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f- The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable *1 1 (Clintntt (Ehrmtirlp If You Don’t Read f The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News = Volume LIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 17, 1953 Number 38 New Colonial Stores To Open Here Sept. 24 The handsome new Colonial Stores fronting on Pitts street has announced their ‘ grand opening for next Thursday, September 24. The building, erected by !T- D. Cope- i been completed. The Chronicle Now In New Location On Gary Street The Chronicle plant has been in the process of moving for the past three weeks and we are glad to an nounce that the difficult job has land, local business man, has been leased to the Colonial chain with a large area of free parking space for the convenience of car owners. The lot can be reached from either Pitts or Main street. The Rogers store here is being closed with the opening of the Co lonial Super Market. Van S. Jones and T. J. McCarty, with the Rogers store, have been named as manag ers of the grocery and meat de partments of the new store. The first Rogers store was open ed more than 50 years ago in At lanta and from that small begin ning has grown the well known Co lonial Super Markets with the fa mous “CS Rooster” trademark which is the identifying symbol of the new Clinton store and all Co lonial Super Markets throughout eight Southern states with more than 370 stores and 6,000 employees. The new Colonial offers a num ber of outstanding features — self- service shopping convenience, air conditioning, flourescent lighting, free parking space and convenient arrangement in all departments to inake shopping pleasant. The in terior is beautifully decorated with neptune green and pastel colors, easy on the eyes. Officials To Be Here , Announcement is made that for the opening the following Colonial Stores officials will be here: A. C. Edens, vice-president, Co lumbia. H. W. McCullough, division man ager of store operations, Colum bia. - . J. R. Bolt, general superintend ent, Columbia. W. H. George, district grocery superintendent, Greenville. J. V. Combs, district market su perintendent, Greenville. J. H. Wallace, sales manager, Co lumbia. E. L. Reeves, produce merchan diser. Columbia. R. B. Escue, meat merchandiser, Columbia. A. P. Love, advertising manager, Columbia. W. D. Harton, superintendent in charge of store openings, Durham, N. C. F. B. Stallworth, maintenance superintendent, Columbia. Announcement of the big open ing is made in the advertising col umns of today’s paper. Sesquicentennial Anniversary Sunday of Hopewell Methodist Church We are now in a new location, 109 Gary street, just a block across the street from our former location on South Broad street. The loca tion is between the new ground floor offices of the Southern Bell Telephone company and D. E. Trib ble company. In our new “home” we have am ple room for operating the plant and properly caring for all depart ments of the business. We cordial ly invite our subscribers, advertis ers, commercial printing and office supplies customers to visit us and make an inspection of the plant. It will be a pleasure to show you through the remodeled building which gives us more room for ex pansion and adequately serve our customers, and to give Clinton and this entire community a bettei newspaper. W. Eley Bragg Passes At Hospital, Rites Held Tuesday W. Eley Bragg, 62, who had made his home near here for the past six years, died Sunday afternoon at Hays hospital after several years of declining health. The funeral services were con ducted Tuesday afternoon from the Joanna Baptist church by the pas tor, Rev. James B. Mitchell, assist ed by the Rev. Perry Turner. Bur ial followed in Rosemont cemetery. The rites were attended by a large gathering of friends from. thi& com munity and elsewhere who joined in paying tribute to one who had lived a long and honorable life in this community. Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased. The honorary escort con sisted of P. B. Mitchell, J. L. De- lany, Walter Regnery, J. B. Hart, L. A Crawford, W. K. Waits, J. J. Clark, C. N. Franks, J. M. Rowland, H. G. Boyce, D. C. Abrams, D. J. Buchanan, E. J. Willingham, Rolfe Clark, L. E. Prater, J. S. Bolick, C. F. Franzen and S. G. Dillard. Mr. Bragg was a native of Spar tanburg county but had spent most of his life in this county. He made his home in Joanna for 30 years and was a retired mechanic of the Jo anna Cotton Mills. He was a son of the late Cager and Anna Strange Bragg. His father, at the advanced age of 88, passed away last month Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Betty Glass Bragg; two sons, ' Ray W., of Joanna, and John Den nis of near here; three grandchil dren; one sister, Mrs. J. M. Bauk- Stote Employees Of the County To Give Barbecue The South Carolina state employ- night of this community; and three ees of Laurens county are planning a barbecue to be held at the VFW hut on Thursday, September 24, at 7:00 p. m., it is