The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 24, 1957, Image 1
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Volume LVIII
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 24, 1957
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Number 43
Ku Kluxers Cavort at Two Sessions
Classes Suspended
Ai Presbyterian To
Prevent Flu Emdemi
Clinton And Lydia
Mills To Honor 105
Long-Time Employees
Clinton Students at Winthrop College
Classwork at Presbyterian College
has been suspended until next Tues
day morning to prevent an influenza
epidemic and most of the students
have returned, to their"homes.
Action came, late Monday after
noon upon the recommendation of
the college physician It followed
a large increase in the number of
students reporting to the infirmary
over the week-end.
A college spokesman pointed out
influenza had not reached epidemic
proportions, but classes were sus
pended to forestall such a possibil
ity and with the infertst of all stu
dents as 3 paramount consideration.
He said approximately 35 students
were known to have this illness at
the time classes were suspended,
and this total was expected to dou
ble by the next day, '*
Sick students in the inTiFmaf> ar£' fe
restricted to the campus until re-
leased by the physician Members
of the football team, particularly
hard hif\with 35 players down, also
are restricted. All other students
have been excused from the campus
provided transportation to their
homes is convenient, otherwise they
fnay remain.
Classes were suspended for the
seven-day period, because this in
terval will permit the influenza to
run its course. The disease has, not
been officially diagnosed as Asian
flu I
Eighty-eight “Old Timers" and |
seventeen retired employees of Clin-
ton-Lydia Mills will t>e guests of
honor at a barbecue to be held Sat-1
urday beginning at 12:00 noon at the
Clinton Mill baseball park. ,
President P S. Bailey,^ a charter
member of Uie^JiMd Timers Club,
will present engraved gold watches
and ruby-set service award pinS to
seven new incoming members of
the cldb Five of the seven new
members, Corrie Bishop, Annie
TO SPEAK
Here are two members of the U. S. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan standing by as a cross burns at one
of two gatherings held in this community during the past week. Crosses were burned at both sessions
and speakers exhorted listeners to join up and lambasted President Eisenhower, Jew’s, and John Bolt
.Culbertson (Greenville lawyer, said to be active in racial movements). A meeting Friday night was held
at a site on what is known as the pump house road beyond the northwestern city limits. Another gathering
took place Saturday night off a back road behind Lydia Mills. —Photo by Fred Galloway
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Ku Klux Klan Holds Two
Meetings In Community
Sessions Featured by Cross Burnings
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The Ku Klux Klan held two
meetings in the community during
the* past week in what appeared to
be efforts to persuade new mem
bers to join.
The first meeting ■ was held on
Friday night beyond the northwest
ern city limits, and a larger meet
ing took place Saturday night off
a road near Lydia Mill.
.The Saturday night session was
attended by an estimated crowd
of 400 who quietly listened to the
speakers and most of them drifted
away before the meeting ended.
Membership application blanks
were passed out, but observers
stated that not many people were
seen signing them.
Saturday’s meeting was attended
by -about 50 Klansmen in white
robes, six in red robes, and two
in green. The two in green robes
were introduced as the Grand
Dragon (State leader) and the Im
perial Klivee, who stated he was
adviser to the Imperial Wizard. No
names were used in introductions.
~A cross was burned at each of
the meetings. The one Saturday
night was about 20 feet high with a
cross-arm of about 10 feet. The
crosses w«fte wrapped in cloth,
soaked with inflammable material
and set on fire as the Klansmen
marched around them. A 1 o u d-
speaker broadcast the hymn, “The
Old Rugged Cross.”
Presiding over t h e Saturday
gathering was a Klansman in a red
robe, who made the introductions.
He referred to the Klansman who
closed the meeting with prayer as
“Kludd ” The Klansman introduc
ed as “Grand Klivee” complained
that he had been reduced in rank in
the introduction. He was the “Im
perial KKvee,” he said.
The Grand Dragon in his speech
claimed that the Klan was really a
law-abiding secret order and invit
ed ms hearers to join up with the
group which is growing by leaps
Honlecoming Service
Sun. At Duncan Creek
and bounds. He is thought to be
from the Greenville area, because
of the nature of several references
to that section in his talk.
