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T- .-V V ~x » * ;V h , / . * P If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News I _ / r*. * n The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable - Volume LVII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 12,1956 Number 2 Get 'Oscars' tor Community Chest Work i Dr. Webb Passes Tuesday; Funeral This Afternoon Proposed Addition to Broad/pStreet Methodist Church ■ <■: ■ , *’ ' i- <*-' . The aboTt group was recently honored by Community Cheat officials for outstanding work in the successful local campaign. Seated, left to right, are: Mrs. Jack Re^L Mrs. D. O. Hhame, Mrs. George Blalock. Mrs. Dan Yarborough. Standing: Claude Crocker, Mrs. Rob>rt Vanes ^ R. P. Wildsjr. Mrs. Tom Baldwin. Ver non Trammell, P. S. Bailey, Calvin Cooper, Bryan Coates! Dan Yarborough. Receiving an "Oscar," but not present when the picture was made, was W. L. Corbett. Crocker was chairman of the drive, assisted by Dr. Fred Holcombe. The ladies were in charge of residential solicitation, and the men headed the business area section. Mr. Bailey was recog nised for the fine co-operation extended by Clinton and Lydia Mills in reaching the goal. Bank Of Clinton Reelects Directors The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Clin ton was held Tuesday afternoon in the bank at which .time a re port of the operations was sub mitted. The following), directors were elected to serve for the coming year: John T. Young. T. E. Addi son, H, D. Henry, F. M. Boland, T. H. Copeland, J. W. Finney, Sr, J. P. Prather, H. Y. McSween and R. P. Hamer. Immediately following^" the stockholders meeting a meeting of the directors was held. John T. Young was elected chairman of the board and other officers named were: R. P. Hamer, president; T. E. Addison, vice president; John T. , >ung, vice president; H. Y. Mc- ►Tween, cashier; Leaman D.'Jones, \ksistant cashier.' Other bank employees are Mrs. Keith Adair, secretary; Kathryn Dicus, 'teller; Mrs. Samuella Wright and Mrs. George White- head, bookkeepers. ■A year-end financial statement of the bank appears in The Chron icle today, showing assets and li abilities of $2,045,367.10. Capital accounts are listed as $179,627.13. Moose To Sell "Blue Crutch" Pins The Blue Crutches will arrive here Friday. The Moose are ready to go into action selling them on the streets of Clinton Friday and Saturday, in their fight to help stamp put polio. The Blue Crutches are lapel pins. The motto will be “Wear a Crutch on your lapel instead of under your arm.” Local Police Arrest 3349, Collect $15,847in 1955 Drunk Drivers Pay In Over $4000 Dr. Frederick L. Webb, 63, well known physician of Clinton, died suddenly Tuesday night at 9 o’clock at his home on Woodrow street after several years of de clining health. Dr. Webb was a native of Adel, Ga., but had made his home in Clinton for a number bf years. He was a son of the late Charles E. and Virginia DeVance Webb. He received his high school edu cation at Adel and his pre-medical education at Mercer university, and graduated from Emory univer sity, class of 1513, with an M! D. degree. \ 'He Has been connected with Whitten Village as chief medical officer and assistant superinten dent for 25 years. ' , • 'He was a m^nmber of the First Baptist church of Clinton when; he served as deacon for a num ber of years. He was also a mem ber of the Masonic fraternity, and a ^finer, and a past president of the Kiwanis club of Clinton. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emily Penton Cox Wobb, of the home; one son, Fred L. Webb, Jr, of Columbia, and two step-daugh ters and one step-son, Miss Louise Cox, and Mrs. P. S. Bailey, both of Clintpn, and Madrid Cox, of Carabella, Ala. Also by one broth er and two sisters, A. P Webb, Mrs. Neva Rush and Mrs. Chris tine Cowan, all of Atlanta, Ga., and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursdav^ffternoon at 3 o’clock M V .'f, fM The above architect's sketch shows the proposed addition to Broad Street Methodist Church. The structure will face on Fergu son Street, and will be attached to the present building. The one-story section joining the church will house a large social room with stage, which will alao be used as a Men's classroom. The two-story structure on the left will have