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V If You Don’t ReU You Don’t Got the Nows ®hp (Elintnn (Mfrontrlf The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News* paper. Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 6, 1955 No. 39 Three Scouts To Get Eagle Awards Sunday 4° NEELY EICHELBERGER LARK Three Boy Scouts of Clinton will receive Eagle Scouts awards next Sunday in two separate cere- snies. Joe Nealy, aen of Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle Neely, and John Etchelbergwr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ekhelberger. will be presented their awards in special ceremonies at the First Presbyterian church of Clinton from L. L. Stanley of Greenville. Scout executive of the Blue Ridge Council. Both are members of Troop 2. Joe Lark, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Lark of Lydia Mills, will receive his Eagle award in a special ceremony at Lydia Mills Baptist church. A. C. Young. Jr M will make the presentation. Joe is a member of Troop 90. Community Chest Begins Moves for Annual Drive Organization Completed This Week Dr. Woodson To Preach Sermon at College Convocation President Marshall Scott Woodson, of Flora McDonald col lege, completes the list of dis tinguished speakers who will participate in Presbyterian col lege’s Diamond Jubilee Convoca tion on October 14-16. PC President Marshall W. Brown today announced that Dr. Woodson will preach the Sunday morning sermon on October 16 on the subject, “Consecrating Oursleves to the Cause.” An alumnus of Presbyterian college. Dr. Woodson joins four other prominer^ Americans in leading the Convocation which marks the 75th anniversary of the institution. The other four speakers are: Honorable James F. Byrnes, former Supreme Court justice and Secretary of State; Dr. Rus sell J. Humbert, president of De- Pauw university; Dr. Henry J. Hill, president of George Pea body college; and Dr. Bernard H. Boyd, PC alumnus and head of the department of religion at the University of North Carolina. The three-day Convocation will have as its general theme “The Dawning Renaissance.” It will attempt to take a searching look—through the eyes of dis tinguished men—at the great era of promise which the future holds. Dr. Woodson, a Presbyterian minister, has been president of Flora McDonald college since 1949.. His career prior to that was one of service in the active ministry and included pastorates •f the First Presbyterian church es of Thomasville, Ga., Tampa, Fla., and Salisbury N. C. He served as chaplain in the navy for three years during World War n. Dr. Woodson received his BA degree from Presbyterian college in 1920, his MA from the Univer sity of South Carolina and his ED from Columbia Theological seminary both in 1928. He was awarded Ms doctorate in theol ogy by Union Theological semi nary of Richmond in 1984. The 1955 Community Chest drive for Clinton has been set in motion with the naming of offic ials and setting the date for the solicitation campaign. L. H. Lee, Jr., will serve as president of the campaign, with Claude Crocker as chairman of the drive, and Fred Holcomb as assistant. J. W. Curtis, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, has been named secretary-treas urer. The Chamber of Commerce has assumed the administrative affairs of the Community Chest and the operations of the organi zation will be centered in the chamber office, it was stated. Directors are James Wolfe, Francis Blalock, R. P. Wilder, Van Jones, Calvin Cooper, H. L. Eichelberger, Mrs. J. B. Temple ton, John Mimnaugh, Jim Von Thornwetl Meets Lockhart In Homecoming Here Thomwell will play Lockhart Friday night on the Thomwell field for the championship of dis trict 2, Class “C” and also Thom well homecoming. The winner of this game will represent dis trict two towards the upper state championship. Thomwell has won from Bel ton 13-6, Gray Court-Owings 50- 27, and Greenwood “B”’ 18-0, while losing to Ford 0-7. The local boys have Been working hard this week getting into shape for the game. Starting line-up for Thomwell will be as follows: RE—Maxie Gray; RT—Jimmy Morris; RG— Sammy Roth; C — Buddy Mc- Abee; LG—Howard Lucas; LT— Gene Lucas or Floyd Latty; LE— Eddie Sweet; QB—Dennis Ben nett; RH—William Glasure; LH — Jmimy Clark; FB — Mack Sweet. Hollen, and one other to be named. Requests from organizations receiving funds for the chest will be heard today at 2:00 p. m. at the public library by members of the budget commitee. Members of the committee are Cooper, Crocker, Holcomb, Wolfe, Mim naugh, and Mrs. Templeton. The solicitation of funds will begin on October 24. A kick-off breakfast will be held that morn ing at which Dr. W. Redd Turner, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will be the speaker. Jury Recommends One Compound For County Prisoners Laurens, Oct. 1 — A concen trated