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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 26, 1952
Number 26
'IKE' FAVORS
EARLY END
TO COTROLS
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To Make Campaign In
South On Program Call
ing for Elimination.
Denver, June 24.—Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower today advocated an
end to all economic controls as
rapidly as possible.
He said he would favor eliminat
ing “every single control” with
the exception of a control which
would effect such an overwhelm
ing number of persons it would be
continued.
The general told a delegati m
from Louisiana in an open press
conference he has “much more
faith in the interplay of economic
factors tHW'liT'^l^aui^ltic'cOK-
trols.”
He said he doubted the wisdom
of •imposing^ manjr controls after
the 'outbreak of war in Korea. He
based this statement on the fact
Congress hasn’t declared an emer
gency.
Other points Eiserthower mad&
in his question and answer confer
ence included:
1. He has great confidence that
“no Star Chamber” will decide del
egate disputes for the Republican
National convention. He believes
the disputes will go to the floor
and “when you get 1,200 Amer
icans together and get the facts
to them, they’ll do what’s right.”
2. He believes some reform is
due in the method of nominating
and electing the President but he
does not believe the federal gov
ernment has the right to tell the
states how to do it. He believes
a public opinion campaign could
bring about a change.
Work To Start
On Gas Project,
Bonds Are Sold
Mayors Joe P. Terry of this city
and James E. Wiseman of New
berry, have returned from a sev
eral days trip to New York where
they went to sign*and sell $2,846,-
962.24 in bonds for the Clinton-
Newberry Natural Gas Authority.
The mayors, who head the proj
ect, reported upon their return
that the bonds were gold and that
the total amount paid them had
been deposited in the South Caro
lina National Bank of Columbia,
with allocations made to two
banks in Newberry and Clinton.
The officials also announced thdt
thq Chemical Bank and Trust
Company of New York City is the
paying agency for the revenue
bonds which .were purchased by
Shields and CompaTry, tdso of' New*
York.
Contractors will begin assemb
ling material immediately and ac
tual work should be slanted with
out delay, Mayor Terry said.
Birmingham Builders, Inc., of
Birmingham, Ala., has been award
ed the contract for construction of
the six-inch transmission line from
the Transcontinental Gas Pipe
Line Company’s line on the out
skirts of Fountain Inn to Newber
ry, a distance of 49.7 miles. Since
the bonds have been sold and the
money placed on deposit, work is
expected to get underway at once
with the contract calling for the
completion of the project 395 days
from June 15.
Members of the commission are
Mayor Terry, chairman, Walter
Regnery of Joanna, vice-chairman.
Mayor Wiseman of Newberry, sec
retary, Aldermen George W. Mar
tin and J. Lee Boozer, representing -
Newberry, and Aldermen W. M
TROUBLES OF A COON HUNTER
o. “So far as I can find . -T I McMillan and Hugh C. Ray, repre-
IfO V* r* M 14 I 1 a.1 _ a
owe nothing to anyone in political
government or political power or
in past political powder.” Eisen
hower made the statement when
queried, about his relations ‘ with
the Democratic administration as
a military man.
4. If nominated he will campaign
throughout the South and not give
that area “just a lick and a prom
ise.”
5. The Republican party “must
stop being a sectional party.”
Eisenhower opened . <t o da y’s
senting Clinton.
County Candidates
Speak Here Tonight
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The speaking itinerary for Lau
rens county candidates is drawing
near a close with all aspirants on
the move in their final drive be
fore the primary on Tuesday, July
8.
The candidates spoke last Thurs
day night at Cross Hill, at W’ood-
City To Take One
Day for Fourth
The Merchants association has
announced that merchants and
business firms generally will close
Friday, July 4, in .observance of
the Glorious Fourth. A general
holiday spirit wnll prevail through
out the city for the day with busi
nesses reopening as usual on Sat
urday morning.
County School
Survey Released
Recommendations Made for General Consolida-
tions, New Buildings and Enlargements. Final Ap
proval Must Be Made By Educational Finance Com
mission In Columbia.
