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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, February 21, 1952
Number 8
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P. C. GRIDDERS
GOING THROUGH
SPRING DRILLS
Large Number of Can*
didates Now Undergo
Training By Coaches
McMillian and Varney.
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A large group of football candi
dates are now undergoing daily
practice at Presbyterian college un
der the direction of Coach L. S.
McMillian and his aides. The group
in spite of rainy and disagreeable
weather last week, showed an un
usual amount of zip and enthus
iasm.
The practice hours began Feb
ruary 4th and will continue
through this month. Scrimmaging
has occupied a large portion of the
drills, with special emphasis given
also to backs and ends by McMil
lan, and to guards, tackles and
centers by Varney.
A total bf 37 freshmen, soph
omores and juniors are taking part
in the spring tryouts. They in
clude:
Centers — Tommy Guillebeau of
Lincolnton, Ga.; Worth Wilson of
i Charlotte; and Jimmy Allen * of
Conway.
Guards—Cedric and Harold' Jer-
nigan, both of Fayetteville, N. C.;
Marvin Matdey of Joanna; Wal
ter Yates of* Norfolk, Va.; Bootsy-
Cox of Laurens; and Bobby Dun
lap of Pelzer.
Tackles — Tommy Sheriff of
Orangeburg; Wade Gamlin of
Georgetown; Dave Miller of Kan
napolis, N. C.; Luther Shealy of
Pacolet; Dave Bridgman of Belton;
and Curtis Agee of Norfolk, Va.
Ends — Joe Kirven of Sumter;
Charles Twitty of Charlotte; John
Harper of Decatur, Ga.; Hubert
Turner of Lake City; Eld Byrd of
Norwood, N. C.; and James Hughes
of Tifton, Ga.
, Quarterbacks—Jack Harper and
Bobby Williamson, both of Wash
ington, Ga.; Harry Hamilton of
Seneca; Bill Shillinglaw of York
and George Blue of Union.
Halfbacks — Art Baker of Sum
ter; Bobby Butler, of Chester; Cur
tis EYeeman ol Clinton; Roland
Cinciarelli of Ashtabula, Ohio;
Gerald Ekilwards of Simpsonville;
John McCarson of Cedartown, Ga.;
and Gene Altman of Mullins. .
Fullbacks — Emmett Fulk of
Darlington; Joe Austin of Laurens;
and Jim Bell of McConnells.
Lenten Program
Announced By Pastor
Lutheran Church Here
Beginning on Ash Wednesday,
Feb. 27, and continuing through
Easter, a series of special services
will be held at St. John’s Lutheranif
church, according to an announce
ment by the pastor, the Rev. James
C. Dickert.
The Lenten season is observed in
special commemoration of the suf-
Women Announce
World Day of Prayer
Fri4ay / February 29
The women’s church organiza
tions of Clinton will sponsor the
‘World Day of Prayer’’ service to
be held on Friday afternoon, Feb
ruary 29, at 3:30 at Broad Street
Methodist church.
Miss Anne Herbert, chairman of
world missions for the South Caro
lina Council of Church Women, an
nounces that the people of some
18,000 communities have received
the call for the World Day of Pray
er to be observed on February 29.
Witt? the therne of “Christ, Our
Hope^the 1952 service is based on
the prayers of agricultural migra
tory workers, sharecroppers and
American' Indians. The World Day
of Prayer poster, a modem “An
gelus,” was designed by an Iro
quois Indian girl, Doris Diabo Mon
tour, of Brooklyn, N., Y.
Translated into many languages
and dialects, the World Day of
Prayer service is used on this day
not only in the United States but
in 104 countries around the world.
Offerings from World Day of
Prayer observances in the United
States, Alaska, the West Indies, the
Canal Zone and Hawaii help sup
port an interdenominational minis
try to the migrant, sharecropper
and Indian groups whose prfityers
are used in the 1952 services. The
offerings also aid Christian colleges
in the Orient, help provide Chris
tian literature for women and chil
dren overseas and give help to the
more than 30,000 foreign students
in this country. Offerings in 1951
totalled well over a quarter of a
million dollars.
