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If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get The News 1* N The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete. Newsy and Reliable Volume LVIX A Clinton, $. C, Thursday, January 30, 1958 Number 5 Mothers Night in to March Friday Polio Campaign et This Be the Signal Testing her porch light to be sure it’s ready for the Clinton Mothers March Friday night is Mrs. Charles Burnett, who serves as chairman of this event. The mothers will, canvass each neighborhood between 7:30 p. m. and 8:30 p. m. seeking contributions for the infantile paraly sis fund, and all residents are urged to have their porch lights burn ing daring this hour. Joanna Foundation To Hear Reports on Friday Banquet to Close Year's Operations Joanna Foundation will hold its annual banquet meeting Friday eve ning at 7 o’clock. The event will be held at Joanna Club House and in cluded among the guests will be in coming and outgoing board mem bers, trustees, officers, and others. H. Grady Bradshaw, head of em ployee couuseling department, West Point Manufacutring Company, will be the speaker Reports of progress for the past year will be given in bulletin farm, new plans for the coming) year will be announced, and the dinner will be prepared and served by the local Woman’s Club. Outgoing board members, four in number, will be presented tokens of appreciation for their services, and four new mem bers will be recognized and wel comed into the group. Hack Prater, Mrs. Nonnrie B. Clark, and Mrs. Loraine Franzen are the carryover members of the Health Committee for 1958 with Mrs. Franzen serving as chairman Mrs. Leroy Brown and Maurice J. Davenport will replace Mrs. Lula Mae O’Dell and T. O McGowan, re tiring members. The Education Committee is made up of two divisions: scholar ship and club house. On the former are James P. Sloan, trustee, G. N. Foy and Frank Sherrill III, the lat ter serving as chairman. On the club house division will be W. K. Waits and Lester Hair, trustees. Mrs. Kathleen League, Mrs. Eliza- The Recreation Commtitee for the coming year will be made up of W. W. Niver, Jr., chairman, Carl Fran zen, Charlie Force, J. L. HoUidfes- worth, and Hal V. Russell. Mr. Rus sell is replacing Cecil Bishop, retir ing member. The Foundation is in its. twelfth year of service to the community of Joanna. It was founded by the late William H. Regnery. Porch lights To Summon Workers $48,000 Dividend To [Program of Schools To Be Studied Joanna Employees Is Smallestiver Paid Turn on your porch lights for polio Friday night. And may your beam light some crippled youngster’s path in his fight back toward normality against infantile paralysis. Mothers of Clinton will go march ing then, from 7:30 p. m. to 8:30 p. m. They’ll call at every lighted door to receive your contribution for the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. Mrs. Ben Hay Hammet, local chairman, pointed out that every penny is badly needed for the mas sive rehabilitation program aimed at helping the 300,000 persons alive today who have had paralytic polio and are not already provided for. Mrs. Charles Burnett and Mrs. Fred Holcombe will head the Moth- jng the year just passed, era March as chairman and co-! Mr. Regnery. in a statement to em hairman respectively. It’s the cli- A wage dividend of $48,000.00 was paid employees of the Joanna Cot ton Mills'Company yesterday. In spite of the fact that this wage dividend payment has the unenvi able distinction of being the lowest percentage (1 per cent) ever ap proved in the twenty-one years of profit sharing at Joanna, this brings to a total of $215,000.00 paid to the 1,600 Joanna employees during the year 1957 as payments over and above regular wages The employees, meeting the work requirements for such benefits, were paid for a week’s vacation dur ; ing July, a week during the Christ mas holiday, and Labor Day observ ed on September 2, in addition tq^the bonus. In announcing the 6onus from Chi cago, Walter Regnery. vice presi dent,! pointed out that the stockhold- ersjlke the employees, were forced New Directors of Clinton Bank Registration Board To fleet in Laurens Three Days Nexf