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I I I. »v The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News- .1 paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable dluttat (Elfnmtrlf If Yoo Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume LIU Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 27, 1952 Number 48 PC Beats Newberry In Last Minute Of Play V 1^^ s Kirven Goes Over for Find Score In Thriller, 14-12. Game Winds Up Season. End Joe Kirven scored the win ning touchdown with less than two minutes to play here Saturday af ternoon as Presbyterian college came from behind to defeat New berry college, 14 to 12. Kirven, who set up and scored PCs first touchdown, took a 25- yard pass from Halfback Gene Carter and struggled the final five yards to turn the tide for the Bluej Hose with one minute and ten sec onds left in the game. A crowd estimated at 3,000, most of whom were PC partisans,! watched the Hose and Indians bat-| tie in the hard-fought game that wound up the season for both teams. PC won three games and! lost six. Newberry had a 2-7 rec-| ord. The victory, PC’s third in a row) over the Indians In the long foot ball series, gave the Blue Hose pos session of the Bronze Derby, which passes to the winner of each con test between the two schools in each sport. Newberry held it through the summer by virtue of a baseball victory last spring. The Indians, led by FB Stan Bessinger, a sophomore from Olar, held a 6-0 lead at halftime and had an apparently safe 12-0 margin go ing into the final quarter. But the Hose opened up their vaunted passing attack and pulled the game out of the fire. . Kirven’s game-winning catch cli- ■ r- recovered on the Nwebrry 27. Bill Brissey ended the PC threat by in tercepting a Harper pass on the goal line. A punt exchange later, with the Indians still in their own territory, the PC team got another scoring chance when Joe Counts tackled Brabham, forcing a muffed lateral, and recovered on the Newberry 32. The Indians held, however, and Six-Inch Sermon REV. ROBERT H. HARPER JESl'S COMMISSIONS THE TWELVE Lesson: Matthew 10: 1; 3-7, 24-27, 34-39. Golden Text: Matthew 10: 39. . Men should be clothed with au- Berry punted 39 yards to the PC | thority when they go out to repre- 23. ; sent a great cause. In the case of the maxeda 97-yard march that began with onty four and a half minutes left to play, and with PC trailing 12-T. Eleven of the 14 plays in the march were passes, with five of them being completed. The drive started after Newber ry’s Emmett Fulk had punted out of bounds on the PC three. When the punt bounced out, unhappy PC fans and happy Newberry fans started to file out of the stands. But the Hose’s passing fireworks brought them back. The Presbyterians scored their first TD early in the final period on a four-yard pass from Quarterback Harry Hamilton to Kirven. Kirven had set up the score by making a spectacular interception of an In dian pass on the visitors’ 29. Quarterback Joe Berry sneaked a yard for Newberry’s first TD, scor- nig on the end of a 21-yard drive. Center Bill Brissey partially block ed a Ful|c punt to set up the score. Besinger gained nine of the yards, carrying to the one. Brissey intercepted a Jack Harper pass at the 50 and ran it back to the PC 37 early in the third period to set up his team’s second TD, Berry passed to End Mike Maksim for the TD on first down. Tackle Grady Faulk missed both his conversion attempts. J Fumbles plagued the Indians in the first period. Their second gave the Blue Hose their first scoring opportunity when Tommy Sheriff Scoring Chance Murray Davis gave Newberry its first scoring opportunity when he disciples, there was added to the au thority of truth they were to declare the word of the Master, giving them recovered a Harper fumble on the au thority over evil spirits and power PC 25 but, after Berry passed 21 to heal all manner of sickness, yards to Ralph Corley, Stan Bes- g ut healing was not to be their singer fumbledand ^George Biue on ]y work They were to preach the took it on the PC 6. gospel of the kingdom and call upon A quTclc ktck~by each! team nul- men to repent ' lified any more threats • Hubert Jesus did n ' t hlde from the , disci ; Turner gave PC the ball late m the< p]es the difficulties thcy would en _ period \vhen he recove re a icoun t er . Rather did he emphasize fumble. The Hose took over on the thc , m Rut he told them they would of Clinton. j the same day. The polling place lor Clinton Pro- F. M. Boland, J J Clark and Hen- cinct in said election shall be at the ry M. Young ha\e been appointed is* City Hall on North Broad Street, and Managers of said election for Clinton the polling place for Clinton Cotton Precinct, and J. F. Wior, Mrs. Mir- Mill Precinct shall be at the comer yin Whitmire and Mrs. Robert C of "West Pitts and Bailey Street, non have been a<ppoiited as M ma- gres of said election for Clinton Cot ton Mill Precinct. JOE P TERtt'Y, Mayor November 19, 1952. 