compound to take the place of the three chaingang camps in the county were rec ommended in the presentment of the grand jury made Tuesday to the Court of General Sessions in session this week at the court house. The presentment, which was signed by A. W. Wallace, fore man, said that conditions as they now exist at the camps “are not in keeping with the progress of the times.” “After heavy rains,” the pre sentment continued, “the odors coming from the human elimina tion are unendurable. The sleep ing quarters are veritable fire- traps.” Pointing out that similar rec ommendations have been made by past grand juries, the pre sentment suggested that the overhead and salaries of guards could be decreased sufficiently to repay for the costs of a new compound over a period of a few yean. The presentment also invited Presbyterian To Play at Davidson Saturday at 2:30 Three in a row in the Battle of Presbyterians is the goal of Pres byterian college gridmen who in vade Davidson Saturday after noon at 2:30 p. m. The Blue Hose have whipped this arch-rival for the past two years, both at home and on the road, and they are eager to con tinue this string. A triumph this season would bring PC even up at 7 wins, 7 defeats, and 1 tie in the 15-game series with its Southern Conference foe. It’s the first key football test of the season for the Hosemen. Defeat to Clemson and victory over Austin Peay both followed the book. This week-end will put the yardstick on the quality of PC play in 1955. The oddmakers already have given Davidson a one-touchdown nod. This is about the way PC Coach Bill Crutchfield figures it in meeting what he considers to be Davidson's best team in years. The Wildcats, sparked by Full back Harley Smith and Quarter backs Dyke Little and Dick'Bol ton, run and pass well and pos sess a stingy defense. Presbyterian college, mean while, has returned its one-two offensive punch to the starting line-up for the week-end clash. Coach Crutchfield has revamp ed his backfield in order to send last year’s two top ground-gain ers — Eddie Brockenbrough and Ken Webb — against the opposi tion simultaneously for the first time this season. TTiese two hard runners have been sharing the fullback assignment since spring practice, but the shift moves Brockenbrough to right halfback while retaining Webb at full back. Rounding out the starting and Webb are Quarterback Fel der Cook of Charleston, and Halfback Gene Butler of Con way. One shift in the forward wall finds Richard Shrigley replacing Alvin Hampton at the starting left guard post. Both are fresh men. Otherwise, the starting line will read: Don Daniels and Bob Stevens at ends; Lae Frierson and Robert Harrington at tack les; Tommy Warren at guard, and center, George Shrigley. special attention to the need of new and additional rest room fa cilities in the Court House. The Grand Jury commended the county' delegation in the leg islature for providing the “ways and means” for repairing and im proving the Court House It made special mention of the es tablishment of the sheriffs quar ters near the jail lot and said that the plan meets with the approval of the entire grand jury, espec ially, among other things, in re lieving congested conditions in the court house and providing ample parking space for the sheriff, deputies and those hav ing business with the sheriffs of fice. The grand jury also commend ed the delegation and county board of commissioners for the “splendid ropd program” al ready provided and “earnestly requested” that the program be continued" so as each and every section in the county and neigh borhood in the county may ob tain equal benefits.” Court Disposes of Many Cases During Week Term County Fair Sot for Opening Oct 17 Clinton Goes To Union Tomorrow For Week's Game Clinton high’s opponent this week will be Union, the game to be played at Union Friday night. The Clinton Red Devils are riding high on a string of four straight victories. They had an open date last week. To date they have defeated Whitmire, Ware Shoals, York, 4fcd Woodruff. The opposition next week will be the strong team from Greer. Not only is Clinton undefeat ed but they haven’t been scored on this season. In meeting Un ion Friday, they will face a team that has last only to Spartanburg, and whose line wflf outweigh Clinton’s forward wall 15 pounds to the men. The Union hades are rather light but era fast and shifty. , Two of the Clinton boys, Jim my Tayiot and CharMe Mirier, are on the injured list Mtarler is expected to be able to play against'Union, but Taylor will not be in the line-up Friday night, R was stated. The Laurens County Fair is scheduled to open on Monday, October 17, fdr its week’s run, closing Saturday night, the 22nd. Preparations for the opening are continuing and everything points to one of the most success ful events ever held, fair offic ials