e partially excavated basement The new addition will provide IS classrooms, social hall and slrfge with dressing rooms, pastor's study, secretary's office, rest rooms end storage rooms. Plans are to begin work in June. ' . - . The Clinton police department made 3,349 arrests and collected $15,347.54 in fines during 1955, according to the annual report of Chief B. B. Ballard submitted Thursday night at the meeting of city council. The report also showed 2,701 days levied, 55 cases suspended and 87 released after investiga tion. ~ # Driving under the influence o f intoxicants led the list in fines imposed with $4,633. Days given totaled 255. Only 86 were arrest ed for this offense but heavier fines levied account ecf^f or the larger amount collected .Drunkenness was next high with $2,601.68 being levied for the-offense. Days given totaled l|- 089. Total arrests in this Category were 289, the largest of any, with the exception of parking violators. 21 cases were suspended. Speeding and reckless driving accounted for $fi,26il.S0, 30 days given, and 16 cases suspended. To- til arrests were 180. Disorderly. conduct charges were lodged against 126 offend? ers, with $1,460.54 collected, 442 days given and seven caaes sus pended. ^ Violation of parking laws brought $1,325.50, with 2,341 per sons paying about 50c each. Fighting by 56 persons added $857, 240 days given, with two suspended. Operating auto without driver’s County March of Dimes In Full Swing This Week Continues Through Month of January Laurens, Jan. 9 — The annual March of Dimes fund campaign conducted annually by the Laurens County chapter of the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis is expected to get into full swing this week and continue through January, it was stated by Mrs. George McDaniel, chairman of the county chapter. Events in the campaign, she said will include a mail cam paign, coin boxes in stores, cards distributed in schools, dances and other entertainments by vol unteering organizations, and oth er activities to be wound up with the Mothers March on the last night of the sale. In announcing the campaign Mrs, McDaniel issued the follow ing statement: , “When the people of Laurens ^L-ounty again join the March of Dimes they are saying the fight against polio continues. “We had 20 cases and 2 sus pects in our county this sum mer, the greatest number ever recalled. Not a single person who had polio had received a shot of Salk vaccine. ’"Our campaign is for funds to care for #>]£ patients and to Chat the Salk vaccine is ac cepter. 100 pewent. It is safe and effective. The vaccine was made possible through your March bf Dimes contributions and now is an Ideal time to get the two shots a month apart and then in 7 months the booster shot. Your health department and local doc tors have this vaccine for people <o V from 6 months to 1,5 years of age. So our campaign not only’asks for something but has something to offer you.’’ The March of Dimes campaign in Clinton is headed by co-chair man Rebecca Speake and J. C. Thomas. W. K. Waits is chairman in the Joanna area. The cam paign and organization set-up was announced in the Chronicle last week. Zone Two Methodist WSCS Meet Jon. 17 jf the ^Woman’s So- Zone two ciety of-Christian Service of the Methodist churches in this area will meet Tuesday TTanuary 17 at 3 p. m. at the Lydia Methodist ( Church. Mrs. D. L. Monroe is zone lead er. The guest speaker for the meeting will be Shung Ho l^e, k Korean student at Presbyterian College, who is a member of Broad Street Methodist Church. Zone Two includes the follow ing churches Laurens, First Church, Central, Wattsvllle, St. James; CUnton, Broad Street, Hopewell, Lydia, Sandy Springs, Sardis and Soule Chapel; Joanna, Epworth; Hodges, Cokeebuiy; Waterloo and Cross Hill. All who we members of the Woman’s Society, the churches or those interested are invited to attend. license produced 56 arrests and $643, 75 days, with two suspend- Cd. Other cases included: carrying concealed weapons, cases, $218, and 30 days; violating the liquor law 10, $197.50 and 60 days; gamb ling, 21 of lenders, $262; damaging private or public property, "S, $65 | and 30 days; petty larceny, 31, $256, 270 days, 6 suspended; vio lating prostitute law, 2, $34 All other offenses totaled* 35, j with tines