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( I r \ i <« THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable (Elintan (Eljrmttrl 0 Volume LII Clinton, S. C., Thursday, August 23, 1951 CROW ADDRESSES GROUP AT LAURENS ON NEW STATE SCHOOL LEGISLATION Director of Education Finance Commission Tells of State-Wide School Improvement Program and Says There Must Be Heavy Consolidation of School Districts To Meet Conditions of the Law. Special to The Chronicle. Laurens, Aug. 20.—At a meeting Thursday night in the court house attended by approximately 200 school trustees and patrons, Dr. E. R. Crow, cWreotor of the state’s new educational finance commis sion. delivered an exhaustive dis cussion of the new state-wide school improvement program un der which it is possible that Lau rens county’s 44 school districts will be reduced to only two mum 250 potential applied only to new high schools. Participants in the round table discusion included Chas. L. Milam of Mountville, former house rep resentative, Col. J. B. Cooley, of Mountville, Robert C. Wasson of Hickory Tavern, fincLJas. L. Was son of Hidkory Tavern. Mount ville and Hickory Tavern now have high schools. Their questions largely concerned the future of established high schools with en- Dr. Crow’s address was practi-j less than the 250 po cally a reaffirmation of the address made in July by Dr. Jack Martin before the Laurens County Board of Education as reported on Au gust 2. In addition, he conducted a round table discusion after his main address. Dr. Crow pointed out that the consolidation will be necessary to tential Mr. Milam wanted to know what would keep the larger towns from imposing their views on the rural sections and making the tax load too heavy to bear. Chas. F. Flem ing, chairman of the county board, answered for Dr. Crowe, pointing out that tax levies would have to CLEMSON PROFESSOR TELLS LIVESTOCK MEN OF FARMING CONDITIONS IN JAPAN Prof. Ritchie Makes Talk To Local Livestock Breed ers of His Trip and Farm Conditions Abroad. Pays High Tribute To Producers of This County. anese people are smart as a nation, and can copy anything in manufac turing articles such as tractors and farm tools. Japanese people are not practical in their farm operations. He said there are a lot of good peo- Prof. R. R. Ritchie, animal hus bandry teacher of Clemson college, spoke to the Laurens County Live stock Producers association in the Agricultural building auditorium Monday evening, August 6. James T. Addison, of Joanna, presided) pie in Japan and much progress over the meeting. j has been made in that country Pfc. Ritchie spoke on his trip to | through aid from the United States. Japan in 1948-50, working under] Natural resources for manufactur- the direction of the army in the are small and the mills are not livestock program. The United allowed to operate over 40 per cent States department of agriculture j capacity in order not to come requested Clemson college to grant competition with United States Prof. Ritchie leave of absence to go: goods. Prof. Ritchie stated that no to Japan in the interest of livestock °? e in America should ever worry production. : about livestock production ever u *_* ■ ,. , y u* competing with the livestock in- , J T£ l s , about ‘^ dustVy of this country, size of the state of California and _ . J If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the Newt Number 35 Mrs. D. W. Mason Claimed By Death At Advanced Age Mrs. Erpma Finney Mason, 79, widow of the late D. W. Mason, died Monday morning at the Bla lock clinic after a brief illness, preceded by several years of de- j dining health. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock from the Gray Funeral Home by| Dr. D. J. Woods, assisted by Rev. Tom Cook of Laurens. Interment followed in the Presbyterian church cemetery. Pallbearers were, her five sons, and C. D. Nance, Sr. of this city, and Jodie A. Chandler and James T. Addison of Joanna. The services were attended by UNTY FARMERS SHOW TREND TO PASTURELAND More Permanent Pas ture Program Being De veloped On Farms and Pushed By Supervising Board. According to Ryan F. Lawson, of the Hopewell community, chairman of the Laurens County Board of Soil Conservation Supervisors there is a decided trend from ter- a large gathering of friends and racin g an< l row crops to more per- relatives from here and elsewhere man< ‘ nt pastures, hay and grazing with the many floral tributes cro P s m County Soil Conserva- banked upon her grave attesting t,on