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•/. » • "$■ ' If You Don’t Read • The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News / Qlltr Cljnton The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVIII Clinton, S. C. # Thursdoy, Jonuory 10, 1957 Number 2 City Council Adopts 1957 License Tax Ordinance Other Matters Considered at Session Clinton’s business license or dinance for 1957 was adopted by city council at its regular month ly meeting Monday nfgiht. Virtually the same ordinance as used last year, the document sets forth the. amount of license taxes imposed upon various types of businesses operating in the city during thfc coming year. The ordinance was reviewed by City Attorney Cecil E. White, who Called attention to the few changes'that were made. It was adopted by unanimous vote of cbuncil and appears on another page in The Chronicle today. - The'ordinance states that busi ness licenses shall be paid bn or before March 1, after, which a penalty of 10 per cent goes info effect. Mayor Joe P. Terry presided over the council meeting and all aldermen were present: Frank M. Boland, ward one; S. A. Pitts, ward two; Harry C- Layton, ward three; James P. Sloan, ward four; Woodrow Wilson, ward five^ ana James C, Craine, ward six. Among other business to claim the attention of council was an offer to purchase certain timber Marriage licenses In County for 1956 Exceed 1955 By 38 The office of Probate Judge J. Hewlette Wasson issued 467 mar riage licenses during the year 1956, a summary of the year’s activities disclosed. This number was 38 more than for the previous year, when 428 licenses were issued. June brides were displaced in number by those who were mar ried in December when 57 licens es were granted. Fifty-six cou- -ples-got their- licenses in June: •... Marriage licenses issued in oth er months varied from 23 to 50, for April and August, respective ly; the latter figure, 50 for Au gust, being the third largest num ber issued in any one month. PC and Wofford To Meet Saturday In College oym. . Presbyterian college will open defense of its Little Four basket ball championship when the Blue Hose play host to Wofford here Saturday night. The gamfe between these two athletic rivals, is set for v Leroy Springs gymnasium at 8:00 p. m. Presbyterian, rolling alnog at top speed with a scoring aver age of over 90 points per game, will be favored to whip the Ter riers in this first of two cage en gagements scheduled between the two schools this season. The game also represents PC’s cur tain raiser in Little Four compe tition for the 1956-57 campaign. The Blue Hose have captured the Little Four championship for s the past two seasons, and a third straight title will mean perma nent possession of the trophy. Rifes Monday For H. Stewart on city property adjoining "Rose- mont cemetery, which was re ferred to the cemetery committee, providing for the monthly deposit Council approved a motion of funds received from sewer charges and 20 per cent of water revenue with the Bond Commis sion to be held in trust ajid ex pended with consent and ap proval ofx-ouncil. This move was to prepare for the contemplated issuance of bonds to finance pro posed improvements and enlarge ment of the city’s water system Under a resolution of council, the rnaypr and city clerk will proceed with negotiations to have City of Clinton bonds reclassi fied as Class A, if possible. The street committee was di rected to install about 300 feet of concrete pipe through property of C. W. Anderson on North Broad street to relieve a drain age problem. The work will be done after securing the neces sary easement. Soil . conservation personnel who are familiar with develop ments of the recently organized Duncan Creek watershed - will appear before council with pertT- nent information at an early date, according to an invitation issued Monday night. Mayor Terry appointed H. L. Eichelberger and P. S. Bailey as members of the city utilities ad visory committee. Other, mem bers are Tom Plaxico, D- B. Smith, Hubert Boyd and R- P. Hamer. A request by an out of city limits property owner for a reduction in the monthly sewer charge was denied. Two members of coun cil, Wilson and Craihe, abstained from voting on the request, while