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Vol. 60 — No. 53
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, December 31, 1959
K-Tenn. State in Tangerine Bowl Game Friday
Moose Repair Toys for Needy
munity. An annual event conducted by
Moose members, more than 150 needy
l ‘“ ^ youngsters were aided by the project this
for year. The tovs were distributed on Christ-
Here is part of a collection of toys re
paired by th,e Clinton Moose Lodge several
weeks prior to the Christmas season
distribution to needv children of the com- mus eve.—Photo by Dan > arborough.'
Babsonis Forecast
Relations With Russia
% y
Rilling Factor, He Says
Thes$ are the comments and predictions of Roger W.;
Babson, well-known financial adviser and business analyst,
at the beginning of the new year. „ -
Mr. Babson’s articles appear regularly in The Chronicle, i
In making his annual forecasts on business conditions, Mr.
Babson has compiled a record of 86 per cent accuracy. His J
score for 1959 was 84 per cent.
Published widely over the country, Mr. Babson’s outlook
into conditions expected to prevail during 1960 is presented'
for the information of readers.
1. Naturally, as I am just back r j
from Moscow and Berlin, my first portant than the question of infla-
thoughts are what will happen to tion.
Berlin in 1960. My answer is def- ! 14. The Republican slogan in 1960
initely, “NOTHING WILL HAP- will be, “It is always dangerous to
PEN.” Mr. K. will make no ultima- swap horses going across a rapid
turns; President Eisenhower will stream." J therefore forecast that
continue his peace talks. Therefore the Republicans will have at least a on Sunday morning at the regular
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Delegation To Have,
Open Meet Monday'
The Laurens County Legislative
delegation will hold an open meet
ing on Monday, Jan. 4, at ie:90 a.
m. in the court ronm in Laurens
The public is invitde.
The meeting, according to Sen
ator Robert C. Wasson, is for the
purpose of giving interested citi
zens the opportnaity to offer sug
gestions on proposed legislation
or make requests for appropria
tions prior to the opening of the
1960 legislative session.
The delegation wil hear these
masters as information, the Sen
ator said, consideration and ac
tion being deferred.
Students Conduct
Brood Street Service
.A students day service was held
.Citizens Federal To j
Pay Out $79,000 In !
Dividends Thursday
Investors and those with savings
.accounts at Citizens Federal Sav
ings and Loan .Association will re
ceive checks for their semi-annual
dividend Thursday, according to J
Sloan Todd, managing officer of the
association
1 The year-end payments will total
more than $79,000. Todd said, and
represent a 4 per cent dividend to
investors and savings account own
ers for the last six months of the
year. ,
Combined with a 34 per cent
dividend paid on June 30. dividend
payments for the year total more
than $146,000.'
T H. Copeland is president of
;he association. J. W Finney, ex
ecutive vice-president, J. P. Pra-
her, vice-president; M. Todd, sec
retary-treasurer and managing of
ficer; L. S. Reddeck, assistant
.reasurer; and Mrs Henry Hunter,
assistant secretary.
In addition to Messrs Copeland,
Finney, Prather and Todd, direc-
ors include T. D. Copeland. R H
McGee and J. B Hart
New Radar Guard
Unit Activated Here
Clinton acquired a new National
the Berlin situation will be just
the same in 1960 and 1961 as it is
today.
2. There will be no World War
50-50 chance of success in 1960
15. In fact, on the- basis of their
slogan, I look for a Republican vic
tory. though with a very close mar-
worship hour at Broad Street Meth
odist Church. - f
Miss Jackie Pitts, of Stetson Uni-
vedsity. Deland,* Fla. presided.
Billy Horne. Citadel, offered pray-
started between Russia and the gin
United States in 1960. This does not ] 16. I forecast no reduction in tax- er and Jim Gasque, Clemson. gave t *onai Guard
mean that such a war will not come es of any consequence during 1960
within 10 years; but just now neith-■ 17. 1 predict that present defense'
Lexington Firm To Rove
Roods In This County
A contract for the grading and
bituminous surfacing of 16 8-43
miles of secondary roads in Laur
ens County has been awarded by
the State Highway Department to
Lexington Contracting Company, of |
Lexington.
