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f ■ i / / 'H y If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News The Chronicle ^trhes To Be A Clean News- » paper. Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 4, 1957 Number 14 Would PutJax Collector Under Treasurer's Office Delegation Hears Requests Monday A proposal by Senator Robert opinion that the County Board of C. Wasson would abolish the of- Commissioners has authority Dinner and, Dance at Hotel Mary Musgrove Friday Evening fice of county delinquent tax col lector and place the duties now performed by that office under the jurisdiction of the county treasurer. The tto^surer would apoint a deputy tax collector to perform such duties, under the provisions of Wasson’s proposal. The Senator made the proposal Monday mroning at the monthly • public meeting of members of the county delegation in the General Assembly in the court house. No action was taken, the mat ter being left open for further The delinquent tax collector heretofore has been appointed by the governor upon recommenda tion of the county delegation. George Adair is presently the delinquent tax collector and his term expires in June. (though not sole authority, with, some devolving on the delega tion) to open new roads, change, relocate or abandon any road in the county. The opinion was in response to a request by the dele gation for clarification o“f author ity to abandon a road through the proerty of the Zonolite Corpora tion, which the corporation had! requested. The delegation re frained from acting in the matter when Mr. Huff gave the opinion thah the Supervisor and Commis sioners had ample authority. The delegation set up a meet ing for Apnil 16 with a represen-” tative of the company relative to photo-stating records and docu ments submitted for recording in county offices. The delegation agreed to mark off about 15 spaces for county of ficers for parking in the new The delegation heard a request to make legal Saturday afternoon P ar ^ in 'g l°t set up by the county closing of county offices, with the exception of the sheriffs of fice. A petition was presented by Treasurer Sam M. . L e a m a n, spokesman for the group of coun ty officers requesting such a move. He explained that the pe tition did not include such re quest from the county auditor. While the matter was under discussion and the delegation was hearing an opinion by County Attorney Phil D. -Huff that legis- to the rear of the jail. Supervisor B. B. Blakely - re quested a suplemental appropria tion of $25,000 for the road main tenance program in the county for the remainder of the fiscal year endings June 30. It was agreed to let the Supervisor draw immediately on an account to be included in the new approriation bill now under consideration. Debatb was adjourned on a re quest by. the Supervisor for an additional appropriation of $1,200 the county \ Here are scenes at the smorcasbord and dance riven Friday evening at Hotel Mary Musgrove. in honor of Mr. and Mrs Wil liam. J. Trowbridge, new managers of the hotel. The, affair was sponsored by the board of directors of the Clinton Community Hotel Corporation, owners of the hotel. Stock in the corporation is widely held by citizens of the community. Mr and Mrs. Trow bridge recently leased the property, and the dinner ani dmee Friday was in the - nature of a welcome to the Trowbridges. About ^200 people from Clinton. I^urens, Newberrv and other points attended. In the photo at left (1. to r.) are-Mr. and Mrs. Trowbrirl^ ■ R. L fMaxico, president of the corporation: P S Bailey, vice pr >- — 1 ..otos by Dan Yarborough i>ient: Tom Xddkon. representing the b'>ard of directors aho made arrangements: R. P. Hamer, secretars and W C. Baldwiri, treas urer In the right photo is shwon the end of the tables laden with a w ide -variety of food that made up the menu. Serving themselves are R. I.dward Ferguson, Tomim Hollis, and Mrs. E. V Sullivan. Council Sets Limits On Distance Firemen May Respond To Calls lation op Saturday afternoon closing was desirable from a legal' for maintenance at standpoint, Mr. Leaman returned home to the meeting with the infomna-1 The delegation stated that bids tion that further opposition'to the for a new roof for the county move had developed in the office jail has been received and would of superintendent of education, be opened at a later date. The and that he (Leaman) would with- group also agreed to construct a [ City counc ji a t jts monthly ses- draw the petition. Further con- concrete block wall between the' s j on Monday night, in addition to sideration of the matter was ter-ijai land the new parking lot to ac ti on , on the proposed new water! minated at that point. , enhance the apearance of the te(n ;or tho city> which is re J Mr. Huff expressed the opinion premises. ported elsewhere in The Chronical that closing the offices on Satur-| Twelve or 15 members of the today, set limits on the distance day afternoon without legal ac- County Board of Equalization!