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i The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable / (Hinton (Ehronirle If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume LIN Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, August 7, 1952 Number 32 Fall To Greenville Little Leaguer Fatal Harold Thomas, Age 10, Dies From Injuries Re ceived Tuesday Morning In Fall From Dormitory Fire Escape At College. 8:30 when one of the visiting players was fatally injured in a fall. Clinton, Joanna Tuesday Winners. Joanna vaulted into a half-game lead in the Central Carolina league « . . . .. T Tuesday night on the strong arm of Tragedy struck the Little League. ^ ju;* b j j Johnny Moore, who pitched four-hit tournament Wednesday morning at J * ball at the Ninety-Six Indians for an 8 to 0 shutout victory. While Moore was getting the best DR. R. W. JOHNSON COTTON LOAN CLAIMED BY DEATH, PROGRAM FOR RITES HBIE SUNDAY Dean of City Dentists Passes At Hospital After Brief Illness. Resident Here 42 Years. COUNTY GIVEN Rate Announced By Department of Agricul ture at 32.94 Pound. Places Listed for Storing Under Plan. Karold Thomas, the Ninety-Six batters his mates Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Thomas of Green- ^ jncluding Ly _ erly’s two-run ho*r*er in the fifth. While the Hornets -were feasting on Indian meat, the Clinton Cavaliers ville, fell from the steel fire escape of Spencer dormitory, where the lit tle players are being housed bn the Presbyterian college campus. He, . , i_ • „ i j j .u , . the Joanna club moving room landed on the cement steps below f . ‘ . , by squeezing out a 2 to 1 triumph and died shortly after being rushed to Hays hospital. Mr. Thomas, the father, is service over the Ware Shoals Riegels here and dropped them into second place. The Cavaliers managed only five officer for Dunean Mills in Green-! Lyle’s seventh inning home v ^^ c - | . ■ run knotted the count before Riddle The boy removed a window screen j un tjed things by driving Roberts to go out on the *fire escape. He was i home with the winning run in the sitting on the rail blowing soap bub-1 eighth. bles when he lost his balance arid i fell. , The lad’s parents arrived soon af ter the tragedy and removed the body to Greenville. Yesterday at noon in the college dining hall the Little Leaguers had Games This Week Friday—Ware Shoals at Joanna. Clinton at Ninety-Six. Saturday—Joanna at Ware Shoals. Ninety-Six at Clinton. a brief prayer service to the mem-! PictUTC ory of Thomas, whose tragic death! Called Brighter brought sorrow to the entire group, j n r ^ f’ ^ Another Liitle Leaguer, Hucker-j txeCUilve bee, catcher for the North Charleston Lions, suffered a broken arm Tues day while playing with some of his comrades after the baseball game was over. i— W. Hance Crews Passes In Laurens, Last Rites Sunday Laurens, Aug. 2.—William Hance Crews, 66, died at his home here Saturday morning following two years of declining health and a critical illness of two weeks. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon, from the Kennedy Mortuary chapel with the Rev. J. E. Rouse and Dr. W. B. .Garrett in charge. •Rnrial follnu’PH in the ll.au- rens city cemetery. Mr. Crews, a native of Laurens county, was the son of the late W. T. and Betty Wolfe Crews. He was superintendent of the Southern ; days a week,” a fuller schedule than Cotton Oil company here for 33 [ during the “bad” period, years until his retirement in 1945. j From an inventory position, im- He was a member of the First Bap-1 provement has been noted also, he tist church pf Laurens and was a j said. Mason. I Selling is not “too far ahead,” nor Greenville, Aug. 5.—The Southern textile situation has improved great ly in recent weeks, not to the point of a “boom” by any means but to the extent that plants are operating at a fuller running scnedule and at fuller employment-- prominent .Greenville textile executive said yesterday. Prior to the last month or six weeks, the situation \/as “very bad,” but there has been a gradual im provement. He emphasized that he does not believe present conditions represent a “boom.” “There will be no runaway mar ket, no easy profits,’ the executive, who agreed to an interview on the understanding he would be quoted anonymously, ennhmented.