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If Ym Don’t Read The Chronicle Yon Don't Get the News ***** (Blip ffilitiJon (Ehrmiirlr The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVI Clinton, S. C., Thursday, September 22,1955 Number 38 Can You Tell Us Whose Farm This Is? * i Her* is our Mystery Farm of the week. Whose is it? Readers are invited to guess the name of the owner of the farm shown her*. Call your guessjn at the office, bring them in. or mail them in. Identity must be mad* 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 offered for the correct guess. Join the fun. Council Adopts Budget Of $458,000 for Year City Employees Get 10% Pay Raise City council at its special meeting last Thursday after noon adopted a budget totaling $458,850 for 1955-56. It is rerto- active to September 1, when the city began its new fiscal year. The budget includes a pay raise for all personnel of ap proximately 10 per cent. Councilman James P. Sloan, who served the past year as chairman of the finance commit tee, prepared and submitted the budget, with the assistance of Councilman Harry C. Layton, other member of the committee. r Sloan explained the budget de partment by department and it was unanimously adopted by council. No other business was transacted at the meeting. As a part of the budget delib erations, council voted to pay off a note for $15,000 owed by the city, thereby reducing by half the city’s outstanding notes of $30,- 000. This was accomplished by us ing part of an apparent operat ing surplus of $40,000. Included in this fund also are two ac counts involving trust funds of $9,694.47 which the city did not own and which were taken off the city’s books. The firemen’s fund of $5,393.47 was set up in a separate account, and $4,301,- 00 in gas deposits, collected when the city was operating its gas de partment, will be transferred to the Clinton-Newberry Gas Au thority. Included in the apparent sur plus also were two items totaling $4,500 which were in the budget for last year, but were not used, and are included in the new budget. They are: $3,500 for painting water tanks, and $1,000 for codifying city ordinances. These items will reduce the actual surplus to approximatley $10,000, which was allocated to purchase of new equipment for departments of the city and an amount as far as it will go to ex tensions of sewer facilities. Salary Schedule The city’s salary schedule is as follows: Administrative — Mayor, $100 month: aldermen, $25 month; city clerk, MOO month; assistant clerk, $60.94 week; billing clerk, $49.50 week. Fire Department — Engineer, $280.55 month; two drivers, $264 each per month; relief man, $8.69 per day on duty. Police Department — Chief, $350 month; two lieutenants, $291.50 each per month; senior patrolman, $291.50 month; two patrolmen, $272.80 month; five patrolmen, $264 month. Street Maintenance and Gar bage — Superintendent, $291.67 month; assistant superintendent, $61.95 week; driver, $55 week; three laborers, Ml-25 week; 12 laborers, $35.75 week; one labor er, $30.25 week. Cemetery—One laborer, Ml-25 week; one laborer, $35.75 week. Joint Utilities — Superintend ent, $516.67 month, assistant su perintendent (to be employed), $350 month; attendant, $319.88; two attendants, $264 month; line foreman, $84.00 week; two line men, $73.82 week; seven mainte- , . ranee men, $73.82 week; water d *y off each week, maintenance man. $73.82 week; and T? th ° s f who had not been included will be added to the list. Council expressed its disappprov- al of requiring any employee to work seven days a week. Budget Allotments The finance committees esti mated revenue for the city for 1955-56 of M58.850 wsa distribut ed .as follows: 505 Register For Fail Semester At Presbyterian College 'Presbyterian college’s largest student body in history has en rolled for the 75 th anniversary session. Registrar G. Edward Campbell announced today. A total of 506 students have reg istered for the fall semester which just got underway. This figure represents the high est total ever to enroii at PC dur ing a single semester, and it was reached despite a considerable tightening of academic require ments which ekminated scores of applicants. Provisions for the record enroll ment were mode through construc tion of a.new dormitory and ex pansion of the Presbyterian col lege faculty. relief man, $65.40 week; four la borers, 82.5 cents an hour; three laborers, 71.5 cents an hour. Most city employees have been County Civic Club Barbecue Be Held On Tuesday Night The annual Laurens County Civ ic club barbecue will be staged at the fair grounds near Laurens next Tuesday evening at 7:30. The program for <tbe evening will include an address by U. S. Senator Strom Thurmond Under a rotation plan, the Laur ens KiwanAans will be the hqst club. II I ' " ——— mil I ■■ PC Junior Varsity To Meet Gordon Military Here September 29 The Presbyterian college junior varsity football squad will play the Gordon Military Academy team from Bamesville, Ga., on Thurs day night, September 29. The game will be here on John son field at 6:00 o’clock, college athletic officials state. Administrative $ 21.845J08 Fire Dept . 