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—. The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Qlbr Clinton Ctpronirlr If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don't Get the News Volume LJV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 14, 1953 Number 20 * INTEREST IN SOIL CONSERVATION URGED UPON BUSINESS MEN Indiana Banker Says It Is Key To Increased Community Income. "Soil conservation is our biggest and best resource, and it is the re sponsibility not only of the man on the farm but also the business man,” said Fred O’Hair, of Greencastle, In diana, Tuesday evening in speaking before more than 200 members of service clubs of the county in a meet ing at Presbyterian college dining hall. Ryan F. Lawson, chairman of the local conservation district, presided, at the meeting and introduced W. P. Dixon, of the Hopewell community, who introduced the speaker. Mr. O'Hair, president of the Cen tral National bank of Greencastle, and director of the Dealer-Soil Con- servation District program of the National Retail Farm Equipment as sociation, is an ardent advocate of profitable lartd use programs. He was made available to the lo cal gathering through the Carolina Farm Equipment Dealers association In his talk he told of the oppor- tunitv for maintaining anH inrrpar. I primhliahmpnl of hiph Schools Two School Bills Passed By House Postponed In Senate Two school bills passed recently in the lower house by Representa lives C- L. Milam and Justin Bridg es, were postponed for considera tion next year when they reached the senate it was stated by Sen. R. T. Wilson following adjournment. In the house the bills favored by Milam and Bridges, were opposed by Rep. Thomas A. Babb, who un successfully moved to table the bill The h«Use voted to sustain the. ma jority of the delegation, Messrs. Milam and Bridges. When the bills went to the sen ate far action Sen. Wilson had them referred to himself, which left their passage or rejection up to him. He said that he wanted more time to study them which means the bills for this year were killed, but can be brought up again next year foV consideration if the sena tor so desires. One of the bills provided for the election of school trustees rather than the appointment as at pres ent on petition of 300 voters in each of the two county districts. The other provided for the permanent GAS TURNED ON IN CITY FRIDAY May Festival At Lydia Mills Largely Attended 1 Woodson and Sibley College Speakers For Commencement ing farm income through the con servation measures recommended by the Soil Conservation districts. He told what such practices had meant to his Indiana community, and in turn to his bank and to the busi ness interests of the area. “Soil con servation should be approached,” he said from an economic viewpoint. Our schools, towns and state gov ernment, and federal government all get their income from taxes, and taxes come out of the income of the people, he said, pointing out that it is to the interest of men in every type of business to become interested in soil conservation—which is noth ing more than proper use of land ac cording to its capability, and treating it according to its needs. If land in Laurens county were properly used afoduntion and jmeome could be doubled he said, including T land not now in production. “We are now past the peak in farm income—1951 was the high year,” he said. Farm prices have declined 17 per cent—implying that now is the time for those not heretofore prac ticing soil conservation to begin plans and practices to increase their in come in spite of falling markets. It can be done; he said, and must be done by the new and younger farm ers, especially, if they are to remain in the farming business in the face of the high cost of going into modern farming operations. Ai point stressed by Mr. O’Hair, from a national viewpoint, was that because of the high cost of American farming operations, we have about priced ourselves out of the world market, and in order to be able to enter world markets we must bring down our unit cost—by conservation practices.. We must lower our costs of producing beef, hogs cotton, corn, grain, etc, he said. Returning to the local lever, Mr O’Hair said there are 3,09J farms in Laurens county, and 1,400 of them cooperate in the soil conservation program, which is 13 years old. The soil conservation