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If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get The News, Slip (EUntnn The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVIX Clinton, S. C., Thursday, February 27, 1958 Number 9 Clinton High FFA Chapter Sweethearts Wiley Davis, left, was named FFA Sweetheart by the Clinton High School chapter in recent balloting by dab members. Runner-up was Carole Bedenbaugh, right. They are shown with their sponsors, Posey Copeland, left, for Wiley, and Ben Crouch, right, for Carole. Twelve girls were entered in the contest. Area Camp Fire Meeting Scheduled for Weekend -V Workshops Feature Leaders Session Miss Helen Rowe, national associ ate director of Camp Fire Girls, Inc., will be the principal speaker at the Region HI annual meeting arjd conference to be held Friday through Sunday at Hotel Mary Mus- grove. The three-day meeting for offi cers, directors and workers in the local Camp Fire and Blue Bird or ganizations, opens Friday evening at 7:30 with a dinner followed by registration, according to Mrs. Thomas F. HoUis, president of the Clinton Council of Camp Fire Girls. Miss Rowe, who will adddress the convention Saturday evening at a banquet meeting at 7:30 at the ho tel, has been associated with Camp Fire Girls since 1946. A native of Butte, Montana, she formerly serv ed on the staff of the United States Children’s Bureau, Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. She was a lecturer on group work at Co lumbia’s New York School of Social Work at the time she joined the na tional staff of Camp Fire Girls. A graduate of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, she received a master’s degree in social service administration from the School of Applied Science at Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Miss Rowe is a former president of the Ameri can Association of Group Workers. The program'for the meeting, ac cording to Mrs. J. B. Templeton, program chairman, is as follows: Friday, 7:30 p. m. Conference opens. Announcements, introduc tions, etc. 9:45-10:00 a. m. Coffee. 10:00 a. m.-11:35 a. m. Two work shops (with 5 minute break be tween) on membership needs in Councils. Adult membership—Mrs. Bowden, chairman. Group organiza tion—Mrs Emmert, chairman. 2:15-3:1 p. m. Council presidents and vice-presidents workshop on Council administration, using ma terial from headquarters: “How to Work With Commitees,’’ and “The Registration Board In Clinton Section Prospective voters in the lower part of (he county will have the op portunity in the next few days to se cure registration certificates when the Board of Registration fills dh- gagments in this section. Friday will find the board in ses sion at the Long Branch school house from 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p m. f Monday, Tuesdays and Wednesday are the days for the monthly meet ing of the board at the court house in Laurens. On Thursday, March 6, the board will have an engagement at Gard ner’s Store in the Hopewell com munity. On Friday, March 7, an en gagement to serve the people of the Renno area will be filled by the board at David Glenn’s Service Sta tion on the Whitmire highway. The final meeting scheduled is for Monday, March 10, in the Shady Grqye school house. Work of a Committee Chairman.” Special reference to program com mittee 3:15-3:30-Break. 3:30-5:00-^Public relations work shop to include: 1. Round table reports from local Councils. 2. Slides, msovie, public relations aids. . 3. Panel on sponsorship. Modera tor, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Siddall; members, Mrs. A. B. Davidson, Mrs. J. A. Traynham, Mrs. David Word, Mrs, Robert Johnson, Mrs. J. B. Arnold 4. The use of records, statistics, reports .etc., with reference to the program study and 1960 plans. 