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^ k , / i i t If You Don’t. Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper. Complete. Newsy and Reliable * Volume LVIH Clinton, S. G, Thursday, Septpfhber 5,1957 Number 36 District 56 Schools Have Budget of $558,785 to Take About 85% of Total Schools in District 56 will operate | instructional supplies, libraries, on a b u d g e t of $558,785 for the 1957-58 term, it is revealed by a budget adopted earlier this year. Income from sources other than a special school levy is g i v e n as $390,750, leaving $168,035 to be rais ed by taxation through a special levy from property owners in the district. The levy approved in the county supply bill is 30 mills, with an ad ditional four mills for payment of principal and interest on outstand ing bonds, and one mill for repay ment of an accumulated deficit. The total school levy for this year, therefore, will be 35 mills The largest item in the budget is for instructional expense, including salaries of principals and teachers, $465,550. Salaries total $455,000. Other items in the category include County Closes Year With $4,000 Surplus Laurens, Sept. 1—Laurens County spent $240,167.76 during the year ending June 30, 1957, from tax mon ies appropriated in the legislative supply bill and other sources of rev enue, according to the annual re- port to the county delegation made by Supervisor Bennie Blakely. Total funds authorized for the expenditures were $424,229.89, leav ing a carryover of $4,062.13. Total spent was approximately $500 less than the previous year when $513,468.60 was spent on per manent road improvements out of bond issue money. The report showed that all of the departments and sub-departments of the county government except four either balanced their accounts for the year or showed surpluses. A . note on the report said that all over- 'drafts were authorized by the dele gation. Departments showing overdrafts were permanent road program, $1,- 167.40; repairs A county borne, $97.68; Watts Mills deputy, $1,412.- 78 ;and radio system supplies, $2,- 495.99. Showing surpluses were nine sub departments of the Board of Coun ty Commissioners, totaling $3,044.88. Clinton High School Red Devils 1957 Football Team driver education car, agriculture travel, and home ec travel. This section amounts to 83.4V, of the to tal budget. Administration, including salaries for administrators, is given as $23,- 535, including -accounting service, extra office help, conferences and professional meetings, post office box rent, office supplies, profession al dues, travel, surety bond prem iums, telephone and telegraph, sta tion wagon expense, contingencies, and legal services. Operation, $40,500, including jani tors' salaries, janitors’ supplies, fuel, water and lights, contingencies Maintenance. $8,500, including sal aries and maintenance and repairs on buildings. Auxiliary agencies, $5,550, includ ing bus transportation, extra-curric ular activities, medical service and first aid, miscellaneous. Fixed charges, $10,550, including insurance on buildings and compen sation insurance. Capital outlay,,.$4,600, including land option, furniture and equip ment, additions and alterations to buildings, contingencies It wa» stated that since the-budget was made up and approved, increas es were given in salaries by the legislature at its recent session, but IteLlhe increases will he nffesl by a corresponding increase* in income from state sources. Estimated Income Local taxes other than special school levy, $6,850, including de-, linquent taxes, poll taxes, dog tax es, and penalties. Other local income, $5,950, in cluding national.forest fund, Joanna music fees, other fees, rents, etc. j State and federal aid, $377,950, in cluding state aid for salaries, super vision and maintenance, vocational agriculture aid, vocational home ec aid, textile education aid. It was pointed out that the assess ed valuation on property in School District No. 56 is $5,847,120. For the purposes of the budget the as sessed valuation, it was stated, it is estimated that the assessed valua- 1 tk>n will be about $5,860,000. To' provide a school tax of $168,035 from this assessed valuation on a 95 per cent collection of taxes, a special school levy of 30 mills is re-1 quired, in addition to the four mills for bond retirement and one