A survey of Laurens county
school facilities, white and colored,
as authorized some time ago by
the County Board of Education,
has been completed and turned ov
er to the board. The survey makts
-many, far-xeachihg recommenda
tions as to building and general
consolidation of schools. It was
made* by Dr. Jack Martin. Green
ville county school official It
gives a detailed analysis of pres
ent county -school- . facilities, to-
poses, is now serving most '>f t
eastern section of Laurens count)
It has been determined that those
pupils in the Shady Grove araa.
now going to Bush, River high
School in Newberry county should
normally be attend iae. Clinton niul'.
normally be attend.:i i
school. Since the. atscontinuan
of the high school at Cross Hill
be and most of these students eu
, . , ! and south of State Highway 72.
The Chronicle requested n cony shou|d Clinton Since district
of the report and parts of it fol- L nes , nn transporta
low. dealing with recommendations , jon shou , d be .„. d and
some of the Mountville and Cross
ville on Monday night and were •
heard by large crowds. Their Joines W. QuCCn
speeches were similar to those of Jutppfc Death
previous meetings, all giving their!™
for the Laurens city area. Clinton
and Joanna areas. Due to the
length of the survey only the white
reports for these areas are publish
ed today. Reports on other areas
of the county will be publish' d
later. Recommendations of the
survey on Negro projects appeared
recently in The’ Chronicle.
Hill high" school pupils could l
more easily accommodated at Lau
rens. Efficiency and economy
operation should be given ever
consideration in a county unit sy->
tem. School bus routes now be
ing approved by the state, will do
termine just where children v.t.
Chairman J. B. Hart of Joanna, attend school. However, consid
conference at which he voiced a
“fervent hope” for a GOP foreign
policy plank—acceptable to both
him and Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio
—which would avoid a bitter fight
in the party’s National convention.
This Is Critical
Week For SC
Cotton Growers
Clemson, June 23—This will be
a critical week for South Carolina
cotton growers, the Clemson Ex
tension Service Cotton Committee
said today.
County farm agents and experi
ment station workers report in -
creased boll weevil infestation in
most counties, with adult weevils
still emerging. Boll worms also
are reported in several counties.
Unfavorable weather of the past
week has delayed application of
poisons in many parts of the state.
Estimated acreage on which poi
sons have been applied still is less
than 50 per cent of the total cot
ton jand. There are reports of up
- to 91 per cent weevil infestation
on some unpoisoned fields.
The committee said considerable
cotton acreage has been abandoned
throughout the state. It advised
that the cotton in these fields
should be destroyed by mowing or
plowing to prevent a build-up of
cotton insects.
While it is rather late to seed
soybeans and grain sorghums, the
committee suggests that these
crops may be planted through the
first week of July with a reason
able chance of making a crop.
This will help salvage the ferti
lizer used under the cotton, and
will provide additional feed and
casl\ crojjs.
Mrs. E. Keith Adair
Passes In Hospital,
Rites Here Tuesday
Mrs. Mable Tucker Adair, 37,
wife of E. Keith Adair, died Sun
day night at Memorial hospital in
Charlotte after a week’s critical ill
ness, preceded by several months
of declining health.
Xpund of actiyjlas wjth- a prewj The funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at five
o’clock from the First Baptist
church by the pastor, Rev. J. H.
Dan*. Interment followed in P.ose-
mont cemetery. The rites were
largely attended by friends and
relatives from this community and
elsewhere, with many floral trib
utes covering the grave in attenta-
tion of the high esteem in which
she was held.
Active pallbearers were: Grady
Adair, Tom Cooper, Henry Tram-
1 mell. Guy A. Tumblin, Jr., Boyd
| Cribb and Bob Cribb.
The honorary escort consisted of
Irvin Cribb, Julian Coleman, Lon
nie Jennings, Jack Welborn, E. D.
McManus, Bob Fowler, Guy E.
