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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 18, 1956
Number 42
Senator Here Friday
THOMAS A. WOFFORD
Senator Wofford Speaks
At County Club Meeting
. Says He Will Resign Post on Nov. 7
Senator Thomas A. Wofford
told a Larens county audience
last Friday night that he had en
deavored to be a working senator
in Washington in Order to justify
his interim appointmnet to the
office by Governor George Bell
Timmerman, Jr., last spring. He
said that of the 89 times he had
had the opportunity to vote on
maesures in the senate, he had
voted 88 times.
Wofford was appointed to the
United Stages Senate in April to
fill out that part of the term
Senator Strom Thurmond had
agreed to serve after having been
elected to a full six-year term
by a write-in vote in 1954, suc
ceeding the late Senator Burnet
^faybank. Thurmond promised
the voters of the state he would
resign after two years in order to
enter the first available primary,
which he did in June after re
signing in April. He was nomi
nated for the remaining four
years without opposition, and it
is expected that he will be elect
ed in the general election on No
vember 6.
Wofford stated that he will re-
■ sign his post on November 7. He
did not say so, but the implica
tion was that his resignation will
open the way for the governor to
appoint Thrmond as senator at
that time.
Wofford stated that some have
said htat his appointment to the
senate was a pre-arranged af-
, fair. This is not true, he said.
The first he knew of the im
pending appointment was the day
before he was appointed, when
he was invited to be a luncheon
guest of the governor.
Wofford, a Greenville attorney,
referred to his early days in Lau
rens county, where he was born
at Madden Station.
He said he had endeavored to
work for the interests of little
man in South Carolina—'the wage
earner. He told of his support of
the bill that would have ena^jed
the payment of social security to
the totally disabled beginning at
the age of 50, rather than waiting
until age 65.
Wofford scored the Republi
cans for allowing the Japanese
to set their own quotas for im
ports of textile goods into this
country. Can you imagine any
thing as ridiculous as that, he
exclaimed.
The senator referred to the
i school situation in Washington,
calling it deplorable. The papers
have craried reports of the re
cent investigation by a congres
sional committee, he said, but
they told only half the story, he
declared.
Wofford told somethng of the
workings of the senate, where,
he said, most senators are pa
triotic and hard-working men.
Speaking of social life in Wash
ington, he said it was there for
those who cared to enter it, but
that he attended few social af
fairs, preferring, instead to at
tend to business at hand. He took
one trip, he said, to Key West,
Fla., in company with a group
of senators.
Wofford spoke at the "annual
joint meeting of members of ser
vice clubs in the county. The
affair was held at the fair gronds
on the Clinton-Larens highway.
He was introduced by O. L. Long,
Laurens attorney, who recalled
the senator as a “little red-head
ed school boy who years ago
came to me for help in a declama
tion contest.”
The Laurens Jaycees made ar
rangements for the meeting A
barbecue dinner was served to
about 300.
Baptist Church
Plans Remodel Or
Rebuild Auditorium
The First Bbptist church on
Sunday voted to employ C. W.
Fant and Son, architects, of An
derson, to make a survey in an
efifort to determine whether to re
model or rebuild the present audi
torium of the church.
The firm had served as archi
tect for the original building about
1909 Since that time two addi
tions have been made, the last be
ing opened fo^- use in July 1955.
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Opens Used Cor
Lot And Station
Timmerman Motor company,
headed by E Murphey Timmer
man, is now operatiug the Purol
Service station on East Carolina
avenue and a used car business on
the adjoining lot.
A commercial announcement of
the opening of the business is
carried in the advertising columns
of today’s paper.
Cash Award Doubles For
Saturday Trade Drawing
• 60 Participating Stores Give Tickets
The cash award for the Clinton
Trade Days drawing Saturday will
be $40.90 since last week’s jackpot
was noil claimed within the re
quired time limit.
A Joanna resident. W. W. Niv-
er’s name was drawn for the jack
pot award of $20.00 but did not
identify himself within the re
quired time to claim the award.
