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( V \ If Yoa Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the Newi T i' -a- Volume LVII (UlintDn • Ur ... The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Clinton, S. C, Thursday; August 16, 1956 Number 33 Convention ^ [ eY y Increased In School Districts 55, 56 JAMES P. SLOAN Nichols Photo R. L. PLAXICO Millage Added To Pay Off Deficits The Levy Breakdown County Sp«c. School School Board Wide School Bonds Deficit Educa. Total District 55 18 25 — 6 — 49 District 56 18 21 3 4 — 46 Ware Shoals 51 18 35 — — Vi 53 Vj Greenville 520 18 42 — — — 60 Mauldin. Simpsonville. Fountain Inn Water District 18 Two Clinton men. James P. Sloan and R. L. Plaxico. are attend ing the Democratic convention in Chicago this week. Sloan is a delegate from the Fourth Congressional district, while Plaxico is the alternate for Senator Tom Wofford, who is a delegate at large. South Carolina has 40 delegates to the convention, each with a half vole, for a total of 20 vote*. Ordinarily the state has 16 votes at the convention, but was giv en a bonus of four this time, because the state was in the Demo cratic column in the last presidential election in 1952. Mrs. Sloan accompanied Mr. Sloan and Mr. Plaxico on the trip to Chicago, which was made by automobile. Laurens County School Districts 55 and 56 will have tax increase for 1956, according to a millage schedule ap proved by the county delegation to the general assembly Monday morning at a meeting at the court house. The millage was set by the county auditor. Miss Jen nie V. Culbertson, as the necessary levy to raise the requir ed amount-of revenue to meet obligations of the county and the districts for the year. The levy for District 55 is 49 mills, five more than last year. \ The levy for District- 56 is 46 mills, an increase of two. Ware Shoals Dstrict 51 will i— * — Participants in Talent Show Here Here are shown a srroup of those who appeared in arts at the \rthur Smith show and TV talent hunt Friday nisht sponsored by the Clinton Jaycee chapter. Left to right, they are: The Three Kings, who pi wed first—Joe Cooper. Alan Trammell, and John Franklin. Sonny Smith of the Arthur Smith show, who was master of ceremonies: Mrs. Norma Lawson. Mrs James C. C'raine lean laiwman Dixie Couch. Toni Riddle. George McGinnis. Jimmie Dutton. Dianne Ledford, Mrs Thomas McCraig.—(Photo hv Dan Yarborough'. Sloan Refuses Support Stevenson or Harriman (By Wire from Convention Auditorium, Chicago) As the convention enters its third day, the matter of who will bg the presidential nominee is still in doubt. Gov. Stevenson is reported to have almost enough votes to be nominated if he can hold on to his Southern support. Adoption of a radical civil rights plank in the party platform could throw the convention wide open though. Southern solidarity and unity of purpose thus far is not what I had hoped for. Even in our own South Carolina dele gation/there are those professional politicians who would com promise principle and a strong stand for our Southern way of life for a few crumbs from the national party. The South’s only hope is to stick together from Maryland to Texas and pre sent a minority bloc of votes that will make the platform writ ers and the king-makers give us due consideration. They can only understand and deal in terms of placating minority blocs. I plan to support Governor George Bell Timmerman. Jr., as long as he will permit his name to be considered by the con vention. 1 shall not under any circumstances vote for Harrunati or Stevenson as they are the candidates of the left wing and radical elements of the party. If Timmerman withdraws his name from consideration I hope I shall have the opportunity to support Governor Frank Lausche, of Ohio, a Northerner with Southern sympathies, who believes in constitutional govern ment as we understand it, and, who, in my opinion, is the only Democrat who can beat Eisenhower because he would attract millions of conservative Republicans into his camp. Symington might do, but I fear that his chief virtue is that we don’t know where he stands. I shall not vote for a civil rights plank or candidate antagonistic to the South, and I sincerely trust a reasonable compromise will be worked out that we can con scientiously support and live with. -JAMES P. SLOAN, • Delegate to Democratic Convention. have a levy of 53 u 2 mills, a de crease of 1 Ui, and Greenville Dis trict 520 will have a levy of 60 mills, a decrease of one mill. • The Ware Shoals district is part of the Greenwood county school system and Greenville 520 dis trict is' that part of the county around Fountain Inn which is a art of the Greenville county sys- em. The levy for operating the county is put at 18 mills and pre vails in all districts of the county, last year’s figure. The increases in District 55 It is a reduction of one mill from (Laurens area) and District 7 56 (Clinton area) are for paying off deficits in school operations for the year. The school deficit millage for the Laurens district is put at six mills, whlie that for the Clinton district is four mills. The county recently borrowed $160,000 to complete the opera tion of schools for the 1955-56 year.