In this country World Day of
Prayer services are held in church
es both great and small and even
in the open air, like those some
migrant chaplains have held in
the early morning for pickers on
their way^to work.
In South Carolina last year, Miss
Herbert records, 176 different com
munities and groups sent id written
reports on their worship services.
Their gifts totalled over $5,000.
Mayor Issues Proclamation
Mayor Joe P. Terry has issued the
following proclamation in connection
HAVE RECORD THAT MAY NOT BE EQUALLED
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Wild Car Ride Comes
To End Near City
George Irvin Young of This Community Shot Dead, Other
Occupants Caught, One Wounded. Patrolman Townsend of
Spartanburg County Charged With Murder. Three Warrants
Issued In Connection With Chase of Liquor Automobile.
Shooting By Patrolman Said Unintentional.
dinances, ran through a car block in
the Town of Clinton, and generally
endangered the' lives of persons to
such an extent that Patrolman
MISS BLAKELY
MR. BLAKELY
with the planned observance:
“Whereas, There'is a condition of
uncertainty in the world today,
Whereas, it is recognized by Chris
tians everywhere that the many
problems confronting us today can
be solved only with the help of Al
mighty God;
Now, Therefore, I, Joseph Terry,
Mayor of the City of Clinton, do
hereby declare Friday February 29,
as a day of prayer, and that as we*
pray in our homes, or as we gather
together in public, we remember the
needs of our country, before God, the
Ruler of the universe.
(Signed) Joseph P. Terry, Mayor’’
396 Students
EnroltedAf PC
period of quickened devotional life,
prayer and meditation.
The sermon themes for the Sun
day morning services will follow
the general theme: “Jesus Christ is
Lord.” Services will be held each
Wednesday "evening at 7:30, with
meditations on some of the great
Psalms. During the week of March
6-11,, at 8:00 o’clock each evening,
the sermons will be based on the
“History of the Passion.
In announcing these services the
pastor of the church extends a cor
dial invitation to the public to at
tend.
4-H Club Fashion
Show To Be Presented
At Training School
Miss Mattie Blakely and Edgar Blakely, lifelong Clinton residents, are
grandchildren of the Revolutionary war soldier, William (Honest Bill)
Blakely, who gave seven acres of land for the first Providence Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church built near Clinton in 1836. Fifty years ago
the church was moved jnto the city. The congregation’s handsome new
edifice on South Broad street was used Sabbath morning and evening for
the first time, with capacity congregations attending the services.
Miss Blakely and Mr. Blakely, grandchildren of William Blakely, who
was born in 1760, fought in the Revolution, and died in 1847, 105 years
ago, are the children of David Blakely, who died in 1899 at the age of 93,
and who was one of 10 children of Honest Bill. Three other grandchildren,
A. B. Blakely, Sr., B. B. Blakely, Sr., and Hervey Blakely, have died with
in the past six years. _ ^
In addition to the two living grandchildren of “Honest Bill” Blakely,
the following officers of the church are among his descendants: Elders W.
Blakely Tribble, W. J. Sloan and James P. Sloan, Deacons A. B. Blakely,
Bennie B. Blakely and J. Sloan Todd.
State Highway Patrolman C. R.
Townsend of Spartanburg, was
charged Saturday with murder in
connection with the fatal shooting
of George Irvin Young, 45, near here j To wnsend or any other reasonable
last Thursday night about nine person would have concluded that he
o'clock. The shooting endeTT^a "wild j was probably the perLon w.mted ;rv
two-county chase in which several connection-■ with the burglaries ;n
police cars took -part. Spartanburg Ceufldy.
Sheriff C. W. Wier signed the war- “When the suspected parties were
rant before Magistrate J. T. Miller j finally stopped Patrolman Townsend
at Laurens. Patrolman Townsend ( had no intention whatever of shoot-
was free under $1,000 bond, set by J ing any of the parties and he w :
Circuit Judge Steve Griffith of New- show upon his trial that the shoot-
berry. Sheriff Wier said ballistics
tests made by the State Law En
forcement division showed that the
bullet taken from the head of Young,
the slain man, was fired by Patrol
man Townsend’s service revolver.