Week * i The Laurens County Board of Reg istration will fill a three-day engage ment in Laurens next week. The board w ill meet to issde reg istration certificates at the' court house on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Office hours are from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m^ On Thursday, Feb. 6, the board will meet at Gambrell’s Store in the Bailey community, and on Friday will be at Benjamin’s Store at Mad dens. P. T. A. To Meet Tuesday, Feb. 4th \ The Hampton Avenue Parent- Teacher Association-will have their regular monthly meeting Tuesday beth Murphy, and R. G. Carr, with | evening. February 4, at the school the latter serving as chairman. Mrs. | at 8 o’clock. A 45-minute film. “The Murphy is replacing Mrs. Ann Prior Claim,” will be shown and Simpson, retiring' member 1 there will also be a door prize County Democratic Clubs To Meet Saturday, Feb. 22. Democratic clubs in Laurens County will meet February 22 for the purpose of reorganizing the clubs. R. L. Plaxico, chairman of the Laurens County Democratic Party, stated today that wihtin' the nexf* few days official notice will go out to all Executive Committeemen in the county calling a meeting of the precinct clubs ftr Saturday, Feb. 22. at 3:00 p. m. for the purpose of —elSctiing officers, executive com mitteemen and delegates to the County Convention. * The Laurens County Democratic Convention will be held at the Court House on Monday, March 3,> at which time new officers will be elected and delegates to the State Democbratlc Convention named. Committees wil be 1 named to pre pare for holding the first Democrat ic primary which is scheduled for June 10 Candidate-lists will open on the day of the convention and ' y close two weejes later, at noon on March 17. j- American Motors of the bier dealer for the Clinton area mactic event of the 1958 polio cam paign and the final opportunity to support the program. When the fire whistle signals the start of the American Legion Aux iliary sponsored march at 7:30 p. m. Friday, scores of mothers will move through the various neighborhoods. Fiften area teams are under the leadership of these captains: Mrs. Fuller Reece, Mrs. William Simp son, Mrs. George.Blalqck, Mrs. Aus tin Chandler, Mrs. Fred Burnett, Sr.. Mrs. L. S. Reddick, Mrs. Bob Anderson, Mrs. R. M. Fuller, Mrs. W. S. Horne, Mrs. Fred Tumblin Mrs. Allen Simmons, Mrs. Louie Thornley, Mrs. Bobby Plaxico, MVs. Robert Spencer and Mrs. George Reid. At the close of the march, refresh ments will be served at the Legion building for all persons who assist ed. As the campaign neared its cli max, all of Clinton appeared to have thrown its support into this effort. The teen-agers elected pretty Delle Wilder their March of Dimes queen at their dance last Saturday night It capped a week when civic clubs took a particularly active part. The Civitans staged a wheel-bar row race. Exchange members de fied rain with their clothes line of dollars. Lions ate an inexpensive! meal and contributed the remainder of their usual charge. The Jaycees threw up a polio roadblock. And Ki- wanians, in addition to a money project already completed, earmark ed all dimes .received in their gum machine concessions for the cam paign. The colored division also has thrown its. support behind the pro gram under the leadership of Mc- Quilla Hudson. School children sell peanuts for polio and a mothers march headld by Mary Rice is set for Friday night. W. R Anderson, superintendent of Laurens County Schbol District 56. has announced the appointment of a committee of teachers representa tive of all schools in the district to study the present school program ' and curriculum. R. E Martin of the Hiffh School faculty', heads the committee, which is conducting a study of conditions,; subjects offered, schedules and the vanbd programs', at the conclusion | of which comparative figures will i be presented, constructive cnticis- ims and recommendations for im provements made M r Anderson stated he hoped, i from recommendations of the com mittee when their study is complete, ‘ that the district would be- able, to offer ah improved program In addition to Mr Martin, chair-1 man, other member^ of