Boland. Layton, Sloan and Pitts voted against it. The street committee had re ferred to it the proposal to put city limit markers at points on all streets and highways^- —- ‘ Council received 'the informa tion that Cincinnati Floor Manu facturing company, a new.Clintoni business firm, is presently erffi ploying 25 persons, with a month- connection with this firm, the ly payroll of $6,000. Thrpugh its Shandard Plywood company has increased its number of employ ees by 40. with an addition to its payroll-of $8,000 a month. Ralph Ralph H. Stewart, 44, died Sat urday afternoon at Blalock cliiTTC after several months of declin ing health. He was a native of Laurens county where he spent his tentire life. He was a member of Cal vary Baptist church where he was a deacon and treasurer of the church. He had been connected with the Cliritbn Cotton Mills for a number of years and recently was presented a watch as a mem ber of the 25-year group. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Beulah King Stewart, of Clinton; one son and one daughter, Keith and Linda Stewart, both of the home; his mother, Mrs. Lila C. Stewart, of Clinton; three sisters, and three brothers, Mrs. Thomas P. Owens, of Clinton; Mrs. Fur man P. Ott, of Laurens; Mrs. A. H. Riebel, of Pittsburgh, Pal; Marvin C. and Earl M. Stewart, both of Clinton; Edwin H. Stew art, of Malveme, Long Island, N. Y.; and a number of nieces and nephews. . Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at 3:00 p. m. at Calvary Baptist church by the Rev. J. W. Spillers and the Rev. George F. Hopkins, Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. .Pallbearers were Rufus Hand- back, Virgil Webb, Roy Cannon, Earl Hardman, Joel Cox, and Louis Webb. Honorary escort was members of the Men’s Bible class of Cal vary Baptist church. < On Whitten Village — Teaching Staff ‘ - Mrs. Horace Horton, of this city, has joined the teaching staff at the Circle School of Whitten Village. Mrs. Horton conducts morning classes for children on nursery school and kindergarten level. Police Department Fines In December Amount To $1,590 Chief B. B. Ballard; in hts monthly report to city council Monday night, listed 99 arrests by the police department in Decem ber with $1,590. in fints being as sessed in city 'court by Mayor Joe P. Terry. Leading the list in .contributing the most revenue were six ar- fluence of intoxicants. They rested, for driving under the in- paid fines totaling $354. ? * Five violators of the liquor taw were assessed $300 and 60‘ days on the public works. \ > Speeding and reckless driving charges were lodged against 22 offenders, two being suspended, and $328. paid. Drunkenness accounted for 25 arrests, with one suspended, "80 days and $235 in fines being as sessed against the others. .Thirteen faced disorderly con- auet charges, one was suspendv ed, and 30 days and $189 in fines imposed. Seven were charged with ope- rating auto without driver’s’ 1 li cense, one suspended, and the others paid $70.-———^_ Petty larceny -was the charge against six offenders, one sus pended, 60 days and $66 levied. Twelve persons were taken in for investigation or on suspicion and released. 1 One arrested for other offenses was fined $50. Violators of parking laws, 123, paid $66. ■ TB Seal Sale Lags In Clinton Area; * » Further Aid Asked I. A. Edwards, Clinton chair man ojf the Laurens County Tu berculosis association, announced today that the goal of $2,000 for this year’s Tuberculosis drive has not boon -reached. The $2.000 is 1 needed * for- the continuation of work here in the Clinton area, he said. $1,850 has been raised. ‘IMany Clintpnians have contrib- uHed* Somes however, have fail ed to respond,” he added. Mr. Edwards requests that those still wishing to_contribute send donations to I. A. Edwards, Chairman Tuberculosis Associa tion, P. O. Box 29, Clinton. Mr. Edwards expressed appre- ciatino to those who have con tributed, also to those who have unselfishly given time to this worthwhile effort. IRBY S. HIPP IN HOSPITAL Friends of Irby S. Hipp will re gret to know he is ill and a pa tient at the Self Memorial hos pital in Greenwood. March of Dimes Aids Recovery March of Dimes Drive In Full Swing This Week a J- Continues Through Month of January The 1957 March of Dimes