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j r I, % ' The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LIV (Jljf (Elinton €l;rantrlf If You Don’t I^ead The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 23, 1953 Number 30 Good Results In Weevil Poisoning Over the County Spot checking for boll weevil in festation in the county last week showed an average of 5 V4 per cent where poison was used compared to 48 per cent where not used, County Agent C. B. Cannon reports. The week of July 6 showed 34 infesta tion with poison and 50 per cent without. Week of June 20 showed 9.7 per cent on fields where used, and unpoisoned fields for that week lor comparison were not located. This is a good illustration that boll weevils can be held under control by proper application of poisoning, Mr. Cannon said, and shows what farmers have done so far this year. An increase in punctured shapes may be expected this week and in the near future, he said due to newly hatefced out weevils appearing. Where infestation of shapes shows eight per cent or more, apply poison at five day intervals at the rate of 12 to 16 pounds per acre until brought under control. Boll worms are still present throughout the county and this infestation most likely will increase unless proper application of DDT is generally done. The worm can do considerable damage eating holes in shapes and young bolls in a short time. BHC with 10 per cent DDT will control both the boll weevil and boll warmsTTJlDT~wtH--ftot—control boll weevil, Mr. Cannon states. Earl Weisner, Narnie community, has 28 acres planted to W. W. Wan- namaker new variety cotton, “All in One,” that is showing wonderful prospects for production. Tiie cotton was planted April 28, and on July 18 cotton bolls measured one and three-fourths inches in diameter. Boll weevils will not attack bolls 20 to 21 days old or older, so the applying of poison at the proper time, saving shapes now forming, wil give greater yields. It has cost the farmer just as much in land preparation, fertilizer, and labor to make this cotton crop whether he produces 250 pounds of lint cotton per acre or whether he produces 600 pounds per acre. That’s why the con trolling of insects at this stage of cotton growth means increased re turns, he added. Dr. Horry Holland New Moderator . Georgia Synod A Presbyterian college alumnus is the new moderator for the Synod of Georgia, succeeding a PC trustee in this office. Or. Harry K. Holland, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Marietta, Ga., was elected moder ator for 1953-64 at^the annual synod meeting last week. He succeeded Gen. J. B. Fraser of Hinesville, Ga. Dr. Holland graduated from Pres byterian college in 1926. Gen. Fraser has served as a member of the board of trustees representing the Savan nah Presbytery for many years, and was chairman of the board dinring the recent endowment campaign. Before going to Marietta in 1947 Dr. Holland held pastorates in Con yers, Ga., Charlotte and Raeford, N C. He attended Columbia Theologi cal seminary and received an honor ary doctor of divinity degree from Presbyterian college in 1962. Bonk of Clinton •Rents Davis Office Dr. J. W. Davis, beloved retired physician, has closed his office in the rear of the Bank Of Clinton building which he has occupied the past 15 years. The office has been rented from the owner of the property by the bank. Dr. Davis now has an office over Badler-Owens Pharmacy. * Dollar Days Announced For - July 30-31-Aug. 1 Three more big dollar days—July 30-31-Aug. 1—have been announced n the city by the Merchants Asso ciation. For the three days—^Thursday, Fri day and Saturday — many special money-saving values will be offered by a number of participating mer chants. Pet Boyd Adair Passes After Short Illness, Funeral Yesterday Pet Boyd Adair, 68, died at noon Tuesday at Blalock clinic following a two days critical illness, the an nouncement of his passing coming as a great shock to his friends and famiy. Graveside services were conducted at Rosemont cemetery yesterday af ternoon at 5 o’clock (Wednesday) by the Rev. E. K. Garrison, assisted by Dr. C. B. Betts. Until the hour of service the body was at the home of one of his daughters, Mrs. John W. Finney, Jr. Pallbearers were: Allen and Har old Coleman, Grady Adair, Hugh Morgan, W. M. Finney and Carl Es- pieg, Jr. The services were largely attended with many floral tributes banked upon the grave giving evidence of the high esteem in which he was held. Mr. Adair spent