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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 "■if* . ( Volume LVIX Clinton, S. C w Thursdoy, January 9, 1958 Number 2 Commerce e Directors Hear Rimer A meeting of the board of direc tors of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday was featured by the appearance of Shelton J. Rimer,, of Greenville, who told of pending plans to establish a mobile homes plant in Clinton, provided certain requests to be made to the State Highway Department are granted. Mr. Rimer recently purchased the plant of Mobilhoraes Corpora tion, of Lenoir, N. C., whcih includ ed a site and several buildings in Clinton owned by the corporation. Present also were members of the Laurens County legislative delegation, including Senator Rob ert C. Wasson and Representatives W. Paul Culbertson, William C. Dobbins and T. David Sloan, Jr. The Legislative Affairs Commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce, ,with W. R. Anderson, chairman, city officials, and other interested citizens of the city, including Tbm Plaxico, Clinton member of the County Planning and Development Bpard, were present. The group later had lunch at Hotel Mary Musgrove, arranged by the Legislative Affairs Committee. Mr. Rimer, who deals extensively in the sales of mobile homes, with establishments at Greenville, Myr tle Beach, and Augusta, and plans to enter the manufactuHng field, ’ stated that his plans for putting a plant in Clinton depend upon the se curing of permits to move 10-foot-, wide mobile homes ^ all points in the state and througnflie othdf states. Present state laws prohibit mov ing mobile homes of that width over hgihways of the state except with individual permits for each unit over a designated route secured woul dimpose to great a handicap from the highway department. This on business operations, Mr. Rimer said. Two mobile homes manufac turers who recently established plants in Georgia,, he said, would have been -Interested in locating in South Carolian had it not been for the stringent requirements of the highway ^ejiartment., Mr. Rimer went on to say that North Carolina and Georgia permit free movement of mobile homes of the 10-foot-width over highways in those states by properly licetped carriers and companies with prop er equpiment. He said that he was not in favor of relaxing entirely the regulations to allow anyone to attach such a mobile home behind an automobile and haul it over the highways, but felt that reputable bondech business concerns with proper equipment and experienced drivers should be allowed to deliver their products to customers at any point over highways in the state. Legislative Delegation Hears Requests of Citizens at Session Monday March of Dimes Campaign Gets Underway in Clinton .. * * Two Polio Clinks Scheduled in City T Dimes and clinics slant marching chairman, a ainst infantile paralysis in ( Im re Here are members of the Laurens County legislative delegation as they met at the Court house in Laurens Monday for the annual meeting of the group to hear requests and suggestions from citizens before gOlng lo ColumhlaTnext Tuesday for the meeting of th< legislature. Left to right are Representative T. David Sloan, Jr., Senator Robert C. Was- Council Names Plaxico To City Bond Commission « e Reaffirms Contract for Water Plant City Council at its January meet ing Monday night reaffirmed the awarding of a contract to' Fjske- Carter Construction Company of Spartanburg for building a new wat er filtering plant for the city, and named Tom Plaxico as a member •state -to Q-if Q5 e g on( j Commission to fill a vacancy. — Routine matters also engaged the attention of council. Council voted to regard as official the recent' letter of a contract to the Spartanburg firm, second low bidder on the contract for the' water plant, after hearing an explanation of the time element involved by Messrs. Gillespie and Jones of In dustrial Builders of Anderson, low bidders. The Industrial firm spe cified 365 days for completion of the job in their bid and Fiske-Carter had stated 280 days, and it Was upon; this point that city council deter mined the awarding of the contract. Mr. Gillespie and Mr. Jones point ed out that there was no specific starting date given for the job in the specifications and therefore the completion date was of little signifi cance. The difference in the tw j bids was approximately $2,000. j Council unanimously elected Tdm Plaxico, Clinton automobile dealer, as a member of the City Bond Com mission, succeeding Richard E. Fer guson, who died recently. The Bond Commission is charged with