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' I V ; < ' 1 \ X r-■ ifw ■ L ' Olhf ffllittton (tthrmtirb Vol. 61 — No. 45 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, November 10, 1960 v % SEN. KENNEDY' SEN. JOHNSON THE WINNERS! Clinton Votes Republican * 1 ■" ,‘1 Kennedy and Johnson Carry Laurens County Clinton Parade oh Dec 1 To Feature Miss America »—' f __ Miss America of 1961 in the per- staged in li* nik up a wide variety j son of Nancy Anne Fleming will of floats, marcl-ng hand-, and oth grace Clinton's December 1 Christ- er participant in an effort to match*- mas parade, now being billed as the co.or of the femtr.ire represen the biggest in history tatives. -She’ll ride down Broad 1 S:reet ‘ P‘ jns fo * u - e I^ember , amid a bevy of floats, with Miss 1 parade actually began taking. South Carolina, Sandra Browning, ^hape last spring under the direc- and Miss Clinton nandra Bay. in '* <,n ^ on Hollen and J J close attendance Cornwall. Tr.ey received a commit-1 ... ■. , , ment on -M,'> America’s attendance J Attracting these beauties is just part of the ambitious planning be- I ing done by the Merchants Divi sion of the Clinton Chamber of the national organization time months before the eprly Sep tember selection of Miss Fleming Baptist Young People Meet Here Tonight The Laurens County Baptist - 7;—J* to wear the 1961 mar.tie ,, .. 1 . . . .. ... Commerce m preparation for the . , . ,, , Young People s Association will , ,, . . A native of Montague. Michigan. ^ K parade sponsored annually fv this . . . _ * hold its annual banquet tonight ors . 3 nization ^ repreaerved that state at the (Nov. 10) at the Presbyetrian C<M Santa Claus will be hard pressed AUan ^ c City pagean' Her choice loge <h«M M. Dnoer .ill be.to reutt. top btlling on this oeca- and vlbtjM ^ J served at 7:30 and the plates will sum when his climactic appearance . . ♦ralsant irr» fracSi Laurena County, alonK with the State of South Carolina ^ jj 25 each. on ‘‘the square'’ each year senes and the nation, voted with the Democratic majority in Tues- This will be talent night and each as the signal to throw the first day’s election. church is asked to furnish some switch on Clinton Christmas deco- County voters supported Senator John F. Kennedy of form of talent such as ainging, com rations. Massachusetts and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, the Democratic nominees for president and vice-president, respectively, by a vote of 4,360 to 3,299. Clinton voters in three precincts gave a majority' to the jk M W% Republican candidates, Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot IQI* EICCXIOH VCGC6SS edy, etc. The Chamber is now busily en- Court Resumes at Laurens also on her special *a!ent in fash ion design Funeral Rites Held Monday For Mrs. Marie Adair Rantin the <•!,! Clinti>n-L aurens Grading Begins On New Industry Site Grading W'»rk jgot underwav during th* past week on the site of the proposed new industry for the Clinton area. < B MetaU. Inc., will build a IDu.fXK) square f<H»t plant ni’es tr'.m uildinjr i> leaf flit .re Clinton. Const expected to h-y by Daniel Ci-r.s —Photo bv Dan r. ;n r.e v er> ructkir Co. of \ .ir*»br- -'iiCr I-<odge, 979 to 823. The vote at the three precincts w r as: Clinton No. 1, Demo crats 316, Republicans 360; Clinton No. 2, Democrats 782, The one week term of special criminal court in session at Laurens with murder reconvened Wednesday after a re- Republican.s 484; Clinton Mill precinct. Democrats 325, Re- cess for election day Tuesday publicans 146. „ A on '- d 7 J! ssk ” w,s held Mwi ..... . , , . . . ., . day prior to the