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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
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53 Vj
Greenville 520
18
42
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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
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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.
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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
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The Vote in District
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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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