The Imperial Klivee, speaking
with a low-country accent, made
disparaging remarks about Presi
dent Eisenhower, and lambasted
Jews and John Bolt Culbertson
(Greenville attorney, who he said,
was active in the integration move
ment).
Sheriff’s deputies were on hand
to keep order, as was the sheriff
and state law enforcemen: officers.
Highway patrolmen kept traffic
moving.
A photographer was >cautioned
not to make any pictures of-Klans
men without hoods covering their i SANSBURYS MOVE)
faces, and one of the group was I Mr. and Mrs. Wf
assigned to accompany him as he] have mqved^lhte-^ay
went (jbout the premises. i SoutlirTtolland stre
PTA Halloween
Clinton Automobile
Dealers Prepare
For New Showings
Automobile dealers in the Clinton
area are making plans for showing
the 1958 models beginning next
week.
Getting the jump on the field is
the Gasque Buick Co., of Laurens,
which has the county agency for
that car, wvhich will have new mod
els in their showroom on Tuesday.
Plaxico Chevrolet, Inc., will dis
play several Chevrolet models on
Thursday, the 31st.
November 1 is the date for bring
ing out the Chrysler line, including
Dodge and Plymouth. They may
be seen at Cooper Motor Co. on Fri
day.
Baldwin Motor Co. will have dis
plays of Fords on November 7, and
Palmetto Olds Co. will show the
Oldsmobile on Novembgl- 8
>ur Sansbury
residence on
rnival
Set to Go Next Thursday
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Spooks and all manner of gay land; the Jaycees, cotton candy
activity are on tap for the Hallo
ween Carnival to which all of Chn-
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ton is invited on the night of Oc
tober 31.
The event is set for the Clinton
Armory beginning at - 5:30 p. m.
It’s under the sponsorship of the
Hampton Avenue School Parent-
Teacher Association to raise funds
for badly needed bicycle racks at
this school. .■*
Children of all ages are urged to
come and bring their parents. And
mothers are reminded to start
making Halloween costumes for
the contest which will find first
and second prizes awarded in three
categories: pre-s c h o o 1 children,
first through third graders; and
fourth through sixth graders. The
costume contest will start the show
at 5:30 p. m., and the booths are
scheduled to open at 6:00 p m.
Spook Corner is being set up by
and candied apples; the American
Legion Auxiliary, a cake walk; the
Clinton Garden Club Council, a
flotfer booth; and the Business and
Professional Women’s club, cakes.
The food stand will be handled
once more by the Exchange club,
which means everyone can plan
to eat supper right on the spot
Rides on a real live pony also ^ilj/
be avadable, and t h e various
grades will sensor these projects.
FirstiC.rade^vHahsel and -Gretel
HouseTsecond*Grade—Fish Pond;
Third wrade—Kick Pocket; Fourth
Grade-yakes and Cookies; Fifth
Grade—\sh Pond; and Sixth
Grade—Country Stwe
Students \f Ha*?fFfon Avenue
School will be selling tickets next
Monday and Tuesday, and "the
Broadway Theatre'will award a
free movie pass to each student
in the class which records the larg
est sales. Tickets also are to be
on sale at the door that night
The Halloween cotume contest
Cotton Ginnings
In Laurens County
The annual homecoming services,
of historic Duncan's Creek Pres
byterian Church will take place
Sunday, October 27, at 11 o’clock.
The guest minister will be the
SevrT. P. Horger mired Presby (.CSS Thaft t(l 1956
tenan minister, who is now resid
ing in Clinton.
As usual a large number is ex
pected to attend and bring basket
lunches for dinner on the grounds.
Former members and their famil
ies from over the state are ex
pected and welcome.
Following dinner there will be a
t ;e Kiwanis .club as a special new w jjj ^ 0 p^ n ^ a i] children within
feature of the 1957 carnival The the three age brackets and is not
Lions club will sponsor Disney j Hampton Avenue stu-
,dents. Judges for the occasion are:
Miss Lily Yarborough, beloved
teacher who retired last year after
almsot 50 years in the classroom;
Mrs. Cornelia B‘ -Harris, publisher
of The Clinton Chronicle; and Bill
Hogan, manager of Radio Station
WLBG. .
