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1 Clintmt dhrmttrlt Vol. 59 — No. 46 Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, November 13, 1958 Beauty Queens Martha Tinsley, of Rt. 3, Laurens, is the ne^HParm Bureau Queen. Crowning her at the annual meeting of the Laurens County Farm Bureau in Laurens last Thursday night is Sylvia Wasson, of Hickory Tavern, last year’s queen. Ann Manley, of Rt. 2, Gray Court (left), was second p'ace winner, and Patricia Wham, of Rt. 1, Owings (right), took third place.* —Photo by Dan Yarborough. In Laurens Court Spoon-King Case on Trial Laurens—A Laurens County Gen eral Sessions Court Tuesday after noon heard conflicting testimony as W. H. Spoon, owner and operator of a Clinton taxi stand, went on trial on a charge of asault and battery with intent to kill. The state contends that the heavy- City Fines Total $1,581 In October Police department fines for the month of October totaled $1,581 65, set, middle-aged man took part in according to the report submitted the brutal beating of Woodell King, by Chief B. B Ballard to city coutu 42, of Clinton at the taxi stand the cil at its November meeting, aight of June 2. Chief contributors to the city trea UNCONSCIOUS 20 DAYS 1 sury were four persons charged Kin*, who said he remained un- with drunk driving, each of whom conscious in a VA hospital for 24 was assessed $100 by Mayor J. P days as a result of the beaUng, suf Terry, who presides over municipal fered broken upper jawbones, se~ court nous bruises and lacerations on the Twenty six were taken in for (ace and head, and “probably” drunkenness, one case was suspend- broken ribs. ed. and the others paid $319 15 and State's Solicitor William T. Jones *> days on the public works, sent several witnesses to the stand Speeding and reckless driving to testify that Spoon joined in the were lodged against 12 persons assault on King after King and They were fined 5342 00 ' a la Spoon's son. Horace, engaged in a fKh<r charges included nine for At Meeting Here fighting. $1*2. violating liquor taws. There will be an asaoriabonal *, $117. operating auto withow Baptist Brotherhood oa |driver’s license. «. $CS and » days: day evening November U at 7 » S. $M and 30 a , the Lydia Mill Baptist Church |days. damaging public or private, Two snookers, the Rev Bill Joy L $10 and two days; pst-f* Holly Grove Baptist Church ad Rev Walter Brasher of Wtl Ordination Services Be Held Sunday At Fairview, Bush River Business Clinic On Monday The first of two “‘Small Business Clinics,” arranged by the Chamber of Commerce, will be held next Monday evening with the second to come the following Monday. The sessions will last from 7:00 to 9:00 o’clock in the Forum Room of the Bank of Clinton. The clinics are principally for managers and owners of businesses in the community and information iwill be given on taxation, local, state, and national. The small bus iness tax relief bill passed at the last session of Congress will be dis cussed. Leading the sessions will be Fur man Edward Cannon, certified pub lic accountant and professor of ae counting at the University of South 1 Carolina. A question and answer period will feature hot hrflghts. Chamber of Commerce officials pointed out that Sylvia Porter’s col umn in Tuesday's papers gives in formation on topics to be discussed in the forthcoming clinics. At the first sesion the agenda will include discussion and interpreta tion of the small busines stax relief bill passed by Congress and how it, will affect small businesses The second session will include in Vote In Referendum Mr.* and Mrs. Robert W. Neighbors, of the Hurricane Community are seen here votiiig in the general election and hospital referen dum at the city hall box last Tuesday. Stand'ng by anil waiting their turn to vote are Giles Lawson, at left. Mrs. Forrest Samples, and City Police Officer Allen Sim mons. At the right, lYeeinct Clerks Mrs. Jo Ann Plaxico and Mrs. V. Parks Adair give out theSiallots.