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» y i v 4 •• H' The Chronide Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Qtttp Qlltttton If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News ^ Volume LIU Clinton, S. C; Thursday, October 2, 1952 Number 40 Nelson Gets 3-Year Term , ep' , — In Car Death Case Here Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter In Connec tion With Automobile Collision Death of Miss 1 Barrie Jean Wingard Here Last April. 50,000 HEAR ‘IKE’ IN COLUMBIA Luther Nelson of Wattsville, was convicted last Wednesday of invol untary manslaughter and drunken driving in connection with the auto mobile collision death of Miss Barrie Jean Wingard of this city. The jury; deliberated about an hour and a half before returning the verdict about 7:15 p.m. in General Session court. Presiding Judge Bruce Littlejohn said he would impose sentence later. Before the term of court adjourned Friday, he sentenced Nelson to three years. Involuntary manslaughter car ries a sentence of from three months to three years, while the penalty for drunken driving is up to 30 days or $100 fine. In sentencing Nelson Judge Littlejohn gave him the maximum penalty on an involuntary man slaughter charge. Paul Culbertson, who, with his brother, Charlie Bolt Culbertson, represented the defendant, moved for a directed verdict of acquital when the state rested its case on the grounds the only evidence that Nel son was driving the car was his own words quoted by officers. Mr. Cul- , ‘ bertson contended a man could not be required to give testimony against himself. Judge Littlejohn overruled the motion. Mr. Culbertson then an nounced the defense would not offer any testimony and requested the right of making the closing argument to the jury. Nelson did not take the stand to testify. Solicitor Hugh Beas ley was assisted by O. L. Long, of Laurens, in the prosecution. Mr. Long addressed the jury, after which Mr. Culbertson made the concluding argument. Miss Wingard was fatally injured when the automobile in which she was riding with J. A. Thrailkill of Laurens, collided with a Dodge driv en by Nelson on The edge of this city about 10:30 on the night of April 24 past. Miss Wingard and Mr. Thrail kill were in a Pontiac car traveling toward Clinton from Newberry. At the trial several state witnesses were put on the startfd, including Thrailkill, W. B. Blakely, assistant chief of police here and one of the first arrivals at the scene of the wreck. Officer Howard Watkins, Of ficer J. V. Lowe. Clyde Cooper, who testified he was a short distance be hind the Thrailkill car, R. D. Nance, who operates the Midway Drive-In near the city who arrived a few minutes after the wreck and went immediately for an ambulance. The investigating officers testified that the occupants of the Nelson car “all seemed to be drinking pretty heavy.” A statement from Dr. F. K. Shealy regarding injuries sustained by Miss Wingard, was read to the jury. Big County Fair To Open Gates Monday , Full Program for Week Given, With Many Added Features and Exhibits. $3,500 In Premiums Being Offered This Year. The 1952 Laurens County Fair will i day on Tuesday, merchants day on open Monday, October 6, and close Wednesday, Negro school day on Saturday night, the 11th. Plans for Thursday and “Big Celebration for the annual event have been under- AH’’ on Saturday. The opening and way for several months and it is ex- intervening days will be for inspec- pected that thousands of people from this and adjoining counties will at- tion of exhibits and enjoyment of the midway. Admission will be 50 cent.- tend during the week, attracted by i and 25 cents except during school the exhibits, entertainment and amusements. Cash prizes amounting to $3,500 wilt ..be given away, an in crease of $1,000 over last year. John days when children will be admitted free. The Laurens County Fair is having its first rabbit show this year under Gatlin, general manager of the fair, the supervision of Ted Mahaffey has announced that all plans for the event have been completed and there will be many fine displays and ex hibits. i The main addition to the fair lay out thi4 year is the extensive live- Dicker! Resigns Lutheran Pastorate For Mission Post Homecoming Sunday Joanna Baptist Church The Rev. James C. Dickert on Sun day notified the council of St. John’s Lutheran church of hi? intention to submit his resignation in a congre gational meeting on October 12. The resignation will become effective Oc tober 27, he stated. The Rev. Mr. Dickert announced he has been called by the church board to be a mission developer and his first field of assignment will be in the area near Camp Gordan, Au gusta Ga. where a church will be es tablished. Mr. Dickert, a graduate of the Lu theran Theological seminary, Colum bia, was called to the local churcn six and a half years ago, coming here from a