recess. Repubhcans carried nine precincts in the county, one was tied, and the other 36 went to the Democrats. Two pre cincts gave a solid vote to the Democrats, Dials 21-0. and Tip Top 33-0. Following is the county vote by precincts; r o r Bailey 2» — Baricsdale-Namie 54 Brewerton 157 Clinton 1 316 Clinton 2 - - 182 Clinton Mill 325 Cooks Store 16 Cross Hill 68 Daniels Store 71 Dials 21 % Ekom 52 Gray Court - 110 Gray’s 12 Hickory Tavern U.7 Hopewell — 20 Joanna - 376 Jones Store 46 Lanford - — 49 Funeral services for Mrs Mane w . a . , Adair Rantin 75-year-old widow of * amn .. rSOn ,S ^ Charged Hervey D Rantm. were conduct ed Monday at 3 p m at Gray Fu One jury trial and a number of neral Honw here by Dr William guilty pleas were heard Monday. Redd Tunier and Rev Joel E Can A jury found Charles Hubert non Bunal was in Roseroont Cem Stroud guilty ot second offense etery. drunken driving and Presiding Pallbearers were Lowry M Wil- larly scheduled November term, wib j U( jg e j vtoodrow Lewis sentenc- son. William D Adair, Forest Y. follow the special term. e( j him l0 one y ear and jj ^ sus . Adair. L. H. Davidson. L L Cope With the reconvening of court on ^rvice of four months land. Jr., and John T. Adair ' yesterday (Wednesday). Solicitor or ot Wlth probation Mrs. Rantin died Saturday after- „ ; William T. Jones was scheduled to for lwo y ears 'noon in a Winder. Ga. rest home call the case of Harold Eugene 62-year-oki Clinton * ller s « v e ra l years of declining 20 Mason, charged with murder in the ^ ^ health Three-Week Event Another week of court, the regu Merchants Announce Holiday Value Days" Eichelberger To Get PC Service Award »i Sllh «i 7«bW>> MUto. OTteldS;. ™ 1 “' ^ “-«•[ 40 1 23. on April 11. 1959. < ** 0 ^ uor latt ^! oc ; Hugh L Eichelberger Clinton three weeks throuvrh Dev. 3 She was a native of the Renno holiness leader, is the recipient of — — Clinton's “Holiday Value Days.’’' spevU; pr r- r. ■: the Merchant* Division of the ( hamrjer of Ovmir.erve. ha- . been announce<i by officials of the merchants itthip The spevial value-giving trade days, preve-i.rtp the holi day season, will liegin on Thursday. N-.v. 17. and o -'in > fo.r Eav r. '■iW*, iir og Uie perioi* Mason was iound guilty and sen- mg lewd pictures anjj’ purchasing s ^ c ^ lon 3* Laurens County near Presbyterian College's I960 Alum fals paregoric under a false address. Clinton Nhe was a daughter of the ' drawings be heid at the nan m«it on the pubov w; iare to di* rtjbute five przes af 10 00 each in trade ceruficatea TV cenArote* The Laurcm Cotmly ’ Educ juon ’ :** ** ^^vaidi* .n anv meet in The Clio- rtf trvxs . *** Counfy Education Assn. Meet Here lenced to life imprisonment ear ^ ' ,v ~‘ vx> LITTV,," d"y'Juim m S * r ' ,C * > Award lier this year, but was granted a ^ew sentences on all six UrW.u.n ^ J He was chosen ut a recent meet new trial. He is charged with charges, ranging from SW days ^ wn)ber Firs . Presbyterian ing of the PC Alumni Association , * 23 (shooting O'Shields to death at tV one year. wtthaU sentence, to run '^" board of directors for this awarvi 53 B C. Armstrong place on the coocurrenUy. He drew one year on presented annually to the alumnus 1<: Greenville Highway after Mason tf ** paregonc charge, one on the ~ a in ine wh h render<si outstandine ser “ v ^ - —~ “‘* , 16 J I^H mrinro rh-ra- ,.n o# Clinton Po-d Office for many years '* no nas renoere^ outstanding ser rwunCt<1 b j^njent. H A ' I before her retirement ' ice to Presbyterian College Lynch ^ Hickory Tavern 16 i Mason and Craine were employees of the liquor charges, and six , tW,Ce ' fir f to , ^ d ^ Ct0r, ClU