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The Chronide Strives To Be A Clean News- , paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Stop fflltntntt (Ehrnttirlr If You Don’t Read The Chronide Yon Don’t Get the News Volume LVI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 3, 1955 Number 9 ww S*'' s^‘ tjt* > ... *** Th* period. March 5-13, will be observed throughout the nation as "National 4-H Club Week " During the week dub members will take stock of past achievements and make plane for future activi ties bn their farms, in their homes, and in their communities. Observances to be held during the week axe designed to inform the public, including parents, of the value of 4-H dub training to interest other young people in enrolling in local dubs, and to sruist more public-spirited, youth-minded dtisens as volunteer 4-H dub leaders. This year more than 2 million 4-H dub members in America will unite their Heads. Hearts. Hands, and Health in "Improving family and community living." the dub's 1255 thsme. These beys and gi*ls. 10 to 21. belong to about 17.000 local dubs in all 40 states. Alaska. Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Leosi O. Clayton, state boys' 4-H dub agent reports that in South Carolina some 52.500 members are enrolled In more clubs with one or more leaders for each dub. SOUTHERN BELL ANNUAL REPORT CITES RECORD '54 TELEPHONE ACTIVITY IN SOUTH The Southern Bell Telephone bered 4,552,437, an increase of 2,- Company in 1004 connected more 1190,233 since 1045. telephones and provided better) During the year the number of grades of service to more people; orders on hand for “upgraded” than in any previous year, ac-: party line service—fewer parties cording to the company's annual! on the same line—was reduced report, copies of which were re- from 214,144 to 79,663, the lowest ceived here by C. W. Underwood, in 11 years. New telephone de manager. mand continued very strong. Southern Bell serves Union and ; More Rural Telephones 1,042 other exchanges — cities,) Telephones in rural areas were towns and surrounding rural increased about 99,000 ip 1964 in ■!«*> santhtm states, 'bringing the total Southern Ball telephones in rural areas to a proximately 644,000, compared with 171,000 at the end of 1945. The construction neecssary to take care of growth, the replace, ment of telephone plant and ser vice improvements cost $188,000,- 000 last year. Since 1945, the gross construction by Southern Bell has amounted to 1.3 billion dollars. The report, commemorating Southern Bell’s 75 years of con tinuous service to the South, was made for the Board of Directors by President Fred J. Turner of Atlanta, G*. “The stepped-up economy of the South is reflected in the num ber of telephones now in use,” the report pointed out. At the end of 1945 Southern Bell was serving 1,883,204 telephones. During 1954, the company gained 295,000 telephones, larg est for a single year 'since 1948. Southern Bell telephones in ser vice at the end of the year num- Adair Farm Shown In Last Week's Series The farm home place shown last week was that of P. L. Adair who resides near the city on Rt. 2. Identification was made by the owner who was presented a mounted photo of the place with the compliments of The Chron icle. Three correct guesses were turned in at the office by Mrs. Joe Poole, Mrs. Essie Atkins and Mrs. A. B. Jacks. Another in the series of undes ignated farms appears today. As previously stated, the photos were taken from the air by spec ialty photographers, this news- paper not knowing where the “shots” were made until we re ceive the photos which will ap pear regularly during the year. The feature is proving quite pop ular with our readers and is pub lished in recognition of farming as the big business that it is today —big in investment in land, ma chinery, livestock and buildings. Roger Henry And Two Others Killed As Auto Hits Bridge, Funeral services for Roger M. Henry, lifelong resident at this city, were owiniucteu Monday af ternoon from Gray Funeral Home by the Rev. J. E. Merchant, pas tor of Broad Street Methodist church, with buriad following in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers were George Alix Henry, Mac B. Hipp, Jr., Ike Ray, Frank M. Boland, Jr., L. H. Da vidson, Joe F. McMillan, L. L. Copeland, Jr., and Jack Holland. Mr. Henry