state. Cattle, swine, poultry, and farm products exhibits will con tinue to be showings worthy of note and many fine animals will be shown. The farm products on display are expected to be the best in recent years. A feature of the fair will be the crowning of “Queen of the County Fair” on the opening night. Contestants must be resi dents of the. county, from 15 to tl years of Vf*. end must be sponsored by a civic* or agricul tural organization. Prizes are: first place, $50; second, $25; third, $10. At the fair this year there will be five community exhibits in the adult dpeartmant. Com munities having Home Demon Stratton dub booths are Lem Branch, Shiloh, Bariudale.Nar- nie. Warrior Creek end Oak Grove. In the junior division of community booths there will be six exhibits by County TFA, Hickory Tavern JHA, Mount- a Stator 4-H, Counytwide Long Brandi 4-H, and WMt ten Village 4-H Mrs. J. W. Tins ley is superintendent for adult community exhibits and Mrs. T. B. Sumerel is superintendent for junior community exhibits. The canned products division is open to any person in the coun ty who is interested in exhibit ing canned fruits, vegetables and meats. The prdoucts entered in this class must be labeled with the names of the product on the bottom of the container and own er’s name. Only products canned in standard pint or quart jars will be accepted for exhibit, and only those canned during the past year. Mrs. M. A. Wilson and Miss Belle Patterson are super intendents for this division^ ^ • Other departments whldf may be of interest to women in the county are the cooked foods de partment with Mrs. Robert Was son and Mrs. Lawrence Cook as superintendents; the flower de partment with Mrs. Claude Cook and Mrs. Jack Davis. The lat ter is divided into two classes, horticulture and arrangements. The other division open for ex hibits is needlework and cloth ing. Mrs. J. H. Power and Mrs. C. C. Craddock are the super intendents. In toe junior division, the fol lowing departments are open to girls or boys 16 yean of age or under; canned products, with Mrs. Beatrice Sloan as superin tendent; cooked foods with Mrs. Eugene Brown as superintend Mrs 1 Frai*Woods ent All exhibits in the canned products division and clothing as superintend- end crafts as well as community booths have to be entered by 5:00 p. m., Monday, Oct. IT. Entries in the cooked foods department have to be in place by 10:00 a. m., Tuesday, Oct. 18. Entries in made by 11:00 a. m., Tuseday.j the flower department have to be Oct. 18. Judging will take place on that day, starting at 10:30 a. m. All entries will be on display for the week and will be called for by 2:00 p. m., Saturday, Oct. 29. The O. C. Buck shows have been chosen this year to occupy the midway at the fair, a new motorized expostion, presenting over 100 entertaining attractions with 30 rides and shows. The show has been on tour through New York state and the New England states during the summer months and is now playing several fairs here in the south. Some of the feature thrill rides on the midway will be the scoot er, whip, octopus, fly-o-plane, tiH-a-whirl, ferns wheel, looper, silver streak, polo plane, merry- go-round, caterpillar, dipper and eight rides for the little tots, boats, sky fighter, jeeps, autos, pony carta. Utile train, swings, and live ponies. The shows include a motor drome, thrill riders on motorcy ctoa, who ride the straight up and down walls or sUodrome, fun house, aide show of funny people, wild life, reptiles, mon keys, glass house, revue of girls, and colored minstrel revue. Julian M. Bell Is New Seaboard Agent lor Clinton Julian M. Bell has been ap pointed as agent for the Clinton office of the Seaboard railroad and assumed his duties the first of the month. He succeeds Olin H. Sheely, who retired September 30. Mr. Bell came here from Elber- ton, Ga., where he was chief clerk for the Seaboard. A native of Elberton, he has served with the Seaboard there for 15 years. He was in service for three years during World War II. Mr. and Mrs. Bell have two chlidren, Mark, T, and Arleen, 4, and are members of the Metho dist church. Boys Baseball Teams Honored At Banquet Here A banquet to honor the 16 baseball clubs of the commun ity that participated in the Small Fry, Pony, and Little Leagues during the summer was held at the college dining hall Tuesday night. Approximately 250 boys and leaders in the program were present. Russ Murphy, of the Prebsyte- rian college coaching staff, was speaker for the occasion. He told the boys how to learn to be a good baseball player, naming some of the qualifications, among which were speed, strength, and sportsmanship. Only one player out of 20,000, he said, reaches the major leagues. Teams represented at the ban quet were Florida Street school. Academy Street school, Thom well, Joanna, Lydia, and the American Legion team from this