: and lack of awareness as to what or, ly natural resource of any ecc>- was happening to their most im- n °mic importance is agn. ilturt portant resouice. have no mines, very little The ravages of nature’s depleting fishing nor anv oth< r source >f de forces are not new’. Contrasting the ‘'ting wealth other than the produi history as recorded in the Bible, to- ** v **y th* sell Unfortunately w Coach Wilmot Shealy has rc day we are told that the very spot ;ire n,n ' producing only 30 p-r cer: quested that all boys planning to . where once grew the luscious G*i *^° products, to meet the p!. vs play football at Clinton high school! den of Eden, now only barren Cid needs of South Carolinians during the‘ Coming season meet at w ind-sw ept sands and enuded rock should think the ether 20 per ce: • Florida Street school next Monday/; meei man’s needs. There is insuf * ,as hern washed ■•'own , leased this w’eek by the Census Bu reau. Football Practice At Clinton High rc rne of 'the city on vacation. resenting the eight participating teams, and they have all been roy ally entertained while here. Tuesday piorning the LL's were guests of Manager J. Leland Young at the Broadway theater for a spe- The pastor, Rev. J. H. Darr, is out ■ cial picture arranged for their en tertainment. The swimming pools at the college and Lydia and Clin ton Mills have been at the disposal of the your.gsteis each night with free admission. Members of (he Recreation Com mission under Whose auspices the tournament is being held with the assistance of the City and Mayor armory grounds. Supper will be Joe Terry, hope to be host to the served at 6 p.m., with Lee Willard tournament again next year, they as the expert cook in charge. | said yesterday. Kiwonis Barbecue Here August 23 The Kiwanis club will give a pub lic barbecue on August 23 on the It. Col. Froser Now At Moxwell Air Bose Lt. Col. Powell A. Fraser, for several years head of the Presby terian college R.O.T.C. unit, has been assigned to- thp Army Advis ory Group. Air Command and Staff college. Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery! Ala. He expects to be stationed there for the next three years. Col. Fraser was graduated from the Command and General Staff college at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., recently, after which he was given his new assignment at Maxwell. August 13, at t 10;30 a|. m. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLl I Keep informed on what is hap pening in your home town and community. You can do so for less than 4c a week bv reading THE CHRONICLE. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: MARY ANN KENNER, RFD No. 3. M. C. PRICE, BOB HIPP, MRS. S. D. DAWKINS, Ctinton. * J. LOYD SMITH, Joanna. ficient plant life for the survival of muddied with our soils. It is a mus’. birds and animals, to say nothing that We band ourselves together. ; of mankind. *bis point to conserve that which . We are more fortunate than we and to make better the j ,i. realize in that we have availed our- w hich Still belongs to us. selves of the privilege of democrat- I frequeith wonder h • ieally handling our problems of of is realize the. responsibility t; waste as they relate to the destruc- future generations have pi iced o tion of the very foundation that us. I w.*ndef~if ut depotM . t makes nations strong or weak. We earth we realize how httV . ^ cur have been given the tools of tetjh- .take with us. I wonder if we real nical assistance and the scientific ize that no greater heritage can be help of research to help solve our left to future generations than a problems. We have the democratic ^ood. strong agriculture. I wonder process of soil conservation dis if we realize that the land we call tricts operating under South Caro-, our own is only ours in trust, that lina law, which permits free people it is a responsibility of each owner to band themselves together for to have kept his land m as produc the common purpose of making tivc a state as it was when he came each acre serve ih agricultural pro-] into possession of it. or even in bet duction as it is best suited. The (continued on page 4*