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CITY MANAGER REFERENDUM
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
CITY MANAGER REFERENDUM
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
Vol. 61—No. 12
Ctinfon, S. C , Thursday, March 31, 1960 ,
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$10,000 Fire Destroys Young Barn
Here is all tha* was left of a large barn barn* several pieces of farm machinery,
and storage shed two miles from Clinton. oth f f equipment and a quantity of cotton
seed for spring planting were lost. The value
belonging to John T. Young, after a fire was approximately $10,000, Mr. Young said,
early Friday afternoon. In addition to the —Photo by Dan Yarborough.
HJ.Textile Executive To
Deliver College Address
One of the nation’s outstanding
textile executives will deliver the
principal address at Presbyterian
College’s 79th commencement exer
cises on June 6, President Marshal
W. Brown announced today.
He is Wayne J. Holman, Jr.,
president of the Chicopee Manufac
turing Corporation of New Bruns
wick, N. J., and of Chicopee Mills,
Inc.
Dr. Holman is scheduled to speak
to the graduating senior class in
new Betk Auditorium in the final
exercises of the commencement
program.
The commencement speaker has
served as president of Chicopee
Mills since 1950 and as head of the
Chicopee Manufacturing Corpora
tion since 1954. He had been asso
ciated with the Chicopee organiza
tion in various executive capacities
since 1940 before assuming top com
mand.
A. native Southerner, who was
born\n Huntington, Tenn., Wayne
Holman holds degrees from four
highly respected institutions: Geor
gia Tech, BS in 1928; Yale, MS in
1930; Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, another master’s in
1939; and New York University,
PhD in 1949.
He has maintained an active in
terest in higher education and
serves a number of institutions in
various advisory capacities. He re
ceived the Georgia Tech “distin
guished alumnus’’ award in 1953.
Dr. Holman is a director of the
Association of Cotton Textile Mer
chants. A registered professional en
gineer, he is a director and Execu
tive committee member of the Gen
eral Management Planning Council
of New York.
Sullivan Candidate
For House Position •
Jared D. Sullivan, Jr., 38. has an
nounced his candidacy for the House
of Representatives in the Democrat
ic primary June 14.
Mr. Sullivan, a native of this'
county, has been employed at Laur-1
ens Mills for the past 12 years. He
is an elder in the Lisbon Presby-'
terian Church, a member of the;
Laurens County Farm Bureau and
a member of American Legion!
Post 25.
Married to the former Dorothy
Campbell of Laurens, he is the I
father of three children and resides
on Roifte 2, Laurens. He is a grad
uate of Laurens High School and
attended Presbyterihn College.
“If elected, I promise an honest. 1
efficient and economical administra
tion and diligent, faithful service to
the people of our county and state.”
Mr. Sullivan declared.
Fire Levels Barn
Of J. I. Young Friday
Fire destroyed an implement and
seed storage barn belonging to John
T. Young early Friday afternoon.
The building housed two tractors,
a manure spreader, two new wag
ons and cotton seed to be used for
spring planting. AH were a complete
loss. An adjoining blacksmith shop
also was destroyed.
Mr. Young set the damage at
about $10,000.
The Clinton fire department kept
the flames from spreading in the
high wind to nearby tenant houses
and general store* The place is on
the Calhoun highway.
It was believed the bam was ig
nited by a spark blown from a small
trash fire.
Tommy Windsor Joins
Belk's Shoe Deportment
Tommy Windsor is he new man
ager of Belk’s shoe department,
it is announced by D. B. Smith,
store manager.
Windsor has had wide experience
in shoe merchandising and fitting,
Smith said, having been recently
employed by the Joanna Stores.
Windsor is a native Clintonian,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wind
sor of Cypress street. He invites his
friends and customers to visit him
in his new location.
Candidates Meeting
Scheduled April 9
A meeting or candidates who
qualified for county offices to be
filled in the June Democratic pri
maries has been set for Saturday
April 9, at 10:30 a. m. The session
will be held in the court room at
Laurens.
R. L Plaxlco, chairman of the
bounty Democratic party, stated
that the meeting is for the purpose,
of setting the number and dates of
speaking engagements for the cam
paign. and the time to be allotted
each speaker.
Plaxko said that at former meet
ings of candidates, they had made
arangements not to pass out cards
and campaign literature at voting
places on election days. The question
is expected to be decided again at
the meeting next week, he said.