Z ? ichelberger ^ ‘***-~* ^ ^ 7 mnnfha »mnh «« i bam \. Adair, br Surviving from for his long years of devoted ser Rev J H Darr pestor a. this union are two sons. S Y Adair, 'ice to the institution and more B^iust Church, and *J»e Clintoo - af! *^ noor n ume draw- Jr.. of Madison. Ga . and CM. Ar- specifically for his unique role as High glee club will *ng The guest ^ ^ p ® ^ cv ** due S. Adair of the U. S. Aw, on ambassador ot goodwill m ce- speaker wall be Dr Marshall W y** P** ^ ^My rfulTr anil hr , eft . , . . . Force in New Hampshire, a da ugh menting the bonds of mutual es- Bnswn. president <rf Presbvtertan "hDb 1 * *“*■ •'■-nners aw- S 1 ™ L.urens4.1mum lUsh- and RnUr, M „ ^,„, s j ^ Rr^mnan Collw CoUr,, «!«!«,»«, 56 way. They are Norman Earl Hold- Gray Cunningham, second offense NCT[n MTyi rilv of injntAf1 drawing The .achy per^m> »-Ul—* Greenville Highway after Mason paregonc charge, one on the intervened in a fight between l 6 * 11 Picture charge, one on one of . . _ * 0 | O’Shields and .Andrew Craine. Both lhe bquor charges, 90 days on one of the liquor charges, and six 69 I at Armstrong's. months each on two of the liquor 16 Four men are charged in the charges 28 . January 27 slaying ot George M. Other guilty pleas and sentences 53 1 Sherfield, 36. at Lake Thomas, lo- were: * ton High School auduor.iim today Nov 10) at 3 30. it has been an- be redemabie at the otter of cV Chamber of Commerce oc East aroiinn Avenue Individual wgi muster 2 any of the : aracipatdtg atores aod the Uckets will be coiiected an Soaur- 44 er. who admitted firing the fatal drunken driving, each sentenced l *• Laurens 1 Laurens 2 244 102 Also surviving are a slep-daugh Library Given Books Laurens 3 366 Laurens 4 Laurens 6 Laurens 6 Long Brand Lydia Mills .ML Olive 167 Stewart’s Stor Tip Top Trinity Ridgv 241 402 153 146 45 36 139 68 64 45 22 17 13 49 43 25 14 21 22 35 521 13 13 86 411 46 11 36 14 38 151 36 14 11 21 33 0 63 70 .4960 3299 and the City of Clinton 197 <1* at U* beat tavern operator, to one year and J1.00Q, .uapBided * »> ««*»• <JTC- ...... 38 Jerry Harris. Jessie L. Welch and on service ot 90 days cc payment ■ ■ - T .’. herder served the ,ctvs*t as an as- By Alpho StQmo Pit I " Ftoyd Commatgs. ; of C50 and p™bm£Tot f " 101 Carroll Samples. 40, of Cbnton. is William Eugene Armstrong, third e r W M * ' t *** n B. H. Ifenry, of i New Aork Lafe Insurance Company -Red Ru.-^un Rose and ' Doomed mg the -pecioi ‘HauSqy P Baldwin, since graduation He was mayor ;n Kusma are the votumesv. timely Days," and m\a* the iratfeai and Mrs Thomas of Clinton. l#55-57. and currently m their cootem and message The 2 of th*. seetioe to come to a rural road as the two were en- Solicitor W T Jones not pressed "**'*''• ” *'*’ Pla hokls the PosiUon of execuUve vice biH>ks were prasented for the U for their needs ->rwr :j and gaged in an argument in a car. the cases of Sadie Cook, charged AI • ■ y president of the (lumber of tom brary to Mu* Marian Buns, libra- the hoixfay* Claude Abercrombie is charged with disposing of property under AlUmill UlVIflQ lO in thx» “amKuwh c 1 avin« ’* ev# f'*l«kia/4aa Ii...ikx. __ ^ have to be prvaem at the 3mwmg and the names will be jnotnmcvd , . ^ _ Offrials of be Merchao* D;eu- m hi* career. Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity gave .on <Me Uvot all portiopaUng mer n t i 5* trustee> k* 5 b * en * two books to the Presbyterian CM- chants wtH go a3-out to offer the driving three three Mrs R u Vecjal agent with the legeA'ommumty Library recently public the bes. poaabte values 4nr — — ^ ■ j*—*—'j Greenville;v h 27, also of Clinton. Samples is al-. vice of eight months or payment -f las rXaseA ♦ n l%evs?as • •» Give v«-4 A 14 n<>-n*e AM Cd V mm -I r. ■ , X. al Win go. of Tampa. Fla merce nan. by the college fraternity r PC Totals $37,350 ^200 trial. Abercrombie is alleged to and carrying concealed weapons have fired a shotgun blast at and Calvin Suber, assault and bat-. .Annual giving to Presbyterian Thomason Is Low Bidder On Clinton Area Hospital The special per sod anil be ch- ma.ved by Qintoc s ^ . Chracmo.- parade wT^ >aturv Mi-* .America Miss South Carn.ma. tad air owa Mis* Clinton Stores w-mrt have o»ec. eon Wednesday viPemuure be oper. or Wevkies«lay. Vov 23 rwuin open each aPemowfi ntL after the New Year. January 4 PLwarcL denoting partjcipatiar. j». He is alleged to have waited ing concealed weapons. to 337.350 22. Public Relations and behin. a s ed - w ; reJ on Camp- Judge Lewis revoked the proha Alumni Director Ben Hay Hammet uell as Campbell came to a well, lion of James William Mott, sen- announced today Wil.;e J. mes Owens, a Negro tenced in the September term ot He said this total, given by mo* Bids wefc opctHHl la>t Wt^rx'- Besides the basic construction from Clinton is slatea :or trial in court to pay $15 a week in a non than 9W alumni and friends, rep day. November 2. en the new Bai b:ds the Chnton Hospital Dtstric; in the eve-x wil! be vhlsinh«w**t - the slaving of his wife. support cose. Probation Officer resents an increase of almost $4.0(W ley Memorial Hospital for Clinton, j.m.) received bids and quotations the F rms im ->xs-. the Solicitor W. T. Jones said the Blease Merchant told the court that within the past month It pushes and the low bids announced by on equipment for the structure placards or de*n g them *- hr majority ol the two-week term will Mott had made no payment. He was annual giving program Carlisle Neely, chairman of the total cost of the hospital will to- thev are distributed - \ r* k *V-v be used to clear cases of a serious ordered to serve the one-year sen steadily toward the $50,000 goal ' Bo.rd of Directors :.u around $1 JOO.uw »-lower than up \u the -jr.ber ■ .."'.merce 3299 nature from the docket. tence. Gloss AA Chompionship At Staka Friday Niglir i Clinton and Easley to Compete for Up-State Title The Clinton High School Red Dev ils will travel to Easley Friday for an all-important game that will de cide the upper-state championship in Class AA The kickoff is slated for 8:00 p. m. in Easley at Brice Field. Easley was previously scheduled to come to Clinton Friday night for a regular season game, but the . contest was cancelled when Clinton emerged as winner of the Eastern AA Conference title and Easley i won the Western AA Conference title. Instead, the play-off for the up state championship was arranged, with Easley as the site. Both teams will carry outstand ing records into the game, wifh Clinton’s being eight wins and one loss, while Easley has seven wins, one loss, and two ties. Pre-game ticket sales began on Tuesday and will continue through Thursday at McGee’s Drug Store and Young’s j Pharmacy. Advance prices will be adults $1.00, and stu dent tickets will be sold at the High School for 50 cents. After Thurs day, prices will be increased to $1.50 for adults and $1.00 for stu- ’ dents. IN KOREA Jimmie Chandler, who has been stationed in Pennsylvania with the U. S. Medical Coops, has recently arrived in Korea lor a tour of duty, where he k aafepmd to a medical detachment. He Is a aon of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Chandler of this city A large crowd of Clinton fans is expected to follow the Red Devils to Easley for the game. CLINTON