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Volume LVIX
Clinton, S. C, Thursdoy, June 12,1958
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and Reliable
Number 24
Honoree ... Speaker
South Carolina’s leading textile industrialists will assemble on the
Presbyterian College camptA this (Thursday) evening to honor
Putsy Silas Bailey, president of Clinton-Lydia Cotton Mills and newly
elected president of the South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Asso
ciation. Mr. Bailey is pictured at left above along with F. E. Grier of
Greenwood, president of Abney Mills, who will deliver the main ad
dress of the occasion.
Audit Is Underway
In Treasurer's Office
An audit of the books in the Coun-
yt Treasurer’s office is being made,
it was stated early this week by
Treasurer Sam M Leaman.
The work is being done by C. C.
McGregor and Co., of Columbia
Mr. Leaman has resigned effec
tive June 30 to enter business in
Laurens, and the audit is being
made to prepare the records for his
successor.
O
Mr Leaman had announced his
candidacy for relection to a four-
year term, but withdrew from the
race after accepting a position with
a building and loan association in
Laurens
It is presumed the county senator
will recommend the appointment
of the successful candidate in the
June primaries to the remaining
year of Mr. Leaman’s term as well
as to a new four-year term The
appointment is made by the go
vernor.
Dinner Tonight Honors
Bailey, S.C Textile Head
Presbyterian College to Be Host for
State Gathering of Manufacturers
F E. Grier, prominent Green
wood industrialist, will deliver the
mam address when members of the
South Carolina Textile Manufac
t u r e r > Association assemble at
Presbyterian College ‘Thursday
night for a dinner honoring P. S.
Bailey, president of Clinton Lydis
Cotton Mills
The collage is staging the dinner
to pay tribute to Bailey on tui re
cent election as president of the
South Carolina Textile Manufactu
rers Association It a set for 7:10
p m in Judd Dtwag hall
Battoy who fioahsd PC In I0K.
•Ill he ewerded a portal alumiu
of hta out-
m tho Mi
af tosuios ortuck reftect rrsdK opoa
ft lo to hn
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tan Mdfe
P C Oner
and Lydia Cotton Mills in 1948 after
serving as vice president for ten
years and in other capacities of
the family organization for 12 years
prior to that
He was named Clinton s “Citi
zen of the Year" in 1051 for his
leadership in advancing the indus
trial community An elder in the
CMalen Pint Presbyterian Church,
he is also an active civic tender,
sad servos as a trustee of Preaby
tenon College and Thornwell Or
Annual Meet State
S. C. Employees Assn.
The annual meeting of the South
Carolina State Employees Associa
tion will be held at the Clemson
House. Clemson. on Saturday. June
! 14.
The luncheon, smorgasbord, will
be at 1:00 p m. with a business
session at 2:00, followed by a social
hour
Dr. John M Preston, president of
the state association, win preside,
according to an announcement from
the office of Mrs. Anne Agnew,
state executive secretary-treasurer,
Columbia
Pel low industrialists etevsled
t« the pessidwry of the
Textile Manufac-
st their
Ga . on
South Carat mm
May May
Report Given On
Poppy Day Sole
Two hundred and sixty-three dol
lars was the total proceeds from the
“Poppy Day Sale” conducted re
cently by the American Leg ton Aux
iliary
Mrs S C. Hays, chairman
expressed appreciation af the
Fire Orris abd
of the cam
County Ticket - First Democratic Primary
Hoilne of ReprenentativeH
Treasurer
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Couatv Aoenl Cmaoh
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Can
the l.auraas County Farm
noa. N was stated early this
by T J. Copeland prraldent of the
Bureau
Mr Cannon will retire on June
30 after serving in the post since
I9SS
The b*atp*[ will be held on Fri
day. June IT, at 8:00 p. m in the
l-iurens High School cafeteria.
Admission will be by tickets,
which may be purchased at the
Farm Bureau office in the sheriff’s
office building in Laurens Tickets
may be obtained until June 20, Mr.
Copeland said.
The meeting will be featured by
short addresses by Extension Ser
vice personnel from Clemson Col
lege and other parts of the state.
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Bridges, Dobbins and Sloan Elected to House
Criminal Court Session ^ ^"7!“ O'Dell Is Commissioner
VYOrkS On Heavy Docket Membership In Plans Three Contests for Second Primary
Murder Cases Slated to Begin Today JTIT T
■ywidbal
writ Mamday
UMk
LHI la rtghl. Up raw—Or Cecil A.
lauikte Thrological .Seminary; Or. Yenma ft. ftraykw.