Tumblin, Sr., Wiliiam B. Owens,
William J. Davis, Horace P. Hor
ton, J v J. Cornwall, Charlie Mc
Daniel and Dr. E. N. Sullivan.
Mrs. Adair was born in this com
munity and lived here entire lite
here where she endeared herself to
many friends who learned with
profound regret of her passing.
She was a daughter of the late J.
Robert and* Mary Addie Boyd
Tucker, and a devoted member of
the First Baptist church.
She is survived by her husband,
E. Keith Adair, and two daugh
ters, Misses June and Mary Keith
Adair: an aunt, Mrs. C. I. Cooper.
Greenwood: one sister, Mrs. Drova
C. Crapps, of Columbia; and two
brothers, Roy of Cliarleston, and
Charles of this city.
New Officers Named
For Country Club
Lakeside Country club, midway
between Clinton and Laurens,
elected new officers Wednesday
for the coming year.
The club is headed by Fred Ox
ley of Laurens, as president, suc
ceeding Marcus S. Boyd of Lau
rens. David S. Cook of this city,
is vice-president, and Claude Cook
of Laurens, secretary-treasurer.
Additional directors besides the
officers are Marcus Boyd and C. C.
Hough of Laurens, J. J. Cornwall
and R. P Hamer of this city.
Chamber Commerce
Meeting Changed
Miss Iona Blakely, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, said
yeste-day that the quarterly din
ner-meeting has been postponed
from July 8 to the 15. The change
is made to avoid a conflict with the
banquet of the Rural Letter Car
riers association to be held at Ho
tel Mary Musgrove on the evening
of July 8.
qualifications and inviting an in
vestigation of^ Their rharaeter^ and-
ability.
The itinierary will find the can
didates tonight (Thursday) at the
Clinton Mills community. The
speaking as heretofore will be held
at Greasy Corner beginning at 8
o’clock.
Next Monday they will go to
Cook’s Store and will close the
campaign at Watts Mills on July
7, the night before the first pri
mary.
New Pastor Accepts
Call To Cross Hill
Baptist Church
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By Tree Fall
Laurens. — A hard of hearing
man died instantly Sunday when a
falling bee tree cracked his skull,
officers reported.
The victim, James Wesley (Uncle
Jim) Queen, 72, of the Sandy
Springs community, died when the
tree fell, struck another tree,
bounced and hit Mr. Queen on the
head, officers said.
Four men were using a cross
cut saw on the tree when the mis-
-hap occurred. No .one else was
injured.
An inquest will be held later. A
jury was impaneled and its mem
bers viewed the body at the mor
tuary.
He was a native of Burke coun
ty, N. C., son of the late Elias and
Lucy Deal Queen. He was a re
in releasing the survey,- said it is
being sent to the Commission in
Columbia to be used as a guide
when applications for building and
improvement funds are requested,
but is by no means final and bind
ing. t
Clinton Area (White)
a private college, an orphanage,
public school system and a good
balance of textile industry and
commercial enterprise. The white
school population of Clinton has
increased from 1018 in 1941-42 to
eration should be givwi those w 1 vr
are seniors in high schools. If at
rangements can be made for the -
to meet buses at specified p inis,
they may, be allowed to finish
their class, although living in a d.i
ferent. attendanre area.
CUnton is~a~tfirivmg tawn
in such a congested part ot t;itj
town. The original building was
erected in 19Hk Additions to th-
original building consists cf 6
classrooms in 1928 and 5 class
rooms and an auditorium in 1949
laift t rooms ana an auauonum in iy*.*
1618 at the present time. (Febru-, Th b ildi „ D racticallv cover, tfae
ary. 1952). Fortunately the citi- j ™ P r ^ lca ^y c ^‘’ » e
zens of Clinton were aware of the
, . ... u i # i . * , i one-iourth of an acre for pbr
need for better school facilities and rp. ^ !.
space. I here are no gymna-ium
facilities available. -The “high sebou-i-
The Rev. T. Alfred Woolbright,
of Abbeville, a graduate of Fur
man university, and New Orleans
Baptist Theological Seminary, has
accepted the pastorate of the Cross
Hill Baptist church, succeeding
the Rev. Ware Madden, who re
signed several months ago.