The fatal shooting of Young at the
end of a mad 60-mile pursuit that
ended near the city, was uninten
tional on the part of Patrolman
Townsend, his attorney, O. L. Long
ot Laurens, said Monday. Further
more, Mr. Long pointed out in a pre
pared statement, all officers engaged
in the chase were under the im
pression they were on the heels of
three safe robbers.
Following is the text Mr. Xiong's
statement issued during the after
noon: „ f
From the registrar’s office aUthe
college it is announced that 39<J
students are matriculated for the
second semester just opened. Four
teen of the number are coeds.
For the first and second semes
ter’s a total of 448 students regis
tered. *
. Following is the breakdown by
states: South Carolina boasts 289
students, Georgia has 80, North
Carolina 59, Florida 13, Virginia
sends 11, while Indiana claims sev
en. Alabama has four students,
Texas two, Tennessee, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts
.ng was clearly unintentional.'’
• • • •
Cecil T. Wilson, 42, of Clover, an
other occupant of the liquor-loaded
1941 Okhrmobile wbich the police
cars finally ran down, was shat in
the stomach. He was transferred
from the Laurens county hospital on
Saturday to the State Penitentiary,
where he was reported in good con
dition. The third occupant, J. C.
Jacks, 40, and reportedly the driver,
was lodged in the county jail and
released Monday under $1,500 bond.
He was grabbed before he could run
and the other two men fled in the
woods. Several shots were fired and
it was during this firing that Young
was killed and Wilson wounded.
Jacks and Wilson are charged with
transporting illegal whiskey, 36 gal
trolman who is an honored veteran
iranspurung uirgc
TdvyUStice to the fine young p - , ons f oun< j m
car after it
i an hor
II and
. , was forced to stop by the use o.
ot World War II and who was soarchliihts.
volved in this unfortunate occur-1 / " , . .
rence, -and for the good of law en-' affair started last Thursday
forcement, I feel that I should maJl c : n ‘* h t wh « n P atrolma " Townsend,
a statement as his attorney for the watching traffic near Woodruff, be-
fcenefit of the public.
I came suspicious of the Oldsmobue
"On Tuesday ^hmarv 12.'started after it. When the driver.
First Services
Largely Attended
Morning and evening services last
Sabbath at the new Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church for the
first time were largely attended by nd V ues,r.pwun. tKeY/ear was forced - arainst ihe curb
th* r>nni»r«»oafinn former .r.esday night a restaurant in the, car was forced agamst the curb
the congregation, former members,
local residents, and other out-of-
town friends and relatives.
The handsome new edifice was re
cently completed at a cost of approx
imately $60,000. A historical sketch
of the 116-year-old church appeared
in The Chronicle last week.
At the morning worship hour the
the office of Mills Mill at Woodruff, r « fused , 10 s top Jhe Patrolman ra-
was burglarized. From information diw?d tor ^ip. Three Spartanburg
received it was generally believed rural o^kers joined in the chase
that there was three of the burglars entering Laurens county the
and that they made their escape in [ O'^mobile took a winding route. A
an automobile of which the officers' second highway patrol car with tw »
had a general description. On Wed-j G ^ ,ccrs th en joined the chase an i
town of Woodruff was broken into 1 near Laurens, and a tire burst. Lau-
and burglarized. The law enforce- iena coun ^ officers joined the pro-
ment officers of Spartanburg county j cess * on and a Laurens city off::er
and of the adjoining counties werei 3 ^ j° in€d man-hunt. Clinton
alerted and requested to be on the °ff* cers alerted, met the procession
on South Broad street just in front
cf the Grady Chandler residence.
lookout for the burglars.
“On Thursday night Patrolman
mp mcirninu wonmio nciur mt? Townsend was stationed on a high- ♦ fter streets had been clea.ta t
1 £ morning wonmip nour uie leadimz into the Woodruff-’ Iocal officers. A number of per so-s
pastor, Dr. C. Bynum Betts, preached " a y leading into tne vvooaruii reuorts turned hi* •,»
..'rvw, T Spartanburg Highway about seven nt a ring radio rtporis, turned ou.
miles north of Woodruff, and had his watch the speeding cars go througn
on the topic, “The Living Church,
with special music by the choir.