drive tint underway January 2 aiffl will continue through January 31 ^ Plans are going forward for the I local drive under the '.erection ol I drive Chairman Hugh Jacobs j The goal'for * lay‘Clinton area j which includes Joanna, Mount Iville. and Cross41 id. has Been set it s>aa too ar was The fi $41874 80 id total' last everyon- •he Macrh of Denes paid medi cal expenses for 81 cases. This \ iC’iie continued care of pa- r.ent who 1 , rntriu’ed-the disease i * fore last year ' * This expense depelted-the- local funds, and S4.000 was contributed by the nationa headquarters for Laurens '<• untv No patient' is ever denied care, regardless of v urged to mere a- ‘O his sL bs enp- the 1 oca i -''.ur. on this vear in order t ia the Th e M a rch of Dimes is not a < it *ive cun once a- un tv ’ * e - USS 1 l and c annot be a part of any Cotru n u n \ \ Chest activity, al- Most 0 f the' fn ids rais ed hast thoil; 4h i i .«! chapters may ap- V ■ar that wore al located foi •'pa provt llu- united drive plan. • i •nt can • in L. are ns CO mt\> The giva strides made in recent vv ere use d in -tht Clinio n an* a. year- ■ to i •velop vaccines requtV- A ithoui.il there- wen- on iv two ed. t 10 e lightened support that ni >\V CU-V s' uv this area la* st vear, cottu c f j* n 1 public that is anui vd nd mtercsii d* ,m the $5Q8,/40.49 Paid County Treasurer In Taxes for 1956 I'tixe: hi»a? Four-year-old Dennis Freeman, ton of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Freeman, of Beaufort, flashes a grateful smile as Gov. George Bell Timmerman, Jr., contributes to the 19S7 March of Dimes. Dennis was stricken when he was six months old and March of Dimes funds are aiding his recovery. Gov. Tim merman has urged South Carolinianc to "do opr part in continuing this important program as long as it is needed." Hamilton Named On National Board J. W. Hamilton, president of Hamilton’s Jewelers, which ope rates a store in C.linton, has been elected to the 30-member board Top Ace of U. S. Air Force To Address Lions Friday Colonel Frahcis S. Gabreski. commander of the 354th Fighter Day Wing at Myrtle Beach Air Froce Base, will speak at a meet ing bf the Clinton Lions club Fri day evening at Hotel Mary Mus- j grove at 7:30. Col Gabreski is the top ace of the United States Air Force, with 40 enemy aircraft to His credit during service in England during World War Two and in Korea, J. W. HAMILTON COL. GABRESKI where he was credited with bringing down 6*^ Migs. His score during service over Europe was 334 enemy planes destroyed. Col. Gabreski is expected lb speak on some phase of Air Fodce activity. , He is a native of Oil City, Pa., entering pilot training from Notre Dame university in 1940 where he was a student for two years. ■ Graduating from •. Max well Air Force Base in 1941, his first assignment was with a fight er group in Hawaii, transferring to England in 1942. He served as liasoh officer to the Polish Air Foce, flying 20 missions. He was assigned to the 58th U. S. Fighter group in 1943, with which he served for a year and a half be fore being shot down over enemy territory in 1944. He was a pris oner until the close of the war in 1945. * During his tour in England, Colonel Gabreski compiled a to tal of 166 combat missions, with 500 combat hours flown in Brit ish Spitfires and American P-47 airplanes. During this period he was credited with destroying SI enemy aircraft in the air and 24 on the, ground. Separated from the Air Force in 1946 he was with the Douglas Aircraft corporation for a year before being recalled to active service in 1947 and assigned as commanding officer of the 55tn Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter. Later that >ear he entered Columbia Uni versity, New York, to study the Russian language and political science. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Columbia. He is also a graduate of the ATr Force War College at Maxwell Air Force Base. . After serving as commander of his World War Two organization, the 456th Tighter Group, he was transferred to the 4th Fighter In- tercepter Wing in 1951/and sent ♦o Korea. Later he/was com mander of the Slst/Fighter In- tercepter Wing. He has been awarded the Dis tinguished Service medal, Dis tinguished Flying Cross with twelve Oak Leaf Clusters, the Distinguished Service Cross, Sil ver Star with one Oak Leaf Clus ter, Air Medal with four Oak LeST Clusters, and the Bronze Star r His foreign decorations include the French Legion d’Honnour, and Croix de Guerre with Palm, the Polish Cross of Valor, British Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Belgian Croix de Guerie. Local Police Arrest 2635, Collect $18,450 in 1956 .Taxpayers in I.auivns. county remitted $508,740.49 to .County Treasurer- Sam. M • Lea man by Jamlary 1 in payment of 1956 accord nig to records in the Usurer's office .The total charg- ect for, collect soil wa $614,314, w+uetv 4eaves-fa 'balance of ap proximately'^ 105.000 to lie paid with- penalties now in effect. Those ‘who. pay - their* taxes in January will be assessed a pen alty of one per cent,. February, two-per cent; March, pi per cent; and from April 1 to April 15, sev en per cent. On April 16 taxes remaining on the books will go into, execution, when extra charg es will be added, a Mr. Leaman said that $31,398.83 ifudmmistered at their . own Drunk Drivers Pay in Over $6,000 Law violators paid a total of Tying 'coiice'aled weapons: 5 ar- $18.449 35 in fines to the city of r e S tg and $154 in fines;, disorderly Clinton in 1956. according to the tonduct: m arrests 710 days and annual Report of the police de partment released today by Chief B. B. Ballard. This figure com pares to $15,847 paid in fine re ceipts the year before and $12,- 609.78‘ in in 1954. , The city recorder’s court, pre sided over during the past year by Mayor Joe P. Terry and his predecessor Recorder Henry M. V’ao .. ii• f,:..tc progress -has cm made through the Salk vae- | < mo.-, th• • re '.uv -,tItl many, thous- i ir.ds .if patients who will require i i on-t-.ant rare and expensive ' treatment for the balance of their iives .The:- . also more and more mone> being used* in re** search md training of the reha bilitation part‘of the care One purpose of the drive this i year will be to strive toward 100' participation in the im- munization program. There are 21,394 .citizens in Laurens county, under the age of- 20, but to date only a little more thaq 6.000 have received their first shot, ahd only 2,500 have completed the series of three shots Three is plenty of the vaccine available, and any person 19 years old or younger j can receive these shots free. The money is,* allocated speci- i ficatly fur children, but adults 1 are urged to sec their family doctors and plan to have the shots ex- more had been m colUnded this same timejlasf J )() was collected than at the when $477,000 tax accounts . of $567,000. - Last! year at this time $90,000 remain ed to be collected. this year {tense year, j mothers and fathers on] in the. age group’from 20 to 35 Many victims of polio are particularly $1,442.30 .fines; gambling: 28 ar rests and $341 fines; operating automobile without a driver's li cense: 23 arrests, 45* days and $528 fines; damaging private or public property: 8 arrests, 30 days] and $147 fines; violating th< prostitute law: 11 arrests, 150 days and $88.60 fines;,petty lar- 20 Fewer Divorces Granted In County ^During 1956 Year Laurens eoupty had 20 ,/ewer Young, passed sentence on ‘ 2 ,635.; ^ 6° arrests,'45 4 a ys and $64+ divorces granted during 1956 as torm« fines; all other offenses: 24 ar- compared to 1955. accoi of directors of the National Jewelers association for 1957. Hamilton, who makes his home in Columbia, is a native of Lau ren’s coqnty. The firm also has stores in Greenville, Sumter, Darlington, Columbia and Newberry. . . Legislators Enter Bill for Fishing In Private Ponds Columbia, Jan. 8—Three Lau rens county legislators today join ed in a proposal which would per mit persons to fish in private ponds without a license, provided they have the pond owners con sent. The proposed bill, sponsored by Reps. W. Paul Culbertson, Wil liam C. Dobbins, and T. David Sloan. Jr., would include this pro viso: '• “Any person, either a resident or non-resident of this state, may fish with or without manufactur ed tackle in any i strictly private fresh water pond in 'this state 1 l_. m without a license if the consent ot , j annual meeting of the the owner or lessee of such pond Itocfeholders of the Bank of Clin is obtained.” Rep. Culbertson