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-V 4 A — HtrtvM To Be A Clou Now* paper. Complete, Neway Ud »**++*m*Him»m*mmm»*mm+0**mm0**0* ®bf (EHntan fflbronirlp It Vm Dm't The Chronicle You Doa’t Get tke New* Volume LVI Cliufon, S. C, Thursdoy, Mordi 31,1955 Number 13 ' ’54 County Textile Payroll $13,629,428 All Manufacturing Enterprises Hare PayroU Of 916,917,- 536, fnrestment Of $25,006471. Textile Mills Employ 4,921 Persons, Use 86,743 Bales Of Cottea, Investment Of $16,029,153, With Annual Product Valuation Of All In dustries $80,486,426 The 44 manufacturing estab lishments in Larens county paid total wages of $16,9it,536 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, a decrease of approimate- ly one million dollars over the previous year. They had an an nual production valuation of $80,486,426, a decrease of a mil lion- dollars over last year. They had an average of 6,113 employ ees, same as last year, with a capital investment of $25,005,371, an increase of two milium dollars ever the previous year. These figures pertaining to the county are contained in the 19th annual report to the South Carolina De partment of Labor, submitted a few days ago to the general as sembly. Textile investments in the county amounted to $16,029,152 Gwen Evan Mills, Clinton, Ralph M. Levy, President, 42 looms. Goods manufactured, upholstery, pile fabrics. Laurens Cotton Mills, M. L. Smith, President, 35,800 spindles, 905 looms Goods manufactured, rayon and cotton textiles, suit ings and draperies. Watts Mills, division of J. P. Stevens Co., J. H. Sutherland, President, 1,590 looms. Goods manufactured, cotton and nylon fabrics. Palmetto Spinning Corpora tion, Laurens, W. F. Davis, Presi- bent Goods manufactured, worsted yams. Famell Mills, Laurens, Edwin A. Parnell, Jr., Presdent. Goods manufactured, worsted yams. Palmetto Worsted Mills, Lau rens, Richard C. O’Brian, Presi- $120,000 Wage Dividend Paid Joanna Workers Judge Orders Clinton Not To Divert Water Slate's First Shorthorns Sale Here Saturday Above is an architect’s drawing of the new $223,000 dormitory on the Presbyterian college campus which recently got underway with ground-breaking ceremonies. It is a three-story building providing ac commodations tor 96 students. Of Georgian design, it is in keeping with the architectural yieme of the emmptu. Walter Regnery, vice-president Presiding Judge E H Henderson Farmers and cattlemen from of the aloanna Western Mills of the Eighth Judicial circuit on throughout South Carolina and company, and executive officer Monday granted a temporary ord- other states are expected at the of the Joanna Cotton Mills, stat-' er restraining the City of Clinton Creekland Farms auction sale of ed yesterday that a wage divi- from constructing a dam on Dun- polled shorthorns at the farm six dend totalling $120,000 was dis- can’s creek The hearing was held miles northeast of CHnton Satur- tnbuted Monday to employees of in Abbeville on a summons and day, April 2 the Joanna company. complaint filed by Bryan Good- Eight years ago P. S. Bailey, This distribution is in line with 1 win, a property owner of that area, local textile manufacturer, became the company's policy of sharing In the ruling the City of Clinton interested in the development of wth employees the annual profits was ordered not to use or appro- { of the company when the sale of priate an unreasonable amount o(j goods is such that a profit is water of a branch in a plan to enlarge its water supply The complaint by Goodwin al leged that the dam would com pletely stop the flow of an un- City Council To ' Hartsell Farm Proceed With . Shown In Last Condemnation Action Week's Rories Special Services In Progress At First Presbyterian valuation of products $6$,364,581,; dent, spindles 2,880. Goods man- average number of persons em ployed 4,921, about the same as last year, with total wages of $13,629,426. Total mill village population 16,693. The plants used 86,743 bales of cotton and 7,328 tons of coal. Their spindles number 282,320, looms 8,893. They are divided as follows, in nine plants: Clinton Cotton Mills (plants 1 and 2), P. S. Bailey, President, 74,224. spindles, 1,893 looms. Goods manufactured, standard print cloth, yam fabrics. Lydia Cotton Mills, P. S. Bail