of $643.22, 180 days given, one. .suspended. — ■ —I Atlanta Area Sels Goal Of $3004)00 For PC Campaign A goal of $300,000 has been established for the Atlanta re gion toward Presbyterian Col lege’s Diamond Jubilee Develop ment program. Action came at a recent meet ing of the campaign steering committee which was attended by 32 leaders from the 12 coun ties included in the Atlanta re gion. They represented areas covering 71 Presbyterian church es. > ' The Atlanta region, in aiming for $300,000, thus throws its full support behind the development program which seeks $750,000 for Presbyterian College from its two controlling Synods of Geor gia and Squth Carolina during the first year. Main addresses of the steering committee meeting were made by regional co-chairman L. H. Parris, retired vice-president of Citizens and Southern National bank of Atlanta, and the Rev. Arthur Vann Gibson, pastor of Atlanta’s Morningside Presby terian church. Gibson set the tone of the meeting with these words: “There is coming from Presby terian College a stream of bless ing for our state and nation, and I think Georgia ought to give it full support. I know of no invest ment of our time and energy thttf will bring more dividends to the Kingdom of God.” Also present at this first or ganizational meeting of the At lanta regibn were the Synod of Georgia co-chairmen: H. Lane Young, retired president of Citi zens and Southern National bank of Atlanta, and the Rev. Harry Fifield, pastor of Atlanta’s First Presbyterian church; and most of the area leaders. Council Adopts Business License Ordinance For 1956 t Clinton Methodists Plan $100,000 Enlargement DR. WEBB at the First Baptist church, con ducted by Rev. J. H. Darr, assist ed by Rev. Walter N. Long and Dr. Wm. Redd Turner. Interment will be in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers, will be Davis R. Holland, Mac Stubbs, Joe Shay, Tom Plaxico, L. H. Lee, L. E. Ca son and Irvin C. Lown. Thfi. honorary escort will be composed of the staff of Whitten Village and the doctors of Wthit- ten. Village and the city of Clin? ton. They are requested to meet at the church at 2:46 p. m. Thurs day. * * The body is at the Gray funer al home where it will remain un til 2 o’clock Thursday, at which time it will be placed in the church to await the hour of services. the Newberry Pastor To Speak Sunday At A. R. P. Church Dr. P. L. Grier, 4>astor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church in Newberry, will preach at the evaning -service of the lo cal A. R. P. church Sunday eve ning, January 15. The evening worship hour is at 7:30 and friends in the city are invited to the service. 1 VISITOR FROM JACKSOVILLE Duncan Maelnnes,, of Jackson ville, Fla., is spending a few days this week with his daughter, Mrs. Arthur M. Lindsay, and Mr. Lind.- say on Cedar street. Th^ business license ordinance for 1956 was adopted by city council at a pieeting Thursday night. It appehFs on another page in this issue of The Chronicle. It is virtually the same as the ordi nance 'in force last year. Wfhat ! few changes were made, city of ficials state,'occurred when the amount of tax to be paid in sev eral categories is now based on percentage of earnings rather- than on a flat fee. City Clerk W. B. Owens sub mitted the monthly financial statement, showing income for December as $97,66597 and dis bursements $54,083.71. Included in disbursements was $17,049.75 transferred to the Bond Commis sion for payment of principal and interest due on outstanding bonds. Supt. B. R. Austin fo the utili ties department reported that the contractors had been receiving material for rebuilding tW city’s electric transmission system and that work would get underway this week. Mayor Eichelberger presided over the meeting and @11 council- men wree present. Lions Club To Hear Gray Court Boy Tell Of Israel Visit Curtis E. Wallace, of Gray Court, who was an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate to Israel this year, will speak .before the Lions club Friday evening, it has been announced by club offi cials. He will, tell of his experiences in Israel, where he lived, and worked with farm families from June to November. The meeting will be held at Ho tel Mary Musgrove at 7:30. Curtis weht to Israel as an In ternational Farm Yt>uth Exchange delegate, a project sponsored by the National 4-<H club foundation and other agencies. Cross Hill Man Dies After Fight Start of Construction Set for June Laurens, Jarf.'O—=A Cross Hill man died in a Greenwood hospital. 