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Come with the comfort of His love, abiding; Come with the sense of His grace, divining; Come with the knowledge of His wisdom, plenteous; Come. with, the sure ness of His power, endless; Come with the Joy of His presence, radiant; Come with the hope of His prom ises, certain; And abide in prayer with Him and with Christians everywhere, from the rising of the sun to its setting on this World Day of Prayer. U. S. Aid On Hay Has A Deadline Of March 31 All hay for which federal funds may be used as partial freight pay ment must be delivered to eligible farmers and ranches before mid night, March 31, according to a notice received by the State De partment of Agriculture from the United States 'Department of Ag riculture. Disbursement to South Caro lina farmers under the droubt re lief program is made by the State Department of Agriculture Eligi bility is passed on by the Farm Home Administration. The notice pointed out that fed eral funds may be used in proper circumstances on or after Appril 1 for hay which is delivered prior to midnight of March 31. The drought relief program pro vides for federal funds to cover half the freight paid on hay by farmers with certificates for drought relief. South Carolina farmers have received approxi- m^.ely $05,000 in disbursements of the initial $125,000 made available to the state. Three Local Boys Enlist In Navy Three Clinton boys, Floyd Ful ler, Johnny Roy Webb and Billy Dunaway last week enlisted in the Navy. They left for the Great Lakes, 111, to begin train, ing Chronicle Advs Are All-Important To You The advertising columns of THE CHRONICLE each week carry important and helpful advertising,“news” from local business firms. They 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 dally needs of your family and home. Shop in THE CHRONICLE first Newspaper advertising is all important to the buying public. It does not hang on the air .... it is not brief headlines here or there with a momentary interest Advs have fcn important local value to you. They help you buy well and save Don't O’ look them. Chamber Elects Five Directors In Rotation System Five new Chamber of Com merce directors were elected re cently to serve for a three year term. Under the present rotation system Jive new directors are elected each year to serve for three years. Directors elected by mailed in ballots were as follows: James Robert Cox, Van C. Jones, John L. Mimnaiugh, R. E. Sadler, C. T. Thomason. The five retiring directors are John A. Addison, W. C. Baldwin, R. P. Hamer, Thomas F. Hollis, J. Leiand Young. The remaining ten directors are J. B. Arnold, R. E. Ferguson, Dr. Fred Holcombe, A. A. Ramag£, Jr., James E. Wolfe, Tom E. Addison, J. A. Orr, C. W. Underwood, L. N. Warren and Reece H. Young. A nominating committee will be appointed to secure new officers lor the coming year, k is stated. Present officer* are: D. A. Yar borough, president; Robert E. Wysor, 3rd, vice president, and Gaqy Holcombe, treasurer. Mrs. P. M. Pitts is secretary. Ten Inductees Sent To Jackson By County Board The Laurens County Draft Board sent ten registrants to Ft. Jackson last Friday for army in duction, it was announced by J. B. Lewis, chairman of the board. They were listed as Ervin Franklin Thurston, 2 Oregon Ave., Naval Base, Charleston; Willis Milford Hughes, Rt. 2, Gray Court; Luther Evans, Jr., Rt. 2, Laurens; Charles Ervin Nalley, Thomwell Orphanage, Clinton; James Roland Wooten, Sloan St., Clinton. The following also reported for physical examination on the same date. Howard DeWitt Fortenberry, 2 Woodruff St, Woodruff; James Arsen Lewis, Laurens; Jackie Ned Brown, Clinton; Charles Blakely, Laurens; Eugene Wil liams Blakely, Laurens. Cross Hill 4-H Girls On TV Program Several 4-H girls of the Cross Hill Junior ekib appeared on the regular Home Agent television program in February. The topic of the program was “Foods and Nu trition.” What is needed for a bal anced diet and its importance to good health was discussed by Hazle Dean, Home Agent. Mrs. J. B. i Hill introduced her group of 4-H girls who told about necessary vitamins and showed foods high in various vitamins. The Basic Seven Food Chart was reviewed by a club member. The following girls participat ed in the program: Clara Belle Hill, Mary Rebecca Wilkie, Judy Dobbins, Zora Lou Williams, Elaine Smith, Delores McManus, Gail Ir win, Barbara Ann Ingle, Sara