announced. The purpose of this outing is to organize a county unit of the State Employ ment Association in the county. There are approximately 150 such employees in the county. The steering committee handling the arrangements for the barbecue are M. E. Royster, chairman; W. M. Nash, Mrs. Mabel B. Little, and M. T. Moates. A short business ses sion will be held for the purpose of electing officers of the unit. Mrs. Anne Agnew, of Columbia, executive secretary of the state as sociation, was in the county last week conferring with various de partments relative to organizing the county unit. All indications point to a big attendance of state employees, their families and friends, it was said. Tickets will be available in the various depart ments. The purpose of establishing county units, it was stated, is to co ordinate more adequately the ac tivities of the association on a county level. Also it offers great er opportunities in helping to ac complish the goals as may be es tablished through the over-all pro grams of the state association. The county association will also offer 'opportunities for the state employ ees in the county to become bet ter acquainted with other state em ployees and to enjoy local fellow ship meetings as well as to make recommendations from the local level to the state organization. Cub Scouts To Hold Meet Friday Night Cub Scouts of Pack 21 will hold an important meeting Friday night, September 18, at 7:30 in the science hall next door to the library build ing. All boys eight years old who are linterested in becoming a scout are invited to be present and bring their parents. Den Mothers and helpers are needed it is stated by the leaders of the Cubs. brothers, H. P., F. D., and C. E Bragg of Joanna. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jacobs On Trip To Germany Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jacobs left Monday by train for New York where they will sail on the SS United States for a visit with their son, Lt. Ferd Jacobs, in Bad Nau heim, Germany. While away they will visit Paris, Rome, London and oher points of interest, accompan ied by their son. They will return home the middle of October 6n the SS Queen Mary. They w^re ac companied by Dr. Thom well Jacobs of Atlanta, who joined them in New York. P. C.-Clemson Tickets On Sale Tickets for the big Presbyterian- Clemson football game Saturday night at Clemson, are now on sale at the drug stores in the city. Wal ter Johnson, athletic director, said yesterday tickets are available here for all fans intending to attend the season’s opening game. Hopewell Methodist church, near here in the Hopewell community, celebrates its sesquicentennial anni versary on Sunday, September 20. Sunday school will be held at 10:15 a.m., and Dr. C. C. Norton, of Wof ford college, will speak at 11:15 a.m. A picnic dinner will be served at 1:00 p.m. Former pastors will speak in the afternoon. The public is cor dially invited to bring a picnic bas ket and share this happy occasion. Unfortunately, some of the records of this historical church have been destroyed. A brush arbor was the first church and it is believed that the organization was under the lead ership of Francis Aabury. It is known that Thomas Johnson sold two acres of land in 1803 for ten shillings, two dollars in our money, to -the follow ing trustees: Charles Hewitt, Hugh O’Neal, John Sascon and William Wilson. The first members recorded was Miss Margaret Miller, better known as “Aunt Margaret Boyd.” She joined the church in 1825. She was the mother of W. D. Boyd and the grandmother of the Reverend J. W. Speake. The present building was erected over a period of five years, from 1835 to 1840. The money was raised by contributions of farm produce, capably handled by Treasurer Cole man Carlisle. The Reverend W. P. Meadors, well known in the Upper South Carolina conference, was reared in the Hope- well Methodist church. The present pastor is Rev. James ErKmard. ' Lydia Baptists Break Ground For Now Building A contract for construction of a new educational building for the Lydia Baptist church was let last Thursday to Paul Oeland of Green ville on a low base bid of $45,006, the pastor, Rev. F. Stanley Hardee announced. Hiree bids for construction of the 82 by 40 foot structure were opened by the building committee headed by J. B. Abercrombie. With furnishings the committee said, the building is expected to amount to approximate ly $49,000. Ground breaking ceremonies were held Sunday afternoon with Mr. Ab ercrombie turning the first shovel of earth, and actual work is now un derway. Plans are to match the present church’s brick exterior. The church was established in 1907, and the present structure was built 20 years ago. Plans for the building were drawn by Paul Oeland and Son, general contractors in Greenville It will in clude a modern nursery, a basement and two stories, 36 class-rooms, and four assembly rooms, pastor’s study and church office. Synod To Hold Meet Next Year Here With College P. C. and Clemson Meet in Opener Saturday Night