^ The Laurens district was credmed with $90,000 of the loan and Jhe Clinton district with $20,- Money for the Laurens dis- ict was brorowed from the Pal metto Bank in Laurens, and that for fhe Clinton district from M. S. Bailey and Son, Bankers, and the Bank of Clinton, divided equally. The interest rate on the three loans was two and one- quarter per cent. The millage for regular school operations in the districts remains the same as for last year, despite requests for larger budgets by the trustees in Districts 55 and 56. Two members of the delegation had previously refused to grant the fur^ds for th^ requested in creased budgets without a vote of the people favoring such increas es. No electipr\ was ever held. The levy for school operations in District 56 is 25 mills and that for District 56 is 21 mills and 3 mills for bonds. The levy for the Ware Shoals and Greenville areas remains at 35 and 42, respectively. An 18 mill levy is .also collect ed on that part of the Mauldin- Shnpsonville-Fountain Inn Water District in Laurens countv. I Observance Of Labor ^|| Qjstfkt Day Announced By Joanna Mills C ' Civic Clubs loin In Meeting on August 23 Grier to Address Gathering Thursday .& * — —— — A joint meeting of civic clubs | Durham, N. C. He is executive of Clinton will be held Thursday, August 23, at the Clinton Mill baseball park. Speaker for the occasion will be F. E. Grier, of Greenwood, president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute and im mediate past president Of the South Carolina Textilq Manufac- ’turer’s association. Hfe will be introduced by P. S. Bailey, prsei- dent and treasurer of Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills. Mr. Grier is president and treasurer of Abney Mills, presi dent and treasurery of Toxawa (Textile) Corporation, pnd chair man of the board of Ervin Mills, Funeral Services Held For Mrs. Lopez Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel ^Rebecca Lopez, 60, \kdfe of Peter A. Lopez, were held Thursday af ternoon at 5 o’clock at Gray Fun eral Home, conducted by Rev. J. H. Darr and Rev. Monte Bishop. Burial was in Rosemont ceme tery. Mrs. Lopez died Tuesday night at her“home on Musgrove street after several years of declining health. She had made her home in Clinton for many years and was a member of the First Baptist church. Surviving are her husband, Peter A. Lopez, of Clinton; one son, Roy A. Lopez, of New Or leans, La.; one daughter, Mrs. K P. Leonard, of Orlando, Fla.; her father, Walter Harley, of Wash ington, D. C.; two sisters, Mrs. 4 Myrtle Gillespie and Mrs. Edna Moffet, both of Washington, D. C.; and one grandchild. of 27 textile plants employing more than 15,500 persons. A barbecue supper will served. be Wilson Opposes Charge On Sewers Woodrow Wilson, councilman- elect from Ward 5, has issued a statement in which he says he is opposed in the resolution pass- templated in the resolution pass ed at the August meeting of city council to proceed with plans to build a new water plant for the city of Clinton. In the news story on proceed ings of council in the issue of The Chronicle of August 9, it was stated that Mr. Wilson endorsed the move. However, M^. Wilson, who was at the meeting, says he is in fa/vor of the project, but does not approve of that phase including a monthly sewer charge. - “As city councilman-elect, rep- rseenting Ward 5, I wish to ex press to the people of Clinton: I did not endorse the sewer charge nor did I approve the plan the way it stands. “I think the plan would be of benefit to the people of Clinton But I don’t approve of a direct charge on sewers. I think the money should be appropriated from a more indirect source. “WOODROW WILSON, “City Councilman-Elect, “Ward 5r Bond Soles In July For County $40,550 Series E knd H bond sales for the month of Jqly in Laurens county totaled $40,550.00, reports D. F. Patterson, county savings bonds chairman. Clinton Commerce Olficials Anticipate First Cotton Bale John Tr Young Hospital Patient Friends of John T. Young will be interested knbw he is convalesc ing at the Providence hospital. Co lumbia, where he underwent an operation on Friday of the i past week. ' Joanna. August 10—The second annual Labor Day* observance for Joanna employees and their fam ilies will be held Sept 3 at the picnic shelter on Milton Road and at the Woodson,Community cen ter. Hosts will be Joanna Cotton Mills Company and tl)e Joanna Foundation. The'musical entertainment for this year’s occasion will be “Cousin Wilbur and Blondie Brooks," 'The Country Store Gang.” 