14,015.37 Police Dept 48,839 86 St. Main., Garbage . 54,054 00 Joint Utilities (Salaries-Wages) 58,344 52 Light Dept 128,973.18 Street Lighting 3,000.00 Water Plant 20,798.41 Sewer Dept 8,280.00 Recreation Com 4,800.00 Retirement System .. 4,725.00 City Library (in addition to free services) . 750.00 Nat. Guard Armory . 200.00 PTA Library Fund _. 100.00 Insurance (fire, auto \ etc) 4,000.00 Group Insurance 2,100.00 Bonds Maturing .a.,... . 41,500.00 Interest on Bonds . 20,288.00 Interest on Notes ($30,000 at 3 %) . 900.00 Health-Sanitation 5,000.00 Prep. Tax Books 375.00 Misc. Gen. Expense (City Hall) 750.00 Conting. Fund 9,638.43 Total Expend. $458,650.00 Monday Is Court Day At Laurens Court gets under way Monday morning at Laurens when Judge f. M. Bnailsfond, Jr., of Orange burg, will preside over a week’s term of criminal court. The grand jury will also begin its deliberations Monday. A. W. Wallace is chairman, with the fol lowing members: Marion E. Mil am, J. C. League, R. L. Plaxlco, Merle L. Brown, J. p. Fans, C. H. Serin, A. E. Burton, Hugh E Brock, S. E. McDaniel, Albert Terry, Earl Johnson, S. B. Owens, Jr., Dial C. Gray, James W. Culbertson, Jesse L. Poole, J. H. Patton. Five cases are on the docket that were continued from the pre vious term of court, and 59 new warrants have been filed for ac tion by the grand jury. The continued cases are: A. M. McWhirter, driving under the in fluence of intoxicamte, second of fense; T. L. Boyd, driving under the influence of intoxicants: Wil lie T. Pinson, forgery; J. W. Nel son, alias Tobe, violation liquor law; James C. Gaines, Jr., invol untary manslaughter and reckless homicide. Among the new cases to be handled at this term is that of Mrs. Virginia Heliams Stone, charged with murder in the death of her husband, Charlie Stone, 34, near Gray Count on September 5. A coroner’s jury found that Stone came to his death from a bullet lired by his wife. The shooting took place on a highway near Gray Court. The indictment is scheduled to go before the grand jury next week. It is expected that Solicitor W. T. Jones will call up the continued cases or present those with guilty pleas for sentencing, or handle oth er business of the court when the term gets under way Monday morning. In the meantime the grand jury will have before it the 59 new in dictments and other business of the county to be included in its presentment to the court. Merchants Join With Chamber The Clinton Merchants Asso ciation has merged with the Chamber of Commrece. it was stated yesterday by J. W. Cur tis. manager of the commerce group. The combination was effect ed at a meeting of representa tive# of the two groups Tues day morning. A Merchants Council will be maintained within the organi sation of the Chamber of Com merce. it was said, by officials, and funds proivded to finance activtiies formerly sponsored by the merchants. W. L. Corbett, who has serv ed as president of the Mer chants Association, yesterday urged all members to join in putting the merger into full ef fect and transfer their alleg iance to and support the pro gram of the Chamber of Com- S.G Fox Hunters Gather Here Monday for Session 4-Day Program To Draw Many S. C. FOX HUNTERS ASSN. Officers Dr. C. D. Falls President J R. White Vice-President W. H. Tisdale Sec.