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. 1 1 1 ■ If You Don’t Read Thle Chronicle You Don’t Get the News The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable. Volume LVIII ' - y- Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 19, 1957 Number 38 Judges in Cotton Maid Contest Spartanburg Firm Is Low bidder On Methodist Addition W M. Fine and Son, Spartanburg contractors, were low bidders on the proposed addition to Broad Street Methodist Church Their, bid was $76,976. Heavy Docket Faces Court Term Beginning Monday Bids on the project were submit-) ted last Friday at the office of Fant and Son, architects, of Anderson The contract has not yet been let, according to C. €. Giles, chairman of the building committee The committee will meet at an early date, he said, and award the con tract, after which construction of the building is expected to get un derlay almost immediately Second low bidder* was Cannon Jacobs Hearing Cancelled 34 Continued Cases, 48 for Action By Grand Jury Are Posted for Week The preliminary hearing fori Shelton, Jr , and Willie T Hill, were Thomas I). Jacobs, 59, Clinton man! arrested last June JO in connection charged with conspiracy to kidnap, with an alleged plot to kidnap the was cancelled last Thursday after- young son of a Clinton banker and noon after a conference between Jacobs' attorney an<j the prosecut- [ ing attorney. : The hearing was scheduled to be j held before Magistrate Sam H Mc Crary in the Clinton city hall and represented by Marshall Abercrom- cotton mill executive. Robert M Vance, and hold him for $350,000 ransom Neither of the Negroes was pres ent for the hearing, but Shelton was ^ was ready to get underway/ when a CoMHS.Um Sjwber - conri . rf - n< ,. -„- aJ ^ ^ ry, with a bid of $77,225; and third 1 hie, Laurens attorney, who came prepared to record {he - pfbc~et^fing- Here are the judges who will select the Laurens County Maid of Cotton next Tuesday night. The cere monies will be held at Hotel Mary Musgrove and a number of girls in the county will enter as candidates. I,eft to right are M. V. (Bill) Wells, of Greenwood; Ja ie Dalton, of Spartanburg; and Burnet R. Maybank, of Greenville. low bidder was Charles J. Craig, of Columbia, $77,429. tween Attorney David T Sloan, Jr, i Maid of Cotton Contest R A f d k D ? l ! ils ^ Mee, Abbeville Here Scheduled for Tuesday Girls of County to Compete for Honor fabulous cotton wardrobe and The Laurens County Maid of Cot- a Ion Contest will be held in Clinton I national and world tours lasting for next Tuesday evening jn the ball-, room of Hotel Mary Musgrove,. when beautiful girls from through ) out the county will vie for the honor of representing Laurens county in the state contest at the Clemson House in Clemson later in the fall. The session will get underway at 7:30. Preceding the Maid of Cotton Con test, a Fall Fashion Show will be presented, featuring nine live mod els who will display cotton apparel from stores in the county The commentary will be by Mrs Mi chael S. Turner, of Clinton. Judges for the contest will be Jane Dalton, radio and TV person ality, of Spartanburg; Burnet R. Maybank, of Greenville, attorney and member of the South Carolina House of Representatives: and M. V. (Bill) Wells, personnel director of Greenwood Mills, Greenwood. The judges wil have personal in terviews with the contestants, be ginning at 5:30 p. m. Beauty, per sonality, poise, background, talent and photogenic qualities all will have bearing on the selection of a Maid of Cotton to represent the county. The contestants will appear a* year. Office/s of the Laurens County Maid of Cotton Committee are: Claude A. Crocker, of Clinton, chair- mah; Mrs. Bailey W'ilhams, of Lau rens, vice-chairman; and Mrs Eula Bolt,- of Laurens, secretary-treas urer. New Telephone Directory Due Middle Of October Tomorrow Night include many new listings and num- in evening dress for thu program, —Lher changes brought about by the The Maid will be crowned by P. S. Bailey, president of Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills, and vice-presi dent of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association. The winner will be presented a wardrobe and expenses for herself and chaperone for her Clemson appearance. Cotton^ growers, ginners, ware