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1 The Chronicle StriTM To Be A Ckoa New* paper. Complete, Newsy sod Reliable (Flip (Flinton (Eltrmttrlp ^ —- " ' — If Yen Don’t The Chronicle Yon Don’t Get the News Volume LV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 23,1954 Number 38 COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE SET FOR OCT. 25-NOV. 1 Bill Abrams Is New Chairman Of Board; J. E. Wolfe Heads Drive For Funds • ■ The campaign for funds for the Community Chest of Greater Clin ton has been set for October 25 to November 11, it has been announc ed by officials of the organization. A meeting of the budget com mittee was held Tuesday after noon at which time requests for specified amounts were heard from participating agencies. Robert M. Vance is chairman of the budget committee. J. William Abrams is the new chairman of the board of direc tors, under the annual reorganiza tion recently accomplished, and James E. Wolfe will head the drive for funds. The newly constituted board al so Includes Miss Florence Adair as secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. J. B. Templeton and Mrs. Lewis Pitts as the two women members of the board. Others on the board and organizations they represent Robert M. Vance, Kiwanis clid>. R. P. Hamer, American Legion. Hugh Jacobs, Chamber of Com merce. Wilmot Sheaiy, public schools. Calvin Cooper, textile represen tative. Van Jones, Exchange club. (Francis Blalock, Lions club. Mac Adair, Merchants associa tion. Mayor H. L. Eichelberger, City of Clinton. A representative for the Busi ness and Professional Women's club has not yet beeq named. Clinton High Palmetto High Play Here Tonight Clinton high school’s Red Devils will meet Palmetto high’s Mustangs in a football tilt here at Johnson Field tonight (Thurs day) evening, September SO, in stead of Friday, October 1, as originally announced. The change has bean made in older to avoid a conflict with the PC- Furman game to be played in Greenville on October 1. Kickoff time 8 o’clock. Last year the Red Devils de feated the Mustangs, and so the Palfhetto teem is expected to be seeking revenge this season. With Coach Fleming D. ‘ Punchy” Thornton in his second year of coaching here, the Red Devils have made a record thus Car of a 6-0 victory ove^ Whit mire, a 6-6 tie with York (a team undefeated in 24 games), and an 8-0 loss to Ware Shoals. Co-Captains Bobby Pearson and Ike Ray predict a thrilling, hard-fought game. Bundy Now With Baldwin Motor Co. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar E. Bundy, residents of Greenville for a num ber of years, moved here the past week and have taken an apart ment in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Finney, Sr., on East Car olina avenue. Mr. Bundy has accepted a posi tion with Baldwin Motor company in their auto sales department. Local Boxer Wins Honors 'Dr. Fred Holcombe’s male box er, Wizard, won Best of Breed and .the Working Group at th)e All Breed Dog Match, sponsored by the Greenville Kennel Club in Greenville on Sept. 19 with 125 dogs being shown. Wizard was handled to his show wins by W. S. Thornton of Spar tanburg. Big Cattle Sale By Seven Counties Set For Friday Announcement is made that more than 500 head of good cat tle will go on sale et the Green wood Stock Yards on Friday af ternoon ,in the second annual Greenwood Area Feeder Cattle show. The cattle have been se lected from a seven-county terri tory and will be bid on by buy-) ers from areas where conditions allow them to feed out cattle for the market. Local committees have selected the cattle in Lau rens, Abbeville, Greenwood, Mc Cormick, Edgefield, Aiken and Saluda counties. The sale will begin at 1 o’clock •Friday afternoon. Buyers who have indicated that they will at tend the sale include C. -N. Rags dale of Atlanta; Cecil Cameron, Albany, Gsu; Stoney Edwards, Quincy, Fla.; William A. Hilton, Union Stockyards, Baltimore, Md.; J. M. Hoober, Jr., Union Stockyards, Lancaster, Pa. Other buyers will be present, but these men represent some of the biggest feeder cattle dealers in the business. Cattle will be separated ac cording to breed, sex and grade. They will be further divided into weight groups breaking at 50 pounds up to 600 pounds and above that at either 50 pounds or 100 pounds. Cattle in the 400 750 pound range are in the ma jority, but some larger animals are bought. The Seaboard Airline Railroad has ben active in getting the feeder caittle buyers from the eastern seaboard in contact with cattlemen in this area- Tours in which the buyers visited this area were promoted by Seaboard preceding the first sale last year. This section has an advantage' in the freight costs over the Southwest where many of the cattle have