• North Avewur Prethytertaa Ckunh. aad Or. L
r af (hr BeaarUsvtUr Pmbylertaa Church.
raw—.Mr*. H Oackery Brawn, af WayrraM. Ga.. rrligiau*
author aad (earlier; MK* l^auise H. Farrier, af AUaaU. Ka-wd af
Hamew t Work; aad Mrs. ft. Grier Rabiasaa. af Charieataa. prrsidral
of the South CaraMaa Womra-W-thr-Chuirb. All af (hear leaders ex
cept Mrs. Rehtaeea are members af the trataiag school facuMy.
serves as draw.
PC Summer School
Underway This Week
Summer school is in session at
Presbyterian College.
Regular classwork got underway
Wednesday morning, and the eight-
week session is scheduled to con
tinue through Aug. 9.
Dr. George C. Bellmgrath, * aca
demic dean, has announced a slate
of 23 courses to be offered in these
eight departments: Bible, biology,
economics, education. English, his
tory. mathematics and Spanish He:
said that classes will meet six days
weekly during the session, and each
will be limited to a maxi-
Presbyterian Women To
Meet for Training School
LocahCollege Host for Week's Event
Presbyterian women from all sec-|
tions of South Carolina will assem
ble at Presbyterian College next
week for the 11th annual Synodi
cal Training School.
Another record attendance is ex
pected for this session which opens
Monday and extends through Satur
day, June 21. Mr. R. Grier Robin
son, of Charleston, president of the
Women of the Church of South
Carolina, serves as dean of the
school ,
She Has announced a full slate
of outstanding speakers and faculty
members Is Mad the IMS amaioe
The) wiB direct a program
ad la give accreAled traimag la
The school gets underway at 2:00
p. m., Monday, with registration
in Bailey Hall lounge on the Presby
terian College campus. The opening
banquet is set for 7:00 p. m. that
evening in Judd Dining hall
Delivering the main address on
this occasion will be Dr. Marc
Weening, pastor of the Spartan
burg Pint Prtesbyterfan Church
and chairman of the South Carolina
Synod Committee on Women's
Work
Mn L C. M Smythe. of Charles
tea. former musmiiary to Japan,
also has been engaged aa a special
the group
The one-week term of (
Sreetem ( ouri at I eiinm resumed
BVdarsday morning after recenjmg
far oMrttan day Tuesday Hearing
of guilt) plea* was contmuad where
left off at the recess late Monday
afternoon
Judge Steve C. Griffith at New
berry, * presiding
Faced by a heavy docket of ap
proximately 115 cases — including
four for murder—Solicitor Wilium
T. Jones announced at the opening
session of the court Monday that the
court would continue for two or
three weeks if necessary in an at
tempt to clear the docket
The Grand Jury returned a rec
ord number of true bills for one
day when 50 were handed back
; by recess time Monday night.
Jones said the cases would be
called by number as they appear-1
ed on the docket, with the murder
cases beginning probably on Thurs
day morning.
Included in the cases scheduled
for hearing are 26 cases, includ
ing the four murder cases, brought
over from the last term in Febru
ary.
At the conclusion of the day’s
work, Judge Griffith excused ju
rors and witnesses until Wednesday
morning in view of Tuesday’s Sec
tion Facilities of the court house,
including the court room, are gen
erally utilized for voting booths
and for the tabulation of returns.
The court was engaged pricipal-
ly Monday in taking guilty pleas
> In one murder indictment. Ezell
Sullivan is charged with the pistol
shooting of Douglas Jones. Jr , Dec
IS. MS? John Higgins Junes charg
of Mamie
In Octefter. Mf7 An-
( hertw Blackwell. Jr . h
m the p**iwd death ef Juan A
Aquiik* a Puerto Rtraa en the
Lauren* t'luMoa highway on Janu
ary 21
Included in the guilt) plea* were
three for operating a motor vehicle
while under the influence of intoxi
cants, second offense, all the de
ft-ndanu being given sentences of
•>ne year, or $1,000. sentence sus
pended after serving three months
or paying $250 and probation for
two years They were Ray Woodrow
Wilson. Willum Fulmer and Archie
Morgan.
Five defendants pleaded guilty
to violation of the liquor law. Jim
Wade Wallace and Charlie Adams,
both drew 15 days or $50 for pos
session of illegal, unstamped whis
key; William James Lee and W. C.
Copeland, drew three months or
$300 for manufacturing illegal un
stamped whiskey; and Hugh W
Wright drew three months or $300
for selling illegal, unstamped whis
key.