^^ firem<?n m in ansWer „ tion could create situations apeared before the delegation to out _ oMoU . n fire calls Ih ad _ whereby the bonds of county of- request and recommend that , f ficers would be subject to suit, maps be made of the entire coun- dition to the distance limits, coun- He stated it was prima facie evi- ty so that property not now on|^ , deuce of negligence if no one was the books for taxation can be in- " ” in an office to transact business 1 eluded. Equalization of assess- during legal hours. j ments also came in for considefa- It was stated that most county tion. B. L. Clardy, spokesman ab l e for their properly The de offices now close on Wednesday! for the board and its chairman,' posit, when once made, would re in the areas involved shall make a $100 cash deposit with the city ini order to have (ire protection avail-j Council Moves To Begin Building New Water Supply, Plant for City Mobile Home On Display Plans and Specifications Ordered; In City During \^eek-End | Cost in Excess of$1,000,000 JIM WOLFE and Saturday afternoons, wHth skeleton crews on duty during exceptionally busy periods. Mayor Joe Medldck reported that the City of ’Laurens had reassessment, he said. J. T. Hol- over-spent last year’s $25,000; lingsworth, member of the board. stated that property in the ebunty, rrvam -in force until a property, is now assessed for taxation at owmer has a fire to which the city from 2 to-60 p>er cent of its val- firemen were called, when a new ue. The maps would aid in any deposit shall be made. Following are the limits: Old Laurens rpad, Plywood plant; county aproriation for roads in requested and the board recom-1 highway, League's Dairy; the city by $4,758. It was agreed mended more space for th audi- Greenwood 0 road, John T. Young that the excess would be deduct-: tor’s office, utilizing the room \w,.hp rrv hlehiwav Young’s S a PP ronation f now occupied by the delinquent Cro6 ’ Roads; Chappells ’highway, of $25,000 for the same purpose, tax ooUector. T Heath Copeland Youn Cross Road at H ♦ h ♦ el? n informed agreed wrth sent.mer^ express-, Acres farm; whltmire hi ^ hway , that the $80 a month assistanted by th other members .of the to the court house maintenance board and recommended ah in-1 en 1 p ‘ supervisor is no longer employed. The work is being done by a county prisoner. Attorney Huff stated as his creased apropriation of $2,000 f 0 rj’ h j* hvva >* old ^ J ^ cn ^ > n h<>rn , e ,' . , , last year to oomensate members '? lace; North Broad street ’ Beard 5 let ^ d to continue m the post at Wolfe Reelected a Chamber President Jim Wolfe has been reelected to serve as president of the Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. Wolfe, who has led activities of the Clinton commerce organiza tion for the pasf year, was se- of the board for the time spent on county work. General Clark To Speak Here Tuesday, April 16 Fork A list of property owners pay ing-the deposit will be posted at fire department headquarters and calls fol^per'vice will be answered only to those homes or other properties that are on the list, city officials state. The meeting Monday night was presided over by Mayor J. P. Ter ry, with all councilmen present: Frank M. Boland, ward one; S. A Pitts, ward two; Harry C. Layton, M^rd three; James P. Sloan, ward four; Woodrow L. Wilson,; ward five: James C. Craine, ward six. Mayor Terry and council were unanimous in support of the move to proceed with matters relating to construction of the new water system. They acted after hearing a meeting of the board of direc tors Tuesday morning, who unan imously supported the recom mendation of the nominating committee. Named at the same time were H. L. Eichejberger and J Robert Cox, who will serve as executive vice-presidents. Gary Holcombe was also chosen to continue in his position as secretary-treasurer of the organization. These officers, together with five new directors elected by mail ballot and announced last week, eomplt^. organization of the Chafnber for tfie yeaf7 They wiir serve with holdover direc tors whose terms did not expire' this year. Wolfe was authorized to name a committee to study the matter The Mobilemanor Corporation, which is expected to move jts plant to Clinton ih the near future, is displaying one of its mobile homes here today and through the week end. The public is invited to view the home, which is the type of product to be manufactured in the city when the