While studying Mr. Woolbright
served as assistant pastor and
choir director of the Welcome
Baptist church in Greenville, andj
held other work both in Greenville | bie Whisonant. Woodruff, and Mrs.
and New Orleans. He is married j Oilie Bennett, Columbia,
to the former Miss Lila Sutherland,! Funeral services were conducted
have recently voted bond issues in
the amount of $319,000.90- ’With
which they were able to make
needed additions to the present
white schools and to construct a
new Negro school building.
The greatest need in this local
ity is for an elementary school
must depend on the use of th '
gymnasium at Presbyterian col
lege for rts basketball game*
Physical education and outa or
play space are utilized at Fi nuu
Street elementary school wh;.:i is
located across the main Clinton
Columbia highway. Pupils cross
building to replace the present
Academy Street school. Although i street and railway several
tired textile worker and for many some additions have been made in times each day and it constitute-;
recent years the building itself is; a Con tinual safety hazard, f.rtu-
very old and has about served its i nat ely due care has been tak n
usefulness. In addition to its age' an d the police department i> ce-
and crowded condition Academy operative in providing a safe cr
^k««i .c o "fjre trap.” (j n g
years had operated a mercantile
store at the Goodwin’s crossroads
in the Sandy Springs community.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Nora _ Kuykendall Queen; o n e I Street school is a
adopted son. James Murphy, Niles,
Mich.; one brother, Charlie Queen,
Winnsboro; two sisters, Mrs. Ab
and they have one small son.
Miss Blakely Director
Bonclarken Conference
The Intermediate conference of
the Associate Reformed Presbyte
rian church opened Tuesday at
Bonclarken, Flat Rock, N. C., and
will continue through Friday with
daily programs including Bible
study, hours, vespers and recrea
tion.
Miss Margaret Blakely of this
city again heads the conference as
director. Miss Louise Tribble, also
of this city, is head counsellor for
girls for the week, with Mrs. lone
Wallace, also of this city, in charge
of handcraft.
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
HONOR ROLL -
Wednesday morning at Belleview
; Baptist church by the Rev. R.
Ralph Stanley and the Rev. Har
ley Cause. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
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Will Hold Rites
Here Friday
For Mrs. L. A .Barrow
Rooms are small and overcrowded
Many of ‘ theni are suib-standard 1 • , ,
when considered by today’s build-1 ing needs 5 ntw 'oof, inside pa
ing standards. If a serious fire
The original part of this biald-
g needs a new roof, inside pa.Til
ing, rewiring, and re-lighting Ofn-
should occur in this building it is i
doubtful that all children could be ^
„[of years.
erwjse, the present building i- ait
quate and usable for a nuui .-r
THE CHRONICLE carries more
local news than all other news-
evacuated safely.
Academy Street school is the
largest school in Clinton, having
a current enrollment ,of 478. The
j original building was erected over
50 years ago. Since that time 4
rooms were added in 1932 and 2
: rooms and an excellent cafeteria
built in 1948. It is possible that a
primary school can be maintained
on this site for small children who
live in the immediate neighbor
hood. Cafeteria facilities are pres
ent and this would prevent the
News was .received here yester
day afternoon of the death of Mrs.
L. A. Barrow, a former resident of J necessity of building such a large
this city
Mrs. Barrow’ passed away in
Charlotte, N. C., yesterday morn
ing. Graveside services will be 1 has four teachers
conducted at 4 o’clock Friday af
ternoon at Rosernont cemetery by
the Rev. E. K. Garrison, pastor of
Broad Street Methodist church.
Mrs. Barrow was Miss Berchea
York, of Rockmart, Ga., before her
marriage, after which she lived in
Clinton for a number of years.