'and The Barnett Broth ers,” the latter being the world’s youngest gospel quartets Beginning at 9:30 a. m., events will be scheduled for all age groups at Clark Field park and at the Woodson Community center' They will be made up of races, contests and games, and prizes will be awarded the winners in each event Door prizes will be given to those holding lucky tick ets. o Dinner will be served at 11:30 a. m. The mill will be closed down for the entire day. The Three Kings Win First Place In Arthur Smith Show 56 Trustees Re-Named , i - ■ , ■ - ■ —„ , —„■ The Vote in District t Local Mills TorRecognhe Employees Service Terms Will Begin Awards of Pins, Watches Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills | gold watch Membership in this yesterday annourtced a new com pany policy of recognizing long continuous service of employees Announcement of the move was made by P. S. Bailey, presi dent of the two mills. In announcing the policy, Mr Bailey stated, "Our most import ant asset is the loyalty and devo tion of our continuous service em ployees. Through the years these club is a distinction which can be achieved only in one way—by having served these companies for a continuous period of 25 years or more. No one else is privileged to belong to this ex clusive club, and for such persons membership is automatic. While The Thee Kings, a local piano rums and bass orchestra eom- inatron, was named as first place winner in the Arthur Smith TV talent hiint and show here Friday night at the Clinton Mill ball park. „ s The performance, which was greeted by a good-sized crowd, was sponsroed by the Clinton Jaycee organization The winning trio included Alan Trammell, Joe Cooper and John Franklin They will appear oh the Arthur Smith TV show Charlotte on WBT-TV at an early date and will compete for $500 prize offered by Sputh for the best act from others from the Carolinas area, to appear on the Smith program from time to time Second prize went to an agile | S ( ltu t,.d the board end talented little Clinton miss, Dianne Ledford, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Wyatt Ledford, who gave a piano and dance act Third place position dveeloped a deadlock between. Jimmy Dut- j ton. who gave a pantomine of j Elvis Pressley, and George Me- ^ Gfftnis, who sang to his own gui tar accompaniment Other performances in the nine-act program included a women's quartet composed of Mrs James Craine, Mrs. Norma Lawson, Mrs. Ruby Snipes, Mrs. Loud 5 Webb and JVlrs: Mildred Davjs; Jean Lowman. singer, mitre Couch, tap dancer: Toni ?i JZ - ■£ r~* V y. — — • w • —• ' 1 ~ ' ' C — -* •V t—• ** p p r. U. -L 5 5 2 - _c 'i r. 3J •*_> ( ornwall 1 ***> To .-,4 58 17 66 19> 16 101 8 14 566* Huguley To 54 38 17 66 19 46 101 8 It )66 Rasor 70 55 38 17 66 19 17 101 8 11 568 Addison l.W 70 55 38 17 66 19 46 101 8 14 567 Roberts m 70 55 38 17 66 19 10 101 8 It 567 Blackmon 15 i) 8 4 I 6- 12 10 72 ,1 2 137 Coolly 118 70 46 34 10 60 7 56 29 1 7 12 o ' 429 All members of tht » presc nt | tnct is given elsewhere on this board of trustees of School Dis PUK*' tnct 56 will continue to ^erve .»<■ tion held Tuesday. One new merf)her w and a chairman will be appointed j v'wings by the County Board of Rduca H i kory tion, to bring the number to sev Laurens District S5 Trustees elected—m Dts-tetet—55- were Ford area, Raymond E l . 6 *■' Robertson, Garhngton St area, added { Fred S. Boyd, Jr . Gray Court area, Horace Martrn Tavern area. James D Wasson; Laurens citv area (two), P W McAlister and Robert B. en Formerly five member^ con Koper Clinton Chamber of Commerce ' Clinton and agricultural committee leaders Mills faithful employees have made a inj , number of our loyal employ great contribution to the success j » McCoig, singer First prize of $25 for the Three Kings was presented by M. S ‘‘’"‘"“"‘’"’f u" T” I Bailey and Son. Bankers, .second speaking of this club, Mr. Bailey , ., . , f . , , prize. $10, to little Miss Ledlord. said, We look forward to mem- bership in this organization being enjoyed by a constantly increas- Lydia Cotton The new member is D H Rob erts, who will represent the Ly- d’a Mrtl urea Old members who were named in Tuesday’s election are J J Cornwall and * George Huguley from the Clinton area, James T Addison from the Joanna area. Jake Rasor from the Cross Hill area, and John B .Coolev from the Mountville area The only member of the board who had opposition ih the elec tion was Cooley, who won over S C Blackmon. 