- ‘It will, Little League Champ Games Here Friday Clinton Team In Deciding Game Yesterday. Today's Outcome Will Decide Teams To Participate In Final Championship Meet. Dr. Ralph W. Johnson, 62, well known dentist of the city, died Fri-i .. . . , T day mornine al Havs hospital toU Th f '»=>" rate, for Laurens lowing a brief illness. The unex- '““"'S' h " s 1 be , en „ annt :“ nCed peeled announcement of his Pa^- 1 1 ? er C fs m t ^ cents oer pound, b^sis 15-x6 inch middling, according to H. A. Ropp, county administrative officer. ! The base 1952 price support rale (is 39 points above the 1951 rate. ! The loan rate for middling Linch I cotton is 33.9 cents per pound and i for middling 1 1-16, 33.94 cents. All of the loan rates quoted are • based on white and extra white cotton. Other grades and staple length will vary from the 32.94 cents per pound base for 15-16 inch middling cotton. In all, there are i 336 different grade and s ’ a p 1 e length of cotton which may qualify for a loan. The following cotton warehouses i have made application to qualify as storage places for cotton stored | under the Commodity Credit cor poration loan programs: Merchants and Farmers Bonded warehouse, | Laurens; Peoples Bonded ware house and Clinton Bonded ware- ! house, Clinton; Wasson Brothers State warehouse. Route 3, Laurens; Mrs. Alice O Martin warehouse and estate of R. G. Woods ware house, Owings. The following banks of Laurens j county have made application to ing brought general regret to many i finance cotton stored under the friends who knew and highly es- cotton loan program: Palmetto teemed him. ^ Bank, Laurens; Bank of Clinton The largely attended funeral ser-land M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, vices‘ Were held Sunday afternoon - Clinton. The South Carolina Little League j cheeripg, from the tune the n*>nt. moves into i opened umtl the affair was ov _ door Baseball Tournament moves mto i °P ene< ^ unil l affair was over, its quarter-final round today} H. F. A. Lang of Greenville, past (Thursday) with two games sched- P resi ? ent oT tht ' sta J e ,ecrealKm , , , , , . , society, was master of oeremome-. uled for this afternoon and two pj e f irs j introdeed D. S. Templeton. more for Friday. tornament chairman, and coach of Weather permitting, the champ- the Clinton Little Leaguers, wno kinship game will be played at 5, welcomed the guests uul told them p. m. Friday. i we are proud you are here and Today’s schedule calls ..fur a 3 v V an ^ y° u b? have i good ome _ , p. m. battle between the winner of. Danny Jones of Charleston, staid the Clinton - Georgetown |(ame director of Little Leagueis. w and the winner u£ the Spartanburg■ j called upon tu address ~rTTe~ grou; North Charleston Lions contest,! He told briefly what the Litt take close figuring and efficient man agement to make a profit. both of which were to be played League program is. and how this yesterday afternoon. At 5 p. m. to-• class of baseball hps grow n In day, Sumter tangles with tne North.’ 1949 he said there were* s Litt. • Charleston Rotary team. - Leagues in the state, 13 in 1950, 3‘1 On Friday morning the winner 1 in 1951. and 140 teams this year in of today’s 3 p. m. game will face ■ the state. Tie sard he had vi.Mted - the 5 p.m. loser. And the winner number of Little League diamond of this morning contest will face' in various cities and that he con the winner of today's 5 p. m. gamesiders Clintons the best he ha (either Sumter or North Charles-j seen anywhere. He spokt m t . ton Rotary) . for the state champ-' highest terms of the facilities and ionship. } entertainment provided for the Fast action, with more emphasis | boys at Presbyterian college, upon pitching than hitting, marked' Mayor Joe P. Terry was intro- the competition on Monday and Tuesday. The resuls are listed be- duced and told the young players “we are happy that you are here to DR. R. W. JOHNSON from Broad Street Methodist church, conducted by his pastor, Rev. E. K. Garrison, and the Rev. J. H. Darr of the First Baptist church. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers were: Forrest Adair, L. S. Reddeck, Charles Johnson, Gene King, Harley Culbertson, Jack Burts, Johnny M. Hatton, Jr., and James Cooper All cotton notes and warehouse receipts for cotton stored under the CCC loan program will be held by the banks making the loans, Mr. Ropp said, and it will no longer be necessary to wait any length of time to obtain receipts when a farmer desires to sell his cotton as he had to do when all receipts were held by the Federal Reserve Bank as in the past. This means a farmer low. (The Wednseday morning hold your tournament and we bid game saw. Sumter defeat the North you welcome.” Already we are Charleston Lions, 3-1.) In its opening game of tourna ment competition Monday after planning, he said, for your return again next year. Hugh Jacobs, president of the noon, Clinton ran head-on into thel Chamber 0 f Commerce, and H. G. defending champion North Charles-J p r j nC p representing the college, ton Lions, favorites to win again} cordial greetings and wel- in 1952. The locals dropped a 2-0 come to the group for the city and decision but not until after they had thrown a scare intb the opposi tion with a threatening fifth-inning rally. Norht Charleston scored all of its runs in the first inning when pitcher Jerry Hucks batted in two base-runners with a double. The tall left-hander, who is rated one of the state’s top Little League pitchers, then proceeded to keep Clinton in cheek unil the fifth frame. The honorary escort was com- may now,sell his cotton under loan | college. Prof. George A'. 'Anderson of th “ ‘ college faculty, was introduced by Mr. Prince to speak to the boy^. Mr. Anderson spoke of baseball’ as the national game, of its early de velopment and said it is democratic. Baseball, he said, trains the body and mind, and develops leadership and good sportsmanship. It teaches you how to take disappointment, to lose wih a smile and come back again wih the hard determination posed of members of the Board of Stewards of Broad Street Metho dist church, the deacons of the about two weeks earlier than ho could’have under the old program | when the warehouse receipts had; is operating "nothing less than five I Sr., Carl S. Chaney, P. Have o ih a n I B. Adair. H. L. Eichelbtrger, Dr. George Albright, Dr. T. L. Tim merman, Dr.- A. D. Salter, Dr. F. K. Shealy, Dr. D. O. Rhame, Dr. E. N. Sullivan, Dr J W. Davis, Dr. G. R Blalock, Dr. D. E. Waller, Dr. F. L His firm one of the -major ones First, church, and L. completed. Warehouse storage charges will be little higher this year, Mr. Ropp said, and there will be some addi tional insurance to carry. This ad ditional insurance will cost 2 cents _ . | - - Webb, Dr. B. O. Whitten, Perry M. per bale per month, and its pur- Survivors include his widow, are faraway commitments being Moore Hubert J Pitts Frank M. : P°se is to cover losses not covered Mrs. Lillian Rogers Crews; four!he said. ’ ' ‘ - - - sons, William J. Crews of Clinton,: ^ nc j ^he market is “going to stay Charles A., Edwin H. and Maxy S. sound,” he predicted. Cr^ws, all of Laurens; one daugh-1 ^ h{? s jt ua ti on has returned rela- ter, M 1 *- Sam Cassanova of Co-1 y ve ] y t he days before the second lumbia; four brothers. Dr T h“- Lorld war, when there was a highly dore Crews of Atlanta, Ga., Tom! . . ’ , Crews of Spartanburg, and Stanley: ** :. , W. and John W. Crews, both of! Tl ? e 7 ,‘ a de ""' tely a Columbia; five sisters, Mrs. Claudia rriar ^ e l rather than a sellers marxet, C. Todd and Mrs. J. C. Godsey, both of Laurens, Miss Alline Crews of Columbia, Mrs. Harlan C. White and Miss Catherine Crews, both of Atlanta, Ga., and four grandchil dren. Blakely Appointed Cadet Sergeant Cadet Guy S. Blakely of this city has been appointed to the rank of cadet sergeant in the corps of ca dets at The Citadel, Col. John J. Holst, commandant of cadets at the military college, has announced. Guy is a member of the junior class at The Citadel and is one of 100 cadets in his class who were appointed cadet sergeant. Cadet Blakely is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Blakely. New Pharmacist Joins Youngs T. J. Kelly, formerly of Augusta, has accepted a position as pharmacist with Young’s Pharmacy and has al ready entered upon his work. Mr. Kelly is a graduate in phar macy from the South Carolina Med ical college, Charleston. and “I expect it will stay that way, he added- He feels that the improved textile conditions have been brought about by a renewal of confidence on the part of buyers. “After the Korean war started, Boland, Sr., Jeff D. Boland, Sr., J.! by insurance already provided by W. Copeland, Sr., J. W. Copeland,' warehouses. Included in the cover- Ji„ E. E. Stanton and R. M. League.; ages of the additional insurance At the church and graveside a will be such losses caused by floods, large gathering of friends and ac-j errors . e W- This additional insur- quaintances from here and else-iance will be collected by the lend- where gathered for the rites. The ing agency when and if cotton is floral offerings were numerous andf redeemed from the loan program, beautiful, a