7:30—Banquet. Regional report, E. Siddall—15 minutes, using visual aids. Speaker—jMiss Helen Rowe. Sunday 8:00 a. m. Breakfast for all from out of town, plus local Council pres idents and regional representatives. Review of meeting and decide on 1958 schedule. Home Demonstration Club To Meet Tuesday The Shady Grove Home Demon stration Club will meet Tuesday, March 4, «t 3:30 at the Shady Grove Club House. All members are in vited to be present. Recapping Plant And Building Are Damaged By Fire Fire in a S. Broad Street building Sunday shortly before noon consid erably damaged the structure and its contents. The flames had made much head way before the alarm was turned in, but firemen soon had the fire under control. The building, a two-story struc ture in the second block of the east side of South Broad Street, is oc cupied by the Clinton Tire and Re capping Company on the first floor, and an annex to the Clinton Hotel occupies the second floor. Practically the entire rear half in terior of the building will have to be rebuilt, the main part of the fire being in that Section of the building. It is thought to have originated in the electric wiring system. One machine in the recapping plant, and stocks of new tires, ro- capped tires, and recapping mate rials were lost in the fire. All rooms and equipment in the hotel annex were considerably dam aged by fire and water, it was said. Estimates on the loss by the re capping Company were given as $11,000, while damage tu the build ing was stated to be approximately $6,000. No estimate was secured on the loss of hotel equipment. The building is owned by the Mis sissippi Youngs, a Clinton family. W. G. King & Sons, local contrac tors, will rebuild the structure im mediately, firm officials said yes terday. Clark Named To Registration Board i John J. Clark of Clinton, has been iiamed as a .nember of the Lauren? County Board of Regsitration, suc ceeding M. D Milam, of Clinton, a member of the board for many years. Other members of the board nam ed to new Terms were Mrs. Ray mond Cook of Fountani Inn, and H. C. Sims of Waterloo. The appointments were by the Governor, and are subject to Sen ate confirmation. Bill Would Create Park Commission For Laurens County ty Park Commission has been in troduced in the General Assembly by Senator Robert C. Wasson. The legislation prescribes its duties and powers. Composed of five members, terms of office of Commission members would be for five years, the original members being appointed for one, two, three, four, and five years, re spectively. They would be appointed by the Governor of South Carolina upon the recommendation of the Laurens County Legislative Delega tion. Members would elect their own chairman annually. The Commission would be author- izde to accept title to property to be used for park purposes ,and would be charged with the care, manage ment, control and development of such property, and would make an nual reports to the delegation on its activities and acquisitions. The legislation is a result of the offer of the Champion Paper and Fiber Co. to deed certain land bor dering upon Lake Greenwood to the county for use as a park. The land, approximately 60 acres, lies north- w'ard on the lake shore from Coth ran Bridge. Court Session Closes At Laurens With Jury Trials - i i. ■— Many Cases Disposed of At Term Clinton Gets Safety Award March 4, at 8 o'clock at the Hamp ton Avenue School. Officers have announced that the original program plans have been changed and a film will be shown. Four jury trials and three pleas of guilty featured the closing three days of a general sessions court term in Laurens last week The first two days, Monday and Tuesday, were taken up with organi zation of the year’s grand jury, re turning of true bills or no bills by the grand-jury, and the reception of guilty pleas and sentencing by- Judge J B Pruitt, of Anderson, who presided. According to court records, a ,ood dent was made tn the backlog ,>f 33 continued cases and the true bills returned from the 60 new .cases to face the grand jury. More than.50 cases were disposed of during the >veek, mast of the sentences being on pleas of guilty. Wednesday was taken up largely with the jury trial of A. T. Sulli van, charged with operating and maintaining a nuisance at a busi ness place on the Laurens-Spartan- burg highway near Watts Mill. The case was carried over into Thurs day. Other jury trials involved Vernon Q. Turner, charged with asault and battery with intent to kill, who was found not guilty; and Raymond D. Hollingsworth, chargied with breach of trust with fraudulent intent Lee Earl Anderson, charged with a sec ond offense of operating a motor ve hide under the influence of intoxi cants. was convicted in his absence and a sealed sentence