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V If You Doa’t ReaJ The Chronicle Yon Don’t Got the Now* ♦ Stop (EUnton Oltp-ntiirlp The Chronicle StrfTcs To Bo A Clean Newe- pa per, Complete, Neway and Reliable Volume LVI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, December 8,1955 Number 49 Council Lets Contract To Rebuild City's Electric System for $88,771 W/ns First Place In Christmas Parade Anderson Firm To Do the Work City council in session Tues day night let the contract for re building the city’s electric sys tem to Anderson Electric Co., of Anderson for $88,771.78. The contract was divided $6.- 720 for inside work at the plant and $82,051.78 for the transmis sion lines. The latter figur*e ritay be increased or decreased sa the work gets underway, since the bid was based on unit price for each pole and necessary equip ment. The city has the option of making necessary changes as « onditions warrant. In addition to rebuilding the lines, facilities and equipment at the power plant will be entirely rebulit, including installation of regulators, switching equipment, imd other controls, which the city hasn’t had in a number of years. Power from the Duke Power Co. lines has been fed di rectly into the city lines with no intermediate controls. Regulators to control the flow of power from Duke to the city wete bought and installed to connect with the present lines several months ago. Work will get underway, ac cording to the contract, not later than January 2, to be completed in 90 days. The compleion date, therefore, will be in early April. The project is being financed by a $200,000 bond issue voted several months ago. Engineers for the program are McCall and Thomas of Orange burg, who made the surveys and detailed drawings and specifica tions. They will also act as the city’s agents in approving the carrying out of the contract. Plans call for increasing volt age in the city lines from 2300 to 4160. A number of firms submitted bids, and the next lowest was *■ about $13,000 above the low bid der. The highest for the work was $117,000. PC Basketeers Meet Pheiffer Tomorrow Nigh! Presbyterian College’s high- scoring basketball team will try to bounce back into the victory column against 'Pheiffer College here Friday night. The game will be held in Le- Roy Springs Gymnasium, start ing at 8:00 p. m. Clinton fans saw one of the biggest point totals ever amassed on the home court when the Hosemen entertained strong Bel mont Abbey to open the local seasonlast Tuesday night. When the fireworks had ended, the vis itors held the heavy end of the score, 108 to 100. Another point-happy game is expected Friday night as PC goes after its fifth victory of the year against only two defeats. Presbyterian will be led by three players who rate among the finest cage performers in this section. Forward Dave Thompson, a junior returning af ter a year of inactivity, has jumped quickly to a place among the national scoring leaders with 1T9 points in six games for an impressive 29.9 points-per-game average. Center Bruce Thomp son, another junior who is relat ed to Dave only in basketball ability, is away to his best year, and Guard Bill Toole, senior cap tain and team spark plug, has added a more deadly shooting eye to his other all-round court prowess. Rounding out the starting,link up Friday nigh^ will be Charles Sloan at die Other guard post and Arnold Stone at the other : forward position. Dr. Grube Graduates; Intern In Charlotte Friends of Dr. Robert Grube will */be interested to know he graduat ed from the Med krai College of Charleston last week. Mrs. Grube is the former Miss Fay Pitts and they will spend the holidays hast with bar mother, Mrs. W. Roy Pitts, before moving January 1 to Charlotte, N. C., where iDr. Grube will begin his in ternship at Memorial hospital. Musical Program At Acodmy School The annual Musical program at Academy Street school will be given Thursday evening, Decem ber M, at I’M. The public is invit ed to attend. Champion of Chicago Event ! November Receipts Of Police Dept. - Total $1,612.38 Driving under the influence of intoxicants by 13 offenders con tributed $644 to the city treasury during November, according to a report to city council by the police department chief, B. B. Ballard. The cases came before City Re corder Henry M. Young. Two cases were dismissed. The next highest amount was assessed against 26 offenders for drunkenness, who were given 90 days and paid $298.88. Two were dismissed. Disorderly conduct charges were lodged against 12, who paid $141.50, and 60 days given. Speeding and reckless driving brought $164 from 13 offenders. Two were dismissed. Operating auto without driver’s license by seven brought in >82; three arrested for gambling paid $36; five taken in for fighting paid $55 and 60 days; three paid $33.50 for petty larceny. Nine were book ed for investigation or suspicion to round out 94 arrests for the month, with three other offenses totaling $9Q .