Liberty, N. C., pastorate. For the past two years he has also served as chaplain at the State Training school. The Dickerts with their young son, Andy, have made many friends here, irrespective of denomination, who will regret to learn of their leaving. Meeting of Laurens Baptist Association The Laurens Baptist Association will meet for the annual sessions at Beaverda mand Princeton Bap tist churches on October 14 and 15, respectively. The program for both days will begin at 10 a. m., and continue through 3;30 p. m., with a brief ad journment for lunch. This meeting concerns 33 Baptist churches in the Laurens area and is one of utmost importance in con sidering the work of the past year and in making plans for the future. Rev. J. H. Darr, moderator, stated. A program for the meeting will be published next week. County Property Assessments Show Gain In 10 Years Property assessments for, tax purposes in Laurens county show ed an increase of $3,243,525 in the decade from 1941 to 1951, released figures by counties show. County property was assessed in 1941 at $8,801,075, in 1951 at $12,- 045,200, a gain- of over three million dollars in the ten-year period. GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, first presidential nominee to come to South Carolina since Reconstruction days, spoke from the State House steps in Columbia Tuesday afternoon before a crowd from all parts of the state estimated at 50.000. It was the largest crowd that has greeted Ike to date, his press representative said. In speaking of the Truman ad ministration, the General said “it may go dow-n in history as the srandal- a-day administration.” It was a historic occasion, with the General receiving such a recep tion as South Carolinians have given no other majn. His most prolonged applause came when he declared emphatically that he was seeking the help of the solid South that President Truman bragged after his election that he was proud to win without. FOOD... T 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. Homecoming will be held at the Joanna Baptist church on Sunday, October 5, beginning with the Sun day school hour at 9:55 a. m. The morning message at 11:00 will be brought by a former pastor, Rev. Mack A. Bryant of Liberty. Music will be given by the five church choirs. Lunch will be served on the church grounds at 12:15. A aingspiration under the direction of Rev. Paul Bullington will ba held from 2:00-3:00 p. m. Train ing Union will begin at 6:15 and the evening worship with the pas tor bringing the message. All for mer members and friends are in vited to attend. Miss Ga Noway Furman Queen For Homecoming Miss Betty Galloway of Trenton, will be crowned homecoming queen at halftime ceremonies at the Fur- man-University of South Carolina lina . football game at Sirrine stad ium in Greenville Saturday at 2:30. Miss Galloway, a senior at Fur man, was elected to the honor »n student balloting the past week. Her attendants, also elected, will be Miss Catherine Smith of Wood ruff, Miss Jo Beth Perkins of Nash ville. Ga., and Miss Jeanette Car- roway of Anderson, representing the freshman, sophomore and jun ior clases. Miss Galloway is the talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Galloway of Trenton, former resi dents of Joanna. She is a grand daughter of Mrs. A. B. Galloway, who resides in Trenton with her son, and the late Mr. Galloway, a niece of C. E. Galloway of this city. Kiwanis Convention Be Held At Charlotte The 1952 convention of the Caro lines Kiwanis District will be held at Charlotte October 5-7 with dele gates from 100 clubs in the two Carolinas participating in the va rious sessions. H. W. Driver, trus tee of Kiwanis International, will be a featured speaker during the three-day meeting at Hotel Char lotte. The presiding officer will be Joseph O. Tally, Jr., mayor of Fay etteville, N. C., and retiring gov ernor of the district. Sessions and social features will be arranged for the large group of ladies attending. The Clinton club will be repre sented by its president, W. C. Bald win, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bolick and Big 'Ike' Rally P. C.-Wofford Laurens. Th? judge will be W R. Caudell cu Charlotte. The fair will be held the week of October 6-11, with judgin£ Tuesday, October 7 ,at 9 aun. The show is chartered by the American stock show jbarn, 100 feet long and! R abb „ and C avy Breede rs associ- 100 feet wide, for the housing anri’ ation . All rabbit raisers in South showing of all types of livestock. In j Carolina and adjoining states/are in- the center is a 50-fot show ring vited to enter This is the first rabbit, where the entries will be shown forj- s how to ever be held in the county judging. The front also has been re- ( an d will be made an annual affair, arranged for better handling of the I 4 \ large prize list has been made with fairgoers. Included here are an office, the help