1 Sunday night ot injuries reived ^ Saturday ntght m a t.ght^ar approxlmjte!y $100 000 Sheriff W. A. Lowery said that principal part of the ex- the victim, Rufus tu.ler, was mansion program includes an addi- The Broad Street Methodist: age space and corridor to the so- church congregation has announc-! tial hall as well as to-the present ed plans for a program of e\pan-j building Plans for the expansion pro gram got underway during the re- ent pastorate of Rev. E. K. Gam- son, now at Batesburg. struck on the head with a heavy | , j on to rear of. the present ■*"? pi.ee ot timber. Eugene MeGowan buiWin d wll , prov , j€ ,5cla» The building committee is com- wbs being held in connection with the death. P. C. TOPS MAROONS PresbyWrian, paced by for ward Dove Thompson, stopped the College of Charleston basket ball team 89-55 here Thursday night. ^ i ; The Blue Hose got off to an early lead and Iedt43;i9 4t half- Mrs. Myrtle Hunter Claimed By Death rooms, social hall and kiTbh^n, I pastor’s study, secretary’s office, 1 rest rooms, and storage facilities I The initial phase of the work- is already underway, beginning Mrs L. C. LaMotte in Maxton. dressing rooms A corridor across N. C., at the time of het- death. the front of this part will connect Survivirtg are two sons, John with the pit iont building Holland Hunter of Clinton, and The two--lory section wjllipro- Herman A Hunter of Frederick, vide space for classrooms, and twq Md.; one daughter, Mrs" LaMotte offices for the pastor and secre- of Maxton; two sisters. Mrs. A tar y- - -* C. Daniel of Boiling Springs, and A partially excavated basement Mrs. J C. Hickman of Arcadia, two-story section will Fla.; several grandchildren gfeat-grandchildren. Funeral, services were conduct ed Sunday at 3:30 p m at the old Hunter home on Calvert Ave by Dr W Redd Turner and Dr D.,'J.-Woods. Bunal was in the Presbyterian cemetery Pallbearers were Tom Milam, L E. Cason Frank Fowler, B B Ballard, Walter A. Johnson and Rawlinson E. Martin.., — ■ . an( j| include a men’s class room, stor-1 Laurens, has studios in Clinton. W.T. Gregory * Passes Tuesday time. Co-Chairmen of Campaign CoHege Basketeers On Florida Tour The Presbyterian College bas ketball team is on a tour of Flori- j da this week, after splitting two games last week, the first games! played since returning after the! Christmas holidays. They defeated College of Charleston on Thursday night and lost to Erekine Saturday night, both games being flayed here. * ^ . They met Rollins last night in Winter Park, Fla., tonight they play Florida Southern at Lake land, and Saturday night the op position will be Stetson at De- Land, ii * Tgr l -*0 Wesley T. (Uncle Wess) Greg ory, 85, was/found, dead in bed at an early hour Tuesday morning. Doctors said ^that he died from fiatural causes. Mr. Gregory was a native of Uniop county but had made his home in Laurens county most of his. life. He was a son of the late Johp A. .and Margaret Gregory He- was Ja member of Calvary Baptist Church'. 1 - r He is survived by his wife, Mrs Burhice Garner Gregory: four daughters, Mrs. G. F Overstreet, of High Point, N. C; Mrs. R. G. Lawson, of Buffalo; Mrs.' Mulle$ Overstreet, of Clinton, and Mrs R.‘H Chilton, of Clinton; six-sons. Walker, Collie and Leroy Greg ory, of Spartanburg; Hampton, Eu gene wind Edward Gregory," of Clintop; 28 grandchildren and 17 ; great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 3 p. m at Cal- vapy Baptist church by.the Rev. J. W. Spillers Burial was in Rose mont cemetery. 