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Hie Chronicle You Don’t Got the Nows ©Itntxin The Chronicle Striv es To Bo A Clean New*- paper. Complete. Neway and Reliable — Volume LVII Clinton, S. G, Thursday, July 12, 1956 Number 28 State Highway Dept Recommends ipr of Traffic Changes In City Report Received Future Citizens of Clinton Byputy Council *) r) Recommendations by the state highway department for traffic improvement in Clinton were re*- ceived Monday night at the July meeting of city council. The five-page report and recom mendations were the result of a survey made by the highway de partment at the request of city officials. Six major recommendations were made for changes in the city's traffic lanes, plus a number of minor suggestions to improve the flow of traffic through the city. “To a large extent,” the high way department said, “this report consolidates or brings up to date investigations with recommenda tions previously submitted to the city for traffic improveme»t, but upon which no action, was taken by the city.” Council members have had cop ies of the report with accompany ing drawings for two or*’ three weeks for study. At Monday’s meeting no action was taken, but the mayor and council invited comments from interested citizens after they have read the report and studied its recommendations. Chief points In the recommen dations ere: Change parking on Broad street in the tiloch from Mein to Pitts from angle topataUeL it anglr peeking on the of West Main west of Broad afreet.-^— Replace obsolete signal equip ment at Broad and Main street aad Broad and Pitts with modem standard equipment. Install standard stop-and-go signal at Broad and Florida. Coordinate signals on Broad street to provide for a progressive flow of traffic oh this street. Construct traffic pedestrian is land within the public square en trance to Broad street. south street— Pet - Donald • Gary Mac - Sera • Elizabeth - Robert June Ann Linda The eighteenth and final presentation in The Chronicle's series of photos of Clinton children appears today. Teg sow, left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Denial S. and Robqft, S, _ .. .i row: June. 4. d»u Ann, t year, end Linde. Stt Suddath. 7, Pet 5, end Gery, 1 year, chil- >; Sere, 7. end Mho, • (top). ^ of Mr. and Mse. lL C. Wen. «f Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Dunnway; of Mr. and »|n. B. Bolan |*i No sttempt was made to eval uate the need for perking facili ties within the business district or other congested areas. It was not ed, however, that parking at sev eral locations seriously impeded the flow of traffic* Breed Street Between Main And Pitta Streets Angle parking is now permitted on both sides of Broad street be tween Main and Pitts streets. This is the only block of Broad street on which angle parking is permitted and is also one of the heaviest traveled (blocks in the city. The width of Broad street in this block varies from 46 to 48 feet and with the present angle parking the dear roadway width for two-way travel ^reduced at points to leas than fO feet. The clear width is reduc ed even more when trucks park in these angle spaces. When vehicles leave these parking spaces, they usually (block one direction of trav el and frequently both directions. Main Street Between Bread And ThernweU Streets It is recommended that four traffic lanes be marked on Main street between Broad and Wall streets, two lanes east bound and two lanes westbound. Parking on the street should be prohibited for about 150 feet west from Broad street as at present. Angle parking on the south side, between Broad and Thomwell streets, about seven in all, should be changed parallel to provide better lane alinement and reduce congestion just west of Wail street. Sloan Street The curb to curb width of Sloan street varies from about 25 up to 30 feet. Parallel parking is per mitted on both sides throughout most df the curbed section. Con siderable .parking on both sides was noted between Pitts and Jackson streets, where perking is present on both sides, the usable roadway is reduced at that point to a width sufficient only for one way traffic. It is recommended that parking be prohibited on one side of Sloan street throughout the curbed sec tion to provide for two-way traf fic on this street. The following paragraph is from an earlier report furnished the city: “There are many streets in the city of Clinton too narrow for adequate two-way traffic when perking Is permitted on both sides. It hr recommended that the city review its street system and make changes in parking where precti- oable end where needed fo pro vide clear lane widths which ere reasonable for two-way traffic, or institute one-way traffic on cer tain city maintained streets.’’ Of W. Main And And Adair And Florida Ofreeli Stop-and-go signal control does not appear to be warranted at .either of these intersections end more efficient control could be ob tained fay employing slop signs end removing ifoe signals. Should Mch College Gets $45,000 From Ford Foundation Designated for Professors' Salaries Presbyterian college has reoeiv- Jr., chairman of the board and ed a (heck lor $48,000 front Ike president of the Ford Foundation, Ford Foundation, IVagdont liar-1 declared: shall W. Brown announced today., this action the Ford Foun- The check was sent as the first 1 datioc reaffirms its conviction that installment of the gift earmarked I the future of our entire society for PC as its part of the giant i rests upon the quality otf American $500,000,000 grant which the Poun- 1 education. dation plans to give to privately j “Teachers and the teaching sys- s upper ted colleges, universities and tern are at the very heart of our medical schools. educational structure; yet the eco- Dr. Brown said a similar check to complete the gift will be sent to Presbyterian college by the Ford Foundation by July 1, 1857. The president said the funds have been placed in the perma nent endowment tor use on faculty salaries. Presbyterian is one oi six hun dred and thirty privately-support ed colleges and univarsities of the United States which this week will receive checks totaling $130,000.- 000 as The Ford Foundation’s first payment under its program to help raise faculty salaries. Other institutions of higher learning in South Carolina re ceived Ford Foundation grants are: Allen University, Columbia, $05,000; Benedict college, Colum bia, <$50,000; ClallJa college, Orangeburg, $45,000; Coker col lege, Hartsville. $50,000; College of Charleston, $40,000; Columbia college, Columbia, $55,000; Con verse college, Spartanburg, $60,- 000. Erskine college, Due West, $55,- 000; Furman university, Green ville, $250,000, including accom- piikhment grant; Lander collage, Greenwood, $40,000; Limestone college, Gaffney, $40,000; New berry college, Newberry, $40,000; Presbyterian college, Clinton, $45,- 000; Wofford college, Spartanburg, $65,000. i In connection with the faculty] salary grants, H. Rowan Gaither, nomic burden that rests upon our teachers is a heavy one. “So I must emphasize that these grants are only an approaoh to, and not a solution of, the problem. 14 is hoped that the grants will be interpreted as a challenge by the thousands of alumni, friends and institutions whose support is vital to private education and to our so ciety.” Young Clinton Negro Stabbed By Woman Andrew Bartee, 22-year-old Clinton Negro, was stabbed to death Friday night on the south ern outskirts of town. Wielding a nine-inch kitchen knife and being charged with the murder, Doris Miller, 21, was re leased on $1,000 bond, granted by Judge Steve C. Griffith of Newberry. Sheriff W. A. Lowery said the woman told him that Bartee ac costed her in front of her home where she lived with her aunt, Connie Young. Bartee, she said, beat her up and chased her into the house when she refused to get into a car with him. When he followed her into the house and was still threatening her, she said, she brought the knife out of the’ kitchen and in a struggle that followed stabbed him with it. He died in a hospital about an hour later. 4-H Club Members And Leaders At Camp This Week Laurens county 4-H club boys and girls, local leaders, and ex tension agents are at Camp Bob Cooper, Clarendon county, this week. Leaving last Monday by buses from the Agricultural building in Laurens were 63 club members and five local leaders. They will return Friday afternoon. Local leaders making the trip to assist Miss Celeste Rogers and Miss Myr- tice Taylor, county home demon stration agents, and R. J. Bennett, assistant county agent, were: Mrs. J. B. Hill. Cross Hill; Mrs. Beatrice Sloan, Whitten Village; Mrs. R. J. Bennett and Miss Dorothy Moore, Laurens; Sanford Chapman, Rt. 1, Laurens, and Rudolph Blakely, Rt 1, Laurens. The buses are being driven by Don Willis and Gene Marlar, Greenpond community, and Mil- ton Bums, Mountviile. While at - camp chib members will have recreational perlo^j and be given instntotkms 06~$«rttps subjects such as crafts, tractor op eration and swimming. Laurens county dubsters will camp with dubsters from Lexing ton county. To became a 4-H club member, the boy or girl is to be at least ten years old and conduct a worth while project under the supervi sion of toe county and»home dem onstration agents and assisted by local leaders. There are 27 organized boys and girls 4-M clu^>s with 726 members in the county. These clubs meet once each month, and each club has its elect ed officers. City To Rebuild Lighting System In Business Area Joanna Has Game And Half Lead In Carolina Textile After a week’s layoff for the July vacation period, the Caro lina Textile league goes into this week’s play with the Joanna Hor nets leading the pack by a game and a half. i‘ Joanna has a game with Green wood to make up. It will prob ably be played next week, since the managers will put their play ers through the paces this week ot get back into condition after the layoff. Th* Standings Joanna 13 Whitmire 12 Greenwood 10 Ninety-Six 10 Mathews 9 Calhoun Falls 9 6 8 9 10 10 10 .684 .600 .526 .500 .474 .211 Mathews and Calhoun Falls had a game scheduled Friday no report has been received of it before the vacation period, but being played or postponed. If played, and won by Mathews, they would be tied with Ninety- Six tor fourth place. If won by Calhoun Falls the standing would not be changed. Gamas This Waak Friday— . Mathews at Ninety-Six. Calhoun