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Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, December 25, 1952
Number 52
CLINTON FACES QUIET, ENJOYABLE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON
Business Firms to Close Christmas Day and Friday,
and Mills Observe Closing Schedule. Streets and
Stores Crowded With Shoppers Today. Yuletide
Spirit In Evidence With Many Returning Home or
Going Away for Holidays.
The streets are crowded today
(Wednesday) with throngs of people
doing their last minute shopping in
preparation for Christmas.
City business firms will close
and employers celebrate the season
with a holiday period pointing to a
happy observance. Business firms
will reopen Saturday morning on
their regular schedules.
The city and orphanage schools
closed last Friday. Presbyterian
college closed on Wednesday.
The post office will be closed all
day Christmas day with no deliver
ies being made.
The Clinton and Lydia Cotton
Mills will close today and reopen
Monday morning. Joanna Cotton
Mills, Joanna, will observe the same
holiday closing.
Other local plants will close down
several days observing the. holidays.
Many will spend" Christmas out of
the city visiting friends and rela
tives, while others, including college
students, have returned to their
homes,, in this community for the
holidays. *■
Indications point to a quiet, en
joyable Christmas for the people of
Clinton and the entire community.
THE CHRONICLE wishes for its
thousands of readers a season of
happiness, free of sorrow, tragedy
and anxiety.
Dr. L. E. Bishop
Passes At Home Here,
Funeral Rites Today
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of
Dr. Lester Eugene Bishop,
pharmacist, and former mayor
Clinton, died Monday afternoon at
his home on Walnut street after an
extended period of declining
health.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon (Wednesday) at 3
oclock from the First Baptist
church by the Rev. 3. Hi Darr, Df
W. R. Turner and Dr. D. J. Woods.
Intermen! will follow in Rosemont
cemetery.
J. V. Edwards, Sr.,
Passes At Hospital,
Rites Held Tuesday
Joseph Vernon Edwards, Sr., 65,
died early Monday morning at
Hays hospital after a brief illness.
The funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon from
Gray Funeral Home by the Rev. E.
K. Garrison, with interment fol
lowing in Rosemont cemetery. The
rites were attended by a large
gathering of friends and relatives
with numerous floral offerings
banked upon the grave as an evi
dence of esteem.
Dr. Bishop was a native of Paco- Pfflibearers were -Arthur and
J. Rhett Sloan
Passes At Hospital,
Funeral Rites Here
let in Spartanburg county, but had
made his home in this county most
of his life. He was engaged in the
drug business for several years in
Laurens before he moved here in
1935, and in partnership with W.
M. Walker operated Bishop-Walker
Pharmacy until forced to retire
from business two years ago. Since
then he had been confined most of
the time to his home.
Dr. Bishop was the son of the
late Edward and Sally Davis Bish
op. He was a member of the First
Baptist church where he served as
a deacon for a number of years un
til his retirement fom active ser
vice in his church and community.
He was also a member of the
Shrine, the Junior Order, the
Woodmen of the World and the Ki-
wanis club. He was a lifelong
member of the Pharmaceutical as
sociation which he served as presi
dent for four years. He received
his degreee in pharmacy at the
Charleston Medical College.
Dr. Bishop was elected mayor of
the city in 1946 and served in this
capacity for four years at which
time he did not offer for re-election
because of declining health and in
ability to asume the responsibility
for another term. A public-spirit
ed citizen, he was always interest
ed in the progress of the city and
gave liberally of his time in civic
work. His friends here eand else
where will regret to learn of hisi
passing. •
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. K^te
Rickman Bishop; two half-sisters,
Mrs. Frank Hem and Mrs. Grace
Hazle, both of Greensboro, N. C.:
and one half-brother, Ernest Bish
op, of Lynchbuprg, Va. ,
Post Office To Close
Thursday and Friday
The post office will be closed
Christmas day, and no deliveries of
mail will be made, it is announced
by Postmaster W. D. Adair.
Friday will also be a holiday for
postal employees. However, the reg
ular citv delivery of mail will be
made. The stamp and general deliv
ery window will be open from 10 to
11 a.m. No rural dalhrak* -will bt
made on Thursday or IWday.
Alex Black, W. A. Martin, W. C.
Baldwin, Clarence Fields and Har
wood Nelson.
The honorary escort was compos
ed of members of the board of
stewards of Broad Street Methodist
church.