area. The affair was sponsored by the Clinton Recreation Com mission. During the evening five tro phies were presented to Florida Street Small Fry by D. B. Smith; Joanna Little League, by R. M. Vance: Academy Street Pony League by J. C. Thomas; Pony League’s most valuable player, Terry Campbell, by Joe D^lany. These trophies were bought by the Recreation Commission. To the Little League’s most valuable player, the presentation was made by Dr. Fred Holcombe, who is also the donor of the trophy, which went to Gordon Timmons, of Thomwell. Campbell, third baseman, had a season batting average of .500 and besides playing for his regu lar team, also was chosen for the all-star team. Timmons was the leading pitcher in the league, led in num ber of home runs hit, and had a phenomenal batting average of .689, the highest ever attained by a boy in the history of Clinton’s boys league play. New $3.10 License Allows Fishing In All State Lakes ♦ Columbia, Oct. 3 — The new $3.10 fishing license authorized by the last General Assembly al lows the holder to fish in all wa ters of the state with no other Winner and Runner-Up MISS GALLOWAY MISS WISE Winner of the crown as “Miss Laurens County Maid of Cot ton" was Mss Gerry Galloway of Clinton, a sophomore at Lander College, shown shove, left with Miss Danotle Wise of Joanna, the runner-up. Large Number Of Guilty Pleas I-nirerjj, Oct. I — Reootnmend- twrs that a new central cham- gang camp replace three camps now m operation was handed down by the Laurens County Grand Jury today. Sleeping quarters at the pres ent camps are "vertiatole fjre- traps J ' and, after heavy rains, odors arc -unendurable,” the Grand Jury saad as X wound up its work at this session of general sessions court A number fo guilty pleas were heard by Judge James M Brad ford Jr. at Orangeburg, presid- iog A 15-year old Negro boy. John Henry Morgan, was found guilty of entering a house with intent to commit larceny or some other crime Morgan reUssed to accept ap pointment of an attorney He did not take the witness stand, and declined Judge Braiiaford’s offer to put any questions he might wqmx to ask to prosecution wit- Gerry Galloway Named County Maid of Cotton Six Girls Participate In Contest Here Miss Gerry Galloway, of Clinton, was named as Lau rens county’s Maid of Cotton last Wednesday night, and will represent the county at the state contest at Clemson. The contest was held at the Hotel Mary Musgrove and aix contestants competed for the title. Miss Galloway is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ash by Galloway of this city. She is a sophomore at Lander college. Runner-up was Miss Danette Wise of Joanna. Other young girls in the contest were: Misses Loree Wilkie, Clinton; Alma Gene Chumley, Laurens; Betty Jean Lever, Joanna; and Georgie Hamilton. Mrs. Sara DeLoache, of Laurens, and Claude Crocker, of Clinton, served as co-chairmen for the county contest. Prizes were given the contestants by local mills and merchants. The Clinton Business and Professional Women’s club sponsored the contest here. license or permit required, for the year in which it was issued, it is pointed out by Director A. A. Richardson of the Wildlife Re sources department. This is an optional license and any resident can still get the $1.10 license required of persons using artificial lures or manufac tured tackle, along with a $1.10 permit for each of the five lakes for which permits are required. Since most anglers had already purchased their licenses and per mits for this year before the $3.10 license went into effect not too many of them have been sold. However, a great percentage of the anglers are expected to buy the new $3.10 license next year, instead of the regular $1.10 fish ing license and from one to five lake permits. PC-Wofford Tickets On Sole ot Stores Tickets for the Presbyterian College-Wofford football game are on sale at four downtown drug stores in the city, it is stated by Walter A. Johnson, director of athletics at PC. The game, scheduled for home coming, will be played here on Friday night, October 15. Gama time is 1:15 o’clock. x Mrs. J. W. Jones Dies at Hospital Mrs. Thelma Lee Jones, 32, wife of Dr. J. W. Jones. Jr., died at Joanna Memorial hospital Monday morning following sev eral months of declining health. Mrs. Jones was a native of Sumter cuonty. She had made her home in Clinton for the past 30 months. She was a daughter of Mrs. Janie Compton and the late J. M. Compton and was a member of Fraser Presbyterian church of Sumter. Surviving besides her husband and mother are three daughters, Cynthia, Loretta, and Nancy Jones of the home; two sons. Billy and Nathan Jones of the home; and one brother, J. M. Compton, of York. Funeral services will be con ducted this afternoon at 3:00 p. m. at Gray Funeral Home by the Rev. J. H. Darr and the Rev. E. D. Johnson. Burial will be