The contract was announced De
cember 16 in a letter of award from
Chief Highway Commissioner
Claude R McMillan. It was based
on a low bid of $209,667 submitted
when bids for the' work were pub
licly opened in Columbia October
20
Twelve separate projects are in
cluded
Motel Deaths Of Boy,
Mother Result Of
Carbon Monoxide
Ware Shoals—An autopsy report
showed that the mother and her 10-
year-old son whose bodies were
found in a motel near Ware Shoals
in Laurens County last Tuesday. 1
Dec. 22. died of carbon monoxide
poisoning
Laurens Deputy Sheriff W D.
Bums said a boy’s tee shirt which
was found under the body of Mrs.
Velma Zepher Rotta. 59. bore
scorched imprints of the gas heater
luard unit on December IS when ^ wa * 1,1 ^ room He sajd au-
he 384th Signal Radar maintenance t*»orities believed that the tee shirt
detachment was activated at the thrown over the heater,
irmory on South Broad street This 11,115 * , c>PP»ng up the vent Later the
unit, though small in strnegth. is Kroggy mother must have removed
responsible for the proper repair, 1,6 ••te
maintenance and functioning of the The bodies of Mrs Rotta and
long-range radar equipment assign- her son. Richard, of Ludington,
ed to the anti-aircraft artillery hat- Mich , were found Tuesday at 9:00
talions of the South Carolina Na- a. m. when the owner of Four Oaks
Open Play
Is Expected
its debut under
howl -pofligh'
mee' powerful '
Slat#'-Cojlege \rv
Tungerire Bo *! F
Kickoff \me i«,
sm’all-co'.ege (-la
the Orlando. 1 Fla
the bene;I* 0 f c' .
Die
oessee squad
-.iighf favorite
i rm do6 r t*
College will make
•he national football
:e • Biue”Hose
\f Vi.e Tennes-.ee
n' •. e . ivh annual
30 p m fur ’.hiS
c ‘.pon.-lored by
K k« Lodge for
oeafei
n
er country is ready for it. I am con- expenditures will be reduced and
vinced of thos after my recent visit money spent on recketry, subma-
to Moscow. rines, breaking the earth's crust,
3. Airplane warfare with the drop- and education
the Scripture reading
Others on the program included:
Motel investigated the continuous
the
ping of bombs is a thing of the past
We are turmnp to rocketry with pin
point preriUna -Our expensive air
bases may be gradually vacated.
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18. There will be very little reduc
tion in foreign aid during 1960.
19. I forecast an attempt in 1960
to increase tariffs on goods import-
Moscow is Mr. K.’s “pride and ed from Germany, Italy, Japan,
joy.” It is a beautiful city with and other cheap labor countries,
broad streets and thousands of new 20. I expect 1960 to be a “do-noth-
apartment houses. Mr. K. does not j n g" year for our Congress. Both
want it desstroyed. Furthermore, he parties w'ill be working for con-
wants a reduction in armaments so tinuer prosperity,
that he will have money to raise the COST OF LIVING
standard of living in Russia. I fore-| 21 { forecast no subslantial re .
cast he will have to do this in order duction jn , iving costs during 1960
to hold his power
5. We first feared a “shooting
war”; now we are in a “cold war”;
but we will soon be in an “educa
tional war." In 1960 the United
States wil lexpend far greater ef
fort on education.
6. Along with the effort to im
prove education during 1960, I fore
cast that our teachers will be given
a minimum salary of $5,000 and that
schools of all states will receive
federal aid.
7. I forecast that instead of spend
ing so much money on new school
buildings, municipsdities will give
more attention to discipline, promo
tions, and sifting, and to the teach
ing of mathematics, physics, and
chemistry both in grammar and
high schools.
8. I forecast that some of those
who have gone into business will
seek teaching jobs, which will be a
major force in postponing World
War III. School teaching will be a
part of our national defense.
9. The Russians are afraid of
China, which I hope to visit again
in 1960. Hence, I forecast that more
friendly relations will develop be
tween China and the United States
during 1960.
10. Space travel to the moon is
largely for propaganda purposes
and to take our minds off the mil
itary phases of rocketry, subma
rines, and breaking the earths crust.
Only the fear of retalition will pre
vent the Russians from starting a
wortd.war.
POLITICAL OUTLOOK
11. I will not forecast who the
Republican candidates will be —
Nixon and Rockefeller.