the commit-; to suffer-a severe cutback because! tee ate: Mrs. R P. Wilder. Mrs. of the poor business conditions dur-j Alec Crawford, Miss Agnes Davis, ! Mrs. Wade Smith, Mrs. Raymond Pitts, Miss Odetta Mauney, Mrs B B Ballard. Miss Etta Adams. Mrs. David Copeland, Mrs Elizabeth Fennell, Mrs. Mary Boyd Watts,! Miss Bernice Johnson. Mrs N'olan Carter i F.K1IF.I.BFRGF J. LFLAND VOCNG J < THOM em ployees referred to the poor eco nomic conditions in the textile in dustry during the year, continue^: “As with the industry as a whole, so it was with Joanna Cotton • Mills Company. When the costs of raw materials, supplies, and manufac turing were balanced against intake from sales, the'result was most dis couraging—a very slight profit.” The first wage dividend was paid in 1937 and in 1938 conditions did not warrant’d wage dividend The cum ulative total of the dividends is $3,- 043,760.00. The company has shown a profit every year except one in the 20 years,, and profits for the year 4956 were highest during the period. These men were recently named-by stockholders-as dire« t.irs f>! the Baok ’ni ( lint ibl J.f< helberger i- « special representative of the New York Life Invjramr Com .anv, Nouns' is a partner md ma-.iaer of ve Ur udwuy Theatre and THouim uwm J. t. fhouias, lewelers. The three men .ir.- ■ m h iu nity affairs. • ~ r Verdict Holds Blackwell Far Granc) Jury Action Coroner's-Hearing Held Here Tuesday Funeral Services For Mrs. Bailey Held Monday Afternoon A ret timed_a ver Tut'dav afternoon that ,roner s jury diet h'-re i .1 nan Andujar Aquino came to his death from a p:stol shot in the hand.- of Charlie Blackwell and reC>m .’I half brother of C t. Ca-h. .Mrs . .file If ayes. sLstcr iif C C Cash - -vtfe Richard C Bundnck 23. •? Ivanna. Caiytn E Pranki n'. 2?t. t Joanna; 4ft h. Bi. C Cash^ 46 H <) » e r Funeral Services For Frank C. Young At Hurricane Sunday Funeral services for Frank C. Young, 65, were held Sunday after noon at 3:00 o’clock at Gray Fun eral Home, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Darr and the Rev. Paul .Reed. Burial was in Hurricane Baptist Church cemetery, near Clinton. Pallbearers were Thomas Cole man, James H. Coleman, Jr , A. M. Young, Andy B. Young, Sr., Hugh I. Jones and Ralph Young. Honorary escort* was composed of John t Ybung, A. A. Ramage, Sr., Dr J. W. Davis. Lawrence F. Da vis, Jack H. Davis, Jr., W. Watts Davis, Glenn Davis, Jim Bass, A. L. Neighbors, J. D. Jeanes, Dr. George R Blalock,,Dr. R. M. Ful ler, George W. Copeland, Ed Mi la nu Carl I. Chandler, Grover C. Mcdnvaille, deacons of Hurricane Church and post office officials and workers in the Clinton post office Saturday morning at the Veterans Hospital in Augusta, Ga., following a year of declining health He was a retired postal worker and farmer, born near Clinton. He had lived his entie life near Clinton: a son of the late Lawrence McDuf fie and Emma Coleman Young. He was a member and deacon of Hurri cane Baptist Church: a member of Campbell'Lodge No. 44 AFM and 3' member of Copeland - Davidson American Legion Post. A veteran of World War I, he served in France will? Battery A, 307 FA.. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lois Adair Young of near Clinton; two Palmetto Car Company Has Rambler Agency —» »- Palmetto MukJr’Company of this city, has recently accepted the agency for Rambler cars. The sales and service departments are at the same location as Palmetto Oldsmo- bile Company showroom on East Carolna Avenue, with Lynn W. Cooper, Jr., as proprietor. A commercial announcement is made in today’s paper by theUpd Mrs. B. Lewis Kay, of Honea ! new Ran/’ Path: a 1 Jaycees Designate James E. Wolfe As 'Young Matt Of Year' At the first ariftual FaycWV “Bosses Night” banquet held in the ballroom of the Hotel Mary- Mus- grove Tuesday evening. James E. Wolfe was named as Clniton's "“Young Man of the Year” for 1957 in the contest sponsored by the Clinton Junior Chamber of Com merce. Jaycee President Lewis Bagwell, Jr.j. presided at the meeting which also served to honor all employers of the Jaycees. The main address of the evening was given by Richard A Moses of Sumter, president of the South Caro lina Jaycees. Mr. Moses, who