rec- ceiving and paying out 27 mills lev- Delegation Holds Meet Monday in Officials To County Farmer Proftts By Raising Aromatic Tobacco Harold Y. Tayldr, of the Ora community, is not worried about cotton acreage control, for he grows aromatic tobacco at a profit. In 1957 he had a profit of $279 66 per acre, believe it or not. County Agent C. B. Cannon secur ed from Mr. Taylor a record on his two acre production of aromatic tobacco and the results are given to show that farmers have unlim ited markets for certain crops with out the government dictating the farm operation. ' V Mr. Taylor’set two aefes to aro matic tobacco beginning the , last of April and finishing the first of June, using only the help of his chil dren. He mixed his fertilizer and applied 550 pounds per care in 24- inch rows. The plants were set ap- prdkimately five inches in the drill. Two or three cultivations and three hoeings were the extent of cultiva tion. One hundred pounds of poi son w^ applied during the growing season to control bud worms. Approximately 50 days after the tobacco plants were set in the field, Mr. Taylor was harvesting and" cur,- ing tobacco for market, which open ed the first of August in Anderson. County Treasurer Reports $573,975.34 In Tax Collections County Treasurer Sam M. .Lea- man on Monday reported 1957 tax collections of $573,975.34 when the .books closed for the year on De cember 31. Total charged for collection was $700,177 44 A balance of $126,202.- 10 remains to be collected, Mr Lea- man said. Tax payments for 1957 made dur ing January carry a penalty of one .per cent, increasing to 2 per cent for February, 3 per cent for March, and 7 per cent until April 15 when the books wil close. Taxes remain ing unpaid after April 15 are sub ject to penaMy and execution costs. Charging for fertilizer, labor (al though he and his children did the work), rent at $12.00 per acre, cost of plants (although he grew them), Mr. Taylor’s record of his operation showed a gross return of $1,1150.63 from two acres of tobacco that pro duced 1,089 pounds of aromitac to bacco. The total cost of production was $59L30, or $295.65 per acre. The net profit was $559 33 or $279 66 per acre. The tobacco was sold on grade to the Aromitac To bacco Company at Anderson. Mr. Taylor has been growing to bacco since 1950 and has made a profit each year. Under present farming conditions, it appears, that it is not--a questioh of farmers pick ing enterprises of their desire, Mr. Cannon said, but they must consid- ejr and select $ych enterprises where markets are available and not under government control., Peo ple are going to smoke, chew, drink and sometimes “cuss” about condi tions, but we must face the facts as they are,.he said. * At a da*e in the near future those interested in growing tobacco will have an-opportunity to sign a sim ple growers’ contract with the to bacco company. Jr. Cannon said no one_.should a tem-pt to produce tobacco without proper curing barn and heating out-' fit. adding that equipment is not unreasonable in price. George C. Johnson, of Kinards, grew one and one-half acres of aro matic tobacco for the first time in 1957, and' did better, than he ex pected, Cannon stated. He built a modelm miring barn and installed oil heating equpiment for curing; He expects 5 idjjjrow a" larger acre age in 1958 as some of his Negro tenants are interred in growing tobaco. The question in the minds of city business people of ied in the city’s tax ordinance for paying off bonds and interest on bonds, and also certain revenue from receipts of water and electric de partment for the same purpose. Monthly payments are made by the city to the Bond Comnrission. \ Council passed a resolution ex pressing regret at the death of Mr. Ferguson and directed the city clerk to write the family of the apprecia tion of the council for the service rendered by Mr. Ferguson as a member of Ihe Bond Commission, who >ias its chairman Council directed that a street in the new subdivision- near the high' school, running from.N. Adair St' to Caldwell St. be named Sterling St. ’ v . City Clerk and Treasurer W. B. Owens preserved a statement of re ceipts and disbursements' for the month of December, showing reve nue of $117,499 and expenditures of $45,086 41.. It was pointed out that year end tax collections accounted for the,greater than average income for the month. Included in expenditures was $10,- 399:63 turned oyer, to the Bond Com mission for payment of bonds and interest. . A budget report on operations of the city departments for the first 1 three months. of the fiscal year (Sept.-Oct.