27-2c known as ‘dreasy Corner,” in the said Town of Clinton. The polls will be open at eight o’clock A.M. and will be closed at six o’clock pjn. on Newberry 44. The Indians stiffened, however, be in the same class with himself, . and he promised them that things and both teams exchanged punts h ard fj rs t understand would before the Indians launched a 25- yard march, le^i by Bessinger, who gained 21 yards. After Berry punted 40 yards, out of bounds on the PC six. Brissey partially bjocked Fulk’s punt. The be revealed by and by. Though Jesus told the disciples he had not come to send peace on earth but rather conflict and division, he | assured them they might enjoy a . ...... .. , peace to be won by their own ef- ball traveled eight yards before go- , orts ^ wouM not be a mg out on the PC 2 • I mere absence of struggle but it Grady Ray^ passed^to Ted Roac e wou j d come j n the joy and satisfac- NOTICE FOR PAYMENT OF 1952 CITY TAXES Notice is hereby given that Town Taxes for the Town of Clinton are due and collectible up to December 31st for the year 1952. The tax books are now open at the office of the Town Clerk and will remain open up to and through December 31. A penalty of ten (10%) shall be added if said taxes are not paid on or beiore January 1, 1953. The levy for current fiscal year is 53 mills; 15 mills for current operating expenses, and 38 mills for inter est and sinking funds on various bond issues outstand ing. W. B. OWENS, City Clerk. Easy to serve Easy on the budget f«i for five yards and Roache gained six around left end. Bessinger got nine yards on two carries through right tackle, then Berry sneaked for score. Grover Davis’ extra point attempt failed. Newberry pulled the onsides kickoff and Brissey recovered it on the PC 46 but Bessinger fum bled and Sheriff fell on the ball at the 50. Harper threw two passes to Tommy Jordan and for ten yards but Fulk had to punt. The Indians had the ball at midfield when the half ended, leading 6-0. Indiana L—d 124> A pass interception by Brissey tion that they might have in over coming. Then the Lord gave the great par adox that giving is life, withholding is death. We in this day are divine ly commissioned to labor for the Master; let us lose ourselves in un selfish service. NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION n State of South Carolina, counts, county of Laurens, Town of Clinton. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held in the Town of S inton, S. C., on Tuesday, D€<* m - r on the fifth play of the half set up Newberry’s second TD. On first down. Berry passed 30 yards to Mike Maksim, who ran the re maining seven yards to score. G. Davis kicked wide on the ex tra point try and the Indians led 12-0 with 12 minutes and 30 sec onds left to play. The Blue Hose started using a spread formation but had to punt. A Newberry punt later, Fulk fum bled and Newberry had the ball on the PC 28 but gave it up when two of Berry’s passes fell incomplete. Hamilton passed to Counts and Carter gained two for PC first down, Hamilton passed to Kirven Fulk had to punt. A few plays lat er Kirven made a spectaculer fall ing interception of a Berry pass and set up PC’s first TD. The drive started at the Newberry 29. Hamilton passed to Kirven and Counts to put the ball on the 9 as the quarter ended. On fourth down, Hamilton passedto Kirven in the end zone for the score and Grady Fulk converted, leaving PC with a 12-7 deficit a minute after the last period started. Bessinger took over the running chores but Berry punned over the goal. Fulk punted back, to the Newberry 35. The Indians, play ing it safe, ran straight power plays with Bessinger carrying the load but the drive failed when Newberry suffered a 15-yard pen- 1 alty and Berry punted out on PC’s three. Four and one-half minutes remained in the game. Long March After running out to the 15 the ,PC team opened up its famed passing attack with Harper com pleting tosses to Kirven, Jordan and Counts. A 15-yard penalty against New'berry helped a spine- tingling march against the clock. The payoff pass, the fifth com pletion in the 97-yard drive, came from Carter to Kirven, who caught the 25-yard pass on the five and scored. Fulk converted with a min ute and ten seconds left. New'berry took to the air but Yates intercepted a pass with 48 seconds left to play and Harper ran out the clock on quarterback, sneaks. Final, PC 14, Newberry 12. 2ncT" T952; for the purpose-of electing in alderman for Ward 4 of said Town of Clinton for the unex pired term of Alderman W. M. Walker, who has moved away from the Town of Clinton and thereby caused a vacancy in said office. The Alderman to succeed the sard W. M. Walker in said Ward 4 shall be elected at large by a direct vote of the qualified electors of said Town A Friendly Chat ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP When you talk to our experienced home mortgage i advisors, you get friendly guidanae on your par ticular financing problems. Vi e have been able to help many couples realue their dreams of free- and-clear home ownership sooner-through out economical loan plan. If you have found the home you want and have the needed dowrv pay* ment, why not come in for a ’ chat”? 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