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. Farm Bureau Elects Officers, Directors For The Cominq Year Football Game Too T. B. Altman, pastor of the b\uh\ MVerai Wet bases of taxation River Baptist Church announces f sman reUi ‘ b l u “ ness “ P ro # v,sion ordination services will be held on| for , ta *** “ l T* budget, tax forms president; Lewis Powers, vice and uses, withholding tax proce- president; and A^ees Bailey, T. J. Copeland was reelected Sunday. November 16, at the Bush River and Fainriew churches James Nabors and Alvin Counts are to be ordained as deacons in the Fairview' church at 10:00 a m Roy Sexton is to be ordained as n deacon in the Bush River church at 11 20 a. m Dr. Horace G. Hammett of Co lumbia. will preach the ordination services at both churches The public is invited to attend Baptist Brotherhood To Study Evangelism dure. light late the night of J Boftl were to ptWty much events that led to the fight King H i Ity larceny. 1, $12. all II. $1J0 and US days (hi Mum 1 Five to the OK by the toder A total «f M arreata was It to (or lavnatl New Book on Way City Directory Being Prepared d-reiiary f«r the CL-Jan- to at I ea aeon will be aiailatoe, ha # to afArtato the Nctoen to Directory Co. el Charieoton. who Mld (Stiver the rMy this week making jd Jowa for the book The work if I of enumeration to scheduled to hr **, , mjv ■.■TURN TO CLINTON started this week, to he comptotrd the directory They then returned to Laurens m l5oul M dMy% after one of the Spoons had bought w _ koto Chy < mmm» »m4 the aome whtokey at a rural home after No announcement was into*-a* to CVunbrr e! Commerce droire that finding Lake Thomas cloaed. ac whe ® ,hr ****' * ^ ,ur directory hr a. or art, ram cording to out wdasos tnbuUon p*rte as paasIMr. aad they rv> The fight during which King was Thv duwtory will list (irst the| owesi the full raaprratiaa ef reet- sec- Iretary-trv: urcr of the l^iurcns The classes are sponsored by the Couafv Farm Bureau at the annual Merchants Division of the Chamber mM(lnK ^ Thursday night of Commerce Those who expect to -jv wa , hHtl in Ull . attend the sessions are requested to refU High School building, a*sem call the Chamber of Commerce of- bling one hundred m mbers and fice. telephone It* Officials urge aitheir families A slato of directors was also nam ed. including: Director* at large: Randolph T Davis. M B IfenderMn. Marcus S Boyd, and Hugh B Workman Directors J H Sheely. J B Pin son. J L Adair. Sr . W P Dick son. J Warren Tinsley H H Wheeler W T Blakely S B Ftem mg. James D Watson George Was wm. Niles C Hark. J L Fennell Jr W D Lomas and L h Stod dard. Jr of the Farm RureaJ was Martha Tinsley Ana* Man lev second, and Fa- tnria Wham, third Perry Stmpwun. vmlnloquiai took first place m the talent Jimmy White plants! A “urkey • upper was served by Mrs Mary Gihhs. asaiatod by Mn M T Motes and Mrs Charles Brad hr* Parents Day at College Is Slated for Saturday general attendance by business peo pie of the city. Funeral Services Held Yesterday For J. Robert Dillard — Visiting parents and other imme diate family members will pour on the Presbytehan College campus this Saturday for the college’s see institution S'* 103 Mo ° ,M * annual Parents Day Almost HflO visitors ore expected for this occasion, whict^ has devel oped rapidly into one of the mosi the South Carotana popyja,- events in tlw short per Control Board last wa.« Whitten Village Asks $2,103,945 Whitten Village, state near Clinton, is seeking for operations dunng the next fis cal year The proposed budget figure presented to Budget ind week, along with requests from ether state agencies Appropriations for the current ;rar for Whitten Village were $1.. too nuo Will Manage New Store Here Edward Perry. Jr., and family, ferwiertv of Spartanburg have moved to Ctudan Una week where he wgl be manager ef the new Cam munity Cash Stare w hich w til open their other registrations, materials at programs this point and and member* »l the Association and Student ( hnstian Alpha I’m Delta oa hand to assist, ainpus. under the di- ■od sinre its inception last fall By mid week more than Vx) reserva- tMms already had lwen received, ac curding to Public Retailors ind Alumni Director B*- i Hay Mam met Tile visitors will |otn their sons and daughter, (or dinner and for the Presbyterian Appalachian fuwt balk game which follows af 2 *• Mr and Mr* Ferry and their children Eddie Carto aad Linda are rwatdwg a the King Apartments W an Cedar street They, are mem- of th* Baptist church A full program hat hern air ing I by the administration and by Key national leadership fra tenuty. cooperating m the project Registration w set for II s m Sat urday m t be Dougins Mouse Pres hytortan College’s new t£tott» «lu \ tutors aid receive a native «f L . a aan «f the late B Jacks DtUard He home to •f years where he was hy the