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Volume LIV
Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, December 10, 1953
Number 50
MIDGET FOOTBALL
PLAYERS HONORED
HERE WITH BANQUET
Nearly 300 Youngsters
Attend Event. Awards
Of Trophies Made.
The largest banquet yet staged
by the Clinton Recreation Commis
sion paid tribute to 295 Midget toot-
ball players and their special guests
in the Presbyterian college dining
hall last Monday night.
Good food, an inspiring talk and
recognition of outstanding season
performance combined to make this
annual County Midget League foot
ball banquet an outstanding suc
cess.
D. S. Templeton, city recreation
* director, served as master of cere
monies for the occasion, and Clin
ton high school coach, Fleming
Thornton, delivered the principal
address.
Thornwell orphanage received
the 1953 football trophy for winning
the league championship. This
award, given annually by M. S.
Bailey and Son, Bankers, was pre
sented the team co-captains by
bank president, Robert M. Vance.
Ralph Crutchfield of Spartanburg,
presented his rurmer-up trophy ot
Whitmire, and Dr. M. M. Teague of
Laurens, gave the most valuable
All-Star player trophy in behalf of
the Laurens Athletic club to Buddy
Griffin of Garlington school.
George Frady of this city, the
recreation commission member who
supervised Midget League activi
ties for the season, then presented
small individual silver footballs to
all players who participated in the
Tom Thumb bowl All-Star game.
Frady, in turn, was recognized for
his efforts in the program with the
presentation of a gift from other
recreation commission members in
token of their appreciation.
Coach Thornton, in his speech,
directed effectively to the young
audience, said that football symbol
izes the very spirit of democracy
He pointed out it is one of the
greatest builders of school spirit
and that schodl spirit is the back
bone of the community, which in
turn is reflected in state and na
tional spirit.
Thornton emphasized to the
young players ranging 15 years old
and under, what he considered toj
be the seven attributes of a good;
winner:
1.—The desire to win and win
fairly; 2.—the ability to take defeat
on the chin and be a good sport
about it; 3, the capacity to dream, to
reach and seek for better perform
ance; 4.—the incentive to work
hard to make the dreams come
true; 5.—bearing in mind at all
times under all circumstances that
we are Christians; 6.—having a
creed or standard to live by, a
statement otf values to be reviewed
upon occasion so as not to lose per-
pective; 7.—the ability to stay in
the game and never quit.
Rev. R. E. McCaskill of this city,
delivered the invocation, and Coach
Santa Claus Given Big Welcome Here
City Gives Rousing
Welcome To Santa
Parade Staged In His Honor With Thousands Witnessing
Line-of-March. Fairyland Lights Flashed On for Christ
mas Season. Hickory Tavern Float Is Judged Best.
Santa Claus—the jolly old gentle ' Camp Fire Girls and Blue B.rds.
man—kept his engagement prompt- For the best float Hickory Tavern
ly last Thursday afternoon at 4:30 high school came first and won the
with thousands lining the streets cash prize of $75.00 offered by the
to welcome him and usher in the ; Merchants asociation sponsoruuT
Yuletide season. It was estimated 1 the event; H. D. Payne Company of
he was greeted by a crowd «f 8,000 this city won second prize of $50,
happy children and adults. and third prize of $25 went to San-
Led by a police escort, four dors high school (colored) of Lau
bands, the college ROTC unit, a mo- rens. A prize of $5.00 for the best
bile unit of the local National decorated store window was award-
Guard, members of youth organiza- ed to Baldwin Appliance company
tions, several floats sponsored by As the parade came up the street
business firms, schools and others. 1 the lovely lights flashed on in the
Santa rode triumphantly up Broad business district and a beautiful
street high aboard his sleigh at the’blue-lighted Christma tree near the
end of the parade. monument. The lights will bum
Music fqr the occasion was fur- each night through the holiday sea-
nished by bands from the college; son.
and Clinton and Laurens high As Santa said goodbye he took a
schools. Among the youth organi-! last look at the beautiful lights and
zations represented were several 'decorated trees—transforming Clin-
units of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 1 ton into a “Christmas City”.
John D. Word, Sr.
Passes In Hospital
Following Illness
Figures Released
For Two County
School Districts
COUNTY ALLOCATED 19,514 ACRES Tucker Sentenced
IN COTTON -FOR 1954 CROP YEAR To 5-Year Term
In Hanks Slaying
Acreage Permitted Announced By Stabilization and Con
servation Office With Farms Segregated Into Two Groups.