was instantly killed early Sunday morning along with two other occupants of the car, Carl W. McIntyre and Troy B. Steading, both of Laurens, when the 1956 Plymouth in which they were riding hit Sand Creek Bridge on Highway 72 three miles north of Clinton, and plunged to the creek below, according to Sheriff W. A. Lowery. Sheriff Lowery .said that when he reached the scene shortly after 4 am. the iboddes of McIntyre and Steading were in the creek and the body of Henry was hanging out the front door of the automo bile. Tire marks, he said, showed the car went off a curve near the bridge, went through the guard rail approaching the bridge, swung back hitting a concrete banister. The impact threw the motor out on the bridge and the car went over the side, carrying the three men with it. No one else was in the car and no other auto mobile was Involved, state, county and city officers making the in vestigation said. The car, traveling from the direction of Whitmire toward Clinton, was completely demolished. Coroner Joe F. Smith empanel ed a jury to view the bodies and announced that an inquest would be held here Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Henry had spent his entire life here. He was a son of Mrs. Annie Lou McMillan Henry and the late Dr. B. H. Henry, a prac ticing physician here until his passing several years ago. He wax a veteran of World War 11 and served overseas in Italy and Af rica. He was an active member of one American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. The announce ment of his tragic daath was a great shock to his family and friends. Surviving besides his mother is one sister, Mrs. J. EMott Law of Greenville. Services for Cary W. McIntyre, 29, and A2C Trey WHOSE FARM IS THIS? Supervisor’s Budget Calls For $357,326 Expenditure Laurens, Feb. 28—The budget of the supervisor’s office for the fiscal year 1955-56 calls for the expenditure of $357,326 and some odd cents or $128,991 more than last year, the equivalent of about $68; food supplies, $2,370; other supplies, $325: parts and repairs $4,047; gas and oil, $2,580; hard ware, $324; and tires, $978; ap proximately $16,000 per month. The total multiplied by twelve figured about $3,500 less than ac- a 10 mill tax levy, according to a tually expended last year. Here is our Mystery Farm of the week. Whoee is it? Readers are invited to guess the name of the owner of the farm shown here. 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 tho above reproduction was made. There are no prizes offered for the correct guess. Join the fun. request for appropriation given to the county delegation. The amount appropriated for last year for the same office was $228,335. The request was made out in tyepwritten form and signed by Supervisor Bennie B. Blakely and Commissioners John H. Wharton i and Clyde G. Jones. I The largest item in the request ! was for maintenance of chain j gangs, roads, bridges building I bridges, purchasing road machin ery and grading and topsoiling roads. This figure ran to $194,- 437, not including $50,000 for ex penditure in excess of appropria tions the previous year, or $11,- 376 for recapping and reapirs to 1 blacktop roads. | In a memorandum accompany ing the request was a breakdown by months of the estimated ex penditures under the item of $194,437. Listed there were sal aries $4,9567; medical $175; cloth ing, $375; lights and telephone. Three Sons Of P. C. Receive Degrees Southern Bell, Differ On New Contract C. W. Underwood, Clinton The Presbyterian College board of trustees named three PC alum ni to receive honorary degrees and re-elected two of its officers at the regular winter board meet ing here Tuesday. Chosen to receive honorary de grees at the June commencement exercises were: the Rev^ Cliff Hm ^ ^ The clause McLeod of Sumter, and the Rev. — 'Z?tv,* .v™™ Highway Department Calling for Bids Road Imorovement Sealed bids on an estimated The grand totai aid not include the requisition for county emp loyees under the state retirement system presumabily on grounds that new legislation on the retire ment system has been introduced in the legislature. Also not listed was improvement on chain gang camps where $2,649 was spent last year. New items in the requisition were $7,000 each for right-of-way in the city of Clinton and farm to market roads in City