General plans for the conduct of
he campaign will come up for dis-
cusion and decision by the 46 cand-1
dates who have announced for the
various offices
Albert M. Siribling
Seeks Seat In House
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Clintons New Telephone Building Going
Here is an architect’s drawing of the new Southern
Bell Telephone building being built on South Broad
Street, which will incorporate the smaller structure built
on the site several months ago. The small,building houses
controls for the micro-wave system and 318-ft. tower.
The new building will provide facilities for a
and administrative offices for tho company’
in this area, and is expei ted to be completed
year. C. Y. Thomason Company, Greenwood, i-
tractor for the project.
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ALBERT M. STRIBLING
Albert M. Stribling. merchant, of
Route 2. Laurens, has announced,
his candidacy for the House of Rep
resentatives.
Son of Mrs. Margaret StrlbUng'
and the late J. O. Stribling. he is a
member of Rocky Springs Presby- j
terian Church.
Upon the death of his father, who
had been superintendent of the
Laurens County Home for 23 years,,
Mr. Stribling became superinten-
„ . . . dent for a year. Later, he served on
The Laurens County TB Associ- gram will deal with “Uurens Coun- ^ County Board of Commission-
a.ti<m directors meeUng will be held, ty and Its TB Problems.” and will ers to fU1 an ^expired term, being
in the Laurens Federal Savings and; be presented by G. Miller McCuen, a ppo in ted bv Gov. George Bell
Loan Building Friendship Room, Dr. A A. Knight, James Von Hoi- i
Laurens. April 5 at 3:30 p. m., ac-, len, and R. L. Plaxico, directors of
David S. Taylor, Laurens County ; cording to an announcement by J. the County TB Association. Dr. M
Civil Defense director, has quali- Allen Thompson. Jr., president. The M. Teague is in charge of program
David S. Taylor
In House Race
County TB Association
States Coming Meetings
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Roberts To Preside
At Textile Meeting
The spring meeting of the South
Carolina division of the Southern
Textile Association wiU be held Fri
day in Easley.
The sessions will convene in the
Easley High School with supper at
6:50 p. m. and a general meeting
at 7:30.
D. H. Roberts, superintendent of
Lydia Cotton Mills,* Clinton, is
chairman of the division.
Group discussions wiU include:
carding, opening and picking with
Dacus Ross of Abney MiUs. Wood
ruff. as chairman; spinning, spool
ing and winding with Bennett Hud
son of Woodside Mills. Greenville,
as chairmaq; weaving, slashing and
cloth with Louie Burkes, of Cal
houn MiUs. Calhoun Falls, as chair
man; and air conditioning*and au
tomation with Carl Franzen of Jo
anna Cotton Mills. Joanna, as chair
man.
fied for the June Democratic pri
mary and wiU seek election as a
member of the House of Represen
tatives from Laurens County.
Born in the Greenpond section of
Laurens County 32 years ago, he is
the son of Ben G. and Grace S.
Taylor.
He received his education in the
public schools of the county, having
attended Gray Court-0 wings and
was graduated from Hickory Tav
ern High School.
He has been employed by the
Laurens Hosiery Mill for over 16
years with the exception of over
three years spent in the U. S. Navy
as a volunteer during World War II.
Mr. Taylor is a member of the
Laurens First Methodist Church;-
Palmetto Lodge No. 19. AFM; He-
jaz Shrine Temple, and the United
States Civil Defense Council. He is
married to the former Dorothy
Drummond of Laurens and the
father of three children.
A member of the V. F. W., he I
has served as Post Commander and
the following Department State of
fices: Judge Advocate. Legislative
Officer and Jr. Vice-Commander.
In announcing for this office, “I
do solely to be of service to the peo
ple of our county, and if elected, I
pledge to the people of Laurens
County an honest, efficient, impar
tial and progressive administra
tion," Taylor said.
Buddy Hedspetfi Is
Council Candidate
Larry (Buddy) Hedspeth was an
nounced in last week’s paper as a
candidate for city council from
ward 2. He was the first candidate
to enter the municipal primary.
He is a resident of Caldwell Street
and made the race two yeas ago.
He is an employee of Clinton Cotton
Mills.
Betty Mae Baldwin
Wins Spelling Bee
Betty Mae Baldwin was the win
ner of the Junior High School spell
ing bee held this week.
A seventh grade student, she is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Baldwin. She will represent the
school at the county contest in Lau
rens on Saturday, April 1 ’
Second place was won by Donnie
Durant and third place by Gail
executive secretary, Mrs. M. M. plans.
Teague, will give a report on the Mrs
National Tuberculosis Association
Training Institute which she attend
ed in January at Vero Beach, Fla.