ey, President, 66,240 spindles, 1,- 5T4 looms. Goods manufactured, print cloth. Joanna Cotton Mills company (plants 1 and 2), W. F. Regnery, ufactured, worsted yams. Also Hallmark Manufacturing Corporation, Clinton; Lauren* Shirt Corporation, Laurens, shirt manufacturers. Fertilizer plants: C-W-S Gu ano Co., Clinton; Southern Cot ton Oil Co., Laurens. Clinton Paper Box Company. Standard Plywoods, Clinton. Bottling plants: Canada Dry Bottling Co., Clinton; Laurens Coca-Cola Bottling Co., and Nehi The First Presbyterian church began special services Monday Motions adopted at meeting of The farm home place shown last the water and light committee of ! week was that of Rev. Paul G. Clinton city council wilh the' Hartsell, Route 1, Travelers Rest, night, in conjunction with a mayor present and presiding,! located on the Cross Anchor high- state-wide evangelistic program. Tuesday; March 29, follows; , way and occupied by J. D. McKee The visiting Georgia minister and tamily of this citiy He was leading the services is the Rev. presented a mounted photo of the Harry Fifield, D.D, pastor of the place upon identification. First Presbyterian church of At- Correct guesses were made at lanta, and a prominent minister j2 6*2o'oOO e office by Miss Thelma Owens of his denomination. ‘ L..’ . Bottling Co., Laurens. , - .. .. . , Miscellaneous: Laurens Glass 1 H aro , ina ^ ircu>t Judge “That the city attorney, Cecil White, and his associate, O. L. Long of Laurens, go forward with condemnation proceedings m the Goodwin injunction and in such a manner as in their opinion is in the best interests of the City of Clinton. “In view of the fact that South E. H. made, Mr. Regnery said. The wage dividend amounts to 3.7 per cent of earnings for those employees eligible for maximum bonuses. This wage bonus was paid to all employees on the payroll as of March 15, who have worked at least half of the qualifying pe riod, April 1, 1954, througn De cember 31, 1954 Those who worked at least 90 per cent of the peroid received the full amount of 3.7 per cent. Lesser . percentages graduated downward went to those with lesser work records down to 50 per cent of the period below which none were eligible for a bonus. This marks the 17th annual wage bonus Joanna workers have received in the past IS years and brings the total paid to employees in wage dividends over the years to approximately his Creekland Farms into improv ed pasture and into setabHshing a herd of top quahty polled short horns. He and Manager Lester Norton have traveled throughout North America purchasing the top individuals at leading auction named branch flowing into Dun- *ales Jake fuU- Works. Cross Hill Hosiery Co., Rasor, President, ladies fashioned hose. Laurens Hosiery Mills, Barnett D. Gordon, President, ladies full- President, 103,176 spindles, 2,889 i fashioned nylon hosiery. looms. Goods manufactured, shade cloth, drapery fabrics, mep yarn. Fashion Parade Sponsored By Mills Largely Attended C. W. Anderson Hosiery Co., and Dapper Hosiery Mills, Clin ton, C. W. Anderson, President, ladies full-fashioned nylon hos iery. Methodists Qegin Revival ienfices End products of Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills were on display at an “Around the Clock with Clin ton and Lydia Cottons” fashion parade at the high schoil auditor ium last Tuesday night. A capacity crowd of more than 800 people attended the event staged by the two local textile plants. Using the “Around the Clock” theme, Clinton and Lydia ladies modeled a large variety of ladies wearing apparel in • bed room scene, “brunch” scene (house-keeping time) spirts and shopping wear scene, and eve ning. wear scene. A “Keeping Cotton King” pre sentation featured women mod. eling Japanese and French dress es, illustrating foreign competi tion. The harmful effects of the proposed -plan of lowering the tariffs on textiles manufactured abroad were described. It was announced that two large post cards (25 x 31 inches each) ad dressed to Senators Johnston and Thurmond, and on display at the fashion show, would be circulat ed in the Clinton and Lydia plants to obtain signatures of employes opposed to the tariff lowering proposal A choral group, composed of people from both mills and un- /ier the direction of Mrs. Eva Land, presented several num bers. The winners of a safety pro motion contest were announced. Fred Galloway for C In ton Mills end Mack Faucett, for Lydia Mills each received prizes for the most accurate guesses as to time required for two 300-pound blocks of ice to melt outdoors. Time required was 45 hours 45 minutes and 46 seconds, which Galloway missed by only 18 sec onds. Chronicle Advs Are AIMmportont 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. 