She is survived by two sons and
three daughters, Ralph of New
you want to keep informed on
papers published combined. It York City, 1.1 A. Barrow of Co-
K K - - lumbia; Mrs. W. P. Marshall of Un-
iontown, P*., Mrs. O. L. Mullis of
Charlotte, and Mrs. J B Ferguson
of New London, Conn; also fiva
sisters, Mrs. Hubert Pitts of this
city, Mrs. E. K. Burdette of
Charleston, Mrs. Buell Stark. Mrs.
Ola Sewell and Mrs. A. N. Sewell
“what’s happening”—you will en
joy the visit of this newspaper in
your home every Thursday morn
ing.
Welcome and thanks to those on
our Honor Roll this week—
SN RICHARD LEE MOTES, , , ^ l4
o-c PM San Francisco, Cal. Dalton, Ga.
A3C JESSE R. WILSON,
McDill Field AFB, Fla.
RALPH BLACKWELL,
Lydia.
MRS. G. J. OWENS,
MRS. G. W. TAYLOR,
PVT. PAUL WILBANKS,
C-Q PM, NEW YORK.
J. W. MOORE,
MRS. JAMES CAUGHMAN,
Clinton.
MRS. C. B. GRUBER, *
Naval Base
MRS. LOUISE TIMMONS,
Cross Hill.
Bush River School
Commencement Fridav
Bush River vacation Bible school
commencement will be held Fri
day, June 27, at 8 p. m., in the
church auditorium. This will be
the climax to ihe Bible school un
der the leadership of the Rev. J.
R. McKittrick and his faculty. AH
families and friends of the children
are invited to come. The public
is most cordially invited.
new building to care for the ex
pected increase.
Long Branch school which now
and approxi
mately 100 pupils, is located about,
four miles north of Clinton. Look
ing at the spot map one can read
ily see that the majority of the
children attending this school live
Expansion of site at this partic
ular location seems to bo r pos
sible. The only solution seem- to
be-a new high school build.r- f »r
grades 10, 11 and 12 on a nea ito
(about 3U acres). The present en
rollment of the three upper g mi -
is 250 and this will continue t > in
crease for the next ten year;. It.
is difficult to justify constri r*
of a senior high school for o.iiv
250 pupils (1950-51). This v id.
however, leave adequate building
space (but no play area) for a go nj
junior high school building. The
enrollment of this junior ! ,h
school, to begin with, would be
about 325. It would also in . .-r
in size in the next few years : a
school population increases j i ..
outlying schools are abanc - -b
and consolidated.
This would relieve each eie -.e:’
tary school of the seventh •, , h*
least 14 class rooms plus office,
library, all-purpose room, etc. This
with the Primary School at the
present Academy Street site,
should adequately care for the pu
pils of that part of Long Branch
area more accessible to Clinton, as
well as those now housed at
Academy Street school
Musgrove, a two-teacher school,
north of Clinton, should be aban
doned and the children transport
ed to Clinton. This may easily be
done prior to constructing the new
building referred to above. The
pupils can be absorbed in present
grades. It is doubtful that Long
Branch can be absorbed due to the
small size of classrooms at Acade
my Street school.
Clinton, for high school
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.
1945 those pupkls have been at
tending Clinton. It is understood
that Mountville high school will
^ _ no longer operate after the 1951-
gether with recommended' needs' school year— This is_at_it should
for future building projects.
south and east of it and could just j 1 ,
as easlv be transported to Clin- . tou d reduce the nnmb.v
ion. When a new elementary | ^ 0 ® ms P J f n r d for ^
school is built to replace Academy * ler ” ent »ry school to 14. Ever il
Street school it should be located i V° an . na \ vouId P^bly wan> to
in the northern section of Clinton ddvjnta « e of these n '..or
where it could more conveniently! o n g ies an d this would add
serve the Long Branch population.! .f more pupils. A plan, such
This new school should have at ^ W , 0uJd P rov| de sufficient
iee.r ,htles for man > > ears to come
(Continued on page 4. section 2)