district the esteem and love in which she Other members of the board as- was held. sisting Mr Lawson m the county- Mrs. Mason was a native of this' wide program are W P. Dickson of j county, a daughter of the late Isaac I fl}* Hopewell community. Sam B has 80 million people. Japan is not Ritchie paid high compliments to] an( j Sarah Glenn Finney members Fleming of Ora. and J W Tmeley meet conditions of the law and that 1 be voted on by all the qualified the law was passed to conform voters with recent court decisions. He estimated that after the con- Col. Cooley wanted to know if the state finance board would pay solidations are completed that j for transportation for Negro chil- there would be an average of 3 {dren where their parents engaged school districts per county, some a few more and some less. He cited court decisions as a basis for his opinion that a county could have only one achool district if the county board of education thought best. He pointed out that wherever a school* district had a white high school, it must have a Negro high school at comparative facilities, but that the number of schools in each case would depend on the po tential of 250 high school pupils in the district There could be one or more white high schools and one or more Negro high schools, but the number of high schools for each race would not necessarily be the same. He explaiifed that the mini- . livestock countix" ThV priricipaI livestock producers of L.ur ens crops produced are rice, sweet ,nd| county. He stated that he knows of a widely connected and highly! a od J. D. Wasson of Route 3, Lau- regarded family of the lower part re ns. private transportation. Dr. Crowe’s answer was involved, but he left the impression that all transporta tion problems would be worked^ out satisfactorily in time. The question of the Wasson brothers involved the status of es tablished schools in established j communities. It was in answer to these questions that Dr. Crowe pointed out that the 250 potential applied only to new high schools and that the district boards would have a larg* hand in handing such matters. He added that a 15-mile ride was considered by educators as a criterion and that this and other things would likely be taken into consideration in the case of established schools. cold. The number of livestock is small. The meat consumption for the na tives is approximately two pounds, 10 eggs and three quarts of milk Rites Held Sunday For Sgt. Wilburn, Killed In Korea The body of Sgt. Robert W. Wil burn, 26, whose parents reside near the city, arrived here last Thursday morning and was removed to Gray Funeral Home where it remained until the funeral hour. Sgt. Wilburn was killed in action in Korea on August 8, 1950, and a number of fatalities during that period are now being returned home by the War Department. The funeral services, attended by a large number of friends and rela tives, were held Sunday afternoon Orphanage Schools To Open Monday in irish potatoes, wheat and barley.I no catt l e breeder in the state who 0 f the county. Her late husband,. This trend indicates that more The fish industry is an important bas contributed more in Hereford \fr. Mason, who preceded her to and more farmers are carrying out source of income also. The climate! cattle than S. G. Dillardi the grave a number of years ago, 1 the district, as well as the depart- of Japan varies from mild to very | °* Clinton. He further stated he ] was f or a number of years chief of | ment of agriculture, objective of was glad to see Angus and Short- ( police for the city of Clinton until 1 using each acre according to its ca- hom cattle being increased in Lau-1 forced to give up the work because pacity to produce, and treating rens county. | 0 f declining health. each acre according to its needs^ Prof. Ritchie explained the beef As a young girl, Mrs Mason Mr Lawson said. I bull testing project at Clemsoq ] lived in Laurens and attended the Soil Conservation Service person- per person per year. during his talk. As he explained it,; Laurensville Female Academy She! nel assigned to assist supervisors They have no natural pasture) tbe P ur Pow is to determine the wa s a member of the First Pres-i in carrying out this objective, point grasses. No fertilizer or manure is flesh compared to the byterian church of this city, a i out the fact that 90,(MX) acre applied to pasture lands. Some tim- othy hay is grown. A course wild grass is harvested tor hay.' The manure from livestock is consider ed the