-Treas. Directors Marion Sims Bishopville Han. Gist Finley York D. J. Jay Lamar Dr. A. S. Pearson Woodruff J. E. B. Bennett Greer Dr. L. C. Davis Columbia Dr. C. H. Douglas York W. W. Hill Sumter Charlie Powell Latta M. B. Huggins Conway Evans Martin Cheraw L. E. Covington Cheraw Carl Lightfoot Camden E. W. Nettles Sumter Dr. J. H. Pierce - Pamplico Tom Rogers Dillon J. R. Snow Greer Dr. J. E. Douglas Winnsboro W. W. McGlocklin Florence Rev. Glenn Miller Vale, N. C. J. W Meggs Marshville. N. C. Yates Rogers Marion Officials Capt W. N. Buckner Sterrett. Ala., Master of Hounds. Fred Ellis, Lincolnton, N. C., Bench Show Judge. Marion MoMillan, Laurens, S. C., Ringmaster. Casting Grounds — Directions will be posted in the lobby of the hotel for each hunt. Kennels—At the Clinton Live stock Yards on the north end of town at the junction of highways 56 and 72. The National Champion C And L Concrete Company Opens Here A new firm, the C and L Con crete Co. has opened in the city this week. The company occu pies the former location of the H. H. D. Payne plant on West Caro, ave, and is engaged in making ready-mixed concrete and similar products. Bill Bailey, who was formerly with the Greenwood Concrete Presbyterian Church Drive Reaches $141,000 County Council Of Farm Women To Meet At Lanford The Laurens County Council of Farm Women will gather for the fall meeting on Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Lanford commun ity building. Refreshments will be served by the Lanford Home Demonstration club from 3:00 to 3:30 and the program will start at 3:30 p. m. Home Demonstration club members are urged to attend this council meeting. Mrs. J. W. Tins ley, County Council president, will preside at the meeting and Mrs. James Wasson will serve as secretary. Departmerutal chair men will give the goals for their department for the coming year. Dr. C. R. Thayer, director of vocational guidance at Presbyte rian college, will be the speaker for the group. Dr. Thayer will speak on “This Is Your Child’s Life” Awards will be presented by tlje three district directors to the clubs having the best reports in their district. The district direc tors are: Mrs. Toy Patton, Mrs Gray Hipp and Mrs. J. H. Power. HERE FOR FUNERAL Out of town friends and rela tives here for the funeral of Mrs. Virgie Parker Turner were: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Painter, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Painter, Mrs. S. M Barnette, Mrs. L. E. Etters, Jr., Charlotte, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs T. H. Bramlett, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wix, Laurens; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Owens, Gray Court; Mr. and Mrs. Jake Cannon, Eas ley; Mr. and Mrs. Dunk Power, Enoree; Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Wil son and son, Greenwood; Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moates and daughter, Co lumbia; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sammons, Greenville. Shown above is Curley Crook, national champion, owned by Dr. A. S. Pearson of Woodruff, who proudly displays his "pride end joy" with many of her trophiee. She will be on display at the S. C. Foxhunters meet here next week, but will not enter any events. Plans Ready for Intensive C. of C. Membership Drive NEW SUBSCRIBERS The congregation of the First fresbyterian church has a total of approximately $141,000 paid and pledged toward the building of its proposed church school annex, Carlisle Neelly, campaign cfjair- y*nan, has announced. \ The estimated cost of the struc ture has been placed at $175,000, and will be buUt on the west aide of their large lot on East Caro lina avenue. On Sunday morning the finan cial campaign in its final stage was presented to the congrega tion by T. E. Addison, chairman of tite building oammlttoe, and aft er the service members made pledges and geld part or all of their subscripttona. The omnpstin will continue, Mr. Nesfy stated, In on effort to anise the remaining funds needed to fi- attd ■nrfmtrri to be tot in is The ds- on tailed plans and specifications. Serving with Mr. Addison the building committee are repre sentatives from all departments of the church. Included are: R. E Iksguson, M. B. Hipp and Harry Netties, from the Session; P. S. Bailey, chairman, and J. J. Corn wall, from the Board of Deacons; Mrs. Francis Blalock, president, end Mrs. G. A. Burton, past pres ident, Women of the Church; Ed Campbell, president. Men of the Church; Reese Young, superinten dent of the Church School; Harry McSween, treasurer of the build ing fund; (Robert M. Vance, treas urer of the church; Dr. W. Redd Turner, pastor, and lira. C. F. Winn, director of religtous educa tion. » The church it this year begin nring Its second century end is taovm as tbs Building Program.” In a brochure matted to mem bers recently, the pastor, W. Redd Turner, had the following mes sage. Included also was one from Dr. D J. Woods, pastor-emeritus, under whose pastorate of 20 years the present building was con structed. Turner’s Message Dear Friends: In 1855 your ancestors buik a little white church where our Sun day school building now