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t * If You 1 Wt Read The Chronicle You Don't Get The New* 3hp Olluttau (Ehrnntrlr The Chronicle Striven To Be A Clean News paper. Complete. Newsv and Reliable Volume LVIX Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 24, 1958 Number 17 Clinton Mill Store Safe Robbed Minstrel Is Slated for 8 Tonight For Benefit Of Bond Fund At Executive Committee Meeting Saturday l TV aafr ia tV (Untoa Mill Starr wa« pried open somnimr Satarday night and an naotfiriall) r*ii •anted $2.Wa ia MUa aad rhaagr tafcrn. Katry into tV l-aildlag «a> rnadr thronxh hole* rat ia tV roof and rrMBC. TV Vrak-la was disrnvrrrd by I. B. Reeder, maaager of IV store, early Saaday morning No were obtained aad officer* are rowtiam i| their iavestigatioa. Four Gindidates in Race For County Treasurer Three Eatries After Books Reopened Wrecks Take Place In Clinton Area A minstrel featuring a east of 165 men, women, boys ^nd girls, will be presented tonight (Thurs day) at 8:00 o’clock in the audito rium of Clinton High School. The show will be spoasored by the Band Boosters Club, and coop erating in the event are the High School, Academy Street School, Hampton Avenue School, Junior High, and the Joanna School A program of skits, dances, songs, and comedy will furnush au entertaining evening for young and old The production is undei* the direc tion of Mr» Jim Buzhardt and Vernon Powell. Mrs Jim Von Hol- len is musical director, and assist Ing is Mrs. William Davis Principals in the cast include Vernon Powell. Thurston Giles, Pinky Reddeck, Shirley Timmons. Shorty Horne, Earl Rice, George D. Ellis, Wm. Jacobs, Carl Cha ney, Calvin Cooper, Earl Pitts, Jim Tinman. Bob Horseman, ' Claude Crocker, t. O. Edwards, Lonnie 1 Love, Dick Carter. Bill Stubbs, Ed ( Galloway, Gene Wilson, Haroldi GallimAre. Jim Buzhardt, support ed by a host of school boys and girls. Proceeds of the minstrel* will be used to purchase music stands for the Clinton High School band Tickets are available from mem bers of the band. McGee's Drug Store, Dr Fred Holcombs office. Young’s Pharmacy, Howard’s; Pharmacy, sadler Owens P h a r- j macy. Johnson Bros Super Market, and may be purchased at the door Pharmacy, and may be purchased at the door Here is a scene at the County Democratic Executive Committee meeting in Laurens 'saturd.iy : i n n i roeutnttei- vmed to re open the books to allow additional entries to qualify for treasu er. The -itualinn ».is ere.t ed b\ Pie wiiliilraw.il «t s.tm M I ••.on.in. presi t treasurer, from the race. He h is resigned the post to accept .1 business position in I aurens \t the left is W II ll.irlev, ,4 Laurens who made the motion to open the hooks. On the right is T. F. 'smith ot the Tip Top precinct in Waterloo Township, who sought to table If (Hr* V motion Smith’s motion was defeated by a 23 to 13 vote, and that Vote was arc• pied in reverse to adopt the Harley motion In the center is Mrs. Cam line B ( ole.nan. secretary of the executive committee and the parlv organization, and K I Plasico of ( linton. Deniori me chairman of the counts .—Photo b> Dan Yarborough. Gen. Clark To Speak Tonight In College IR Week Observance Four candidates ar* qualified for entry M tV rare fur treasurer of Lnuri— County following reopening of the boot* by the Democratic ex ecuuve committer Saturday. Up In proas time Wednesday, the t andidatr list tnduded George 3 Adair, Alien Coleman. Posey W t opeiand. and Herrboi W Wilson TV entry IwU had clowrd when Sam M Lraman present treasurer aad one of two ramhdatas for the (mat. withdrew WKb only one can didale remaming the committee voted to reopen the books for quali fication of additional candidates Closing time is 12 noon Fndky Mr Adair was one uf the two anginal candidate* who qualified for tV oifice He is the son of Mrs John Y. Adair and the late Mr. Adair, and resides with his mother near Owing* He owns a small farm is unmarried age 30 He was employed by the county for nine years, first as clerk and bookkeep er in the tax collector * office, and served six years as tax collector until the office was absorbed by the treasurer's office last June 30 Mr Coleman is a native of Green wood County and has lived in Laur em for 12 years He was