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, \ The Chronicle Strives To Be A Gean News* paper. Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LV Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, January 14, 1954 If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Number 2 CITY COLLECTS $14,360 IN FINES DURING PAST YEAR Receipts Decline Over Previous Year, Report Shows. Drunkenness Leads List As Usual Law violators paid a total of $14,- 360.51 in fines to the city"of Clin- ' ton in 1953, acording to the annual report of the police department re leased yesterday. This figure marked the second year in which fine receipts have declined, and city officials cited in ‘ creasingly better conduct of the public as a whole as the reason for the lower total. The 1953 fine receipts were more than $1,000 lower than 1952, and that year had seen a drop of some $5,000 below the 1951 figure. Delegation Held Open Meeting At. Courthouse Monday Laurens, Jen. 11—Laurens coun- tji^citizens Monday mom; “g gave their personal opinions as to what they thought should be done to make the county a better place in •which to live. The occasion was an open meet ing before the county delegation. Around 50 people attended and a number spoke. On the other end of the criticism—constructive or oth erwise—wbre Sen. Ralph T. Wilson and Reps. Justin A. Bridges, Chas. L. Milam and Thomas A. (Buck) Babb—the delegation. Much of the discussion center ed around a local option, bill now in the hands of a General Assembly committee. The entire delegation said they would favor giving the people of the county an opportun ity t6 voice their opinion for or against the sale of beer, wine and The city recorder’s, court, presid- whiskey in the county ed over by Mayor Joe P. Terry, as judge, passed sentence on 2,086 prisoners and handed out terms to taling 2,569 days during 1953. These arrests averaged 174 per mdnth and almost six per day. __ Intoxicants again proved the Dr. Dunning, Noted BHtitsh Minister, To Hold Services Here COUNTY MASS MEETING ENDORSES LOCAL OPTION Dr. Norman G. Dunning, inter nationally famous British minister and college president, • will conduct a week’? series of services at the First Presbyterian church here be ginning Sunday, January 17, and continuing throuj^l' January 22. Services will be held daily at 10:30 a. m., and 7:30 p. m., with a cor dial invitation extended by the pas tor, Dr. W. R. Turner, to all de nominations to attend the services. Dr. Dunning came to Clinton twol'afternoon to endorse a local option years ago for a series of rimilar ser-j movemen* aimed toward ending vices and was invited back at that! sales of alcoholic beverages time for the early part of 1954. Ini throughout the county, the morning services he will speak The local option bill, which many- on the Psalms and on ,the great' cou nties arc asking the legislature Officers Named and Plans Made To Push fpr Legislation In Columbia. Sentiment Stong At Representative Meeting. Five hundred residents from all parts of the county t assembled in the court house gt Laurens Sunday dver-500 crowded the court room Sunday afternoon and want on rec- > ord asking for-a chance to vote in[ a local option. Robert Wasson of Hickory Tavern who is chairman of the county movement, presented signed petitions Monday, to the greatest stimulant to the city treas- delegation asking for local option ury in the way fo fine receipts,! Several asked for the option. bringing in a total of $8,727.01 in three categories. Sixty-hree drunk- Coroner Joe F. Smith said that by outlawing the sale of beer, wine en drivers paid $4,218.20 for an av-j and whiskey it would not only cost erage fine of §lmost $67 each—andj the-county less in monetary figures, they drew 23l ‘ days. Drunkenness, but fewer officers would be re brought $3,805.81 in fines and sen- quired on the different law enforce- tences of 1,507 days to 352 persons, and the 29 persons caught other wise violating the liquor law had to ment divisions. . Only one person, W. H. Harley, Laurens attorney, son of the late themes of the Bible in the evenings Dr. Dunning is in great demand all over the- world as a preacher. During this American tour he has conducted services in many' large churches in several states. He was graduated from Cambridge Uni versity with the M.A. and L.LB degrees, gave up a lucraiive law practice when he became convinced that God wanted him to be a minis ter. He returned to the University J DR..NORMAN G. DUNNING’ hand over $703 and spend 1T3 days Gov. Harley, voiced an opinion j in jail. I against the option. He contended Speeding and reckless driving brough the next largest fine return as the court levied penalties of $1,- 785 upon 121 violators. . Most popular of all violations on the 1953 report, as^on previous re ports was the breaking of city park ing laws. A total of 1,253 drivers paid fines amounting to $645.50. This figures to just over 50 cents each. . / _ w Other arrests for offenses during delegation he would like to see the year included: I passed at this session were: altow- Fighting, 50 arrests, SO days giv- ing 18-year-olds to vote; that no Joanna Hornets Seek Berth In Greenville League 's Club To Help In Marsh Against Polio to