DOWN LAURENS 3112 Clinton High School Red Devils rolled over Laurens, 31-12, last Fri day night at Laurens to clinch the Eastern AA Conference champion ship. The Red Devils took the opening kickoff and after seven plays Full back Keith Stewart hit the middle for a TD. A few plays later. Halfback Ed die Madden picked off a Laurens aerial and returned it 67 yards for a score to make it 12-0. Clinton registered again when Halfback Kinard Littleton raced 75 yards around end for the third TD of the evening to make it 18-0. Laurens picked up a TD late in the second period, which was set up by a Cbnton fumble. Halfback Walker carried over to make it 18- 6 at halftime. Clinton stormed back to score again early in the third period when Guard Jerry Hall blocked a kick by Stevenson to sit up the score. Littleton went over on a 13-yard sprint and then added the extra point. Laurens got another TD late in the third period on a nine-yard pass from Quarterback Davis to Fullback Adair . / Clinton's final tally came in Gve fourth period when Stewart again went across for the TD. wa Last year. 766 donors contributed C. Y Thomason 'and Co of oristn^Uv expected .rfftce a record $38644 to this program. Greenwood enleied the lowest bid Adequate funds are on hand due Special IK^jdav Value I\*y> Of the S3..350 22 given thus far of $855* 300no. toliowed by the to ce lerous gtf'.s of the Bailev headimis for a» m arvertuMnemts jin I%0 a total ot $22.tk)2.70 has Charles J Craig Construction Co. Foundation and toe Duke Endow have been preportxi froo: as ang come through laving Endowment of Columbia with $382,273.00. and ment Five acres af thC valuable aiai Je«j|gn and wUI 5e available sources and $14,747 52 directly to Claussen and Webster of Augusta. 15-acre site 1 on Highway 56 was without cost to aS^ merchants the Walter Johnson Club, alumni with $882.300 00. g:ven by Mr> Elizabeth Young athletic organization Certain Liv- The cv*ntract will not be awarded »*ick t«ii Kaletgh. N C., formerly of mg Endowment funds, designated until apt»rovul by the Public Health Clinton for athletics in tuc amount ot $3. Service is granted Con>lrucUon is expected to be 09t>06. shift over to increase the ——* — completed within two years trom Johnson Club total to $17,783 58 P|! The current annual giving pro gram will extend through the I960 calendar year, leaving approxi mately two month* in which to achieve the $50,000 objective Dobbins Idlers He Will Run Again ‘ji $15,000 Option On Land lor County Allowed to Lapse Laurens. Vn S — TV Laurens Commission of Pub-c tk.rits which a candidate for the same ofteje tvw> years hence Appearing before a meeting «f the laturens City <'onunissaoners at Clinton And Laurens |i Alumni To Meet On Gridiron November 19 Cliitfon High Red Devil alumni will play alumni from Laurens high school m a football game Sat urday night. Nov 19. on Wildrr Field. Clinton Net proceeds of the ' ummma ” , game will be used for construction of he high school field S *' fUU ‘ ^ ^ ^ A similar name at Laurens last ^ V Hfed a legislative year drew a good crowd - Miss Addison Phi Beto Kappa the awarding of the contract, cul mmatmg several years work on th« pari of civic leaders to give this section of the county a sorely need ed medical center A legislative representative who 11h ’ Proposed structure will house hud paid .town $15DM several d*d nut sec* reeiectioo to the same flft> ’‘ nd ^ calJed J rm ' ntK ' ^ un » .^uon on ap- office this year ttus week let i: be mwoel hospital by experts in the proximate!) 