his entire life in this community. He was a son of the late William N. and Nannie Ropp Adair and a member of Broad Street Methodist church, which he served as an officer for a number of years. Mr. Adair for a number of years was engaged in the furniture busi ness here. Retiring from this busi ness, he was employed by the city for several years as superintendent of the street department, and pre viously had served, several- years- -as District 55 Tax Levy 44 Mills, No.'56, 49 Mills Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, county auditor, has announced that the to tal property tax levy this year in Laurens School District No. 56 will be 44 mills, and in Clinton District No. 56 will be 49 mills. The levy fpr general county pur poses will be 24 mills and for school purposes in each district 20 mills. In No. 56 an extra five mills is for bonds. Broken down, the general levy in cludes 15 mills for ordinary opera tions, eight mills for bonds and one mill for hospital. The levies for the county areas in cluded in Greenwood and -Green ville school districts have not been received and cannot be announced yet. Miss Culbertson said. The total levy for District 55 last year when it embraced both 55 and 56 was 53 mills or nine more than the levy in 55 this year and four more than in 56 this year. $200,000 Bonds ■*' x . . • Sold for County Road Construction a member of dity council. For the past six years he had been empTbyed by the State Training, school in charge of the yards and general beautification of the campus. There he was regarded as a valuable em ployee and highly regarded. Mr. Adair by his genial disposition made and held many friends by his admirable traits of character. Al ways modest, he was kind and help ful of others who appreciated his friendship and* who unite in extend ing sympathy to his bereaved family. He is survived by his wdow, Mrs. Mary Lankford Adair; three daugh ters, Mrs. John W. Finney, Jr., and Mrs. W. S. Horne of this city, now of Fort Bragg, N. C., and Mrs. D. H. Reynolds, Jr., of Washington, Ga.; two grandsons, and one sister, Mrs. H. A. Copeland, also of this city County Boafd Inducts 23 In Armed Forces The Laurens county draft board called twenty-three men to report Tuesday for army induction at Fort Jackson, according to Chairman J. B. Lewis. He also announced that only eight men will leave in Au gust which is the lowest number called since September, 1952, when the board inducted only three reg istrants. Reporting Tuesday were: Lloyd Eugene Johnson, Miller Cun ningham, Adelma Leroy Smith, Joseph David Childress, Larry Ruf us Herbert, James Ester Vance, Jr., and Thomas Walk, Jr., all of Laurens; Harold Monteze Outley of Augusta, Ga.; Gene Albert^Cook and Gene* Arthur Cothran, both of Fountain Inn, Rt. 2; Tommy Lamar O'Dell, I^arkin Hughes, Jr., Robert Murrell Mundy, Dewey Reeder, John Edward Pitts and Elbert Car- roll Lothridge, all of Ware Shoals, Rt. 1. Also Alvin Westly Hampton, Matha Adolphus Simmons and Clarence Roose Bagwell, all of Clin ton; Donald Lee Weaver, of Joanna; Fred Eugene Weathers, Jr., of Gray Court; James Roy Hughes of ty»tts- ville; Lewis Henry Darnell, Jr., of Waterloo. Last week an issue of $200,000 advertised county bonds was sold to Courts & Company through P. M. Therell of Greenville. The bonds sold at 2% per cent interest plus a premium of $257.50. Money derived from the bonds will be used for repairs to the court house, repairs and construction on county roads and for road machin ery, under a legislative act this year under which they were sold. Under the act, $200,000 in bonds were to be sold ,this year and $200,- year's issue are different fom this 000 next year. Provision for next year’s in that they must be approv ed by the county delegation before they are sold. Miss Margaret Speoke Passes In Gaffney, Services At Kinards Credit Association Twenty Yoprs Old, Has Good Record A report of the financial progress of the Clinton Production Credit as sociation is being distributed this week to farmer-members from the office of Rex .Lanford, secretary- treasurer. The letter' points out that the association i§ 20 years old, having been organized in Decerrfber, 1933, to assist farmers in Laurens and Newberry counties in securing needed credit for their farming op erations. From a small beginning the mid year report shows total membership in the two counties of 1,019. The as sociation has $55,000 in membership, owned stock and made 264 loans in the first six months of this year, amounting