of Lau rens, $25,525 approved by the delegation for improving school grounds in the two county school districts, and $48,842 spent in ex cess of the $400,000 bond issue for blacktop roads. Other items in the request in cluded office supplies, $1,000; ex tra help for part-time work $1,- 155; court house repairs, $20,000; beautifying lawns, $100; county home, $8,500; and county attor ney, $450 PC'Uns Lose 100-90 Tilt In Playoffs manager for the Southern Bell J $3,450,000 in re-treatment, bridge -r i„v and road construction projects Telephone company, today made ^ publicly opened by the public the 33-word clause over !State Highway Department which the telephone Union has' threatened a Southwide strike and how its provisions would af- Clarence E. Piephoff of College Park, Ga., both honorary doctor of divinity degrees; and G. Creighton Frampton of Charles ton, honorary doctor of laws de gree. The Rev. William B. Ward of Spartanburg, was reelected chair man of the board of trustees, and i J. F. Jacobs, fer, of this city, was reelected secretary-Ueesurer. Se lected to be th new vice-chairman was the Rev. Harry K. Holland of Marietta, Ga. t who succeeds Geo. B. Hoyt of Atlanta, in this posi tion. proposed by the ompany reads as follows: “As the parties have agreed on procedures for hand ling employee complaints and grievances, they further agree that there will be no lockouts, slow-downs, or other work stop, pages during the life of this agreement (contract).” The purpose of, the clause is to the public, Mr. Underwood said, and to end walkouts without warning which are caBed to bring pressure to bear on the Com pany. There have been 105 such walkouts since mid-1951, be said. At the time present bargaining :n A study of the PC athletic pro- Brockman I gram brought unanimous approv- ... Steading, 22, who were killed in *1 by the board, with particular th i? r „ W T^ w <>CCU J ri *15 i the wreck wita Mr. Henry, were reference to the unsually high Southern Bel1 at rate ot one held Tuesday afternoon at the 1 scholastic standards required of Church of God in Laurens, with During 1954 Southerners made burial following in Forest Lawn about ten billion local calls and 167,000,000 long distance calls over Southern Bell factilities. The report commended the work done by people who designd, con structed, installed and maintained the plant and equipment over which telephone service is given cemetery with military honors at the graveside. Mr. MSoIntyre was a World War II veteran and Mr. Steading was in the service, now entering athletics. A committee, headed by Dr. Holland, praised the program as “an asset of ines timable value to the institution.' every 10 days. “In working with the Union to eliminate these quickie strikes,” Mr, Underwood said, “the Com pany has been patient and has The trustees also heard various, exhausted every other approach. on March 15 at the Hotel Jefferson in Columbia, Chief Highway Commissioner Claude R. McMil lan announced. Projects on which bids will be received include 18 resurfacing projects, three bridge projects and eight grading and bituminous surfacing projects. The re-treat ment projects total 470 miles of both primary and secondary roads. Laurens county is listed for re surfacing projects, route and mileage as follows: "-Laurens - Spartanburg: U. Sfc Route 221, S. C. Routes 56 and 101, and Roads 143, 145, fcO, 280, 281, 283, 284, 284, 341, 350, 351, 719, 803, 890 and 892—38.69 miles. Lowman Is Found Guilty In Clinton Safe Theft Laurens, Feb. 25.—After nearly an hour and htef deliberation, a Hickory, N. C., Feb. 28—Len- oir-Rhyne defeated Presbyterian, 100-90, here Monday night in the Western Division of the National Bill Provides Bond Commission Town Of Clinton Senator R. T. Wilson of this county, at the request of the Clin ton city administration, has intro duced a bill in the general as sembly proposing to set up a bond Association of Intercollegiate|commission to handle funds for Athletics District tournament. 1 the Town of Clinton. The Bears, regular season reports made by President Mar-i several years we have tried, General Sessions Court jury Fri stationed at Donaldson Air Force sha11 W ‘ Brown and com -1 1 ° SOlve thiS ^ort Base in Greenville. Mr. McIntyre is survived by his wile, Mrs. Alma Steading Mcln and the skill of those who operate ytre; one son, Carl M.