corporation gets its operations underway. The home on exhibition arrived yeyierday and will be placed near A the monument on the square. A* However, it may be moved, to an other site near the business sec tion Friday in order to avoid the week-end traffic ip the center*of the city H. G Mathews, president of the Mobilemanor Corporation, is in the city for the display of his product and desires to meet as many people of the community as possible and have them see the mobil horms Chamber of Commerce Presi dent James E Wolfe and others To Hold Session Here April 10-11 -The Second Presbytenal of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church will be held here at the Providence church Wednesrday and Thursday. April 10 and 11 About 130 representatives from the Women's organizations of . . ... churches in Florida. Georgia, and in the community working with - , , , ., «» .. J ... South Carolina, in addition to Mr. Mathews urge residents to visit the display. . X Of additional interest to Clin ton citizens will be part of the interior finish of the home, which has been done with materials m'ade by Standard Plywood Cor poration a n^d Cincinnati Floor Manufacturing Corporation, both of Clinton. Pre-School Clinic Sponsored By Florida St. P. T. A. 9th & 10th parlors for those The annual pre-s. hoo! ■’ der the direction cf Mrs Waidrep, Count•> Health Charles H. Beebe, member of the |of nammg a successor to George ^ 11 ** he! I n A ;’ ; * ' d nu un- Annie Nurse. 10th engineering firm employed by the city, who had been invited to ap pear, in a final discussion of the project. Members Of the firm had appeared before council on several occasions during the past two years while preparations for the system were underway. Massey, manager of the Chamber, who left the city Saturday to take a new post in Virginia. Read at the meeting was a let ter from Howard Johnson, re-, gional representative of the Re i Cross, outlining a proposed blood program for the bneefit of indi- from 1 30 until. 3 p m Health Center on Woodt The. eiini.’ is 'sponsored Council directed continuance of j viduals who ,would be eligible to study by a committee workirtg on | receive blood transfusions upon tho question of inspection of meat j presentation/ of cards. Eligibil- at the Street. by th e Florida Street ’ School Parent- Teachers Asse i.ition, Mrs I O Ray, health committee eh urman It if' : en to all children wh » wtti enter Florida Street School in the fall Each child ^ should be ac companied by an adult. local members, will a’tend the two-day session This is the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Presbytenal and favors and .flowers for the occas ion will commemorate the. event Theme for the meeting is "Hith erto Hath the Lord -Helped U-" For the opening session Wed nesday evening supper will be served tjo about fiflv offav and d'flegates and following the pro gram a social hour will be held in the church "aterxling T Morning and afternoon sessions will be held on Thursday with lunch at the Mary Musgrove Ho- ty! The program will include reports of Presbytenal officers, a memorial service for decea.-ed lumbers .and an installation ser vice conduct 'd bv Dr C Bynum Betts, pastor »f the host church, for new officers Min. Francw At-Cullough. of Atlanta, is Presbytenal president, and Miss Margaret Blakely, of this city, is junior and interme diate secretary for the Presbvte rial. Clinton's city council on Monday night moved, a step neirrer to construction of a new and enlarged water supply when it authorized engineers to proceed with detailed plans and specifications for a system that will supply three mil lion gallons a day. ^ The plant would be paid for with proceeds of a revenue bond issue. Estimated cost of construction of the.proposed plant is IT,161.700. Sale of the bonds will be made by in viting bids. ^ • the summer in order to h^ve en ough water for more important uses Last summer the city re sorted to using water from Lake Austin, constructed as an auxil iary supply, when the flow in Duncan Creek proved inadequate to supply the demand The creek has failed to supply the city’s occasions in recent y ear- ha - rieed.