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■ ■ The Chronicle Strives To Be A Gean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable (Flip (Elttttan (Eljrmtirlp = Volume LIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, December 3, 1953 If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Number 49* Santa Claus to Arrive at 4:30 This Afternoon BIG UVESTOCK YARD HERE HOLDS WEEKLY AUCTION SALES New Enterprise Opened a Year Ago By P. L. Bruce of Green ville With Sales Averaging About $15,000 Every Friday. Pro ducers of This Section Urged To Make Clinton Center for Marketing Cattle and Hogs. Owner Optimistic Over Future. The Clinton Livestock Yard makes this city the center of livestock ac tivity for Laurens county, and farm ers of the area are urged to take greater advantage of this market. P. L. Bruce of Greenville, owner of the yard which holds weekly auctions every Friday at 1 p. m., said his organization maintains reg ular market studies to be sure that cattle will be sold at their regular market value. He agreed that cattle at this time are selling for the lowest prices ;n years but expressed the belief that the market will be heading up again before long. Mr. Bruce expected a slow start! head. In addition to making Clinton a livestock center and providing the weexly sales volume, it should en courage diversification and provide a convenient market for both small and large producers.” Right now, there’s a need for 1 more livestock to be brought into! the auctions at a consistently steady J rate so that the operators may plan ahead to have large numbers of buyers present Some of the bigger auction hays have found approximately 500 head of livestock brought to the yard ] But the big cattle barn measuring; 18,000 square feet will hold many more—up to a capacity of 2,000 j when he opened his livestock yard here one year ago. Experience with the three other yards he operates— two in Greenville and one in Union —had showed that time is required to develop these into the successful businesses they are today. He is convinced his volume will increase greatly as producers be come more accustomed to the idea of having a local market. The week ly sales volume now averages about $15,000 from an average turn over of some 300 cattle and hogs. Livestock is being brought to Clin ton from all over Laurens county and from Newberry, Union, Green wood and even Greenville coun ties. Mr. Bruce gave this view of the situation: “The livestock yards have meant a lot to us in Greenville, and I be: heve it can mean a lot to Clinton. Bruce hopes to make a large op-, eration out of his facilities located j just within the city limits on North | Musgrove street. His $25,000 cattle barn made an impressive start last fall. Three months later he added the Clinton Implement company under the management of Howard Watkins. Now he plans to encircle his 30-acre yard with fencing and will add electric scales to make the weighing in job quicker and more convenient. The livestock dealer concluded: “We’re gaining some every week, and I am optimistic about the pros pects for the future. But I would like to urge more and more farm ers to cooperate with us. We have plenty of help here to take care of all the livestock they bring. I’d like to have all who can to come out and visit us and look over our facili ties.” Treasure Hunt In Last Rites Held ,Here Monday For E. Thomas Woodruff * Elijah Thomas Woodruff, 80, died early Sunday morning at his home |on West Main street where he had The Treasure Hunt, again spon-!<** n confined the past several years sored this year by the Merchants as invaUd - ^ announcement $25.00 Cash Prize Meet Held Here To Plan For Easter Seal Sale Midget Athletes Be Given Banquet association, will officially begin this afternoon immediately after the big Christmas prade, and will close December 21. Eighteen business firms are par ticipating in the contest, their names appearing in an advertise ment elsewhere in today’s paper. Each of the firms will have in one of their display windows an article that is not sold in the store. The first contestan finding all it ems correctly will be adjudged the winner, and will be presented $25 in cash. Rules of the contest are found in the announcement in today’s pa per. All entries must be mailed to the Chamber of Commerce, or addi tional information may be obtained from the secretary’s office in the lobby of Hotel Clinton. Hubert J. Pitts Buys Pitts Home Place Hubert J. Pitts has purchased the heme place of Mrs. Sallie Adair Pitts, deceased, at