stands. Lightning struck it once, but it re mained to be tom down for a larger building, which was erected in 1901 and burned by fire in 1929. This present lovely build ing stands as a memorial to your loved ones who built it, and to the energy of Dr. D. J. Woods end Dr. William Phimer Jacob* who saw that nothing but the best ma terials went into its construction. You and your loved ones built this house to the honor and the glory of God. The present church building is one of the most beautiful in South Carolina, but we have outgrown our Sunday school plant and we need additional space. We could organize several new classes but we have no space for these classes to meet. Our church is growing and Clinton is growing. Several years ago we added a weekday kindergarten to the work of our church. We now need a first grade, because of the age law, which makes so many lose the early start, may be taken care of. Because of a recent de cision handed down by the Unit ed States Supreme Court, we have a very delicate and critical situa tion in educational problems. It may become necessary for us to have a parochial school, as it were, to take care of our own education al needs. Ptosse pray about our needs and then'give us this building so that we can go forward ih God’s work. May God continue to bices you and yours, is the prayer at your WM REDD TURNER, Pastor. Thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week and welcome to our large family of readers in the city and elsewhere. MISS JOANN JOHNSON. Rock Hill MISS MARGARET TANKERSLEY, Mars Hill, N. C. MRS. MAUDE B. BRYSON, Mountville MISS JOAN RAY, Columbia MISS MARY CATHERINE ANDERSON, Athens, Ga. MISS MYRTLE CHANDLER, McCormick MRS. KEITH BLACKMAN, Fort Lawn MARVIN TUMBLIN, ELCY BRAMLETT, MRS. ADGER CRAWFORD, Lydia MRS. B. ELEAZER, Atlanta, Ga. MRS. MAGGIE MARSHALL Joanna MRS. JOE DAVENPORT, JIMMY SUMMLER, DR. DAVID MIXON, O. W. FERRENE, MRS. J. R. MATTHEWS, City MISS NELL FULLER. Greenwich, Conn. Teams To Make Solicitation Thursday Plans have been perfected and everything is in readiness for the intensive membership campaign of the Chamber of Commerce. Work has been underway on the drive for several weeks and teams of solicitors will take to the field next Thurs day morning. Efforts will be made to complete! Thursday morning. Present will be, the 30 teams of solicitors and offi-i cials of the organization. They will i hear an address by M. L. Miles, | PROGRAM The South Carolina Fox Hunters Association (Affiliated with the National Fox Hunters Association) • 1955 ANNUAL FIELD TRIALS AND BENCH SHOW • * rt*** Clinton, South Carolina • MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 26 1:00 P.M.—Taking entries at the Hotel Mary Musgrove. 8:00 P.M.—Bench Show at Johnson Field on the cam pus of Presbyterian College. (In case of rain, in the National Guard Armory on South Broad Street.) Horn Blowing Contest—Prize to be given by Dr. C. D. Falls. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27 Daybreak First Hunt Directions to casting ground to be pooled at headquarters. 8:00 P.M.—Business Meeting at Hotel Mary Musgrove. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Daybreak Second Hunt Directions to easting grounds to be posted at headquarters. 5:00 P.M.—Scores posted for derby winners and tro phies awarded. 6:00 P.M.—Dutch Barbecue at American Legion Mem orial Building. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 29 Daybreak Third and Final Hunt 6:00 P.M.—Final score posting. Trophies awarded and champion declared. The 36th annual Bench Show and Field Trials of the South Carolina Foxhunters Association will get underway in Clinton next Monday. More than 250 entnes from at least five states are expected for this event. They will bring with them an estimated 400 persons who follow the sport with avkl interest. Registration o f entries i s scheduled for 1:00 p. m., Monday at the Hotel Mary Musgrove The first official activity will be the Bench Show at 8:00 p. nv, Mon day This competition is to be held on the Presbyterian College football field if weather permits j or in the National Guard armory in case of ram. Field trials jwill occupy the ma- ’ jor part of the program for the remaining three days. The first hunt is to begin at daybreak Tuesday on the hunting grounds in the F.noree river section sev eral miles north of Clinton. This time schedule also will be follow ed for the Wednesday and Thurs day morning castings, and each hunt will last five hours. A total of 25 trophies will be awarded winmng entries. In the