A service of praise was held at the
and Illinois are represented by one, even j n g hour, the auditorium being
each. Two students come from for-jflijg^ to overflowing. Cordial and ap-
eign countries Brazil and Hung- p r0 priate greetings were brought
ary.
_ _ Miss Ada Mae Marshall, 4-H "KwQiyjs Follies**
ferings and““death~ dTChrist,~ ag a club stylist for the Simplicity Pat
tern company, will be in charge of
the fashion show for spring 1952,
to be presented at the State Train
ing School on Monday, Feb. 25.
The show, “Fashion at the Bat,”
consists of 16 garments, styled for
girls aged ten to twenty-one, and
includes outfits for school, sports
wear, dates, and formal parties.
Local girls will be selected to mod
el the garments.
The public is invited to attend
the show at 1:30 p. m., Monday,
February 25, in the auditorium ol
the school building at the State
Training School.
COL. CULP PRESENTED HIGH COMBAT AWARD
For grallantry in action in Korea, America’s third highest combat
award, the Silver Star, is presented to Lt Col. James L. Culp in a cere
mony near the front. Decorating Colonel Culp is his regimental com
mander, Cel. Wilbur Wilson. Col. Cnlp is pommander of the 2nd Division's
3rd battalion, 9th regiment
Col. Cnlp previously received another Silver Star for action on famed
“Bloody Ridge” and the Bronae Star for meritorious achievement
Mrs. Cnlp, the former Miss Catherine Bryson, and children are mak
ing their home here while Cot Cnlp is iq overseas service.
Being Plonned
“Kiwhnis Follies,” a musical
comedy with fashions, will be
sponsored by the Clinton Kiwanis
club. The event is being ^ planned
for March 13 and 14 at 8 o’clock in
the high school auditorium.
The show is being directed by
Doug Blknton, assisted by David
Stone, Presbyterian college stu
dents. The parts will be taken by
from the city churches by Dr. D. J.
Woods, representing the Ministerial
Union. Prayer was offered by the
Rev. J. C. Dickert of St. John’s Lu
theran church, secretary of the min
isterial group.
The special program of Psalm an
thems was beautifully rendered by
the Due West Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church choir under the
direction of Mrs. James Strong, with
Mrs. Chester King as accompanist.
lights turned on the main highway
attending to his duties as highway
patrolman, and being especially on
the . alert for the car, of which the
officers had a description.
Traveling Fast
“Sometime about 7:45 p. m., a car
the city. The Oldsmobile was fina :
ly stopped with city officers W. B.
Blakely and Marvin Stewart taking
the lead in the procession when aik-
ed to do so. They turned a powerful
spotlight on the rear glass of the
fleeing Oldsmobile, blinding
passed traveling ^t a rapid rate of) driver. The car swerved and then
speed which met generally the de- wen * m *° a ditch. Jacks wa^ nabbe-t
Lions Club To
Be Host To Cub
members of the local club and c ■ .
number of high school girls. A jCOUtS rTldOy INighi
baby contest will be held in con
nection with the entertainment.
Proceeds from the show will be
used for the community work of
the club.
Uughes Joins Chaney
Store In Laurens
C. D. Hughes, for the past six
years manager of Chaney’s Dress
Shoppe here, which recently went
out of business,' has joined the force
of Chaney’s Dress Shoppe in Lau
rens and will be manager of the
store, the owner has announced.
The Chaney store is now in the j , *
process of enlargement since the; Scout representatives of the Blue
Clinton store was closed. Mr. Ridge Council from Greenville and
Hughes is a native of Gray Court [Greenwood are also expected to be
and plans to move to Laurens at an j at the meeting.
early date. He is a nephew of Mrs. Officials of the Lions club request
The local Cub Scouts, with F. P.