Quota Plan Explained, To Be Voted On In Referendum
December 15.
The official cotton acreage al
lotment for Laurens county for the
1954 crop of cotton has been set at
19,514 acre, according to H. A.
Ropp of the Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation office.
From this acreage it was necessary
for .the county committee to set
aside as a reserve 387 acres for late
tored basis Of cropland. However,
no farm in any group received an
allotment greoter than the highest
acreage planted in either of the
past three years, 1951, 1952 or 1953.
By now all farmers of the county
should have their 1954 crop cotton
acreage allotment notices. Cotton
acreage allotments have never be-
allotments, corrections and recon- • fore been as low as they are this
stitutions for farms. time for the county. Secretary of
In determining cotton acreage *d*» „!!!!?
lotments, all farms planting cotton ”
Laurens,' Dec. 6—George Tucker,
29-year-old textile worker, was
found guilty of manslaughter Sat
urday in the May 28 slaying of Ken
neth Hanks, 18, Parker high school
senior, and Judge G. Duncan Bel
linger sentenced him to five years
imprisonment.
Hanks was killed in Tucker’s
father's yard about five miles north
of Clinton near the Enoree river
the day before he way to have
graduated from high school.
Testimony in the trial, which be
gan Thursday afternoon, closed this
in either 1951, 1952 or 1953 were
segregated into two groups, iden
tified as group 1-a and group 1-b.
All .farms which had planted less
Charles Leatherwood of Academy u> “ * « res t0 1:0,10,1 “f* 1 .o' 1 ,h K e
Street school, introduced the ilrin- P“* 'h™* P 0 "* P 1 *** ■» 1-b.
cipal speaker.
Templeton introduced the special
guests and coaches of the nine
teams in the league, and the indi
vidual coaches presented the team
members and their little queens.
The coaches present were: Kelly
Borgh of Thornwell; Rich DuBose
of Whitmire; Johnny Moore of Jo
anna; Roland Craine of Garlington;
Hardy Taylor of Florida Street;
Wayne Templeton of Laurens; Geo.
Fleming of Lydia; Paul Cavender
of Watts; and Charles Leatherwood
of Academy Street
The following queens of the local
teams and their attendants were
honor guests at the banquet:
Academy: Shirley Lowery: at
tendants, Nita Braswell, Iris
Hughes and Brenda Strickland.
Florida Street: Murray Addison;
attendants, Mimi Martin and Jane
Milam.
Thornwell: Becky Hatchell; at
tendants, Aileen Dodgen and Mos-
sie Parsons.
Joanna: Diane Price; attendants,
Tony Stroud and Willa Ray Mc
Gowan.
Glee Club and Band
To Give Christmas
Story December 16
“The Christma Story,” Yoder’s
arrangement of familiar Christmas
carols, will be presented in the high
school auditorium on the evening
of December 16 at 7:30 o’clock The
rendition will be by the glee club
and band under the direction of
Mrs. James Von Hollen and Harry
A. Bauknight.
An added feature will be a tab
leau depicting the manger scene.
Soloists will be Bennie Hughey, Al
ms Spillers, Jimmy Riser and Jim
my Tinman. There will be a flute
duet by Sara Pitta and Jackie Liv-
expressed his personal concern over | morning after one witness had been
the hardship which will be imposed put on the stand by the state. He
on cotton farmers and the entire was Deputy Paul Prince,
economy of the Cotton Belt by dras- Prince testified over the objection
tic adjustments imposed by the re-; 0 f the defense that he delivered a
cently announced cotton acreage! telephone message May 26 to Tuck-
r allotment, and said that he would er from Mrs. Tucker in Spartan-
All farms' which had planted 5 acres! ur 6e a reasonable increase in the al-1 burg telling him that if he didn’t
or more to cotton in either of the ’ lament immediately upon the re- I come home she would have a war-
past three years were placed ini 001 ™ 61 ^ 0 ® Congress in January. [ rant taken out for him.
group 1-a Quoted below is from a recent i Tucker had denied receiving such
According to the records of the : a message and glared on the wit-
conservetion office there were 157' “ n ™ 00 f rnm * the 1954 cro,> 0O,,0n ness stand he had never seen Dep-
farms in group 1-b and these farms a,otment ‘ t J t v uty Pence before m answertoa
received a total of 487 9 acres cot- Quote: “As I said when the 1954, question by Attorney Ralph T.
ton allotment for the 1954 crop. Cotton quota and allotment were! Wilson, defense counsel. Deputy
These farms received 100 per cent i announced on October 9, I am fully Prince said he could not swear
of the highest acreage planted to
cotton in either of the years 1951,
1952 or 1953 sa their 1954 cotton ac-
reege allotments.