Ann Bradshaw and Patsy Wilkie. Moore's Shoe Store 1 Move In New Location ! Moore’s Shoe Store, now locat ed next door to Young*! Pharmacy, will move in the n#ar future to the building formerly occupied by i Morrison Furniture Company on the comer of Main and Musgrove ; streets. * The building is now being re paired and repainted. TEACHING COURSE The Rev. J. E. Merchant, pastor of Broad Street Methodist church, is in Anedrson this week to teach an area training course, “Adult Work In the Church School,” at St. John’s Methodist church. Re-Trial Is Ordered For Laurens Negro Laurens, Feb. 17—R. C. Wil liams, Negro convict who was con vkted of murder during the No vember 1053 term of General Ses sions court and sentenced to elec trocution, got a new lease on life Wednesday when the S. C. Su preme court, sitting in Columbia, handed down an order reversing the lower court and remanded the case for re-trial. Copy of the order was received by Laurens defense attorneys. The opinion was written by Chief Justice D. Gordon Baker and concurred in by Associate Justice Claude A. Taylor. The three other Associate Justices, Taylor H. Stukes, G. Dewey Gxner and L. L. Legge, concurred. The opinion was based on the failure of presiding Judge G. Dun can Bellinger to grant a motion of defense council at the opening trial for the segregation of the witness es. A member of the defense coun cil pointed out today that “segre gation” had no racial implications but was intended to prevent any one witness from hearing the tes timony of another. I he order was as follows: “We think that it is clear that the trial judge, under the circumstances herein before related, committed an abuse of discretaon, which means an error of law, in failing to grant appellants motion for the segregation of the witnesses, he is being charged with a crime for which, if convicted, the punish ment was death. In this connec tion, see 53 am, jur. trial, sec. 31.” Attorneys for the defense were W. T. BoJt, W. Paul Culbertson and Marshall Abecrombie. all members of the Laurens bar, who are appointed by the court. So licitor William T. Jones, of Green wood, appeared for the respondent. Oct. 1953 Shooting Williams was charged with the pistol shooting Oct. 21, 1953, of chain-gang guard Eugene Daven port in a difficulty at the Negro chain-gang camp near Waterloo He was alleged to have wrestled u pistol from J. W. Elmore, an other guard, and fatally wounding guard Davenport. His defense was that in the struggle for the pistol it went off accidentally. Defense attorney* noted four exceptions in appooMng tor a new trial. The oourt said “We find it unnecessary to make reference to the other exceptions.” In handing down ns order the court said: “The granting or re- 1 using of a motion for separation or sequestration of witnesses is within the sound discretion of the trial judge. It is within the power of the trial court to exclude wit nesses from the court room during the trial, and direct that they shall be examined out of the hearing of one another, or shell be put under the rule as it is frequently termed 23 C. J. S. Sec. 1010 Page 377. “While an order excluding wit nesses is a matter of fact rarely withheld if it is applied for by either party in good faith, as a general rule the party is entitled to an order of exclusion as a matter of right and the motion may be re fused if the court in the exercise of a sound discretion does not deem that there are sufficient grounds therefor.” Commenting on the above the court said; “Not knowing any of the circumstances surrounding the case, the triad Judge cannot be said to have exercised the sound discretion contemplated by the governing law as above quoted for the simple reason .that he had nothing before him on which to •bottom his opinion, and exercise his discretion.” Williams had been confined in the state penitentiary since he was convicted and sentenced. Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 24, 1955 wmmmmmmmMxmBsssmmsxsanBmaacmmKBBmmmamBamKSBBammmmmaBBmmam WHOSE FARM IS THIS? Grand Jury Seeks Action On Recommendations GRAND JURY—24 Laurens, Feb 22 — The li>55 Laurens county Grand Jury Tues day sought to get action on recom- mendaitions made by the 1954 Grand Jury. In its presentment in General Sessions court Tuesday, the Grand Jury stated: “The County Delega tion, as (well as the county board of commissioners, is hereby urged to rev iew the several presentments made during 1954 by the previous Grand Jury with the aim in view of arrying into effect the recom- It You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the New* Number 8 RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK AT COLLEGE TO BEGIN MONDAY Will Continue Through Friday With Four Well Known Presbyterian Ministers Directing The Program Religious Emphasis Week at Presbyterian College is scheduled to get underway Monday, with four outstanding ministers on the campus to lead the full program of religious activities. This annual event, developed mendataons contained therein, in aroun<i lhe ^ eme .. You Nwd so far as the economy and good Christ ., wlU ex , prd throu ^ . he management of the county’s af- folIowt Fndav March ^ Her* is our Mystery Farm of the week. Whose is it? Readers ere invited to guess the name of the owner of the farm shown her*. Call your guess in at the office, bring them in, or mail them in. Identity must be made by the owner and he will receive free of charge the original mounted picture from which the above reproduction was mad*. There are no prises ottered for the correct guess. Join the fun. Two Negro Men Die In Crash Near Mountville The bodies of two Negro men, apparently instantly killed in the crash of an automombile, were found in the smashed car at 8:00 a. m., Sunday on a dirt road about two miles south of Mount ville. Deputies Paul Prince and Ralph Riddle identified the dead men as Odell Conway, 29, of Mountville, and E. C. Grant, about 29, of Cross Hill. ' The bodies were found in Con way’s 1950 Ford which had crash ed into a tree after leaving the road on a curve, the officers said. The car had jumped a wide ditch about three feet deep before hit ting the tree and wheePtracks in dicated the brakes had not been applied, they said. Conway was apparently driv ing, the officers reported. He was reported to have left his home with Grant about midnight. A coroner’s jury viewed the bodies at the scene, but an in quest has not been announced. Highway Patrolman J. C. Pace investigated with the sheriffs of ficers. BOARD MEETS MARCH 1 The board of trustees of Pres- byterian college will hold its win ter meeting on the college cam. pus March if Rep. C. L. Milam Will Not Vote For Tax Increase Rep. Charles L. Milam of Mountville, member of the Ways and Means committee in the House of Representatives, at home last week, stated that his committee is now busy writing the state's annual appropriation bill. “Writing the bill this year is going to be the hardest task we have ever had,” Mr. Milam said. “The estimated income this year is going to be about $7,000,- 000 less than is asked for in the budget,” he said, and “We are up against it. We will try to get the money from some place where it will not work a hardship.” He said the bill ought to be brought to the floor of the House in about a week. Turning to the local tax angle Mr. Milam said that he is work ing with others to get through an increase of $5.00 per pupil for supervision in the schools. This would add about $30,000 to the income to School District No. 55 and about $20,000 to District No. 56. * . Declaring that he could not conscientiously vote for an in crease of taxes in Laurens coun ty, he said that the people could vote an increase on themselves if they wanted to. Asked how he proposed to vote on a question as to a rumored defeiit expected in this year’s school operations, he replied, “We wil have to work it out some way.” 4-H Farm And Home Electric Program Meetings Being Held A series of seven 4-H meetings are being held in the Mountville- Cross Hill section of the county. Four have already ben held, the first two at the Grange Hall in Mountville and the last two at the Cross Hill school. The time and place for the re mainder of the meetings will be anounced at a later date. The purpose of this program is to teach boys and girls more about the use of one of their cheapest servants — electricity. The first four meetings were de voted to basic electrical terms, construction of lamp, study of home‘lighting and . effect of dif ferent types of light on color, and the proper use of household elec trical appliances. Four-H club members from the following clubs are taking part in this program: Cross Hill, with Mrs. J. B. Hill as local leader; Mountville, with Mrs. B. P. Watts as local leader; Whitten Village, with Mrs Beatrice Sloan as local leader; and Thomwell