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 gn important local vahaa to you. They help you buy well and save Don't look tham. Revival services began last night at Broad Street Methodist church and will continue through Easter Sunday, April 10. The pastor, Rev. J. E. Merchant, will preach during the series of services, he has an nounced, with Mrs. Isabel Pitts, director of the choir, in charge of special music. Members of all de nominations are cordially invited to attend by the pastor who has announced his sermon subjects for the week. The pastor has announced that identical services will be held on Easter Sunday at 9 and 11 a. m. Those who cannot attend die 11 o’clock service are invited to be present at the 9 o’clock hour. The impressive Easter Lily Procession al will be given as a part of the service. Easter Ckoral Service At Joanna Baptist Church The Joanna Baptist church will present an Easter Choral ser vice on Sunday morning, April 3, at 11 o’clock with the public in vited by the pastor, Rev. James B. Mitchell. The program''will consist of selections by the Celes tial, Cherub, Carol and Concord choirs. The Easter program is under the direction of Miss Mary Eliza beth Fowler, of Newbery, with Ethel Mae Rowe, Eugenia Byars, Janice Ruff and Tommy Jenkins as soloists. * ^ Johnson-Pitts New Gents' Store Announces Opening Johnson and Pitts Men’s Shop is the city’s newest firm opening for business this morning with their grand opening continuing through Friday and Saturday. Their loca tion is between M<Gee’s Drug store and J. C. Thomas, formerly occupied by the Army store. The new gents’ store will fea ture nationally known brands of men’s clothes, they announce in their advertisement in todaor’s pa per. For the opening free prizes will be given away and refresh ments served all who visit the store. The owners of the business are Charles Johnson and Earl Pitts, well known young men of the city, formerly employed by Sadler- Owens pharmacy and the Country Market. CLUQ TO MEET The Clinton Musk club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’ctock; at the First Presbyterian church. The program will be given by members of the Foun tain Inn Music dub. Each mem ber is asked to bring a guest Henderson has issued an injunc tion regarding certain phases of our proposed water project near Duncan Creek, which was to supplement the city’s water sup ply during periods of drought, and in view of the fact that the matter may be pending in the courts and not settled for some time, we move that with the un certainty of the situation and the fact thit the 48,000,000-gallon reservoir may not be accom plished because of legal compli cations, the Mayor of Clinton ad vised the Superintendent of Whitten Village mmediately that the City of Clinton cannot guarantee to furnish water to that institution after July 1955.” \ 1. Stores Remain Open Wednesday P. M. Easter Week According to an announcement by the president, W. L. Corbett, the Merchants association voted for stores to remain open Wednes day afternoon of Easter week for the convenience of the shopping public. Store hours for Wednesday, April 6, will be 8:30 to 5:36 The following week the regular Wednesday afternoon closing will be observed. the and Mrs. R. P. Wilder. Another in the series of undes- ignated farms appears today. As previously stated, the photos, were taken from the air by spe cialty photographers, this news paper not knowing where the • shots” were made until we re ceive the photos which are now The services are growing daily in interest and attendance. For the openng service Dr. Fifield used as his theme, “Commitment to Jesus Christ”. Tuesday eve ning he spoke on “Using Life’s Wastelands,” and last night on “If With All Your Hearts.” The series will continue this appearing