mill for deficit financing Front row, left to right: Dick Gasque, Dwight Moody, Jervis Lewis, Ronald Corley. Horace Payne, Billy Horne, Delmar Hardman, Jerry Kushlon, Mac Campbell, Ronnie Hedspeth, Wayne Fuller. Middle row: Harry League, manager, Ricky Rhame, Joel McEI- hannon. Wallace Boyd. Rock Bailey, Bud Tumblin, Henry Ingle. Donny Lewis, Kenneth Trammell, Alvin Huehle, Duck Adair, Mac Gaffney, Larry Garner, Paul Watts, manager. Back row: Coach Ralph "Buzz'* Tedards, Billy Cranford, Milling Blalock, Cecil Davenport, John Wrenn, F.dgar Everett. Mike 'Uarne'. Joel Cox, John Eichelberger. Jake Rasor. Earl Horton, Joe Lark. Joe Neely. Jimmy Chaney. Kenneth Mann, Coach ■ Sonny" King. — Photo hy Dan Yarborough , Do Not Water Lawns, Shrubbery, City Officials Today Request Citizens Postpone Jacobs Preliminary Hearing Mobile Home Plant For Clinton Is Possibility Prospects that a targe manufac turer of mobile homes would locate a plant in Clinton in the near future were described as “good” by Jim Wolfe, president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce, following i trip to Elkhart, IniL, where he con ferred with several leading manu facturers of home trailers. Mr. Wolfe was accompanied to Elkhart by by A. D. Salter, member of the Laurens County Planning and Development Board. The national Mobile Home Show was in progress at the time of their visit. Mr. Wolfe said that two or three of the manufacturers had expressed a keen interest in locating in the Chnton area. Mr. Wolfe said h e pointed out to them the many advan tages Clinton has to offer, including locally produced plywood, flooring. Last spring Mobilemanor Cor- [ poration announced plans to move its manufacturing plant from Le-' noir, N. C., to Clinton after the Lau rens County Legislative Delegation succeeded in having the legislature revise a statute tb permit 10-foot, wide mobile homes to travel the state's highways. The previous limit had been eight feet. However, Mobilemanor, although it had actually purchased a site in Chnton for its proposed opera- For the second time in three weeks, water users in the Tity have“bcen -reqttestri tnr f^eonsetn^ative-Hr-the+e-u-H- of- water. Only this time, city officials have made the request much stronger, and in the face of practically no rainfall in this-section during the pa.*»t two months, they have issued an order that no water is to be used by patrons of the city water department for watering lawns and shrubbery, ef fective immediately. ' ' " <r Compliance with the order is imperative, city officials state, in order to maintain anything like an adequate sup ply for other necessary purposes. Home owners, in addition to not using water for lawns and shrubbery, are requested to use no more than necessary for purposes in the home. Business concerns are also requested to be conservative. • Unless the situation improves in the next few days, officials say that more drastic restrictions may be neces sary. The flow in Duncan Creek, where the city gets its water supply, has been getting less and less in recent weeks, and fur some oays has not been sufficient to keep the pumps operating. The city’s Lake Austin has been brought into use and is furnishing water daily, but officials state that the supply there is limited and must’be conserved in every way possible. In the meantime, city council48 continuing with plans to issue $1,150,000 in bonds with which to finance the con struction of a new and larger water plant, using Enoree River as the source. Bids on the bonds are expected to he calied foxiibout the middle of October, it. was said. Clinton High Turns Back ls f« Next Hurray Wolverines in Opener Clinton High will men York to morrow night (Friday i in their second game of the season. The game will be played at York. , Halfback Dvught Moody were the luminaries in Clinton High’s first at : tempt this year, played before a ; large borne crowd. Supporting them A preliminary hearing for Thomas D. Jacobs. 