-Nov.) revealed that the departments operated well within their budgets, with 80.75 per cent of the $546,350 budget for the year be ing unexpended. Mayor J. F. Terry presided over the meeting, with all cobncilmen be ing present:- Frank M. Boland, ward one; S. A. Pitts, ward two; Harry C. Layton, ward three; James P. Sloan, ward four; Woodrow L. Wil son, ward five; James C. Craine, ward six. Present also were department heads: B. Ri Austin of the utilities department, Chief B B. Ballard of the police department, and Tom Carter of the street department Meet With Lions Club ton this week Advance letters from gifts chairman J .1 '"CorTiwall wont in tho mail Wednesday night to open the first phase of the annual three week campaign to raise funds for the National Foundation of infan tile Paralysis. Presbyterian College students al so kicked off their dr>vo Wednesday morning with a special chapel pro gram and followed that afternoon with a. clinic to receive, second and third polio “shots - * ■ ATTEND POLIO CLINK 1 Immunity against paralytic in- ! fantile paralysis us possible, but you j must have your vaccination. Make ! sure you attend one of the conven iently located climes in the business I district next week i Third, "shots" will lx* given at the j final clinic sponsored by dhe Mer j chants Division of the Chamber of tamimerce m the directors room of | the James E Wolfe Agency on next Tuesday between 1 00 p m and to pm Another clinic, sponsored by the County legislative tens for -25,000 for improvement of poll0 cam p a , Kn> w ,u w held Thurs an open meeting farm to market roads that lead into t ^. )y at Howard’s Pharmacy, aiql all groups who have not yet started a bijitatiijn ■ft f ’he son. Representative W. Raul Culbertson,, and Representative William C. Dobbins. The meeting was conducted in the court room and a number of residents and officials of the county appeared to make requests of the delegation on various matters. —Photo by Dan Yarborough Annual Laurens Citizens Appear to Make Requests The entire Cabinet of District 32 A Lions International will meet with the Clinton Lions Club Friday night at the Hotel Mary M^usgrove at their regular rheeting at 7:30 p. m i ■ i ~ Lion Vic Chapman of Ander son is District Governor of 32-A and serving with-htm are four Dep -qty •'District Governors and eight Zone Chairrh^rT Other members of his cabinet include a cabinet sec retary-treasurer, a cabinet chap lain, chairman of honorary f-ommit- tee, public relations chairman, the state secretary, and a number of In ternational counsellors, men are expected to attend this meeting which is an experiment for the cabinet, this being the first time an entire cabinet has met with a Lions club for their regular mgeting. The District Goverdor will hold his official cabinet meeting immediate ly after the Clinton'club adjourns Lion R S. Truluck. a member of the Clinton club and a member of the District Governor’s cabinet, has arranged for the meeting and has^wi h j invited all members of the advisory committee consisting of the dent and secretary-treasurer The Laurens delegation held Monday morning at the eburt house the city He also spoke for Mayor in Laurens and heard requests Joe P Terry, who was unable to from citizens prior to the opening of [be present at, the meeting, in mak the session of the legislature in Co- mg the same request for Clinton. lumbia next Tuesday As it, turned out. most of the re quests and communications were relatively minor aijd.had little to do wilhJgglslaUoJl. The meeting lasted only about three hours, and com- II A Ropp requested continua tion of the payment of $50 per month rent for the ASC office in Laurens Mr and Mrs J L Adair request- their series of "shots' ai;e urged to take advantage of this opportunity Businessmen and employee groups who have not already signed up for this program may contact Mrs. .larrx". Macdonald, clmrTVhairmun. pointed out that modern ■ m benefit 'ni*^>ut f on-c J 'in- (no i * mi persons Mive today who have had paralytic pqlio and are not already provided for. Hn - national -aial is >44. , JO<)tOOO Business houses will throw their fall simpor into the Clinton effort • x' •y.'xk ,u.’d‘T, die leadership of ■ Business aid Professional Wo men > Club Envelopes will be dis- irihuted to employees next Monday, and this phase of the drive will cul- mrtnate in a businessman’s inarch, .to die <Tint<*n Cafe to re- jx>rf their proceeds n Friday morning, January IT At the-same time next week, the I'otlight will focus on uptown Vlin- h-s sot up to. encourage as many persons as ire eligible, under the j'group plan to receive inoculations against polio * - Kien as these mmediate actions ire being taken, plans are being developed for future events, and projects m support of this worthy program Bridge and coffee parties will be staged, the teen agjers are planning a dance and the women (wnnl in particular toward the cli.