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Six Teams Vie Little Boys Tournaaent Gets Underway Monday Clinton will be host to the dis trict Little Boys Baseball Tourna ment, beginning next Monday, the 20th. The event, in which six teams will battle it out for supremacy, is scheduled to last through Friday night, but could possibly be extend ed one more day. Hie teems to appear here in the tournament include Laurens Amer ican, Laurens National, Ware Shoals, Greenwood, Abbeville, and Clinton. Two games will be played each day on Monday,. Wednesday, and Thursday, three contests are on the docket for Tuesday, and one, the championship encounter, on Friday. The feature that could prolong the tournament one more day would ..come about if an undefeated team should enter the championship game and lose. Opening hostilities on Monday at 6 p. m. will be Laurens National and Ware Shoals, to be followed at 8 o’clock by Laurens American and Clinton. The first game on Tuesday at 4 p. m. will be between the losers of the two games Mpnday. The second game on Tuesday at 6 p. m. will be between Greenwood and the winner of the Laurens National-Ware Shoals match. Abbeville will meet the win ner of the Laurens American-Clinton contest at 8 o’clock for the third game of the day on Tuesday. Losers will meet losers and win- Attend Bankers Study Group In N. C. Kenneth S. McCrary, of M. S. Bai ley Sc Son, Bankers, Clinton, and G. W. Willis of The Palmetto Bank, Laurens, were listed among those attending the 23rd annual Qarolinas Bankers Conference on the Univer sity of North Carolina campus. The week-long study of banking was sponsored by the North and South Carolina Bankers Associations and the two state banking depart ments, joining with the university. ners will be matched against win ners until the final game when the best of the losers will meet the best of the winners. The tournament will be a double elimination affair, in which a team will have to lose twice in order to be eliminated. The winning team will keep play ing without having a free day. (Flip (Eltnfcm (Ehrmttrlr Vol. 60 — No. 29 Presbyterians To Dedicate Building On September 7 The Clinton First Presbyterian Church will dedicate its new S225.- 000 educational building on Septem ber 27. the Rev. W. Redd Turner announced today. He said plans already are being developed 1 to make this program a significant occasion in the history of the church. Reese Young and A. C. Young serve as co-chairmen of the program. Or. Turner pointed out that al- • ■ j. , . . .. though the new educational building ™ n f ^ Furtiier ,nvestl * ation •>? clinton . . a df a senes of automobile thefts that police disclosed that a car Was stol- began in Pacolet earlier in the week. e n in Pacolet and abandoned in Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 16, 1959 Round-Robin Auto .Thefts End in Clinton A Presbyterian College student j Greenwood man. He was notified had his car stolen Saturday mor-! and came to Clinton to claim it. REV. K. B. WILSON Wilson To Speak At Brotherhood Meeting The Rev. Kenneth Boyce .Wilson will be the speaker tonight (Thurs day) at the monthly meeting of the Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church at 7:30. He is pastor of the First Baptist Church in Newberry. Mr. Wilson, a native of Charlotte, N. C. f is a 1955 graduate of David son College, and of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1958 Prior to graduating from these in stitutions, he served for six years as construction supervisor with R. Ed win Wilson and Associates, Archi tects, in Charlotte. Clinton Negro Charged In Two Counts of A 28-year-old Clinton Negro was; Negro girls, 13 and 14 years of age. charged with two counts of statutory Walter Cromer, accoaed in the rape in a warrant issued here Sat- warrant issued by Magistrate Sam 1 J The offenses were alleged to have I of $1,006 in each caae after being been committed against two young taken into custody by Laurens Coun- | ty Sheriff C. W. Wier. Clinton police W. B Blakely and W A. Patterson, who made the original investigation after receiv ing a call from the mother of one of the girls, took Cromer into cus tody at his home. They called Sher iff Wier and Clinton Chief B. B Bal lard has been in use for the past two years, the indebtedness incurred in constructing it has just been cleared through the three-year pledge pay ments of members. So the dedica tory service also becomes an oc casion for eliminating the mortgage. Children of the Sunday School will play an important part in the pro gram, since this event is to be held in conjunction with their annual Rally Day. ' Regular church services