the lower end of East Carolina avenue. The property was bought by Mr. Pitts in the final settlement of his mother's estate made recently. Let THE CHRONICLE advertisements help you each week. They are filled with interesting, helpful suggestions and “store news” that will save you time and money while stocks are fresh, full, and thrilling for Santa. BE WISE— ‘ ; READ'VHE ADVS. mm ■ m mm * Robert Black of this city, again heads the annual Easter Seal Sale as chairman tor L.aurens county. Preliminary plans for the drive Christmas Cantata Sunday Evening At First Presbyterian A Christmas cantata entitled, . , . j “The Light of The World,” by El-iHprP MfUlflflV len Jane Lorenz, will be presented 11 ■d ^ | IVIIUIlj I Sunday evening at 7:30 at the First Presbyterian church to which the public is cordially invited. BIG PARADE 10 OPEN CHRISTMAS SEASON IN CITY Thousands Expected For Colorful Celebra tion. Lovely Yuletide Lights To Flash On for Season. Santa Claus will be officially welcomed to Clinton this afternoon at 4:30 when he marches up Broad street to be welcomed by thousands from this community who will line the sidewalks to greet the patron ■saint of Christmastide. The cele bration is sponsored by the Mer chants association, the committee on arrangements consisting of Tom Plaxico, W. C. Baldwin and Mrs. Perry M. Moore. Floats will be entered by firms. \ schools and institutions with four i smartly-stepping bands in the line The parade will reach the square ' at 4:30 and will be climaxed, of I course, by the appearance of Santa I taking his place of honor at the end 1 of the procession. In the line of march will be the Presbyterian college band, Clinton high, Laurens high, Carver (Color ed) of Spartanburg, National Guard and ROTC units. As the distinguished guest r:des up the street the city’s lovely lights will sparkle forth to welcome him, and flood the business section with the illumination of thousands of softly glowing lights. To add to the Yuletide setting a large Christ mas tree has again been provided on the square and the stores have their windows appropriately dec orated for the-gala red-letter day. The Treasure Hunt, announced in brought regret to many here and else where who prized his friendship. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon from Gray Fun eral Home with a number of rela tives and friends from here and else where attending the rites. The grave was covered with many lovely floral tributes as an evidence of the es teem in which he was held. The services were conducted by the Rev. J. W. Spillers and the Rev. E..K. Garrison. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers were Rolfe Clark, Llewellyn Clark, Walter E. Byars, Rufus Satterwhite, Furman Frady, and R. B Amick. Mr. Woodruff was a native of Spartanburg county but spent a long period of his life in this county. He was a son of the late R. Wesley and Frances Laniard Woodruff, and a member of New Hope Baptist church. (For the past 40 years he lived in this community and city and was forced several years ago to give up .his work because of declin ing health. He possessed many friends who are saddened by his passing and who join in extending sympathy to the bereaved family. Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff were married 58 years ago on June 5, 1805. Mr. Woodruff is survived by his widow, Mrs., Florra Davis Woodruff, three sons, O. C. and T. Earl Wood-! Some 275 young athletes and today’s paper, will begin immedi- their guests are expected to attend, following the celebra.ion. The cantata will be presented by I the annual Midget League banquet! Stores will remain open longer to- an augmented choir under the di- in the Pesbyterian college dining! ° .. .. rection of Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, organ- hall next Monday evening at 8:00 discussed at a dinner meeting. . st an( j j un i 0 r! o'clock, Recreation Director D. S. held here last week at Hotel Mary: ^ will , also have | Templeton announced yesterday. Musgrove, attended by a number of a part Qn the 1?TO g Ta j n un( j er the di-i Fleming Thornton, Clinton high interested citizens. rection of Mrs. William Brooks Ow- school coach, will deliver the main !d °w- * . Mrs. Rose M. Lowe of Columbia, ens ^ decorations arranged by address. The program will include: Santas pre-Christmas visit to .ne executive secretary of the Crippled j ^rs. Ayliffe R. Jacobs. presentation of three trophies for clt y today promises to be a gala Children Society of South Carolina,, beautiful rendition will be, outstanding