- inactio mother's march" on Jan trirv 31 Civitan Club To - Have Charter Night Banquet Tonight ed that work be done on the roatf",’, pared'*o last year,-when the session leading to thyir home in the Hope- druggists, and cook up the greater part of "a day, Wt >ll section near Clinton made available to groups was somewhat shbrter than ex- Winfred Norris spoke for himself, special fee of 90 cents pelted. Herschel Thomason, Dessie Wilkes ^ Senator Robert C. Masson presid- an '^ I be Baldwin family in seeking The drive is developed around the od, being' flanked by Representa- j *<>rk on a road running between lives W Paul Culbertson, William ! 0. Dqjbbins, and T David Sloan, Jr. The, chit f item in request^ made All of tnesei 0 * t * ie delegation was that of a dele gation from the city of Laurens, headed by Mavor Joe Medlock, who w a* the chief spokesman, a n.d Dwight F Pat erson, new president of the Chamber of Commerce', rela tive to a division of costs in provid ing water and, sewer* facilities for tnp 41 e w Graham Manufacturing plant near the city A list 'of pro posed jtems with their estimated costs was submitted, including a 100,000 gallon elevated water tank foundations, valves', fittings, etc., a 6 inch water line with fit presi-jt ngs and valves, and an 8-inch sew of ail j er line Costs inside the city were and outside Lions clubs in Zone 6 (Laurens > estimated at $21992 County and Enoree). to attend this he city, $61,61^7 pecjal meeting it was stated that an agreement Lion President William P Jacobs to assist manufactuirng plants in urges 100 per cent attendance for 1 securing facilities had been made the meeting, and requests that mem by a former delegation but at least hoi s come early and meet these dis I one member of the present delega- tinguished the Mate. Lions from all parts of •\ R. C. ADAIR IMPROVING Friends of R ^C. Adair, vice- president of M. S Bailey & Son, Bankers, will be glad to know he is improving following a ten-day ilh taken Monday ness at his home on West Walnut Mayor Merlock renewed the an- -treet ' ■! -ual request for the city of Lau- don expressed himself as being morally bound to honor such an agreement Others said they were prepared to-go along w ith anything reason a’ k*. H As was true with most requests made at the meeting, no action was Highways 72 and 56 at the limits of Clinton . I-- Sheriff C. W Wier requosted one (Continued on page four) Police Department Fines For December Are $1,781 - a " * Six dru’ k drivers aniCTJ persons released and the remaining offend- c Kii ged with drunkenness led the er.s were fined $95 list of 85 arrested on # vanuus charg- Other charges included violating t*s during December and \paying the liquor law, one, $55. fighting, fines in city court five, $53 arid 30 days, operating Five of the s'x drunk drivers .into without driver’s license, four, paid fines of $100 each and the oth»J$32 and 15 days; carrying conceal^ er was given 30 days on the public ed weapons, one, $27. disorderly works Of ihe 32 arrested for drunk- conduct, three, 4wo suspended, $12; enress, two were relased, four cas es wire suspended, and the others paid $425 40 and given* 167 days, according to the report of Chief B B Ballard submitted to city cottn- »il at its January meeting Mon day night. Fines for the month totaled $1. 781 40 y The sentences and fines were lev ied /bv Mayor Joe P Terry, who presides over* city court. Eight persons charged with petty larceny were fined 5277 and given 120 days. •- Speeding and reckless driving was the offense by eight One was l>> u k phone at l4.).) ^^^ ,„,^rhe charter of the recently or- Both’rltnWs are being conducted i> amze( i Clinton Civitan Club will he in cooperation with the doctors and, prpsent ^ toni g ht ,Thursday) at a mocluations a r li^rter Night " banquet to be held at the in Presbyterian College dining ! '*ril beginning at 8 Toastmaster will be\ Julian Foster pie- ident of the Spartanburg Civi national theme, “Survival Js , Notfian Club spo« „«• f the Clinton Enough,” with badly needed funds uni p to be used primarily for a massive speaker for ttv occasion will be rehabilitation ffrogram Mrs Ben Luther Medlin, of Greensboro, N C . Ha> Hammet, local campaign immediate past president of Civitan International H^ has held a number of important offices in.Civitan af fairs. and holds a 'position w ith the Greensboro schools Following i.