The annual meeting of the South
Carolina Tuberculosis Association
will be held in Columbia on April
6. Mr. Thompson stated he hopes
a good representation from this
county wiU be present and asks that
anyone who would like to attend
contact him. Transportation will be
furnished. Dr. H. M. Riggins, presi
dent of the National Tuberculosis
Association, will be the speaker.
Mr. Thompson also announced
plans for the Laurens County TB As
sociation annual meeting. ' which
will be held on Tuesday, April 19, at
7:30 p. m. at the Presbyterian Col
lege dining hall, Clinton. The pro-
MobHmanor Adds
To Work Schedule
Beginning Saturday. Mebilmanor.
Inc.. Clinton manufacturer of mo-
D. O. Khame has made ar
rangements for a dutch supper to
be served for $1.50 each. The pub
lic is invited and tickets are avail
able through these directors: R. P.
Hamer, Bank of Clinton; James Von
Hollen. M. S. Bailey and Son, Bank
ers, and D. F. Patterson, Palmetto
Bank, Laurens.
Pre-School Clinic
For Lydia Children
A pre-school clinic will be held at
the nurse’s clinic. Lydia Mill, April
1-3. Each child who will enter the
first grade next fall is asked to
come, accompanied by a respon
sible adult, and bring their birth
certificate.
Fraser To Show Views
D. T. Layton Fraser, professor of
Bible at Presbyterian College, will
| speak at a meeting of the Presby-
; terian Men of the Church this eve
ning (Thursday) at 6:30 p. m.
He will show views made while on
bile homes, will operate on an an- “ ^ ,0 t!,e
celerated schedule.
The week's working hours will be
increased by the addition of Satur
day from 7 a. m to 3 p. m . offi
cials have announced. This schedule
may continue permanently, they
stated.
Shelton Rimer, of GreenviUe, is
SheriH's Officers
Gel Still In County
One man was arrested Saturday
and two fled the scene as Laurens
president of Mobilmanor. Inc., while County sherifrs deputies seized and
James A. Barnes is general man- destroyed a still in the northwest
ager of the plant and a director .of 0 f {j, e eoun^ about 12 miles
from Laurens.
J. W. Campbell. 29. was arrest
ed at the site of the still by Deputies
WaUace Abercrombie and Horace
Mitchell.
Fifty gallons of liquor had been
“run off” and the still was in opera
tion when officers arrived, the sher
iff’s office reported.
Sheriff C. W. Wier said it appear
ed to be the first run of the still.
Officers destroyed 500 gallons of
mash and an upright boiler of 110-
gaHon capacity.
. It was the sixth stiU destroyed by
sheriff's deputies in the past two
weeks.
The two men who escaped officers
at the still were apprehended la
ter. They were MitcheU Knight, 31,
and Jim Leopard, 27.
Campbell and Knight were re
leased on bond, while Leopard was
still being held Monday.
the company.
F. M. Kirk To Speak
On Educational Trends
At P. T. A. Meeting
F. M. Kirk, director of National
Defense Education Act of South
Carolina, will be the guest speaker
for the April meeting of the Hamp
ton Avenue Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation to be held on Tuesday. April
5. at 8 o’clock.
Following the program, “The Fu
ture and Your Child.” Mr. Kirk wiU
discuss “General Education Trends
in South Carolina ”
WOMANLESS WEDDING
A womanless wedding will be
given at 8:00 p. m. at the Mount-
ville school, sponsored by the PTA.
A email admision fee wM be
charged and refreshments will be
offered for sale afterwards
Boys And Girls To
Get Bicycles For
Subscription Sales
Boys and girts of the Clinton
area Ud* week will have oppor
tunity to demonstrate their selling
ability and win bicycles at the
same time.
They will be given a bicycle for
each 15 new subscriptions they
sell for The Chronicle.
.Anyone not selling the required
number of subscriptions will In-
paid $1.00 for each new subscrip
tion.
So, boys and girls, come to the
Chronicle office for further in
formation and get lined up to earn
a bicycle.
Only NEW subscriptions count.
You must make your sales to
those individuals or families who
are not now subscribers to The
Chronicle.
Be an early bird—get busy now.
Croine Announces
For Alderman Post
James C. Craine ls an announced
candidate for alderman from ward
six in the coming city primary
Craine ,an employee of the Clin
ton Cotton Mills, served several
terms as a member of city council
also covers some problems of in- prior to two years ago. and his
dustrial development, which should friends will be interested tq know
be of interest to every member. he is again seeking the pool
Cancer Banquet
At Mary Musgrove
The annual banquet of the Lau
rens County Unit. American Cancer
Society, will be held Tuesday. April
5, at the Mary Musgrove Hotel at
7 30 p. m.