districts, he said are not federal projects, but are organized and operate under state Jaws. However, the Federal Soil Conservation service cooperates with the state districts with technical as sistance. Mr. O’Hair’s message was princi pally to business interests of the community, to impress upon business leaders to find out what soil conser vation is, what practices have been recommended for the county, and pass it on to those who should be interested—talk to them personally. Business men, he said, are inclined to say it is for the other fellow to io it —but such is not the case. An in crease of from 30 to 50 to 100 per cent in farm Income is entirely pos sible, and such an increase means an increase for every business man. Eighty per cent otf the farmers in the county, he said, have incomes of less than 12,500 a year. Cooperation and teamwork by all interests of the county is necessary to a profitable and happy commu nity hie, he concluded. Wilson Completes Training At Lackland A9C Walter J. Wilson has recently completed training at Lackland Air FV)rce base, and is now stationed at Francis (Warren Air Force base, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Airman Wilsort is' the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wilson of Mountville, and his wife is the former Miss Jewell Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Young of this city. Mrs. Wilson and daughter, Deb orah Ann, plan to join him in Wy oming. in District 55 at Ford, Hickory Tav ern. and Gray-Court Owings. The. net result will be trustees who are now appointed will contin ue to be chosen that way, and school consolidation matters will be left to school authorities. Representatives Mi 1 a m and Bridges said yesterday they were disappointed that the two bills were not enacted into law. Sunday Designated 'Building Fund Day' At First BopHst Sunday, May 17, has been desig nated as “Building Fund Day Above is shown the group that gathered at Roddy's Restaurant on South Broad street extension, wheh gas was turned on for Clinton’s first gas customer, served by the Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority. Mr. Roddy, shown above in the middle row, second from left, with Mrs. Roddy kneeling in front of him, operates a restaurant, drive-in, and motor court. Mayor Joe P. Terry, chairman of the Gas Authority, is shown first in the middle row. Others in the picture are representatives of the Gas Authority, engineers, contractors and members of the Roddy staff. Gas was turned into the Clinton lines Friday morning and about 700 homes had house mains completed at that time. Home-owners who have had appliances connected in the completed areas are now using the ser- Two prominent speakers, a law yer and a minister-edpeator. Will deliver the principal addresses tt Presbyterian college 72nd M 171 !* mencement exercises, May 31-Jun^ ij. President Marshall W. Brown nounced yesterday. Dr. Marshall S. Woodson, dent of Flora Macdonald college an alumnus of PC, is scheduled the baccalaureate sermon on May John Adams Siblegr, chairman of board of directors of the Trust Com pany of Georgia, will deliver thp commencement address on June 1| / A Presbyterian college graduate in the class of 1920, Dr. Woodson ha.; served as president of flora Macdon ald since 1949. He received PC’; Gold P Alumni award last year foi his outstanding work as head of th' girls school. Before going there, Dc Woodson was pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Thomasviile. Ga., and served a sa trustee of Pres byterian college. Sibley, a resident of Atlanta, hai earned a wide reputation for hi. work as board chairman of the T-us*. vice. Connections for the entire city have not yet been finished and other areas will have gas available from time to time as the work progresses. The Clinton-Newberry Gas Authority will serve more than 4,000 custom ers when the system is completed, around July 15. * OPPOSITION VOICED AGAINST ISSUING BEER PERMIT AT BONDS CROSS ROADS The colorful May Festival, held annually at Lydia Mills, being post poned three times on account of rain, was held Friday afternoon on the athletic field. A large crowd attended the special exercises giv en under the direction of Mrs. lone- Wallace, recreation director of the community. Pianist for several of th§ numbers was Miss Joan Kuy kendall, with the Clinton high school band