most valuable part of the livestock. There are no Hereford beef cattle bred in the country. The Holstein dairy breed is the only milk type cow found in the coun try. Feed production for livestock is a big problem as well as food production in that the average size farm is only two and one-half acres. The native cattle is mostly used as draft animals to work and then later butchered. The United States amount of feed consumed. The charter member af the D. A. R. j the Laurens Soil Conservation dis- young bulls must have been drop- chapter when organized here many t trtct are considered beet adapted to ped either in December, January years ago, and a charter member pasture and hay crops or February and must be approved of the local U. D. C. chapter and During the past six months, a to by a committee before entering the. member of the American Legion tal of 1.344 acres has been put to feeding project at the college. The j auxiliary, calves will be kept in individual pens and fed separately, weighed, etc. The calves are to be fed from 120 to 180 days and then sold. The only charge will be for feed and soiling cost. S. G. Dillard of this city .and James Addison of Joanna, are en tering animals in the test. Homecoming Sunday department of agriculture secured! a* p n from the Curtis Candy company of At KOCH Bridge v-nlircn Chicago dairy bulls’ semen and 1 shipped it to Japan to improve the dairy cattle. Sevan calves were born from artificial breeding said Prof. Ritchie. Most breeds of hogs in Japan are i Berkshire or Yorkshire but, like The Thorn well orphanage schools will open their new 1951-52 ses- __ sion next Monday morning and | other livestock" of the "Country! at the Hurricane Baptist church j tilla, Fla. are again headed by B. S. Pinson as principal. * The following is a list of teach ers: Mrs. L. B. Dillard, Clinton. Mrs. Edgar Blakely, Clinton. Miss Frances Brockington, Kignstree. Miss Sara Culp, Edgemore. Mrs. Sam Earle, Laurens. Mrs. Turner Martin, Laurens. H. A. Bauknight, Greenville. Miss Luva McDonald, Iva. Miss Mary Ann Yancey, Uma- with interment following in the church cemetery with military hon- ‘ors. The services were conduct ed by the Rev. James Williams, assisted by the Rev. R. H. Cause of Lockhart. Staff Sgt. Wilburn was a native of Tennessee, but had spent most of his life in this community. He was a son of Austin J. and Stella Baker Wilburn. He was a veteran of World War II and served over seas, and was in the army nine and 'one-half years. During his service he received the Purple Heart, the Silver Star and the Good Conduct medal. In addition to his parents, he is survived by one daughter, Joyce Ann Wilburn, of Fork Shoals; three sisters, and one brother, Mrs. Letha Jennings of Laurens; Mrs. R. E. Lyles and Miss Elvin Wilburn of Greenville; and Perry L. Wilburn of Middleburg, Ky. - •" m , Musgrove School To Open Monday The Musgrove school will open its new session Monday morning, August 27, at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Larry DeShields is principal, and Miss Blanche Cox, primary teacher. BEAD THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay yov. It's thrifty to shop first la this newspaper, then in the stores as prices change and new merchandise Is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS . Mrs. G. W. Irby, Chester. Mrs. F. M. Boland, Clinton. Miss Helen Porter, Clinton. Miss Julia Porter, Clinton. Miss Helen Knight, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Mrs. Earl and Miss Yancey are new members of the faculty, re placing Miss Louise Bagwell of Greenville, and Mrs. Jack Arnold of Seneca, resigned. Mr. Bauk night is added as a band instruc tor and will hold a similar posi tion with the Clinton high school, it was announced last week in the release of. the teaching staff for the coming year. Lions Club To Sponsor Hagan-Wolloce Circus Here September 8 Saturday, September 8, will be circus day in Clinton. The Lions club will sponsor the Hagan-Wallace circus on that day, officials of the dub have announced. Afternoon and night performances will be given. Danhoff Joins Lumberton Mill Mr. and Mrs. Walter Danhoff and family have moved to Lum berton, N. C., where the former has accepted the superintendency of a cotton mjll. Mr*. Danhoff until recently was superintendent of Lydia Cotton Mills here. . Cooper To Operate Big Cattle Farm Lynn W. Cooper, well known au tomobile dealer of the city, has purchased the Bob Smith farm near Kinards consisting of 515 Sunday has been