429 to 137 According to the law under which the-iielection was held, the Riddle, singer; ancLMrs. Thomas chairrnah juT be named) Corn wall, Cooley, and Roberts will be gin new terms as soon as they can qualify ind will serve until April 1, 1959. Huguley. Rasor and Addison w ill begin new terms April 1. 1957. to serve for three years, until June 1. J1960 However, they will continue their present I terms until they qualify for new this week were seeking reports on the progress of the 1956 cotton crop and anticipating' the date when the first bale of cotton would be ginned at a Clinton gin. The Clinton chamber directors recently voted to sponsor a first bale of cotton ginned contest and offered ,as a top prize to purchase the bale at a minimum of 40 cents a pound. A number of other prizes do nated by the merchants of Clin ton are offered in the contest to the owmer of the first bale to come in. Rules for the contest' inclu'de; (1) the cotton must be gathered from the 1956 crop. (2) it must be raised in Laurens county; and (3) it must be girmed by a Clinton 1 ginner. The agriculture commit tee of the Clinton chamber will serve as judges for the contest and their decision will be final. Besides the 40 cents a pound price, the first bale will be gin ned free of charge. Neighbors-Nobors Family Reunion All members of the Nabors, Na- bers. Neighbors or Neighbours families are invited to attend a re union at Hurricane Baptist ichurch five miles from Clinton on Sun day, August 19 The family his tory will be available at this time. Dinner will be served at 1 o’clock and those attending are asked to bring picnic baskets and beverages for dinner. All friends of the family are also invited Marine Recruiter Here-On Tuesdays T-Sgt. Harold F. Slawson, re cruiting officer for the Marine Corps, is scheduled to be at the Clinton post office on Tuesdays from 1 to 2 p. mr, when he will give iformation to anyone inter ested in that branch of srevice. House Hit By Lightning, Burns A house two miles from thf» Gold service pins will be awarded, beginning with five years of continuous service, with an additional pin, showing the years of service, to be presented upfJn completion of 10, 15 and 20 I city on the Spartanburg highway years of continuous service. i was hit by lightning and burned "Old Timers Club" To Be Formed ! Sunday afternoon dunAg an elec Employees with 25 years of trical storm. Mr and Mrs. Jule .Polk were occupants of the house continuous service will receive a i ruby-set pin and an engraved City Officials Named In General Election Tuesday To Take Oath of Office September 1 by Arthur Smith and the Jay- cees; third prize, divided between Dutton and McGinnis, were gift.; from J C. Thomas and Hamil ton’s, local jewelry firms. New Oldsmobile Agency In Clinton Announced This Week terms April 1 A tabulated vote for the dis Those who will begin their . terms immediately, or as soon as they can qualify are the chair- I man ho be named 6y fhe bounty Boyd, and Martin They will Board of Education). Robertson, serve until April 1. 1959' Beginning their terms April 1. 1957. will be Wasson. McAlister and Roper Holdover members who ^ill continue to serve until next April are: Wasson. Roper and G Miller MeC’uen. The latter was not a candidate in the election The vote tabulation in District 55; . . .Ford. area. W- Edwm Bobo. 21)3. G Henry Cook. 151 Frank C i McDaniel. 67 Raymond E Rob- I orison, 413 Garhngton Street ire a Fred S. Boyd. Jr, 509 Ralph Waldrep. 323 ' Gray Court-Owings arae Hor ace Martin (unopposed) Hickory Tavern area Jamse W Culbertson. 142 James D Was son. 710 Laurens area P W McAlister, 785 Robert B Roper, 798 (both elected' Delegation Takes Action On Several Items Monday . / * « . Names New Members Planning Board The Laurens county delegation James Wasson of Hickory Tavern in'the general - assembly has order- rmi Dr W T- Pace of Waterloo. Democratic nominess for mayor and aldermen for the city of Clin ton named in recent primaries were duly elected in a general election held Tuesday. The vote — 169 — was larger than usual for a general election in Chnton, due to a school trustee election the same day. 4 j Usually a general election for^ 1 ^ city officials in this one-party town brings out only 30 or 40 voters. The primaries are the principal elections, and general Wilson Family Moves To Clinton Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wilson and sons, Carl, 17, and Phillip, 10, are moving this week to Clinton to make their home and will reside in j the J. Will Leake home on North Broad street. They formerly lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Wilson is vice president and elections are largely ignored as they serve only to confirm the results of primaries The vote was’ * *' Joe P. Terry, for mayor. 