Orphan age, with R. L. Wickham as local leader. St.' Clair Knight, agricultural engineer and Miss Carolyn Shere, Home Economist, representatives of Duke Power company, are as sisting with the program. Mountville Man Heads Co-Op Group Hence (Finley, of Mountville, was elected president and a director of the Laurens Cooperative Breeding association at the annual meeting held in Laurens. Other directors of the associa tion with Finley are: Roy Owens, Green pond community; Floyd Cor bett, Lisburn community; A. J. Finley, Mountville; Fred Irwin, Oak Grove community; E. B. Cope land, Clinton; J. T. Manly, Youngs community; W. E. (Jack) Adair, China Grove community, and Ru fus. Langston, Barksdale commun ity. Joanna Mills Asks County Take Over Streets In Joanna Walter Regnery, head of the Joanna Cotton Mills, appeared before a special meeting in Lau rens last week of the delegation and asked permision to turn over the streets of the Joanna com munity to the county. Senator R. T. Wilson, follow ing the meeting, stated that Mr. Regnery told the delegation that the streets are all blacktopped and have curb and gutter work, having cost the company over $200,000. The, mill, Mr. Regnery said, is planning to sell its houses to their employees. Senator Wilson expressed the opinion that the delegation would pass legislation accepting deed to the streets although no action had been taken except ask Mr. Reg nery to itemize the streets involv ed in the requst. Leaders Training Meeting Held At Oak Grove Center A leaders’ training meeting for project leaders in Home Demon stration clubs was held at Oak Tentative Approval Given Bush River Watershed Deal Washington, Feb. 18 — Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Caro lina announced today the Agri culture Department has given tentative approval to the Bush River Watershed project covering 80,000 acres of farm land in New berry and Laurens counties, S. C. Thurmond said local soil con servation officials and farmers will cooperate in controlling the flow of streams feeding into the Bush River and in providing an ample water supply to prevent future droughts. The senator said the city of Newberry and textile plants at Joanna, Newberry and Prosperity are dependent upon this water shed for their water supply. ■Our farmers deserve every consideration in view of the ex treme drought conditions that hav plagued them in the past two years,” the senator said. “I am sure this watershed project will benefit Newberry and Laurens counties immeasurably.” The project was advocated by G. T. Smith of Kinards and by the national affairs and legisla. tive committee of the Newberry lairs might warrant “Special attention is addressed to the consideration of the County Delegation toward furnishing the Grand Jury room with more suit able, comfortable and safer chairs in keeping with such as are now used in the courtroom now for the jury panels.’’ The presentment, signed by A. W Wallace, foreman, also pointed out that "appropriate plans are underway for the appointment and orgnai/ation of various com mittees who will be assigned the several and various tasks of inves tigating, studying and making re- The Rev. Ben Lacy Rose, pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, N. C, will serve as the main speaker for the occasion Classrooms discussions arc to be led by: the Rev. Francis B Mayes, pastor of North Charles ton Park Circle Presbyterian church; the Rev. Clarence E. Pie- hophoff, pastor of the College Park, Ga.. Presbyterian church; and the Rev Edward Watson, pas tor of Atlantas Lakewood Presby terian church. The REW program will include: two general assemblies of the stu-, L dent body daily for the main ad- ports of and concerning the va- , , , dresses, classroom discussion, re nous public otficials, departments ___, . ^ and public buildings appertaining to the county's government. Such committees will be fully organized ligious "bull sessions’ in die dor mitories at night and individual counseling. Religious Emphasis Week :s and will be properly functioning 1 _ , , J tponsored by the Student Chris- oy or be:ore tne next term of Gen-i, * I . tian Association and is placed un der the direction of a campus committee af fifty. This occasion of special emphasis is a time when regular schedules and routines are suspended to bring the Cull spotlight to focus upon spiritual values on the campus. Two of the visiting leaders are synod moderators and both of these are alumni of PresbyHefian colelge. Mayes serves as modera-t tor of the Synod of South Caro lina; Piehophoff, as moderator of the Georgia Synod. Smith Resigns Post With Gas Authority, Goes To Easley eral Sessions court.’’ The grand jurors commended "public officials of the county as a whole for their good and effi cient services and cooperation and wish to assure them that it will be the purpose af this Grand Jury to work throughout the year with them all for the best interests of the entire county.” Blue Hose To Enter Finals In Spartanburg Presbyterian college wtH carry its beet regular- season basketball record in history into the Little Four cage tournament at Spar tanburg this week-end. Despite the dosing 87-110 loss to Furman last Saturday night, the J. H. Smith, general manager of the C Lm ton - Newberry Gas Au thority with offices here, has re signed the position effective on March 1, he stated yesterday. Grove community center last Chamber of Commerce, including Thursday. The demonstration j several members. ’Milk given to the leaders was on and Egg Dishes.” Miss Myrtice Taylor, assistant Home Demonstration agent, pre pared a casserole dish using rice, tomato sauce and stuffed eggs and scalloped potatoes with eggs and cheese. Miss Hazle Dean, Home Demonstration a g e n l, stressed the importance of getting I enough milk in the diet and dis-1 The Carolina Textile League cussed what milk does for the i organized in Greenwood Tuesday body. She also discussed ways of j night for the 1955 season with Carolina Textile Loop Organizes; 4 Start April 30 At that time Mr. Smitti will go Blue Hose emerged with a record, to become general man ager af the Fort Hill Natural Gas Authority with headquarters in that city. The Authority serves ten towns of that area. Mr. Smith came here two years , ago with the installation of na- and gave these two teams a share , r-i . «.r in rho r.^iin, Ko^ a ..f^ ral * as b > Clmton-Ntswioerry. During his stay here he and his of 18 victories and only 5 defeats against all opponents and an amazing 11-1 record against state teams. The defeat to Furman was PC’s first Loss to Palmetto opposition in the South Carolina basketball championship. Presbyterian had knocked off the Paladins, 83-8i2, in an earlier game for Furman’s only state defeat. This ’record has the Hosemen established as favorites in the Lit tle Four tournament which gets underway Friday night tn the Wofford field house. Presbyterian is scheduled to meet Newberry and Wofford to meet Brskine in the opening round battles. The using milk and eggs to best ad-1 four teams — Mathews, Joanna, vantage in every day menus. | Ninety-Six and Calhoun Falls. The following leaders attended i A 30-game schedule will open (finals on Saturday night will pit the meeting and wil use the April 30. Games will be played the two winners in the champion training received from the dem- every Friday and Saturday. ship game and the two losers m The league decided on a split the consolation game season because of having four clubs this year, instead of eight. Winners of each half will meet onstration in their local home demonstration clubs during the month of March. Lanford club— Mrs. J. M. Patterson, Miss Belle Patterson; Long Branch—Mrs. J. J in the playoff. D. Cunningham, Mrs. J. M. Cun-! The fast semi-pro loop is ex- ningham; Musgrove—Mrs. John 1 peeled to have four good clubs Adair, Mrs. R. G. Wrenn; Oak that should make a well balanced Grove—Mrs. J. J Coats, Mrs. Ralph Waldrop; Sandy Springs— Mrs. Floyd Norwood, Mrs. Lois Abercrombie; Warrior Creek— Mrs. Clarnece Britten, Mrs Ev- ,rett Riddle. _ Bids Called For New Dormitory On College Campus The architects for Presbyterian college’s new dormitory early this week sent out building plans to contractors tor bidding. President Marshall W. Brown announced yesterday- Bids are scheduled to be opened on March 8, he said, and the con tract prdbably will be awarded at that time. Construction should be gin shortly thereafter in order to have the dormitory ready tor use a tthe start of PC’s 75th session next fall, the president pointed out. The firm Six Associates, Incor porated, of Asheville, N. C., serves as architect for the dormitory which is estimated to cost appprox- imately $200,000. It will provide facilities for almost 100 students when completed. President Brown, in announcing progress made on the dormitory project, said