that day will feature a dedicatory sermon, followed by the litany of dedica tion. A picnic dinner then is to be held on the church grounds. Committees assisting with the pro gram include: to obtain guest pas tor—Dr. Marshall W. Brown; litany of dedication—Dr. W. Redd Turner; Rally Day program—A. C. Young; historical play—A. C. Young and Reese Young; invitations—W. C. Neely, Mrs. Ellen Owens and Mrs. Carlton Winn; picnic—‘Mrs. Winn and Mrs. W. Redd Turner; publicity '—Ben Hay Hammet; brochure — Hugh Jacobs and William Jacobs; parking — Tom Plaxico, Ricky Rhame and senior boys; guides — Jim Neal, Jane Milam and pioneers; food servers—pioneer girls; first aid —Mrs. Jim Neal. Mrs. Dillard Mi lam, Dr. D. O. Rhame and Dr. George Blalock. William E. Falls, 63, Passes Suddenly William E. Falls. 63. died sudden ly Tuesday night at 10:30 at his home, 204 North Holland Street. A native of Cleveland County, i North Carolina, he had made his ■ home in Clinton for 40 years, where he was employed by the city as an electrician with the utilities (depart ment. He was a son of the late : Mark and Sara Wilkins Falls and a member of Patterson Grove Baptist Church, Cleveland County.,. Mr. Falls was twice married. His first marriage was to Mildred E. Holland of this city. She died in 1947. From this union three daugh ters and a son survive; Mrs. Jack Davis, of Newberry; Mrs James «f cRgy tnd Mn/^JVr Jankusky. of Chicago. Ill ; W. E. Falls. Jr., of Lewistown. Montana. His second marriage was to Eliz- James H. Bredford parked his car in a lot to the rear of the Science Hall on the college campus while he Laurens where another one was tak en and abandoned in Greenwood. Police think the thief or thieves who ton and left it^ also ook the Bred ford vehicle, which has not yet been found. attended a class. Returning an hour brought the Greenwood car to Clin- later, about 9:00 a, m., the car was gone. Mr. and Mrs. Bredford had plan ned a trip to Charlotte to visit rel atives and the car was full of gas and oil. Bredford had left the key in the switch. About noon, Clinton police receiv ed a call that a strange car was parked in front of the R. C. Adair residence on West Walnut street. Investigating, the police found that it was registered in the name of a Telephone Company Begins Construction Of High Tower Today Construction of a new landmark for Clinton is scheduled to start to day when the Flint Steel Corporation begins erecting the 300 foot radio relay tower, it was announced by T. rw • I, i*. . j , M Youngblood, Jr., manager here Dr. Marshall W. Brown, pres.dent for Southern Bell. of Presbyterian College, is repre- _ , . 1 The tower will be one of four be- Brown Visits ROTC Camp At Ft. Benning senting the institution this week at the ROTC summer camp at Fort Benning, Ga He is one of 33 educators, repre senting 32 universities and colleges with cadets at the six-week encamp-1 ment, who are visiting the Infan try School. It is an annual two-day program designed to acquaint edu cators with the training being giv en the general military science ROTC students. Thirty-seven Presbyterian College cadets are attending the 1959 ROTC summer camp. President Brown left Clintoa Tuesday morning and will return late Friday. ' tween Greenville and Columbia. Two Men Sought In $80 Robbery When placed in service, early in 1960, the radio relay system will speed long distance calls from a | tower near Greenville to Clinton, to another tower near Chapin, and oa into Columbia's new long distance center. A tower on Paris Mountain near Greenville is the only one of the four already built, he said. Nearing completion on the site on South Broad Street in Clinton is the building to house the controls for the tower. This comparatively small concrete structure will become part of a new building to contain facil ities for all Southern Bell activities in Clinton. No date has been announced for the start of construction of the building, but it is expected to follow shortly after completion of the tower and its control unit. To Lead Caravan at Broad St. Church Menrbers of the Methodist Youth Caravan which will visit Broad Street Church July 19 through 24 are; front row, left to right. Miss Alice Riemer, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wise.; George Gill. Walnut Ridge, Arkan sas, a student at the University of Virgin- At Methodist Church ia; Miss Barbara Perry, Goldendale, Wash., student at Central Washington College. Back row*: Miss Dora Oates, counselor, of Darlington, a member of the Charlotte, N. C„ schools faculty; Miss Carol Knox, of Decatur, 111., student at McMurray College, Jacksonville, 111. Worship, Study Week Begins