was handed down by Judge Pruitt. Frank Pressly entered a guilty plea to a charge of Issuing worthless checks He was sentenced to serve 30 days or pay a fine of $75. Charles Baker pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods and was sen tenced to serve six months Eight witnesses for the state testi fied they heard loud noises and other disturbances at the White Way Cafe operated by. Sullivan Before Solicitor W. T. Jones could put the ninth witness on the stand, the de fease entered a plea of nolo conten dere to the indictment (neither guil ty nor not guilty). Sullivan was sen tenced to 15 months and $150, s* spended and placed on two years probation. Special conditions of pro bation were that he close his place of business during church hours on Sunday and close not later than 12:30 each night. In the case of Turner, on his as sault and battery charge, five wit nesses, their ages ranging from 12 to 18 years, testified for the state They said they were riding togeth er in a car on the night of Sept 3. 1957, and decided to go to a grave- a horn blowing in his driveway about 1:20 p m , on the night in question. He said he got his shot gun and went outside The car in the driveway drove off and in a short tirae came back by his home. He said he fifed the gun in the air to frighten thero^ Turner said the same car had been bothering him at night for some time Mrs. Turner corroborated her husband’s testimony The 'jury deliberated for 40 i^in-^ ute.s and acquitted Turner In the last jury trial, Hollings worth, charged with breach of trust and sentenced to nine months, to run with fradulent intent, conducted his own defense He was found guilty concurrently with an 18-month sen tence passed in November. 1957. Probation on this sentence was re voked today. Homer Carlton, the plaintiff, tes tified that he let Hollingsworth take j a car to try out The defendant was to return the car to Carlton if he decided not to buy, but Carlton said' ~ H »l, W w„r,h d,d no. return DemOCratR Hollingsworth, on the stand in his' own defense, said he sold the car fqr $135 to Carlton, who gave him a check for $100 Carlton did not pay MAnflay III I RlirPIK him the balance, Hollingsworth said, I ivjr.c'uy III LQUIvlIJ and added that he bought the car i back from Carlton He was given six months or a year to pay for it. He testified he did not sell the car, but that it broke down in Georgia and it is stored there now Chief of Police R B. Ballard, left, and Mayor .Fie P. Terry, center, receive an award presented tn the citv bv Jack Tonn. division saleg manager of the S. C. Motor Club. The award was given by the state association and the National Automobile Association for Clinton’s outstanding safety record. No fatal traf fic accident^ have been recorded in the city since July 26, 1952.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. Democratic Clubs Name Officers, Elect Delegates Reorganize for Coming Primaries Convention To Meet College Trustees To Meet Tuesday Trustees of Presbyterian College, will assemble on the campus Tues- j lay for their regular annual basi l ness session The board is composed of 28 nrrmbers elected in this manner: one trastee named by each of eight .South Carolina presbyter; n, and five chosen at large by the South Carolina Synod; one each elected by six Georgia presbyteries, and five selected at large by the synod of that state: and three trustees elect ed at large by PC alumni Robert M. Vance of Clinton, serv es chairman of the board of trus tees The Rev J Davison Phillips, of Decatur, Ga., is vice-chairman; and J. Ferdinand Jacobs of Clinton, is secretary The Laurens County Democratic Convention will meet Monday morning at the court house in Laurens. Business of the convention will get under way promptly at 10 o’clock. R. L. Plaxlco, County Chairman, stated yesterday. Flection of convention officers, county Democratic officers, and naming of delegates to the state convention in Columbia, a short address by the county chairman, and introduction of any resolu tions that may be presented will he the agenda of business of the convention, officials said. The 46 Democratic precinct vlnfe* m tw oMtirty wilt send a to tal of .108 delegates to the conven tion, each club being entitled to one representative for each 25 votes