<" The'program for to night’s session Invocation—Rev M: X Sanders Dinner. Introduction of Guests—James F Condon, district extension chair man, Charleston. Welcome to Clinton—Mayor Joe P Terry Communications—Edgar B Nor ton. secretary CTmton Club. Presentation of Charter a- Perry vagrancy, one, 30 days, damaging slaughter, governor South Carolina private or public property, one, «0 district all otiier offenses, 13, one installation da> s .suspended, $222 and' 45 days. Two were taken in for investigation oi on suspicion and released Violators of traffic laws number ed 115, and they paid $83 Kiwanis Officers Be Inducted Tonight of Officers—William B Price, lieutenant governor Zone pn t.rei Introduction of Speaker — Wayne Showulter, governor-elect South Carolina dtsfhct, Columbia Speaker — Luther Medlin, imme diate past president of Civitan In ternational _ —"**■ , -Re'- Giles Lewis. Benediction Funeral Services Staff in Office of Clerk of Court various w alks'of life, and'some farmers is, “How much longer is the govern ment going to pay farmers to take land out of production and pay them to do nothing?” Sound busi ness is not built on such economy, Mr. Cannon said Installation of officers by the lieu tenant-governor of the Ninth Dis J 4 J C ‘J trict will be the featured attraction vOllGUCfCU iNOdY of the Clinton Kiwanis Club meeting ——- f this Thursday night - rAr W (FrA) \A/jpr Allan W Murrary. prominent *''* "* X* •'w ” Newberry business man w*ho serves * ♦- as lieutenant-governor of the Ninth Funeral services for W. L. (Fro) District, Carolinas Division, of Ki Wier, 68, were held Friday after- wdnis International, will officiate on' noon at Gray Funeral Hume, con- !the program scheduled for T p nf ducted b> the Rev ijines S. Gray i at The Hotel Mary Musgrove He will install A..C. Young as [ president succeeding Howard Smith who automatically becomes vice president. James Vonllollen will be reinstalled for anothVr term as sec retary-treasurer oi the local organ izatron/arid these*new direciors will take office: G. Edward Campbell. L H Lee and W C Sheuh Registration Board Meeting f figagemen ts ♦ Thursday, Jan. 9 (today) Whit ten Village. Friday, Jan. H),. .J.uok s store precinct, Bethany School House. Monday,- Jan. 13, Grays jm*- cinct Knighton’s Chapel ~ Tuesday, Jan. 14,- SU-wart’s Store precinct, home 'of W D. 'Stewart. * * ' - .. * L. ■■■ Wednesday, Jan. 15, Jones' Store precinct, Wells Thompson Grocery. Thursday, Jan. 16, Owings pre cinct, building next to post offfci*’ Friday. -Ian. l7, r Dials t^recinyt. and Dr Redd Turner Burial wps in D tin can Creek Presbyterian ; Church cemetery Pallbearers were C W Wier, Jr . Buford Wier. fonrWier, W C. I Baldwin, K (’ Taylor, Jr . Jack Holland. Dessie Wilkes, and Earl j Dunn - M War Tiled stiddenlv Wednes- day at his home near Clinton. • \.native of Laurens County, he v as a son of the late Dr Thomas W \ ,md Lou. Bu. h.aiian.:He is member d Duncan s Creek i P* esbytenan church and was a veteran of World War -I, and a member, of Campbell Lodge 44, AFM ’ ^ Surviving, ire two daughters, Mrs- •Xr'hurJ ' Kutzberg of Mobile, Via and Mrs Harry E Baldwin i Clinton . .five grandchildren.’two brothe s. Sam L , Wier of Newber- rv ird Sheriff C W. W'ler of Lau-\ •retis ‘ . , Brown Attending SefrstorHn Miami 11. Harris Cant< . I aitzp V n \ Yard Of Month' Llolcombe's Shown above is Walter E. Dunlap, Laurens County Clerk of Court, flanked by Mrs, James F. Goss (right), recently named Deputy Clerk of Court, succeeding Mrs. LeKIlen Williams Slay, resigned, and Mrs. Tommy Abrams (left). Mrs. Goss will do the work connect ed with the courts and work with Mrs. Abrams, who, is concerned . i • ! chiefl\ ViJh re orris ot the office. M s. Abrams has leen w 7 ^ th office for six years, while Mrs. Gdss has been serving on a oart time basis since spring. Mr. Dunlap has been in'office since August 1951, serving one and one-half years of the unexpired term of the late Vic Fleming. Dunlap was re-elected to the office in 1952 and 1956.—Photo bv Dan Ya> orougii The yard i# Dr and Mrs Fred Holcombe on Liberty street has been selected by the Gardenettes as . Yard of the Month” for January and a plaque so designating it been placed op the lavfn Dr Marshall W Brown, presi- lent of Presbyterian College, is at- !<•!><('ng he imuial qieeting of "the Wocianie' of Vmencan Colleges being held in Miami this week Educators from throughout the nation assembled oii Tuesday Tor the meeting which* will continue through Thursday Dc. and Mrs'Brown left Sunday has; afternoon for Miami and w ill return i this Saturday —' . . \ > -/