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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 23, 1952
Number 43
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Clinton Cotton Mills
To Begin Big Expansion
Addition To No. 2 Plant Will Add 100,000 Square
Feet To Manufacturing Space and Enlarged Stor
age and Shipping Facilities. Fiske-Carter Construc
tion Company To Complete Job In Six Months.
Clinton Cotton Mills will imme-
djately begjn the construction of
an addition to their No. 2 plant
which will add approximately 100,-
000 square feet to its manufactur
ing space with an additional 20,-
000 feet to be used for cloth storage
and shipping. The announcement
was made yesterday by P. S. Bail
ey, president of the mills.
This new addition will be 350
by 288 feet of brick, steel and con
crete construction, windowless and
completely air conditioned, with
continuous rows of flourescent
lighting. The inside walls will be
glazed tile in colors.
Engineer for the project is
George Hill of Welford, and Fiske-
Carter Constuction Company of
Spartanburg, the builders.
The large addition will necessi
tate the moving of several houses
and the re-location of streets in
that vicinity. Preparatory work
on the site will begin immediately
and actual construction will begin
as soon as the site is prepared.
The addition will enable the
mills to consoj^/|te all of its pres
ent machinery in one building,
freeing; the. No. 1 plant for the
manufacturer of fabrics entirely
different and more suitable to this
type of structure.
This new construction is a con
tinuation of the extensive modern
ization program that has been go
ing on at Lydia and Clinton Mills
for the past several years and will
include additional new machinery
and jobs upon its completion.
Four hundred' looms have recent
ly been purchased and will soon
begin arriving and other machinery
will come along later as the work
progresses.
Clinton and Lydia have enjoyed
a wide demand for their product
due to the excellent quality and
to meet this demand it has been
necessary for the company to in
crease their production materially.
The construction work will go
forward rapidly and is expected to
be completed in about six months,
President Bailey said. No cost
figures have been given out on the
expansion program.
CHURCH BUILDING MOVED TO NEW SITE BY EPISCOPALIANS
BUKIN DENOUNCES TRUMANISM
AJ EISENHOWER MEET HERE
The mass meeting held here
Tuesday night in the high school
auditorium by Sbuth Carolinians
for Eisenhower, was attended by a
number of men and women from
the city and community.
The speaker wasi Ed. B. Baskih
of Bishopville, a lifelong Democrat
who stated he is not a politician or
office holder, and has no such fu
ture ambition—but that he will
not follow the Edgar Brown, Tru
man-Stevenson crowd.
Mr. Baskin was introduced by
Carroll D. Nance of this city, for
mer state senator, and executive
committeeman for Laurens county
for Eisenhower. Mr. Nance gave
several reasons why he is for Eis
enhower. I am a South Carolina
Democrat, he said—not a Truman
Stevenson socialist. I am a Jef
ferson and Wade Hampton variety
Democrat, I stand for white su
premacy, for race segregation, and
he blasted the FEPC and explained
its meaning.
Mr. Baskin, who came out 100
per cent for Eisenhower, and
against Stevenson and Truman—
said at the outset—It is time for a
change and the question we must
decide is this—how are you going
to cast your ballot? We have been
subjected to one party rule for 20
years and see where it has brought
us. It is time to stand up—to say
to the crowd in power to this point
you have brought us and you can’t
go a step further. He spoke of the
two-term precedent abolished by
Roosevelt, of the supreme court
packing, and of Hiss at the Yalta
sell-out conference. They tell us
we have never had it so good, he
said. We have gone from our
normal natural debt to $285,000,-
00,000, with our dollar today
worth only 45c. Conniving politic
ians, he said, entrenched them
selves in office with the late Roose
velt through the false doctrine of
indispensability, and Truman has
carried the idea on through his
term of office. He spoke of the de
ceptive Stenson draft movement, of
the arrogance and contempt for. the
South by Truman, of the anti-fili
buster endorsement by Stevenson,
and of the nationwide corruption in
government the past eight years.
He explained what happened at
the riational convention and what
followed at the second state con
vention meeting in Columbia at
which time Sen. Edgar Brown at
tempted to force Stevenson upon
the people. I refuse' to swallow
Edgar Brown and his political
To Make Drive For
New $150,000
Dormitory At PC
Plans for a money-rais.ng cam
paign for the erection ot a new dor
mitory on Presbyterian collegi-
campus were approved at the re
cent annual meeting of the Synod-
of Georgia and South Carolina.