or major fraction cast in the first primary in 1956. Democratic, precinct clubs of the i county reorganized Saturday after- j noon at meetings held preparatory to the meeting of the county con- i vcntion next Monday morning in | Laurens, the meeting of the state ! convention in Columbia, and the I forthcoming primary elections, s'ate and county, in June The 46 clubs in the county named officers and delegates to the county convention At least one club, Cross Hill, passed several resolutions. Sev oral of the dubs postponed, nar Lnaimjig JconvVn Chronicle Wins Place For News Coverage PTA MEET TUESDAY The regular monthly meeting of the Parent - Teacher Association will be held Tuesday , evening, iingdhe cemetery, they returned by yard on the Old Augusta Road off , ^ Highway 25 at Ware Shoals They J. Claude Kernclls, Jr. said while passing Turner’s house on the graveyard road, they were singing and making loud noises in the car The youths said after visit- Turner’s house They said he was in the yard with a shotgun with which he fired into the car Turner testified that he was sleep ing when he heard loud noises and States Is Candidate For Jacks Magistrate 2. J Claude Kernells,-Jr., of Rt Clinton, has announced that he will be a candidate for Magistrate in Jacks Township in the forthcoming Democratic primary election on June 10 Staff of Laurens County Farm Agent The Chronicle was one of three weekly newspapers in SoOlh Caro lina cited for excellence of local news coverage in judging announced at a week-end meeting of the South Carolina Press Association in Co lumbia. i Winning first place was the Jour nal-Tribune of Seneca, edited by Paul Leagaie. Clinton native; second place winner was THe Easley Prog- i r ess; and The Chronicle was third. 1—— of delegates to the county/conv turn until some time this week Among clubs in the Clinton area I r< porting on their meetings were Clinton No. 1 President, Russell Cooper; vice- president. L H. Bagwell, Jr ; secre tary, V. Parks Adair, executive commiteeman, John J Clark Delegates to the county conven- t/on C. W Anderson, W. J Henry, R L Plaxico, George Watts Cope land. Sam, McCrary, W B Tribble, Tench P Owens, J Warren Craine, I C McCarley, L. L Copeland, Jr, Dillard Milam, Jr, J. M DeYoung, Howard Watkins, Cecil White, B M Button, George Frady, Jr, S. A Pi'ts, Jack W Anderson, C. T Thomason Clinton No. 2 President, Tom Plaxico. vice president, Mrs None Workman; secretary, Hugh Jacobs, executive committeeman, James P Sloan Delegates: Mrs Nene Workman, Dr (' Bynum Betts, L B Dillard, L N Warren, J Henderson Pitts, roni Addison, H L. Eichefbei%elr. W Brooks Owens, T Heath Cope land, Noland Suddeth, James P Sloan, Lynn W Cooper, Tom Plax ico, Harry C Layton, Claude Crock er, P S. Bailey, Robert M Vance, W C Baldwin, Hugh Jacobs, Gary Lehn. Hopewell President, Richard Buford vice- president, Ryan Lawson, secretary, W. P Dickson, executive commit- eeman, J R. Crawford Delegates: Messrs. Lawson. Dick son, and Buford Clinton Mill President, Sam S. Williams, vice- president, Eva B Land, secretary, son and John Simmons Alternate, Lucius 'Burns Crosa Hill President .1 T Hollingsworth; * ice president. Jim Hugh Austin - secretary, .1 If Shealy; executive committeeman, W W Watkins Delegates E P B o.a z tn a n, Shealy. and Vustin Alternates: Seymore Cole and .1 H Coleman. Jr Resolutions adopted u the Cross Hill meeting "That we deplore the prevalence of crime and ask that the sentences of the courts be carried out and the custom of giving probation be con- lined to the first offense only. “That we urge the legislature to pass suitable legislation governing welfare benefits to those who bring illegitimate children into the world. "That our legislature through proper enactment nquest the State Department of Education to estab lish a course of study for our high school graduates which will produce better preparation on the part of high school graduates to participate in service to the state and contrib ute to their advancement. “That we urge more concerted ac tion on the part of the two branches of our General Assembly and that the state deficit he eliminated through reduction of appropriations. “That we endorse the stand our Governor has taken on exposing 'Communism m our .state." Garden Clubs Plan Dogwood