of feed dealers ticket booth and restroom combined. a special trophy will be given to Mr. Gatlin said that the fair is for- the best of breed in the largest class tunate this year in securing for the' shown. There will be classes for all midway the Mighty Page Shows and ; breeds recognized by the American Page Amusement Shows combined Rabbit and Cavy Breeders associ- This is one of the largfest midway ! ation. shows on the road, he said, and comes j This year’s big fair will double the highly recomnqpnded. The show in- 1 entries in the livestock exhibit that eludes 15 major rides, 8 kiddie rides, j promises to be one of the biggest live- 15 tent shows and 50 concessions. ! stock shows in the area. Better facili- This year there will be a departure | ties for loading and unloading of in the free act program. In addition J livestock have been arranged. , to a special act showing a man shot, The fair is sponsored by the Lau- out of a cannon, free aerial fireworks rervs Exchange club, of which James will be shown each night. The fire works should be especially pleasing - tu the eh i Wren ~HTrd ~gfo w n - ups' ~as well. Stoney To Speak jin Spartanburg A public meeting in the Laurensi* Presbyterian college gridmen court house in th* interest of the; turn single-purposed attention te- Independent ticket of electors ward the Big One against Wofford pledged to EisenhoWer and Nixon Friday night in Spartanburg after in the November presidential elec- i registering their initial win of the tion will be held Tuesday, Octo-1 season over Alabama State at Liv- ber 7, at 8:00 o’clock with all inter-j ingston last Saturday night, ested voters cordially invited. | Coach Lonnie S. McMillian, not The rally will be addressed by j a t a ll pleased with his team's per- the Hon. Thomas P. Stoney of,f ormance j n the 16-13 victory, is Charleston, who will be introduced j working long and hard trying to by Carroll D. Nance of this city,. j ron ou t kinks in both offense and a former state senator from this defense before the Friday night county and at this time executive encounter. He estimates his posi- committeeman for the Laurens tion in this way: county committee. South Caro:in-1 “We’re not ready s to play our ians for Gen. Eisenhower. , bes ^ football, because we have The fair is adding two free prizes to fair goers this year, Mr. Gatlin re ported. Last year there were four prizes, an automobile, truck and two bicycles. This year there will be an automobile, truck, and four bicy cles. The truck will be given away Wednesday night, the automobile Friday night and two bicycles each on Negro school night and white school night. Special days will be white school Goss is president. Officers of 4 he fa’r vorg'knizatiion, besides Mr. Gatlin, are Wes Fey Taylor, president; Trow Mad den, vice-president; George Phinney, 2nd vice-president, and James Bowl ine, treasurer. Committee chairmen are James Bowling, finance; R. A. Martin, pub licity and advertising; Jbck Sexton, grounds and buildings; H L. Patrick, traffic and parking; Maxcy Crews, amusements and shows; C. C.’Her bert, agriculture and education; Ri T. Wilson, Jr., premium book; R H. Roper, Jr., commercial, space; and James Milam, tickets and passes. The announcement of the ap pearance of Mr. Stoney has been made by Mrs. Sarah Dixon De- Loach of Laurens, county executive conamittee woman in this state for been spending so much time on freshmen trying to bring them up to varsity standards. Last week end proved that. I expect Wofford to be just as tough and rugged as Mr. and and Mrs. W. W. Harris, Young People's Rally At Presbyterian Church The fall rally for the Senior-High Fela/^ship of South Carolina Pres bytery will be held at the First Pres byterian church here Sunday after noon, October 5, from 2 until 6:30 o’clock. A picnic supper will be served at the conclusion of the pro gram. Gen. Eisenhower. Mr. Stoney was usua i ( bu t we Tl be doing our best born in Berkley county and served 11 0 w j n as solicitor of the ninth judicial circuit for two terms. He then was elected mayor of Charleston and served for eight years. Mr. Stoney is a lifelong member of the Democratic party of this] state but is openly opposed to Tru- Any “as usual” tag to the Pres- byterian-WofforcT battle means an other hotly contested game in. which both teams throw the foot ball book at each other. Close scores and attendance of these en gagements over the past several manism and what it stands for. He years have built the annual meet- is one of the leaders in the Eisen-1 ing into a season highlight, hower campaign in this state. 