President M. W Brown also an
nounced that a drive will be
launched immediately through the
Presbyterian churches of the two
Sjrrpds with m* nbc ed
pattfctpstc • Adirtects' ptam -ha-ve ■
aleady been prepared which call
for the complete renovation of Lau
rens dormitory using only the four
walls and adding two large wings
on each end The enlargement w l
enable the college to an mmoda* •
100 additional students.
The Syn ( >d ot Georgia, meeting
in Savannah, gave its appioval fo -
raising $50,000 from its churches
The South Carolina Synod, meeting
in Kingstree. voted its permission
for a $100,000 campaign :n th -
state.
Additional dormitory -puce on
the campus is absolutely r.eressa."
in order to take care of the student
matriculation applications. Presi
dent Brown states, which are in
creasing each year with a largo
number of students finding room
ing accommodations in the city
FOOD...
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Is An Important
Item With Housewives
You will And helpful Gro
cery and Market N?ws 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.
trickery, gnd I am confident tb<?
majority of voters in this state feel
the same way, The platform of
Stevenson is worse than t hat 0 *!
1948, he charged. ]
They tell US Stevenson is a great
governor. He Is the hand-pickeci
man of Truman and is championing
the FEPC through federal law.
When Stevenson assumed office
there was a $167,000,000 surplus
in the treasury pf his state. That
has been wiped out in two years
until today Instead there is a thirty
million indebtedness. It is time for
South Carolina to take a courag
eous and independent stand, Mr.
Baskin said, and let the Democratic
leaders know that South Carolina
is no longer in the bag.
He spoke in the higest praise of
Gen. Eisenhower as a great lead
er, with a clean record, one who
has done a magnificient job during
his forty years of public service.
He is today, he said, the greatest
living American. He will put an
end to Trumanism, he will clean
up corruption, and for the South
he will always show a kind and
helpful attitude to replace the ar
rogance and contempt that has
been heaped upon us through the
long years. Yes, it is time for a
change—time to let the Washing
ton crowd know unmistakably that
they will no longer be allowed to
rule over us.
The meeting was presided over
by J. H. Pitts and opened and clos
ed with prayer.
Moore's Dress Shoppe
Going Out of Business
Moore’s Dress Shoppe, Mrs. Per
ry Moore, proprietor, announces a
going out of business sale in today’s
paper with all merchandise dras
tically reduced.
Mrs. Moore opened her ladies
store here eleven years ago and
since then it has been one of the
popular shops of the community
for feminine buyers. Mrs. Moore,
in announcing her retirement from
business states that her health and
heavy household responsibilities
have made this necessary. “I am
grateful to all my friends and cus
tomers," she said, for their patron-
I age and good will during the past
; eleven years.
Revival Services At
Two Churches Here
Revival services at the Lydia Pres
byterian church will begin Sunday
evening, October 26, and continue
throughout the week. Services will
be at 7:30 each evening. Rev. James
i D„ Matthews, pastor of the First
'Presbyterian church of Toccoa, Ga.,
will be the evangelist.
The pastor, Rev. Homer C. Holt,
cordially invites the public to attend
the services.
Rock Bridge Services
! Revival services will be conducted
at Kock Bridge Presbyterian church
next weekj beginning, a j 7:30 Sunday
night. Rev. Joe Wagner, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, Tryon, N.
C., will be guest preacher. Services
will be at 7:30 each evening and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
The big event of interest in the city last Thursday was the moving down Broad street of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church building recently purchased by the congregation of AH Saints Episcopal cflnrch.
The church is shown above in its Journey across town at the stop light Intersection of Broad street “sand
wiched" in between McGee’s Drug Store and Hamilton’s.
Crowds gathered on the streets all during the day to watch the moving of the building from its former lo
cation on X. Broad street and Florida street to the corner of Calvert avenue and South Holland street where
iris ndw^ tocated and wHi- bmnediatsly be put in ilrat^jass condition for worship services for the city’s first
Episcopal church.
The church property, abandoned some time ago when the A. R. P. congregation built a handsome new
church, was purchased by Bank of Clinton which, in turn, sold the building to the new owners. The moving
Job was in charge of Contractor R. A. Self of Spurtanburg.