Sunday Local Girls Attend Ocean Drive FHA Camp Twenty-one members of the Clin ton High School Future Homemak ers Association with the instructor, Mrs. Jack Haskins, and four junior counselors, left Tuesday for a week's stay at the JHA camp at Ocean Drive Boach Junior counaetors are Misses Myr- na Seise, Pat Chisholm, Betsy Da vis and Julie Bolick. Sammie Wil son of Mountville, was driver of the % bus Attending are Misses Corinne Boyd, Brenda Turner. Susan Work man, Jimmy Furr, Carolyn Edge, Sandra May. Linda Boland. Mary Jane Jacobs, Helen Ruth Holland, Sandra Dunaway, Alice Cunning ham. Amelia West, Alice Grant, Lois Haselden. Grace Orr, Barbara Eichelberger, Pat Duncan. Emily Davis, Shirley League. Linda Knox, and Harriet Wilson Schedule at events include FHA fun night on Wednesday; an edu cational trip on Thursday, with a square dance in the evening, for which the FFA boys will be guests; a boat trip on Friday; Saturday, crabbing and a movie; church ser vices on Sunday. 20 Boys Attend • Junior Police Comp Twenty Clinton boys accompanied by Police Chief B. B. Ballard at tended a camp for junior police at Cane Creek Fishing Camp on Lake Greenwood Monday through Thurs day of the past week. Mr. Ballard was assisted by John S. Glover and Gene Bostick. While at camp the boys received swim ming instruction, instruction and practice in various police methods, hikes and other outdoor recreation. Attending were Bill Wier, Mike Jones. Bruce Quarles, Freddie and James McLendon, David Plaxico, Irby Holland, Jr., Billy Ballard, Darrel Orr, Bill Quarles, Donald Osborne, Bobby Bostick, Eddy and ^»James Bostick, Henry Simmons, Emory Dillon, Tommy Smith, Frank Spoon, Charles Campbell and Ron nie Traylor. - Sponsoring the camp for the boys were the City of Clinton, the Ex change Club, T. E. Addison, G. W. Bell, Burroughs Curb Market and Wilson’s Curb Market. STUDIES IN CUCAGO Dr. David Mixon has returned from Chicago. 01. where be worked with Dr: G H. Jeneea. preaMeat at jmm Ce Ha a law days at Laurens—The office of Sheriff C. _ W Wier reported Tuesday that a Clinton Girls On Top search was still underway tor two SoftboH LeoaUC men who reportedly held a knife on 1 * a lower Laurens County man, rob bing him of 880 Monday morning. Cap Setzler told officers that Aaron Knight, 25, and Henry Glenn, 35, forced him to hand over the I games money while the three at them were only one in a wooded area Tar the Newberry and Laurens county line Setzler also reported to officers that games the same men took a government Clinton The teeners and midgets, both Clinton girls softball teams, remain on top in the league. The midgets have won all their Pension Rolls Show Two Widows Of Confederate Vets day by a score of 16-12. Joatna has no midget team, therefore the younger girls have played fewer won both games against abeth Jones of this city who sur- c h^ck from him on July S. Invert- Watts in a double header on Tues vives. Also surviving are three ,gating officers are Horace Mitchell dey. Midgets score was 14-13 and brothers and a sister: D. M and an( j William Spruell Robert L. Falls, of Kings Mountain. | N. C.; J. P Falls, of Greenwood, and Mrs. Virginia Burton, of Kings Mountain; and ten grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incom- i the teeners 11-7. Police said Cromer admitted the P lete gf* “V*?* ^ hu ^ offense and further mvestigation di* ,rom Montana, and wiU be announc- closed a second offense ^ , * ter Gt ” FuneraJ Home Cromer lives on Park street near \a/:ii Gary street along the Seaboard Rail 'J*y nn V-OOteS Will road at the southern edge of the Speak To Maltese d,, TV «Vr p, rt » -vdv-d ^ Cr0JS Subd|sHct Leatherwood Requests Judgment Be Withheld Charles R. Leatherwood. Clinton heve my .many friends and the pub Two widows of Confederate vet erans are now receiving monthly and the teeners hafe lost I pension benefits, according to the that to Joanna on Mon semi-annual rsprtt of the Lauren* Jrtrefoa olfloar. r •„ ^ Howard W Watkins, county aer vice officer, said both widows filed claires last July following legisla tion making such claims possible One award was approved March 15 and the second in July The 88- and 85-year-old widows are now receiv ing checks in the amount of $65 per month, he said Mr Watkins, who was recently re- Caravan Week, six days of wor ship, study and recreation under the joint sponsorship of the Methodist Youth Fellowship and a .visiting Methodist Youth Caravan, will be held July 19-24 at Broad Street Methodist Church, according to an announcement by Miss Sandra Ray, MYF president The caravans are a project of the t ' ons for wor,hl P services, lead in church Their aim