59. who is being held on a charge of conspiracy of kidnaping, schedul- e.d.. lur this 1 Thursday) afternoon, has been postponed, it was announced yesterday morning. The hearing will be field next Thursday, Sept. 12, at :00 p, m. at the city hall in Clinton, according to Magis- Stnking suddenly early in the first period, and following up with two more touchdowns in the second and first period score w hen he raced 75 third periods, the Clinton High Red yards for Clinton's first touchdown. Devils got off to a flying start on| Horne contributed a 40-yard run their 1957 football season by turning | in the second quarter to set up the back the Whitmire Wolverines, 19; second score, a two-yard plunge by to 0, here last Thursday night on Lark in a stalwart manner was Joe Lark at fullback on ofense and tackle j trate Sam H. McCrary, of Hunter Township, in whose court on defense. proceedings will take place Moody broke loose to rack up the Rev. T. P. Barron To Preach Here Sunday the Presbyterian College field. Quarterback Billy Horne and New Dress Shoppe Opens This Horning "Pearle Henry,” new; dress and gift shoppe, will open its doors for business this morning. The business, owned by Mrs Wil liam J Henry, will occupy a build The postponement was caused by the death of the mother of the state prosectitbr for this circuit. Solicitor William T Jones, of Greenwood So licitor Jones requested the post ponement. and Magistrate McCrary set the new date Magistrate McCrary said that the an injured arm and was in action very little. He tallied the only ex tra point of the night ing at 205 N. Broad Street adjoining tically a whole team to give relief the Broadw ay Theatre. I to the first stringers Special opening days will continue ^ In an advertisement in today’ , Thornwell To Meet paper announcing the opening, it is Schools Operating On Short Schedule Schools in District 56, in their first week of the 1957-58 session, are tion here, has run into a series of being operated on a nabbreviated LEAVES FOR CLEMSON Jim Gasque, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gasque, leaves today to enter the freshman class St Clemson. schedule, officials state. Getting underway on Tuesday af- obstacles and its plans are still pending, Mr. Wolfe said. The Chamber of Commerce presi-jter the Labor Day holiday, the ses dent said that Indiana is the trailer sions for first graders are being manufacturing capital oflhc United; a , 1100 a , second states, and the manufacturers now J , ,, , realize the need for plants on the » raders at 11:3 °- and another . ..i —.1 riit-fH.* nearer W —r-' iV-7 the production of Inuse trailers. P "Sv Tt , h . m ar. ■ - --I Bcgmnmg Monday, S e p I 9. a f,. Many of them are definitely g : 30 a m ^ (he regular schedule will interested in the Southeast, and I go into effect, closing.at 2:30 p. m. believe that Clinton has a good Cafeterias w'ill begin serving lunch- Cooper Motor Co. Is Chrysler Dealer chance of inducing one or more of e s on that day, it was stated, them to move here,” Mr. Wolfe This schedule affects both white said. and colored schools. Cooper Motor Co., West Main street automobile firm, is announc ed in today’s paper as the Chrysler products dealer in Clinton The company, in business for 20 years, and headed by Lynn W. Cooper, has been the dealer for Dodge and Plymouth cars in the Clinton area. They recently were awarded t h e franchise to include stated that a complete bridal ser vice will be offered, also decorat- i ing for all, occasions, to be under the supervision of Mrs. B F. Win- gard. It is'also stated that a dress will I be given as a door prize on each of ! the three opening days. Mrs. Henry states that Mrs. J. D. Jeanes and Mrs Myra Adair Crock er will join her as members of the store staff ing the sole Plymouth dealer in the city. The company also handles the well known line of Dodge trucks. An advertisement elsewhere jn this issue states that the company offers sales and service on new and used cars Presbyterian Leadership School In Laurens Sept. 23-27 Horne added the final touchdown. ~ with a quarterback sneak in the 1 Rt>v E P .Barron, former pastor . ^ ^ third stanza ! the Sherwood Forest Associate hearing was arranged at the request , 1 Rprnrmed PiWivterinn (’hnrrh nf Jacobs attorney. T David Sloan. Halfback Billy Cranford, of wHom [nTSw Sato’ ^ of Laurens much is expected this season, had 0 'ummj ana now. aoing graauait study at Columbia Seminary. De Arrested along wKh Jacobs in the catur, Ga., will preach at the local, case were Jobie Shelton. Jr . 