housemen, spinners and weavers are sponsors of the contest on coun ty, state, and Southern levels. Clin ton Jaycees are the local sponsoring agency. "T Finals of the affair, with repre sentatives from all cotton-growing states, will be held in Memphis, .vv.I.Ul Clinton telephone subscirbers will get new directories about the middle of October, 1. A. Edwards, manager of the Southern Bell Telephone com pany, said yesterday. The directories are normally dis tributed in July, but at that time the company was in the process of ex panding facilities of its local plant in order to provide' service to addi tional sbuscribers and improve the quality of service. The new issue of the directory was held up, Mr. Edwards said, to installation of the new equipment. Edwards said that 2,668 subscrib ers are now being served by the Clinton telephone exchange. Formers Night Sept. 24 The local sportsmen of the Lau rens County Wildlife Federation will celebrate “Farmers Night’,’ and will invite farmers for a supper and a short film on quail. The presi dent, Dr. Marion Lawson, asked that e^:h member invite a guest and be present for the meeting September 2. There will be a clay pigeon shoot from 6:30 to 7:30. The pigeons arei provided. Bring guns and shells. Blue Hose Face Clemson Saturday in Afternoon The Clinton High School Red Devils, for their fourth game_gf _ the current season, will take on Al^eville High School Friday night on the Presbyterian College field. Game time it 8 o’clock. The Clinton team has a record of one win and two losses. They won the opening encounter against Whitmire, 19 to 0. The following week they lost to York, 25-6, and last Friday the Ware Shoals Hor nets handed the Red Devils a sur prising 7-0 setback. Coaches Buzz Tedards and Son ny King have been putting their charges through stiff workouts this week in an effort to correct deficiencies and come up with better clicking plays and team - work that will return the Red Devils to the win column. * Fighting desperately, the Ware Shoals boys clung to a first period toucrdown scored on a play that covered 40 yards. Bill Araot threw to Cary Hill, who carried across for the TD. Pruitt drove over the line for the extra point. In the fourth period, Clinton had a first down on the Ware Shoals eight-yard line, but the Hornets held. Clinton also had two passes intercepted in the fourth stanza. Tackle Bill Horton performed well for Clinton on defense, while Halfback Joe I^irk did a good job on offense. Other bidders were C. ,Y. Thoma son, of Greenwood, $77,695; George| Reid, of Clinton, $77,777; W. E Baker and Son, Whitmire, $79,761; W. G. King and Sons, Clinton, $80,-1 000; South Atlantic Construction Co , Greenwood; $82,960, McLeod Con struction Co., $85,874; and H. E. Moore, Greenwood, $88’;200 It is understood that at lea^t one other-bid did not conform to the required procedure and was disal lowed. Solicitor William T Jones, and Mag istrate McCrary. The participants and Sheriff C W. ) Wier, of Laurens county, went into | an adjoining room for about 15 minutes. Upon returning to the hearing hall, Sloan told Magistrate McCrary that he had decided to withdraw his re quest for the hearing. He said that the reason he had re quested the hearing was so that he might learn what evidence the state plans ta pressent at the trial. The solicitor. He said, had agreed to on a tape recorder The case 'is expected to go before the Laurens County Grand Jury when if convenes for the term of court in Laurens beginning next Monday Jacobs was present for the hear ing. and was flanked by two deputy sheriffs. He exhibited a lively in terest in the prelirtttnaines and at one point was heard by nearby spec tators to compalin to the attorneys Thirty-fpur continued cases will be arrd^Wayne NHson. racing on high- on the docket for the criminal court way. Darnel Boyd, murder Bobby term beginning Mondav in Launos. Mexander, Gordon Whitlock and according to records assembled in Richard Matthews, two charges of the office of the Clerk of Court housebreaking and larceny, and the In addition, 48 cases will go before same threp housebreaking and lar the grand jury for return as true ceny and receiving stolen goods bills or no bills, as the ca-se may be H R. Runion and Junior Lawson. The accompanying warrants were larceny and receiving stolen goods-, issued by the nine magistrates-in riavaf—Satterwhite - housebreaktmt the county with intent to steal David Satter and the magistrate about the pres- Annual Masonic Meet For District In Laurens Tonight The 13th Masonic district will hold its annual meeting with Palmetto Lodge 19, AFM, at Laurens tonight. 