designated as annual homecoming day at Rock Bridge Presbyterian chapel near the city, with picnic dinner to be served on the grounds. Duvall Weathers, student pastor, will preach at 11 a. m., preceded by Sunday school at 10 a. ra., and will include the historry of the church, special music and other in teresting parts on the program I All people who have been affiliat- 1 ed with the church since it was or- w a r»^r^n C H° r S y tn V h^ ff b ^h John R Holland Grocery & Mar Weathers and asked to bring lunch k city's popular food ^ ^ 1 stores - » celebrating their 10th church, Rev. Homer Holt, will be- ^mimS^nd Sontimnn* gin his work on September 1. He] * g needs much improved breeding. Prof. Ritchie stated that the Jap- W. L. Copeland, Clinton Native, ' Dies In Spartanburg Wister L. Copeland, 80, of Spar tanburg. formerly of Timmonsville, died at a Spartanburg hospital Sunday morning after an illness of ten days. The funeral services were con ducted Monday afternoon from a mortuary of that city with the Rev. Norman Shands as the officiating Hopewell Methodists minister. Interment followed in the! r Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Mr. Copeland was bom in this city on July 25, 1871, a son of the, The Hopewell Methodist congre- late J. Frank and Mary Alice Clary gation is erecting a parsonage near Copeland, one of the widely con- ( the church to be occupied by the fleeted and beloved families of this pastor, Rev. J. E. Kinard. community. He has a number of. The Hopewell and Kinards relatives here and is remembered churches are now in a joint charge permanent pasture Thu brings the During her long residence here) total to date for the dutnet te Mrs. Mason made and held many, 14,753 acres, Mr Lawson said, friends. She had many lovely Very cloee allies of permanent traits of character, possessing a pastures are serieea, lespedeza and sweet and kindly disposition. De- kudzu, which are being used to s voted to her home, her family and: great extent each year for supple church, and her friends, she leaves mental grazing, he said. These per many who will join with her fam- ennial crops serve to furnish grax- ily in mourning her death. i ing during periods of extreme dry She is survived by five sons, weather such as was experienced George W. Mason of Charlotte, N. during May. A total of 1,005 acres C., A. I. (Gus) Mason of Laurens, of sereciA was seeded this sfging. Joe F. Mason of Seneca. Fleming! bringing the total acres in the du- Mason of Summerton, and Billie jtrkt to 6,975. Mason of this city, end two daugh ters, Mrs. Carroll D. Nance, Sr., of this city and Mrs. Jodie A. Chandler of Joanna; four grand children and three great-grand children. She was the last mem ber of her immediate family. 10th Birthday Sole i Announced for Week By John R. Holland Store will also serve as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lydia Mills, and with his family will occupy a residence in that village. Building Parsonage by many of the city's oldest citi zens. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church in Spartan- with Mr. Kinard as pastor. The Epworth Methodist church at Jo anna was made a separate charge ^ . — — ~ a a VC VilCX* burg, and was a retired book-: i ast year with the Rev Joe Giles keeper. | as pastor. Survivors include one daughter,' ^ Miss Mary Alice Copeland, with the w* I T C L highway department at Columbia;] I OylOr 10 dpOOK one son, Major L. Byron Copeland, C Ar Prpckwforinnc with the armed forces in Tokyo,] u ■•CSUyTcnans Japan; five sisters, Mrs. Pearl C “ Bray, Mrs. Jewel McKnight and . The ? uest u minister Sunday morn- Mrs. Juanita Hardin, all of Spar-j 11 ?* fhe First Presbyterian tanburg, Mrs. W. H. Stover of Day-' ^urch ^wiU be the Rev. ^George tona Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Ben W. West of Terre Haute, Ind., and one brother, E. T. Copeland of Raleigh, N. C. Abrams Enters Drug Business In City through next Wednesday The store was opened ten years ago by the late Mr. Holland. Fol lowing his death the business was continued by his widow, Mrs. Hol land. Four years ago her nephew, Furman Buchanan, joined her and assumed the management of the business as a part owner. The store has recently been re-arrang ed to make shopping easy and con venient, new departments added, and cleanliness is emphasized six days a week, Mr. Buchanan states. Manager Buchanan announces special bargains for their birthday sale. Their announcement of the event in today’s paper gives a pic ture