'AS’’ Against Alabama State last a dynamic speaker, he is in great j week, Presbyterian turned from demand m various parts of the its usual effective aerial game to state as ah Eisenhower leader. ground action for most of its strik- The public is cordially invited I power. With Fullback Fm- to hear Mr. Stoney Tuesday eve- j mett Fulk of Darlington and Half- ning as the guest speaker for the i C urtis Freeman of Clinton, nolitical rallv 'setting the pace, the Hosemen ran m for 217 yards and pushed for 76 i more. The hard-driving Fulk ac- j counted for almost half of the rushing gain by clipping off a to- Ellen Fraser To Edit Yearbook For Coming Year The staff for The “Clintonian," an nual student publication at Clinton high, has been selected for the year. The editor will be Ellen Fraser. Other members of the staff are: Junior editor—Maudie Young. Assistant editor—Jerry O’Shields. Assistant literary editor — Corrine Maye. Feature editor—Joan Johnson. Activity editor—Claudette Parrish. Assistant activity editor — Dot Haupfer. Photography editor—Richard Luk- stat. Art editor—Lewis Wullenzine. Sports editor—Tommy Sease. Business manager—Earl Todd. Advertising manager—Kirk Law- ton. Circulation manager — Roily Ban nister. “ Plays Greenwood 'B' Here Tonight -1 Small Ginning County Report Monthly Meeting Wildlife Chapter Laurens county farmers ginned 310 bales of cotton prior to Sep tember 15, preliminary figures re leased by the Department of Com merce, Bureau of Census, showed at Thornwell meets Greewood B” • team tonight at 8 o’clock on John son field. The boys will be trying hard to win this game since they have dropped their first three to ; Ware Shoals, Ford and Laurens. It is expected that the orphanage will not have too many regulars out of the game tonight. Five regulars were out of scrimmage the earlier part of the week. This is homecoming game and d nice size crowd is expected to be out for the game. ! Ul Sl, ,M yard! \ 3 ? o' “J** on a un ,1s first report. Us* year The monthly meeting of the Uu-! J^pr.nt foi PL s ^ s ^ or |^ this time farmers had ginned 252 bales. rens County chapter. South Carolina 1 s ™ r f- Freeman, who skipped 12 Wildlife Federation of the Laurens- y * r ^f ’ f°r the first TD, accumulat- Clinton-Joanna area, will be held ^ 6 } yards afoot during the night Monday evening, October 6, at 7:30 Tackle Grady Faulk of at Academy Street school. the extra P ° ,nlS A chicken stew will be served in at^er both touchdowns, the school cafeteria. All members Defensive bright spot of he and other interested persons are in- game for the Hosemen came in the vited to attend. * j second ( * uarter 1,- Bolonds To Attend Lutheran Convention Mr. and Mrs. Ratehford Boland will leave today for Seattle, Wash ington, where they will attend the biennial convention of the United Lutheran Church in America. Mr. Boland is one of 16 official delegates from the South Carolina synod to the convention which will be held Octo ber 8-15. when Halfback Yonkee Boosters At World Series Flower Lecturer In Greenwood Oct. 9 Mrs. Jones, a noted lecturer and flower arranger, will speak at the Truman Owens and Luke Fuller! Leslie high school auditorium on left Tuesday for New York to see j October 9 at 3 o’clock. All Garden tht'ir favorite ball team, the New j club members are invited to at- A program is being planned for the p fc ° r g e Flue of Lnion, charged mjyork Yankees, play the Brooklyn tend. Tickets are priced at $1 event and election of new officers; J* 51 to nai! Livingston ( Halfback - - will be held. Bernard Bradford behir Mary Sue Darr New Editor High School Paper „ , , Dodgers in the world series. This Bernard Bradford behind his goal 1S tbe t b j rc | straight year these two hne for a safety and two PC points, enthusiastic fans have attended the big series. As long as the Yankees win, they said, they will | keep going to Yankeetown. 1 Beta Club Names Officers For Year The Beta club at Clinton high school has elected the following officers for the year: Mary Sue Darr, president; Martha Wilson, vice-president; Claudette Parrish, secretary-treasuer; Ada Ann Furr, program chairman. A number of new members were welcomed into the club. DO. Duncan Creek Homecoming Oct. 26 The first issue of The Sentinel, | Homecoming will be held at Clinton high students’ publication, Duncan Creek Presbyterian church was distributed among the student body Friday. • The paper is headed this year by Mary Sue Darr as editor, suc ceeding Joan Vaughan. Jackie Truluck is assistant editor; Kirt Lawson, business manager. A com plete staff has been named to assist in publishing the paper. The faculty literary advisor is Mrs. James Sloan. on October 26. The speaker w^ill be announced later, it is stated. TEAGUE WITH PILOT LIFE Friends of John O. Teague, well known resident of Clinton and Jo anna, will be interested to know he has joined the Pilot Life Insurance company as an agent here and in Joanna, with offices in the Jacobs building. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay yo>. It’s thrifty te shop first In this newspaper, then in the stores as prices chance and new merchandise is received and displayed. 4 \ BE WISE— v READ THE ADS