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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 6, 1955
No. 39
Three Scouts To Get Eagle Awards Sunday
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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.
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