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. McIntyre; his On the financial side the report grandfather, Charlie McIntyre, pointed out that the company’s i Forest City, N. C.; two brothers, 1954 earnings of 4.90 per cent on J. Eston and Charles, both of Lau telephone plant investment were rens; two sisters, Mrs. Viette less than adequate. The report said that for the company as a whole, charges for services still are not in the proper relationship to the cost of rendering that ser vice. The report discloses that the company’s 60,000 employees were paid nearly $216,000,000 in sal aries and wages, the highest fig ure for any year. Operating tax es levied directly on the company amounted to $92,698,632, an in crease of about $10,000,000 over 1953. Chronicle Advs Are All-lmportont 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 daily needs of your family and home. 1 Shop in THE CHRONICLE first Newspaper advertising is all important to Hie buying public. It does not hang on 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 buy well and save Don’t over look them. W. K. Franklin Dies Suddenly At Home Near Joanna Willie Kinard Franklin, 67, died suddenly' early Tuesday morning at his residence near Jo anna. Mr. Franklin was bom and reared in Newberry county, and was the son of the late Ely S. and Mrs. Marilizy (Molly) De hart Franklin. He made his home in Newberry county for a number of years and also Joanna and Clinton. He was a member of Colony Lutheran church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Essie Wilson Franklin;!ffour sons, Marvin Franklin, Rock Hill; SrSgt. Wilson Franklin, Green ville; S-Sgt. Clarence Franklin, United States army in Germany; S-Sgt. Carl E. Franklin, Ardmore, Okla.; three daughters, Miss Lil lie Mae Franklin, Clinton; Mrs. iG. W .Price, Joanna; Mrs. M. A. Bridges, Joanna; two brothers, Evans “Red” Franklin, Newber ry; Chris Franklin, Prosperity; two sisters, Mrs. Eunice Wilson, Newberry; Mrs. Coarie Watkins, Batesburg; six grandchildren. Funeral arangements will be announced. Stacy and Nellie, both at Laurens. mittees, and they gave Dr. Brown adding a contract clause, a rising vote of appreciation fori ‘This clause does not in any his work with the institution. | way affect the right of the Union of day found Raymond Lowman guil- Jy erf housebreaking and larceny champions of the North State Conference won the rightt to play Atlantic Christian College in the district playoffs. ACC defeated East Carolina 107-99 in the East ern District Division at Kinston, N. C. High scorers were Raaford Wells with 33 for Lenior-tkyne and Ron Ragan of Presbyterian wth 39. The TC Blue Hose outscored the Bears from the floor, making 32 field goals to 31. But file Bears had the better of the personal foul business, suffering only 18 while PC was assessed 28. The Bears took full advantage of their foul shots hitting on 38 to provide them with their victory margin. The Blue Hose, Little Four champions in South Caro lina, sank 24. Claude F. Franks Passes At Hospital, Rites At Bethany Claude Franklin Eubanks, 21, in the theft of a safe containing about $2,400 and a $450 diamond J died at the Laurens County hospi- degrees, both McLeod and Piep hoff were cited for their out standing leadership as ministers. McLeod, a 1938 honor graduate of PC with a Master of Theology from Princeton Theological Semi- , , . u.* i nary, serves as pastor of Sumter’s ^ ^ a t 1 *, 1S * UrV1V ^ by , hU: F 1 rat Presbyterian church and In being chosen for honorary to strike at the expiration of the I ftX)m h. W. Richey’s Clinton taJ early Saturday morning after wife, Mrs. Nelle Stacey Steading; his mother, Mrs. Marie Layne Steading, Laurens; his grand father, Floy N. Layne, Startex; four sisters, Mrs. Alma L. McIn tyre, Mrs. Helen Lunsford and Miss Gladys Steading, ail of Lau rens, and Mrs. Elizabeth McNair, Augusta, G». The fatal accident made seven deaths in the county from auto mobile mishaps since the first of January, five erf them' within a week’s period. 