In determining initial cotton ac
reage allotments for all farms in
aware of the fact that they will that the voice he heard over the
have a heavy impact on the econ- telephone was that of Mrs. Tucker.
Tucker went on the stand yester
day and testified he fired a gun
loaded with buckshot over the head
omy of the Cotton Belt A repre
sentative of the Department dis
cussed this whole situation with a
Congressional committee last June. I of a car in which Hanks and three
£o£p *La ~ eT * percent age flctoT of At that tune, we pointed out the other boys were parked in the yard
1474 per cent was applied to the 1 drastic reductions which might be of the Tucker home after they had
cropland of each farm and the farm re< l uir * d if we attempted to adjust! refused to leave the place and after
received the resulting acreage at its’O^r supply to normal in a single j they had cursed him. One of the
initial cotton acreage allotment if year—instead of spreading it out pellets hit the Hanks youth in the
the records showed that the farm; over two or more years. | back erf the head. The youth died
had planted at least that acreage i “But the Secretary of Agriculture; a short tune later,
of cotton in either of the past three 1 does not have the administrative Jstate contended Tucker came
years. (discretion to make the adjustments, out from behind the house, took
The county office records show which are needed. I have used all air P' an d fired the fatal shot with-
that after applying the factor *1474, the discretion provided by. law and) &U ,L warnm £
per cent to the cropland acreage of have no authority to change the An ® deliberated about 40
each farm in group 1-a there were quota level or the acreage allot-1 mi ” ute s be f°re reaching a decision.
522 farms in this group which in- ment. I would gladly increase them ", motion for a new trial was
itially received cotton acreage al-iif I could, but this will require leg- by , 1 P efense , A \ t0I ?i ey T ‘
lotments of 5 acres or less. Ac-, islative action. Wilson. When refused, Mr. Wilson
Cording to instructions these farms “While there has been general notice of appeal
could not be given a cotton acreage agreement that the allotment . !? e . Tucker case was the last!
allotment of less than 5 acres. It should be increased above the level ^ le< V n a s P ecia * ter m which began'
took 913.4 acres to bring allotments permitted by the present law, there M( > n day morning,
up to 5 acres for farms in this have been wide differences of opin- . J ' lc *ge Bellinger passed sentence
group which initially received less | ion as to just how big the increase in f° ur other cases as follows: Paul
than 5 acres when the factor of, should be and how the allotment! asaa “ 1A an d battery with in-
.1474 was applied to their cropland. 1 should be distributed among states, Awo . y ears : Milburn
Various reserves set up in accord- counties and farms. I had hoped ra f. ier ’ or ) conviction of violation'
ance with instructions issued to the! during last spring and summer that liquor laws, three years; B. D.
John David Word, 62, of this city,
died early Tuesday morning at the
Spartanburg General hospital!
where he had been a patient fori . 4 , , i . . _ _
several weeks. „ ^ lobulation ot South Carol,ni
T , , , . . School Districts as of January, 1953,
Funeral services were conducted has been leased by the sta ^ Fdu .
yesterday afternoon .Wednesday)■ cation Finance ConnTUSS;on as of
froms-Calvary Baptist church by the ^j av j
pastor. Rev. J. W. Spillers, with in- ' T ' ' , .
terment following in Rosemont Laurens county has two districts
cemetery, the rites being attended under the consolidated school sys-
by a large concourse of friends who, tam ’ 55 ’ Laurens area, and No.
had known him through the years.; 5 • '--linton area.
Nephews served as pallbearers. The Laurens district has a bond-
Mr. Word was a native of this;^ f*?! 5 * of Clinton No. 56,
I county where he spent most of his * 1 ’ , r
I life. He was tfte son of the lato| Th * 1950 P 0 P ulat i«n of the Lau-
John T. and Mary Elizabeth Corbett dls f rict xT“ a ’ 184 ’rr.u 1V J^ eti
Word 1 19,422 white, 9,762 Negro. The Clin-
Mr. Word had been employed byj t0 ”. dls ) l r ^ A d i vid ® d
Clinton Cotton Mills for the past 50 i qI 8 ,. 4 *' Ne R ro - T° ta l popula-
years and was one of its oldest 'and} t10 ®
highly valued employees. He was ' mI? 1 no * 5 ’"
a member of Calvary Baptist,' 030.00, No. 56 $5,506,600.00
church, a man of many admirable] tax levies 52-53, opera-
traits of character that endeared; t ’ or ’* Laurens *.0 mills; Clinton 20
him to many who will learn with nu Ls. plus 3 mills debt service,
regret of his passing. 1 ^
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. iut rQ Hnwlrinc
Cora Red Word; one son, J. Davidi”"** J'-Orr L/OWKins
Word of this city; one brother.i PaSSGS At Hospital,
George A. Word of Wattsville; one T — J
sister. Mrs. S. C. Blackwell of Hen i K,res nereluesdoy
dersonville, N. C; and one grand ] *
daughter. ! Ollie Howie Dawkins, 51,
wife of Scott D. Dowkins, of this
city, died Sunday at Emory Uni-
, versity hospital, Atlanta, after ai\
; illness of several months.
Funeral services were conducted
here Tuesday afternoon from Broad
Street Methodist church of which,
she was a devoted member. Her-
pastor, Rev. E. K. Garrison, con
ducted the rites, with interment fol
lowing in Rosemont cemetery
Pallbearers were D. B. Smith,
Joe Holland, R. P. Adair, Hugh
Gray, William Glenn and Jack Hol
land.
Mrs. Dawkins was a native of
Rock Hill, but h^id made her home
cere the past 25 years during which
she made many friends who learned,
with regret of her passing.-
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by two sons, M. H. Dawkins
of this city, and Sgt. Scott D. Daw
kins, Jr., with the U. S. Army fn
California; one daughter, Mrs. Rob
ert Hughes of Tate, Ga.; one sister,
Mrs. Alma Edgeworth of this city;
two brothers W. G. Howie of San
Benito, Texas, and T. M. Howie of
Chester.
Four P. C. Students
Tapped For Blue Key
In exercises during college chapel
hour last Thursday, the Blue Key
National Honor fraternity tapped
four seniors for membership in the
organization.
Those chosen for the recognition
were Jimmy Stevenson of Abbe
ville; Clyde Beaumont of Charlotte,
N. C.; Bill Flanagan of Summer
ville, Ga., and Bryan Edwards of
Salisbury, N. C. All are members
of the senior class.
Christmas Cantata
At Baptist Church
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A Christmas cantata, “The Chor
us In The Skies,” will be given Sun
day morning at the regular 11
o’clock service at the First Baptist
church The'choir is directed by
Miss Maude Sumerel and the public
is invited to hear the rendition.
county committee amounted to 2,-(farmers and their representatives
667.9 acres, and these reserves have j might resolve their differences and
already been distributed to farmers agree upon a solution while there
in accordance with instructions. Of! was still time to act. This would
this reserve of 2,667.9 acres 1,529.0
acres were given those farms with
determined cotton acreage allot
ments of between 5 and 15 acres,
and 1,138.9 acres were given to
those farms which received allot
ments of more than 15 acres on fac-
have enabled us to remedy the situ
ation before the farm allotments
were made this fall.
Taylor, violation of liquor laws, two
years; Edwin Rogers, larceny, and
receiving stolen goods, five years.
H. S. Blackwell, attorney for Fra
zier and Taylor, gave notice of ap
peal
‘I am still hopeful that an agree- IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
ment will be reached by the time
Congress reconvenes in January. A
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Mrs. H. R. Smith is a patient at
Hays hospital suffering a shoulder
injury received in a fall.
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Presbyterian Choir
Presents Beautiful
Christmas Cantata
The Christmas cantata, “The
Light of the World”, a traditional
event at the First Presbyterian
church, was most creditably pre-
' sented Sunday evening before an
audience that filled the auditorium
j and gallery. The rendition to usher
in the Christmas season, was under
the direction of Mrs. J. F. Jacob.-,
choir director and organist. Fifty-
voices made up the adult choir, six
I in the treble choir, and more than
fifty children in the junior choir
; under the direction of Mrs. Wm
Brooks 'Owens. <>
! The rostrum was effectively dec-
I orated and lighted with sprays of
magnolias and tall lighted candles
j placed at intervals.
The program closed with the
1 congregation standing for "The
1 Hallelujah Chorus from the Mes-
! siah” by Handel. ^
IN COLUMBIA HOSPITAL
Mrs. Sallie Dorn was a patient at
the Blalock clinic several days suf
fering a hip fracture and has been
transferred to a Columbia hospital.
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