12. The Democratic candidates
eannot now be forecast. Senator
Kennedy thinks he has the nomina
tion “sewed up”; but Johnson and
Symington, and even Stevenson, *f
have Urge followings.
13. I forecast that relations with
Russia will becortie far more im-
22. The newly imported cheap,
low-priced automobiles are here to
stay. Their importation cannot be
checked.
23. Electric power rates will be
lowered in 1960.
24. Clothing should cost less in
1960. In fact, most textiles and plas
tics will sell for less in 1960.
25. Soap and all forms of washing
powder will sell for less in 1960.
(Continued on page four)
Miss Sandra Ray. Erskine College,
"Contemporary Challenges To the
Christian Student.”
Miss Rachel Ann Wilson. Colum
bia College. “The Need For Chris
tian Training In Preparing For Col
lege.”*
Miss Myra Pitts. Winthrop Col-1
lege, "History of the Methodist
Church. ,k
Bill Haselden, Presbyterian Col
lege. “The Importance Of Being
Truthful.” ’ _ 1
Sacred Acres Band
To Meet Friday At 7:30
The Rev. G. M. Davenport, pas
tor, announces the Sacred Acres
Prayer Band will meet at Sacred
This unit is under the command harking of the Rotta s dog in
of Chief Warrant Officer Drayton room
L. Minick of Newberry, who has John Hall, manager of the estab-
had many years of radar experience hshment, said he knocked at the
in the National Guard of this state, d 001 * the room at midnight and
Prior to his asignment here, he was *8* in *t 5:00 a. m. but did not got
a member of the 228th Combat « n answer either time
Signal Group at Newberry. When the room was entered the
Individuals interested in becoming mother and the boy wre sprawled
members of this new unit should on the bed dead, and the dog was
contact Sergeant First Class Bobby i" a semi conscious condition.
Meadors at the armory
The autopsy report showed that
the Rottas died 14 hours prior to
the examination
Rimer Retires As
President Of S. C.
Mobilehome Assn.
Shelton Rimer, president of Mo-
Tax payment time for the City of biimanor, Inc , manufacturer of
Clinton will expire Thursday and mobile homes, of Clinton, retired
City Tax Payments
Carry 10 % Penalty
After Thursday
PREPARING FOR THE ANNTAL TANGERINE
HOWL football Kame, Col. William S P.arksdale, vue
commander of the Air Photographi, and Charting Ser
vice and members of the Tangerine Bowl committee
meet with M. L. St. John. Lockheed Aircraft Compa'in
representative, to receive the huge APCS trophy which
is furnished by Lockheed and which will awardee^ to
the outstanding player of the game. l>eft to rixhr are;
Lamar Hutchinson, Col. Barksdale. A! Tracv, M L. >•
John, Harrison Quimby and H. Grady Cobk^ey. hair-
man of the 1959 Tangerine Bowl Committee
Lt. L H. Bagwell to Retire
Dec. 31 As Clinton Officer
Lieutenant Lewis H Bagwell of
the Clinton Police Department will
retire Thursday. Dec 31. after thir
ty-three years and five months of
service
He will-Serve in the capacity of
part-time record clerk for the de
partment
Beginning his law enforcement
career on Sept 1. 1924, Lt. Bagwell
has served under eight mayore. be
ginning with J F. Jacobs, to the
present mayor. J P Terry Other
mayors he has served under were
E B Sloan. Jack H Young. H
W. Abrams. P S Bailey. L E
Bishop, and H L Eichelberger
In 1931 Bagwell set up the bureau
of records of the Clinton Police De
partment in conjunction with a com
plete system of fingerprinting
In 1937. in cooperation with the 1
South Carolina Highway Depart
ment, he instituted a complete file
drivers’ arrest records and in that
same year was named identification to the foimer Miss Eunice Painter
officer of the department. and tne> have two sou* Lewis. Jr .