Speaker for the occasion will be
Robert McNair, state representative
of Allendale, chairman of the ju
diciary committee of the nouse.
A number of officers and workers
are expected
Merger Would Affect
Clinton's Railroads
Officials of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad in Richmond. Va, said last
Tuesday that consulting engineers
have completed studies of a possible
'tnCrger between the Seaboard and
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard's annual stockholders'
report said if the engineering report
and other considerations can be sat
isfactorily worked out, the merger
proposal wTHild be presented to the
stockholders of both companies
If the stockholders approve a
merger, it would then go to the In
terstate Commerce Commission
Clinton is served by the Seaboard
and the -Columbia. New berry and
Laurens Railroad. (CN&L). the lat
ter being controlled by the Coast
, Line
The Coast Line recently completed
a merger with the Charleston and
■Western Carolina Railroad (C&W-
, C). w hich it had controlled for a
number of years, ’
Census Takers To Begii
Clinton Canvass Friday
Advance report forms for the 1960
Census of Population and Housing
were distributed by Post Office em
ployes this week to all households
in this area.
The advance report form is a
new census-taking device which is
designed to speed up the field can
vass and provide more accurate
statistics
Distribution of this form before
the start of the house-to-house can
vass gives the family a chance to
assemble information about each
member in adviyiee^of the census
taker's-vusit
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fistrict supervisor
urges all residents to fill out the
form and have it ready for the cen
sus takers when they start their
rounds on Friday
The advance report form con
tains seven que>tions about every*
person in the household and six
questions about the households
dwelling The household information
asked for is name, address, sex.
color or race, month and year of
birth, whether married or-single,
and relationship to head of the
household The information required
about the dwelling u the number of
rooms, cooking facilities, plumbing,
and whether rented or owned
every fourth household, the
taker will leave a census
household questionnaire which con
tains additional questions covering
population and housing charactens-
census
Timmerman, Jr.
Mir. Stribling stated. “If favored
with election. I will render fair ser
vice to citizens of all parts of the
county.”
16 High School Seniors
In Line for Scholarships
Annual Meeting Of ,
Chamber Next Week
The annual membership meeting
of the. Chamber of Commerce will
be held next Thursday, April 7.
at 10:00 a. m. at the Mary Mus
grove Hotel.
A film, “Gold Mine On Main
Street,” will be shown. This pre
sentation points out the value of
industrial jobs to the communiy and
Sixteen high school seniors have
reached the finals in competition for
the coveted Founder s Scholarship
awards at Presbyterian College.
Student l>ean A J Thackston an
nounced today-
lie said ten of this group will be
selected to receive four year grants
to attend Presbytenar College, be-
gnuung next September The -chid
arshi s. ranging up to $2,000 each
will provide from $200 to $500 per
year to students qualifying on the
basis of intellect, leadership and
character.
The 1960 finali>5s are
James W. Harris and Vivian L
Taylor, both of Lauren>. Francis
R Hood. DuPont P. Smith. Jr., and
Russell L Strange. Jr . all of Deca
tur. Ga.; Marion B Boozer of Gaff
ney; Jack W Bowling of Smyrna.
Ga., Ponce DeLeon Bullard of Bam-
bndge. Ga . Ronald E Collins of
Rock Hill; Charles L Evans of Iva.
Lofton of Ninety-Six; Jan-
Maddox of Spartanburg:
Owens of Greenwood; Ed
ward L Pender. Jr . of Columbia.