On an extra bonus drawing for
the day, Reuben B. Stroud of 303
Francis street, was awarded a
cash prize of $10.00 and was pres
ent to claim the same.
On this conyng Saturday,. the
person whose name, is drawn for
the $40.00 jackpot prize must be
present to claim the prize. In the
event a gift for a second prize is
given Saturday, the person whose
name is drawn for this second
prize will not have to be present
to win. . '
Grand prize in the contest, which
runs through Saturday, Dec. 15,
will be a grand new Ford tudor
automobile Tickets enabling Clin
ton customers to have an oppor
tunity to win may be obtained
from any of more than sixty par
ticipating retail stores in Clinton.
Each person who places a-ticket
in the containers at any time dur
ing the program, has an equal
chance of winning any of the priz
es as does every other person. This
includes the grand prize of the
Ford tudor automobile. ,
Tickets are given as follows:
1) One for asking. (2) One for
each dollar purchase made and for
which cash is paid with a limit
of 100 per purchase. (3) For each
dollar paid on open accounts.
36 Jurors Named
For Second Week
Of Civil Court Term
Thirty-six petit jurors have
been drawn to serve for the sec
ond week of common pleas (civil)
court beginning Monday, October*
29.
They are: Mitchell T. Knight,
Gray Court; E. E. Norris, Joanna;
C. E. Leopard, Clinton Mill; Wil
liam King, Clinton; J L. Thomp
son, Hickory Tavern; Lawrence
Henderson. Poplar Springs; Cicero
Cunningham, Waterloo; J L.
Wright, Grays; James B Williams,
Hickory Tavern; F. H. Golden, Jo
anna; Earl Fulmer, Lydia Mill; T.
E. Coleman, Waterloo; James P.
Lanford, Hickory Tavern; B. M.
Hembree, Pleasant Mound; J R.
Darnell, Joanna; Robert Lee Mer-!
chant, Hopewell; James L. Bailey,
Woodville; Joe Eddy Livingston,
Clinton.
Also, W P Thrift. Lydia Mill;
J. S. Prater, Joanna; H. D. Coop
er, Hickory Tavern; Pat H. Stone,
Princeton; Henry F. Davis, Brew-
erton, Ernest G. Cook, Cook’s
Store; I. O. Ray, Clinton;’ Thomas
R, Martin. Daniels Store; William
B Lollis. Hickory Tavern; Fred
Boland, Mt. Olive; W. F. Turner,
Joanna; W. C. Hellams, Ekom;
George Craig, Watts Mill; Allen
Coleman, Laurens; J G. Bailes,
Laurens; A. Y. Bryson, Laurens;
George D. Padgett, Watts Mill; L.
G. Williams, Laurens.
A similar panel of 36 jurors was
drawn for service the first week of
the term beginning Monday, Oct.
22, and was announced last week.
Judge J. Robert Martin, Jr., of
Greenville, will preside over the
two-week term.
Fourth District
Teachers To Meet
In Spartanburg
Teachers from all four counties
in the Fourth Congressional dis
trict (Spartanburg, Greenville,
Laurens, Union) will meet at the
Converse college auditorium Tues-
day, October 23, to hear discus
sions of affairs of the South Caro
lina Education association and
talks by leadefs in the education
field
Dr Oliver C. Carmichael, Jr.,
president of Converse, is to make
the principal address.
The meeting will begin at 4
o’clock and conclude by 6 p. m.
Lead Movement for Independent Electors
Clinton, Lydia Mills
Hike Employee Wages
By I Oc Hour Average
An upward revision of wages,
averaging ten cents per hour, is
now in effect for the 1,750 em
ployees of Clinton and Lydia Ly
dia Cotton Mills.
The wage revision represents
approximately $380,000.00 in
crease in the annual payrolls of
these two mills in the Clinton
area This is equivalent to a
new f industry for Clinton employ
ing approximately 165 people,
according to mill officials.
Shown hero are officers of the Laurens county unit of South Carolinians for Independent Electors named Monday mqhl at a meet
ing in the court house at Laurens. Left to right, they are: Mrs. Sarah Dixon D«Loach, of Laurens, who is tne district chairman for
this-area of the state; Mrs. William J. Henry, of Clinton, publicity chairman; Mr. Henry, finance chairman; C W Wier. of Laurens,
county co-chairman; Henry Hunter, of Joanna, secretary treasurer- and James P. Sloan, of Clinton, county chairman.
—Photo by Dan Yarborough
Thornwell Meets
Hickory Tavern in
Homecoming Tonight
Thornwell’s Wildcats will meet)
the strong Panther team from j
Hickory Tavern tonight at 8:00
o’clock in their homecoming
game on the Thorwell field. Each
team has won five games each
had only one defeat. Both teams
this season and each team has
lost their opening ball games by
one touchdown, so this is consid
ered a toss up and the team get
ting the breaks will probably
come out the winner. Thornwell
has been working real hard all
the week for this big battle be
tween two evenly matched teams.
Hickory Tavern is led by big
Larry Madden, 185-lb. fullback,
who is very fast for a big boy.
Madden has scored over 100
points this season and puts on a
good one-man show. His special
ty is sweeping ends and then
out-running the opposition. The
Hickory Tavern team has eight
seniors on U\eir squad to Thorn-
well’s three. Hickory Tavern’s
starting lineup outweighs Thorn-
well’s fifteen pounds to the man.
Thornwell’s team is built
around two of their seniors, Max-
ie Gray and an end, Jimmy Clark,
left halfback. Thornwell’s line
has improved greatly of late and
could be the d ec 'dt n R factor in
the game. , '
The largest crowd of the sea
son is expected out tonight
Two Forest Fires In
County In September
Two forest fires occurred in
Laurens county during September,
according to the State Forestry
commission. The fires burned an
area of 11 acres.
Since July 1 the county has had
12 forest fires that burned 76.7
acres, for an average of 6.4 acres
per fire.
Three persons were prosecuted
in connection with starting the
fires and three convictions were
secured.
Retail Merchants
Meet This Morning
Retail merchants of Clinton are
invited to attend a meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce Merchants
committee this (Thursday) morn
ing in the ballroom of the Mary
j Musgrove hotel.
Consideration will be given the
closing schedule for the holiday
period between now and January
1. as well as other matters con
cerning fall and Christmas activ
ity. . r
WITH COOPER MOTOR CO.
Friends of James O Barre will
be interested to know he has ac
cepted a position with Cooper
Motor company Mr Barre has
for the past several years been
connected with Lvdia Mills Store
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Independents In County
Name Slate of Officers
Sloan, Chairman, Blasts Both
Community Chest Seeks
$17,987 ForAgencies
Red Cross, Cancer Society Get Funds
The American Red Cross and
the American Cancer- Society are
two important agencies participat
ing in flhe Community Chest of
Greater Clinton as plans are made
for the 1957 campaign on Novem
ber 5-10.
Of the total chest goal of $17,-
987 for the coming year, the Red
Cross has been given a quota of
$3,744 and the Cancer Society $2 -
200
Approximately 52 per cent of
the Red Cross funds go to the na
tional office for emergency relief
use in great disasters, such as Hur
ricane Flossy. More than 1,500
families required some type of as
sistance after this hurricane struck
destroying 124 homes and damag
ing another 3,000 Gulf
chapters in Flossy’s path shelter
tative who since has taught 20
—ntor Llogiianls. A successful first
aid course was sponsored last year
in cooperation with the Clinton
American Legion Auxiliary, and
this course wiki be repeated next
year if 15 or more persons are in?
terested
Mrs. Satah D. DoLouch, ■Laurens
county commander of the Ameri
can Cancer Society, has announced
that this fund aided 72 patients in
Laurens county during the past
lycar Three-fourths of these can
cer patients were located in the
Clinton part at the county, where
the quota was approximately one-
third of the total funds raised in
Laurens rounty
Mrs DeLoach explained the so
Farmers 01 Duncan
Creek Watershed
To Meet Tonight
Duncan Creek watershed area of
A meeting of farmers of the
Laurens county will be held to
night (Thursday) at 7 30 at the
Long Branch school house
The meeting was called by Ry
an jF Lawson, chairman of the finance chairman; and Mrs Wil-
Laurens County Soil Conserva-! ham J Henry, pubhcitv chair- promote the campaign
tion dstrict. with the assent of I man , Sloan, upon assuming the post
the supervisors of the district. About twenty people attended of county chairman, urged his
tor the purpose of discussing the, meeting hearers to take a stand for the
possibility of a watershed pro-' sloan was nominated * by G . I Souhtern way of Ufe. ’If it
gram for the Duncan Creek 1 Wallace Abercrombie, of Gray comes to a question of holding
The objectives of the program Ccim-t, Rt 2. seconded by Wier • °ff>ce and supporting the Thde-
will include reduction of flooding j w, er wiUi nominated by Mrs pendent movement, then we'd
water damage, reduction of sed:- i M rs J H Boyd, of Laurens, sec- gather aot hold office.” He pre-
ment damage, erosion control, onc jed by Abercrombie * , dated that the county will give
drainage, irrigation, fish and u.. o... (a majority vote to the Independ-
J.ime- P Sloan. Clinton, was
named county chairman of- South
j Carolinians for Independent Elec
tors at .an organization meeting
j Monday night at the epurt house
in Laurens
C W Wier, of Laurens, shenff^j
nominate of the county, 11 was j
named eo : chairman,. Henry Hun
! ter, of Joanna. se» retary-treasur
er. William J Henry, of Clinton,
of Virginia, for president, and a
vet unnamed candidate (expected
to be a. prominent South Casolin-
;an. for vice-presidejit,-
Attendants at- the fheetmg in
Layirens Monday night said they
will circularize- the county with
campaign pamphlets, advertise
ments in new papers, and other-
wise inform the public bn aspira
tions of the movement The group
was urged to "do all you cai| to
wildlife improvement, water sup
ply and recreation
Brice M Latham, area conser
vationist, Soil Conservation ser
vice. Anderson, whq has had
wide experience with the new
watershed program will be pres
ent to lead the discssion
The Duncan Creek watershed
covers an area of 16,500 acres,
with 1.800 m f,lopd plain or bot
tom land
-I
Hunter was nominated bv Rus-
ent Elector teket. which will get
than the Republicans
-ell Cooper, of Clinton, seconded
bv Alex Crawford, of Joanna more vote>
Wier nominated both . Henry " nd D t mocr a ts ™™bined th «?
and Mrs. Henry, both being sec- , Nov ‘' rnber ? !ectlon
ended by Cooper Adherents of the movement, he
Mrs - -Sarah Dtxon DeLoadr of ’ ,atd - sre tn good company " He
Larens. member of the- state or- then named many prominent
ganuing committee of the Inde South t arolimans. who are. ^up-
pendfent movement Sid district F ' ' - Independent, ,
Chamber Commerce
Annual Banquet Be
Held Next Tuesday
The annual ladies nigbf banquet
chairman, was temporary chair
man of the meeting and presided
until Sloan's election as chair
man
The object of South Carolinians
for Independent Electors is the
election >f a ate of presidential
electors who will support neither
the Democratic nor Republican
presidential and vice-presidential
Counties south-and east of Co
lumbia, he said, will support the
Independents with a majority
vote, and Charleston .county will
go Independent bv a tremendous
majority
Sloan, who w as a delegate from
the Fourth Congressional district
to the national Democratic con
vention in Chicago in Agust, toid
candidates Instead, it \yas stated of events at the convention, term -
at the meeting that they.would ing the reception that the South
cast their vote 'in the electoral “Carolina delegation received as
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
ed and fed more than 15.000 per
sons for several days during the
emergency.
of the Clinton Chamber of Com
merce and the Clinton Junior
coast j fifty’s expenditures for the past j Chamber of Commerce will be held
year in this manner: j Tuesday evening, Oct. 30 aj the
college for Senator Harry Byrd.
(continued on page 4'
"The county sent $6,009 23 to
state headquarters.. Of this, $1,800
Presbyterian college dining hall
Principal speaker for the occa
sion will be John H. Noyes, South-
MISS ESSIE DAVIDSON,
TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO..
THAD JOHNSON. JR .
B W COOPER.
W C CRAWFORD,
E. P TAYLOR,
WM. NEVILLE,
CREEKLAND FARMS,
City
MISS FRANCES
CUNNINGHAM.
Rock Hill
DAVIS YOUNG.
Pulaski, Tenn.
MRS. C. R MARSH,
Hopkins
WM. L. MOTTE.
Augusta, Ga
NEIL DAILEY,
Knoxville, Tenn.
MISS ELOISE MARSHALL,
Sweetbnar, Va.
. . is to be spent in Laurens county,
Clinton h<||ped ui this relief - . , J ern distinct manager for the Du
jT , , , , i for drug's, tratisp<Mitation, sxxme ^
effort through funds provided f • , , . .- t . .(Pont Companv s Extension divn-
. , ... food for special diets, fuel, bed
S ' ’ an e ‘ linens, night clothes and dressings.^ 1 ' 1 ’ 1 ,’ w
We cannot spend a large amount' 1 ' manager of the
, on any one patient but patients, Ulnton Oh.mber >aid that U.n-
w ] have ‘operations 'and treatment I ton leadere ^
Red through clinics, sponsored bv state with the (W *> r , tunlt >’ °J obtam *
r. „ j ii-u „ ' i . . as speaker for the banquet a
funds When a partient is sent I ' .. , ‘
,l, _l, _ man of Mr Noves ability "Hepre-
through our program we pay , - • , . ,
i . . ■ sentmg one of the great industrial
transportation to and frmn din- ..
• , , . . enterpn/es o’ our country Mr
10, and iurmsh pain medicine up- •
| Noyes is expected to be in a posi-
same type of assistance would be
rushed to this community in the
event of a similar disaster
Mrs. Irby Hipp, Clinton
Cross representative in a part-
time capacity, points out that her
organuation also operates locally
with several programs. There is a
degree of welfare work particu
larly after fires, when she is ask-
on return home.”
The American Red Cross and
the American Cancer Societv
tion to give an informative as Well
Mr. Mat;.
being completed for
musical entertainment by Pres
byterian college students. 1‘resi
dent James Woke of the Chamber
(of Commerce will preside at the!
ed to collect clothing and furniture '"I ' I as an entertming talk
for burned out families. Another ^ A Canwr H ^ said
long-recognized service of the Red ^ °/ thv age,Kies r ^' iv,n * Plan’s are
Gross is its role as contact from the Community Chest of
tween servicemen and their fami- ,tt ‘‘ niton ^
lies in time of emergencies, to as- .
sure necessary quick trips home I 0 MGCf T UGSQQy
that might otherwise be delayed The? Clinton group of the Laur-j affair, which will be informal
through lack of verification sens county chapter of the S. C.i Members, prospective mombe-rs
Mrs. Hipp pointed ou‘ the Red Wildlife Federation will meet or friends of the Jaycees or the
Cross is active in water safety I Tueselay night, Oct. 23 at 7 30 at | Chamber of Commerce are invit-
programs, at Presbyterian college'the Mary Lou Ranch, at which ed to attend, conditioned u;*.n the
and at the Clinton and Lydia Mill time a steak supper will be served, purchase of a dinner ’ako - pru>t
swimming ;mx»L, and had sent to All present, nenv aid, former t<> tin- evening of the banquet
the Red Sross Aquatic school in members are invited to be pres- Tickets are on sale at the offi-
Brevard, N. C, a local repiesen- eni Ices of then Chamber of Commerce
County Fair Opens Gates Monday
-The seventh annual Laurens
cqdnty fair, sponsored by the
Laurens Exchange club through
the Laurens County Fair associa
tion, will throw its gates open
nexf Monday for six big days and
nights.
According to the program, the
opening day, Monday, will be
featured by a beauty contest at
9:00 o’clock in the evening The
winner will reign over the fair
for the entire week.
Tuesday will be white school
day. AU school children through
out the county will be given tick
ets that will admit them to the
fair free of charge. Also fea
tured on Tuesday will be judging
of field crop exhibits, dairy cat
tle show, judging of cooked foods
and the flower show.
Wednesday will be merchants
day There will also be a beef
cattle sliow on Wednesday
Thursday is designated as col
ored school day. poultry
and rabbit show will be held on
Thursday*, afternoon At 8 00 p
m. on Thursday will be the an
nual dog show. This show is
rather unique in that there are
no limitations as to the type or
breed of entries. Any person
who has a dog may ^qter it m
this show on Thursday’ night, and
persons heaving an entry will be
admitted free to the fair that
night
Friday has been designated as
everybody’s day. At 10:30 p m
a new station wagon wfll be giv
en away *
Saturday will be kiddies day.
All school age children will be
admitted tq the fair free all day
long on Jhi.s day and prices of all
rides and amusements will be re
duced for them. At 5:00 p. m. on
Saturday afternoon a pony, bridle
and saddle will be given away.
On the midway this year fur
nishing the amusement and en
tertainment will be Prell’s Broad
way shows, with 23 rides and 13
kiddie land rides
C. K Wright, superintendent
of School Dsitnct 55, annonced
1 that children in his district wiT
be released from** school at noon
on school day so that they may
attend the fair
Billy Hamilton, of l-aurens,
president of the Laurens County
Fair association, stated that final
preparations for the fair are be
ing completed and that he hopds
everyone in the county will at
tend the fair this year jjnd help i
make it- a real success and a
worthwhile asset for Laurens
countv
City Automobile Dealers
Prepare forjfew Models
1957 Versions Present New Look
£ *
Automfdiile dealers in Clinton are all set to show their
new models to the motoring public.
One dealer alreadv has the UK>7 models, one will present
then) tomorrow (Fridayl. Others will follow at later dates.
All njanufaeturers have made changes in the new models,
alome more than-others, and a few have l>een completely re
designed.
Practically all cars have, larger fins in the rear, which is
the outstanding feature uj>on immediate observation. It-.nch
tires will be d'fered >n most, and engines kith increased
horsepower are .» virtually, unanimous chang^. Hoods have
been redesigned, and other changes in bodies, plus decreased
height, give the IftoT models an almost completely new look.
Dealers have been attending advance showings of the car>
in recent weeks and they are enthusiastic over the new models.
Fit-t to hit the market was the Ford, which Baldw ji
Motor Co., has l»een showing in their salesroom for 'he past
two. weeks They will -how 'he new Mereurys >n Nov. 12.
• '* The Chevrolet line will i>e exhibited tomorrow (Friday ) by-
Giles Chevrolet Co.
Cooper Motor Cpiawill show the new Dodge and Plymouth
on October 30. 1
Plaxico Motors will have Chrvslers and PL mouths tor
public view mg also on October 30. *
Palmetto Oldsmobile Co will present the new tXUismoLile
on November 9.
Advertisements telling of the Fords-have already appear
ed in The Chronicle, with one today. two Chevrolet announce
ments are in the paper toxtayTwhile <»ther> are scheduled
later this month and early November.
Buick and Pontiac, which are handled by agencies |n Laur-
en*. and Which schedule ads m The Chronicle, will come out
with their new models on November 9.
Buick is represented by Casque Motor Co and Pontiac by-
Smith Motor Co.