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/ If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get thle News The Chronicle tii es. To tie A ( l£an News paper. Complete, Newsy* and Reliable Volume LVII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 29; 1956 Number 48 Blue Ribbon Design City's Christmas Parade Be Staged Next Thursday School Problems Discussed at ■ , e •. Textile Employees To Collect $427,000 In Christmas Savings Approximately one-half mil lion dollars will be collected to day by textile employees of this area when proceeds of Christmas savings funds will be disbursed. J Employees of Clinton and Ly- cia Cotton Mills will collect $222^ 000 and employees of Joanna Cot ton Mills will get $205,000. The Clinton and Lydia work ers’ accounts will be paid through M. S. Bailey & Sdh, bankers, and tjie Joanna employees will collect theirs through the Goldville branch of the Newberry County Bank The savings have been accumu lated during the year through payroll deductions by the mills from week to week on orders by the employees Approximately 18( 0 employees at ,Cliton-Lydia and 1200 at Joanna participated tn the savings plan. In addition to emplyoees of Floats to Follow a Religious Theme The' lights are being strung, the bands are ready to march and San ta Claus’ sleigh is ready for next Thursday’s big welcome to *he jolly gent with the long whi*e beard and the bright red suit. Floats -in keeping with the re ligious theme, Peace On Earth, are being readied for the big day when Clinton and I^aurerrs cbun^ citizens, both young and old, will turn out-on the streets of down* Revival Services At All Saints Church Begin Sunday Evening Rev. John A Pinckney, rec tor of St James’ Episcopal church, Greenville, wdl be the preacher at a five-night Christian revival at All Saints Episcopal church. Clinton, it hsa been an nounced by John S. Glover, chairman of the revival commit- textile plants, numerous residents! , ,, , of the community have built up' The revival will begin on Sun- a ( day evening, December 2, and continue evefy everting, at 7:30 Christmas savings accounts Bailey's Bank, Bank of Clinton, and Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association, which will swell the total to be paid irt Christmas savings to well over a half million dollars.* • Here is the blue ribbon award winner among “Dried Beauty" arrangements on display in the lobby of M. S. Bailey & Son. Bankers. It is an arrangement of rose and cream princess feather, dock and magnolia leaves ih an antique Chinese container, and was pre pared by Mrs. Charlie Cooper, Mrs. I. M. Smith. Mrs. Hugh Ray. and Mrs. L. B. Dillard, members of the Clara Duckett club of the Clinton Garden Club Council, which -staged the display of dried arrangements. —Photo by Dan Yarborough $470,000 REA Loan Approved, Thurmond Says In Telegram thrdugh Thursday, December 6 The theme of the revival is "Re vive Thy Church. O Lord. Begin ning With Me.’’ The Rev. Mr. Pinckney is a na tive of Mt. Pleasant. He was educated in the public schools of Charleston and the College of Chraleston. , He was graduated from St. Luke’s Seminary, Uni versity of the South. Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1931, after which 1 htj was ordained deacon, by the Congressman Dorn Calls For Forthright Foreign Policy and Strong Nation To meet the threat of fantas-1 ed by such clubs all over the tic expansion of Communism in , country in preaching Americna- the ' world, the United States ism and good will at home. "This needs a more forthright foreign policy and a strong military es meeting of Lions and friends at Joanna is one of the most en. tablishment. Congressman Wm. J. Bryan Dofn, of Greenwood, Third South Carolina Congressional dis-! to be in the district of my good thusiastic and responsive I have ever seenr he said. “I am happy trict, told a meeting at Joanna last Tuesday composed of mem bers of the Joanna Lions club, visiting Lions from nearby cities and other invited guests. Dgrn said the number one problem facing America today is, and has been for twenty years, the international situation. Prac tically all domestic problems, he said, are directly or indirectly a friend, Bob Ashmore, and I wish Bill Dobbins well in his new and important work in Columbia.’’ Dobbins* was recently elected a member of the House of Repre sentatives of the South Carolina General Assembly from Laurens county. Approval of an application for 1 a loan of $470,000 by the Rural ' Electric Administration in Wash- ! ingtbn to the Laurens Electric Co-Op was announced yesterday by Senator Strom Thurmond in a telegram to The Chronicle. Thurmond stated that the mon ey would finance an enlargement | program to serve 282 new cus- tomfes and provide for general improvements in the area served by the co-op lines. The Co-op operates principally j in Laurens couhty, but also serv- | es portions of other adjoining ' counties. It is governed by a board of directors and a slate of officers.