was introduced by I. A. Edwards, spoke of the work of Jaycees in South Carolina and their cooperation with other civic organizations and .insti tutions. He also told of the qualifica tions concerning the recipient of the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award. The award, which is the first to be presented by the Jaycees in Clin ton, was giVen to Mr. Wolfe for his untiring efforts as president of the ■Clinton Chamber of Commerce, drive chairman of the 1957 Greater Clinton Community Chest, director of the Laurens County Red Cross, Carolmas United Comma ity Ser vices, and a member of the Exec utive Committee of the Clinton American Legion Post Funeral services for Mrs Mary (Mamiei Anderson Bailey, 67, were hold Sunday afternoon at 3:30 at Gray Funeral Home, conducted by her pastor. Dr W Redd Turner, and Dr. D. J Woods. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery Pallbearers were Ratchford W. Boland. R F Sumerel, .J Hubert Todd. G. N Foy, R P WtldeCand D S. Templeton The honorary escort was compos ed of elders of the First Presoyte-! rian Church. Dr George R Bla lock and Dr R M Fuller. nu-nded that Blackwell be held for J / investigation by Uie 2rand jury 1,11. L. Frank Faulk, of the State The verdict .followed , coroner’* Enforcement Dmsrort m tha .e ver inquest conducted I'ti the gun. 'th fused, ard -aid ' Leavt I m doing 1 They stated chasing Aquino and shooting at Sheriff t 0 st ore W Wier. and June Cantrell who .- ^ fs on the Lake Thomas property s , re ; Principal witness was Ralph (ft, 4 0 calibre automatic pistol ish, who lives with his half broth introduced in evidence as his, which at Lake Thoma'* Fie -nated that u kept at the store He said that e Lake Thomas job of the 21st. e < ash home to at- ckweli to 'urrender -aid Blackwell re- •d ' at Blackwell ai ne 1 know what -'.mg to kill him.” they saw Black well •roods Mis ; he> return- hi >wr.er~'! ’ h< nearby. identi- a coroner s by Coroner Joe F\ Smith in the Hampton Avenue School auditorium, after the hearing was moved from the city hall for lack of room to accommodate the large crowd that gathered to hear Blackwell, w ho worked at the Lake he had been at Lake Greenwood on the proceedings . Thomas store, came to the hous* day 1 ot the shooting and return- The jury deliberated about five ^ rom direction of the store to t ,) home to find a crowd gathered minutes, the verdict being read by the back porch of the house with a [{ said he met BlackweH in the Woodrow L Wilson, foreman Other P'^tol in his right hand Blackw'ell yard and s aid to him, “Charlie you jufors were J C Childress, Jim. "ent into the kitchen. (Ash said, d;4<! have a v business at my Lowe. Carl Campbell. Ed Roberts. an ^ Aquino ran out-of the house j house N itrre played it now He and Rex Harris. Blackwell asked ( ash if he “wanted .>tjted that his home was Aquino s Ten witnesses took the stand, most ,n > the pistol ( ash said home It jg*.ver>tu. 5 j >K nuestioo from of whom testified that Blackwell Blackwell went after Aquino and a juror ' ash said that ^he’had told Mrs Bailey d.ed late Saturday appeared to be under the ipfluence s ^ 01 at h ,m twice. Cash testified, night at Blalock chnic af’er several i of intoxicants, on the afternoon of jn< ^ Aquino ran around behind a months of declining health and an* ia tuary 21 when Aquino was shot to ^ arT1 Aquino returned to the house illness of three weeks She was a native of Laurens and, i deatn. bam nigh - the back, with Blackwell Solicitor' William T Jones, of f"f!ow ing him to the kitchen. Aquino had made her home in Clinton since!Greenwood, questioned the witness attacked Blackwell with a baseball mony 1916. A daughter of the late John s O L. Long. Laurens attorney. hating him on the head and u F'au'- Wade and Agnes M. Ray Anderson, she was a member of the First Aquino ' -tjy a*ay fromrttfct Tore when he (Cash' was not there, which he d.d Roger ( ash, B* n Abercrombie, and Jutv Ca tr H gave minor testi- Presbyterian Church of Clinton Surviving are one brother. Jack W. Anderson of Clinton: and a, number of nieces and nephews Greenville Admiral To Address Meeting Wildlife Association Retired. Admiral D P. Polatty of Greenville, will