-♦** */v im CREEKLAND LANCER Clinton-Bred Shorthorn Wins At National Show Creekland Farm Bull In First Place A Clinton-bred polled Short horn bull was named grand champion of the breed at the International Livestock Exposi tion at Chicago last Thursday. Creekland Lancer, a summer yearling (May 17, 1954), bred by Creekland Farm near here, won the honor at the Chicago cattle show in competition with ani mals entered from all parts of the couatry. Creekland Farm is owned by P. S. Bailey of this city, and managed by L. L. Norton. Lancer was sold last April in a spring sale by Creekland to Oakwood Stock Farm, Ashville, Ohio, for $2,050. The dam was CF Cinderella, and the sirq was Louada Devel oper, both still owned by Creek land. The sire was imported from Scotland and is the leading herd sire. Creekland Farm is located five miles from Clinton on the Exchange Club Sets Ladies Night Friday The local Exchange club will have their ladies night celebra tion Friday night at 8:00 o’clock at the Presbyterian college din ng hall, officials state. In Shrine Bowl County Farmers Allotted 17,312 Acres For Cotton In 1956 ED PITTS Spartanburg highway, and is recognized as one of .the leading Shorthorn breeding farms in the nation. The farm has been de veloped in recent years on an extensive acreage of former cot ton land and woodland. Mr. Norton is invited to serve from time to time as a judge in cattle shows in this*and other states. , ' Large County Farm Being Developed For Cattle Breeding White Plains Farm near Cross Hill is being developed into one of the most extensive cattle farms in South Carolina, accord ing to observers. Formerly owned by the With erspoon family, the 1300 acre> tract was bought in recent years! by C. D. Bevis of Philadelphia. E. H. Bradshaw is manager. The farm is developing a herd of registered Shorthorn cattle and at present has 50 head of breeding stock. Thirty cows, calves and a bull were purchased from Creekland Farm, Clinton, and 16 heifers and a bull came from an Illinois herd. The bull was imported from Scotland. In addition to the Shorthorn herd, White Plains has a herd of 150 for commercial purposes (Shorthorn and Hereford), and is now feeding out 250 steers and heifers for the market. Upon purchasing the tract from the Witherspoons, Messrs Bevis and Bradshaw entered into extensive clearing and grass planting which is still continu ing from year to year. Ground Observer Corps Alerted The Clinton Ground Observer poet was alerted Monday night and spotters were on duty from 7 o’clock until 6 a. m. Tuesday morning. The poet is sponsored by the Clinton Business and Profes sional Women’s club of which Mrs. Leila N. Johnson is chairman, and Mrs. Dan Yarborough, chief ob server. Two planes were spotted during the above mentioned hours. Laurens county cotton farmers will receive 17,317 acres for 1956 cotton allotment, according to C. B Cannon, county agent. 'Hi is compares to 18,685.8 arres allot ted for 1955, or a reduction of 373.8 acres to be planted in this county in 1956. ,, ' The ACP payments for 1956 will be $93,901 for Laurens county, provided Congress appropriates the money. Notices of the 1956 cotton acre age 'allotments have been mailed to farmers having cotton history by the county ASC committee, of which Hugh B. Workman is chair man. Allotments tor new farmers will be mailed in the early part of next year. A new farm is considered to be one that has not grown any cotton for the past three or more years. Farmers who have not planted any cotton in the last two years, and who turned their cotton acre age back to the county ASC com mittee in accordance with regu lations, and received credit as , planted acres will have to plant brought, cotton next year to save the cotton history as an old farm. In other words, cotton must be planted at least one year out of three years. Also, farmers who have not planted cotton in three or more years are termed as new farmers, and will receive their cotton acre age allotment from acres set aside for such use. Applications for new farmers should be filed with the ASC county office the first of Jan uary, 1956. No person having an interest in any farm with old cot ton acreage allotment for 1956, will be permitted to receive a new farm, allotment. Mr. Cannon said regulations in regard to combination of fantm are changed for 1956. and farm- < ft * * PEACE AMONG in $65.50 from 131 persons m Wheeler Speaks To Kiwanians Tonight A. C. Young, Jr, Kiwanis club program chairman, has announc ed that W. Evan Wheeler, dis trict Sales manager for Capital Airlines, Inc., covering Charlotte This is the float that won tint place in Clinton's Christmas parade last Thursday. It was enter ed by Broad Street Methodist church. Thornwell Orphange won second place, and School District No. 56 third place. Christmas Pageant Be Given Tuesday At Local High School “His Star,” a Christmas pageant, featuring both a musical and a speech choir, will be given