Mrs. Ben Hay Hammet, chair
man of the carnival, urged all
brief musical service led by the ber 1. To that same date last year
Hev. and Mrs. Carl Kessel, of Jo- 4,427 b a 1 e s had been processed
anna I through gins, in the county.
Cotton ginned in Laurens County
from the 1957 crop up to October 1
showed a decline of 1222 bales com
pared with 1956, according to a re
port of the Department of Com- members of every famUy to turn
out for the fun and amusement.
She said: __
“We want everyone to come out
so that we can make it a Hallo
ween night the children will never
forget.”
merce, Bureau of the Census.
The report shows that 3,205 bales
were ginned in the county to Octo-
Registration Board
To Convene At Lydia
Mill For Three Days
The Laurens County Registra
tion board will be in session at
Lydia Mill next Monday, Tues
day, and Wednesday to issue new
registration certificates to citi
zens of the county.
Present certificates will expire
May 1, 1958, and intensive ef
forts are being made to issue
new certificates to the county’s
estimated 15,000 to 20,000 pros
pective voters before the expira
tion date.
A three-day • a - week schedule
for sittings of the registration
board has been set up through
December 18. Dates for a new
schedule beginning in January
will be adopted by the county
legislative delegation to include
points in the county not served
by the first part of the program.
During the first three meetings
in October the board was in ses
sion at the court house in Lau
rens, at Joanna, and at Clinton
Mill. Following, the Lydia ses
sion next week, the board will
return to the court house to begin
the November schedule.
Members of the Board of Reg-' 325 persons,
istration are Mrs. Raymond
Cook, Fountain Inn; H. f. Sims,
Waterloo; and M. .1). Milam,
Clinton.
Thirteen students from Clinton are enrolled at Winthrop College tlBs term . The C linton students are,
left to right: Seated—Jenny Addison, Betty Jam- Hamer, Tonita Ray, Frances Cunningham. Peggy Mcfn-
vaille and Shirley Dunaway. Standing—Sara Pitts. Margaret \nne Bolick, Je.m Nelson, Jane Pitts, and
Mary Ann Neighbors. Absent when the picture was made were R.iv \nderson and Margaret Belle Tank-
ersley. (Winthrop College News Service Photo)
DR. R. C. GfclER
Caughman, Ruby Self, Arthur
Barker and James Barker are
Clinton employees G. C. Parrish,
Sr. and Carl Elders are the new
Lydia members.
Nine former employees who had Residential Drive
2^ years or more of continuous ser-
General Campaign for Community
Chest Scheduled to Start on Monday
vice prior to' their retirement will
also be presented gold engraved
watches by President Bailey Jesse
L Duckett of Lydtq-joins Sadie
Quinton, C. B. Wallenzine, J W
Craine, D. L McGee, “Newt" Craw
ford, H L. Cunningham. E J Camp-
bell, James Little and Theo Little
of Clinton to compose this honored
group Mrs Minnie Campbell, wfio
first began work at Clinton during
its first year of operation ’ in 1896
will be presented a watch in recog
nition of her many yeass of loyal
service. “Dad” Sizemore was simi
larly honored by the mills prior to
his^reeent passing.
- S. C. Foster. D. M Sanders, Ur-j
sula Blakely and J. C. Cannon of
Clinton along with J. H. Von Hollen
and J A. Black of Lydia will be
awarded 20-year service awards
Dr. R. t
To Be Tuesday
The residential area campaign
will get underway Tuesday
morning, October 29, it has been
announced by the division chair
man, Mrs. Jack Red.
Calls will be made during the
morning, afternoon' and evening,
it is stated, with the workers
turning in. collections to their
captains at Mary Musgrove Hotel
between 8 and 9 p. m.
A total of $1,840 is the goal for
the residential sections. .All work
ers are requested to attend the
kickoff breakfast at the hotel
Monday morning, October 28, at
8:30.
The B&PW club is in charge of
the residential drive. Captains
are Mrs. Leila N. Johnson, Mrs.