Planting And Spring Cleanup Joel Cox; executive committeeman, tie trees Sponsorship of a sale of pink and white dogwood trees ami Carolina Beauty crepe myrtle trees has been announced by the Garden Clubs of Clinton Sponsors of the movement seek the cooperation of residents and home-owners in every part of the city in adding to the attractiveness of the city by planting one- or more each of tin* dogwood and crepe myr- Ylr Williams. Delegates to the county convention will be named during the week Lydia Mil] President. E C Huffsletler. vice' president, Clyde Trammell, secre- -laryL—Furman Bratcher; executive commiteeman, Mr Huffstetler. The trces_ are purchased from a local nurserylaria the stock is good, club members state They hope to avoid the unhappy experience of a planting campaign a year or two ago when unreliable stock was used. Orders for the trees are being ta ken in advance, and they may be F. Wingard, Cooper. Jr., of the Delegates to the counyt convention iplam| wlth ^ B w.l Ibe named during the week phone 47 Mrs LyiJ „ i i^ 0an ? a o ,u phone 641. or any inember President Earl S.neath: K«ce-; varlfm jrden dubs president. Rolfe ( lark; secretory, cunn , ctl(m wllh the dK)nsorshlp W W Niver; commiteeman, John f . , . . . • of the tree sale, a city wide clean- ,, . . .. . ii u i*P and beautification program will Delegates to the convention will be I , ., , t i , . . get under way in the next few days. named today • j • Renno C. B. Cannon, veteran Laurens County Farm Agent, is shown at his desk in the Agricultural Building in Laurens surrounded by the staff that carries on the multiplied duties of the Cooperative Exten sion Work in Agriculture and Home Economics in Laurens County. Front row, left to right: R. J. Bennett, assistant County Agent; Mr. Cannon; M. L. Out*, assistant County Agent; hack row: Mrs. Mildred Holliday, assistant Home Detaoastration Agent; Miss Myrtice Taylor, Home Demonstration Agent; MLrs. Lillian Ladd, Home Dem onstration secretary; Miss Dorothy Moore, Comity Agent’s’ secretary. Mr. Cannon, a native of the county, has served about 30 years in —P6ot» fcy. Dsn Yarborough the only County Agent’s post h«* has ever held. Just out of Clemson College, he had been assigded to a position in the lower part of the state, but before he could move to the low country the Laurens posi tion became open He requested that his assignment be changed to Laurens County and he has been here since. This photo ends the series that The Chronicle has presented In recent weeks showing personnel of varilus county-connected offices. Shown in weekly Issues of this newspaper were staffs in the office ot Clerk of Court, Supervisor, Treasurer, Auditor. Smterintrndrnt of Education, Probate Judge, Sheriff, and County Agent. President, W C. WjtxKts, vice president, James VI Copeland, Jr ; secretary. Mrs John H. Bell; ex- ecuiive commiteeman, Mr Cope land Delegate: J. Gillette Simpson J£tig Branch President, Roy L. Harris; vice- pr* sident, C. D Benjamin, Jr . sec- re jjry, Sam Compton, executive commiteeman, Mr Harris. Delegates: J B Abercrombie, J. D Cunningham, Mrs J B Aber crombie. Shady Grove President, R C. Franklin; vice- president, David T Pitts; secre tory, Miss Bernice Johnson, exec utive commiteeman, J. Earl John son Delegates: Messrs Franklin and Pitts. i ' Mountville President, G. C. Watts; vice-pres ident, E. L. Stewart; secretary, Walter Lynch; executive commit teeman, S. B. Goodman. ! garden club officials state The pro gram is being -upported by the city council, publicity agencies], and i school children The city street department will , use it' forces th the campaign, radio stations and newspapers will co operate in giving Jrabiicity to the movetnctit. and ctnldren m the will participate in contests chools i\ enter by entering posters depicting activi ties of Jitterbugs" in what they do to rnar the attractiveness of a com munity Prizes will be awarded for the best drawings. Completes Studies At S C University Among L73 students completing degree requirements at the end of the first semester at the University of South Carolina was Miss Helen Anderson of Clinton The daughter of Mr and Mrs. W R. Anderson, she will receive an AB degree to education, to be conferred Delegates: Roy Adams. Watt Bry-|at commencement on May; 31