Presbyterian college opens its 1953 season and its 40th anniversary of intercollegiate football Saturday night when the Blue Stockings in vade Clemson for this traditional curtain-raiser. It will mark the 35tjh annual meet ing of the two teams. Coach Lonnie S. McMillian and assistants Bill Crutchfield and Nor man Sloan will carry a small inex perienced squad into the Tiger lair. But it is one which has shown a livelier spirit than any PC team within the past few years. This season it will be- a battle of split-T formations up at Clemson. Presbyterian has used a T-function- ing attack ever since McMillian be. came head coaoh in 1941, but this offensive weapon is *an innovation at Clemson. Coach Frank Howard dropped the single-wing and shifted into the T for the 1953 campaign. Just how inexperienced the PC team will be is found in the fact that more than one-third of the 35-man traveling squad is composed of fresh men. Exactly 14 first-year candidates are making the trip, and at least two of these will probably be in the starting lineup. Among the three se niors aboard, just one — Fullback Joe Austin—is expected to see much action. The Blue Stocking forward wall, although greener than in 1953, will be heavier at an average of 193 pounds. Its center will be strongest, built aruond Guards Walter Yates and Luther Shealy and Center Frank Boulware, three juniors. Freshman. Lee Frierson and Sophomore Wayne Shoemaker will start at tackle, and two sophomores are slated to hold down, the opening frank assignments. They are Bobby Jackson and Ted Howie. Presbyterian’s backfleld, slower than in recent years, appears set to start with Freshman Landy Avant at quarterback, George Blue and Gene Carter at the halfbacks, and Austin at fullback. RUFUS E. SADLER President of Board NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Going away to college or to teach. Let THE CHHRONICLE follow 1 you —“just like a letter from hom^'. List your subscription today. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor RoH this week: DOREY TURNER, MRS. FRANCIS V. SMITH, City. W. T. WIGLEY, MRS. MART SATTERFIELD, Lydia. ^ JO ANN JOHNSON, Winthrop College. SARA BLAKELY, Columbia College. MRS. BEATRICE COATES, Mount ville. MISS CALLIE THOMAS, Anderson College. Local Scouts To Receive Awards Eight boy Scouts of Troop HI will receive promotions at the Laurens District Court of Honor at Laurens on Monday evening, September 21. Billy Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Davis, will be promoted to First Class. Promoted to Second Class will be Horace Payne, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Payne; John Eichelberger, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Eichelber ger; Phil Roddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Roddy; and Joe Dailey son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Dailey. Merit badges will be awarded to Joe Neely and Billy Davis for bas ketry; Barry Ellison for marksman ship and athletics! Joe Neely for citizenship in the home; and Neil Dailey for citizenship in the com munity. Presbyterian college was select ed last week at Florence as the site for the 1954 meeting of the Pres byterian Synod of South Carolina upon invitation of President M. W. Brown. The time was fixed as Au gust 31. D. W. Robinson of Columbia was elected a member of the board of trustees of the college, replac ing Dr. W R. Barron of Columbia, who asked to be relieved of his du ties. The report of the committee on stewardship, which brought forth much discussion, was adopted. It called for a budget of $486,967 for the year 1954, compared with $300,- 000 for the present short year of nine months. Wildlife Meeting . Set for October 5th, To Name Officers The Clinton group of the Lau rens County chapter of the South Carolina Wildlife Federation will meet October 5 at Posey W. Cope land's lake on Highway 56. A bar becue supper will be served at 7:30. Officers for the coming year will be elected at this meeting and members of the executive commit tee have asked that all members make plans to atend. Tickets are now on sale and may be obtained from Charles Young, ticket chairman, at the Clinton Ser vice Station. J. C. Thomas, president of the lo cal organization, stated that an in vitation to attend is being issued to members of the Laurens and Jo anna groups. County To Lounch Blood Testing Program Sept. 18-26 Laurens county will on Friday be gin a mass blood test program simi lar to one just completed in a num ber of counties of the state. Dr. J. C. Sease, county health of ficer, said that testing would begin September 18 and continue through the 26. A meeting was held icn Lau rens Tuesday night when a number of community leaders made plans for the program. This is a joint effort of the coun ty and state health departments and the Public Health Service. The same personnel in Greenville recently are now In this county to assist with the work. Lawton Accepts Kingstree Call The Rev. J. K. Lawton, up tix re cently a resident of this city, has ac. cepted a call to be