is to give direc tion and leadership to the develop ment of a youth program in each church which fulfills the ideals and purposes of the MYF Caravaners will assist local youth in planning programs of evangelism, world friendship, community service and leisure time. They will give side in the same area The offenses were said to have been committed at Cromer's home Police said that two cases were lodged against Cromer on July 4 when he was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and having il legal liquor in his possession. He Glynn Coates will speak to Maltese Cross Subdistrict at James Methodist Church. Walts ville. Thursday. July 23. at 7:30 p. m Mr Coates, a student at Wof ford College, is serving as youth worker at First Methodist Church, forfeited bonds of $52 on the liquor Laurens. Following the worship charge and $17 for carrying the service the subdistrict will have a pistol business session and fellowship hour man charged last week with the rape of a 15-year-old girl, has issued a statement in which he denies the ^ charge and states that he believes his frinds and the public will with hold judgment He said the charge is "aboelute- ly unfounded and I will prove innocence in due time " The statement follows; "In view of my life and conduct since I have been ia Clinton for a period of about seven ^ears I be lie generally will withhold judgment on the charge which has been re- Columbia. Augusta. Oteen and other centiy preferred against me charg localities, covering a total of 3,572 ing me with the offense of rape This miles . charge is completely and totally Mr Watkins states that the ma false Jonty of the claims made in hu “I have a wonderful wife and two °ttoc* *re for compensation, pension m J r lovely children My wife nad I have *"<1 hospitalization for veterans been and are still very compatible. | Second tn number are claims made I have never been interested in other ^ widows pensions and benefits women f° r children of deceased veterans I la * "I have no idea whta prompted the young lady to make such a charge against me. but I assure you that it is absolutely unfounded and that I will prove my innocence in due time.” Board of Education of the Methodist Senator Wasson Speaks Clinton B & PW Club The Clinton Business and Profes sional Woman's Club met Tues day evening at the Hotel Mary Mus grove. Mrs Earl VI Stewart chairman of the legislative committee and Mrs Julia Littlefield were in charge of the program Senator Robert Wasson and Mrs Wasson were guests of the club appointed Laurens County Service Senator Wasson spoke on America s Officer, reports that during the past Great Heritage m\ months his office has handled a total of 2.382 cases for veterans and dependent widows and children He has during this period made 51 trips to Regional Offices and hospitals in Cavaliers Still In Second Place It is of special interest that recent ly he has assisted two widows of Confederate veterans with their claims for pension benefits TTve Laurens County Service of fice is now serving veterans of four war periods, Spanish American. World War I. World War II, and *or Bank Assets Up Over 58 Period Assets of the two local banks tor the period ending June 30 showed an increase of over 3 million dot lars over the same period for 1958 For the 1958 period asset* were a little over 9 million dollars and for 1959 over 12 million New Professor To Join PC Faculty In History Department A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Oklahoma is join mg the Presbyterian College facui ty this year as an assistant proles of history President Marshall formal study groups, direct recre ation. help initiate work projects and interpret the youth program of the church to civic leaders The caravaners, four trained young people and an adult counselor come to Clinton on special invita tion from the local church and will also serve five other South Carolina churches for a week Simitar team* are covering U S. Methodism this summer Whde here the visitors will he entertained in the homes ni peo pie of the church Young people of the community. 