Thompson, den chief, will be guests
of the Lions club Friday evening at
Hotel Mary Musgrove. The den
mother^are also expected to be pres
ent, and include Mrs. W. A. Sherratt,
Mrs. H. D. Payne, Mrs. Hugh Eich-
clberger and Mrs. Thompson.
The Cubs will also bring their
fathers along for “a night out.”
Besides a program by the Cubs
themselves, the local American Le
gion will present an American flag
to the pack, and a Cub Scout banner
will be presented the Lions club,
which in turn will present it to the
scription on that he had of the car
in which the parties who burglarized
Mills Mill were traveling. Three par
ties were in the car including the
driver. Patrolman Townsend con
cluded that these were probably the
right parties and he came into the
highway an ’ overtook the car and
signaled for the driver of the.-car to
stop.
‘'Instead of stopping the driver at
tempted to force him off of the high
way and “took off” at a terrific
rpeed. Patrolman Townsend radioed
his patrol headquarters at Spartan
burg who immediately contacted the
Sheriffs office at Spartanburg who
in turn contacted. Deputy Sheriff
Bailey at Woodruff. He arrived at
the highway just in time to see the
fleeing car pass followed by Patrol
man Townsend.
“Deputy Bailey, accompanied by
Rural Policemen Gaston and Snow
of Spartanburg County, joined in the
pursuit. Patrolman Townsend- then
but the other two men fled into the
woods. Several shots were fired a:
this critical time and a few minute*
later Young’s body was found about
100 yards from the road in a spateh
of woods. A few minutes later a short
distance away, Wikrcn was found
wounded, and was rushed by officers
to the county hospital. The Oldsmo-
biie was towed in to the county jail
yard, the sheriff said.
The qlunax came within a short
distance of the homes oi both Your,;
and Jacks near Lydia Mills. Wilson"
from Clover, alias James Wilson,
was wanted in West Virginia where
he had been sentenced to 10 years
tor robbery, and was also wanted by
1 Phanev,
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Presbyterian Men
To Hear Phillips
. Yhe Men of the Church of the First
Presbyterian church will hold their
February dinner-meeting this eve
ning at 7:30 at the church.
The guest speaker will be “Dode”
Phillips, athletic director of the state
department of education: He is re
membered as probably the. outstand
ing football player in this state when
he was a member of the Erskine col
lege team about 1918-20.
■ for Fridays session.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Mooting Here Sunday
The monthly meeting of, the
Carolina-Georgia area group of Al
coholics Anonymous, will be held
with the Clinton group Sunday,
Feb. 24, at 4 o’clock at the Clinton
high school auditorium. The speak
ers will be Bill E., a prominent
corporation attorney of Henderson
ville, N. C., and Ruth T.,' who is
connected with the North Carolina
Public Health Service. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
A*
the FBI, the Treasury Department
and the Narcotics Bureau. Jacks is
charged with Violation of probation
on a liquor charge. *
Young is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Addie Whitmire Young of rutar
here, three sons and one daughter.
Cirtus, David, James and^Kattie
radioed the Laurens County officers, Young, all of the home, also bv hi>
who attempted to intercept the flee-j father, J. H. Young and two sister^
ing car at Martin’s Cross Roads Mrs. Ruth Bailey and. Miss Wilh*
without success - the car having .Mae Young, both of Newborn
turned right at Lanford Station. | Funeral services were heldSatur-
Th W afterri «o-T at the Church of God
These officers likewise joined the ( n 'Elizabeth street by the Rev J B
pursuit. The fleeing car came back Cole. Interment followed in Calvary
into the Spartanburg Highway a cemetery.
short distance north of Watts Mills 1 —-— : . .
tmth "proceeded oh through Watts
Mills and the City of Laurens at a
high rate of speed. Every time an
officer's car attempted to pass the
driver of the fleeing car would force
him off the highway. , j
“The driver of the car which was
being pursued employed such des-l
perate tactics to evade the officers’
and to effect their escape that Pa
trolman Townsend and all of the
other officers were thoroughly con
vinced that 1 they were pursuing the
right parties. The driver of the car
was proceeding at a desperate rate
of speed, came through the 1 main
streets of the City of Laurens rapid
ly in violation of all of the speed or-
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