been obtained in oth er years. The sale is looked on by agri cultural men in this section, also, &s a means of demonstrating the advantage ol having good cattle, since the buyers are only inter ested in those animals which can develop under feeding, beef type animals are taken. A committee from eech of the seven coyntieg to be represented, here has been active in its own county, and an overall committee with representatives from each county will be in charge of the sale. Agricultural and farm or ganization groups have assisted in promoting it. County Farm Women Hold Fall Meeting Heads Hotel Group Photo of Mystery Farm of The Week Here’s another in the seriea of Mystery Farms of this section of the county now appearing in The Chronicle in the intereel of better farming. The photos were taken from the air with no one. not even The Chronicle or the photographer—knowing the owner of the farm. Identity must be made by the owner of the farm appearing each week. He will receive free of charge the eriginal mount ed picture from which the aboVe reproduction was made. There are no priaes offered for the cor rect guees. Providence Associate Reformed Presbytenan Church (Established In 183§) The Providence Associate Re-.ren Blakely (1906), J. R. Hooten formed Presbyterian church of | (1907-(1914), Henry E. Pressly (1914-1918), W. H. Stevenson (1920-1924). Dr. C. Bynum Betts came as pas-: counties Child Seriously Hurt When Shuck By Car Mitchell Dale Frazier, 19-month- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Frazier of Clinton, Route 2, was struck and seriously injured a short distance from its home last Sunday night when it toddled out on the highway in front of an au tomobile. The identification was made by Highway Patrolman J. C. Pace stationed here. He said the child was given emergency treatment at a local hospital and then taken to a Greenville hospital, reported to have several bones broken. The Patrolman said an automo bile out of gas was stopped across the street from the child’s home and it was thought he might have taken it for his father’s automo bile, returning from a trip to town, evidently going out to meet his father when struck. Patrolman Pace said Monday no charges had been placed against the driver of the automobile in volved, S. N. Tucker of Greenville, Route 4. Clinton, which recently passed an other milestone with the comple tion of its educational building, has a 118-year history of progress and development. The new ten-room addition was finished last month at a cost of 913,000 to provide adequate facili ties for the Saiobath school pro gram. It brought to $76,000 the amount expended on the new church plant within the past three years. The impressive new church, located on the corner of South Broad and Onlv Walnut streets, was completed in February, 1952, at a cost of $63,- 000. , This new church plant is the third house of worship to be used by Providence church since its establishment on September 10, 1836. Founding of Providence came chiefly thrbugh the efforts of Wil liam “Honest Bill” Blakely, a Rev olutionary war soldier, who trans ferred his membership from Beth- How To Vote For Write-In Candidate tor ift September, 1925, and has filled the pulpit since that time. His tenure of 29 years is second only to that of Mr. Haddon. Providence ARP church moved from the country into Clinton-ap proximately SI years ago, during the pastorate of Mr. Plaxico. Most of the congregation by that time were living in town. The first lo cation here was on North Broad street, from which spot the church moved two years ago ip occupying its new home. The cemetery originally given by ‘iHooest Bill” Blakely is still used occasionally by the congregation os a burial round. He himself lies buried there, and before the War Between the States, all Negro slaves owned- by members of the congregation were buried in this cemetery. Some of these slaves became members of the church, attended Here's how to vote for Thur mond for senator: ON PAPER BALLOTS (all but Charleston and Richland) — Don't mark the party circle at top ol ballot, oi ( the box in front of Brown's name- Do NOT scratch Brown’s name. Write STROM THUR MOND opposito Brown's naroet el (the Ora church) about 15 miles s*™ 65 In a r 00 ™ whl j ch <r Chronicle Advs Are All-lmportoiit To You The advertising column* of THE CHRONICLE each week cany important and helpful advertising “news” from local business firms. They tell you of latest prices and valuea In groceries, meats, clothing, dry goods, automobiles and all y „ 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 haag on the air .... it is net brief headlines here or there with a momentary interest Advs have an important local ▼aloe to you. They help you buy