to $365,930.00. There is now no government-owned stock the report shows, with the total stock owned 100 per cent by the members, and accumulated earnings of $71,137.00. Officers of the association are: Miss Margaret Miller Speake died J T - McCrackin, Newberry, presi- last Friday morning at a Gaffney , den L J- F. Hawkins, Newberry, vice hospital following a period of de- president; Rex Lanford, Waterloo, AT MacDILL FIELD Roberrt B. Hellams,, Jr., son of Mr. and % Mrs. Robert B. Hellams, Sr., of this city, is now attending a four-weeks summer AiFROTC training program at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS regularly EACH 1VEEK It win pay yea. It’s thrifty to shop first la this newspaper, then in the stores as prices change and new merchandise is received and displayed. BE WISE- READ THE ADS Beaverdam Baptist Church To Celebrate Homecoming Aug. 2 Beaverdam Baptist church, locat ed about half-way between Mount- ville and Laurens will celebrate homecoming on Sunday, August 2. This historic church was organized in 1807, and the present building was erected in 1859 on property donated by Zachariah Bailey. Many fine Baptist pastors and Christian laymen have served in the church during the many years of its life. Dr. Ellis Fuller joined the church at Beaverdam and later was pastor while he attended Presbyte rian college. Dr. Robert G. Lee, past president of the Southern Baptist convention, and now serving as pas tor of Bellevue Baptist church in Memphis, Term., also once served Beaverdam as pastor. It is for the purpose of dedicating work recently done on the church building and for the purpose of hon oring the past record of service of Beaverdam that this homecoming program is being held. All past members and pastors of Beaverdam are cordially invited to this homecoming service. Everyone who comes is requested to bring a picnic lunch, for dinner will be eaten on the church grounds immediately after the morning worship service. The homecoming service will begin at 2:00 p.m., and Rev. Stanley Har dee, pastor of Lydia Mill Baptist church, will bring the homecoming address. The week following the homecom ing day will be the week for the regylar- summer revival at Beaver dam. August 3-7 is the time for these meetings which will be held each evening at 8:00 o'clock. Rev. Lloyd Hellams of Columbia, will brng the messages. The public is cordially in vited to all these services. Mrs. Fannie Riddle Passes In Greenwood Mrs. Fannie Wofford Riddle, 72, died Friday afternoon at the home of her son, E. D. Riddle, in Green wood, after one year of declining health. She was born June 3, 1881 in Spar tanburg, the daughter of Jim and Nannie Gentry Riddle. She had lived in Greenwood 42 years and before that had lived in Laurens. She was a charter member of the Abney Memorial Baptist church and also a charter member of the Moth ers club. She was active in commun ity and church work. Her husband, H. Pinkney Riddle, died in 1914. Survivors include seven sons, Lu ther of Whitmire, James of Laurens, W. E. of Greenville, G. R. of Lau rens, Boyd-'of Greenwood, Rail* of this city, and E. D. of Greenwood; two sisters, Mrs. W. B. Bishop and Mrs. E. O. Smith of Spartanburg; 43 grandchildren and 48 great-grand children. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon from the Abney Memorial Baptist church by the Rev. Ralph Rhine, the Rev. J. W. Spillers, the Rev. R. M. Brewer and the Rev. Robert G. Strother. Interment foL lowed in Magnolia cemetery. Revival Services At Liberty Springs Presbyterian Church Revival services have been an nounced at Liberty Springs Presby terian church, Cross Hill, for the week of August 2-9, daily at 8 p. m. The services will be led by Evan gelist Charles Solomon of Montreat, N. C., with the public cordially in vited by the pastor, Rev. Wick Broomall and the congregation. dining health. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon from Sharon Methodist church at Kinards by the pastor, Rev. James E. Kinard. In terment followed here in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers were Hubert Boyd, Sam B. Evans, Jr., William Evans, Edward McMeekin, Frank H. Crymes and Ralph L. Wilbanks. Miss Speake was a native of New berry county but had spent most of her life in this county. She was a daughter of George T. and Mary Emma Boyd Speake, old and high ly regarded families of Newberry and Laurens counties. She was a member of Sharon Methodist church, a woman possessing many admirable qualities. The annocnce- ment of her passing was received with regret by her many friends hare and elsewhere. Survivors include one brother, George T. Speake of this city; and one half-brother, Sam B. Evans of Greenville, and a number of nieces and nephews. She was a sister of the late Dr. John W. Speake, one time president of Lander college, and a sister of the late James B. Speake, well known farmer and highly regarded citizen of the Kin- ards community. Calvary Baptist To Dedicate Educational Building Sunday Morning The new educational building a; Calvary Baptist church will be for mally dedicated Sunday, July 26, at the morning worship service. The building was completed la£t July at a cost of about $45,000 including equipment. The dedicatorial sermon will be preached by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Spillers. Special music will be fur nished by the church choir, and Tom Brown, chairman of the deacons, will Jead in the dedicatorial prayer. At the close of the service the congre gation will go to the front of the building to witness the burning of the mortgage. The building committee is as fol lows: L. H. Bagwell, Tom Brown, G. F. Downs, the deacons and pastor. Local Mills Erecting Two Service Stations The Clinton Cotton Mills and Ly dia Cotton Mills are erecting two modern filling stations soon to be put into operation. The stations are located in business areas of the two communities. They are being built by the two mills and will be under the management of the Clinton Mills Store and Lydia Mills Store. Eastern Star Members Have Picnic Outing The annual picnic of the James B. Parrott chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, was given on Tuesday evening at the Mary Lou ranch near here. About sixty guests, members and their families enjoyed the outing and picnic supper. secretary-treasurer. Directors: Mr McCrackin, Mr. Hawkins, Lawrence F. Davis and Hughs Bonds Workman of Clinton and R. N. Jackson of Gray Court. George M. Copeland is book keeper, and Mrs. John A. Davis, stenographer. Dr. John Bright To Get College Alumni Award MISS RAMAGE IN CLINIC Friends of Miss Martha Ramage will regret to know she is ill and has been a patient at Blalock clinic. ATTEND CONFERENCE Eight employees of Joanna Cot ton Mills Co., attended the 34th an nual meeting of the Southern In dustrial Relations Conference at Blue Ridge, N. C., July 15 and 18. They were James P. Sloan and David Boland of this city, Mason RoWland, D. J. Buchanan, Rolfe Clark, Kelly Waits and Frank Sher rill of Joanna. Dr. John Bright of Union Theo logical Seminary, will receive Presbyterian college’s high mark of distinction—the Gold P Alumni Award—for 1953, the college alum ni office has announced. Dr. Bright, a graduate of the class of 1928 at Presbyterian, was cited for this position as one of the nation's foremost—authorities—THT Old Testament Hebrew. He also was the recent recipient of the $7,- 500 Abingdon - Cokesbury award for religious writing for his manu script entitled, “The Kingdom of God.” Selection of Dr. Bright was made by the board of directors of the Presbyterian College Alumni Asso ciation. A Gold P and an inscribed certificate will be presented him at the annual Alumni luncheon at Homecoming next October 31. The Gold P is Presbyterian col lege’s highest stamp of approval for alumni. It is given annually to the alumnus who has made out standing achievement in his chosen profession. Dr. Bright has been a professor at Union Seminary in Richmond, Va., since 1942, with three years away for service in World War II. The Gold P for 1952 was award ed Dr. Marshall S. Woodson, presi dent of Flora Mcdonald college. Lt. Sadler Released From Active Duty, Returns To Laurens First Lt. Edgar O. R. Sadler of the U. S. Marines, son of Mrs. R. E. Sadler, of this city, was released from active duty on July 15 at San Diego, Cal., where he had been sta tioned for several months following his return from Korea. In Korea, he was commanding officer of an 81 mm. mortar platoon with the First Marine Division. Lt. Sadler and Mrs. Sadler, the former Miss Nancy McMillan of Laurens, who joined her husband in California upon his return from Korea, will make a motor trip across the continent visiting points of interest. They are expected in Laurens about August 1. Lt. Sad ler will be associated with the Lau rens Distributing company. 