for the Florida Street P. T A. in the Clinton high school auditorium at 1 8:00 p. m. The public is invited to attend with no admission being charged. Directed by Mrs James Von Hollen, this performance will be narrated by Neil Dailey, with Bar bara Wolfe and Theda Sublett as soloists and Ethel Mae Rowe as accompanist. Taking the parts of the pinging choir and the speech choir will be the Clinton high . , ., ... school Glee club and Speech class, ers having cmobmations should r^pectively | The Parent-Teacher Association of Florida Street school is present- be sure to look after this matter at once. W. E. WHEELER Pitts Plays Good Game For S. C. Team In Shrine Bowl Tilt Ed Pills. Clinton high school taoklo. ter—d In — outstand ing performance Saturday at Charlotte as a momhor of tha South Carolina squad la tha annual Shrteo Bowl gama. Tha Korth Carolina team won Il ls. A nuxnbor of Clinton paopls in Charlotte for tho affair te—d in ter tte and the two Carolinas, will ad dress the Kiwanis club at - the regular meeting tonight (Thurs day) at Hotel Mary Musgrove The subject of his address will be “Progress Airborne.” ( Mr. Wheeler, a graduate of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., served fuor years with the Navy in World War II, and is a lieu tenant commander in the naval reserve. He has held his present posi tion since 1951, and is well known as a speaker before civic clubs in this section. Presbyterian Choir To Present New Cantata Sunday Evening, Dec. 11 “The Song of the Angels," a new Christmas cantata by Van Den man Thompson, will be presented by the choir at the First Presby terian church on Sunday evening at 730. Mrs. J. Ferdinand Jacobs, church organist and choir director, is in charge at arrangements for the ing this program purpose best stated in the introduction to the play: There is a growing con cern among"many r thoughtful peo ple over the way in which Christ mas is celebrated today. They feel that Christ should be put back in to Christmas. Here is a true Christ mas worship service. It points out what Christmas should mean to all of us.” CAKE SALE The Woman's Auxiliary of the Pentecostal Holiness church will conduct a home-made cake sale Saturday, beginning at 10:00 a cantata and Mrs. B. O. Whitten is' m., in front of Belk’s, it has been chairman df decorations. 1 announced. Retires After 37 Years Home Area Pledges Hit $121,764 In PC Drive — ■ ■ 11 " Report on Progress Heard Tuesday ————» ■ i ■■ A total of $121,764 has been uled for the dining hall next Mon- raised to date in Region One for day night at < 30 p m. Presbyterian College's Diamond The latest tabulations showed Jubilee Development program. ^ rt h *'‘* * * brought in >60.882 which, in turn. The third report meeting held in been matched , JUnllar »he PC dining hall Tuesday night; amoum from the aQaBycnaus glft indicated that 405 persons have; {und ^ r5 ^ ^ means subscribed to the campaign in the JM ia8 reniain6 in uus fund to be home area of Laurens and New- claUT1€<1 ^ a matching basis by berry counties. i solicitations. A final report meeting m the form of a victory dinner is sched- Mrs. J. W. Milam Dies After Long Period Of Declining Heatth Of the teOAOS raised other than the matching fund, Clinton has provided $42,344 from 246 donors. Laurens has subscribed $7,674 with 88 persons giving. Thirty-five Whitmire residents have contrib uted $5,488; five from Joanna have j given I1A45. five from Cross Hill, $1,725; 34 from Newberry, $1,361; 1 and 17 from Mountvtlle $436. Tom Ptaxico, of Clinton, rang the victory bek at the third report meeting as captain oi the team turning in the largest amount. His group reported $925 from four sub- Shealy Named To Head Exchange Club NEW SUBSCRIBERS — the of PHts. who played Me greater part at the feme. Ite Is the a— M Mrs. H. Mate of this tUy. ai ef tha LARRY MASTERS, ECONOMY AUTO STORE, REV. HAROLD HANTY, City E. L. PEASE, Catonsville, Md. MRS. W. H. JENNINGS, Bennetts ville MRS. HOWARD ROACH. Seneca AC JULIAN FOWLER, APO, San Francisco PVT. JIMMY WOOTEN. Detroit, Mich. C. M. CALDWELL, APO New York C. H. WELLS. Owing!, S. C. A2c WM. E. YOUNG. c-o PM, New York RICHARD WALLENZINE, North Augusta SFC WILLIE M. CANNON, c-o PM ,New York BOBBY Gj PEARSON, Chicago, TU. License Ordinance To Be Studied City council Tuesday night past- poned passage of the business li cense ordinance to the January meeting to allow time for further study of various provisions. Ordi narily, the ordinance is approved at the December meeting. The finance committee and the city attorney will submit their findings at the January meeting on Thursday, the 5th Council also directed the police committee to arrange for several loading and unloading zones in the business area. Members of the committee will work with the chief of police in the matter The report of the city clerk showed receipts of >39,168.35 and disbursements of >86,240.52. The amount included payment of $4,- 397.70 to the City Bond commis sion as revenue bom the 30 mills levied tor paying bond maturities and Interest in the 1955 tax ardi- nance. B. R. Austin, superintendent of the city’s utilities department, re ported 12 new electric connections and seven for water during the month. He stated that both figures were tower than usual and refect ed the usual slow winter home- building program. A budget operations report by the city clerk showed that all de partments of the cilgr have operat ed well within their budgetary al lowances during the first quarter /of the new year beginning Septem- (ber 1. Mrs. Mary Young Milam. 