fine attestation to the At Clinton, loan applications will high regard in which he was held, be prepared by approved clerks of Dr. Johnson was a native of the Clinton Bonded Warehouse and Johnson countv, N. C. In 1910 he Peoples Bonded Warehouse. At located here for th e practice of his Laurens, they will be prepared by profession and for 42 years had | approved clerks at the Palmetto maintained offices here. He was a Bank. son of the late Robert and Sallie In cases where a farmer is in- Garrard Johnson. He was a mem- debted to the government, the loan At this point the local all-stars,. . . , began solving HugVs fast-hall I to . . wln -. More m,R°rtant still, he slams ami DUIIH.ed l>’eel!iei---two|^- e ^.““" g y ™ h “ h ^ “ £ lfe has rules also He said, by which you must play the game of life, and that mean’s the following of READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay yon. It’s thrifty to shop first la this newspaper, then In the stores as prices change and new merchandise la received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS was not only soft goods but also TV and automobiles and other things. Everybody wanted these scarce goods. “But then there was a trend to the other extreme, virtually a buyers’ strike. "Now buyers are convinced that values aer realistic and are buying more confidently.” goods looked scarce,” he said.^ “That 0 f Broad Street Methodist application will be prepared in the church, a member of Campbell | PMA office at Laurens. Lodge No. 44 and a York Rite All equity transfers will be pre- Shriner, a member of the local pared at the PMA office for farm- Chamber of Commerce, and the ers who desire to redeem their cot- county, state and national dental ton for sale. associations. A gentleman, friendly Cotton loan notes will bear in- and affable, courteous, considerate terest from date of disbursement at and helpful of others, his memory j the rate of S'z per cent per annum, will be cherished by many. ! Loans will be available from time He attended the schools of John- of harvest until April 30. 1953, and son county, was graduated from will mature July 31, 1953. Cotton hits, a walk and a bunt. One run ner was thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on a single and Clinton had the bases g&. , Thia inevitably leads loaded when the s.de was finally h( , sald , hls trut „ .., hat whatso . retired. e man sows t hat shall he also Clinton outhit the low-country „ team, four to three, with third, P' baseman Elvin Floyd colleeing two 1 John H. Hunter, introduced a s singles, shortstop Gary Hancock ^be second speaker, kept the crowd one and second baseman Jerry good spirits and laughter with Joye the fourth. William Archie’s, bis varied humorous stories. Seri- very effective pitching was mar- ous 'y speaking later, he told the red only by the first inning, and boys you may not believe it now at thereafter he kept his opponents J'OO 1 ’. y° un g but moie good handcuffed 1 W1 *l c o me 1° you out «>f losing than With the chips down after having y°u will get out of winning. In the lost the first game of the double ;I ina I roundup, he said, the thing elimination series, Clinton bounced ^‘ a t_ really counts is how you back Tuesday to defeat Greenville, pl a >' e d the game. 6-3. Youngster* Honored The local team, coached by Dick For the Little Leaguers the bus- Templeton and Truman Owens, jlpst mess section of the city ha, been no time in getting its attack under- gaily decorated all the week with way in the first inning. Floyd op-; flags and banners. Varied enter- ened with a single. Archie, playing tainment has been provided in first base this game, was hit by a their honor. pitched ball, and Hancock reached} The youngsters have been taken i base on error to load the sacks. • on sightseeing trips and fire truck Then left-fielder Billy Pace and j rides, swimming pools at the mills center-fielder Jimmy Morse came, and college have been at their dis- through with consecutive singles posal, and they wer*> special gu -sts NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL If Sold By the Yard . . . There is no telling what this newspaper would cost in a year’s time . . . . But Sold By the Year It’s cost is awfully small and you get an aw fully lot for your money . . . too much to list in this small space. BUT. . . Take Time To Count It Up....and see the number of interesting items and happenings you will find in THE CHRONICLE each week. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: JOHN RUFF, G. L. BROWN, 4 MRS. RUBY CHAPPELLS, MRS. FRANCES FARTMAN, Joanna. MRS .T. E. WATTS, Ehrhardt. , HENRY A. COPELAND, Hartford City, Ind. MRS. ELIZABETH HOGAN, Lydia Mills. CHARLES MEADOWS, Clinton. FLOYD HITT, , MRS. SHtRILEEN HANNAH, Spartanburg. Trinity college of North Carolina and received his dental degree from Atlanta Dental college, after which he immediately located here. Dr. Johnson was twice married. must not be false-packed, water packed, re-ginned or re-packed, and must not have been classed as gin cut, oily, sandy, dusty or seedy, or reduced in grade because of ex- His first marriage was to Miss traneous matter (such as neele Mayrpe Adair, a member of one of. grass), to qualify for the loan, tliis community’s w idely connected In no case shall a share tenant families. By this union three sons or share cropper sell or obtain a survive, R. W. Johnson, Jr., otf loan individually on cotton in Greet, Charles Otho Johnson of which a landlord has an interest, this city, and Garrard Johnson, U. The landlord and one or more S. Aii* Force, Pittsfield, Mass., and share tenants or share croppers four grandchildren. | may obtain a joint loan, or the • His second marriage was to Miss; landlord may sell or obtain a loan Myrtle Culbertson of this county, on cotton in which both he and one who survives him, with one daugh- or more share tenants or share ter, Miss Ann Johnson. (croppers have an interest if he has He is also survived by one broth- 1 the legal right to do so, and in such er, Hubert Johnson of this city, and cases the share tenants or share one sister, Mrs. Mattie Jewel of croppers must be paid ’their pro Washington, D. C. rata share of the loan or sales pro ceeds; and in case of loans, their pro rata share of any additional proceeds received from the cotton. On August 14 1 In all cases of loans made under A Kiwanis family picnic will be this program, the warehouseman given next Thursday, August 14. at where the cotton is stored must Camp Fellowship grounds on Lake ^ rtl ^ a on the loan application that Greenwood, President W. C. Baldwin ! he date shown on the application of the club said yesterday. 18 correct - Members of the club, their wives and families and guests are invited for the outing, and asked to. bring family lunch. A large attendance is expected. President Baldwin said. that produced two runs. A home run by catcher Louis Murpheree gave Greenville its first run in the fourth inning. Then Clinton blew the game wide open with four runs in its half of the fourth frame. Three Greenville errors matched by a trio of Clinton hits were the key factors in this scoring spree. The hits, all singles, came off the I bats of right-fielder Thomas Bag- well, Joye and Archie. Greenville made its most serious bid in the final inning when the visitors pushed across two runs on a walk *and hits by Right-fielder Scudder Harvel and Murpheree, but the threat died here. This Kiwanis Picnic SLOAN IN HOSPITAL Friends of J. Rhett Sloan will be interested to know he is a patient at Hays hospital. Jack Pace pitched a neat five- hitter for the Clinton victory. Ho was backed up to the hilt by his 1 James Craine teammates with timely hitting and errorless ball on defense. Other results of the Little Leage Tournament through Tuesday: Monday—'North Charleston Ro tary 7, Columbia 1: Georgetown 4, Spartanburg 3; Sumter 6, Green ville 3. Tuesday—Spartanburg 7, Colum-j bia 0; North Charleston Potary 4, Georgetown 1. Banquet Monday Night One hundred and twenty Little Leaguers, their coaches and a num ber of guests from the city, were feted Monday night in the <jqllege dining hall with ,a banquet, a repe tition of last year’s event for the youngsters. All were enthusiastic I and happy, and were constantly - 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. of Manager Leland Young at the Broadway theatre. It is understood that Mayor Ter ry and the Recreation Commission are endeavoring to bring the tour nament back here next year. Municipal Election Next Tuesday The city municipal general elec tion will be held next Tuesday, Aug ust 12, with the polls at the two vot ing precincts opening at 8 a.m. and closing at 6 p.m. Nominations made in the June 10 primary will be voted upon in the marked Greenville’s second defeat election as follows: team from further tournament play, j For mayor—Joe P. Terry: alder- of the series and eliminated that' men for the six wards, Hugh C Ray, L. S. Reddeck, W M. McMillan, W. M. Walker, Woodrow Wilson, and