Mr. Edwards, native of Marrion
county, was a son of the late Enos
1920 he moved to Clinton where he
had since reiided. For a number
of years he ^as engaged in busi
ness here and in recent years he
had been mployed by several firms
of the city. He was a devoted
member of Broad Street Methodist
church of which he was a trustee,
and formerly was a member of*its
bpard of stewards. An upright
gentleman, a first-rate citizen pos
sessing many fine traits of charac
ter, he made many friends during
his 32 yeai*s residence here who
willl earn with regret of his pass
ing.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Beulah M. Edge Edwards; one son,
Joe V. Edwards, Jr.; three daugh
ters, Mrs. A. E. Anderson of Chi
cago, HI., Mrs. C. V. Lipscomb of
Okinawa, and Mrs. L. A. Crawford
of Joanna; one brother, Ira M Ed
wards‘of Dallas,. Texas; two sisters,
Mrs. C. W> Fields and Miss Ruth
Edwards of Lamar and nine grand
children.
Dr. Macdonald Is
Hospital Patient
Dr. M. A. Macdonald president of
Thormvell orphanage, has been a
patient at Hays hospital since Sat
urday afternoon when he became
seriously ill while out on the cam
pus of the institution. His friends
will be interested !o know his con
dition was reported yesterday as
much improved, and unite in wish
ing for him a speedy recovery.
James Rhett Sloan, 64, died last
Wednesday afternoon at a Colum
bia hospital following a critical ill
ness, preceded by several years of
declining health.
The funeral srvics wre conduct
ed here Thursday afternoon from!
Gray Funeral Home by the Rev. E.
K. Garrison. Burial followed in
Rocky Springs Presbyterian church
cemetery near here, with a number
of friends and relatives attending
the last rites, and many flowers
banked upon the grave as an evi
dence of the esteem in which he
was held.
Pallbearers were Arthur and
Ralph Benjamin, Aldine Blakely, j
R. C. Stewart, L. W. Cooper, Elmer
Bennett, James P. Sloan and G A.
Burton
Mr. Sloan was the last surviving
member of his immediate family.
He was a native of this county, a son
of the late Lawrence and Corne
Templeton Sloan, and had lived
most of his life here. He w’as a mem
ber of the Methodist church.
For several years he was connect
ed with the State Training School
where he was held in high regard
as a faithful, valuable employee.
By his fidelity to duty, high ideals
and splendid attributes of character
he made many friends who will re
gret to learn of his passing.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Beatrice Bennett Sloan, a teacher
at the Training School.
RE6NERY GIVES CLINTON A 'BOUQUET'
The Chronicle is in receipt of the interesting Christmas edition of
The Joanna Way, employees' publication of the Joanna Cotton Mills
at Joanna. Copies were also mailed all members of service clubs in
the city.
The issue carries an illustrated write-up of Clinton, stating that
299 Joannians make Clinton their home, commuting back and fbrtn
to their work. The list of employees is given.
Included with the issue is a letter from Walter Regnery, vice-
president of the company, calling attention to the article devoted to
Clinton in one of a series featuring the home communities of the em
ployees of the company. It contains much historical information cov
ering the early beginning and development of the town.,
In Mr. Regnery’s letter he states, “We are proud to have such a
fine neighbor as Clinton and of course we are pleased that almost
three hundred of your fine citizens are members of the Joanna family.
In addition to this large group of Clintonians who earn their liveli
hood at Joanna Cotton Mills Company, additional hundreds of our
employees have found Clinton an ideal place in which to trade. A
fine spirit of cooperation and neighbOrliness down through the years
has characterized the development of our two communities. Certainly
the ties of friendship and mutual interest bind us together as few
towns are.”
Mr. Regnery concludes his appreciated "good-will message” with
this statement, "We salute our good neighbor, Clinton, in this Christ
mas issue, and wish each of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.”
CHRISTMAS WEEK
IN CLINTON
10 YEARS AGO
Ifems of Interest Then
About Happenings and
People You Know.
(From Files of The Chronicle.
December 24, 1952).
Albert Bruce Galloway, Sr, 72,
died at his home here early Satur
day morning following a critical
illness of' several weeks.
Mr-and ^M;^ R. jL Ferguson. ..uu...
will
Janu-
CLOSE FOR HOLIDAYS
■ The County Agent’s office
be closed December 25 and
ary 1.
The Laurens Cooperative Breed
ing Association office will be clos
ed only on Decemfber 25.
Clinton, Lydia Mills
Give All Employees
Christmas Bags
Watch Yourself.
Now To Avoid
Holiday Accidents
Kiwanis Club To
Act As Santa For
Orphanage^ Family
The Clinton Kiwanis club, follow
ing a practice of many years, will
again serve as Santa Claus for the
boys and girls of Thornwell orphan-
No matter how much money you
spend on Christmas, or how much
loye and thought y^u put into your
Chistmas plans—it won’t mean a,
thing if anything happens to you ag ’
or your family. Bags wl11 ^ Presented all the
^ K .V tv.*, children Christmas morning con-
You may not relate .t but the taln an assortment 0( (ru ‘
one tlung your family wants n,o S t |can ^ Wlth several members
around the Christmas tree is-your
presence, not your presents. And
don’t let the cynics tell you dif
ferent! ,
An accident can be tragic at any
Employees of the Lydia and Clin- time, but at Christmas it is doubly
ton Cotton Mills are taking several
days of rest for the remainder of
the week enjoying the Christmas
season.
The ownership of the mills, fol
lowing an established custom of
tragic. And yet the Christmas
season is united in thousands of
homes every year by suffering and
tragedy from accidents that need
never have happened. Many a
Chistmas tree has become a mock-
years, again this year distributed! ing reminder of someone not there
bags of fruit, nuts and candy to all
employees and members of their
families. The baskets were distrib-
to enjoy it.
The whole spirit of Christmas is
"Peace on eath, good will to men”
Today’s Christmas Edition
Today’s paper goes to its large
family of readers a .day ahead of
publication day on account of
Christmas and finds everybody busy
with last-minute shopping. It comes
to you, however, when there will be
plenty of time for the entire family
to read its contents during the next
few days when the rush is over.
And we would point out that it con
tains much beautiful and appropri
ate Christmas material in addition
to community news. Don’t miss any
of its pages.
With pleasure we present this, our
annual “Christmas Edition,” follow
ing a long established custom.
Shoppers will find many helpful
hints, and especially do we call to
your attention the unusually large
collection of attractive “Merry
Christmas ahd Happy New Year”
greetings. They come to you from
merchants, banks, mills and varied
other business firms.
These msesages, full of goodwill
and beautiful sentiments are in
serted by local firms as a, means of
publicly expressing thanks and
appreciation to their many friends
and customers for their patronage,
coni.dence and consideration dur
ing the vear now drawing to a
close. They, likewise wish for ev
eryone 365 days of health and hap
piness in 1953.
. We hope you will enjoy today’s
paper. Merry Christmas.
uted to everyone living in the two 1 —the spirit of kindness, courtesy
villages last Thursday and Friday, and cordiality. How can this spirit
Employees not living in the villages be better expressed than in a little
were requested to get bags for them-; extra care and courtesy at the
selves and their families a t: wheel of your car and in your
Bailey Memorial Methodist church home, at your work and in your
for Clinton Mills. Lydia employees
received theirs at Providence school
with a number of employees hand
ling the big distribution and ar
rangements for the two villages.
More than 6,000 bags were dis
tributed with the compliments of
recreation?
It seems a little thing to do—
and yet it pays off in happiness,
security and freedom from pain
and tagedy. It costs nothing, takes
no time and effort.
pres
ent"' and Santa in person for the
presentation. The bags will bear the
greeting, “Merry Christmas, from
the Kiwanis club”.
Christmas Eve
Service At
Episcopal Church
The public is invited to a carol
service and celebration of the Holy
Communion at All Saints Episcopal
Misson on Christmas Eve at 11:15
p. m. The service will be conducted
by the'Rev. E. B. Clippard, rector of
the church, who extends a welcome
to visitors.
The special Yuletide observance
makes the first service to be held in
their new church home, which oc
cupies its present site on Calvert av
enue and Holland street.
Stores To Close
For New Year
Stores and business houses in the
city generally will observe' Thurs
day, January 1, as a holiday, it has
So aloqg with your Christmas
the company for Santa Claus. 2,900 j gifts this year vie a little extra
bags went to L«ydid. Mills employees, and common sense, a little ex-! ^ ^ ^ announced by the Merchants
and more than 3,100 at the Clinton tra thought toward preventing a n.,/
Mills. accident that might ruin not only
The management stated that more your Chistmas,. but your life.
than 400 crates of oranges went in ^ :
the bags, 6,000 bags of candy, and; OFFICE TO CLOSE
more than a ton of nuts. With each
I
bag there was expressed sincere
best wishes for a very Merry Christ
mas for each and every employee
’ and members of their families.
Firms will stay open all day on
Wednesday, December 31. The reg
ular Wednesday afternoon closing
will be resumed on January 7th, it
i is also announced. The interruption
H. A. Ropp states that the PMA in the closing schedule for the past
be v closed Uew weeks- was made on account of
the Thanksgiving and Christmas
seasons.
tertained employees of The Indus'
trial Supply company, their wives
and friends with a banquet on
Monday evening at the Clinton Tea
Room.
Mrs. Kenneth Baker presented
her piano pupils in a Christmas re
cital on Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Frances Modene Finney and
William Nathan Braze! were unit
ed in marriage Saturday evening a*
the Joanna Baptist church, with
Rev. James B. Mitchell as the of
ficiating minister.
Miss Ruth Holland of Winston-
Salem, N C„ and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Hearn and daughter, also of
Winston-Salem, are spending the
Christmas season with their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Holland.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Adair are
spending some time in Hot
Springs, fiak.
Mrs. Carol! White Cbpeland is
spending several days at Camp
Butner, N. C., with Capt. Copeland.
*Miss Mary Dillard of Columbia.
Miss Lila Dillard of Barnwell, and
John .Dillard and family of Augua-
ta, Ga., are spending the holidays
with their sister, Mrs. N. Reese
Young.
Mrs. Ayliffe Jacobs and ’ daugn-
g?r^yIiHirngr^y>Mllng thr* - •*
Christmas holidays with their
mother and grandmother, Mrs. Es
telle B. Robinson, in Basley.
Frank M. Boland has been elect
ed president of the Kiwanis club
for the year, succeeding E. Harry
Wilkes.
L. W. C. Blalock, 85, long a resi
dent of the Goldville community,
died last Thursday afternoon at hi.s
home after an extended period of
declining health.
The following Winthrop college
girls are spending the holidays at
their homes here: Misses Ida Craw
ford. Omega Monroe, Margaret
Adair, Margaret Hipp, Jefn I^ay-
ton, Ame Jacobs, Marcia Galloway,.
Caolyn Henry, Margaret Johnson.
Jane Little and Emily Dillard.
Miss Margie Miller, student at
Queens college, Charlotte, is with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E
Miller, for the holidays.
Miss Ruth Davis, student nursa
at Duke University, is spending the
holidays with her parents, Mr. and.
Mrs. John D. Duvis.
Miss Annette Moorhead, student
at Coker college, is spending tile
holidays with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Moorhead, in Goldville.
Mrs. Thurston Giles and suiai'
son are spending some time a:
Camp Pickett, Va., with Lieut.
Giles.
Mrs. Ansel B. Godfrey and
daughter, Joy, are spending th ■
Christmas holidays with Rev. and
Mrs. J. M. Dick in Raleigh, N. C.
Lt. W. P. Jacobs, III, of Fort
Bragg, N. C., is at home for two
weeks to recuperate from a recent
illness.
Miss Frances Ruth Edwards, stu
dent at Winthrop college, and Miss
Dorothy Edwards, member of the
Trenton school faculty, are with,
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. <V.
Edwards, for the holidays.
Miss Inez Young, who teaches in
Kei^haw, is with her parents, M.\
and Mrs. John T. Young, for t
holidays.
Miss Martha Pitts, who teaches
in Fort Mill, is at home with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pitts,
Sr., for the holidays.
Th following Clemson students
are at home for the holidays: Roy
Johnson, Ace Workman, John
Spratt, Lewis and Harold Pitts.
Miss Evelyn Henry, who teaches
in Central, is with her parents. Dr.
and Mrs. B. H. Henry, for the holi
days.
Miss Frances Simpson, who teach
es in the St. George school, is
spending the Christmas season Wttn
h$r parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Simpeon.
Friends of Lt. D. H. McFadden,
medical corps. Camp Stewart, Ga.,
will be interested to know he has
returned to his assignment follow
ing an illness and and a few Ja>s
visit with his parents. Dr and Mrs.
M. J. McFadden, in Inverness, F.a.
office in Laurens, will
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
i this week for the holidays.
Friends of Mrs. W C. Shealy w
be glad to know- she has returned
to her home from the local hospital
where she has been a patient for
several weeks.