147 ac res >f land ad known by inference that he »<ill be flt ‘ ld ^ lltest ‘Nuipment and fa joining tK- Aacncan -aw Com cilities are incorporated in the puny’s plant on CreewiHe plans "We are aiming at the hichwav m*w aooer ."r.<ruct»o best." Mr Neely stated The two- hU' a lowvd ln offtior. to tofs>e and story structure has been planned has torfeiuxl toe $15 AW t wxs by the architects with future ex- y’4 here Turaday by Sam Wal INiblie Works, Representative Wfl ham C. Doohnvs of Joanna, who P * nsum ? m,nd ’ ’ ind ^ utlh “ run for the Uon 04 site and meeting the Scmate the past summer, was ad- mrd,ca * ^ :ht ‘- ar, ‘* agnstnefH concerning a new indus try with two other members id the* delegation carelessly, declared that he would be more careful m the future and would never do a Fnends of Miss Elam, Addison similar thing again TB Assn. Directors To Meet On Tuesday TV' directors of the Laurctis Helping to spearhead the 1960 Easley High Green Wave football team to the championship of the AA Western Division Conference this season have been co-captains Sandy Hagood. left, and Jim bp Cape. Both are two-way players. Hagood. a 133-pound halfback is a speed merchant with a deceptive style of break-away running that makes him a constant offensive threat. He is also one of quarterback Leighton Grantham’s favorite pass targets, and likewise is a top defensive player in the secondary. , Cape, a bruising end. has suffered a shoulder separation and is not expected to play Friday. Considered the top line men for the Green Wave, he has turned in outstanding performance all season- offensive end. backing up the line on defense, as a pass receiver and also does the kicking off and extra point efforts kw v. chatnnor of the commasaor. Mr Wallace said that toe x*iou. which expired Novcmtwr ! was al lowed to laps,' berm**' of the fail ure i>f the county of Laurens to puy Ks^hare of toe punhar* price Vcrevrding to wx1e!y circulated port-v the $42,060 purchase price was to be divided Nkwewi the con „ ^ . mission the county and toe city of ■ , . 1 ounty TuVrcuiosis Association f>r \'.ded toe tond was \ wi! Hie interested,to know she has Realizing suddenh that bis term ' m11 " n Tta^kiy. November turn,xl over to :S Count, PlaOTag been ejected to Phi £k<a K.*ppa. nu- would expire in a few days, he I5 - »* 7 30 in the TB office on the arxi rvvelopmi’al B,vird MettfVre ticikil honorary scholastic frater- caught himself ami said that he second floor of the lamrens Fedtral ' f tS ,. riMint v w'W u'.v j -y knew V wouldn’t V a member of Building toal th^re to iTrn o^r vliss Addison, the daughter of the detegation duong the next two J Allan Thump- i, preadent. tJ , t . ir JJ400006 wheti V O'mmw Mr and Mrs John A Addison of years. •*>!«.’• he added ill be coramitUv prog res > re- ^ Public Works .'resjents (hem this city, is a senior at Duke Uni- back again” ports will b,* du,' V highlight of ^ ^ ^ V >r-^vny to b» wrsky. Durham. N C. where she the met'tmg wiU be discusskm of turned orer to toe Pia-u* Board is majonng in English Post Office, Banks pljrv ' for the ChrtsUnas St'al cam Mj^or \\ Paul vM tx'rtswi said j 1*™'™ . To Close Friday ^ ** > “ -f * 7”*?^ Abrams will be TV- post office. Bank of Clinton A powuble January date for the ; interested 10 know he is improv- ,uvd M S. Boieyr and Son. Bankers, auimtl meeting and eifcctMm of offi- ASC OFFU’F TU 11 tir,| ing at Seif Memorial Hospital, will be closed all day Friday. No- cers will be considered A numui.it The ASC otfice to Laurens will Greenwood, where he underwent vember 11. in otanervince of Armis mg commitiee and arongements be closed Ernlay Nov 11 'or th,- an operation on Monday tier Day committer will be appointed \ eterans Day holiday