formerly connected with the Laurens Pas leurumg Plant, but is now in the wholesale milk buainr** He mat nod the former Miss Virginia Cog gins. daughter of If F. I ogguu, farmer of the Maddr II and they have four sons He is 37 year* uf age. and is a mem Vi of New Prospect bapti't Church Mr Copeland is a farmer and a trudrm of Clinton. He is a native uf the Rei o wctioo. the son of the lata Mr and Mrs. B F Copatand A graduate of C Tot ILgh School, he ba» liv.si hsue mod of his Lfe 'fa wife a the former Mas Sara Butord. daughter of Mr* G. F Bn lord and the late Mr. Buford of the Hopewell section They have three children Mr W'il*on. 15 years old. u a resident of the Trinity Ridge section of the county, being a merchant and farmer A graduate of Laurens High School and Presbyterian College, he is a member of the First Presbyte rian Church of Laurens He is a veteran of World War 11. Hu wife i» the former Miss Mary Ellen Abrams of tins county and they have two children. Several automobile collisions have occurred In the Hinton area during the past few days, aqgording to roc oeds on file at the local police de partment Lee Smith, taxi operator, collided with a car driven by Mrs Lonnie B Tinsley last Tuesday hospitaliz ing both drivers The accident oc curred at the corner of North Adair and Florida Street* at C 30 a m., damaging both cars romiderably Laurens Attorneys Seek New Trial In Kidnap Case Laurens — Legal machinery has been set in motion by defense attor neys in an effort to secure a new trial for three men now serving life terms in the state penitentiary fol lowing their conviction last year on charges of conspiracy to kidnap a Clinton child. The men are Thomas D. Jacobs, former Clinton printing shop owner, and Jobie Shelton, Jr. and William T. Hill, Clinton Negroes They were convicted of conspiring to kiefnap the four-year-old son of Robert Vance. Clinton banker and indus trialist. The eight-day trial was one Cooper Motor Co. Moves To Location On E. Carolina Ave. Cooper Motor Company has moved to a new location on East Carolina Avenue where the agency for Chrys Mr. Dodge and Plymeuth anSamn-l Mies and Dodge trucks will m the future TV new sde adjoins Me and L W of the longest in Laurens County nistory. v Acting on orders of Judge J. B. Pruitt. Attorneys T. David Sloan and Marshall Abercrombie, who de fended the tfio, last week prepared to obtain paupers’ oaths from the three prisoners. Judge Pruitt said last Tuesday at a hearing that he would issue an order directing Lajir- ens County to pay for a transcript of the testimony and other costs which the appeal to the state Su preme Court would entail. No new developments had occurred in the ca.._* MondayT'the attorneys said, and they stated they expected Judge Pruitt’s order to be issued shortly. At Tuesday’s hearing. Solicitor William T. Jones, of Greenwood, asked Judge Pruitt to vacate the notice of intention to/appeal filed following the trial by the defense attorneys, since the appeal had nev er been perfected Mr. Sluan explained to the judge that his clients did not have money to pay for the transcript and Judgr Pruitt then issued the order calling for the paupers' oath * Mr Sluai. Mid that already there had been complain w Laurens County at IV cost of the lengthjr trial, but Judge ream* v arcmmVd Mr ta A nine-year-old Negro girl Betty Jean Golden had her leg broken Thursday at b p m when the ran a front of a car driven by Robert S. Blalock on South Broad Street in the viciruty of Johnson Bros Gro cery Officer* termed the see idem unj voidable Automahuc* occupied b) Tan Ray and Mr and Mrs. R A. Steer col lided Tuesday morning near the Beacon Drive-In Restaurant on the Whitmire highway Mr* Steer was i txui'ed considerably when the door of her car opened on impact and | she fell to the pavement Mr and Mr* Pierre Chandler were injured Tuoday when a Clin ton :axi driven by C W Rushton skidded on wet pavement and era-died into the Chandler car Both car* were badly damaged Mr. and Mr* Chandler are receiving treat ment at Blalock Clinic. It was stat ed that Mr Chandler will be dis missed in a day or two, but that Mrs Chandler, more* painfully in jured, will remain at the hospital for some time. Mr. Rushton. treat ed at Hays hospital, was