On May 1, 1939, following the and M' in . both of this cit>
death of Chief George R Holland,
close «if
pati'y t
the tar?
rory is *
Presh
•.or>er a-
I IFt TEN \NT BAGWELL
Acres Prayer Grounds located on property owners who do not pay as president of the Mobilehome As-
the Ware Shoals-Waterloo highway Iheir taxes will be faced with a 10 sociation of South Carolina at the
in the “Fork Section” of Laurens Per cent penalty after that date recent meeting of the association in
County, Friday, January 1 at 7:30 Through December 28. $82,363.86 Sumter.
p. m. String music and special sing- had been collected in 1959 tax pay-' Mr. Rimer, resident of Greenville,
ing will be a feature of the ser- ments. City Clerk and Treasurer operates a number of mobilehome
vice. The Rev. Pierce C. Turner of W. B. Owens reported, which rep- sales points in South Carolina, Geor-
Edgefield will conduct the service, resents 70 per cent of expected col- gia, and Florida in addition to his
ITie public is invited. lections. plant in Clinton.
Bagwell was elected chief of police
and served until September. 1946.
when he was named desk sergeant
and identification officer He served
in this capacity until Sept l, 1957,
when he was promoted to Ueuten
ant in charge of records.
During his law enforcement ca
reer, Lieutenant Bagwell graduated
from several law enforcement
schools sponsored by the South Car
olina Law Enforcement Officers
Association, one being an FBI
school in national defense
Lieutenant Bagwell is a veteran
of the Mexican campaign and World
War One, having served overseas in
France with the Army Air Corps
and Battery rB.”
He is a member of the Davidson
Street Baptist Church and Campbell
Lodge No. 44. AFM. He is married
Chamber Commerce
General Membership
Session On Jan. 7
Af er retirement. Lieutenant Bag
well plans to >pend most of his
time in hi* gun shop which is his
favorite pastime.
Clinton To Observe
Friday As Holiday
Mmi ( Union bnsiaess house-,
inc lading retail stores, banks,
post office, and some manufactur
ing plants, will observe Kndjv.
January I. as a holiday.
The usual Wednesday afternoon
half holiday observed by Clinton
offices and businesses will be re
sumed next Wednesday, January
6, it is announced by I. W Adair,
chairman of the Merchants Divi
sion of the Chamber of Com
merce.
The closing period was not
scheduled during Che Christmas
shopping season, which began the
Wednesday after Thanksgiving.
Margaret Bolick Is
Member Winthrop
Speakers Bureau
A general membership meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce will
be held next Thursday, January
7. in the ballroom of Hotel Mary
; Musgrove The meeting will begin
! at 10:00 a m Coffee and doughnuts oil oi
j will be served M,ar2aret Anne Bol,ck ’ C1,nton
President J C Thomas urges all senior at Winthrop College. Rock
j members to plan to attend Memv. Hill, i* a member of a recently-
j hers are asked to bring any sugges- formed speakers bureau at the col-
+ turns, uloi*^or comments and pre- , ,
• -tree-tied'Ten--
ter :.h£ game a
e basis of grid
rel.-a-ed at the
*' r, ^ (cir -eason - A ca-
>ja'! >f some 12.000 fans.
->•. in Tangerine Bowl his
\pec’ed to aPend 'be game
tenan. 'elected ;n late Oc-
the first po-vi-a-ason bow!
nominee of ;ne year will serve as
n< -t team for 'ne I960 Tangerine
Bow ,game The Blue Hose left
Clinton early last Sunday morning
and have been practicing daily, m
Orlando s.nce Monday in prepara
tion for the c!a*h They wilt return
next Sunday, after staying over for
the Tangerine Bail and awards
presentation >n Satur<lay mgnt
A coiorfu. game is expected Fn
day night• a* notn team.* carry
wide-open nigh -coring offences into
battle Middle Tennessee, boasting
a fleet of fast nacks, averaged 33
points per game in winning nine
and tying one dunng the regular
campaign Presbyterian mixed a
break away rushing game with ac
curate passing to average 24 point*
along a schedule 'ha? brought nine
victories and just one defeat
The Blue Hose are paced b.^-half
back Bobby Pate, a dazzling Ail-
Amertcan ball carrier who captured
South Carolina * hack of the year"
honors for 1959. and ace aenalisl
quarterback Bob Waters Both play
ers were early draft choices of the
professional San Francisco Forty-
Niners last month
Middle Tennessee, playing under
the name of Blue Raiders, nas a
versatile running attack that fea
tures five bail carriers who raced
for mon- than 300 total yard.* during
the past fall It is paced by spnn?-
ing halfback* Buck) Pitts and Ray
Purv s and by fullback Gene Wind
ham .