30. and A s-ociate Refo r m e d Presbyterian Willie T Hill. 61. Clinton Negroes Doing yeoman service in the for- Church, next Sunday morning. Sep- Hill is st.H a patient in the state ward wall was Center Joe Neelv 1 ttmht ‘ r 8 * at ,he 11 ° c,ock '*»rship penitentiary hospital in Columbia, and Tackle Earl Horton. ,n addition ^ur ! suffering with high blood presure to Lark Vlr Barron, after graduating Laurens County Sheriff C W Chnton coaches'”Buzz’’ Tedards fr,)rn 'h^ Erskine Seminary in Due " tor and Clinton s Police Chief B. ynd Sonny' King substituted fre- " es L assumed the pastorate of the R Ballard, who played prominent Columbia church where he labored parts in the foiling of the alleged for a year before going to Edin kidnap plot, conferred with Solicitor burgh, Scotland, for further study Jones last Thursday to wt>rk out de- I’pon his return from Edinburgh he tails of the hearing, which now will again took up the work to Columbw , f ake place one week later From there he went to the West Jacobs. Hill and Shelton were minster school in Atlanta where he arrested last June by Sheriff Wier taught Bible for two years. He re- and his deputies and SLED offi- sign**d recently from, this position to cers and charged with conaptnng to do further study at the seminary ut kindoap young Robert—jR Vance, Decatur Jr , son of a Chnton banker .and Mr Barron is marned to the for Cotton mill official mer Miss Mona Blakely, daughter Sheriff ttier said a short time af o! Mr ami Mrs A B Blakely, of ter the arrest of the trio that the this'city v two Negroes had confessed their Friends in the community are P jr t m the fantastic plot to kidnap quently, at times sending in prac- Columbia 'B' Team Tonight In Opener Thornwell Orphanage will open its 1957 football season tonight on the Thornwell field, meeting the strong B team from Columbia High cordially invited to the service next ^ child and hold him for $350 000 School The starting lineup will probably include; ends. Wickham and Rich ey; tackles. Gray and Morris; guards. Fountain and Glasure; cen ter. McAlister; quarterback. Dick- ins; halfbacks. Powers. Wickham, or Eason; fullback. Breckington Whit Mayes Ls manager Sunday morning Jacobs has maintained si- Copf. Leo C. McCarthy Serving In Vietnam ransom lence i Jacobs and Shelton were return ed a short time ago from the State Hospital in Oriumbia where they underwent a 30-day sanity test Both were declared sane and were re- Capt Leo C McCarthy recently arrived in Vietnam, in the Far East, turned to Laurens County joil m and is a member of the l T S Mill- Laurens where they are being held The Thornwell team will be deck- tary assistance advisory group at Hdl also was declared sane baptist" Plans are being set up for the, ed out in new uniforms—purple jer- Saigon .. Laurens County Presbyterian Lead sies with gold stripes and numbers. -Captain McCarthy entered the ^ pp LY PASTOR •heyisiee-efg; in addition to becom- exuluft^chool tobe..hdzl iii.Laurens, gold pants with, purple stripe*— mirr-nr 1941 and was last 'fcafibned *'•'** 'Hex B P Turner. September^23-27 at the First Pres- Game time is 8:00 p m. jt Eort Leavenworth. Kansas minister of Greenwood, is serving byterian Church » — ^ His wife the former Miss Peggv -is supply pastor of Bellview Bap Dr W. Redd Turner, pastor of ** MEET TONIGHT Clinton's First Presbyterian Church. The Stephen D Lee Chapter, will be dean of the school United Daughters 01 the Corded- The school alternates annually be- eracy will meet this evening. Thurs- tween Clinton arid Laurens day. at 7:30 with Mrs Frank Miller Johnson, is •in Clinton for the pres- Cist church between Laurens and ent with her parents Warier A Clinton The pastor the Rev R R Johnson, director o f athletics at Standley ’ resigned n June and Mr Presbyterian College, and Mrs Turner is serving in the interim Johnson until a new pa.'t >r is chosen Scenes at Joanna's Labor Day Celebration pn Monday; 4000 Participate day, whea al Ml akawa a refraaeatatire group enjoying « Labor Day barbecue at A day laag cililraHaa, atogod by the JoaauQ Cotton Mills, featured the estimated crowd o( 4.0M gathered, including employees, their families and Invited guests. The center picture shows a part of the crowd as tickets were drawn for door prises. The photo at right shews the wlaner of the “Cemr-to-Mama" race. David Sanders, who received a silver doMar from W. W. Nlver, Jr., chairman of contents and field events committee. From left to right add Bobby are Mrs. Rosa Bridges Sanders. David. Nlver, /m