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i ; ft 'V. l The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If Yon Don't Read The Chronicle Yoq Don’t Get the News Volume Lin Clinton, S. C., Thursday, January 24, 1952 Number 4 SOLONS FACED WITH SEVERAL STATE ISSUES Liquor, Sales Tax, Coun ty Hand-outs, Football Game and Other Pro posals Up for Debate. Columbia, Jan. 19. — Strong sup- port for a bill that would kick back 90 per cent of the liquor, beer and wine taxes to the counties and municipalities is being worked up rmong members of the General As sembly as they eye the forthcoming election this summer. <A good piece of salesmanship is being used, too. Any legislator who must face the people in his quest for re-election this summer is thinking of a platform to use and there is none better than one show ing that taxes have been reduced If the Legislature should adopt the bill sending an additional $8,- 500,000 in liquor, beer and wine taxes to the counties and cities this would be a strong talking point for the lawmakers in their campaigns this summer. They could point with pride that tjhe county is getting more revenue, taxes have been reduced (if they reduce taxes) and this is not costing the taxpayers of this county one penny. The voters will likely fall for this, too. But will it cost them more money? If $8,500,000 of fstate revenue is sent back to the counties and cities it will be necessary for the State to make arrangements to replace this revenue. And, all the taxpayers of the state will shsye in any additional taxes Property owners—the biggest tax payers in a county—were assured .of tax relief last year'when the Legis lature passed the 3 per cent sales tax. Throughout debate in both houses it was prominently mention ed that the taxes could be reduced in the counties after the sales tax till was approved. As far as this reporter has been able to ascertain Spartanburg county was the only county in which taxes were reduced last year as a direct result of the sales tax. The State practically pays the bill for overhead operation and supervision of the schools, once paid by the school districts. The state is paying the cost of con structing and repairing schools in the districts. The State is paying the cost of school bus transpor tation in the counties and has even bought the school buses. On the other hand, the State has established the criteria by which schools are to be operated and soon the State will have greater control over the counties and municipalities than supporters of this legislation believed could happen.—This thing ’51 County Textile All Manufacturing Enterprises Have Payroll of $17,092,230. Mills Employ 6,219 Persons, Use 75,368 Bales of Cotton, With Annual Product Valuation All Plants $79,391,918. LIKE PEOPLE LAND IS DIFFERENT.—No two farms are the same. The land on this farm has been classified based on soil type, slope, and degree of erosion. Classes I, II, and HI are suitable for cultivation If proper conservation measures are applied. Class es IV, V, VI and VII should be in grass or trees. Class VIH is suitable only for wild life Or recreation. Photo by Soil Conservation Service ANDERSON MAKES APPEAL FOR HOTEL MARY MUSGROVE City Canvass To Be Made Feb. 4 For 240 Pints of Blood is what South Carolina is supposed ly opposed to. It doesn’t want the Federal government dictating to the State but it is fast coming to that as far as the counties and municipali ties are concerned State government proposes to send back $11,697,000 in State funds io the counties and cities during the next fiscal year. Should the bill allocating larger sums of money from the liquor, beer and wine taxes be approved that would mean a total of over $20 million going to the local governments. Before too many years pass local government will be operated directly from Columbia and the citizens will have lost control of their local gov ernment because they wanted their local taxes reduced and apparently wanted to pay them to the State gov ernment. , There must be taxes and plenty of them, if the State is going to operate the State, county and mu nicipal governments. Frequently the interested citizen ry ask why it takes so much money to operate the State government., It doesn’t take so much money but a large portion is going to the coun ties. Th£ Styte now proposes to al locate almost $1,500,000 for the ope ration of the county^ health units and the State will tell them how to ope- rae these, too. Since the municipalities are tak ing the lead in this movement to •get all funds possible from the State (Continued on page eight) !