77, wife of the late J. Will Milam, died last Wednesday afternoon it the home of her daughter.! S cnptions. Mrs B B. Ballard, after several' years of declining health She was a native of Laurens county where she spent her en- i tire life. She was a daughter of| the late James I. and O t h e 11 a Copeland Young She was a New officers have been elected member of Broad Street Metho- to head the Clinton Exchange did* dist church for 19< *- by Wytnan 54 „ r Shealy as present Surviving are two daughters and one son, Miss Kate Milam and Mrs. Ballard, both teachers: in the public schools of Clinton, and J. W. Milam. Jr , of New _ York City: tWo sisters. Mrs. E . . . . n *. J. Nunnarnak^r of Columbia, and AfTICNCOn LcgiOfl rOSt Mrs. S. A Lindsey of Clinton NomeS Slate Of OfflCCrS three brothers. S. C Young and G.E Young of Whitmire, and J-! Copeland . Dawson post 56. L \oung of Gadsden, A a. American Legion, has named its Funeral services were con | neA . of ,,^ rs for the vear ancl W y- commander. Others named were Gary Holcombe, vice president. OMn Johnson, treasurer Earl Rice, secretary services ducted Thursday afternoon at; man M shealy, j Broad Street Methodist church j dir<vt act i % , ties i by the pastor. Rev J E Mer chant, and Dr William Redd ; Turner, pastor of the First Pres j byterian church. Burial was m | Rosemont cemetery. I Mrs Milam, a resident of Clm- i ton since early womanhood, de lve loped and maintained interest man er .n her neighbors, friends and rw ^ church affairs, and was an at tendant at its services as long as her health permitted Others officials are Dr Fred Hok*ombe, first vice president Milford Smith, second vice com mander V. S. Harwell, shird vice cum- Dr. Frank Caston, adjutant. James Von Hollen, finance offi cer Eugene Johnson, ebapiain A Series Of Local Children's Pictures To Be Taken Free For Publication In The Chronicle James A. Poole, the oldest fed eral' income tax officer in years of servkw in North Carolina, re tired December 1 after 37 years service. He was head of the Dunn and Fayetteville offices. High officials of tha U. S. In ternal Revenue service joined in honoring him upon his retire ment and presented him several prised mementos and testimon ials. Mr. Poole is a native of Clin ton, the son of the late William Augustus Poole and Mary Duvall Poole. His wife is the former Miss Dora Mae Hodges of Ben son, N. C Mr. Poole ,a certified public accountant, will become associ ated with a Raleigh and Wins ton-Salem accounting firm His home has been at Dunn. Mr. Poole is a member of a large family of brothers and sis- ters, among those still living in the community are: Mack. Jos eph. Marvin, Elbe and Allen Poole, and Mrs. W. R. Brown. Those elsewhere include Boyce Poole and Mrs. Earl Alexander of Laurens; Mason Poole, of Spartanburg; Walter Poole, of Elberton, Ga.; John Henry Poole, of Cross Anchor. Two have died, William M. Poole, formerly of Woodruff, and Sara Nell Poole, formerly of Clinton. December 10 is the big day for the picture of your youngsters: taken of all children who are The Chronicle is having pictures brought by their parents or other guardian to Hotel CUnton be tween 10:00 a. m. and T:00 p m.. absolutely free of charge The Woltz Studios of Des Moines, Iowa, a nationally known por trait studio, will be in charge of the photography The Chron icle wants a picture of your child to print in its forthcoming fea- tuer, "Citizens of Tomorrow.” a series of photographic studies of local children. Tha more we get the better the feature whl be. so the cooperation of the mothers and fathers is urged. It often seems to parents that children are bttle one minute and are grown up the next, so fast does a child's growing stage pass. Here is a splendid opportunity to catch a likeness of your child or children at the present stage for the pleasure you will get out of if in future years and for the pleasure you will enjoy in. seeing it in print You will want to clip iti from this, your home town newspaper, and preserve it for the .’youngster when he or she grows up. j[ There is absolutely no charge or obligation for taking the pic tures. Parents don’t even have to be a subscriber to The Chnte- icle, nor even a reader. You do not have to purchase pseturea. either, though you may obtain additional prints by direct with the Studio tative if you want them, is entirely up to you!