each week. The feature! evening with the subject. “Songs is proving quite popular with our Out of Sacrifice.” Friday eve. readers and is published in recog- 1 ning the topic will be “Relying nition of farming as the big busi ness that it is today—big in invest ment in land, machinery, livestock and buildings. Fashion Show Here On April 13 At Legion Hat On Inner Resources.” The meet ing will close Sunday at the morning worship hour when Dr. Fifield will speak on “My Stew- was one of the ardship of Life." since the 1930’s This shanng-the-profits plan, one of several employee benefits instituted by the late William H. Regnery, head of the Joanna or ganization nearly half a century, was started in 1937. A nine-motnhs qualifying pe riod is being used this year in stead of the usual 12 since the company established a new fiscal year beginning January 1, 1955, rather than the former date of April 1. Mr. Regnery stated: “the nine- months period, upon which prof, its the wage dividned is figured most difficult Pnces for all can’s creek The plaintiff stated in the summons and complain: that he is in the dairy business and that he nas riparian rights along the branch emptying into the creek after it leaves his prop-1 erty. The city has aVreado begur construction of the dam to enlarge its water supply which was near>v exhausted last summer The plaintiff represented bv At torneys G. Miller McCuen ana Thomas A. Babo, of Laurens, ai- leged that the defendants planned to “divert” the course of said stream so as to cause it to empty into Duncan’s creek without com ing through the lands of the plain tiff, and that they planned to “ap propriate completely” the entire natural flow of the waterway m derogation of the ngh*s of kmei riparian owners. Judge Henderson further said that the injunction did not stop the city from building the dam, and said that the city had the right of condemnation or getting together with the interested par ties and working out a satisfac tory arrangement, or presenting the matter before a jury. The lat ter is likely to be the outcome. Judge Henderson ordered the plaintiff Goodwin, to put up a $3,000 bond with the court To the remaining services the general public is cordially invit ed by the pastor, Dr. W. R. Tur ner. Models were named yesterday Dynamite Blast for the spring fashion show to be i LA \A/| B _ aM p.escnted April 13 at 4:00 p. m. * n JUrieS J. M. WhORl at the Amerkan Legion Hut by \ the Woman’s Auxiliary of textiles are such that only the most efficient and modem could sell ther production and stjll I have a small margin to pay something for those who provide the plant and machinery. Jo anna again comes in this classi fication . . UJ J M. Wham, of Mountville, pro- All prietor of the Clinton Welding and Last Rites For Belks Observing 20th Anniversary Saints Episcopal church, accord-; ing to an announcement by Mrs. R. Michael T umer, general chairman. Features of the afternoon enter tainment are to include refresh-. ments, special music by pianist Allen Trammell, and door prizes donated by local merchants. Mrs. William M. Shields is to be commentator for the style re view, with Mrs. Edgar Sadler and Mrs. Ben Hammet as mem bers of the cast Models include Miss Kathryn Dicus, Mrs. Claude Crocker, Miss j Jackie Franks, Mrs. Murphey Timmerman, Mrs. Harry Bald win, Mrs. Thomas Baldwin, Mrs. William Jacobs, III, Mrs John Mimnaugh, Miss Betty Jane Hamer, Mrs. James Walker, Mrs. Harry McSween, Miss Ginny Repair shop here, was severely injured on Tuesday 'of the past week by a dynamite blast on i 1 road construction job near Wal- nalla. Mr. Wham was preparing to set Miss Lidie Sloan Held Here Monday Miss Lidie Jane Sloan, died Sunday afternoon at lock clinic after several years of declining health. Funeral services were con ducted Monday afternoon at the Associate Reformed Presbyte rian church by the pastor, Dr. C. B. Betts, with interment follow- The Be Ik’s store is this week observ ing the 20th anniversary of their opening in Clinton with a special 1 Addison, Miss Emily Bailey, Mrs sales event. I Tommy Hollis, and Mrs. Reese The store was opened here in 1 Young. 