not thought to be seriously injured. Jackie Shealy, 4-year-old daugh ter of the Harvey Shealys, suffered a broken leg when she was hit by her father's car -Friday afternoon when he backed out of their drive way at their home on Elm Street in the College View section. The little girl is at home after receiving treatment at Hays hospital. Registration Board Meets At Lydia Today TV I-a arm* (sum* Rrglatra Uoa Board Is In stmImi today (Thurodavl at l.ydla Cutlua Mills Headquarter* fur Ibe board are at the rbulr. M wa* •luted Friday, tbe board will mave la the upper part at tbe room*, meet lag at Mood vile prreiart. Tbe «e*»taa today fallow* «tt Uagt of tbe board earlier In- tbe week at Jaaaaa. (Tiutao City, and CHutan Mill*. Do Maudav. tbe 2Mb. (be board will begla a two week raatlaoeo* at I be raurt boa*e la I .a a General Mark Clark. high-rJnk mg wartime military leader and now pre*ident of The Citadel, will address the Presbyterian College student body Thursday in the* high light of International Relataim Week activities He will appear at 11 a m in the auditorium in Neville Hall a* the closing speaker on the which hrvan Monday G Heyward Mahon. Jr. Gn yiUr civic leader spoke at mg session and Dr R David tJcks. prufetsor of history at the l niver ity of South 1 arolina and dent at the South Carolina Histort County Committee Opens List In Race for Treasurer MB MR Mail Service On Sunday Improved By Added Dispatch Vote Is 23*13 at Meeting Saturday .imak m! F n(« A»'Oct*t»oci sddri armiM W D the stu dent body on Tuesday morning The general theme of the program. *pumorrd annually by the PC In lernaltunal Rrlalwn* Hub t* "Tbe 11 hanging borld of Interna:tonal He ' lattona ** In hi* address. General Clark a expected to draw upon hi* expe riencrv as a top trader of World War 11 and a* commander of the l mini Nation force* duratg the Ko rean conflict, Mir < *• is left in the Appro* at -if a m* RegistraUea rrrtiftcatr* la be ia tbe Demurratir prlmar* ■a June It man be dated mm or befure May It. M was ponied sat Lions Club Meeting To Honor Baldwin • Featuring the program of the Clinton Lion.* Club Friday evening will be the presentation of a “Cit izen of the Year" award to W C Baldwin Mr Baldwin was recently named as Citizen of the Year by the local club for his work among the under privileged of the community and his leadershin activities at Bethany Presbyterian Church near Clinton The meeting will begin at 7 30 at Hotel Mary Musgrove Pitts Standing For Redaction In Ward 2 S A i Chick i Pitts today an rvumct-* his candidacy tor rewire ’ion as member of city council , from ward two Pitts, employed by the Seaboard Railroad. completing Tu* second two-year term a.* councilman from .il.s ward Wildlife diopter In Monthly Meeting The Siuth Carolina Wildlife Fed eration of Laurens County held it* monthly dinner nutting Tuesday m.ht at Peck Cornwall’s Mary Lou Ranch near the city A number of farmers were invi- htl guests and Walter H Schrader, state fafm game restoration pro ject leader, was the speaker Scenic Bus Lux Pouma %dutr *aid yesterday To make this dispatch Mr Adair|$ ,%« *a.d mail must he in the city rul | r.t.'e lection hove* oy 3 45 p m or at the post offic e by 4 ISS 1 i . . _ M the bonks was by a 23 13 roll call Star mute* and the Greenville VU | V Tbtryf ux at the county § M t linton. Columbia highw ay poM of- precinct* were represented by their ifee do im operate on Sunday also ; iU ral executive r., mm it teem an who for some years now. Seaboard nak> up the county executive rtMU ! trains No 3 jnd No € do not have' rmttec railway mail clerk* on Sundays . ’ | in • committee approved >*tghi Tbe added mail service by bus «ite* for the camaign sia-akinn will help to overcome the Sunday but the dale* and time will hr sr defirirnry in outgoing mail service, ranged at a later meeting of the Adair stated candidate* Site*' chosen were. Labor Survey Is Planned For the County on May 2 •d IA •d J<t I < baton No 2, d t liMuo Mill ram Hill C L M L Mr Darnel John II Rus* Taylor of Lao- Damian of L^u- •od C Hill of If Mariey uf f Huffat etier uf •ggins uf Mad uv at Ml Olive. M •untvOle, W 14 Tinsley of Guy Smith at eek* t proxy far ' ) at Wattaviile i mng the books f Rartuul.de (tuai at i uuk % '•ray • rays OUft J I The county wide labur « in. planneil fuf May *? i ' "full speed ahead, it was t«rda> Already qirasiwNinair> > | prepared fur mailing a* *ive survey progresses Ruvm id yei i uinne; ve *ur’ !'trees to put ovc Boa Chair mar G * ,01 J toy the by II vote was •mi «d (Tin *u (hat the figure* obtained could he used to inform possible new in- natlabb* supply uf INI Tti i. County Polio Chapter Officers at Meeting Leotherwood To Seek Word 6 Council Post Charles R (Chuck) Leatherwood today announces his candidacy for a city council seat from ward six. Mr. Leatherwood is a teacher in the Junior High School on Florida Street. He also is driector of ath letics at Clinton Mill and resides at 304 Gordon Street Leatherwood is the second aspi rant for alderman from, ward six, James C. Craine, incumbent, hav ing announce*! two weeks ago Leatherwood, a native of Waynes- vtlle, N. C. t ia a graduate of Fur man University and Jus been teach ing ia Clinton since 1952. first at Academy Street School AA AKEA MKFTING The Cliaton group at Alcoholic* Anonymous, will be hoot la the Georg** Carolina aim April r at *the at 3 » Th» o« he m «»oi Aimed at acquiring more com " Gn* jv.nlji)i«- - plete Aii accurate fgiures a> lo the ,or l -mn n- ■ ouniy available labor force in Lauren* M * J 0,n ‘ chamber • ln • , . County and surrounding communi ' , P r, " nl meet mg \pnl 11. | ties, the survey is under the spon “ '* a * disigiuted Survey i sor*hip of the Lauren* County De 1,1 ^** urws County velopment Board I’resenl at th^ meeting w.-re Both the Laurens and Clinton Jame * VgB HoUen ' PW» ,ll ent of the Clinton chamber. Mr. Rhinney, I | Tom Plaxico of Clinton. Dallas ! Dendy, and Hummel Harley of Laurens, all Developnimt Board- members. Dwigftt F Patterson.! president of the La&rens Cham-j her. and Henry M. F'arus. P W McAlister, W T Bolt, and W J Brown, all of Laurel^ Vnyone who does not ,et a <tue* tionnaire through the mail is urg(*d to come by one of the 16 places over the county where forms are available. They are: Laurens—Chamber of Commerce, "linton Chamber of Cotu^igrce Joanna—REA office Enoretv Ev entt Poole’s Store. Ware Shoals— Frank Boyter’s Insurance office. Gray Court—.Bobo Bros Store. | Cross Hill—Austin’s Store Gray Court —Woodruff Gossett Store told! Robert Harris Store). Hickory Ta vern—Wasson’s Store Also Princeton — Babb Bros. Store Big Poplar—Coker s Store Waterloo—Golding's Store’. Ren no- -Glenn's Store. Cross' Anchor— 1 Dillards Store; Fountain Inn—J W Cook Kellett M ifor Co Green vie was defeated. 13 for. which allowed rootMn to remain before ■ It * Store Providence Students To Present Operetto An operetta Season of Happi • or** will be prownted by pupil* *1 Pro* mJtnrv hchml. Lytha an f haw TWoday evomng April 2i at 7 W f^gpunr* nf Thw puhhc m coedkaUp mvuod ha athond -J .ik.*m the MaHe >he house Mr llarltw th<*n moved that his motion lie .qproveil by the same vote but in reverse order, which the chair ruled carried by a voice vote The meeting was resided over by R L Plaxico of Clinton. County Democratic Chairman, who tokl the committeemen that party rules permitted the committee to reopen the books to allow further filing when there are only two candidates and one of them dies or withdraw s RMr Plaxico *aid that no provi sion -was made in the rules for a write-in vote in the primary, and since the treasurer was an appoin tive officer, his name would not ap pear or the general election bal lot. Consequently, here again, no opportunity would be available for writ e-in ballots. The county treasurer is appoint ed by the governor upon the rec ommendation of the county sena tor. find the primary vote is simply a method of ^eucunng a nominee The senator is not even obligated to recommend the nominee in the primary but such a practice is usually followed Neither iS the, governor obligated to appoint. the nominee recommended by the sen ator The treasurer is primarily an officer of the -tate. with moed of tu» 56.300 'alary being paid by the state Mr Harley n making hu motion to m pen the book*, stated that were V 'he senator be would durt- gard tbv na m ng of a vom nev if the book* were • o would recommend to the the appointment <4 whom In ptewaed Mr Marta** tn •econdmg Mac- -age