wall and egeve Don’t away. He gave seven acres of land for the first building site and cem etery. This original site is located about two miles west of Clinton and a mile to the left of the Laur ens highway. The Rev. James L. Young was the officiating minister at the time of the church's organization. The 18 charter members included: William Blakely, Nancy Blakely, Margaret Blakely, Elizabeth Bry son, Maria Blakely, Jane Adair, Agnes Williamson, Jane William son, Samuel Blakely, Sr., William Bryson, Thomas R. Adair, Thomas Blakely, Thomas Bryson, Samuel Bryson, James A. Bryson, Martha Bryson, Jane Bryson and Margaret Bryson. The first elders were William Blakely, Thomas Blakely and Thomas Bryson. Mr. Young served Providence church for 15 years, until he moved to Mississippi in 1851. He was suc ceeded by the Rev. D. F. Haddon, 1 who was installed on May 15, 1854, and who served for 42 years, the Vjngest single pastorate in the church’s history. Other ministers who have served Providence include: The Rever- ands Horace Rabb (1896-1897), W. A. M. Plaxico (1899-190), War- opened off one side of the audi torium and their names are listed in the sessional record book of the church. (Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, one of the oldest in the Second Presbytery, today has a membership of 92 per sons. James P. Sloan serves as su perintendent of the Sabbath school; Dr. J. B. Kennedy is clerk of the session; Lowry Wilson is chairman of the board of deacons; and Sloan Todd serves as church treasurer. The eiders, in addition to Dr. Kennedy: James P. Sloan, C, A. Dickey, George Bryson, W. B. TriW>le and George W. Copeland. The deacons, besides Wilson are: Sloan Todd, HiJbert Todd, A. B. Blakely, B. B. Blakely, Marion Na bors, R. L. Ptaxico and W. D. Adair. LT. WILKES AT CAMP Friends of Lt. Harry Wilkes, Jr., of Columbia will be inter ested to know he is attending an army school at Aoerdeen Prov ing Ground, Md. While Lt. Wilkes is away Mrs. Wilkes and son, Harry, 3rd, are visiting relatives in Trinidad, Colorado. County Ginning Figure Is Low Report Shows The district supervisor of cot ton ginning, C. O. Oldham, reports that the census report shows that 343 bales of cotton were ginned ia this county from the present 1954 crop prior to September 1, as compared with 1,051 bales ginned from the crop of 1953 at the same time. This county produced 17,000 bales in 1952 and 14,000 bales in 1953. The’ 1953 figures are prelim inary of the Federal-State Crop Reporting Service, Columbia. Baseball Banquet Monday Night A banquet for the Small Fry, Little League ,and Pony League baseball teams will be given in the college dining hall Monday night at 7:30. Coaches of all the fifteen teams in the summer pro gram are asked* to notify their boys and find out how many will attend the banquet by Friday af ternoon and notify D. S- Temple ton as to the number that will attend from the team. The folowing trophies will be presented at this time: Small Fryu-rt-ydba. Little League—Academy St. Pony League—Thom we 11. Most valuable player, Little League—Kinard Littleton, Acad emy Street. Most valuable player,. Pony League—William Archie, Thom- well. Around 250 boys are expected to attend the banquet. The fall meeting of the Lau rent. County Council of Farm Women was held last Thursday at the Greenpond community building One hundred and fif teen women representing 18 of, I the 21 Home Demonstration; ■dubs throughout the county at tended, with the attendance gav el awarded o the Barksdale- Namie club' for having the larg est number of club members present. Cpl. J T. Townsend introduc ed the guest speaker, Sgt. B. F. Fallaw, of the state highway pa trol. In Sgt. Fallaw’s talk on safety he stressed the importance of alertness in driving, rules, sig nals and the point system. Each person received a copy of the South Carolina handbook and the point system. Mrs. Scott George, vice-presi dent, presided with Mrs. Frank Baumberger seving as secetary Ms. Rufus Woods and Mrs. Guy Mahon, members of the Green- pond club, were in charge of tha devotion and welcome. Mrs C. A. Patton led the symopsium on the Program Plan of Work in which departmental chairmen and the council president, Mrs. L. N. Cook, reported goals. Mrs. B. A. Goodwin summarized the state meeting held at Winthrop college in June. Long Branch, Trinity-Ridgo and Warrior Creek clubs receiv ed first place awards for the most outstanding accomplish ments in home demonstration work for the past year. The awards were presented by the three district dlectors of the council. The following committees par ticipated on the program: Cour tesy—Mrs. Ed Good and Mrs. Da vid Blakely; Credentials — Mrs. Fred Woods, Mrs. Hilliard Gray and Mrs. Epsie Taylor; Time