Dr. Lapsley To Lead
Week's Services At
First Presbyterian
A series of evangelistic service
w'ill begin at the First Presbyte
rian church next Sunday morning
and continue through the followinp
Friday evening. Services will be
'held~darl5r at- W " 30, _el
" " / Girl
'Maid of Cotton'
J. C. Thomas Heads
! Clinton Wildlife
' The October meeting of the Lau-
■ — » 1 rens county chanter of the S. C.
Miss Emily Wood Coxe of Mont-; Wildlife Federation was held recent-
clare, was named South Carolina’s a t Academy Street school
Darr Again Heads
County Baptists
At the Jail meeting of the Lau
rens Baptist association held last
nv, the pastor Dr. W. R. Turner,
has announced, with a cordial we.-
cume extended all congregations
in the city.
The services will .be led by Rov.
Robrt A. Lapsley, Jr., D.D. a na-
of Charleston and graduate '
Washington and Lee university
where he received his B.A. degr^*
and D.D. degree. He also gradu-
1 ated from Union Theological Semi
nary. He has held pastorates in
Newton and Tarboro, N. C. Colu n-
Ma.d of Cotton' in the state con-1 Ed H. Johnson, of Greenville, week, the Rev. J. H. Darr, pastor,^ S C.. Clarkton and Roanoke.
Maid of C ot n he s commissioner at large of the state of the First Baptist church of this V a. He recently retired from the
test held Saturday night at Clem- association was lh€ guest speaker, city, was re-elected as* moderator
son sponsored by cotton interests related the ss the commis _ for the coming year. The Rev. A.
in the state. Thirty lovely young . making toward the restor- T. Greene of Wattsville. was named
ladies represented their individual ® * - — * *
counties with more than 2.000 peo
pie attending the colorful event
11 ation of fish and game in the state, i vice-moderator. The two-day meet-
1 Three game wardens were present i n 8 was held with the Princeton
, at the meeting, two from Laurens an d Beaverdam Baptist churches.
. Second and third places went *0: CO unty and one from Spartanburg^ Others named wee: H. B. Mon-
Miss Polly Glenn of Union an d The two frbm this county, Sidney A. roe. member of the First Baptist
Miss Mona Ruth Looper of Green- g n( j Garvin B. O’Dell, were re- church. Laurens, clerk; G. B
wood, respectively. • ported to have joined the federation. \ O’Dell, member of Poplar Springs
Laurens county was represented, j. c. Thomas was elected presi- church, assistant clerk; H. S. Boyd,
by Miss Toccoa Bailey Wise of this |C j eri t; c. W. Cooper, vice-president; member of the First Baptist
city, who made a highly creditable and L. L. Copeland, treasurer, for church. Laurens, treasurer; the
rating in the 30 contestants. She j the Clinton chapter. Dr. D. O. Rhame Rev. J. E. Rouse, pastor of the
was included in the final group of i s th retiring president. First Baptist church, Laurens, su-
six from which three finalists were The Clinton group held an execu-’ perintendent of the Sunday school, othy 1:12.
selected and Miss Coxe was award- meetimz on Tuesday eveninc of the Rev. R. A. McKinney, pastor, Monday
ed first honor. • mis «,a^e A m embership' Warner Cr^k .hu^h, Laurens,
Miss Wise, who is a senior at drive. B B. Ballard was selected as president of the Baptist Taming
Ohio State University, came home chairman to head the drive for re- Union; E. J. Collier, member of the
Thursday for the contest Friday newal of memberships and to secure Eist Baptist church, Laurens, di-
O «• i r * a ^ PI rr%f Vi o nrl »cc
and Saturday.
Methodists To
Hear Lecture On
New Version Bible
Dr. C. F. Nesbitt, head of the
new members. Last iyear the mem- rector of the Brotherhood, and Miss
, bership totaled 119, and the goal set Allene Franks, member of the Lau-
I ior this year is 200. | rens First Baptist church, Wom-
♦ an’s Missionary union.
Member Erskine Standing committees for the as
sociation’s work for the year were
also named.
Garnet Circle
Mrs. Earle P. Barron, Jr., of Due
_ T \ ’ . ’. . West, is among the membership of
Religion departmen o the Garnet circle, honorary scholas-
college, will speak at the regular
Revival At Shady
ti c organization at Erskine college, GrOVe Presbyterian
morning worship hour at Broad as announMd b co|1 0 , Tlcials l c. . October 26
Street Methodist church on Sun- Tho aroup is c0m p 0 sed of the 20 stu.; 3 '-’CnJDer ZD
Street Methodist church
day, Octiber 26.