163 Frank M. Boland, Jr.-, alderman from ward one, J68 A Pitts, alderman from ward 169 Harry C. Layton, alderman from ward three, 168. James P Sloan, alderman from ward four, 168 Woodrow Wilson, .alderman 1 trom ward five, 169 James C. Craine, alderman from ward six, 169 There were six write-in votes for present Mayor Hugh L. Eich- elberger in the up town box af the city hifll Th# Tabulation Palmetto Oldsmobile Company is the new Oldsmobile dealer in Chnton and Laurens county, with Lynn W Cooper, Jr. as owner The company is carrying on its j business in the building formerly occupied by Timmerman Motor ' Co., on Fast Carplira ave which I last week was so lea to Lynn W ' ed transferred to the account of The delegation igreed to put Cooper, Sr. j the County Welfare department several stretches of roads in. '.he The senior Cooper is dealer fori $1,200 which they had previously state highway system for imme- Dodge and Plymouth in both Chnton and Laurens. Announcement of the new Oldsmobile agency is made in an advertisement, in today’s issue of The Chronicle In addition to the agency for Oldsmobiles the company will operate an up to date service department including • facilities for body work Work will be done on al makes of cars The shop staff will include Cecil Me Coy, Fred Tumblin and Harold Riddle. Lonnie Hiers. who was assoc iated with the Timmerman busi- 'ness, will continue as salesman with the new company Terry Boland Pits general manager of the Cincinnati Layton Floor Manufacturing company Sloan which recently located their plant'Wilson 119 here. Craine City Clinton Box Mill Box 113 50 119 49 119 50 119 49 119 49 119 50 119 50 Clinton Mills Weave Room Featured In Business Week The August 11 issue of Busi ness Week magazine contains a full page ad by a textile supply manufacturing company featur ing the new Clinton Cqtton Mills weave room A picture of the modern 1300 authorized at a meeting on Jan- diate improvement and biack-top- uary 9 The transfer, which to ping, among them being that lead ing to the Baptist .^S4pciataun_. ground on Lake Greenwood, a pMd through 'he old Cunningham > < f v in the Waterloo area, the old Rosemont road, the Camp Fel- '■rAstup road to Lake Greenwood, i by-pass from the Joanna-CUn ion highway leading to Presbyte rian college grounds from Hamm’s tilling station, and -ewral others in various sections of the * coqnty as shown on a map It was agreed to r open up a new dreet in Joanna of ipproxunately ope-haLf mile, to be added to the county road system, along with all streets in Joanna recently taken over A water line is* being built from the city limits of Laurens to the airport, for which tne county will pay its agreed upon halt cost when industry comes to the site, it was brought out at vu- meeting The be made from the county contin gent fund, would remove an ap parent deficit <>: the department. The department ha i ncluded the amount in. its lunds for the fiscal year ended June 31 and the mon ey, was spent But in some way Lie credit- wa> not inauV "a' ter. the January 9 approval Mrs ’ Mable Little, iirector of the Welfare department appeared before the. di-legation and made Uie request for the transfer at a meeting at the courthouse Mon day morning Other action at Monday's meet ing including naming three- new other members of the County Planning and Development Board and re appointing two old mem bears The new members are George Phinney and S. T Nicholson, of ^Laurens, and Dr A D. Salter, of Clinton. Those reappqinted ,ire Dwight F Patterson, of l.aurens, aiki Tom citv of Laurens financed the pro- Plaxieo of Clinton jec’ and' Mayor Medlock stated Terms of all members of the the city will not press the board had expired, it was stated, for its half of thC-tlMne the coqnty y until \he area is developed Mayor Hugh Eichelberger asked Making nominations for the new _ board was Representative King loom weave room addition to th^ Dixon, who.cuI!eq for other norm- the delegation to request the high- mill last year is shown along tyith nations None was made. way department to put a sidewalk Members whose terms had ex- on the east side ot North Adair pi red and who were not renamed street in Clinton and to include were: Niles Clark of Waterloo,. (continued on page 4) information concerning the plant and a statement by J B. Temple ton, production vice-president