1st SC Shorthorn Cattle Auction To Be Here April 2 contract,” Mr. Underwood said. ’ barbershop last November 15. .several years of deckming health. “What it does is to recognize that! Lowman’s wife, Rachel (Cricet)l waa a native of this county the public which is paying for| Nelson Lowman, and Raikph Dean where he spent most of his life uninterrupted telephone service' Howard were found guilty of re- an d was a member of Bethany The first auction sale of Short horn beef cattle in South Caro lina will be held April 2 at Creek- land Farm near the city, accord ing to a recent announcement, i a 4. I ---^1 Drut:-* Cattlemen from about 12 states M LOCOl TOSt C/ttlCe until recently served on the PC board of trustees. Piephoff, a 1922 graduate with a Master of Theol ogy from Columbia Theological Siminary. is pastor of College Park Presbyterian church and moderator of the Synod of Geor gia. He formerly taught at PC and Darlington School of Rome, Ga., and served asassistant to the president of Thornwell orphan age. Frampton, a 1927 graduate of PC, was cited for his outstanding leadership in the field of public school education; as superintend ent of education for Charleston county, for his work on the South Carolina textbook commission, and his services as recent presi dent of the South Carolina Edu cation Association. the ceiving stolen goods. The count of the indictment, in same case Two other defendants, Jimmy has a right to insist that the Com pany and its employees furnish it.” The public relies on uninter rupted telephone service now as, , never before Mr. Underwood said j5K ‘ k McKellar, who testified that pointing out that “in Clinton, 13,- ** lived with Mrs. Lowman 500 local telephone calls are made a day. plus 785 daily long dis tance calls. Many involve the third' Presbyterian church. Mrs. Rantin Retires and Canada are expected to at tend the sale. Creekland Farms is owned by P. S. Bailey, local textile manu facturer, who is credited with bringing improved beef cattle to the state. During the past six years he has purchased some of the outstanding cattle in sales throughout the United States and Canada and has a herd that ranks high nationally, according to the announcement. BOLAND IN HOSPITAL Friends of J. D. Boland will be interested to know he is improv ing at the General hospital in Spartanburg where he is a pa tient. State Money Bill Sought $221,000,000 » ■■■ Cola., March 1—A compara tive table of current state spend ing and appropriations proposed for 1955-56 in the general appro priations bill prepared by the State House of Representatives ways and means committee, with the over-all budgets underwrit ten by current allocations and proposed spending has been sub mitted It is an increase of thir teen million oyer the 1954-55 spending figure of $208,000,000. Mrs. Marie A. Rantin retired from her position as clerk at the Clinton post office February 25. Mrs. Rantin who has served the patrons of the local office for over 35 years has served under six postmasters: W. M. McMillan, A. J. Milling, Ralph R. Blakely, B. R. Fuller, R. L. Plaxico, and William W. Adair, the present postmaster. In announcing Mrs. Ran tin’s retirement, Mr. Adair stated: Mrs. Rantin has faithfully and pleasantly served the public fot a long number of years and it is with genuine regret we announce her retirement. She is held in high esteem by her fellow work ers. The employees of the office presented Mrs. Rantin a gift as a token of their esteem. AMERICAN LEGION MEETS TONIGHT AT 7:30 The March meeting of the Cope land-David son Poet 56 of the American Legion will be held at the Legion home tonight at 7:30. day of such reliance on the tele phone, the service is too vital to be at the mercy of Union lead- | ers who can ignore orderly meth- j ods of settling differences and call workers off the job.” 'Crime Prevention' Program torClub At the regular meeting of the Exchange club on Monday eve ning members were given a pro gram on “Crime Prevention.” Solicitor William T. Jones spoke on the topic and other special guests were Sheriff W. A. Lowery, J. W ' Povyer, Laurens chief of police, B B. Balard, local police chief, and Deputy Floyd Pitts of Joanna. since last March, and John Nelson, brother of Mrs. Lowman, had en tered guilty pleas. McKellar plead- public health and'safety. In this ^ to housebreaking and larceny and Nelson to receiving stolen goods. Judge E. H. Henderson, In his charge to the jury, stressed that no defendant may be Pound guilty of both housebreaking and lar ceny, and receiving stolen goods. A thief cannot receive stolen goods from himself, he said. Raymond Lowman was sentenc ed to three and one half years. Mrs. Lawman and Ralph Dean Howard received six months each. McKellar and Nelson, who turned state’s witnesses, were sen tenced to two and one-half years and six months respectively. UDC TO MEET The Stephen D. Lee Chapter of the U. D. C., will meet tonight at 7:30 with Mrs. A. A. Ramage, Jr. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Stevenson Eubanks; his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Eubanks and five sisters. Misses Agnes, Martha, Eva, Clarice and Lois Eubanks, all of near here. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday afternoon from Beth any Presbyterian church by Dr. W. R. Turner. Interment was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Lawrence Newl, John and Yancey Brewing- ton, Joe Meddin and Thomas Wyatt. Fifty Deer Released In Newberry Aid Laurens CounNes This d**r leaping gracefully from the truck is mm of 5§ that hav* boon rsUassd on a 15,000-aero wildlifo managamont aroa of Sum ter National Forost In Nowborry and Laurens countios. (Wildlifo Rssourcoa Dopartmont photo by Gordon Brown). The successful restocking of deer in Edgefield and McCormick counties has been expanded to a new area with the release of 50 deer in Newberry and Laurens counties, it was announced by Di rector A. A. Richardson of the Wildlife Resources Department. The 28 deer released several years ago in Edgefield and Mc- McCormick counties multiplied rapidly and spread over a wide area. It is expected that the New- berry-Laurens stocking will be as successful, technicians saying the release area has very suitable habitat. The deer were trapped on the Francis Marion refuge and car ried by truck to their new home. The stocking was carried out by an agreement between the U. S. Forest Service, the Wildilfe Resources Department and a few landowners of the area. The area has been closed to all hunting for about five years. * MOORE'S STORE MOVES Moore’s Shoe Store moved the first of the month to their new location a the comer of Mus- grove and Main street next to Howard's Pharmacy. Their for- I mer location was on Broad street The commission under the bill, would be composed of three mem bers elected by City Council, one would be elected for two years, one for four years, and one for eix years. Thereafter, all mem bers would be elected bp council for six-year terms. The bill requires that ccsnnus- sion members #ve a bend as pre scribed by council. Wet they be residents of the town ior at least one year prior to ehMian, and it prohJbita dual oftfice bolding. The commiasioners would elect their own chairmen and secretary- treasurer. Only the secretary- treasurer would receive compen sation for his services on the com mission. The bill calls for turning over to the bond commission ail funds now in the town sinking fund, all tax monqy collected in the city to the credit of the sinking fund for he bonded indebtedness of the city and payment of interest, and revenue from sale of bonds issued toy the town. The commission would be re quired to make payments on ma tured bonds and meet interest payments. It could invest funds turned over to it, but only in fed eral, state, county or municipal bonds ot securities or in savings accounts of state-chartered banks or trust compames. Lt. Guy Blakely Graduates At Engineer School Second Lieutenant, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Blakely of this city, graduated last week from a fourteen week Engineers Officers Basic Course at The Engineer School, U. S. Army, Fort Belvoir, Va. The course integrates basic branch training of the newly commissioned officer with a basic working knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of an officer in the Corps of Engineers. The officers receive training from the Departments of Military Arts, Engineering, Mechanical and Technical Equipment and Topog raphy. Laurens County Former Named To Head Crop Assn. Warren Tinsley who resides near Laurens, was elected presi dent of the South Carolina Crop Improvement Association at the eighth annual meeting held last Thursday in Columbia. District directors were also elected for two-year terms. For mer presidents were presented plaques for their services to the state's agriculture. FOOD Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Grocery ind 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.