John B Whisnant II, of Lexington
Va.. and Ellen V Wilson of Savan
rah Ga
These student- will visit the Pres
byterian College campus on April
8-9 for the Founder’s Scholarship
finals. They will be entertained at
a banquet m the college dining hall
on Friday night, to be followed by
special tests and interviews the next
day Ten winners emerge from the
performances on this campus visit
tics which ore being aked of a 25
per cent -ample of the nation's pop
ulation
Householders are requested to fill
out the nou-enold questionnaire and
mail it within three days to the
cal census distnet office A pre
addressed postage free envelope is
being provided for this purpose
Only statistical totals and aver--
ages are published No individual
person can be. identified in publish
ed report- and census .nformation
cannot be used for regulation, in
vestigation. or taxation
. Householders will not have any
difficulty identifying the takers of
the 1960 census of population and
housing when they* start their rounds
on April 1, District Supervisor H
A Benner, pointed out
Each census taker will be provid
ed wKh a red. white and blue iden
tification card to be worn on the la
pel This card bears the seal of the
Department of Commerce and the
won- ‘"Census Enumerator. Official
Credential" printed across its face
Persons purporting to be Census
takers who do not have Jus identifi
cation card sbuld be reported im
mediately to the local dictrict cen
sus office which is located at 300 S
Mam St. .Greenville
Census takers will be further iden
tified by tne portfolio coniainmg
their supplies The portf >lio is
brown and bear- :he legend. I960
Census of the Unued States, print
ed in green nk In the portfolio, the
census taker carries' his supplies of
report forms, maips. pencils, and
other tools of his trade
Plaxico Addresses
Lions Club On City
Manager Government
The Clinton Lions C'.ub heard the
merits of the cRy manager plan of
government Friday night m an ad
dress by R L. Plaxico. representing
the Chamber of Commerce which
has endorsed that method of admin-
ittration of city affairs for Clinton
A referendum on the question is
scheduled for April 12
Mr Plaxico was a member of a
Chamber of Commerce committee
which made a study of the proposed
change m government The commit
tee -ubmuted a report endorsing
i-a2opted by the
The finalists in -the Founder's the move which was
program were selected from a large Chamber
held of applicants through prelim- Telling of v s;ts n
inary tests administered at the local txr- of the eomm..:<
high schoil^etel cities in the state M
Dean Thackston pointed out the not 0fu . >t -
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Couniy Officers Tajie Still, Operator
Laurens County Sheriff’s officers are
shown here with a 500-gallop capacity 9tjll
and one of three operators taken in a'raid
Saturday afternoon in the northwestern
part of the county. The still and 500 gal
lons of mash were destroyed and six cases
of fruit jars, acetylene torches, gas and
oxygen tanks were confiscated. Participat
ing in the raid and left to right are: front,
J. W. Campbell, prisoner. Deputies Horace
Mitchell and Wallace Abercrombie, and
Sheriff C. W. Wier. — Photo by Deputy
Lerov Keeble.
I960 awards mark the sixth year
he Founder s Scholarship program
at Presbyterian Colk ge During this
1 time, the program has attracted
nundmis of outstanding high school
-emor- to compete for the grants
Jurors Named For
Civil And Domestic
Relations Court Term
The April term of Laur*»rt- I' nihtv
t'ivil and Domestic Relations <" art
will boxin Monday at the court
liouse ui Laurens The M -sion is
scheduled to last through Friday
Judge Robert L Gray t U .iiees,
wkl preside
The following jurors have Lxvn
drawn to serve during the term
Claude J Thompson Laurens
c'ity R H Abercrombie. Youngs;
’ Maxie H Templeton. Laurens City;
H F. Scott. Clinton City Edwin
Hazel. Laurens City; Raymond S-
McCoy. Clinton Mlill Ralph Jones.
Laureii- MiR. Raymond Thomas.
Laurens Cky. Robert G Poore.
Joanna
M R Abrams. Narnie; Luther
Douglas. Youngs. Edgar C Bur
dette. Lydia Mill. Ohn C Johnson. (
Joanna. James Kelly. Watts Mill;
Roy L. Trammell. Clinton Mill:
Earle Wright. Trinity Ridge: Earl
Bryson. 0wings. James B. lay.
kvr. Woodville
by mem.
:o several
Plaxico star
n wished to
mayor-council form
; l.*v city manager
return to the
.-.niv mstituti
P lan
He -aid. We v >eve that the city
manager form government is the
mo-t tui-i H--- ve method ut opera
t on that .t will provide a more
. fficieig ip* a,Uon that it will
gtvv. > u more economical opera
tion hat it will provide a
me - v. a inch we can get more
and > ' - r service for our tax dol-
A question anil answer period fol
low J Plaxico - remarks, and a
ue.oer ot ciub members entered m
Civil Court Cases
Resolved At Term
Four appeals from highway con
demnation cast's went before june-
during the recent term of civil court
at Laurens and varying amounts
were awarded landowners involved
With the South Uirolma Highway
Department the defendant in each
CtMk the 'awards included:
L T Yeargin. et al $580 36: L. T
Yeurgm and J B Ownngs. $313 69
H D. Pay ne A Co . $3 125; .,James
A. Hellams. $500
In another case, involving a mo
tor vehicle accident, Cleo G. Rivers,
administrator of the estate ot James
Fred Rivers, was awarded $1,250 in
a suit against Sloan Cunstructioa
Co