*> 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. Mr. W. W. Harris, Editor The Clinton Chronicle _____ Clinton, South Carolina. Dear Sir: As a member of the Board of Di rectors of the Clinton Cornmwrmy Hotel Corporation, I think it is only fair that the 260-odd Stockholders in this corporation who have in vested $132,263.00 in iiard-_cash money to give us one of the finest small hotels in the United States which is something we should all be proud of, should know the facts. The hotel, like any new business, must have a chance to prove an in vestment and not a gift, as many people consider it. At the present time this corporation ^must have $25,000.00 additional capital to sur vive. In our original drive we had sub scribed by different people who could not or would not pay their subscription, which amounted to $15,000.00. The Board of Directors sometime ago authorized legal pro ceedings against every delinquent subscriber. Judgments have been filed and we are proceeding with collections where possible. The ad ditional $10,000.00 will be operating capital, air conditioning, road signs, etc. With this additional $25,000.00 the hotel will be properly financed and in my opinion will liquidate; Clinton’s defense blood program itself without further aid. If this scheduled for Feb. 4 gives indication additional $25,000.00 is not raised of being a great success, according to immediately the entire amount that j preliminary reports from recruiting has been invested will be lost. i te u ams wh,ch are 1,mri K U P P ,ed & es for I wonder how those of us who j tho project, can will feel when some of the William M. Shields, co-chairman of Stockholders who have no means t* 1 ® sponsoring Kiwanis club’s Com-, of protecting their investment, for 0 .’J Business and Public Af- instance, a little girl who has in- sa,d he £eels con - f “!*nt the city The—40—manufacturing rrents in Laurens county paid total wages of $17,092,230, a gain of two millions, during .the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1951. They had a com bined capital of $20,887,411, an an nual product valuation of $79,391,- 918, with- an average of 6,219 em ployees These figures pertaining to the county are contained ‘ in the ,Wlth annual' report of the South Car olina Department of Labor, submit ted a few days ago to the general as sembly Textile investments in the county amount to $13,964,605, an increase of approximately a million dollars over the previous year, valuation of pro ducts $68,233,556, an increase of )6 million over last year; average num ber of persons employed 5,189, same as last year, with total wages of $14,509,918, a gain of more than a million dollars. Total mill village population is 15,904. The plants used 75,368 bales of cotton, an increase of 11,000 bales over the previous year, and used 12,916 tons of coal. Their spindles number 265,544, looms-8,624. They are divided as follows in nine plants: , , Clinton Cotton Mills (plants 1 and 2), P. S. Bailey, president, 74,224 spindles, 1893 looms. Goods manu- 1 .factured standard print . cloth and 1 yarn fabrics. Lydia Cottbn Mills, P. S. Bailey,! president, 51,264 swindles, 1,278| looms 'Goods manufactured print; cloth and yarn fabrics.. Joanna . Cotton Mills company! (plants 1 and 2), Walter Regnery,! vested $220.00 of money she has. earned selling magazines is lost. I personally feel that it is the duty of each and every member of the Board of Directors or any in dividual who is interested in the betterment of our community to do everything in their power to see that the small stockholder’s inter est is protected. I feel especially that every member of the Board of Directors is responsible to these small Stockholders will meet its quota of 240 pints. A minimum of 300 donors will be pledged to assure the quota after re jections. The Bloodmobile of the American Red Cross will set up for operation in the Clinton armory between the hours of 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. on Mon day, Feb. 4. Blood collected will be sent immediately to laboratories for processing into plasma and then rushed to Korea to save lives of America’s fighting men there., Presbyterian college students and ■;—193.176—spindies,—2.889— looms. Goods manufactured shade cloth, drapery fabrics and mop yarn. Gwen Evan Mills, Clinton, Ralph M. Levy, president, 30 loams/Goods manufactured uphol^^ry- and pile fabrics. Lauref.s-Cotton Mills, VI L. .Smith, president, 35,800 spindles, 944 looms. Goods manufactured rayon and cot ton textiles, suitings and drapery. Watts Mills, division of J. P. Stev ens company, J. P. Stevens, Jr., president, 1,500 looms. Goods manu- % factured rayon ^ fabrics and cotton fabrics. Palmetto Spinning Corporation, Laurens, W. F. Davis, president, 1,080 spindles, worsted yarn. ' Also Hallmark Manufacturing corporation, Clinton, shirt manufac turers. Fertilizer plants: C-W-S Guano company, Clinton; Southern Cotton Oil company, Laurens. . Clinton Paper Box company. Bottling plants: Canada Dry Bot tling company, Clinton; Laurens Coca-Cola Bottling company and Nehi Bottling company, Lauronj. Miscellaneous: Laurens Glass Works. Cross Hill Hosiery company, Jakj ~ Rasor, president, ladies- full fashion ed hose in greige. Laurens Hosiery Mills, Barnett D. Gordon, president, full fashioned hosiery in greige. C. W. Anderson Hosiery company end Dapper Hosiery Mills, Clinton, C. W. Anderson, president, ladies lull fashioned hosiery. If you are interested and wish ! members gave 