4,032 Children Enroll In Districl Schools For Term At the close of the second week of the current school term 4,032 pupils were enrolled in the eight white schools in District 56, according to figures released yesterday by Su- pemitendent W. R. Andersens’ of fice. , The white schools show a total nerollment of 2,833, and the colored schools 1,199 The enrollment will be swelled to some extent when pressing worS‘ on f a r m s is completed, princi v> Presbyterian gridmen will stage their annual Clemson invasion this Saturday for the 39th renewal of one of the state’s oldest gridiron ri valries. The Blue Hose enter the clash with a defeat at the hands of Appa lachian already in the records, thus breaking the recent pattern of Clem son as the season opener. Another shift has pushed up the game to 2:00 p. m., Saturday, instead of its usual nocturnal setting. Presbyterian is rated a 49-point underdog by the odd-makers in go ing against the Orange Bowl Tigers this week-end. The past history of the series also heavily favors Clem son, with 31 wins to four PC vic tories and three ties. The new PC coaching staff has concentrated during the past week on bringing the squad to top physi cal condition and on working out the most effective backfield combina tions. Bob Mathews was shifted to end from left halfback, and Mitch Mavromat moved, over from the moved f over from right to the left replacing him. > • Tony Benson, the star of the Ap palachian defeat with 79 yards rush ed in 18 carries, will be Mavromat’s running mate at the right halfback slot. Bob Waters continues to im prove at quarterback and will start there. And at fullback, Jimmy Nichols has been giving Ken Webb such a battle of it that the rugged little junior may open the game ahead of the big 200-pound power house. Two other standouts of last week end, Ted Leahy and Ken Gardner, are set to start at ends. Big Mar ion Parrish is still ailing but may open at left tackle as running mate for Jack C o p p 1 e y on the right. Guard Bill Bowman also remains under the weather, so Jackie Pow ers is expected to start here, along with John Firby. James McLuach- hn will open at center. Even as they prepare for Clem son. the Blue Hose remain some- wiiat chagrined over their 20-7 de feat at the hands of Appalachian last Saturday night at Boone, N. C. PC struck first, immediately after taking the opening kickoff, when Webb plunged the filial four yards to score. Then quarterback Danny Bridges converted. Benson and Waters had sparked the 65-yard drive, the little halfback rppiing off several long gains and catching a 27-yard pass from Waters, along the way. After this initial outburst, how ever, bad kicks and eight fumbles— four of which were recovered by the Mountaineers—kept the Presby terians' attack well blunted. The spirited App squad then produced two touchdowns in the second quar ter on drives of 30 and 50 yards and a third in the fourth period on a 43-yard march. pally the picking of cotton, it was stated. Since the reorganization of the dis trict in January, 1953, the schools have shown an increase in enroll ment of approximately 350, it was said. Enrollment by schools was given as follows: White Schools Clinton High School Clinton Junior High Academy Street Hampton Avenue Providences Joanna Cross Hill Mountv itle 535 335 2508 624 205 471 69 86 (Thursday) at 8:00 o’clock M B. Henderson, district deputy grand master, announcer today. The Rev. Henry F. Collins, of Columbia, grand lodge secretary, and past grand master; Thomas H Pope, of Newberry, deputy grand aids, member of the sevice corn- master: and Murray Sadler, of Don- mittee of the grand lodge, will at tend. Refreshments will be served. Mr. Henderson urged all master masons to attend. The district includes nine lodges in Laurens county make* available his file”in the case.” This, he said, would accomplish the ! same purpose as would a hearing. Confirming that he had promised to turn over his file to the defense attorney. Solicitor