pastor of the First Baptist church at Kingstree and has already entered upon his work. Mr. Lawton left here a few months ago to accept the pastorate of the Poplar Springs Baptist church near Ware Shoals. Formerly, he was as- sociational misionary for the Lau rens and Reedy River Baptist asso ciations. \ The Ads Are All-Important To You The advertising columns of THE CHRONICLE each week 'carry important and helpful advertising “news” from busi ness firms. They tell you of latest prices and values' in gro ceries, meats, clothing,, dry g»ods, automobiles and all lines of merchandise. They help you in supplying the daily needs for your family and home. . Shop in THE CHRQNNICLE first. Newspaper advertising has no substitute. It does not hang on the air . . . it is not brief headlines here or there with a momentary interest. Ads have an important local' quality. And this newspaper reaches just about everybody in this town and community, not just fractions of audiences. Newspaper advertising helps you to buy' well and save. Rev. and Mrs. Barron Leave for Scotland Rev. and Mrs. Earl P. Barron, Jr., left Greenwood Saturday for Mon- traeal, Canada, and will sail from there September 17 for Glasgow, Scotland. They were accompanied to Montreal by Mr. Barron’s par ents. The Rev. Mr. Barron will do post graduate work in theology at the University of Glasgow for the next nine months under a scholarship awarded him by Rotary Internation al. He is a graduate of Erskine Col lege Theological Seminary and was ordained in June at Bon darken to enter the ministry of the Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian church. Mrs. Barron, the former Miss Mona Blakely, who was graduated from Erskine in August, spent a few days here with her parents, Mr and Mrs. A. B. Blakely, before leav ing. HARRY Y. MoSWEEN Campaign Chairman • Sadler, McSween To Head '54 Drive Community Chest At a meeting «f the boerd of di rectors of the Community Chest of Greater Clinton, Rufus E. Sadler, of Sadler-Owens Pharmacy, was elect ed president of the board of trustees, and Harry McSween, cashier of Beak of Clinton, was choeen to be chair man of the campaign committee. Robert M. Vance, president of M. S. Bailey 4 Son, Bankers, was reelect ed treasurer. The board set the dates October 12-24 for the drive this year, and a budget committee was appointed to meet srfth agenciee to prepare the budget for the drive. Mr. Vance was appointed chairman of this commit tee, which consists of the following members: John Jordan, Mrs. D. O. Rhame, Wilmot Shealy, and M. Q. Higginbotham. (Mr. Higginbotham was appointed as representative from the Exchange club). The committee is now contacting agencies that participated last year and will set a date for the budget committee meeting at which each agency will be given a chance to re port on how they used funds last year, and to submit requests for the coming year. An executive committee was se-~ lected to serve under Mr. Sadler, to handle the business affairs of the chest, when a full board meeting is not possible. Members of this com mittee are: George Cornelson, Miss Mildred Bozard (or her replacement, from the Business and Professional Women's club), R. P. Hamer, Mayor Joe P Terry, and J. B. Templeton, the newly appointed representative from Clinton and Lydia Mills. A re placement for Mrs. Jack Anderson, member at large, whose term ex pired, has not yet been announced, nor has a secretary for the organi zation been selected. The secretary's position is a part time occupation wish pay. Home-Grown Flayers Form Blue Hose Team Home-grown players from the Carclinas form more than 80 per cent of the strength of Presbyterian college s'1953 football roster. South Carolina leads the field in providing over .half of the Blue Stocking talent. A total of 20 men li'ted on the $8-man roster are put ting in their gridiron licks on na tive sod. North Carolina is providing 12 players, which brings the figure for the two Carolinas to a lop-sided 32. Georgia has two candidates on the PC field, and there are one each from Flbrida, Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. Campaign committee membe rs are -now being selected, and Mr Mc- Swe< m hope 5 that the captains fron\ last year w ill be available ti '’give the new leaders help ami ad\ ce. A date has nc >t yet been set n r the tirs* meeting i of the campaign “Mil- Miss Cossonova With Blalock Clinic OWENS IN HOSPITAL Friends of Robert S. Owens will be interested to know he left Mon day to enter the Veteran’s Adminis- itration Hospital, Forest Hills Divis ion, Augusta, Ga. Friends Ol Aiiss Mn(idi *u Ov'N.:**»• nova will snow-she h.is ret .r:: ed here to m.-k h ham ' and has i iccepted a position is su- pervisor o f Blalock clinic. Miss Cj issanova was recenti.v re- leased fro: m service after serving as a lientena nt, Navy Nurses x, the Mam ae Base hospital, Parris Island. After hr « » l k C X «I v :r release she spent several . —wr u. *v. iJb, of Washington and other points interest in Western states before tenng upon her new position.