and Place—Mrs. Robert Wasson and Mrs. Jeff Banks. Miss Jane Ow ens and Mbs Jane Stotts were pages for the meeting. •/ County Raises March Of Dimes A. A. McCALL At tha annual convention of th* South Carolina Hotel As sociation held Friday and Sat urday at Myrtle Beech. A. A. McCall of this city wee elected president for tha ensuing year. Mr. McCall has bean manag er of Hotel Mary Musgrove since its opening in 1951. Mr. McCall was accompan ied by Mrs. McCall to tha con vention. Maid Of Cotton Show Bo Staged Here On Od. 11 Monday night, Oct 11, has been set as the date for the Laurens county “Maid of Cotton’’ contest and the club room of Hotel Mary Musgrove h^rfe will be the place, according to an announcement by officers of the Laurens and Clin ton chapters of Beta Sigma Phi. sponsors of the event. Application blanks and regula tions to enter the contest may be obtained from the agricultural building in Laurens and Dr. Fred Holcombe’s office here, it was s»id. All candidates entering the con test must be unmarried, between the ages of 19 and 25 inclusive, bom in a cotton growing stats, must be at least five fact, flea inches tall and willing to abide by rules and regulations pertaining to the contest. “ w The officers stressed the fact that toe contest is.to be county wide and that entries are invited from any section of the county. The winner will be eligible to en- teFthe state contest where an en trant will be selected to enter the national contest to be held at Memphis. Mrs. Mollie Hozle Passes At Hospital; Bites At Hopewell Mrs. Mollie Hazle, 70, died Thursday afternoon at Hays hos pital folowing a critical illness of only a few days. Mrs. Hazle was bom and rear ed in Newberry county, a daugh ter of the late Flerdie and Lucin da Hazle Motes. She had made her home near Cross Hill for a number of years and was the widow of Richard D. Hazle. Surviving are four sons, J. R-, Woodruff; R. D., Durham, N. C.; Charlie Roy, Columbia, and Ab raham Hazle, Cross Hill; four daughters, Mrs. C. A. Smith, Co lumbia: Mrs. Clyde Baker, Ohio; and Misses Frances and Olive Hazle, both of Cross Hill; 6 grandchilren and 20 great-grand children. i Funeral services were conduct ed last Saturday afternoon at Hopewell Methodist church by the Rev. W. C. Alexander, Mm Rev. Leiand J. Rinehart and the Rev. R. S. SheUe. Burial fol- in tha church Additional contributions to the March of Dimes campaign amount ing to 947.44 have been received during the past week. They were made by several ladies of the city to Mrs. John Spratt and the .local chairman. The amount raised in the Clin- ton-Joanna area through yesterday amounted to $603.73, with the lagrest part of the amount coming from residents of the Joanna community as already reported. In the Laurens area $1,463.97 has been raised through contribu tions, bringing the county emerg ency total to $2,267.70. Judge Hewlette Wasson has re ported the polio toll in the county has been heavy this year, with 11 cases reported and 2 deaths. The need for funds ia still urgent he said, on account of the heavy load being carried by the polio group. Contest, Minstrel Sponsored By Club Here October 1 The Clinton Exchange club is sponsoring a minstrel variety show and beauty contest at Clin ton high school Friday evening, October 1 The purpose of the contest is to furnish an entrant for a contest of the Laurens County Fair commis sion to pick "Miss Laurens County Fair" who will reign over the fair activities the week of Oct. 4-9. The event is sponsored by the local club in cooperation with the commission in efforts to build a greater Laurens County Fair. All profits on the show will go to the Clinton high school band for any I • .material they might need. ' |) r |(. Sheoly At The interest and support of localk, _ LI ** I I citizens will be appreciated, club HOIHC rfOIH HOSpitoi I officials stated Legion To Sponsor Kids Matinee Saturday Morning The Copeland-Davidson Post 56 of the American Legion will sponsor a regular Hollywood movie for grammar grade chil dren Saturday morning at 10:30 at the American Legion Memor ial Home on the Whitmire highway. The movie, ‘T-Men'\ stars Dennis O’Keefe and June Lock hart and portrays the work of the United States Treasury agents. The film holds the coveted Legion of Decency A-l rating. The grammar grade students are cordially invited to attend the movie and there will be no admission charge. The Poet is also making the fihn available to the children of Thomwell Orphanage and Whit ten Village for showing at the respective institutions. County Service Clubs To Hove Barbecue Tonight A* Fair Grounds Service clubs of the county will have their annual meet mg at the fair grounds near Laurens tonight (Thursday) at 7:00. J Hewlette