* Henry Faris, of Lau rens, is general manager of the Co-op Following is the'telegram re ceived from Senator Thurmond: "REA advises approval of a loan of $470,000 to bring electric power to 282 new members. In addition they are going to use money for general system im provements in the whole area.’’ town Clinton to greet the bearer of glad tidings and gifts. The units of the parade which will form from the Baptist church area, south, on South Broad street, should roport to the parade mar shal for position assignments at 4 p. m. The parade will pull off at 4:40 p. m. sharp sp as to . pass downtown at 5 p. m. All organized units planning to enter bands, floats or other units in the parade and haive not done so, should contact the Chamber o.' Com mere?, phone 108, immediate ly to enable the parade marshal to complete the lineup of the pa. rade. To enable all to see SBtfta Claus | adults are asked to .observe.-the ; plans to haye the young children* | stand in front’ on the streets and have the adults stand, behind them on the sidewalks to enable ah youngsters to see.the parade. The Clinton Chamber of Com merce has set prizes for floats en tering .the parade and judged'*in keeping with the theme in the amounts of $75 00 ^for first place, $50.00 for second and $25.00 for third. A deadline.of this coming Monday has been seg *for notifica tion of entering in the parade. In the event of a downpour of rain at parade time, the parade will be Jield Friday, December 7 at 5 p. m. Many business houses will re main open until 6:30 p. m. the day of the parade to allow shoppers to visit the stores after the parade and View the Christmas decora tions inside the stores. County Gets Check For $10,733.90 For October Gasoline Tax County Treasurer Sam M Lea- man said yesterday that he had received a check for $10,733.90 which represents the county’s share in the state’s collection of $486,088 in gasoline taxes for Oc tober The shares are made on the basts of license plates sold in each county with" the funds collected from the state’s gasoline tax HOME FOR HOLIDAYS The following Winthrop college result of foreign policy and the girls were at home for the holj- Russian menace. "Here in South Carolina,” he said, “the textile tariff situation, the farm problem, and the so- called civil rights are directly re lated to the expansion of Com munism across the seas. To meet this threat, we need a more forth right foreign policy. “We did not win the war in Korea/' Dorn asserted. ‘‘Last year we gave the rice bowl of Indo-China to the Communists. This has encouraged the Com munists to back Egypt in the present crisis and gives them a base for control of the largest oil reserves in the world in the Near and Middle East. “The Suez Canal is much more vital to the economy of Western Europe than the Panama Canal ia to America. The Western allies should stibk togther to keep this canal open. Oil is the life blood of England and France. If we lose out in Egypt as we lost out in Korea, China, and Indo-China, America will be in^a serious posi tion economically, and militarily in a very few years. “A firm stand by America to day is the only sure road to peace. Russia will not attack a strong America today but would con sider an all-out attack on the United States if she gains control of the rest of the world. We must have the best air force in the world, the best guided missile program, and stay far ahead of Russia in scientific research and development. > "We should slack up on foreign aid and divert this money to the stf-engthennig of our own econo my and to making our defense and offensive potentials more powerful. Of course, we should not even consider discontinuing our atomic and hydrogen bomb tests at this time.” President Wiliam C: Dobbins of the Joanna Lions club,' presided over the meeting, welcoming the guests and Congressman Dorn, who commented on the role play- days: Misses Frances Cunning, ham, Peggy Mclnvaille, Margar et Tankersley, Mary Ann Neigh bors, Jane Pitts and Toni Nelson. VISIT McSWEENS. DILLARDS Rev. and Mrs. Allen McSween and children, of Greensboro, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. Bill McSween, of Greenville, were visitors dur ing the holidays in the home of Dr. and Mrs. John McSween. The former family also visited Mrs. Allen McSween’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Dillard. REV. JtpjHN A. PINCKNEY Rt. Rev. A. S. Thomas, retired Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. In 1932 he was ordain ed to the Priesthood - From 1931 to 1936 Mr. Pinckney was priest- in-charge of Holy Communion, Allendale, Holy Apostles, Barn well, St. Alban’s, Blackville, and Heavenly Rest, Garnett. In 1936 he became rector of the ChurcR of the Holy Cross, Tryon, N. C. In 1941 he returned to the state to become priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity, Clemson, and Epis copal Chaplain to Clemson Col- (continued on page 4) P. M. Coble (center), executive secretary <if t’»e V >uth Carolina I duration association. Waa the speaker at a public meeting at the Clinton hi*h school last Tuesdav e* enin* to discuvs problems fae- in? guvermnert and education in South Carolina. At the lc‘t is H K. Anderson, *uprrintcndrnt of !V6<^who ii schools in District introduced the speaker. The me'ting was sponsored by the Clinton Jaycee chapter, and shown at the right is R. E. Martin, chairman of Uic committee on arrangemenU, who * presided. Sales Of Property Show Disparity In Assessed Va'ue Photo hy Dan Yarborough Trade Days Drawing To Give $40 Peace Advocate Brings Message On Walking Tour of the United States A somewhat weather-beaten woman who appeared to be about 50 years of age, and who is car rying a message of peace for the world on a walking tour of the United States, stopped “long en ough in Clinton late Friday af ternoon to leave her message with The Chronicle, and- contin ued on her way to Columbia, Charleston, Savannah, and other points further south. She is winding up her fourth year on the road, she said, having begun her tour in January, 1953, at Los Angeles. She walked an irregular route across the country to New York. She came down #he Eastern seaboard and will continue into Florida, back up to and across the Gulf states, and into Mexico, presumably ending where she began, at Los Angeles. S}ie does not accept rides, she said, and dependes upon indi viduals and families she meets along<Jhe \fray for food and lodg ing—She has no luggage and has no way of carryihg food, accept ing no,more than she can eat. She said that travelers along the highways frequently stop,and talk to her, and in this way she passes along her message. "This is the way of peace,” she says: “Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with Idve.” • Admitting no name but Peace Pilgrim, she refused to give her real name, her age, or where she was from,’ stating that those things were unimportant, and claiming that stress on’ these points would interfere with put ting across her message of peace. “I* shall remain a wanderer,” she said, “until mankind has learned the way of peace—walk ing until I am given shelter, and fasting until I am given food.” She was wearing a dark blue knitted sort of jumper suit, the jacket having wide pockets that contained a few personal items that she needed. She would take out a comb from time to time and use it on her graying hair Across the front of her jump er were the words, “Peace Pil grim,” and across the back, "Walking 10,000 miles for world disarmament.” Fifteen years before she be came Peace Pilgrim, she said, she dedicated her life to as much ser vice as possible to her fellow hu man beings with the vow: "I shall not accept more than I need while others in the world have less than they need.” "There is a magic formula for resolving conflicts," she said "It is this. Have as your objective the resolving of the conflict, not the gaining of advantage Be con cerned that you do not offend, not that you are offended.” . Peace Pilgrim s*aid she, is now on the second 5 000--mile leg of her journey, during which she walks at least 100 miles in every state in the U S., Canada and j Mexjco. k Her conversation is intelligent and interesting She wrote a few notes on a typewriter, which she handled with dexterity. She was cheerful, and seemed rested, even after the 19-mile hike from Gray Court, where she spent the night before She was six miles behind her schedule for the day, since she tries to average 25 miles. The last time we saw her she was headed down the highway to Columbia—and points south. Oirthe even.ng of .V.* e rbeu : t .at a well att mded public, rotat ing in the auditorium of the new Clinton high school. P M Coble, executive secretary of the South Carolina Education association, and former superintendent of schools at Beaufort for nine yeir-> and at". Conway for four \V:ns, gave an enlightening talk onr two problems which face government and education at the present time The meeting was sponsored by Community Chest Short Of Coal; $14,000 Raised Several Divisions Still Not Reported The Greater Clinton Commun- The residential division contrib- ,ty l he.st campaign for fun/ds for uted $1,661 38 and business dis- i deration of participating agon trict employees gave $718.25. The t it:' tur 1937 OP 1 ] i n ujit on ->.»< hi> week i^ l'e To bring 'In approached the $14.- j Negro division has accounted for .. total goa! of $17, $11010, and out of town contnb- ap. effort was i utors $25.00 ir'iVe ‘o a suc- -.ful conclusion, til! to "be rt ported A C Young l-, president of the ! Greater Clinton Go mm u n i t y were -the Chest, and Dr Fred Holcombe is the Clinton Junior Chamber of Commerce. I A Edwards, presi dent R E Martin, chairman bf the committee in charge of ar rangements for the meeting, pre. sided and presented W H Ander son, superintendent of schools, who in turn introduced the speaker An opportunity for questions and discussion was given at tKe close of the address and several individuals a s k e d Saturday’s Clinton Trade Days cash award prize will be $40.00 and will be given the person w*hose rame is drawn, provided that per son is present for the 5:30 p. m. drawing aryi claians the ^ward within the time limit. A ticket bearii^j the name of Mrs. Leonard Wilson. 