contributing several numbers to the program. A quartet from Thorirwell or phanage also had a part on the pro gram, composed of Wilma Dicker- son, Allen Johnson, Jane West moreland and Richard Sheffer. The climax for the day was the crowning of the queen, Miss Caro lyn Bennett, member of the sev enth grade, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ballard. Geo. Cornelson, official of the mills, per formed the ceremony. Serving as the maid of honor was I Miss Mary Cunningham, daughter j of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cunningham. The crownbearer was little Patsy j Company of" Geoe^ia.' He' also serve. I GaiTon, daughter of Mr. and ^Irc-las chairman of the hi.,ird nf tnntTv Ernest G a iron ! of Berry schools, Mount Berry, Ga., and is affiliated with numerous other companies and institutions. Sibley amended Georgia Military academy and received his degree in law from the University of Georgia in 1911 He is a former vict-peesident of the American Bar association. Both Dr. Woodson and Sibley are listed in the forthcoming edition of Who’s Who in America. A hearing was held in Laurens last week whether or at the courthouse on not the South Carolina ed how often his deputies patrolled the Bonds Cross Roads section. Mr. Pitts and other opponents of the li- Tax Commission should grant a beer j cense had testified that they had permit applied for at Bonds Cross never seen an officer in the neigh- Roads in Jacks township between j borhood. The sheriff said that re- Clinton, Joanna and Whitmire. j ports of his officers showed that they nat«ri oc "Kiiii/imo ilav- The hearing was held before Joe went ^ ere a * * east once a day, ^ Allen, hearing officer of the S. C at ni « ht * and that he had et the First Baptist church of «i*| T rnmmission who said that heiP® 1,501141 ^ b** 11 there 16 times him- will make an “over and above” of fering to add to the fund already accumulated. The present building has served for many years the needs of the church, but as the church member ship and Sunday school attendance has grown through the last several years, the need has become appar ent for additional departmental and classroom space, the pastor and officers state.~"The present plans call for the erection of a building to be constructed on the roufh side of the present church building, fac ing South Broad street. commission for decision. The following account of the hear ing is taken from last week’s issue of The Laurens Advertiser: Mrs. Edna Eteine Green was iden tified as the applicant for the li cense. Hearing Officer Allen an nounced that he would amend the application to include the name of Mrs. Green’s husband, Leon H. him from patrolling that area and other areas in the county more fre quently. He had never had any com plaint from Mrs. Green’s place, he said. The examiner was scheduled to hold another hearing in the case of Woodrow S. Worthy applicant for a license to sell beer at a place on Highway 72, between Cross Hill and The queen’s court was composed of girls of the seventh grade, and were: Betty Alexander, Virginia Avery, Beverly Buzhardt, Helen Black, Betty Campbell, Alice Faye Chafin, Alivee Cunningham, Betty Davis, Thelma D u ti a w a y, Los Franklin, Wilhehnenia Glenn,’ Re becca Jones, Gail Kuykendall, Pa tricia Lambert, Alma Jo Poole, Barbara Roberts, Helen Tucker and Joyce Ann Todd. The theme of the festival was “American Folklore,”. and an American waltz, Indian dance, old grumbler, cowboy capers, the Vir ginia reel and a s quare dance in conjunction with tho theme About 300 children from the Ly dia school and community, groups from Thorn well orphanage and the State Trauiing School had part ia the 10-part program. Taking part in the American waltz feature were Catherine Pay- ton, Linda Estes, Marie Martin, Carol Parrish, Dianne Neal, Melda Satterfield, Sandra Mills, Florence Revis, Linda Corley, Dianne Dav enport, Mary Elizabeth Abercrom- Orphanage Closes Sucessful Year, Board Report Shows Students Listed In Top Group Mental Contest Names of the top 20 per cent oT the students who participated in the 1953 South Carolina High School League contest have been announced. The contest was held at the University in Columbia last month with high school students all over the stated participating. The following Clinton high stu dents were included in the top 20 per cent group: Junior English— Patricia Louise Norman, Elizabeth Jape Ray., Junior Algebra—Sara Bell Chris ty, Grace Lourine Infinger. General Mathematics -——Henry Earl Todd. . - Shorthand—Wilma Louise Dick erson, Helen Claudette Parrish. Senior English—Mary S^p Darr, Deborah Geer Dixon, Ellen Moselle Fraser, Jerry Wofford O'Shields, Martha Maud Wilson. Senior Algebra— Jerry Wofford O’Shields Prince Is Speoker At Clemson Banquet Hayne G. Prince, dean of students at (Presbyterian college, addressed Clemson college’s junior-senior ban quet last Friday night in the college dfnipg hall. The banquet was attend ed by about 900 students. FOOD... Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Gro cery and Market News In THE CHRONICLE every week from leading lood stores in the city. Read the advertisements reg ularly — they tell you about changing prices each week and where ^ou can supply your needs and buy to advantage. ~ ^ . i_ . , Cothran's bridge. Sheriff Lowery Green, after he had tesbl.e<i darn« said that ^ had w • the hearing that he wouM m issuance of the in the profits if any Mrs. Green, tt y w was brought out. is already conduct- Uen sajd he ^ wouJd ing a sandwich bnsmtis where she:^ the |asl of ,, ,, proposes to sell beer and Mr. Green i is a loom fixer at Whitmire. Testifying for the community,! 0 f Education and church, were J. (Henderson Pitts, Jr., of Clinton, who owns property in the community, Miss which is near Shady Grove school Bernice Johnson, Mrs. David Pitts, Mrs. James Johnson, Mrs. Carroll Johnson, J The annual meeting of the board of trustees of Thomwell orphan age was held Tuesday morning in the recreational building on the campus with Chairman Joel S. Morse, df Abbeville, pfestdflQj 'There was a full representation o' I members from the three controilin I synods of South Carolina, Georgi i and Florida. The annual reports of President M A. Macdonald, the executive and endowment committees were bie. Harnet Wilson. Anita Brown. “d approved A rum her uf routine matters were before Organized for Year Joel M. Babb of Gray Court was elected chairman of the County Board of Education at the annual M. Qwensby and W. B. election of officers meeting held in C. Goss. Testifying lor the applicants, besides themsekres were several neighbors Witnesses testifying agaimt the granting of the license claimed a life time interest and residence in the community. None of the witnesses for the applicant claimed over 11 years residence. Countering a claim by Mrs. Green that sentiment in the corma unity was divided about 50-50, Mr. Pitts aske'd her didn't she think that the views of .people wo had been in the community for “twenty, thirty or forty years” ought to have more weight than new residents. Mrs. Green said she couldnft answer ihat question. Homer S. Blackwell, attorney, rep resenting the Greens, was sustained in numerous objections by the ex aminer when the opposing witnes«s ecutives in June about ways of im sought to speak on the general topic proving the pro9e*sdng of Ameri- Laureas the past week. He succeeds J. B. Hart of Joanna, who had serv ed as chairman of the board the past year. G. C. Roper of Hickory Tavern was named vice-chairman and J. Le roy Burns, secretary. Other members of the board be sides Messrs. Babb, Hart and Roper are C. F. Fleming of Laurens, R. L. Weeks of Wattsville, and W. Neely of this city. Regnery To Tour Europe In June Walter Regnery, head of Joanna Cotton Mills, is one of a group of ten cotton textile experts who will confer with European textile ex- of temperance and morality. Mr Goss, who is a retired miaister, was called to order several times but generally succeeded in getting intol in g the study tour, said: the record that he thought the sale We h ^ the im . of intoeicating hevengw was a men- provemen 7 e nb , r prop , r . ace to morals and that the sale of| tiM and lhe |atM techm c ,i deve i. Jn " OU]d |opment, which, if properly used. strengthen cotton’s competi- Gail Campbell, Martha Stone, Bev erly Webb, Peggy Kirby, Elaine Harvey, Ethel Franklin, Carol Fras er and Brenda Hawkins. In the Indian dance were Tony Abercrombie, Robert Whitmire, Jerry Satterfield, Tony Black, Rog er Patterson. Douglas Garron, Gary Goss, Bruce Mills, Eriiest Black- well, James McLendon, Johnny Walker, Larry Fuller and Tony Webb. Children of the kindergarten were in the number named “Old Grumbler.” Members were