approve, will be one of the issues before the present session of the general assembly. The proposal simply asks that the residents of a county be givm the privilege of voting for or against local option i.» handling the* liquor wine_and beer- problem. The largely . attended meeting was representative from all parts of the county, including pubisters, laymen and women. Th^'Rev. J. for ‘raining and was later ordained ( g Rouse,, pastor of the First Bap-, a minister in the Methodist church. During World War II he was a en and $790 in fines; Guying and receiving stolen goods, 1 arrest, $27 fine; carrying concealed weapons, 5 arrests, 30 days, $109 fines; dis orderly conduct, 68 arrests, days, $729.50 fines; gambling, 18 arrests, 30 days, $222.50 fines. Operating without driver’s IN arrest, $27 fine; violating the tres passing law, 1 arrest, suspended septenoe; vapancy, 1. ap pended sentence; violating the prostitute law, 2 arrests, $24 fine; '■ larceny, 31 arrests, 240 days, i; all other offenses, 15 ar days, $322 'fines; inveati- gatio nor suspicion, 49 arrests, all released. To Seek Bids On CNy Road Project According to S. N. Pearman, state highway engineer, sealed bids will be opened January 19 by the high way commission in Columbia for the improvement of West Carolina avenue in the city. The project is listed as a secon dary road 0.968 miles long, to in clude grading, bituminous surfac ing and construction of concrete sidewalks. It is the unimproved road that lies between the Seaboard and C^ N- & L- railroads on the south side of the C. N. & L. tracks in the direction of Laurens and Columbia. .? The engineer stated that if ac- ceptable bids are received work will get underway early next month. ’ that the bootleggers and gambling business would flourish if the sale of beverages was voted out. Col. David E. Barnett.was on the| floor the longest. ‘He stated thafj many of .the things he advocated —— i — were his own personal opinion but| A meeting Of representatives of Laurens county’s March of Dimes that he felt a great majority of thej th^ teams comprising the Greeh- campaign will be made during Jan- people of the county, are in the'ville Textile League, was held dur- uary with org-wiization now being same frame of mind as he. . , ing the week in Greenville. Of- perfected Judge J. Hewlette Was- Ambng he things he tolcj the, ficials of Pelzer’S Beare, a member son is county chairman of the Na- of the loop the past two years, noli- tional Foundation for Infantile auspen baseball for 1954, leaving the cir- man for the Laurens area and W. cuit with.only seven teams. Teams W. Harris for the Clinton area, expressing their intention of re- Those who will lead the intensive maining in the league are Simp- campaign in the city will be an- sonviUe, Slater, Liberty, Judson.l nounced next week. J. K. Waifs Utica, Poe and Monaghan. • heads the appeal at Joanna. Joanna Hornets, pennant winners Several hundred March of Dimes in the Central Carolina league dur- cards will be mailed out to homes ing 1952, applied for acUbtfsion in- <>* the community this week as part to the league. A decision on the the annual solicitation Those Joanna application for the vacancy Heading the drive hope to surpass left by Peher is expected in the, t*®t years March of Dimes collec senator or representative should be allowed to be elected or appointed to another office until six months after a term in office; let the peo- 268, pie of the county elect the judge for the judicial district (the General Assembly now appoints the judges, usually someone who is-or has been a member of the A$*embly). : Z. Also, that* no senator or repre sentative shall be allowed to serve more than two consecutive terms; i near future, officials' stated, a no meqrvber shall represent a com-\ Joanna was represented at pany or hold « commission while serving in the General Assembly; regulate the number of comihit- tees a man can serve on (in the General Assembly); that a $1,500 raise be given to members of the General Assembly, but that the member must win a seat again after the bill is passed before his raise becomes effective; Rid that some new faces be seen on magis trals’ juries. Mr. Barnett contend ed that the same people were serv ing on too many juries. Mayor Joe Medlock of Laurens, asked that some of the county taxes paid by citizens of the city be re turned to the city in some way. Several others took the floor and asked for better roads to some of the factories in the county, a kitch en for all the women’s clubs, more protection of the teen-agers of the county and a method of electing in stead of appoining some of the school officials. -chaplain in the Royal Air Force. He . became president _Qf_ Haworth Hall ministry training college after th&'war. t To all of the Dunning services, the,public is cordially invited. County Agent Cannon Files Year’s Report Couny Agent C. B. Cannon has completed his 29th annual report on extension work in the county, -■which gives a condensed summary of the agricultural progress dur ing the past year. The report, which includes 115 pages,' has been filed with Clemson College, and the U tied officials they wer^, suspending Paralyais, S, A. Seawngfct it chair- S- Department of Agriculture in ' ‘ * Washington. In brief it shows the three county agents spent 153 days in office and 709 days in the fiejd, or a total of 862 days. .Miles traveled on officia! work being 40,096, making 1,689 farm visits odndufting extension work on 892 different farms of the county ,* The report further shows 2,573 office calls by individuals, and 2,- 692 telephone calls. There were 291 farm meetings held by the agents, attended by 11,996 people. A total of 122 method demonstrations giv en and 348 result demonstrations conducted. These were 1,507 individual let ters written, 92 circular letters pre pared with 23,366 copies mailed, 340 news articles written and published in newspapers, seven radio talks made, seven farm tours conducted, and 3,164 copies of bulletins on va rious information on agricultural subjects distributed. - Assistance given to farmers in buying arid selling farm commodi ties amounted to $86,118.50. The agents Were assisted during meeting by Dan Kirby and Franzen. tion since the polio program for the 1954 has been expanded to include Carl polio prevention. To Make Mother's March ' i The Business and Profesisonal Bonk of Clinton Stockholders Hold Annual Meeting Chronicle Advs Are All-Important To You <- "The advertising columns of THE CHRONICLE each week cany important and helpful advertising “news” from local business firms. Bley tell you of latest prices and values in groceries, meats, clothing, dry goods, automobiles and . all lines of merchandise. They help you. in supplying the daily needs of your family and home. Shop in THE CHRONICLE first. Newspaper advertising is all important to the buying public. It does not hang oa the air .... it is not brief headlines here or there with a momentary interest. Advs have an important local value to you. They help you to buy well and save. Don’t over look them. - - • •. cember 31, showed assets of $1,- 823,937,67 with capital and surplus of $161,608.91. The bank opened for business' five years ago upon conversion of The Commercial De pository. It paid a five per cent dividend at the end of the year as approved by the board of directors and state bank board. The following directors were re elected: John T. Young, chairman R. P. Hamer, T. E. Addison, F. M. Boland, S. G. Dillard, John W. Fin- _ ney, Sr., J; P. Prather, W. W. Har- The celebrated miniature irqn ris T H Cope i an<li H . D. Henry, lung com collector, for years the, £nd H Y . McSween, j Women’s club of the city will rh*ke •the Mother’s March on Polio. The • city-wide drive will be made to ward the end of the month, the dafe , to be announced later. The clqfe , in its regular meeting Tuesday The annual stockholders meeting, night volunteered to make the of the Bank of Clinton was held drive, joining some 3,000,000 wom- Tuesday afternoon in the bank of-1 en across the country in making the fices with President R. P. Hamer, appeal. .The organization is headed presiding. * ! b y Mrs. D. A. Yarbcrough as presi- President Hamer gave a state- dent. With the city divided into ment of the year’s operation and 1 street sections, the women and thanked stockholders and directors their helpers will visit every home for their intei*?st and support the'where a light signals- that a con- past year. tribution awaits them. The financial statement as of De-1 The Mother’s March does not take March of Dimes Symbol Changed the place of other ways of giving to the fight against polio. You can give through coin collectors to be placed in the business houses of the city, special events, March of Dimes list church of Laurens, and., area chairman of the Christian Action Of South Carolina, presided over the meeting and was one of. th*> speakers. Other speakers included Robert C. Wasson of Hickory Tav ern, county chairman, the .Rev. Frank Du Bose, pastor of the First Methodist church of Laurens, and several laymen. besides Chairman Wasson, other officers named were the Rev. Frank DuBose, first vice-president; Mrs Ralph Wilson, second vice-presi dent; Gerald Self third vice-presi dent; Hewlette Wasson, secretary, and the Rev. A. T Greene, reporter. Senator Ralph T. Wilson was called' upon at the opening of th3 meeting. He said he had always been m favor of loal option and planned to mtroduee a bill in the General Assembly calling -for it if no one else did. Sheriff W. A. Lowery, asked what beverages local option would con cern, stating hia office has more trouble with beer than with whis key. He was assured that the group would fight beer, wine and x whiskey. , Petitions for local option from a number of churches in the county were submitted and it was an nounced they would be presented to the county delegation at their public meeting to be held Monday at the court house. The petitions were passed through the audience and signed. In connection with the petitions M. L. Smith of Laurens. ' made a motion that those present, go on record that they were in fa vor a* local opion and would vote for it in a referendum. The mo tion was unanimously approved. ' The general opinion was express ed that if the General Assembly passed a local option law the Pied mont counties would go “dry*. Mr. Rouse said the purpose of the movement was to build up senti ment for a local option measure and to request