Jones added that I he would also make his file avail- ! able to other attorneys interested in | the case, t Magistrate McCrary then concur red in the move for cancellation of the hearing. ence of reporters at the hearing “They'll have it all over the new- papers,'' he said Few Bales Ginned From Crop of 1957 The one-week court term will get white, two charges of housebreaking underway Monday morning, wun and larceny and receiving stolen Judge T B Greneker, of Edgefield, goods presiding Also. Willie Rufus Nance, house- T wo panels of 18 jurors each were brea’king, larceny and receiving drawn ftir'the term and announced stolen goods. B A Wooten, larceny last .week.-‘ _ and receiving stolen ’goods; Gordon TwQ. murder cases appear, on the Whitlock Bobby Alexander and continued docket, and one njurder, Richard Matthew-,, arson. John case will go before the grand.jury, FTenr> Campbell, rape Johnny as will one case charging conspiracy James, rape."-Fred S PittLs drunk to kidnap Long Jists of criminal driving 'econd charge) Thomas acts are posted both for the contin- Gordon <>xner. drunk driving (sec- ued docket and for action by the and charge); James Broadus Mil "grand jury ler -drunk drivimg (.third charge). Continued Cases Daniel Shelton, psault and battery ‘“CiflvYntenJ to kill .' John 'Gosv JohF h ollowing’ are the" continued cas- es: _ Howard Gunter, Jr , and Charles W Joel Miller, involuntary man- Timmons interference with return daughter aniLreckless homicide. W of escapee-from state institution Prior to September 1, 388 bales E Hodge, murder Emerson John New Cases for Grand Jury of cotton from the 1957 crop had) son. Emma Thompson, Henry Thur Warrants issued by Magistrate been ginned in Laurens County, ac- mond (3 charges i. William Norris. | Lucile . Metis. luiurens Township cording to a report of the U S De- Sullivan Thomas, Leo Westfield James L Smith two charges of for partment of Commerce. Bureau of Earl Ray Coker, Floyd Morton, Bijl gery \rfhur 4ueen. Wilbur Cun- the Census. Hughes, all for violation of liquor nmgha.n.' and ^hilip McLaughlin. To the same date last year, 701 law. 1 V\, Owens non support non-support. Gladys Wells, assault bales,of the 1956 crop had been gm- W'godrow Craine, non support. Ers-'and battery with intent to kill Jacobs and two Negroes. Jobie D. I ned ‘ _ kine Thompson, Jerry Lee Pulley | Clifford Butler asault and battery of a high and aggravated nature R B Henderson,, violation liquor law; John Coleman Rice, making illegal liquor, John Walker Duckett, housebreaking and grand larceny. Elbert S Chaprhan, Sr . and Elbert S Chapman. Jr. murder Charles W Collins, disposing of property under ben; C. T Whitten, obtain mg money under false pretenses. RaymJbond Holingsworth, breach of trust Raymond Caldwell, using ve- , .hide without owners consent. Rob Clinton's Community Chest Board| mittee and the final goal represents ert ^ (*hilders drunk dnvin fourth charge). Community Chest Budget Of $19,519.01 Is Accepted PC-Clemson Game Tickets * Whitten Village To Get Federal Grant of $22,552 Nine Agencies to Participate in Fund Tickets for the Presbyterian Col- Whitten Village, a state home for children near Clinton, will receive a federal grant .of $22,552 50 to ap- lege-Clemson football game, to be played Saturday at Clemson, are now on sale <at the four uptown drug stores, it is stated by Atheltic Director Walter A Johnson The tickets are available at How ard’s Pharmacy. McGee’s Drug Store. Sadler-Owens Pharmacy,- and Young’s Pharmacy. The game will be played in the af ternoon, beginning at 2 o’clock ply toward the construction of a sec- ondarv sewage treatment plant, The Chronicle has been advised trr a tele gram from the office of Senator Strom Thurmond in Washington Total cost of the plant will be $82.