1935 headed by the present man- j Clothing to be shown will off two sticks of dynamite and the first explodejd while he was light ing the second. fuse. A fellow worker dragged him clear of the second explosion. He suffered a j broken left arm, broken right shoulder and multiple cuts, burns ing in Rosemont cemetery and bruised, oq the face, hands r ites were attended by many d * l C • a and body. He wai carried imme- friends and relatives who highly RCVIVOI SerVICCS At diately to Oconee County hospital, esteemed and loved her for her Joanna BaDtlSt Church Seneca, where his condition is re- lovely attributes of character ^ D • M A sorted as improving satisfactorily.! Pallbearers were Bennie B • © begin April ^ REV. THOMAS L. NEELY Moore's Shoe Store To Have Opening Moore’s Shoe Store is holding a formal opening event on Fri day and Saturday of this week in their new location on the comer ager, D. B. Smith. Having under- highlight early summer fashions < of Main and Musgrove streets, gone enlargement and improve-1 in Clinton for sports, afternoon. Refreshments will be served and ment programs three times in the and evening, contributed by 20 year period, the store now of- Belk’s, Earline Shop, Murray fers complete modern depart- Garber’s, Ladies’ Shoppe and ments in clothing and all dry, Penney’s. Tickets are now on sale at most of these stores. several prizes will be awarded in connection with the event. Blakely, Charles Workman. Hugh Eargle, Hubert Penland, Hubert Todd and Eugene Sloan The honorary escort consisted of the elders and deacons of the church which she deeply loved and faithfully served through the years. Miss Sloan was a native of this coupty where all her life was spent. She was a daughter of the late James P. and Martha Blakely Sloan, members of high- Their more recent purchase was the herd bull Camson Prince Bob at $4*500 in the Femco Farms Dis persion in North Dakota last, De cember Many of the females in their sale will sell bred to him. In all, eight bulls and 46 females will be sold all polled shorthorns except 10 shorthorn females. Creekland is selling 46. Pour guest consignors will participate. Theiman Stock Farm, Concordia, Missouri, owned by Harold TTue- man, president of the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association, will sell three bulls and two fe males This herd has won 27 cham pionship* at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. South Carolina breeders J. B. Broyles, Townvtlle; McGee Brothers, Starr, and C. Y. McCants, Orangeburg, will sell one female eech. As a special attraction to junior cattlemen Creekland will sell 3 steer calves by auction at 11 a. m Allan C. Atlason. executive-sec retary of the American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association, one bt those attending the sale, stated in a recent release, “Creekland is really ready for its first sale. They have assembled one of the breed’s great herds. This will be the first shorthorn auction to be held in South Carolina and it should real ly get the breed off to a flying start. “We are experiencing tremen dous interest in Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorns in the South. Thie breed wae the original im prover of beef cattle in North Car olina and they still excel in any croes breeding program. We find commercial cattlemen paying more attention to the profit making es sentials bred into Shorthorns by the masters who developed the breed . . . namebr, weight for age, rapid gaining ability, and plenty of milk in the beef cow. Todegr’s shorthorn still possesses these fac tors yet is put together in a mod ern type Manager Norton says he is hop ing for a well-balanced sale. Easter Sunrise Service Planned By Kiwanis Club A Sunrise Easter service, spon sored by the local Kiwanis dub, is being planned with residents of this entire community of all denominations cordially invited. The service will be an unpres- Revival services will begin at the Joanna Baptist church on Monday, April 4, at .7:30 p. m.. and continue through April 10. Services will be held each eve ning at 7:30 p m., and Tuesday- *»ve reminder that Christ arose Thursday at 10.00 a. m Rev. Thomas L. Neely, former missionary to South America, will be the guest speaker He is a graduate of North Greenville Junior college. Furman Univer- from the dead and gave new the life goods lines. HOSPITAL PATIENTS Machon