the new building will be located directly across the Plaza from the Jacobs Science Hall, next to the Student Chris tian Association building. loop. Officers of the league are J. The Blue Hose whipped al three Little Four opponents twice each during the regular season. Their record also shows: two wins each over Clem son, Mercer and Catawtba; single victories over Furman, the Citadel, College of Charleston, Rollins, Atlantic Christian and High Point; and W (Pinky) Babb, president, and losses t0 Furman> Atlantic Chris Clyde Simmons, secretary-treas urer. East Carolina State Track Meet Here Ai P. C. May 6-7 South Carolina’s Little Olymp ics, the state intercollegiate track and field meet, will be held at Presbyterian College on May 6-7, PC Athletic Director Walter A Johnson announced yesterday. He released the dates of this an nual spring sports spectacle in connection with the announce ment of Presbyterians 1965 tracK schedule. Coach Lonnie S. McMilhan, July 1. family have made many friends who will regret to learn they are leaving the city. He stated yester- daiy he regrets to give up the work here and desires to express to his friends his thanks and apprecia tion for their cooperation and the pleasant business relations he has held with the customers of the Authority. Mrs. Wright Passes At Hospital Mrs. Ida Wright, 87, died early Monday morning at the Newberry County hospital after several years of declining health. She was a native of Newberry county, a daughter of the late Nathan and Missouri Richardson Mars. The oldest member of the Sha ron Methodist church of Kinards, she had made her home near New berry with a daughter and son, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Atlaway, for a number of years. She is survived by her daugh- tian, High Point, and Statson. Presbyterian has raced to this record with a high-scoring team which averages »1 points-per- ter. Mrs. Attaway, one brother, game, among the top five small- college offenses in the nation. West Main Lot Is Purchased For New Dixie-Home Store As announced last week work is to start early m April on the con struction by Dixie-Home Stores, Mrs. Euphemia Bryson and two sons, W M and O. Y, o^xtUr- ens, of a large new store-building on West Main street It is stated that the building will be complet ed ,yid ready for occupancy by Henry Mars, of Whitmire; 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grand children. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday afternoon from Sharon Methodist church, Kinards, by the Rev. J. Leiand Rinehart and the Rev. Earl L. Alexander. Interment followed in the church cemetery. DEADLINE MARCH 1 Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, county auditor, states that a great many taxpayers have as yet failed to make their annual as sessment returns. She reminded them that March 1 will be the deadline for filing without a pen- MRS. HOLLIS IN CLINIC Mrs. Charles Hollis, Sr., is a pa-1 May tient at Blalock clinic. PC’s seasoned veteran of the cin ders, already has turned his at tention to the coming season with thoughts of how to recapture the state championship in 1955. His teams finished second to the Un iversity of South Carolina last year and in 1953 after winnipg the title in 1952 Here’s the 1955 schedule facing Presbyterian trackmen: March 19—University of South Carolina here; March 26—Furman at Greenville; April 2—Wofford at Spratanburg; April 16—Mercer here; April 23—demson here; April 30—Citadel at Charleston; 6-7 — State Intercollegiate Track and Field Meet here. The lot has a frontage of 230 i a ^ feet and ample parking space Its tx)st, it is stated by the promoters, would be approximately $70,000 The property line begins at the i Giles Chevrolet company building, j The 1 C. Boland property owned by Ratchtord W. and Robert 1 Bo- j land, and the adjoining property owned by J. L. Davidson has been purchased by Mrs. Bryson and sons for the new building, the site also to include the Montjoy property owned for some time by Mrs. Eky- son. The buildung will be of modern design with complete facilities far a store display and super market of this type. FOOD... Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Grocery jnd Market News in THE CHRONICLE every ' week from leading food stores in the city. Read the advertisements reg ularly — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can supply your needs and buy to advantage.