derby class, scores will be posted and trophies awarded on Wed nesday at 5:00 p. m., just prior to a dutch barbecue at the Ameri can Legion Memonal building. The posting of final scores and awarding of championship troph ies is set for Thursday at 8:00 p. m. 4 Dr. C. D. Falls of Woodruff, president of the South Carolina Foxhunters Association, said he expects entries from South Caro lina. North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee. Virginia* and posaibly a few other states. He pointed out that hia organziation is the only nationally affiliated fox hunters group in the state, and the bench show and trials will be operated under rules of the Na- | tional Foxhunters Association. Captain W N. Buckner of Sterrett, Ala., has been engaged to serve as master of hounds. Fred Ellis of Lincolnton. N. C., ' is to be the bench show judge; and Marion McMillan of Laurens, ringmaster. The kennels will be located at the Clinton Livestock Yards Mayor Hugh L. Eichelbreger said he is delighted that Clinton has the opportunity to play host to the Foxhunters Association this year He pointed out that every arrangement is being com pleted to make the occasion suc cessful, and he thanked the joint sponsors for their cooperation. These sponsors are the city of Clinton, the Merchants Associa tion, the Clmton Wildlife Asso ciation and the three civic clubs. Exchange. Kwianis and Lions. A total of three hunts will be held, on Tuesday, Wednesday 1 ■* (continued on page 4) the work in one day. Chamber of ficials state, and they earnestly request a generous response on the part of business and professional' executive vice-president of the men and women of the commu- Greenville Chamber of Commerce, nity. L. N. Warren is chairman of the general membership campaign, and R. E. Ferguson heads the ad vance solicitations committee, which has already been at work for several days. A meeting of directors of live Chamber of Commerce was held several weeks ago to explore pos sibilities and make initial plans for the work of rejuvenating the ac tivities of the organization and en larging the membership roll and putting the Chamber on a more comprehensive and solid financial foundation. ^ Efforts along these lines have been continuing, and Monday night another meeting was held st which time the soliciting teams were present and final plans were made for the drive to be staged next Thursday. J. W. Curtis, manager of the Chamber, stated tost a wick-off breakfast wiil he served at Hotel Mary Musgrove at 8:90 oarlock who will speak on ‘ The Indus trial Putentiatl of the Piedmont Area." Mr. Miles has been in Chamber of Commerce work for 15 years. Before going to Greenville he Was in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Vicks burg, Miss. He will assist in getting the working teams off to a good start for their day’s solicitation. Curtis said chat reports on the securing of memberships will be received at the office of the Cham ber in the Hotel Clinton building, where they will be tabulated and posted from time to time during the day. A seven-pomt program of work has been announced by the Cham ber of Commerce: 1. Agricultural Expansion. To promote the nustost tor beef cattle and the county’s dairy herds. To promote existing crops and to have a continuous program to encourage crop dKoraKIcatton. 2. Civic Affairs: To support the pro>ects of th* city government — the improve ment of streets and the construc tion of new streets as needed. The survey for a north-south by-pass To promote the interest of the peo ple of Clinton in Legukitive af fairs of our county, state and na tional government. 3. Education: To support our uisutuuons through planned and expanded programs ui the field of education and welfare for youth and adults. 4. Industrial Development To promote the established in dustries orf Clinton and their prod ucts . . and to seek desirable new industry. ^ 5. Real Estate Service: To locate housing tor new-com ers and citizens. To encourage the enforcement of the building code and to seek the possibility of zon ing laws for the protection of prop erty owners of Clinton. 6. Recreation: To plan and develop parks, play grounds and picnic areas for toe citizens of Clinton and tourist 7. Shop Clmton First: To.aid the merchants in secur ing shoppera from this trade To aid in the promotion of al events. KI WAN IANS The Clinton Kiwanis chib will hold its regular meeting at Hotel Mary Musgrove tonight. A spec ial program will be given by the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph company.