in Rosemont cemetery, McCutcheon Is New Pastor of Laurens Presbyterian Church The Rev. Chalmers McCutch eon is the new pastor of the Lau rens First Presbyterian church. He preached his first sermon there last Sunday. Mr. McCutchen is a native of Biahopville. He was graduated from Presbyterian College in 1935 and from Union Theological seminary in 1938. He was or dained to the ministry in October of the same year. His first pastorate was the First Presbyterian church at Point Pleasant, W. Va., where he remained for six years. Then he went to the First Presbyterian church of Wythe ville, Va., where he remained ter three years. From there he went to the First Preebyterian church at Sanford where he remained for eight years, and until he was called to Laurens. Homecoming Day Scheduled For Sunday At Bellview Baptist Sunday, October 9, is home coming day at Bellview Baptist church, it is announced by Rev. R. Ralph Standley. pastor Guest speakers this year will be two former pastors, who will be welcomed by their friends in Laurens county. Rev-B L. Wood, of Sunbright, Tenn., will bring the message at the 11:00 a. m. service. At the evening service at 7:30 the Rev. Kenneth Brown, of Ridgeville, will preach. The public is invited to attend these services. Mr Standley states. Special music by gospel sing ers will be heard at both ser vices. Testifying agamst Morgan was G. T Cooley, a clerk at Che Bry son-Stoddard store at Owings and R. J Bryson who was at the store when the alleged crime took place Cooley testified he hid un der the counter and caught Mor gan as he was about to put his hand in the cash register. Mor gan's only statement was his plea of "not gustty ” Two White men, charged with escaping from pibUc works, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to serve three months at the end of thetr present terms One, Jim my Jacks McKelier. said he “just walked otfT’ from the camp. He said several others bad done that, and the guards at the camp “tell you you are a fool to stay there.” The second, Norman Brown, said he returned to the camp aftsr he learned another man had return ed and “got another chance.” Judge Braileford. noting there was no contradiction of the two men's statement, said he could not “regard them as ordinary es capees,” but added “I can’t ig nore them either ” The Judge granted a new tnai to T L. Boyd, who had been con- j victed of driv ing under the m- | fluence A question asked a wit- , ness was considered prejudicial. In the trval of Boyd, the defend ant protested vigorously that he was not driving the anUxnobile at the time of the accident. He eon- I tended that W W Fowler was at i the wheel. Fowler, on the other i hand, said that Boyd was the driver and than he (Fowler) had never driven a car on the open road. Both !>>wler and Boyd ad mitted they had been drinking be fore the accident. Sentences given by J u d g a Brailsfori after guilty pleas were entered included the following E. D. Jerry, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, second offense, one year or 91,000, suspended on ser vice of two months or payment of 9200 and placed on probation for three years. George Edward Beck, three counts of larceny Sentence with held pendmg further study Earl Simpson, operating a mo tor vehicle while under the in fluence of intoxicants, second of fense. one year or 91.000, sus pended and ordered to serve two (Continued on page eight) Chamber of Commerce Ends Membership Drive The Chamber of Commerce this week is winding up its re cently launched membership en largement drive, J. W. Curtis, manager of the chamber, stated yesterday. Last week, reports stated that the chamber had doubled its membership roster, increasing it from 185 to 275 members. Latest reports put the' number at well over 300 on the roll. The finan cial position of the organization, it was stated at the same time, is now on a sound basis. A budget for the year was set up prior to the membership drive and a program of work outlined. Plans are being made by Pres ident Peck Cornwall and the board of directors for the annual ladies night to be held October 35. New members will be recog nised at that time and other plane ter the future of the or ganization presented. Officials of the chamber ex pressed themselves as with the outcome of the ship enlargement campaign and the interest manifested by die public The Chamber of Commerce this week moved its office to the former rite of the Wysor Insur ance effke on East Carolina ave nue. All Saints Episcopal Church Advertisement Appears In Paper Today An advertisement entitled “Is Life Meaningless?” appears in to day’s paper on page 11. It in vites readers to learn more about the Episcopal church, and is lished as an educational of the laymen of All Saints copal church, the local tkm. visrravG nr Canada Dr. D. E. Walter is relatives in Winnipeg, Canada. \ A