Falls at Green wood. Whitmire at Joanna. Saturday— Ninety-Six at Mathews Greenwood at Calhoun Falls. Joanna at Whitmire. Council Requests Care On Part of Water Users City council Monday night requested that residents be careful in their use of water. They are urged not to use more than they The water supply at preeeni is adequate. B. R. Austin, superin tendent of the water plant said, but on some days conusmption exceeds the million gallon capacity of pumps and filter plant. Pumps at the Duncan Creek water station have bean operating on a 24-hour daily basis for some weeks, he said. Additional small er pumps in wells st the city water plant have been pieced in ope ration to augment the supply from the creek. Water from the wells does not have to be filtered. While no reatrictions on the use of water are planned at pres ent, users are requested to be careful end not waste any Urge amount, it was said. Mr. Austin and his men work around the clock, he said, to keep the water supply in balance, making up in off hours the supply on hand to compensate for that lost when consumption was more than that produced. control be retained, however, the present signals should be replaced with standard signal equipment and should be operated as Hash ing signals during periods of low traffic volume and at all times when not functioning as stop-end- go signals. Flashing yellow should be shown to toe Main Brest and flashing red to tbe aide street. Intersection Of Broad Aad Broad . a, 5rva CCo® Traffic volume from Centennial far below those warranting toe installation of stop-and-go signal control and such control is not recommended tor this intersection. A number of other points were commented on in the report, and the more important ones included more detailed suggestions than can be incorporated in Ibis new* ar ticle. It was noted that there are no signal lights at Broad and West Carolina. The report stated that stop signs would be more practical and affective at this point due to of railroads on i presence sides. Copies of the report are on file at the office of the dty clerk and interested citizens may see upon Dairy Tour Slated In County July 13th Arthur Baumberger of the Hickpry Tavern community, president of the State Ayrshire association, has announced that plans are underway for a dairy farm tour of three Ayrshire com mercial dairies of the county Fri day. The tour will begin on the Alex Simpson farm, Cross Hill, July 13, at 10:30 a. m., and end in the afternoon at the Arthur Baum berger farm. There will be one or two other Ayrshire dairy farms included on the tuor. The tour is open to any dairy man regardless of his breed of cattle. Lahrens county Ayrshire breeders have some good produc ing herds, and have always made a good showing at the Laurens county fair, County Agent C. B. Cannon, says. at ADAIR m TRAINING Major William D. Adair Is Fort Jackson, Columbia, for4 weeks field training with the 3063rd Replacement Training Revival Services Next Week At Fairview Church Revival services will be held next week, Sunday through Thurs day, at Fairview Baptist church. Time for the services is 8 o’clock. Rev. J. iH. Darr, pastor of toe First Baptist church of Clinton, will be toe speaker. Rev. T. B. Altman, pastor of Fairview, invites the public to at tend the services. Rev. Mr. Gibbons At Broad St. Cburch Speaks Friday Council Authorizes $20,000 for Job Rev. Murray Gibbons will come on July 14 to serve as assistant pastor and work in toe Sunday school departments of Broad Street Methodist church for the remain der of toe summer. A native of Clarendon coupty, the (Rev. Mr. Gibbons waa grad uated with an A. B. degree from Wofford college in 1866 and la now a student at the Candler School of Theology, Emory university, At- Renovations On College Buildings AreHJnderwoy Extensive renovations are un derway on two buildings on the Presbyterian college campus. Business Manager G. Edward Campbell, announced today. He said the summer work is ex pected to cost approximately $20,000. Activity already is underway in Spencer dormitory where the bathrooms and shower stalls are being refinished in tile. New fur niture also will be added to this building. Work is expected to begin within the next week on two laboratories in the Jacobs Science hall. Plans call for refinishing and enlarging the freshman bi ology laboratory, and refinishing the advanced biology laboratory. Clinton J. H. A/s At Ocean Drive Camp Nineteen Clinton JHA’s are at tending the Junior Homemakers camp July 10-16. While at Ocean Drive the girls will plan, prepare and serve their own meals. Twice daily they will go to the waterfront. Other entertainment will be a square dance with FFA’s from Murrels Inlet camp, a boat trip on Little River, crabbing and picnicking, and a visit to Brookgreen gar dens. The girls will attend a lo cal church on Sunday. Each of the ten schools at camp will take part in vespers Sunday night. Assisting the sponsor. Mrs. Bannister, will be chaperones, Mrs. Camille Huey, a teacher in the Rock Hill schools, and Miss Peggy Mclnvaille, a home eco nomics major in her junior year at Winthrop college. The students, who will be at tending camp are: Misses Rose Snelgrove, Alivee