Thomas Eustice and William L
Barbery pleaded guilty to house
breaking and larceny and receiving
stolen goods, but sentence was not
passed pending the appearance of
another defendant in another case
Another defendant pleading guilty
to a housebreaking charge was
Earl McLaughlin, who was given
six months with all but 30 days sus
pended, probation for two years.
David Euegen Cunningham draw
three months after a plea (A guilty
to car brooking
Two brothers. Wilton and Charlie
Murphy, and Lawrence Medlm, all
about li-M years of ago. pleaded
guilty is hniwohrookmg and lar
ceny chargss VBkui odh a pro-
if ^ |
Dun
tav «tw
wvoh a
was mailed to the member* to
gether with a queslMMUire wtorh
they were requested tw All ta and
return to the Chamber utftrr Pres
ident Jim Von Hollen has urged
members to take a little time to
complete the quest umaire and mail
it at their earliest convenience
Officers of the Chamber are seek
mg the opinion-* and suggestions of
the membership to guide them in
prepanng the program of work
Mai
A H
* r r n*
led tl
r tu ket
by r Da* id
and William
Butt
rvos AS to
of the He
th > (to *
■ i in
Sloan Ji
’. Dobbin* with
mining for re
an attorney of
is is a Joanna
Presbyterians Name
Slate Of Six Elders
The First Presbyterian Church on
last Sunday completed balloting in
the election of six ruling elders who
will become members of the Ses
sion, governing body of the church
Named in the balloting, which
continued over a period of several
weeks, Robert M Vance, P. S. Bai
ley, H. Y McSween. H L Eichel-
berger, J. F. Jacobs, and Thorn-
well Dunlap
Three Attend
FHA Convention
Mrs. RoflV Bannister is attending
a special workshop in ckKhuig at
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, this
wtwk While at Winthrop she will
a Mo attend the State Future Home-
maker'* cwaswitma June 11 U
Jawaaa Twftd. Meal Future ttoaa*
«dl aba be a
to the c—si-tw
aarrotary will
idl
S.3M.
4 NHH noth were
election Sloan is
Lauren* and Dobtu
farmer
In the only other race in which an
election was accomplished, Paul S.
ODell was renominated as County
Commissioner leading a field of
six candidates.
In the race for County Treasurer,
a second primary appears in the
making between Herchel W Wilson,
with 2,175 votes, and Allen D. Cole
man, with 1,966 However, George
5 Adair, with seven votes less than
Coleman in the totals gathered
Tuesday night by The Chronicle,
could conceivably replace Coleman
is the second man in a retabulation
of votes.
The (jjounty Democractic Execu
tive Committee is scheduled to meet
this morning (Thursday) at 11:00 a.
m in Laurens to canvass the elec
tion returns and could order a re
count of the votes in the Treasurer's
race if such a request was made
by Mr. Adair
Adair’s total was' 1,959 Others in
the race were Posey W Copeland,
with 507, and William J. Henrji,
with 1,413
Benie B Blakely was leading in
the vote for rerlectioo to the post
of Supervisor with 2 884. and he will
enter a «cro<id rece primary with
Furman E Thomason with 2.812
Thtrdmaa • the race. Ryan F
Law***, had 2 189
i > Dwfl was
ef the tww C
•Ah IMA A rriwl primary *#
he hetwewa t*1awd» A Ptototo w8B
Bigham, Copeland
In Second Race For
Magistrate In Jacks
Robert N Bigham and James M
Copeland. Jr , will enter the second
primary, as candidates for Magis
trate in Jacks Township bn Tues
day. June 24.
They led in the baloting on Tues
day when Bigham received 96 votes
and Copeland 68 Two other candi
dates were eliminated. J C Nabors
polling 54 votes, and James C. Ker-
nells 11.
Following is the vote:
Clinton No. 1—Bigham 10. Cope
land 22, Kernels 1, Nabors 7
Clinton Milk—Bagham 2. Cbpe-
land, Kernells and Nabors 0.
Joanna—Bigham 9, Copeland 5,
Kernells 1, Nabors 6.
Renno—Bigham 57. Copeland 22,
Kernells 9. Nabors o
Shady Grovts-Bigham 18. Cope
land 19, Kernells 0, Nabors 41
Merchants Division
To. Meet On Tuesday
The Men Hants Division of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet
08 Tuesday June 1? ChairauB J
C Thwma* stated.
TV meeting will take ptere .a the
hslliwom of Hotel Mary Mwagrvee
•t to to « m
otom *88 tog dto tonhMmtwg ftoftor thy