The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 12, 1960, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, May 12, I960
Elderly Negro Dies,
Leaving Over $9,000
Laurens—An eWerly Negro man
whin livo'd a frugal existence here
died Tuesday, leaving over $t>,000
In hills in the hands of a trusted,
lifetime friend
Fletcher Garrett, a TS-year-old
Negro grocer, found $7,936 in $20
and smaller denominations in a lock
ed trunk in the locked closet of the
hom« of his deceased friend, Walter
Harris. 74
Harris, just before he entered the
■Laurens County hospital Monday,
had thrust SI 40t> in bills into Gar
rett's hand with the instructions to
keep it f^r in in.
It was. then that the dying Negro
man. who came here with Garrett
in, 1925 from Hickory Tavern, whis
pered there was more stashed away
at his modest home off Hampton
street
When Garrett died early Tuesday
morning. Harris went to the house
and uncovered the money in the
trunk "I expected to find maybe
$1,000 or a little over that.’' the Ne
gro man said Wednesday.
T!v money, found in a large enve
lope. was turned over to Laurens
Probate Judge Hewlette Wasson
Garjett sa ; d he had been made
executor ot the Harris estate on
April 3. 1955. Harris has' a son in
Baltimore aixl a daughter in Wash
ington Both came here when their
father died . .
Garrett and Harris were farmers
in Hickory Tavern before they came
to Laurens. Harris worked for the
Laurens Glass Works for 25 years,
retiring about eight years ago.
•Garrett started his small grocery
store which is located next to his
home at 832 Hampton street, just a
few hundred feet from Harris’ dwell
ing
Bo:h men were widowers in re-
i ~ceiVt—years. There were not many
days, Garrett said, when his friend
did not come hvj to chat, drink
grapefruit juice and eat candy.
. Appareinlc the candy was Har
ris only luxury According to Gar
rett he dressed neatly hut not ; ex
travagantly. , ',
"Every day." Garrett*,said, "he
cameV the store and wc Just chat
ted for hours ” •
WE FINANCED OUR CAR
THROUGH
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Take a tip from us. We shopped around a lot — naturally
we wanted to get the best deal we could on the car and the
financing. Well, we found both. We financed our car through
this bank. Nice, friendly people. Easy to do business with,
fast service
Best of all, we benefited from low bank rates . . . and the
bank arranged a convenient schedule of payments, too.
Whether you're buying a new car or another car,
be smart. Talk to the people at
M. S. BAILEY & SON
BANKERS
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Leaving On Nassau Cruise
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Adair and Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Vance
are pictured as they boarded the "Italia’’ in Charleston for the S. C.
Rankers Convention cruise to Nassau May 1 through 6.
Business meetings were held and they were entertained aboard
ship and on arrival in Nassau. Mr. Vance, president of M. S. Bailey
and Son. Bankers, was elected third vice-president, which places
'him in the line for the presidnecy of the associatka in three yews.
Gerald Woodruff,
Pianist, Presented
In Newberry Recital
Clinton Wins 11th;
Tops Palmetto, 3-1
The Clinton High baseball team
won its eleventh game against two
defeats here Wednesday afternoon |
by edging Palmetto, 3-1.
Palmetto 000 000 1—1 4 2
Clinton no 001 x—3 4 1
Harvel, Rumsey (6) and Bunton.
Littleton. Bailey (5) and Corley.
Mrs. W. A. Walls
Laurens — Funeral services for
Mrs Margaret Towles Walls, 51, of
507 Farley Ave, Laurens, widow
of W. Anderson Walls, were con
ducted Wednesday at 3:00 p. m. at
the Kennedy Mortuary by the Rev.
Roger Brannon and the Rev. George
S. Cothran. Burial was in Forest
Lawn cemetery.
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Gerald Woodruff, Clinton pianist,
student at Newberry College, was
presented in a joint recital last night
in Holland Hall at the college.
Appearing also were Miss Brenda
Koch, pianist, and Raymond Kirk
land, baritone.
Gerald, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
Woodruff of Clinton, is pursuing a
music course at Newberry. He is a
member of the college band and the
Boosters Club.
Chorge Poir With
Taking Reigel Cloth
Greenwood — John W. Sharp of
near Princeton and Loumas C. Sing-
ley of Clinton, have been charged
in connection with the theft of cloth
from the Reigel Textile Corporation
plant at Ware Shoals, Sheriff Cal
White said Monday.
Sharp was charged with grand
larceny before Magistrate Frank
D illard BolanH
103 E. Pitte St
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Baldwin Motor Co.
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with receiving stolen goods in Lau
rens County. Sharp was a Reigel
employee.
Officers said they arrested Sing-
ley in Greenwood Friday evening as
he attempted to sell some of the
cloth. A quantity of cloth was found
at Sharp’s home, the sheriff said.
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Rural
Electrification
Week!
1 HIS week marks an important milestone in
progress for millions of rural Americans. It's the
Silver Anniversary of rural electrification and
I^aurens Electric Cooperative takes great pride
in joining almost a thousand independent hmne-
owned power systems in observance of RURAL
ELECTRIFICATION WEEK.
1 OUR Laurens Electric Cooperative this year is observing its 20th YEAR OF PROGRESS.
Its been a long hard struggle bringing dependable low-cost power to over 30,600 residents
of Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Newberry, and Anderson Counties. Providing the finest
electric service available from any organization to rural people of these counties is a job
LOCAL PEOPLE DID FOR THEMSELVES. By doing so, they’ve helped to build “A Greni
er South Carolina.”
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•F 1ST what does the Laurens Electric Co-Op mean to you? It means that here’s an organi
zation home-owned by the people that shop in your store, attend your church, people whose
children go to school with your children ^. . people dedicated to building a greater Clinton.
You see, it’s their home-town too. Each man served by this fine organization is an equal
partner in its ownership and operation. Together, ?,650 co-op members have spent an esti
mated $15,000,000 in this area alone to purchase things needed to LIVE BETTER ELECTRI
CALLY. That makes Rural Electrification Week important to ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS.
Availability of quality electricity throughout our area has been a tremendous factor in Lau
rens County PROGRESS. Rural Electrification is good for all South Carolinians.
a “Where the Co-Op Power Line Goes — Progress Grows!”
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