Dr. Nesbitt’s talk will deal with on a jj acac j ernic subjects during the cu'aHv rrnv*. Pr.-shvtpnan ohimh
the new Revised Standard Version 1951 _ 52 h , f 8 | ® had .y G „ r ? ve P>tsbyterian church
of the Bible with 'emphasis on the * r ’
dents who made the highest grades Revival services will start at
background out of which it came Mona Blakely, daughter of Mr. and
For a number of years Dr. Nesbitt Mr s. A. B. Blakely of this city,
has been encased in the study of!
w .. . .. I October 26 and will continue
Mrs. Barron is the former Miss through October 31.
has been engaged in the study
the history of the English Bible and 1 ciJ.
has done exhaustive research in HallOWCen Masquerade
several of the foremost university TeCn-Aoe Canteen
The Teen-Age canteen will have
a Hallowe’en masquerade and
libraries of the country. His lec
ture will be of interest to the gen
I to the members of the WSCS tfho s( l“ are dance at ° f n Sat ,; I You are cordially invited to at
are beginning a BFble study course, 25 - ^ 8 tend these services
Services will be held each Sun
day at 7:30 p m Rev.'*• George
Mernn will be the visiting speak
er. Mr. Merrin is one of the 200
or more seminary students of Co-
Hlumbia Theological Seminary who
will be conducting revival services
during this evangelistic pogram
active ministry after having served
the Roanoke church ior 22 year>.
He is also the author of several
books. including “Beside t h *•
Hearthstone.” and “The Bridge ot
God." At the present he is devot
ing all of his time as an evangelist.
Dr. Lapsley has announced the
following sermon topics for th-*
weeki
Sunday morning — “The Peopie
Shall Be Willing-' Text Psalm
110:3.
Sunday evening—“What I Know
About Religion" Text II Tim-
evening — "What It
Means To Be a Christian." Text.
Acts 11:26 ’
Tuesday evening—"How To* Be
come a Christian." Text John
141. 45
Wednesday evening— "Ho^ To
Live a Christian” Text *Acts
11 26 .
Thursday evening—The Chris
tian Home \ Text Psalm 68:6
Friday evening— “The Fourfold
Surrender” Text: II Corinthians
8 5.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. !j
City Tax Boaks
For 1952 Open
Prizes wijl be given for the best
girl’s and best boy’s costume. Tick
ets are on sale at the high school
this week or may be obtained at
the door on the night of the party.
!■ mi — •-
Notice is given eisewhere in .0 ^01100 PresbyterionS
day’s paper that the books for the |0 HoVC Revival
collection of city taxes are now op- Revival services will begin at Jo-
en at the office of the city clerk anna Presbyterian church October
and treasurer, and will remain op- i 26th Thi church is participating
en up to and through December j n state-wide evangelistic pro-
31. A penalty of 10 per cent will gam with over 200 other churches.
, be levied on all unpaid taxes as of; Rev. Robert Dobbins, of Decatur,
January 1, 1953. | Ga., will be the guiest minister.
The levy is the same as last year, I Services will be held each eve-
53 mills, divided 15 mills for cur-inning at 7:30 p. m. f and will con-
rent operating expenses, and SS^Qnue through Friday night. Octo-
for interest arid sinking fund re-jber 31. You are cordially invited
quirements. to,.attend these services.
Kiwanis Club To
Elect Officers
The regular meejting of the Ki
wanis club will be held this eve
ning at Hotel Mary Musgrove.
Announcement is made that of
ficers for the coming year will be
elected at this meeting. W C.
Baldwin is the retiring president of
the organization.
WINNERS AT FAIR
Additional local winners at the
Laurens county fair in the cake and
candy contest include Mrs. William
Young, who was awarded a blue gib
bon on candy, and a red one; on
cake, and Mrs. J. S. Boozer, who
won a blue ribbon on cake. j
Lions Club Broom Sole
Begins Next Thursday
The local Lions club will coAduft
a broom sale beginning next T* urs-
day, club officials state
The entire community will be*can-
vassed by members of the e!ub/Pr<>-
ceeds will be used for the clferity
fund of the local club.
The brooms are made in Coliipibu
by the Association for the Blind,
which is the major sponsorinf ac
tivity of Lions clubs in South Caro
lina.
Members ask for a cordial recep
tion of thtFclub salesmen b> the pub
lic. p
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