Kirby, L. F. Fulmer and Mrs. Nellie Price are pa tients at Hays hospital. LOSE SISTER Friends of Mrs. Lewis D. • Simpson and Mrs. E. Mace YOUNG IN HOSPITAL Young will sympathize with Friends of Henry M. Young them in the sudden death of their will ba interested to know he is sister, Mrs. Sara Suber of Whit- a patient at Blalock clinic. mire, on Thursday. !y regarded families of the coun- * lt y and Southwestern Seminary ty. For many years she was a teacher in the schools of tho county, having served several as principal. She was a graduate of Due West Woman’s college, now Erskine. She is survived by two sisters. world the hope of through Him. The open-air service will be held at 5 45 a m. on Johnson Field at the college. In case ot ram it will be held m the high He studied in the la n g u a g ei ^hool auditorium. The presiding schools in Barranquilla, Colom- minister will be the Rev Marion bia He and Mrs Neely served Rhoden of St John’s Lutheran as missionaries to Venezuela, church and president of the r.nd lived in the capitol city of Ctmton Ministerial Association. Caracas. The program will be announc- He is on leave of absence and ^ m next week's paper with WHOSE FARM IS THIS? Baptist church m Spartanburg Cottage prayer meetings are being held on Thursday evening preceding the revival The pastor, Rev. James B. Mitchell, invites the public to at tend. unite in service this special community Mrs. Reed Todd and Miss Lizzie !S now serving the Holly Springs j lh e public is cordially invited to S’.oan, both of this city, and a number of nieces and nephews Lourens-Sportonburg County Roads To Be Retreated A contract for the resurfacing of 38.69 miles of primary and sec ondary roads in Laurens and Spar tanburg counties has been award ed by the State Highway depart ment to Sloan Construction Com pany, Inc., of Greenville. The contract was announced ihj j a letter of award from Chief High- Eoster Cantata At First Presbyterian Sunday Evening Rally Here Sunday Largely Attended The Men-of-the-Chureh of South Carolina Presbytery held their Spring rally here Sunday afternoon in the college audtor- mm with a large attendance from churches compnring the _ „ „ Presbytery At the conclusion of The Easter Cantata, The Cross, the pr0 g ram 3u pper was served Triumphant, -by Ira B. Wilson, in ^ dining ^ is our Mystery Farm of the week. Whoso is Ilf Readers art Invited to guess the name of the ownte of the farm shown here. Call in at office, bring than in. or in. Identity must bo made by the owner and ho will receive free of charge the original mounted picture from which the above reproduction was made. There are no offered for the correct guess. Join too fun. way Commissioner Claude R. Mc Millan March 18. It wns awarded on the basis of a low bid of $117,- 844.19 submitted when bids on the work were publicly opened in Columbia March 15. Roads included in the project are U. S. Route 221 in Woodruff; 1 S. C. Route 56 between Spartan burg and Clinton; S. C. Route 101 between the Laurens county line and Woodruff; and Roads 143, 145, l«i0. 280, 281, 282 , 283. 284. 285, 341. 350. 361, 119. 803, 890 and, 892, being streets in the City ->f Woodruff Hot laid asphaltic concrete and a hot laid binder course will be, used for the work. This project is included among approximately 700 miles of roads throu^KMit the state scheduled for resurfacing this “’■yeif. be given Sunday evening at 7:30 at the First Presbyterian church by the choir, under the di rection of Mrs. J. F Jacobs. Guest soloist will be Shockley Hall, of Christ Episcopal church choir in Charlotte, N. C , son of Mrs. E. H Hall of this city. The Junior choir, directed by Mrs. Brooks Owens, will assist n the "Hallalujah Chorus.” The public is cordially invited to attend. The guest inspirational speak er was Dr. R. C. Grier, former president of Erskine college and now pastor of the Associate Re formed Presbyterian church in Greenville. South Carolina Synod Meets Here July 26-27 j The Synod of South Carolina will hold its annual session here at Presbyterian college on July 26-27. it is announced The ses- ' sions are usually attended by 200 mmsters and elders, with enter tainment of the visitors to bej provided on the campus. FOOD... 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