Wasson, of Laurens, is chairman of arrangements. The Clinton Kiwanis club is stag ing the affair, and a barbecue has been planned for the occasion, it tgis been stated County To Hold Junior Beef Heifer Project Joint Committees Announce Rules For Sale To Be Held In November The livestock^ committee of the Laurens County Farm Bureau and Livestock Producers Asso ciation are sponsoring a Count/ Junior Registered Beef Herfer project L. L- Norton, manager of Creekland Farms, Clinton, u president of the Livestock Pro ducers Association, and T. Ran dolph Davis, Clinton, is chairman of the Farm Bureau Livestock committee A t committee was appointed to draw up rukis and regulations for the junior project. The com mittee consists of John F. Wise, assistant county agent, chairman; T. Randolph Davis, Clinton, purebred beef cattle breeder Ryan F. Lawson. Clinton, pure bred beef cattle breeder, and E. B. Few, agricultural teacher, Clinton The general committee met last week and completed plana and drew up rules and regula tions to initiate this project thas fall. All sponsor ing organic, turns think that this is a very worthwhile project and should do much to improve the beef cat tle industry of the cotaaty in the future It is hoped that these hetferi will form the foundation tor new registered and high quality commercial herds' in the county, th# committee state*. Listed below are the rules and regulations that have been drawn up: 1 Project is sponsored by the Livestock commiUee of the Lau rens County Farm Bureau, Lau rens County Livestock Producers Association in cooperation with the County Extension Service and the County Vocational Agri- cuutural Teachers. 2. The general commitee, com posed of Randolph Davis, E. B. Few, Ryan *. Lawson and J. F. Wise, will act as over-oil plan ning committee and wil select heifers for sale 3 Any 4-H, FFA or JHA mem ber upon the approval of the to cal supervisor of their organiza tion ia eligible to participate ia the project. A1 interested mem bers must have aplied by Octo ber 15. 1954 4. The sale will be held tone between November 1 November ^20, 1954, at the Lau rens county fair grounds. All heifers will be priced at $100 and boys and girls will have an op portunity to select their heifer, xt two or more select the sane ant- may. they will draw to deter mine who gets the particular heifer Aberdeen-Angus, Here ford, Polled Hereford, and Short horn heifes will be available. 5. Registered breeders of tha county will consign heifers drop ped between December 1, 1969, and February 28. 1954. These heifers will be inspected by the comnutte prior to sale. Heifers must be halter broke; vane mat. ed for black leg and shipping fever; and tested for Bangs and TB within thirty days of sale unless herd is accredited. 6. Consignors of heifers to sale will agree to give breeding ser vice to boy buying their heifer until she has been settled three times. Before returning heifer to breeder's farm to be brad, boy must have her tested for Bangs within thirty days at which time the veterinarian wil examine for any communicable disease. If heifer is infected, the consignor is released from his obligation to breeding privilege. If heifer proves to be a non-breeder she will be replaced by the consigner with an animal of hke value. 7. Boy or girl can not sell heif er until she has dropped a calf. August Bond Soles Total $27,787.50 Series E and H Bond sales for the month of August in Laurens county totaled $27,787 50, reports D. F. Patterson, county savings bonds chairman. E. and H sales for the state for the same period totaled $2,21,825, according to Burnell Sloan, state chairman of the U. S. Savings Bonds Division for South Carolina. The many friends of Dr F K Sheaiy will be interested to know he is recovering at his home after an operation illness at the General hospital, Green ville. The breeder will be given an oj>- portumty to buy the heifer if and when the boy or girl decides to sell. 8. There will be a special jun ior show at the county fair for these heifers and the boy or girl must show their animal at the first fair after purchase unless excused by the general commit tee Animals in this show will bo (Continued on page seven) CLUB MEETS TODAY The Carolina Wren Garden club will meet this afternoon at 3:30 at the College library. LOSES BROTHER Friends of Mrs M. L. Kleck- ley will sympathize with her in the death of her brother, J. W. Leaphart. whx-h occurred Sun day in Union Point, Ga. Inter ment services were held at St. Peter’s Lutheran church ceme tery, Lexington, on Tuesday. Mrs. Kieoiriey, who makes her home with her daughter, Mrs, G. W. Bell, ia gpenriing a few days i in Lexington with relatives. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS READ THE ADS