of the store from the outside, and interior views of the stock ar rangements, vegetable and meat departments. The management in vites the public to attend their birthday celebration. Hurricane School To Open Aug. 30 The new session of Hurricane Mr. L*waoo indicated • that tea accomplishments in pasture and hay crops represent only one phase of a complete conservation pro gram which has been planned on 1.243 farms in the district, involv ing 199,815 acres. Each of these plans is based on an inventory of the land on the farm, known as a soil conservation survey. With this map, which shows the capacity of each acre to produce crops, the SCS technician visits the farm and assists the farm er in outlining the best land use and treatment for each acre. The Soil Conservation Service then is available to render on-site assistance in getting the plan into operation on the land. This assist ance includes staking out meadow outlets, terraces, and farm ponds and recommendations on crop ro tations, pastures, and other soil conservation practices planned for the farm. Mr. Lawson, who has released the mid-year report of district accom plishments, said that the Produc tion and Marketing administration, through its conservation payments, as well as other agricultural agen cies, has been of assistance to farm ers in getting their plans into prac- ttce. Aiken Taylor, son of Mrs. Geo. W., school will open August 30 at 8:30, Taylor of this city. Mr. Taylor is | it has been announced by the prin- doing post graduate work at Duke. cipal, Mrs. Thomas F. Milam. University on a Fellowship from ♦ Columb.ia Theological Seminary, - 1 1 Decatur, Ga. Kiwonis Barbecue At Armory Today The Clinton Kiwanis club wiH give a barbecue this afternoon (Thursday) beginning at six o'clock to which the public is invited. Tickets are on sale at $1.50 each, the net proceeds to be used for the work of the club. It is announced by the committee in charge that the head chef will be Lee Willard, noted for his good cooking of such menus. HORNSBY AT FT. BRAGG Pvt. Lionel L. Hornsby of this J. W. (Bill) Abrams entered upon] city, is at Fort Bragg, N. C., with Softball Standings , Methodist his new work Monday morning as! the 28th Infantry division to take National Guard a member of the firm of Howard’s, pert m the huge Exercise South- Baptist ern Pine now in progress on the, sprawling maneuver area there. acres, cattle and equipment. Mr. Cooper states he will devel _ op the property into a big cattle; Copeland-Stone company, now re- farm. Pharmacy, being associated with Pharmacist Howard Smith, who has owned and operated the busi ness since it was purchased last year from the firm of Bishop- Walker Pharmacy. Mr. Abrams, a licensed embalm- er, has been connected with Gray Funeral Home the past several years until his recent resignation. He is succeeded by George C- (Kit) Young, licensed embalmer, who has returned to the city from Rock Hill where he was associated with the Bass Funeral Home. Howard’s Pharmacy will move into their new location at an early date, the building vacated by NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL | tired from business. Add to the publications coming into your home THE CHRONICLE, the newspaper that gives more lo cal news than any other published. We invite new subscriptions. The cost is less than 4c a week, payable in advance. Welcome and thanks to those on our honor roll this week: G. A. WOLFE, Clinton. JOHN M. PALM, Greenville. w L Pet. 18 7 .720 16 7 .696 13 14 .482 12 14 .462 10 17 .370 8 18 .308 9. Clinton Mill Presbyterian Lydia Mill Results Methodist 4, Clinton Mill 3. Baptist 16, Presbyterian 5. Methodist 9, Lydia Mill 8. National Guard 13, Clinton Mill Baptist 12, Lydia Mill 4. Clinton Mill 12, Presbyterian 7. Games Tonight Methodist vs National Guard. Baptist vs Methodist. Games Friday Presbyterian vs National Guard. Lydia vs Clinton Mill. Games Tuesday Baptist vs Clinton Mill. Presbyterian vs Methodist ' REVIVAL AT LANGSTON Langston Baptist church an nounces revival services to begin Monday, August 27, with services each evening .through Friday at 7:30. The pastor, Rev. Carl Bish op, will be assisted by the Rev. J K. Lawton. The public is invited to attend. FOOD... Is An Important Item With Housewi>wS You will find helpful Gro cery and Market News in .(E CHRONICLE every week f 'm leading food stores in the ▼ Read the advertisements reg ularly — they tell you about changing prices each week ^ . where you can supply f " needs and buy to advanta