JarkaowvtUe Jour. Ml to the Mgravmg department He was a member to Broad Street Chuwch m Chatan. and a to the Dr. Frostr Shows ^ Films Of Greece, Rome UintOn-Lydia hr T l-tvton Frg sorority will h«- Tours ot tlte reelwn of Blue Key. will move out from the Douglas House at regular intervals dunng the hour-long reg istration period from 11 a m to 12 noon Buildings facilities and sever al exhibits are to pc shown at this time. Tt A program of * rtcome u set for 12 noun in the auditorium of Neville Mnli Dr Marshall W Brown pres- tdent ot Presbyterian College and student lenders «U1 greet the vtsi tors then the cuUnpe toiihtr qn ir tot win suig and Tan Phi Pi Suc«ty will prearoi a laboratory f man si ration Dinner is sctmtoled for 1 p m with group* to be served in both the Duwng Hail and LeBey Springs Gymnutum And the fosthidl game, •n wlurh PC hopes to bounce hack from Rs mo defeat at The Citadel toot week, will follow at 2 30 p m Informal Open House will be beM •n the Douglas Mouse and to fra trrmly quarter* .tier me game to High No announcement wai mod* a* to ; when the books s*dl he ready tor dis-, tri button The directory will list first the beaten occurred after the quartet man in the family, his wife \ rvamc had returned to the OK taxi stand and a small number after the wile’s m Clinton name will designate the number gL From this point on the testimony children under 16 A home owner- was in conflict ship sign will appear, followed by William B. Blakely, aseistant the man’s occupation, place ol em- police chief at Clinton, was the first ployment. and street address witness called by the state. The directory will have a seo- The officer testified that the taxi ^ct^ sJ^wing names of stand is located just to the rear of the police station. He said that about 11:30 p. m , June 2, Bobby Spoon came into the police station and told him there was a fight going on at the taxi stand and there wras a knife involved. He said when he reached the scene, King was lying unconscious, face up on the ground, and that the three Spoons were standing nearby. He said he found a pocket knife with the blade closed lying on the ground beside King. On cross examination the police officer said Horace had two cuts on the side of his neck and one on the hand when he reached the scene He said that in all of his years in police work he had never seen a man as badly beaten as King. Dr. George R. Blalock, Clinton doctor who treated the injured man, described the many lacerations and bruises sustained by King. He said -King was unconscious when brought to the clinic and still had not ra te the VA hospital the following day of the World Dills rd formerly lived to Chatan. being employed a the oa graving deportment of the former Jacoho it Co. pnetiog and on graving firm here He hm m Jacksonville store the 1 SCO's Surviving are hi* wife. Mrs. Rhodes Dillard of Jacksonville, one streets and their Iocs.ion In this section will appear the names of Individtiais as their bouses appear on the street, showing a circled (H) as ownership followed by the telephone number. The directory will also include a classified section where every bus iness in the city will be shown at least once. Another section, will list all telephone numbers itv numerical order. A complete list 6f all indi viduals living on the rural routes out of the local post office will be given. The work is jointly approved by the Chamber of Commerce and the City Council, and will also consist of making a new map of the city, giving new house num bers In nil areas. C. T. Fitzgerald, field agent for the directory company, is now in Clinton and has a crew of expe rienced enumerators who will call at every home to obtain mforma hoe An office has been set up at Hold Clinton for the convemenre of to afcMnt at IB* time the dents of (tie commnnMv The enumerators will caTy den ttficntion cards bearing their names m films taken oa hi- g to Greece aad Rome to of I he Fwturr Homrmah KmmetMmm ami the Ltou Club at a meeting the Ottom The program was • of Rudy on the Rate F H A t CatMritamhng Our Vetghburt At Home and Abroad Member* of the Latin Club were guests of the F 11 A s fur the meeting Later la the evening a social hour wa* enjoyed hy those attending Local Women Attend Classroom Conference Mrs Juhan Coleman and Mrs Wade Smith attended the Southcas' em Service Awards Coming Friday toe hundred aad eight employees of (Uaton and Lpdta Cotton Mill* ntll