Cunningham, Betty McDanitl, Kay Smith. Elizabeth Horton, Sue Boyce, Mary Cunningham, Myrna Sease, Sandra Ray, Lou Jones Corn wall, Pat Chisolm, Betsy Davis, Martha Bryson, Margaret Mad den, Lucinda Quarles, Toni Ray, and Dolly Crouch. Toni and Dolly will be junior counselors. Bobby Watts will be th e bus driver. DR. CASTON AT SCOTT AIR FORCE BASS Dr. W. J*. Carton, of Wbitteo Village, Lt. Colonel in toe Air Force Reserve, is ait Scott Air Force Base, Hi, near St. I attending a two-week refresher course in personnel # staff methods. Mrs. Caston and son, Frank, Jr., accompanied him. They plain to visit Chicago and other points of interest before their return. He will conduct prayer at the ,church this coming Wed nesday evening. Only Ona Fire Cat! Made During ManHi Thug far in July only one fire call has been answered by the Clin tab fire department. That was a grass fire on South Bread street Saturday morning. GHAUNCEY W. LEVER Chauncey W. Lever To Address Local Lions Club Friday Chauncey W. Lever, director of public relations of Abney and Erwin Mills, will be the speaker at the Lions club meeting Friday evening at 7:30 at Hotel Mary Musgrove. Mr. Lever, former general man ager of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, now directs pub lic relations for the 27 plants of Abney Mills and Erwin Mills in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Mississippi. The plants em ploy 15,000 people. The topic of Mr. Lever’s talk at the Lions club meeting will be u Public Relations.’’ Police Department Takes In $1,312 In Fines For June Clinton’s poDce department lev ied fines of $1,312 and 315 days were given on the public works to violators of the cKy’s ordinances during June, according to the monthly report submitted to city council Monday night by Chief R. B. Ballard. The assessments were made in dty court by Recorder Henry M. Young. Nine cases were made against offenders for driving under the influence of intoxicants, for which $406 was paid and 45 days given. Four were arrested for violating the liquor laws, and they paid $300 and 60 days levied. Speeding and reckless driving charges were lodged against 19, one was suspended, and the others paid $225. Nineteen were charged with drunkenness, one case was su spended, and $156 and 120 days levied. Cases were made against nine for operating auto without driv er’s license, and they paid $108. Other cases included two charg ed with petty larceny, $27 and 30 days; two for fighting, $24; four for disorderly conduct, $10 and 60 days. Eight were taken in for investi gation or on suspicion. Ninety-eighty violators of the parking laws paid $54. Winners Named In Farm Bureau Contests Laurens — Miss Joan Gibbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Gary Gibbs, Rt. 3, was chosen queen of the Laurens County Farm Bu reau yesterday. Winner of th* talent contest was Patricia Jacks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jacks of Mountviile. In the contest Miss Jacks play ed a piano solo. Both winners are to complete with others in' the state contest to be held in Co lumbia next November. ' Bill Dunaway At Home On leave Bill Dunaway, petty officer, third class, is at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Dunaway, on leave from the navy. ; 7": . Dunaway, in service for only 19 month*, has risen rapidly in rank, serving aboard the aircraft car rier T*raW$- 4 He has been stationed in the Mediterranean area and more re cently was based in Nova Scotia ports. City council on Monday night authorized the complete rebuild ing of the street lighting system in the business area of the city The work will include installa tion of new metal poles equip ped with a new type lamp that gives much improved light Pres ent underground cables, which have been in use for about 30 years, will be discarded and over head lines will be employed Several of the new type lights are already in use at two points in the city, having been placed as an experiment to test their efficiency. They are on West Carolina avenue off Broad street and on West Pitts street The work is a continuation of the rebuilding program of the electric facilities of the city, and is the final phase of the planned program. Council authorized $20,000 for the work, which was also en dorsed by the Bond Commission, under whose authority payments are made on the recent bond is sue by which the electric re- buildipg program was financed. Council also directed that work get underway on the six-inch water line to the site of the new plant of the Cincinnati Floor Manufacturing corporation at the western edge of the city. Council received for informa tion and study a five page survey with drawings and recommenda tions from the slSte highway de partmeot on traffei conditions in the city. The report is covered in detail in another column in to day’s paper. It was noted by council that a. number of property owners in the city have unpaid paving assess ments charged against them that are past due. Unless paid up to date by August 1, council direct ed that collections be made ac cording to law, which includes levying on the property involved, it wa spointed out Council also directed legal moves be made against a number of businesses