performances during ev ® nt a ***** crowd, and was present and made a report on ( sun g by 50 members in the senior i the year . j officially open the Christmas the national meeting in Chicago and choir and a large group ^ j un i or sl ^ * sho PP in g season in by the association for first place float; $50 for second place, and $25 for third. A prize of $5.00 is offer ed for the best decorated store win- offered suggestions for the forth coming campaign. Chairman Black presided, and spoke of the inspiring work done by the chapter the paA year. In speaking of next year’s program he urged chapter officials to widen the field of work in the county by interesting more local communities, thereby gaining more information as to patients needing the society’s help and helping raise increased funds to carry on the work. “We hope to help many more crippled children next year," he said. Judge of Probate J. Hewlette Wasson, treasurer of the county society, spoke of the “resilency” of the society’s activities. It reach es a type of children and adults, he said, that cannot be served by welfare and other agencies. Others attending the meeting in cluded Walter Roberts of Colum- | bia, field representative; Robert M. Vance, Roy Holtzclaw and —» . , . . . auvsisisiaig ■.. Clinton. .All in their choir 1 , The ,r<>P , l ; y l0T , t*>e championship ^ , ead , hjs dlrectl0n in tneir cnoir. League will go to Thornwell or-1 The program to usher in the Everybody from everywhere, oil James P. Sloan of this city; Leslie Pugh and Henry Faris of Laurens. Possibility Naval Reserve Unit May Be Established Here ■ ♦ All Naval Reservists desiring to ruff of this city, and Homer W. | be assigned to a Naval Reserve Woodruff of Sarasota, Fla., five' Composite Company in Clinton m daughters, Mrs. T. E. Rice of Green ville, Mrs. J* W.. Rawl, of Williams burg, Va., Mrs 1 . Edward Alwine of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Russell Mrs. George W. Frady of Joanna, and a number of grandchildren. Christmas season ollows: Prelude Candle-Light Processional “Light of the World, We Hail Thee.’’ , : i ‘The Dark Hills of Judea” “The Dark Stable of Bethlehem’s Inn”. “The Father of Lights”. “The Dark, Holy Night”. “Angel Song”. “The Dark Desert of the East”. “Fill the World With Light”. “Christ is the W o r 1 d’s True LightV. The congregation will stand for the benediction and remain stand ing for “The Hallelujah Chorus” from “The Messiah,” by Handel. Citizens Federal To Pay $43,000 December Dividend A dividend for the six months pe riod, June 30 to December 31, on the basis of 3 per cent per annum, was authorized by the boarti of di rectors of the Citizens Federal Sav ings and Loan Association Tuesday evening. The dividend, amounting to approximately $43,000, applies on both classes of shares, investment and savings, and is payable and available on December 31, it is stat ed. * The Citizens has served this com munity 44 years and through this long period has made it possible pbanage, presented by its and youmt-u myited team of the Laurens County Midget' J — ■ jk — Robert M Vance. Whitmire’s squad will be awarded the runner-up team trophy by donor Ralph Crutchfield of Spartanburg. As in dividual recognition, a rophy also will be given to Buddy Griffin of Garlington school, Laurens, as the Midget Leaguer chosen the out- Vernom Monroe Passes, Oldest Member Of Hopewell Churchy C. Vernon Monroe, 75, highly re-, garded citizen of the Hopewell standing player of the AllStar' commun ^y > d j ed at ^is home last game, and all players who partici- J Wednesday night after several pated in this game will receive y ears ^ declining health. small silver footballs. Dr. M. M. Teague, representing the Laurens recreation commission, will present the trophy to Griffin. Players from all nine teams in the County Midget League will at-j tend this banquet given in their' honor. These teams are: Thom- well, Whitmire, Laurens, Garling ton, Watts, Florida Street, Academy ‘ Street, Lydia and Joanna. Public School Meet At Mouotville Called for Dec. 11 A public meeting has been an nounced to be held Friday, De cember 11, at 10:00 a. m , in the Mountville school or the purpose of a non-drill status, are requested to get in touch with Robert M. Vance at M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, as t ^ t ^ ^ ^ there is a possibility that a Naval ^ ^ ^ Mize of Sarasota, Fla., and Mrs.! Reserve Unit can be established; f or hundreds of families to become J. B. Arnold of this city; one sister, I 1 ***- T* 1 * 8 shou * d be especially, home