412 N. Broad street, was drawn Saturday for. thb cash award and since Mrs. Wilson did not claim the prize' quest i ons Also folders we- within the Ume“ limit, it will beUnbuted giving basic facts and added to Saturday's prize. * figures relatives to the teachei A ticket bearing the name of H shortage, much of it in graphic G. Pinson, of Clinton, was drawn form. for the second prize Saturday and Figures were ilso given, as the winner will be presented a. taken from records of sales and will be held for all leaders Westinghouse vacuum cleaner Mr. asssesments of property in Dis- Pinson did not have to be present trict 56, showing that property ‘o.win the day’s second prize. .assessments in the district vary The Clinton Trade- Days pro-i from 3 4 r 7 of the selling price all gram, which runs through Dec. 15,- the way up to 49'. , showing that at which time a drawing for the many people are paying less than grand prize, a 1956 Ford Tudor a fair share of taxes while oth- gifts division headed automobile, is sponsored by more 1 ers* are paying more than their nan Robert Vance, ha than 60 Clinton retail business j share. A record of this compare for $6,924.00 Payroll deduction houses which give tickets giving son of sales prices and assessed division under Chairman I A. customers an opportunity to win! valuation appears beloV. but no -Edwards, has placed $2,719 1)0 on and the Bank of Clinton, M. S. | record of the names of the prop- the total, while schools and in- pa i roll contributions of workers ot C inton md Lydia Cotton Mills vhuh hi > .unted upon to at- eour.t for i n/.eable sum of the total goal. One or two smaller industries and businesses still had reports outstanding. and George Massey, chest secretary-treasur er, -.aid there is still hope that those who have nut had their con tributions reported in to head quarters, the Chamber of Com- merce, would do so and iccount interesting for dn additional one or two per , ent of the goal Anyone so de- firing may call the office a tele- h me !()H. to record his pledge if he. was’mi.sed in the drive Following 'the successful con i'usum of the program, i gather 1957 drive chairman. nd workers of the campaign at v. ha h deserved awards, recogni- t on'and Oscar-i" will be pre sented Of ’he total cash received and pledged to date, tty? advance by Chair- accounted Bailqy St Son Bankers, and Citi zens Federal Savings and Loan Association,- who are sponsors of the program but do not give tic kets. George Massey, manager of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, asked that tickets for the program be deposited in containers in the various businesses or at the Cham ber of Commerce rather than a. the drawing. No tickets will be placed in the container- at the 1 drawing location after 4 p. m. on j the date of the final drawing, Mi Massey said, to assure each per-1 son an equal opportunity to win . the grand prize Tickets should be 1 deposited in .the business houses prior to that time to be eligible to v in The young boy who drew the tickets from the-container Satur day left his cap on the container and may claim the same at the Chamber of Commerce 0 office, VISIT IN ROCK HILL Mrs Wayne White and children have returned from a visit with her sister, Mrs Carter Wren, In Rbck Hill. Also ' joining them there for Thanksgiving day were Miss Inez Tucker, of this city, Mr and Mrs. Ansel Smith and family, of Asheville, N C._ . (continued on page 4) stitutions have given $1,747 12 In Shrine Bowl Saturday Bill Sease (right). Clinton high school back, will appear in the Shrine Bowl football game in Charlotte Saturday when selected senior high school players from South Carolina will face a like team from North Carolina in the annual renewal of the eLi.-sic played for the benefit of crippled childi**n at the Shriners hospital in Greenville. Fleming Thornton 'Uefti. coach at Clinton High. Ls one of the coaches of the South Carolina team. Laurens In Running For Pittsburgh Plant Laurens is still being consid ered as a site for the construction, of the proposed plant of the Pitts burgh Plate Glass Co, according to a new. article, under a .Pitts burgh date line, appearing in the November issue of Southern Tex tile New. which has executive fices in Charlotte The article states that Green wood and Shelby N C.. are also nder consideration as possible sites, and that the company is ex pei ted U> announce its choice about February 15 . v The major problem being faced in the choice between-the three cities is gas supply, it was said. Much has been heard m this area in recent months of the de sire of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., to build a plant in the South, and it us known that representa tives of the three cities involved have been active in promoting their interests in the matter The Laurens Chamber of Com merce. the County Planning and Develi .omen* Board, and interest ed i it;/.ens ot both Laurens and Clinton have been active in the move ' i c“t 'he plant to locate in the countv The proposed site for the plant is the airport land near Laurens' Area Textile Plants Announce Christmas Closing Schedule ’ Joanna Cotton Mil’s md Clin ton-Ly Kt Cotton Mi > tavt; an- noiiT'd - led es for closing Chi stxnJNl ■ <_t . T e 1> a be clos ed for foui javv r >. . f v hi gin at $.00 a. rt: at the •:ii of the third shift • S.r ini a December 22. and work yy ' :v resumed at 8 0l> a. •n >n Wednesday Decernbre 26, a c c o r.d : n g to announcements made by President P S. Bailey, ot Clmton-Lydia. and Walter Regnery. vice-pre>(bent and gen eral manager of Joanna Mills.