operating in the city without paying licenses to do business. Also included were a number of other accounts due the city by individrals and business hoqses. Council directed that the firm of Palm and Harris, of Green ville. be employed to make the annual audit of the city’s books for the fiscal year ending August | 31. An ordinance was adopted au thorizing a general election <?n Tuesday, August 14, to elect city officials for the two-year period beginning September 1. Council accepted a deed to cer tain streets through the Mary Henry Arthur property on the north side of town, provided they are located and cleared for use. Councilman James P. Sloan in troduced a resolution calling for an ordinance to prohibit the sale and firing of firecrackers, torped oes and other noise-making and dangerous pyrotechnics within the city limits. The prohibition would not include sparklers, ro man candles and small Chinese firecrackers, it was pointed out. The matter was referred to the police committee, with the re quest that opportunity be given interested parties to express themselves to the committee oh the subject before the next meet ing of council. The clerk and treasurer, W B. Owens, submitted the monhtly fi nancial report, showing the city’s income for June was $28.287 13, with disbursements of $34,431.93. ' All members of council were present including Mayor Hugh L. Eichelberger, Frank M. Boland. Jr.. S. A. Pitts, Harry C. Layton, James P. Sloan, George W Bag- well and James C. Craine. Brown Attending, Meet In Florida Dr. Marshall W. Brojrn, presi dent of Presbyterian college, will be in Daytona Beach. Fla., later this week attending the annual meeting of the Southern Region al Education Board meeting. He left Clinton on Tuesday and will be in Daytona Beach on Thursday and Friday as an offic ial representative of the state of South Carolina on this board. President Brown has served as a member of the executive com mittee since the establishment of the education bora* some years •*o Revival Services At LeesvHle GiarcJi Revival services are being held this week at the Leesville South ern Methodist church. Services each evening are .at 7:45. Ser vices Sunday will include church school at 11:00 a. m and preach ing at 12:13. Sunday will be observed as annual homecoming Sunday with picnic dinner on the grounds. The pastor, Rev. J. H. Roque- more, is doing the preaching, and the public is cordially invited. Leesville church is just off the old Laurens-Clinton road four miles north of Clinton. Clinton Legion Team To Meet Greenwood Tonight In League Six Play-ofi The Clinton American Legion team meets Greenwood tonight at Newberry at 8 o’clock in a playoff game for League Six, af ter tying up the league race Tues day night with a 2-0 win over Greenwood at Greenwood. Both teams have won nine and lost three Clinton has been designated as the home team in tonight's game by a flip of a coin. Sease or Patterson will take the mound for Clinton, and Green wood will probably counter with Godfrey or James. The winner of this game will play North Augusta, winner in League 10 This series will start Friday night, with the site not yet determined. Turaday's Gam* In a surprise move Tuesday night in Greenwood, June Raines took the hill—and take it he did —as he hurled a two-hitter. Raines had a no-hitter until McBride singled in the seventh The second Greenwood hit came in the ninth inning after two were out. Traynham doubling to right center. Clinton scored its first run_ m the top of the sixth when Smith led off with a , single, Samples {. four went down swinging. Raines pop ped out to first. With Sease bat ting, Smith stole second and Sease promptly scored him with a long drive to right center. Sease was out trying to take third. The locals scored their second run in the top of the ninth when Raines singled home Samples, who had beat out an infield hit, and who had taken second and third on wild pitches. This took care of the scoring for the night as Raines and Ross both pitched brilliantly Greenwood threatened in the seventh when McBride jingled. After Raines had struck out Bell and' Traynham, Rowe walked. A wild pitch moved McBride to third and Rowe, running for Rowe, to second. With Bobby Leee Godfrey hitting for Sluder. Coach Burnett ,had Raines walk Godfrey to load the bases. With Raines, bearing down Botts hit a short grounder to Cooley who stopped on first and Greewood's only scoring threat was stymied. Raines had 13 strikeouts and walked 4 in pitching hsi master piece. ' Ross pitched fine ball for Greenwood, giving up seven hits, two of these infield hits. He had nine strikeouts and ex hibited excellent control by- walking no one. “Peanut** Smith looked like a veteran behind the plate. “Pea nut” caught an excellent hall game. He threw out two base runners trying to steal second. Johnson, Clintoh’s right field er, played a fine defensive game in right field. Smith was the only hitter on either club getting mor e tha one hit. Peanut" has two for League Six Standings Chrfton 9 3 Greenwood — 9 3 Newberry $ 7 Laurens -u— 1 U Thursday — Clinton. 38; Lau rens, A Friday—Clinton, 9; Laurens, I. Greenwood, 31; Newberry, 1. Saturday — Greenwood, 11; (Continued on page 4) . r