receive I*. U, and JPyear rontinuuu* service award pins at a banquet to be held to their honor at 7 00 p to . Fnday in the Thornwell dining hall Features of the annual event will include a Thanksgiving season dm ner and brief remarks by President P S Bailey A program of entertainment will a (Res. Robert Adam* I O Ray. Caritsle Neely Hame* Hubert Laopard. Dovta. Wade Beckman. Sc , Lydia. Andy Arthur Robert close the Parents Day artivRtos Grand Jury Asks Facilities In Court House Be Improved Lauren* — yy daughter. Mrs J B Bazetnore ill Jacksonville, one sister. Mrs J B em Regional Classroom Teachers ** Vrmidtd by “The Silhouette* Wilder of Clinton, an adopted bro- Conference held last week at the quartet ther. J D. Jacks of Atlanta, six G-renbrier. White Sulphur Spring*. Thow to ^ honored include ** * ho * n to re grandchildren and one great-grand- W Va They attended as del.- ni»ion-2*.Year Pm* gates from the local organization M.ivfield Copeland. Jones B Sam f irst 38-Ft Mobile Home The Mobilmanor Company complete.! the coon (ruction of it* first SH-fl. mo<>«le IMI Thuratla) and eevorol c.Ii/e-ti* t cemmuniti ►ew the Hai at (Be plant to imim* Lrfl to r^ffiV I fVMWT'iTV* .MmAmI,.,. I# r«i8yt:'.:%rW^ the ( hamlmr of Commerco. ReprvnenU- (iv* WiliuuB C. DoLbtna at (he lasurvn- (•mnty di to gut am ta the (*#tooraJ Aaaem ' nor «f (h* M >- Jmrntm Ha * My ; Hhettoa J * t tountoug ('uenimat effiee eik—gsr «f (<wJ pomibhlhMe m i ORkun to ' * yextohmo nd ptonl heexr *■ ~« «*.. \\ K, Vaec*. Rene Crolts. Virginia Holtz claw Dora Leopard. C C Heaton. W p Burdette rUnlon 13-Year hm tJeorge Gossett. Fred Galloway, Arthur Lawson. H C. English. Mar *hall Samples. James Gregory. William Phillips, Rufus Handback. Claude A Barker. Aline Lanford. Alvin G Smith, and Arzo Ivesier MiaUa—It-Year Pia* John Bigham. Elijah T Gossett. Daisy L Campbell. James B Mea dows, Annie B. Campbell. Juanita Leopard, Robert Bigham. James F. Harris, Ruby N Deadwyler. Wil liam J Reece, Ahieene S. Evans, Jennie W. Hames, William W Gibbs, David A. Adams, Henry Lawson Jr, Juanita M Botham, Lillian Howard, and Ray R Cannon. Also, Presley Chaney. Roy D. Kennedy, Raymond McCoy. William Snelgrove, Inez McGinnis, Ora Woods. Mattie V Heaton, Claude Ward, Melvin Creswell, Lawrence | C. Kuykendall, Ernest McCullough. Robert L Thonuon. Mary Price. Haskell -Williamson, Lewis N. Wal lace, James M. Moore, Lawrence Lanford, William R. McGinnis, Opal McAlister, Louise Handback, and Eva * * Lydia Mills—20- Year Pins William Davis, Stella McLendon, Nettie Prince, Claude Grady. Cecil McLendon, and Glenn Downs Lydia Mills—15-Year Pin. Furman Camas. Lizzie Hawkins, Ethel McLendon. Vemer Dees, B F Harvey. Lester Harris, and Mar ttia Motte I vdU MUte—thYear Pu*. . Marvin Harvey Fred Campbell Mumtaa Jonrm. Frhd Mathis Wif ham Baitey Jr Jack • tote L A > dli ima. Herman I Phqqu Fzsav MdWv Gay Dungta. Ja ilnad* Ttonnr V ntomi* Mary kanm LnsMsm. Bmmnt Jttohm C Vatom lima totorndhto* ham Mk.'* k'amw k to-• SIR B ton dtodto amt ftoam toctoham I^MWBs County < final jirr-umt menl Novrmber term of ' «urt. rt-conunend- ment \ to ami jury at ii Judge Thom ivcr ifw General ^emum* ed several major unprov the county courthouse Seel ton Four of the f presentment vaid "Thai as laog oa thr prevem ‘ ourthousr u used tor its poseai purpose, (lie main rourtronm vhoald be equipped with a «pr*k tog vvvu-oi to improve thr acous tics «« that al any place therein one con hear nhat the court, the withrvses and the altomeyv are saying; that the main court room and the jury rooms, boih grand jury and petit jury rooms, should tie air conditioned, since it is ob served that at most times these spaces ore unendutabiy too warm or too cool.” The presentment also cited the need for filling holes in the surface of county roads, and the scraping of ditches. It said that the windows and screens at the county home need repairs and tin* outside needs paint ing It found that the chain gang is being properly handled. It urged that magistrates ol the county w , should account for and turn over M West 0VCe ^ nes ,0 ^ county treasurer on or before the tenth of each month The presentment colled the at tention of the county iegiatalive delegation la (he fact thwl there is aa excess of $97.M* to uacof levied taxes, past due. oa the books, aad it asked the delegation to take proper acuou “to zcceto- ratr tor . «flrs Uoa of same by proMdmg foe. Uttghl TV i t*<e » w