- 693, according to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, which approved t h e appplication signed by Dr B O Whitten, su perintendent of the school CM*red Schools Bell Street Hlfh * . . Bell St. Etetft£nUtry Midway (CfOM Hffl- Mountville) Woodson (Joanna) 2.833 This Is a copy of the application for registration, which must be filled out and signed by prospective voters when applying for a new registration certificate. Re-registration of voters in the county will begin on October 7. State of South Carolina Application For Registration . day of— of Directors accepted a goal of $19,- 519 01 for this year's campaign at a meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Presbyterian College library, ac cording to I A Edwards, Publicity Chairman The decision ended several days of budget conferences w ith represen tatives of the nine participating agencies the minimum requirements of the agencies necessary to meet the basic needs of Greater Clinton for 1958.” he added Warrants issued by Magistrate J J Mahaffey of Youngs Township J T Roach, housebreaking and Agencies to receive support from, ^ larcen y FurmaI1 Hudson is year s c a m p a i g n include housebreakm> , and ^ , arceny Warrants issued by Magistrate this year's c a m p a i g American Red Cross, $3,787 00 Lo cal Youth Work, $4.000 00, Cancer A h 0vvens of Suiliv an Township Society, $2.200 00 Crippled Chd-f i- - -dren. $1,200 00 Blue Ridge Council | deadly * eapon wtttr a Walter Mayfield, The new goal is $1,532 00 higher ( ‘ V,y Sco “ t 1'- i2 ’ 500 . 00 ' l t h , e Salvatlon assault with a deadly weapon; John than last year's. Budget chairman rm '. iUXX) ix) - s ( ,'j 5 '* 0 .'; Henry Jackson, grand larc gufuzations, $1,082 01 for the Community Chest, A C f Young, in announcing the goal, said the sum represented a fair share of Greater Clinton’s responsibility for _ . . . the support of the worthwhile health,! KCVIVOl Meeting ceny Inc l-H/al Relief and Ad- Wan . anU |surf bv Magistrate W m,nistrati«e. $3,000.00: Lnded Or . p Abtrcn>mble . Scufflet'own welfare iTnd recreation agencies in- Langston Church eluded in this year's campaign w The budget committee of the Com munity Chest has reviewed agency requests for inclusion w the cam paign, Young said. “Each request was carefully checked by the com 1 Leadership Training School Begins Monday Township Paul Gibson Cannon. Sr . drunk driving (third charge). Geo Eubert Finley, assault and battery Warrants issued by Eugene John son. of Hunter Township at Mount- A revival meeting will be held at viiie Otis Whelchel. Huey T Bonds. Langston Baptist Church on Rt I. and George W Merchant, mvolun- Clinton, beginning Sunday. Sept 22 tar >' manslaughter. Linda Lee Da- Services will be held each evening vis. asault and battery with intent at 7 30 and wdl' continue through to kill Friday, the 27th Warrant sis.sued by Magistrate Rev Carl Bishop, the church pas- Sam H. McCrary, of Hunter Town- tor. will conduct the services to: s hip at Clinton Robert Lee Rear- which the public is cordially invited (continued on page 4), I hereby apply for registration as an elector and certify, under oath that: male 1. I am a female, a member of the race, born at on l reside at ir on Township or Parish in voting place is my height is ft. the color of my hair □ 2. in Street in the .tow n or city of Road in County My nearest My weight is lbs , the color of my eyes ^ Xbe first session of the Laurens County Presbyterian Leadership, Training School will be heMaw Mon day evening. Sept 23, at The First Presbyterian Chruch in Laurens Sessions will be held there e s ach evening through Friday, the 27th A; short devotional at i lb will prt Thornwetl Orphanage will be host Wednesday afternoon will be de- it e t stu y pert 7.30 to 9.30 week to more than 200 Presby voted chiefly to a Bible study. “Meet Women of Church, Synod Of Florida, To Meet Here Literature will be on sale at the ed it Announcement has been made tenan women from Florida when Dr Luke. ' by the Rev Alfred G school for those who have not secur that anyone desiring a ride nuly con-j tact the First Presbyterian Church office. 273 458 307 161 1,199 Norton For Meiers By Wilton, Not Craine The motion fM* the Installation of parkinf meters on a section of Gary street at the September meet ing of city council was made by Councilman Woodrow Wilson, not by Councilman James C. Craine, a$ carried in a report of the meeting in The Chronicle last week. Craine said that he was not in favor of the move. The motion did not receive a ond. Therefore, no further action was paken. □ n □ 3. I (a) will have resided in South, Carolina for at least two years, in this County for at least one year and in my voting precinct for at least four months prior to any elec tion at which 1 will be entitled to vote if a registration cer tificate