Two Little All-American l.nemen
head the two forward walls that will
match pr>wev* F rid^y night
Guard Billy OgdiV third team
Little A A. paces the Blue Hose line
which also features center Mac
Copeland and tackle Bill Schofil!
They mu.*t face the charges of a
*iurd> Middle Tenne.**ee forward
wall led by end Brady Luckett. a
*econd team Little A A choice, and
tackle Ralph Adams.
This game will mark the first
time these schools have ever met
in football battle
BLUE HOSE GET WARM
WELCOME AT ORLANDO
Orlando—A warm reception by
Tangerine Bowl commissioners and
their wives greeted Presbyterian
College gridmen upon their arrival
in Orlando Sunday afternoon
The Blue Hose, traveling over
land in a chartered bus and three
passenger cars were met in San
ford. Fla by an enthusiasm mo
torcade of Florida State patrolmen
and members of the sponsoring
Elk* organization They* were es
corted the remainder of the way
and through downtown Orlando to
PC headquarters a* ’he San Juan
Hotel
It climaxed a 475 mile trip for the
Presbyterian contingent *hich had
pulled out of Clinton a; an early
5 00 a m m order to reach Orlan
do by 4 tW p m '
Letting no -grj" nurture under
his cleat* Coach Frank Jones im-
*med lately assembled * .'fteter-
ftir a light session to work out the
kmks of the lixu ~ ie Vnd he
scheduled two rough orac ces for
Monday a* he rushes: to c- npiete
preparation.* or the New Year s,
night bowl, encounte: uith Middle
Tennessee State
Skating Rinks Opened at Clinton and
Mills
The above view shows the ribbon-catting ceremony at the opening
of the skating rink at Clinton Mills on Dec. 18. Attending were the
850 pupils at the Mercer Silas Bailey School and officials of the mills.
A prayer was given by the Rev. J. W. Spillers, pastor of Calvary
Baptist Church. The ribbon is being cut by Mrs. Emma B. Cornel-
son, member of the Board of Directors of the Bailey Foundation,
and only surfovtng child of the late M. S. Bailey, founder of the mills.
At the left are Mrs. Julian Coleman, teacher In the Bailey School,
and a group of the children. Continuing to the right are Mr. Spillers,
J. B. Templeton. Mrs. Corndson, Robert M. Vance. Claude Crocker.
W. C. Neely, George M. Hiiguley. and George H. Corneison.
The rinks are 375-ft. ovals of specially treated high finish concrete,
with no expansion joints. The sites are equipped with water foun
tains and concrete seats. The Clinton rink is in front of Calvary
Church, and that at Lydia is adjacent to Providence School
A similar ceremony was held at the Lydia rink when the ribbons
were cut by Mrs. C. M. Bailey. Rev. Milford Sanders made a prayer.
Skates were presented to students at both schools Who were win
ners in name drawing contests.
I sent them during the general dis-
1 eussion period.
Reports from al committees will
be heard
County Seal Sale
At $6,619 Total
Laurens—J
: president of
| Tuberculosis
Allen Thompson, Jr .
the Laurens County
Association said the
1959 Christmas Seal Campaign had Winthrop story at a recent meeting
reached a total of $6.619 28 of the Clinton Lion* Club
, , . Presbyterian pia\ers carried bag
A nucleus group of five members lunches Wjrh :h ,,, ^ N ^
has been in action since November. jnd a(e lunch ; .nder
and ten additional members will be the warm FbrKjj san>h :;t> near
named in the near future Callahan There they wore greeted
The purpose of the 'indent s >eak by staunch PC fan John Addison of
ers bureau is to inform the people Clinton .who spotted :ne bu* a* he
of South Carolina ofc the function*, drove along the highway erroute to
opportunities and attributes v.htch South Florida He and Mr* Ar.d.-on
Winthrop offers and (^lighter. Elaine an outsrand-
Each of t ie fixe members has ing atnle . herself a* one of Soutn
appeared before a high school or Carolina s top women godefs. were
civic group Mi** Bolick told the of on a holiday jaunt pnor to swing
ing back to Orlando for the Tan
gerine Bowl t