said the ex emption from licensing require ments would apply not only to private ponds but ’ to privately owned ponds in which fishing rights are sold to the public. Prior court decisions in South Carolina have held that fishing licenses prisoners and handed out terms totaling 3,550 days. These aver aged 220 per month or more than seven per day. The number arrested in 1956 compares to 3,349 sentenced in 1955 and 2,693 in 1954. Intoxicants again proved the greatest stimulant to the city treasury in the way of fine re ceipts, bringing in a total of $9 - 955.10 in three categories. One hundred and twenty-three drunk en drivers paid $6,292 for an aver age of $51 each, and they drew 465 days. Just plain drunken ness brought $2,383.10 in fines and sentences of l,4i5 days to 2Tt persons, and the 23 persons caught otherwise voilating the liquor law had to hand'over $1,- 280 and spend 120 days in jail. Speeding and reckless driving brought the next largest fine re turn as the court levied penal ties of $2,746 upon 221 violators. Most popular of all violations on the 1956 report, as on previous parking laws. A total of 1,542 reports, was the breaking of city drivers paid fines amounting to $926 75. This amount figures to just over 60 cents each. Other arrests for offenses dur ing 1956 included: Fighting: 51 arrests, 315 days given and $1,191.10 in fines; car- Bank of Clinton Reelects Directors rests, 255 day.* and $265.50 fines; investigation or suspicion: 122 ur rests, all released. Henry Appointed Jacks Magistrate William J Henry has been ap pointed magistrate of Jacks township succeeding James’ M. Copeland, who died recently. - Appointments of magistrates to fill’ vacancies are made by the governor, upon recommendation" of senators from the-counties in volved. pared to 193a, according to records in The office of the clerk of court fn Laurens. Thirty-nine couples had their matrimonial bonds severed in i 1956. and 59 in 1955. Two annulments-were granted in 1956. and one in 1955. Since the state's divorce law went into effect in 1949. Laurens county had issued 351 divorces. Seven annulments have .been is sued Following are th*e yearly . di vorces granted 111 the county: 1949. 34; 1950, 48, 1951, 36 1953, 43: 1953, 42. 1954 . 50; 1955, 59. 1956 , 39. Two Buildings Increase Facilities At Thornwell ton was held Tuesday afternoon in the bank at which time a re port of the operatiohs was sub mitted. The following directors were A new home for‘boys, and com pletely renovated kitchen and dining facilities are the latest ad ditions to the Thornwell Orphan age campus. ' j "Dr Malcolm A Macdonald, president of the orphanage since 1944 and a man who has greatly extended its plant during these vears. has estimated the work on these latest two bulidngs at $120,000 or approximately $60,- 000 each. Work has just been completed on 'the Tom P, Hartness Home for boys, another gift by* the gener ous Spartanburg bottler and his Wife who already had giverf two buildings to Thornwell. Efforts now are being directed toward furnishing the home, and it is ex pected to be ready for use the latter part of this month. ••* The Tom P Hartness home, lo rated on the western edge of the campus across the street from Hartness gymnasium will offer years^ •- ^—■ . . Chairman Jact>bs wishes to thank the many people who are already yplunteering to help in this campamg A detailed list of ! the campaign workers will be i published at a later date. 7 -a- Three Land Sales Made Monday On January Salesday Three parcels of land were put 1 up for sale at auction- Monday 1 at Laurens during January sales day They were i v Laurens ^Federal Savings and i Loan Association, plaintiff, vs ! Epsid Taylor, et al/ Brookline ’ Savings and Trust Co., defend ants, 5 acres with improvements in Dials Township; sold to Jus tin A Bridges, attorney, -for Brookline Savings and Trust Co., for $2,525 Bank of Jjlmton. plaintiff, vs J. T McAlister, Eva McAlister, William B. Phillips.' Della Phil lips, defendants, lot-on Elizabeth | street, just beyond city UmiM of Clinton; sold to Robert E. Neal, of Clinton, for $275. Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association, plaintiff, vs Charles E. Runum, et al, defend ants, house and lot in Laurens; sold to G. Miller McCuen, attor ney. for $6.030 03. reelected to serve for the coming accommodations for between 16 year: John T. Young, T. E. Addi- , and 24 boys. It is a one and one- son, H. D Henry, F M. Boland, half story building It Is of modi- T. H. Copeland, J.’W Finney, Sr., fide colonial' style architecture, were required of individcals eveni J. p. Prather. H. Y. McSween. There are ten bedrooms, six bath room and CalifoniKi redwood in the other ‘ Dr, Macdonald said the com plete renovation of the old Turner building to make modern and at tractive dining room aiicf kitchen facilities was 'made possible by a combination of designated and undesiganted gifts sent to Thorn well over a period of 25 years. This remodeling job, Ttamplefea last month, almost completely transformed the old building which had been constructed back in 1888, just 13 years after the orphanage was founded. On the front, two small doors were closed lers in the coming months, in favor of a large center en trance, and a portico supported by four columns was adddd. The interior, formerly two stor ies,' saw the second mlobr com pletely removed to provide a high-ceiling hall. The dinng room part finds 4U tables providing seating space for 320 children in an atmosphere of mahogany 'paneling and tec- razo tile flooring. (Some 60 pre- school children in two homes do not use the dining hall, since pro vision is made in each home to Merchants To Meet MID This Morning Retail merchants, members of the ^Chamber fo Commerce, will meet this morning (Thursday) at 10 o’clock at the Mary Musgrove hotel to discuss chamber plans programs concerning retafl- I and All retail merchants are invited to meet with the group and give the.r advice and suggestions to the session, George Masse y, chaiiybei' manager, said. - Farm Bureau Has District Meet Here if they paid a fee to fish in a com mercially operated fish pond. This ruling applies only to the use of artificial tackle, however. The bill proposed today would nbt jiistingui^h between types of fishing tackle. CLINTONIANS IN MIAMI / Mr. and Mrs. P. ,S. Bailey^ Miss Emily Bailey and’Miss: S&ra Pitts spent last week in MT&mi, Fla.4 where they attended the Orange Bowl football game. -Miss Bailey returned Tuesdaiy to St Cather ine’s School in Richmond Va. - and R. P. Harne?. rooms, a matron’s quarters, guest feed them). Immediately following the quarters and two study,; rooms I The kitchen, situated in the stockholders meeting a meeting within the house. Recreation fa:J same building, is separated from A district meeting of Farm Bu reau officials and service repre sentatives .was held here Monday at Hotel Mary Musgrove. The session was arranged to of tHe directors was held. John T cilities are situated in a base- Young was elected chairman ot ment playroom, and limited din- the board and other officers nam- ing room and kitchen accommo- ed were: R. P. Hamer, president; T. E. Addison, vice-president; John T. Young, vice-president; H- Y McSween,-cashier; Leaman D. Jones, assistant cashier. The year-end financial state ment of t^e bank shows assets and liabilities of $2,181,8^196, Capital ‘accounts are listed as $194,275.58. dations also will be available* for special use. ' — The Hartness home exterior is of granite in keeping with other Thornwell buildings, and the in terior is of wood paneling throughout — mostly Phillipine mahogany, but with cypress in ^ the playroom, sycamore in the ^kitchen; walnut, in one study the dining area bv a glass parti- j provide Farm Bureau leadership tion * This facility, too has been j w ‘1h up to date nformafion on newly equipped with modem gas the, county and state service pro stoves, baking equipment, dish tram. washers, a refrigeration room and Organization leaders fK>m La41- other necessary) items. 1 t nes, Newberry and Saluda coun- Dr Macdonald pointed out that': ties attended the meeting. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Hartness, the donors of the new home for boys, had given Hartness, gymnasium* to Thornwell - in 1950 and the Sara Jo Hartness home for girls in -1954. R. Workman, of, liinards, vice- president of the South Carolina Farm RureatA presided, and- a number of other officials and di rectors were present to set forth the Bureau’* program “ . 7 V \ 1