is issued to me upon this application, or (b) am a minister or spouse of a minister in charge of an organized church in this state, or (c) am a teacher of public school or spouse of a teacher anil will have resided in South Carolina for a period of six months prior to any such election I am not an idiot, or insane, a pauper supported at public expense or confined to any public prison / I will demonstrate to the Registration Board that (a) I can both^read and write a section of the Constitution of South Carolina; or (b) J own and have paid all taxes due last year on property in this State assessed at $300 00 or more. 1 (a) have never been convicted of any of the following crimes: burglary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery.< adultery, bigamy, wifebeating, housebreaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy, incest, assault with intent to ravish, miscegenation” larceny, or crimes against the election laws; or (b) Have been legally pardoned for such conviction • • * a | ' Sworn to and subscribed before me the Women of the Church, Synod of i Taylor, pastor of the Fourth Pres- Ffonda, gather here for their 44th bvter.an Church. Greenville. South annual meeting j Carolina Synod, and a tour of the The two-day session will be pre'l Thorn well campus 'ceded Tuesday at 7 30 p m with a Wednesday evening will feature Farm Bureau Plans Membership Drive In Meeting Here nfeeting of the executive board Wednesday and Thursday will see tnonnngr “afternoon, and evening sessions of the state wide gather an address, "The Nature and Mis sion of the Church," by Dr Mar shall C Dendy. executive secretary. Presbyterian Board of Edueatiop. □ □ □ 5. I mg 1 Richmond, Va The meetings will be held in the Reports of Cause Secretaries of Thorn well Memorial Church on the various agencies of the church South Broad Street, and will bo pre-jin the Florida Synod will be heard A district Farm .Bureau meeting, sided over by Mrs Francis M Wo- on Thursday morning, as will ad- attended by representatives from 15 mack, president, of Jacksonville ditionul committee reports counties of the Piedmont section. The meeting will actually be held Thursday afternoon will mclude a ilwas held Tuesday evening at the on Florida territory” since Thorn- Bible study, "The Church in the I Hotel Mary Musgrove in Clinton | well is owned any! controlled by the New Testament, by the Rev Mr Purpose of the meebting was to Presbyterian churches in ? South Taylor, and the installation of offi- make plans for the annual membet Carolina; Georgia, and Florida cers A tour of the Presbytenan ship drive | The visitors will live on the Thorn- College campus is also scheuied for C. R Workman, of Kmards, vice- well campus in homes with more Thrusday afternoon. „ president of the South Carolina than 350 children and will havei The closing session Thursday eve- □ this day of 19 Applicant Examined and found (not) qualified Member off Registration Board Member of Registration Board Farm Bureau, said the counties will then meals in the central dining hall join in a week long drive for new , with the Thorn well family - members, beginning O c t o b e r 14 when volunteer workers will can vass the counties in an effort to sign up new members. Principal speaker A at , Tuesday's meeting was Woodrow Luttrell. of Columbia, Tenn , Southern field representative of the American Farm Bureau Sixty members of county, mem bership committeeb attended the meeting The morning session Wednesday will include greetings by Miss Nancy Sharp. Mas Inez Tucker, Mrs. A M. Copeland, and Dr M. A Macdonald, all of Thornweil, reports of state wide officers and Presbytery offi cers. and a report of the work at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga. Report of the nomi nating committee and election of of ficers is also scheduled for Wednes day morning: X mng will bring special music by young people of Thomwetl; **Chal- lenge to the Women, ’ by Mrs. Rex W Josey fo Manning, *m the South Carohna Synod, member ’of the Board of. Womens Work, and a communion-service led by Dr. Mac donald, president of Thornweil. j Morning sessions wil Ibe called to order at 9:30. afternoon at 3:15, aad evening gal be rings will assemble at 7 30. All sessions are open to the public and Presbyterians, especial ly. are invited