2 James E. Wolfe, "Marvin Gault, C. T Thomason, L. R. Gray. Carl Chaney, George Reid and Bill AJSrams P ^ Rev. J. E. Merchant is pastor of with the purchase of the lot at the lilc church, and mentberatup of I corner of Ferguson and MusgnWe lhe c burch is listed at 58J. | streets adjoining their present ~ ^ property The church now oRrns ; llpyj DafliA {fati/Ml ‘ the entire block.on Ferguson street ( I*®™ IVQUIU JIQIIUII 1 from’ Broad to Musgrove. ' I m- - 1 I J rriday at Launnourg, w. C.,J The pastor’s home situated to fAF ( ||n|All AcIfAfl hospital following a brief illness, the rear of the church will be w wimisvm rwewaa A native of Newberry county, moved to the corner lot recently she had made her home in Clm-'purchased, and the new structure ton most of her life. She was a built between the church and the daughter of the late James Her parsonage The addition will be man and Addie Piester Aull. She joined to th^ present building. ^ was a" membeT of the FirsjfPres-. The proposed plant includes a reported byterian Church and was dietic- one-story section to house a so- A Washington dispatch says that ian at, Presbyteriap college for cial hall with adjoining kitchen the new station, to be known as 22 years. Mfs. Hunter wa$ 4 mak- The hall will double as a men’s Clinton Broadcasting Co., will op ing her home with her daughter, class roorm It has a storage and erate on 1416 kilocycle* with 500 A request has been made for a construction permit for a new ra dio station in Clinton, the Federal Communication commission has watts power daytime hours only. Virginia S. Greer. Greenville, Rt 1, “and others’* were named as making the application. The other owners were listed as Jake T. Presson, H E Paome, Cleatus O. Brazzell and Henry O. McDonald, Jr., with no addresses given Station WLBG, operating out of Murder Charge Lodged In Miller JFejknor Deaths Louisiana Officials Have Pistol Used Police officials have arrested a | tests indicated that this was -the man who admitted ownership of weapon used-in the shootings, and, the pistol which the FBI says was bought it at a Shreveport the murder weapon used in the I . * , „ . . J fatal shootmp af Frank E Miller Itf—alry .to™ « hours befdre.the and his son-in-law. Capt Ealward ; men wre shot. Kelly s«k1. Felknor, in Alexandria, ' La., in j _ the early morning of December! County ConCCf Society In Annual Meet Tonight 22. Mr. Miller and Capt. FeUcnor were shot In the Felknor home in Alexandria by a burglar who had been cornered in the home ^ Mr and Mrs. MlJWr- had gone to Louisiana, ^ spend the Christ mas holidays with Capt. and Mrs. FeLknof. ' , Following is a‘ news dispatch from Alexandria' Alexandria, La . Jan 10—Mar-J sum g year will be elected, also ion Alton DeJe.in, 29. o( Shreve port, today ,was charged with mur der in the deaths of an Air Force captain and his father .-in-law Capt Edward Felknor, of Knbx- ville. Term' and Frank Miller, of Clintpn, S. C , were slam in Alex andria* Dee - 22. Rapides County Sheriff Grady Kelly filed the. murder charges againlt DeJean, who was arrested last jught -in Shreveport and brought here. The widows of the! Laurens, Jan. 10—Mrs. Sarah D. DeLoach, Laurens county ‘eom- 'tnander of the American Cancer Society, said the annual society meeting will be held Thursday at 8 p m. at the Laurens County Health Dept. '• , • President W .E. Hunt state.-, the ■t officers and directors for the en- the treasurer will report fy:ts vn research, education and service lor locd! cancer patients. _ j A film, “Horuons of Hope." w ill bo shown by Marvip Royster./ At least two cured cancer pa tients will be present and com ment on the aid given them thru the Laurens countv unit E t moIic is invited • ' Golf Association GrandsonTscrved as pall bear-[ two meri wer * en route Luncheon TuesdoV - firi.i from Plmtdn — MISS SPEAKE Bfias Speake and Mr. Thomas drive for polio funds for Hfc year. MR. THOMAS y have perfected their argmal- 1 sattan. and the campaign ia now an, beginning ers. The. honorary posed of members Bible class. rTucort tx'rs of 1 /, was com- the Men’s ^ B1RDSEY STORE MOVES The Birdsey Feed and Flour store has moved, from its old lo cation to the building on the corn er of Musgrove and Enterprise formerly occupied biy Holland’s. dria from Clinton, the' sheriff ad^ed., ' - No date for a prelupinary hear ing wJs set immediately District Attorney Stan F Thompson said a special session of the grand jury would be called to consider the charges,. Kelly said DeJean admitted own ing a .22 caliber revolver found here last Thursday. FBI ballistics * Men>bers of the Woman's Golf Association of Lakeside country club will meet for a* luncheon at twelve o’clot^t Tuesday. January 17 Tee off time after lunch. All members are asked to please notify the hostesses Mrs. C. W Cbpelahd and Mrs. L H Adair whether or' not they plea to attend, by Saturday the 14th.