H. D. Payne, Miss Margare^
Solicitors Seek to Secure $19,519.01
Clinton’s 1958 Community Chvst this connection,^Mr Wofe urged all
campaign will get underway next prospects contacted by letter for
Monday morning when solicitors advance gifts to return their pledge
will begin their calls on every per cards and contributions as early as
son'in the community in a great possible
effort to rai.se $19,519 01 for nine Community Chest drive
participating agencies . seeks funds for these nine partici-
A kickoff breakfast for all <kork paling^agencies Amerctan Red
CroM, L
Blakely, Mrs. Lewis Bagwell, Jr.,
Grier, for many years Mrs. P. M. Pitts, and Mrs. D. A.
president of Ersktne College and
now minister of the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian Church ot
Greenville, will address the group
The “Barbecue King," Walter F.
Lynch of Mountviile, will prepare
dinner for the group which, includ
ing invited guests, will total some
Mrs. P. H. Burroughs,
From New Hampshire,
Visits Relatives Hgre
Mrs Paul H Burroughs, the for
mer Annie B. Adair of this city,
Nevilles Leove For?
Brazil Mission Post
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. William
Neville will be' interested to know
they left this week to return to their
mission post in Brazil
The Nevilles and their son, H
Tennant, spent several days last
week With Mr. Neville's sister, Mrs.
now residing . in Suncook, New \h)hn Spratt and Mr. Spratt. Mr. and
Hampshire, visited her brothers, I Mrs « Neville , are now with their
Mac Adair and R C. Adair, and daughter. Miss Virginia Neville in
sister, Mrs. L‘. S Henderson, the
past week-end
Yarborough.
Housewives who will be away
from home the day of the drive
are asked to make their dona-
t i o n s to the captains in their
areas.
ers is scheduled for 8.30 a m
Monday at Hotel Mary Musgrove,
and general solicitatums will begin
imimediately thereafter
Chest President Fmf Holcombe
and Drive Chairman James E
Wolfe have formed a strong organi
zation of voluntary workers to so
licit all phases of the community
One of the most effective groups in
previous campaigns, the women of
the house to-house canvass, is be-
1 mg counted upon to play an im
portant part in’the success of the
drive
Advance gifts solicitations,
meanwhile, already are underway.
This committee has been conduct
ing its drive for larger cpntribu
tions since last Monday and will
continue into early next week In
Local Youth Work, Cancer
Society, Crippled Children, Blue
Ridi,e Council of Boy Scouts, the
Salvation Army, South Carolina
Heart Association. Local Relief and
PC-Davidson Game Off;
3 5 Players Have Influenza
Influenza sweeping through the|7 Thus proposal has been nvade to
football team has forced Presbyte-i Davidson officials. _but their decu^
rian College to postpone its sched- ion is not yet known
uled game against Davidson this, Davidson, meanwhile, concentrat-
Saturday afternoon . • ed on trying to arrange for a substi-
When the decision was made late'tute opponent to play in football this
Tuesday afternoon, 35 Blue Hose Saturday when hundreds of alumni
players had fallen victim to the return to the campus .
disease which the previous day had Influeftza started picking off mem
caused a seven-day suspension of fbers of the Presbyterian squad early
last week, shortly after its return
from the Tampa game* When the
Blue Hose invaded Elen last Satur
day mghC the outfit* was handicap
ped by illness to eight players Dur
Decatur. Ga„ before going to New 5 classes at PC. ^
Orleans to sail for Garanhuns, Per A radio broadcast of the game
Friends will b£ interested to know nandSuco, Bn 7 ' 1 ,, * ha( ^ scheduled by station
of the recent death of Mr. Burroughs Tennant leases today for Fort 1 WLBG -
at his home in Suncook. He former- J jjcicson for army service. Another 1 President Marshal W Brown ex
ly resided in Clinton and was a son W illiam Gordon. Jr ., is a stu-. pressed regret over having to call
commercial artist with Jacobs & dt>m at Davidson * [off the* game which had been set as game. the.flu hit in full force-
Company, an advertising, printing ' -m- , **- , the highlight of 1957 Homecoming sidelining 15 by Monday afternoon
and photoengraving firm here sev-‘MANAGE GAS COMPANY activities at Davidson He said ahd 35'just 44 hours later
eral .years ago. Mr. Burroughs wasi T. C Johnson, Jr , left last yfforts were being made to try to
Participating Agencies
American Red Crosa
S 3.787.M
laM-al Youth Work
4,669.69
Cancer Society
2.266.66
Crippled Children’s
Society
1.266.66
Blue Ridge Council
Boy Scouts
2.546.66
The Salvation \rmy
1.666.66
S. C. Heart Aaaac.
756.66
Imal Relief and
Administrative
3.006.Ml
I’nited Organizations of
the Carolinas
1,082.61
$19,519.61
Administrative, I'nited Organiza
tions of the Carotinas.