12 to 23 years at age. and workers with thtse groups are invited to at tend . TV caravan wtU arrive here Sat urday and will meet for uipper and a session with the pastor the Rev Joel K Cannon, and the youth coun cil which includes officers, coun selors and teachers of the age groups Sunday through Friday evenings the following schedule will be oh served Intermediates meet at 4 30 Intermediates, senior and older youth groups will join at 8 30 for a snack supper with meetings for the latter two to follow A consecration service will be held at the dosing session on Friday eveniflg Man Jailed For Attack In April the Korean conflict Clinton’s Cavaliers still cling to second place in the Union County Dr. Geftys Is Guest Lecturer At Seminary Dr Joseph M Baseball League after playing only of Bible at Presbyterian College, is one game last week All games in serving this month as a guest lec the league were rained out Satur turer at the 1950 summer session < t a >' of the Biblical Seminary in New Clinton won its seventh contest in York, a row last Wednesday, beating Un- He conducts a two-credit hour ion 7-4 at the local park The return course on "The Gospel According game Saturday was to have been at to John.” The session opened on homa. graduating Union. July 6 and will extend through July and he entered In Joanna's only game last Wed- 24. nesday, they lost to Lockhart. 18-6 Pettys, who has served ai PC Clinton was to have played at since 1956, is the author of Sunday Lockhart yesterday (Wednesday) School and devotional materials ano afternoon. Saturday night Lockhart ** popular as a lecturer at church will be at Clinton. conferences and summer camps. W Brown announced today. He is Paul N. Campbell, who re cently completed a year of study toward his doctorate at Gettys, professor ^ ta ' , ' Cniversiiy A native of Tennessee and the son of a Presbyterian minister. Camp bell has served previously as a high school principal. Boy Scout execu tive atnl YBfiCA secretary. He re ceived both his BA and his MA de grees from the University of Okla- Phi Beta Kappa. 51st Division General Staff Maj. Gen. Anael B. Godfrey of Clinton, Commanding General of the 61st Infantry Division, ia shown above with his newly appointed general staff. The 61st is a lead ing National Guard Division among the 27 in the United States and it ed Id the new pMtotnic type lu 1700 troops are and Florida. Front row (I to r) are Col. Edwin L. Shull of Winnsboro, Chief of Staff; and General Godfrey. Back row (I to r). Lt. Col. Clifton B. Wingate of Columbia, G-l; Lt. Col. Herbert G. FoUin of Sumter. G-2; Lt. Col Sam peon L Paul of Lancaster. G4; and U Cel. Henry M Bhuknight of Colum bia. G-4. Joanna's mid-week game has been postponed until Friday night when Gaffney will be at Joanna. Saturday night Joanna will go to Gaffney. The Standing Buffalo 13 5 Clinton II 6 Lockhart 9 6 Gaffney 7 8 Union 7 8 Joanna 2 16 New Subscribers RILEY L GILMER. MRS ERNEST HENDRIX. CLARENCE HINSON cay ASC DANIEL L GUNTER AFO. Haw York C * Legion Juniors Fight for Greenwood Tie Clay E Canupp. 36. is in the Lau rens County jail charged with as sault and battery and intent to kill and housebreaking with intent to Michigan commit a crime. Sheriff C. W Wier said Saturday TTie charges grow out of an alleg ed entry at the home of .Arthur Can upp. 53. April 21 after Clay E. Can upp had spent the night at the home about seven miles from Clinton on the Whitmire road, according to of ficers. 'Officers said a son of the elder upon study toward Canupp identified Clay E Canupp in history at the w ^ en latter ran from the house after he allegedly attacked the elder man with an iron pipe, fracturing his skull Clay E Canupp was taken into custody in Anderson Friday by FBI agents and Anderson officers. Canupp is married ami lives in Pa- latka. Fla. his doctorate Michigan State graduate school last fall. Campbell will begin hes duties at Presbyterian College at the start oi the 78th session in September. APO Haw Y«t Rev. E. K. Garrison Homecoming Speaker The Kev. E K Garrison of Bates- burg, former pa>tor. will be the Clinton’s American Legion Jupior Greenwood's standing is 13-1, guest speaker for the homecoming baseball team downed Aiken here while Clinton's was 13-2 prior to last and dedication of the newly remod- Tuesday nuhl. IT. Ul a tight race “f*'* ">"*« . w * d ^ 0,ur ' 1 ’ j ( hnton still has a game at Ware iRenaqarn Sunday July 19. for supremacy in the final days of scheduled for tonight CHiurs- Rev Joel E Cannon, pastor of playiag ia League Five diiy , y lose either to Green- But the crucial game was to have wood or Ware Shoals, they are out been played in Greenwood Lart night at the running They must win both (Wednesday. to tie Greenwood The Emeralds were a half game Ben Crouch. C li a to a twirier. rt the CUaaaa jmflt aad a chalked up the wia Tuesday t Against Greenweed would five them Artea with Oakley the kaadr Cite at lha ctrcurt A lea • Barry h hit mas ermeed the M tore* s me-game the mark ahrw »e fcu m Broad Street Metnodist Church, also serves the Sardi- Church The Rev. Mr Garrison was uinimental in the organisation of Sardis Charrh. Also attending was Dr R B Her- Dtrtnct Sepmnteadaat. at Gi A hmet wul he wrrvad at