227 pints when additional information, telephone the Chamber of Commerce, No. 108, and one or more of the work- the Bloedmobile visited the campus early this month. A t'inerted drive for volunteer blood doi.ors in the city opened last i a, * * — a. ' . i • . Uil/UU U J -UIo 111 lllL Lllj' UUvIiCtl idol ers who are striving to save this . week v fth five recruitin)f teams hotel will see you at once. The; com p„,. ( j 0 f ^ workers making a 15 stlor }' , ! street by-street canvass to obtain We cannot, we must not, and we i pledges. Shields urges anyone who will not lose our hoteh -Let’s save j wishes to give blood but who has not : been t. atacted by one of the workers it for our stockholders. We need your help now. Very truly yours, C. W. ANDERSON Near Eastern Situation Presented College Students * , ^ - . The Presbyterian college student body was told at chapel Wednesday morning that if there is to be peace among Western countries and- the Near East, we must first strive to ward obtaining their firm friendship and trust instead of merely trying to obtain their oil. This warning was given in an address by A. R. Stev enson, a brother of John W. Steven son, a member of the college faculty, ar he discussed the Near East as sec retary of the Near East for the Na tional Council of Churches. A great many people, the speaker said, are still under the impression that this area is a far-off place where Arabian nights and magical splendor go hand in hand. Instead, the Near East is modern in all ^respects, edu cation is a great -concern there, na tionalism arules every thought and the leaders We keenly aware of their position and advantage in world af fairs. Enlarging on his observations, he declared that whatever happens in that large area today will largely determine the future of us all. Upon returning to this country, Mr. Stevenson is visiting a number of Southeastern churches and speak ing upon his experiences in those lands and presenting the problems that must be confronted. I T — Chicken Stew At School Friday The senior class of the high school will give a‘ chicken stew Friday after noon in the school cafeteria beginning at 5 o’clock. The price will be 90 cents It is staU£d will be used by the for the expense of their Washington trip in the. Spring. Plans Go Forward For Four-Team Carolina League r The Central Carolina League, with four participating teams, calls for a 54-game schedule with games on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday., The four mills holding berths in the league are Clinton, Joanna, Ware Shoals and Ninet-Six. With two other entries sought there was a rumor last week that Newberry and Woodruff would enter, but they, have .not materialized. Of ficials of Matthews Mills at Grepn-. wood said during the week they would not enter the CCL or any other semi-pro league. Following a meeting held in Lau rens during the week presided over by league president J. Hewlette Wasson, it was stated that each team will be limited to a 16-player roster, including a player-manager. No professional player can be car ried by a team if he has complet ed T2 innings of organized baseball as an^infielder or outfielder, or 36 innings as pitcher. The managers of three of the teams have not been announced. Charlie Gaffney has been named manager of the Clinton Mills team. Joanna Annual Ball Saturday Evening The Loyal Order of Moose of Jo anna will hold its annual Presi dent’s Birthday Ball Saturday night, January 26, at eight o’clock in the Joanna school building. Music for both ’round and square dancing will be played by Blalock’s orchestra, and admisions will be $1 for men, and 50c for ladies. The public is invited and the proceeds will be forwarded to the county organization for infantile paralysis. to gtt in touch with him. Red Cross officials point out that giving bloodis a simple, painless pro cess. hachym^ile unit is accompanied by a physician, registered nurses and blood custodians. And every donor is given a physical checkup to make sure he is able to give. Men and women of all races are eligible. Major Horne Assigned To Fort Bragg Post » Major William S. Horne, stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., the past year, has recently been transferred to Headquarters, 81st Chemical Group, Fort Bragg, N. C., in charge of oper ations, planning, and training of the 81st group. Major Horne has over 15 years federal service to his credit, and served overseas during World War II. (Mrs. Horne and son, Billy, plan to move shortly from Benning to join Major Horne at his new assignment. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Don’t borrow your neighbor’s- pa per, or don’t fail to get the news of this entire community. THE CHRON- icle will give it to you each week, the cost is so low, less than -4c a v-eek. All subscriptions- payable in advance. Single copies on sale at the office Thursday, Friday and Saturday—5c a copy. ’’’ Welcome and thanks to those on cur Honor Roll this week: MRS. PAT MoELHENNEY, Atlanta, Ga. B. H. BOYD, Chapel Hill, N. C. MRS. A. E. ALEXANDER, . Lydia Mills. MRS. W. N. BOBO, * Greenwood. MRS. W. I. TAYLOR, MRS. CLAUDE WARD, ( MRS. MILDRED DAMES, D. D. nCKJJN, Clinton. Rites Held For Mrs. Bennie Cole At Joanna Church Mrs. Bennie S. Cole, 81, died Tues day night at the Greenville General hospital after an illness of about one year. She was born at Cross Hill, the daughter of the late Robert ard Irene Bendy' Golden, and was the widow of W. W. Cole. She was a member of the First Baptist church of Clinton. • She is survived by four soqs, R. W. Cole of Hodges; M. I. Cole of Westminster; R. T. Cole of Spartan burg; and C. B. Cole of Joanna; six daughters, Mrs. Mattie Boozer of Newberry; Mrs. L. H. Poag of Jo anna; Mrs. J. R. Malone of Green ville; Mrs. Sam Strickland of Green- v.ood; Mrs. B. T.’ Fuller otf this city, “and Mrs. Clarence Milne of Colum- bia; one brother, Augustus Golden of Elberton, Ga.; 35 grandchildren and a humber of great-grandchil dren. Funeral services., were conducted Thursday afternoon from the Joanna Baptist church by“ the Rev. J. H. Di.rr of this city, assisted by the Rev. James Mitchell of Joanna and the Rev. W. H. Byers of Greenwood. In terment was in the Liberty Springs cemetery, Cross Hill. The following grandsons were ac tive pallbearers: L. W Boozer, Ryan Poag, Johnny Fuller, Ralph Strick land, Elbert Cole and C. B. Cole, Jr. The honorary escort consisted of Horace Hamm, Sr., Carl Sease, Mill ard .Murphy, and the deacons of the First Baptist church here. P. C. Gagers Rank High Nationally Presbyterian college’s high-scoring basketball team ranks high in six de partments of national statistics for small colleges released today by the Nation^ Collegiate Athletic Bureau. Indiviaually, All-State Forward Dwight Groninger and Guard Paul Nye take honors. Nye rates second nationally in as sists with 5.3 a game. Groninger is 27^h among individual scorers with a 19.3 points a game av erage. He ia ninth as a free thrower, witn 79.5 per cent average. . r As a team, Presbyterian is 23rd on offense with 72.3 points a game; 16th among field goal-percentage leaders at 39.3 per cent; and 18th in free throw accuracy at 64.6 per cent .• * 1 ■' i». -I.--m.i, Sevefi Distinguished Students Named * Seven seniors from Presbyterian colle#e’s ROTC battalio^ have been honored as distinguished military students and ^selected for appoint ment in the regular army effective June 15, it was announced this week by the military department. Those listed are RoberILV. Atkinson, John W. Callaham, Dwight L. Gron inger, Lewis L. Hawkins, Don K. Hill, John D. Love. /, Archie I. Dixon Passes At Renno, Last Rites Here / Archie I. Dixon, 59, a highly re garded citizen of Renno, died last Thursday night at his home after a- several months illness. The funeral rites were conduct ed Saturday afternoon from - the home by the Rev. J. H. Darr, pas tor of the First, Baptist church of the city. Interment followed here in ■ Rosemont cemetery, with a number of friends and relatives at tending the services. Pallbearers were Hubert Pitts, Mace Young, Jim Fitts Ray. Jame«s Copeland, Kirk Milam and Gil lette Simpson. * Mr. Dixon was a native of Cleve land county, N. C., but had made his home in this part of the county for 32 years. He was a member of the Baptist church and had served for a numtber of years as magistrate of Jacks township. He had operat ed a repair shop here for several years. He is survived by his’ Widow, Mrs. Pauline Geer -Dixon, fix daughters, and four sons. Mrs. Homer Gantt, Greenville; Mrs- Jaihes Taylor, Renno; Mrs. B. F. Copekand, III, Clinton; Misses Pat, Polly and Devorah Dixon of Ren no; A. B. of California, Arnold I.V J. F. and Tony Dixon of Clinton; two brothers and four sisters, C. F. of Cliffside, N. C; Hugh F. of El- lenboro, N. C.; Mrs. Rosa Bridges of Shelby, N. C.; Mrs. John Brad ley of Gastonia, N. C; Mrs. Henry Foster of Spartanburg; Mrs. Sara Holland of Ellenboro, N. C., and nine grandchildren. « P. C. Bosketeers Bounce Bock Into Action Next Week Presbyterian college’s high-scoring basketeers bounce back into action next Tuesday night after taking 12 da n!^ °wf, £or Dniester examinations - The Blue Stocings play host to The Citadel at 8 p. m. that night'and then receive an invading College of Charleston quintet on the following evening. * Citadel will come to town deter mined to avenge a 63-58 defeat ad ministered by PC in. Charleston early this month. The Bulh%s also would like to. send PresbyterSyi’s high-rid ing squad toppling froirT\he number me spot in the South Carolina cage Standings. The Hosemen—coached by Norman Sloan and boasting a galaxy of star* such as Forwards Dwight Groninger and Ujw Hawkins, Canter Kay Hill and Guards Paul Nye and Bill Blew-' ett—are now ridng a record of 12 wins against only three defeats. They * have averaged 73.4 points per game m setting this torrid pn' e. NEW SEMESTER TO BIGIN Semester exammalions are now underway at the > eolket. Registra tion for the second semester -{viil be gin on January 39, U is announced from the office of RVgistnai Ed Campbell.. ,