> for u ater in two of the past proved inadequate to meet the three years city officials said city’s demand- W Plans call for the construction of a pumping station on Enoree river, a 16-inch raw water mam from the river to a 3.000.000-gal lon daily filter plant to lx 1 built at the city’s present utilities site in aown. a 500.iH)0 gallon filtered water reservoir, electric power and control lines to pumping sta tion on river, and additional booster and.distnbut.on mams in town. • . . City Attorney Cecil E White and the city's bond attorne> Hu- cen ger Smkler, of ^ Charleston, are now working out details of the city bond issue, and when the ngin eers, Harwood Beebe Company T»f—SparhmW t+'th——, The source of supply for the new water plant will be Enoree river, eight miles northeast of Clinton. The city gets it present 1,000 000 gallon supiy of water from Duncan Creek, four miles-north east of the city, which on -evera! Wc man’s C-i Hole M..ry Mas evening. April 9 umbei have J A'. ■ge of plans and specifications (expect •*d to require from two to thn- months . bids for construction of the plant will be invited imme diately thereafter Under the present pF-*ir:im »f procedure, it is anticipated tout the new plant will be in ’pe"! tion some time in the spring of 1958. :n time to fulfil! am d< Cub Scout Leaders Will Meet At Joanna m of Laur- Th ens i "rog: Joan , i A: Cub Sc istnc* .v. im planr a Club g A : . . ;Cav hSive Hi ic mor. ■- Mor mand- that may be the city , for water .succt'eding summer made dunni tners NOTICE The in recent war rh. i lute itionifu water pro* ■. hay had *' iservatron ‘ > during D GENERAL MARK W. CLARK Mark Wayne Clark, General, United States Army, retir ed, now president of The Citadel, the South Carolina Mili tary college at Charleston, will make an address in Clinton oa Tuesday, April 16. He will speak at 1:00 p. m. at a luncheonlat Hotel Mary Musgrove, sponsored by the Lions .Club. N ’ The club requested the appear- accepted from the general public, ance of General Clark as a public i Those desiring to attend may service in order to give the peo-. contact William J. Abrams, presi- ple of the eamrntinity an oppor-1 dent of the Lions club, tunity to meet and hear him. | General Clark was born in sold through the city abattoir Council' a’lso authorized attor neys to proceed with preparations on the bond issue to finance con struction of th d new water sys tem. ‘ ^ Four loading j and unloading zones on streets'of the city were established* by councilnortheast corner of Musgrove and* Enter prise stnlets; center of blbric on Musgrove from E. Carolina to En terprise; center of block each side of Broad street from Main to Pitts. The Police Committee of Council \* as directed to consult with the chief of police on other traffic problems Council voted to send < Lieut. W. B Blakely of the police depart ment to an FBI police school in Washington in the near future. City Clerk and Treasurer W. Brooks Owens submitted the fi nancial report on city operations for March. Receipts for the month were $+5,797.84, while expendi tures were $35,19? 9® ity w'ould be set up by partici pation in a blood donation pro gram. Such a program for the community will receive further study, it was said. To Give Gym Exhibition Tomorrow Night BAND BOOSTERS TO MEET The Band Boosters Club will Ln addition to members of the! Madison Barracks, N. Y., May l.j hold their regular monthly mete- club, a limited number of reser-i 1896. He was graduated from the' ing Monday, April 8, at 7:30 in the vations for the luncheon 5 is being (Continued on page four) 'high school auditorium. * t Kiwanis Club Annual Thornwell Benefit Bazaar April 26 The Kiwanis Club Bazaar will be held in the Hartness Gymna sium at Thornwell on Friday, April 2t> Supper will be served. Mrs. J B Templeton is chair man for the bazaar with Mrs. James E. Wolfe as co-chairtnan. Booths will include: Cookie Jar, Green Thumb, Tiny Tots Ready- to-Wear, Lad and Lassies, Cake Booth, Sweet Shop, Frozen Food Specialty, Odds and Ends. All pro ceeds will go to Thornwell Or phanage. The benefit bazaar is staged annually for Thornwell by members of the Kiwanis Club and their wives. A meeting will be held on Mon day afternoon, April 8, at 2:00 o’clock at the Hotel Mary Mus grove for the chairman, co-chair man and committee members to formulate plans for the event. The girls' physical education classes of Clinton High School will present a gym exhibition Friday night at 8 o clock. Under the di rection of Mrs. W. Fuller Motes. 75 girls will take part. The program will consist of a square dance. “Texas Star. “ with the calls by Melissa Burdette, a drill platoon led by Dolly Crouch, a rock and roll drill with squad leader Sandra Salters> a jump rope routine, stunts, and tumbling with jesters Ann Ray and Julie Bolick. mast calisthenics led by Gail Morse, and Norma Elder will be the squad leader of a flashlight drill. Some boys from Coach Fleming Thornton's physical education classes will wrestle. A nominal admission fee will be charged. * ! * B. And P. W. Club Will Conduct Career Advancement Clinic Tin* Career A t i .ir.cemer.t Clin.c of the f^usiness and Professional be held at the ■ e or. Tuesday- *30 A large invited, m- oo- the duv 4X1.-x 4'XT'.- ;r> - itive •. .souay s ot avail-