owners. It is a home-owned interesting to any man now in the i and operated corporation, primarily Naval Reserve who wishes to con- ‘ interested in helping finance and tinue his present rating or wishes construct new homes, and encour- Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon from the Hope- well Methodist church by the pas tor, Rev. X L. Rhinehart, and a former pastor, Rev. J. E. Kinard of Laurens. Burial followed in the church cemetery with nephews serving as pallbearers, with a large gathering of friends and neighbors attending the rites. Mr. Monroe was a native of this county where he spent his entire life. He was a son of the late Dan iel and Fannie Griffin Monroe. He was twice married, first to the late Mrs. Lula Hampton Bradley of Newberry. Surviving this union are one son, Claude R. Monroe of this community, and one daughter. Mrs .Elizabeth Werts of Newber ry county. considering the establishment of a marriage was to Mrs. consolidated school, grades 1-12, to Minnie White Monroe, who sur- serve the Mountville, Cross Hill and Waterloo areas. Petitions seek ing a school for the area have been vives with ohe daughter, Miss Em ily Frances Monroe of the home place. He is also survived by on*.v Legion Post To Hear Lt. Col. Smith Tonight The regular monthly meeting of the American Legion will be held tonight at the Legion building at 8 o’clock. The speaker will be Lt. CoL Francis V. Smith, professor of Military Science and Tactics at Presbyterian college, who will re late his recent overseas assign ments in the Army. Col. Smith replaced CoL Michael Gussie at the college this year and is a native of New Brunswick, N. J His duty in the army included assignments in Germany, the Phil ippine Islands, and was assigned to ■Gin. XacArtfeur’s staff in Tokyo for several yean. circulated in recent weeks and gen-; sister, Mrs. WllUam DeGroff of St erally signed. ' Petersburg, Fla. ^ Invitations have been extended R® “ ad b v *d a long and honor the county senator and house dele- community he loved* gation, county superintendent of a / ld i n which he held many friends education, trustees of District No. through the years. to continue his advance in rating, a g e savings accounts. Its assets as 58, and W. R. Anderson, and G. N. retem 150th anniversary Mr. Vance, LCDR, stated. j Q f December 1 exceed $3,000 000 j Foy, superintendent and assistant celebration of Hopewell church, Mr " j with no indebtedness. ; superintendent of the district. Monroe, who had been a devoted The association is headed by the It is also announced that all citi-, member of the church for 65 years., following officers: B. Hubert Boyd,'Zens who are residents of this area was , present and given special rec president; J. P. Prather, vice-presi-, in the southern part of the county j °£ m tion on the day’s program, dent; J. Sloan Todd, secretary;; are cordially invited to attend the Charlie's Service Open To Public Charlie’s Gulf Service, the city’s: treasurer; Mrs. Henry Hunter, as- meeting . secretary-treasurer. Board newest service station, modem in sitant _ every detail, is now open to serve of direcors: B. Hubert Boyd, J. P. AutO Stickers Now the public. Charlie R. McDaniel, Father, J. Sloan Todd, W. W. Har- * D ^ r. well known in the city, is owner of ris, J. B. Hart, T. D. Copeland, R. rOIICC UCporfmcni H.- McGee, John W. Finney, Sr., and T. Heath Copeland. Army Store Gives Away $100 In Cash the handsome station just complet ed on East Carolina evenue. Due to delay in some of their equipment the formal opening will be an nounced later. ‘Charlie,” as his friends know him, has been asso ciated for several years with his brother in the ownerhip and ope ration of Joe’s Esso. CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR CUBS Cub Scout Pack 31 will meet Fri day night at 7:30 at the American Legion building for a Christmas party with jolly old Santa Claus present. As previously announced the Army Decals with a number are now re-i Store of this city gave away $100.00 quired to be exhibited on all auto mobiles and vehicles owned by res idents of the city, with December 31 as the time limit for complying with the ordinance. The little stickers must be secured now from the po lice department instead of city clerk’s office it is stated by the department. in cash Saturday afternoon to be di vided into prizes to parties holding the lucky numbers. The winner* were Mrs. Ralph Bragg, Joanna, first prize $50.00, C. E. Galloway of this city, $35.00 second prize, and Archie Young of Mountville, third prize* $15.00.