3,000 Young Quail To Be Distributed On Farms of County According to Game Warden Garvin B. O’Dell, late this summer approxi mately 3,000 young quail will be dis tributed to farms in the county. The hatchery where the quail are being hatched in a row of frame birds nests is in the rear of the home of Warden O’Dell in the Poplar Springs section from which another 3,000 young quail were raised and delivered last year, the first year that the hatchery was operated. Each nest is about six feet long, two feet wide and eight inches deep, and has a pair of quail (or partridge) housed in it for egg production. Each nest has a wea thered covering at each end for feeding and nesting purposes. A middle section is covered over with a thin mest of chicken wire where the birds may run and get air. A peep under the covering will show there is actually no nest provided for the birds but an egg here and there beneath the. covering shows that the hen bird lays her egg on the bare wire floor. Every morning, Mr. O’Dell said, the eggs are gathered and later placed in the incubator for hatch ing. “If we let the mother hen fol low nature’s course and go “set ting’ herself,” Mr. O’Dell said, “she will stop laying when she has 15 or 20 eggs and go about her busi ness of hatching them out. But when we take them out every morning, she will lay all summer and in some cases lay 75 or a hun dred eggs.” "Already this year,” Mr. O’Dell said, “we have hatched out over a thousand litle ones, now ip vari ous stages of growth, and before the season is over we ought to have about three thousand. Along in late summer qnd early fall, Mr. O'Dvll said," distribution NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL New subscribers are added to our mailing list each week. iVe invite you to become a reader of THE CHRONICLE. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: MRS. P. H. MILLER Mountville. E. A. WALTERS, Raleigh, N. C. ROBERT CRAINE, Clinton. MRS. H. P. ABERCROMBIE, Lydia. 32 Forest Fires In This County Laurens county had 32 forest fires from July 1, 1952, through June 30, 1953, burning a total of 1,331 or an average of 41.6 acres each fire, the State Forestry commission reported. During the fiscal year six prosecu tions for forestry offenses resulted in six convictions. ^ v In the state there were 4,923 fires, burning 78,188 acres in the 46 coun ties. U. S. Population About 159 Million Washington, 4uly 20.—The census bureau said today the nation’s pop ulation was about 159,473,000 on June 1. This estimate indicated an increase of 2,708,000, or 1.7 per cent in the year since June 1, 1952, and of 8,- 344,000 or 5.5 per cent since the date of the last census, April 1, 1950. of the quail over the county will begin. The birds are divided into coveys of eight each and personally placed in areas where they will most probably survive. “We do not turn the birds over to landowners, but we put them out ourselves in places where there is sufficient feed and cover for them to survive," Mr. O’Dell said, “and we put them out long enough in advance of the hunting season so that they will become wild enough to take care of themselves.” Mr. O’Dell pointed out that landowners frequently think they have desirable cover and feed for birds just because the land is not cultivated and is covered with broomstraw and weeds. Such land, he said, is most frequently undesir able because there is no food for the birds. They just starve to death. “Unless we use our best judgment in putting out the birds,” he said, “all of our trouble and expense is wasted, and the restocking program gets a black eye.” Mr. O’Dell strongly recommend ed the planting of lespedeza bicolor for quail feed. An eighth of an acre or about 1,000 plants is recommend ed, he said, to sustain one covey of birds. Mr. O’Dell said that before the birds are released he bands most of them to keep track of how the pro gram is working out. Sportsmen, he said, would help a great deal if they would report to him when they kill a banded bird. A fairly large num ber of bands were reported last year, but he said that he is hoping for a better response this year. Revival Services At Leesvilfe Church Revival services will be hel< the Leesvillel Southern Methi church July ‘JB through Augu. each evening At 7:46. Regular vices will hr held Sunday: ch o’clock, and preac at lT s, oy Rev. J. W Moretz, su pastor, who will be assisted by John H. Holland, a former pash Homecoming will be obse: Sunday, August 2. Those atten are asked to bring picnic dinne be served on the grounds. Leesville church is just off the Laurens-Clinton road. FOOD... 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.