Sue Word, Johnny Lanford, Flo Emery, Sylvia Estes, Peggy Grady, J. W. Davis, Tonita Harvey, Claude Grady, Beverley Poole, L i n cfb Faye White, Roger Puckett, Don ald Osborne, Nancy Alexander, Harvey Shumate, Douglas Harvey. Laura Smith. Ralph* Nabors, Eliza beth Harbin and Wayne Hairston. The Training School group, un der the direction of Joe Shay at the piano, gave their version of the Virginia reel. Playing the musical instruments were Leon Wise, Jer ry Blackmon, Bill Martin, Ralph Langley, Johnny Lightsey, Billy Simmons, James Hardee, James Dickerson, and Everette Ramsey. The girls who danced were Onita Silvers, Alma Jean Norris, Gen- neva Home, Juanita Lovett, Dor othy Haynes, Idelle Potts, Racelle Lightsey, Dons Mathis, Mildred Williams, Patricia Edgins, Ella Jean Spencer. Sandra Shelnut, Paula Shelnut, Jeanette Welch, Selicitas Garrett and Kay Griffin. The final number on the program the board, recommendations of the president and executive commit tee, and the list of workers fur the coming year approved. The auditor’s report showed tho past year financially a most satis factory one. Total receipts from all sources for the year- 1952, th» audit shows, amounted to $397,- 533,95, total expenses $282,839.37, an increase of income over expense of $123,929.46. Endowment fjJftJl. assets in bonds, stocks in corpora tions, notes, mortgages and real es tate were listed at $727,575.25, witn investments of $206,601.80 in the building and improvement fund The same officers of the boarf were re-elected for the coming yar. Loyalty Dinner At ** Presbyterian Church, y Richards To Speak A picnic supper for church men' bers will be held this evening $•: 6:30 at the First Presbyterian church preceding mn address by Dr. McDowell Richards, president of Columbia Theological Sem.nary at 8 o'clock this eveaing at th • First Presbyterian church. ^ The loyalty dinner meeting u*. being held as a part of the c^aa paign to raise funds for Negm work by the Southern Presbyterian, church. can-grown cotton Earl Heard of Shawmut, Ala., I chairman of the board, in announc- was the square dance. Participating in this were Margaret Robinson, Ronald Corley, Margaret—Madden: be a detriment to the community. ^ ^on .„d broaden i„ W onents W. A. ; cou/t Lowery, who was seated in the room, was called to the stand by Mr. Blackwell. On a question from Mr. Pitts, he said that he was not appearing as a witness lor the license applicants but had come to the meet ing out of interest in law entforce- mpnt. He said that he had heard that there was a petition against the ap plicant signed with about 100 names and he felt that es a law enforce ment officer he ought to be present. He was testifying, he said, because Mr. Blackwell had called him to the stand. The only material question Mr. Blackwell asked the sheriff concern- ) f ket outlets. This is the key to in creasing the consumption of Amer ican cotton abroad.” Scouting Meet To Be Held Tuesday A get-acquainted - with - scouting meeting will be held Tuesday, May 19, at 7:30 at Broad Street Metho dist church. Boy« 10-17, parents and all interested people in scout ing are irYvited. There will be a movie, “Scout Trail To Citizen ship,” along with explanation on scouting’* purpose. LITTLE BOY CLASS MASCOT David Walters, son of Mr in<t Mrs- Ed Walters, of Raleigh. N C . was chosen mascot of this yeur’i graduating class at Greensboru col lege, and took part in the May Day exercises on May 2. David is the M. Stutt* of READ Heyward Tumfin, Mary Lee How ell, Herman Burdette, Faye Bail- grandson of Mrs. F. ey, Rufus Edmonds, Peggy Sue Wil- 1 this city, lard, Harold Pearson, Jan Haryey, , --~ Broadus Bagwell, Sue Hamilton! Tilly Oakley, Eria Lois Kirby and Donald Nelson. Also Guelda Tucker, Lewis Ven able, Virginia Abercrombie, George Roof, Joan Cpllins. Richard Mar tin, Jeanette Hughes, Jimmy O'-, Shields, Mickie O’Shields, Bobby Brown, Mary Ann O’Shields. Geo. Blackwell, Peggy Patterson, Brad Blackwell, Peggy Pennington and Cecil Davenport. MRS. SMITH IMPROVING Friends of Mrs. Howard Smith will be interested to know she is convalescing at Hays hospital fol lowing an appendectomy Sunday. THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It's thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then In the stores .as prices change and new Merchandise is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS