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/ ' / If You Don't Read The Chronide You Don’t Get the News Volume LVM The Chronicle Striven To lie A (Jean New**- paper. Complete, Newsy and Reliable Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 1, 1956 Number 44 general Campaign for Community ' Copeland Memorial Marker Replaced Chest Scheduled to Start on Monday y I Solicitors Seek to Secure $17,987 Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Has Homecoming Day “fehare Your Blessings — Join | McGee, Mrs. E. Felknor, Mrs J the One Hour’s Pay Per Month |L. Mimnaugh, ^Mrs. Ed Sadler. Assistants — Mrs Ernest Hitt, Mrs. Watts Davis, Mrs. Aylilfe Ja- Club.” With this slogan as a reminder of each person’s social responsi bility, the general campaign of the 1957 Community Chest of Greater Clinton will get underway on Mon-j W J. Morris, Mrs. Pierce Cha day with a great effort to raise i Mrs Robtmt Vance, Miss Cat cobs, Mrs. Marion Nabors, Mrs. John Stevenson, Mrs. Wilmot Shealy, Mrs. Wm. Blackwell, Mrs. Toni Ray was named “Mias Clinton Rich School” and crowned aa queen of homecoming ceremonies Friday night at Johnaon field by John Franklin, president of the stndent body. Playing one of their best games of the season, the Clinton high Red Devils de feated Honea/Path, previously undefeated, by a score of 13 to 0. —Photo by Dan Yarborough nV ' Candidacy for Sheriff Opposes Wier in Tuesday's Election Laurens county, wiU have a vyrite-in candidate for a county office for the first time in its po litical history on November 6. He is Deputy Sheriff Paul Prince, who today officially an nounces his candidacy for the of fice of sheriff. Prince will oppose Caldwell W. Wier, former sheriff, who was nominated for the of&e in the Local Mills To Get Awards For Accident Prevention Record The South Carolina Industrial commission, along with the Tex tile Manufacturers association, announced this week that both Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills will receive awards for outstand ing safety records in their re cently completed accident pre vention contest. The awards will be made at a • luncheon when the 19th annual Accident Prevention conference meets in Columbia on Nov. 8-9. The mills recently completed more than a million man-hours without a disabling accident at the Lydia plant, at which time a celebration was held in the com munity to mark the event. ■ ■ ■■ 1 - ■" 1 ■■■ o County Welfare Dept. Lists Expenses Of $730,351.08 For Year » Laurens, Oct. 26—Total ex penditures for asssitance pay ments and administration of the Laurens County Department of Public Welfare for the year end ing June 30 were $730,351.08, ac cording to the annua! report of Mrs. Mabel Little, director. Of the total expenditures. $48,- 789,96 were for administrative^x- pense and the balance for assist ance payments. Of the total ad ministrative expenses, $46,669.25 was from state funds and $2,120.- 71 from county\funds. The average case load was given as 1.614 causes. Rejections amounted to 262 dhring the year. June prmiary on the Democratic ticket. Wier has since been named as county co-chairman of South Carolinians for Independent Elec tors, whose electors for President and Vice-President are listed on the November U general election ballot under “Nomination by Pe tition." These eight electors will support neither the regular Dem ocratic nor Republican candi dates, but have named Senator Harry Byrd, of Virginia, as their candidate for President and Con gressman John Bell Williams, of Mississippi, for Vice-PresidenL Prince has been a Laurens county deputy sheriff for 15 years, and is well known over the county. “A candidate of one party who accepts an official position in an other party automatically dis qualifies himself,” Prince said Tuesday in discussing his candi dacy. "Therefore, 1 am announc ing my candidacy on the Demo cratic ticket. Many people over the county have requested that I make the race as a write-in can didate." $17,987 for nine participating agen cies. *» A kickoff breakfast for all work ers is scheduled for 8:30 a m. Monday at the Hotel Mary Mus- grove, and general solicitations will begin immediately thereafter. Chest president A C. Young and drive chairman Fred Holcombe have formed a strong organization of voluntary workers to solicit all phases of the community. One of the most effective groups in pre vious campaigns, the women of the house-to-house canvass, is be ing counted upon again to play an iinportant part in the success of the drive. Advance gift solicitations, mean while, already are underway. This committee has been conducting its drive for larger contributions since last Monday and will con tinue into early next week. In this connection, Dr. Holcombe urged all prospects contacted by letter for advance gifts to return their signed pledge cards and contribu tions as soon as possible- The 1957 Community Chest drive, which will extend through November 10, seeks funds for these nine participating agencies: Local Youth Work, American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, Crip pled Children, Blue Ridge Coun cil of Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, American Heart Association, Car- olinas United Organization, and Emergency Relief and Administra tive. Of this drive, Dr. Holcombe has said: 1 "’Before we make our contribu tions, each of us should take time to think for a few moments about the valuable work these nine agen cies are doing; the importance of this •'work to each of us individ ually as we live and work in Clin ton, and what a God-given priv ilege it is to give, willingly and cheerfully to support this work." North—Residential Chairman—Mrs. Jack Red. Captains—Miss Dorothy Taylor, Mrs. Charlie Cooper, Mrs. J- N. Campbell, Mrs. Gary Holcomb, Mrs. J. A. Simmons, Mrs. J. F- Ellison, Mrs. L.“S. Reddick, Mrs; Boyd Watts, Mrs- Irby Ferguson, Mrs. Jeter Trammell. Assistants—Miss Nannie Young Tribble Mrs. R. L. Plaxico, Mrs. E. E Cox, Mrs. Ben Mauldin, Mrs. Herschel Thomipson, Mrs. Hatton, Mrs. Frank Boland Mrs. Harvey Foster, Mrs. Adair, Mrs- Sam McCrary, Fred Bragg, Jr., Mrs. Hack Cheek. Continuing the important house indler, picus, Mrs. Dillard Boland, Mrs. Bill Bell, Mrs. Hubert Todd, Mrs. Full, er Reese, Mrs. Claude Crocker, Mrs. J F Jacobs, Jr , Mrs Hamp Unveiling of a marker honoring John and Margaret Blakely Cope land was a highlight of the 1956 homecoming at Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian church on Sunday. After worship services and a picnic dinner on the grounds, about 200 descendants of the Participating Agencies Local Youth Work American Red Croas Cancer Society Crippled Children’s Society Blue Ridge Council of Boy Scouts Salvation Army American Heart Assn' Carolina United Organization Emergency Relief and * Administrative Stone, Mrs. Tommy Hollis, Mrs. j widely - connected couple and **-***+-r*+*-*-++*r*+-+**-r*~*++-r++***+-^ ■ friends of the church gathered for the ceremonies Mistress of ceremonies was Mrs. Dorothy Copeland Cooper, of Laurens. Following the invo cation by the Rev. J S. Gray, pastor of the church, Mrs. Mollie $ 4,6001 Lavidsort Donnan gave a sketch 3,744! of the life of the first John Cope- 2.200 Hand, "one of those soldiers of 1.200 more than a century ago In j his ragge dregimentals he faced 2,500 death by the musket ball, by the 7501 hangman’s noose . . . that you’ 750| and I might have life, liberty, and [ ' , | the pursuit of happiness." 1.093 The old markers being replaced on this occasion showed that John 1.150 Copeland was born in Ireland about -1784 and died in the Dun- +++**+*■*+*0^*** ****++*++*++»**■+**+*•* Hugh Jacobs. Mrs. Marvin Gault, Mrs. Francis Blalock, Mrs. A D. Salter, Mrs. R. E. Sadler, Jr., Mrs. T- C. Henderson, Mrs. H. W. Tram mell, Mrs. Wm. Hatton, Mrs. Bai- $17,987 ! can’s Creek section on September 7, 1826. His wife. Margaret, daughter of William John Blake ly, was ,born in Ireland in 1758 J and died in this section on Feb ruary 27, 1844. John Copeland 'came from Pennsylvania to this section when The above scene was enacted Sunday at homecoming exercKes at Duncan's Creek Presbyterian church near Clinton, when a new grave marker to the memory of John and Margaret Blakely Cope land was unveiled. The Revolutionary war soldier and his wife were among the early settlers of the Duncan's Creek seetion and were the ancestors of hundreds of people of the Clinton and Renno section, and others who have moved away. The committer that raised funds for the memorial ts shown here, left to right, Mrs. Marion Copeland Neighbors of Clinton. John Richard Copeland, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Copeland of Renno, Mrs. Dorothy,Copeland Cooper of Laurens. James Copeland of Renno. Mft. R. E. (Louda C.) Copeland of Clinton, and Mrs. Mollie Davidson Donnan of Clinton John Richard and Mrs. R. E. Copeland, the oldest living descendant of John Copeland, unveiled the monument, which Is in the cemetery adjacent to the church. It replace-, a former marker at the grave. ley Dixon, Hrs. Heaiih Copeland, Copeland, Mrs. Marion Harrs, Mrs.!^ e was a ^ out 12 years old, join W M Hughes, Mrs C. L. Ireland,! in « a settlernen t i of Scotch-Irish Mrs. Bob Anderson. ’ I immigrants on Duncan s (^reek. which was named for John Duo- Committee — Dr. Frank Caston (Whitten Village): Mrs. Felton Roper Mrs. Lena Y. Lindsey, Irv can, one of the early settlers. Best remembered of the seven children of' John and Margaret ihg C Lown, / Phillip W. Rogers, 1 c 0 p e i an( j were John II, Samuel IS HOSPITAL PATIENT The many friends pf L. B. Dil lard, Clinton businessman, will be interested to know he under- ♦went an operation on Monday at the General hospital in Green ville ,and will be glad to know he is improving satisfactorily. Trowbridge Takes Over As Manager Of Musgrove Hotel William J. Trowbridge has as sumed the management of Hotel’ Mary Musgrove, of this city, ef fective as of October 24 Mr. Trowbridge bought the lease and equipment of A. A. Mc Call, who has operated the hotel for five years The lease under which McCall operated the hotel still has several years to run, it waa stated. Mr. Trowbridge is in the hotel business in Highlands, N. C., but will make his home in Clinton. He will continue his Highlands operation during the summer months, it was stated Hotel Mary Musgrove w& built by and is owned by the Clinton Community Hotel corporation The atffairs of the corporation arc operated by a slate of officers and board of driectors. Most of the stock in the corporation is locally owned. The hotel began opera tions in 1951. Mr. McCall now operates a mo tel in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge are natives of Anderson and have had their business in highlands for a number of years. They have five children and are negotiating for a home in the city. Mrs Lee Haskins, Mrs. Hattie S.| anc | James, from whom the Cope- White, Mrs. Julia A. Littlefield, 1 | a nds-of this community are de- Mr. J Mason Sirrxpson. New Gulf Station Opens The Blue Suede Gulf Station opened this morning for business at the corner of Musgrove and Florida streets. Joe Holland is owner of the sta tion and employees' are John Franklin. Jake D. Arnold and Anthony Clark. ■ r ■ ■ The station is open from 7:00! of John Copeland, and to John scended. A unique feature of the cere monies was the singing of “On ward, Christian Soldiers!",’ led by Pr^sbytenan college according to the old custom of "lining out” the song instead of using hymn books After a stanza was "lined out," the group sang; then the follow ing stanza was "lined out" and sung. Mrs. Cooper presented flowers to Mrs. R E. (Louisa C.) Cope land. the oldest living descendant Fred Hanna Shoots Self In Car at Lydia Monday Coroner Sets Inquest for Saturday a. m until 10:00 p. m • (Continued on paj?e four) Trade Days Award $20 Rev. J. L. Mayer To Lead Services At Lutheran Church Sunday morning. Nov 11, marks^ the beginning of an evan gelism mission at St. John’s Luth eran Church in Clinton Rev. J LeGrande Mayer, pastor of St Luke’s Lutheran church. Char lotte ,N. C., will be the leader. Mr. Mayer is a former pastor of the Clinton church Services will be held through Fred Hanna. 32. of the Lydia as he held the pistil to hi* head. Mills community, died instantly the sheriff said Monday morning at 8 o’clock Funeral services for Hanna 1 from a pistol shot through the held Wednesday afternoon , - , . .. , and Rev Robie Crookes Buna! head. Apparently the wound was at Ahuoch Bapll5t church self-inflicted. I Woodruff by Rey, Stanley .Hardfe Hanna was shot‘once behind was in the church cemetery the right ear, the bul.et coming Pallbearers were Nephews, J out on the left side above and to w Brown. Bluford Brown, Rossie the’front of the, left ear. The Gwimii L j arrett> Ward weapon used was a 22 egliber Lanford and Nichols Garrett, pistol - • . i Mr Hanna was a native of Hanna was employed "on the Woodruff, but had made his home third shift at Lydia Mill and had at Lydia Mill for the last four and just got off from work when he a half years He was a son of the each evening'* Services wilTbe' to his death Sheriff Wil-j late John H and Janie Casey Thursday. Nov. 13 at 8 : O’clock of an informal nature, consist- liaih A. Lowry Mii4w v ’ 1 Hanna He was .a- veteran- --of Coroner Jay F. Smith empan- World W’ar II. haying served in ing of prayer by'laymen of the lled a W 10 view the body and. the navy for four years . He was congregation ci song ‘Service 3^ ''3ici He would'Hold an mc^uest at ^ memHer of VliHs ^^ili Baptist question and answer period and ! l') 00 a m , Saturday at the city church in Woodruff the sermon. . | ball in Clinton. , Surviving are his wife, Mrs, The shootine occurred in a car . ^ oa h Hanna, of Lydia to-house canvass will be these' street, had a ticket with her n^me ^ V v **. - t ‘4 : .. 1 _ - - - - • A. 1 r .. 4 1 41 a i members of the, residential com mittee: South—Residential Chairman—Mrs. Mike Turner. Captains—.Miss Cornelia Harris. the award. |h£ is present. A second prize to be Inez Dillard, of 208 N. Bell given Saturday will be a Mix- Maid cooking mixer. Grand prize in the program to on it drawn for the three months pass given by the Broadway thea- courage prayers for the mission, j * ltnesSes - including to seek commitments of faithful I l au ble an<j Annie Owens, ah attendance at the mission week residents of the Lydia commun- services, and to suggest to mem- by bers that they invite unchurched Patterson, the sheriff stated. be given at the conclusion is a j relatives, friends and neighbors i said he was sitting in his car tre. She did not have to be pres- 1956 Ford Tudor automobile. Tic-| [ 0 the services . when Hanha got in the car on the ent to win * ! kets for the program are avail-L t wo i eaders ;hip rallies hvae 3I- driver's side and the two men be- brothers and three sisters. Downs Hanna, of Woodruff, Marvin Han na. of Greenwood. Mrs J P Johnson^ and Mrs. W M Brow n, both,of Woodruff* and Mrs Alvin Garrett, of Laurens ’ Saturday at 5:30 p. m. the cash , able from more than 60 retail mer- Mrs. J. F Jacobs, Jr., Mrs. J W. award will again be $20 for the chants in Clinton Call Jaycees for Trip to Polls Clinton Ministers To Attend Columbio Baptist Conference Pic A* • public service the Clinton Jzycee chapter has made arrangements to take voter* to the polls Tuesday for the general election- Anyone who has no other transporUtion is asked to call Tele phone No. 9002 and an automobile Mill be sent for him. This service is made possible by the co operation of automobile dealers of the city. Shown above are Lynn Cooper, Jr., left, and A. I. Edwards. Jaycee members. —Photo by Dan Yarborough . ' . ' ' 1- . , -Oi • - , • ' '" • ready been held at Trinity Luth-I K an to discuss a financial matter, eran* church in Greenville to in- Patterson, he said, opened the struct the committee chairman glove compartment of the car m of the local church as to 'their search of a pencil The gun was duties before, during and after 1 in the compartment and Hanna! — the mission. Short talks have > reached m and got -if Patter .s* ,. , ‘Baptist ministers »! been made at church services the | 'son told Hanna to be careful, that Clinton ire planning to attend a past two Sundays by laymen of j the gun was loaded, according he da\ pastors conference :n the church to acquaint- members to the story told the sheriff by toiumb: 1, on N >Yember 12. prior of the congregation with the pro- |'Patterson ’0 the cmual meeting of. the gram and to encourage their par- Patterson, the she.nff -'aid. .told , South C aro^na Bap? >? ednven ticipation and cooperation. I him he was writing and not pav non » ^ j mg any attention to what Hanna A" n ion < • i s a - doing when the shot was w:\ be held- during which five NEW SUBSCRIBERS tired uldresM s will be. heard Election ■ —Cauble md Mi." Owens both f ■ ff ers and genera! busines- More people are reading TlfEj s-ud they were looking at H.inn|.i 1 a--- ons art* also scheduled CHRONICLE today than ever be fore Each week new subscribers arc added to our largo.-family li-t We welcome newcomers You will J get all the Wws from this vi-i tor" in your hbme each week Welcome and rhanks to those on our Honor Roll this week ■ GERTRUDE KINARD City N. - T. L. COOPER. ’ ^ — Cross Anchor .. MRS. ELLA McCALL. J W FOWLER. W F WILLIAMS. Lydia MISS JOANN TOMPKINS Mullins JACK HUNNICl’Tr Joanna Historic Film To Be Shown At Lydia Methodist Church The first sec ho of an. luster w three-cxirt sound film,„‘*Our Bible —How It Came To Us," will l>e shown at the Lydia Methodist church on Tuesday. Nov 6, at 7 36 m, it is announced by Rev. E A Wilkes, pastor County Set to Ballot In General Election Tuesday County, National Officers on Tickets r.. Laurens countv voters will item candidate to -the po-ii s Tuesday in a general in opposit: on to Wier . elccion to vote on the slate of The' IX’n nocrats an> i Rcpu for county offices cans each * . > < t - . ite of ei candic la tvs electors to be voted on Also *5* • noniin aU'd by the Democratic ed is a gr cup of eig ht elect :ors party i n j 1 June primary, and under the heading, " Nommat aon three >t* Is of presidential electors. bv Petitio n." who are ■ the car idl- Space V novided on the ballots dates of South Carei nans for ln- for w rite- m candidates. 1 dependent Electors. The In vie- Sevi ural state-wide constitu- pendents : lave ‘declare d their s up- tional aim ■ndments are also to Ik* port for Sen.r ■. H.ir ry Byrd of 1 voted on : Virginia. . and Don gre- ssman J ghn " Den toct. Uic c a n d.i dates for Bel’ <V ams. of Mi* •SlSSippg. for ; cuoit-b . bffieiv include Wtlham T Pres i t and V ce Ih •esiSent re- Jones for Solicitor of the Eighth ; spec t; \ < A Dc-v.vr.r :c e’ec 1 tors J UlilCl a! c irl’VMt, Robert C Was will supp*. >rt Ad a E Stevenson The film traces the history and Cu.bertson, William C Dobbins. . and -Y .md the—Re- and T David Sloan. Jr., for the , publicans w 11 support Dw ight D. State House of Representatives, Eisenhower and R chard N von Caldwell W Wier. for Sheriff: The polls will be open from 3 development of the Bible from! Walter E Dunlap fob Clerk of a m to 6 p m at the usual voting the first century to■ the present Court; Paul S. O'Dell and Fur- ' places m the county, each under time It was produced by the 1 man E Thomason for County a group of managers named by American Bible Society and ranks Commissioners, and Joe K. Smith the county election commission 1 - as one of the most authentic Bi- for Coroner | ers. and announced in The Chron ble films ever made Paul Prince has announced as iele last week i V