be the speaker at the January meeting of the South Carolina Wildlife Federation of Lau rens County on Tuesday night. The session will be held at Peck Cornwall’s Mary Lou Ranch near the city at 7:30 A steak supper will be served* officials state. Admiral Polatty is a member of the Greenvile chapter of the Wild life Federation, and js actively in tat’ed that Blackwell t imed by* Blackwell, took no part knocking him down Blackwell still admitte.; firing the shot that killed in the proceedings P'stol in his hand. Cash Aquino, saying he made the admis- Aquino,'24 year-old Puerto Rican am * began shooting from *the sion'to him and Sheriff Wier He wood and log worker, employed by ‘ ' ' Nt nad fallen Aquino told of finding several bullets and C. C. Cash, was fatally shot on the trK( * t0 ta * ce ^ Pistol from Black empty shell cases at the set-ne. afternoon of Tuesday. January 21 in ' e ‘* ' ,nc ^ wrestled with him on the sh riff Wier told J observing sev- — —- the Cash home on the Lake Thomas U m • during which time Blackwell oral.bullet oles in the walls of the RFIDEN’TS SEF “SPUTNIK” | property, midway between Clinton s ' 1 ‘* three turn's, (ash testified house Fie said that his deputy. A number of residents of the area ; and Laurens Aquino was shot through, the right George Blackwell, already had his report seeing Sputnik No. 2 on Sun- Blackwell, 29. is being held in the cNest a id suffered a wound in the brother. Charlie under arrest when day Mr and Mrs Earl Stewart, county jail in Laurens on a murder ■anti he Wien am led on the scene He Mr. and-Mrs. Marvin Stewart re- charge T p; ki-d m the gun off the floor said upon questioning Blackwell, the ported seeing the satellite. 4—A-^U)ro and beer establishment is ft riv e >h< were fired and took it latter 'an! tha* Aquino had hit him Among those setting it on Monday 'ttuated on the-.Lake Thomas site, to the store,” Cafth said 1 Blackwell) with a baseball bat in a few r minutes’after six o’clock were! t 2ether with several houses and He sta&dhf&Jt .Aquino ran out the the yard near the store and that he Mrs. T P Gwens. B B Ballard, al ms. The store is operated by C. back door to another house nearby. Billy Ballard and Darrel Orr. The ’ fash and ard Harold BroWnlee. where he presumably died He was latter group viewed it from the old rd ('ash lives in one~of the nearby pronounced dead upon arrival at Byrd place on the Spartanburg houses. Aquino made his home with Blalock Clinic in Clinton, where he highway which is located on a high is empl iy» r, Cash was taken by an ambulance ridge..' - v itm*s-es included Ralph Cash, Bundnck and Franklin testified went to the store to get the pistol ft i> e\t •■cUs; that th ■ -rand jury will receive the case when it is or- ganized for service during a term of criminal cviurt -Wgmnmg February 17 Staff in Office of County Superintendent of Education Mr Young died at an early hmlT pr0 ‘ ram ln Cornwall, president of the Clin ton chapter, will preside at Tues day’s meeting. Thomason States Will SeekOffice Of Stipi County >emsor Furman E. Thomason announces today that he will be a candidate in the Defnocratic primary late this spring for the office of County Su pervisor. MrrTTfiimason, presently serving his first term as C'punty Commis- sons, Frank C. Young, Jr, a sopho- s *o n «r. the first announced can- more at the Medical College of South Carolina, Charleston: and Lawrence E. Young, a senior at Presbyterian College; two sisters, Miss Lula M. Ybung of Clinton; brother, Walter B. Young, of Charlotte, N. C didate in the coming elections Thomason is a resident of Prince ton road section about four miles from Laurens. He is a farmer and cattleman. His announcement appears in an advertisement in The Chronicle to day. Continuing the presentation of personnel in county offices. The Chronicle this week is showing Sup«. of Education J. Leroy Bunt> and his staff. Seated with him at right Is Mrs. Mary I'.’Bolt, assistant superintendent; standing at left is Mrs. Edna W. Morse, school lunch supervisor: and at the right is Mrs. Marguerite Patterson, visiting teacher. Mr. Burns has served as county superintendent of education since July 1*35. 1 —Photo by Dan Yarborough