the county delega tion to support and work for such \ bill. the year in carrying on the exten-, MOOSE meft <;iiwnav sion program with 58 volunteer MEET SUNDAY leaders who gave their services and. Moose Lodge No. 739 will meet at time- free, and bore their own 1 Masonic Temple on Sunday a- travel expenses in promoting'vihe ^30 P- rn -. All members are aaked agricultural extension program, by officers to attend this^^pectel agricultural extension program These leaders were commended by Mr. Cannon for their faith in agri symbol of the March of Dimes, is no more. ’ Taking its place on the counters in this county and throughout the land are small actual replicas of the finale of a full month of giving, and is an added way to insure that everyone has had a chance to de liver a personal blow against polio. College Robed Choir Heard Here Sunday meeting. The Presbyterian college robed choir, under the direction of Dr. Edouard Patte, presented-a concert At a subsequent meeting of the board the following officers were re-elected: - President, R. P. Hamer; vice land are small actual replicas oi me prKidentSi T . E . Addison and John offered “music‘ S^indav “momYne polio poster showing 4-year-old 1 £ Youne- '’ashler H Y McSween I ^ ~ ? y ° Debby Dains, 1954 Poster Boy. »wi| cl«S« LemiM, D Jonas' th ' *uioh. . 3-D test tube. . Th<! rend “ lon w “ most The new’coin collector symbol- Miss Katherine Die us izes a new turn in the fight against infantile paralysis, baaed on pre venting infantile paralysis-through gamma globulin this year and even tually through a permanent vac cine. The March of Dimes opened on January - 2 and will continue throughout danuary. Training School Listed for $1,152,000 The State Training School is in cluded in the proposed appropri ations' bill as recommended by the ways and means committee for $1,- 152,567.00 for operating expenses for the fiscal year starting next July July 1: Mrs Wymap Shealy, Jr.- P. C.-Erskine Cagers Play Here Saturday Night _ . . , «* > % bytenan church at Easley. The The two top teams in South Caro- P r °8ram is built around the theme, Lpia basketball standings will clash * Living Church”. at Presbyterian college Saturday night when the Blue Stockings en- HUalt 54 tertain undefeated Erakine, starting TRACK SCHEDULE at 8:00 p. m. This highlight cage attraction finds Erakine riding high with eight straight victories and PC boasting a record of seven wins and two defeats. It is expected to draw a capecjty crowd to Leroy Springs cards. The Mother’s March is the) culture, and willingness to ton tribute their services voluntarily. The extension service program of work planned by the aid of the vol unteer county agricultural commit tee members, of which .sub-comjmt- tees meet on the various phases to recommend projects of the program of* work, covers such activities as: agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agronomy, soil conser-. vat ion, animal husbandry and dairying. Also entomology and plant path ology, bee keeping, forestry, 4-H club work, horticulture, market ing, poultry, visual instruction, and publicity. The agents are called on for as sistance from many civic organiza tions and agencies, which makes extension work an action as .well'as educational agency . The extension service deals with the farm as a unit in farm prob lems dealing with the economical income for the farm faunily. It takes into consideration the farm family, homfc conveniences, educa tion and recreation, livestock, va rious crops, grassland farming, soil conservation 4and water.control, di seases and insects, marketings for estry. and others. Ho1 '' presented by the young men com- antI posing the choir who were enter- j tained for dinner in several homes in the city at the conclusion of the service. The auditorium and gal lery were filled for the service. In the'evening the choir present 1 ed, their program in the First Pres- March 20—U. S. C. at Columbia. March 27—Furman at Clinton. April 10—Wofford at Clinton. gymnasium. 1 April 17—Mercer at Macon, Ga April 24—Clemson at Clemson. May 11—The Citadel at Clinton. May 7-8—State ifaeet at Clinton. j.— -r“ -f' v EASTERN STAR TO l&EET . The James B. Parrott Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, will meet Friday evening, January 15, at 7:30 m the Masonic hall. .< v TELL IT TO THE WORLD IN 1954 The first rule of salesman ship is that if you have any thing to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell it to the world!- That, in Clinton’s trade area means to advertise in THE CHRONICLE. Every week this paper goes into the homes of the residents of Clinton, West Clinton, Lydia Mills, Joanna, and the rural sections of this entire com munity where your prospec tive customers reside. The more people you tell, the more you will seUJ * What your old an<T new customers READ AND SEE, makes the most lasting im pression. - The most successful Clin ton firms in 1954 will be those who through effective advertising, tell the guying public each week of changing prices, what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, the services they are prepared to give. Advertising in THE CHRONICLE brings custom-- ers to your store. The buy er’s ^ market is here in full flower/^ W*^. J—