Division chairmen are Advance
Gifts, William P Jacobs. Indus
trial. Gary Lehn, Commercial Em
ployees, W’illiam L. Corbett; City
Employees, W Brooks Owens. In-
stitutions and schools, Fred Hol
combe; Residential, Mrs. Jack
Red, Publitity, I. A. Edwards: Au
diting. Gary Holcombe.
During the course of the cam
paign a number of local citizeps
will broadcast over station WPCC
appeals for interest and support of
the public ,
Saturday afternoon Wolfe will fly
o J S j Bn- yiO between X ami j
o'clock and drop circulars telling
ol the coming Community Chest
ing the past weekend following this: campaign. He will also drop sev
eral gift certificates and an un-
by
last
associated with the Smithsonian In-j wreck to assume his “duties as man-
stitute in Washington, D. C., at the ager of the gas authority for Ihes-
time of his death. I ter and Great falls
Hampered by illness and injury.
City's Teen-Age Safe Driver Named
Arrange foi the game to be played the Haswmcn'dropped their fifth
the week after -Thanksgiving, either 1 game of the season < against one tie),
Friday or Saturday.. December 6 or; 35 14, at Elon last Saturday night
I The Christians presented a big: fast
and experienced -quad which cur-
eiii-ly leads the North State Confer
ence with .an unblemished record
{’C registered its two touchdowns
in the fourth quarter on a 1 i n e
plunge b> fullback Ken ‘Webb and
a nine yard pass from freshman
quarterback Dutsy Mills to ynd Ted
Leahy
point,
W ebb kicked Ixith e x t r a
. Myra Pitts, winner of the 1957 Teen-Age Safe Driver Contest, is being presented the award given by
the Clinton Business and Professional Women’s (Tub. Making the presentation is Mrs. Caroline Davidson,
ehariman of the Health and Safety Commute, while Mrs. Leila N. Johnson, president of the club, looks
on. Myra, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Ray Pitts, was chosen as the winner of the award through the co-
^operation of the Clinton police force, who observed and chose the winner during the week of September
22-28?Vl)ich was celebrated by the B & PW Club as National Business Women’s Week.
Clinton High School
FFA And JHA Groups
At State Fair Tuesday.
Fifteen members of the Future
Farmers ol America and 44 mem
ber*- of—Hie -Junior -Home-maker*
Association of Clinton High School
accompanied by Mrs Roily Ban
nuster and Walter Kamage attend
ed the organization’s program on
Tuesday at the State Fair in Co
lumbia Miss Nelle,Wilder is state
aerClary of'the, JHA.
Congressman J Bryan Dorn was
speaker for the program which was
held m the Carolina Stadium Later
the students visited the exhibits and
| midway.
breakable watch to be kept
the person^ who.get them ' •
Displays telling of the work of
the several agencies participating
in the chest budget may be seen in
store windows Some of the dis
plays are already completed, while
others will be~ installed by this
weekend
The displays*’ may be seen in the
following windows Blue Ridge
Council of Boy Scouts of America.
.1 C Penney Co Camp Fire Girts.
Belks Department Store Ameri
can Cancer Society. Young's Phar
macy The Salvation Army How
an! s Pharnuicy, S C Crippled
Children s Society, McGee s Drug
Store, American Red Cross. James
E Wolfe Insurance Vgency
Laurens County
Entry Is Second
In Maid Contest
Miss Phyllis O Dell. 19-year-old
Laurens County representative m
the State Maid of Cotton Contest at
Clem son* College last Wednesday,
was named as first alternate by the
judges.
Miss-Glynda Jo Miller, ot George
town. was selected to be South Car
olina representative in the contest
finals at Memphis. Tenn . to be held
later invthe fall. "
Registration Board to Meet at Lydia Mill Next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday — Get Your Certificates!