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7 A 7 i \ A 1 m } '■ ■■ I A V->4- (ttlintmt Vol. 61 — No. 47 Ointon^ S. C w Thursday, November 24, 1960 'w l j * I • ' f 4 l hi. f#^11 |4 t^ tj a, m iSL^JSr . !! k ~»**e*»*_ £•/, • > Lk ■ k Christmas Parade On Thursday, Dec. t Four cases imolvirii* Clinton peo pie were determined in the term of criminal court that ended in Lau Clinton's Christmas parade is [ i scheduled for Thursday afternoon. ' Dec 1. at 5 00 o'clock Featurin'; the parade will be beauty queens galore, highlighted by Miss America (Nancy Ann Fleming). Miss South Carolina rtns ‘ nc ^ a >' (Miss Sandra Browning) Miss Clin- ( anro ^ Samples, 24. who went on ton (Sandra Ka> . and others. trial (>n an or 7 ,nal char ^ ^ f nuir i J J. Cornwall is chairman of the ( ^‘ r changed hi* plea to that erf \o, ■ ' parade committee, assisted by Jim lu1 t ar > mansluaghter an<l wa* >en “ Von Hollen. J. W Abram*. Charles u ' nml to tw0 . yea" h >' • hKl " e J Buice. Charles Hughes, Edward Samples Gets Two Years; Heaton, 20: Mason, Life Winthrop’s Top Twelve These YVinthrop College seniors are members of Senior Order. U»e highest honor leadership organization oa the campus of the South Carolina College for Women. Membership in the organiza tion is limited to the 12 most influential members of the senior class. Members this year are. left to right: First row—Sara Pitts of Clin ton. N'anry Cobh of Spartanburg. IJnda Caldwell of Gaffwey. I air line locklair of Moneks Corner, and Virginia \ridison of Joanna. Second row—Jean Reeves of lautgley, Sara Page of Columbia. Florence Manning Bethea of Latta. Geneva Knox of North Augusta. Hannah Hickman of Loris. Betty Jane Hamer of (Tintoo and Chal mers Farmer of State Park. PC, Newberry to Clash Here Thursday at 2:30 Perry, and C. H Leonard Also featuring the parade will be Clcnxson College’s crack marching unit, the Pershing Rifles. Hejaz Temple Shrine Motor Scooter unit, eight bands, and other groups The floats will be divided into two sections, commercial and non-com mercial. and those in the non-com- mercial section carrying a religious theme will be eligible for three iri/es of $.10 $20. and $10 Float entries must be made before Fri- lay, November 25. Jack Bo>d, with lus famous horse, ‘‘Sam Spade." will be parade narshal. Installation of Christmas decora tions in the business section of the tty has been underway for several lays and will continue through the ieek to lend a festive air as the community moves into the Christ mas season LOSES BROTHER Friends of Horace D Woodrow Lewis of DarVr.gton, who presided over the term, in the fatal stabbing of Freddie AUaway. 27. James E Heaton. 1b, was sen tenced to 20 years after a jur> found him guilty of raping a 17 year-old girl and recommended mercy. " Harold Eugene Mason. 42. ot Ware Shoals, received a life sen tence after a jury found him guilty with a recommendation of mercy in! ceived a life sentence in the case He was granted a new trial by th» state supreme court after his Con viction last December Harold E Lawson plead ed gui!t> to .V) counts of forgery and w as '-on tenced to five year-, -.U'pended. with five years probat'.or SAMPLES CHARGED Samples had been charged in the stabbing death of Attaway during an altercation *n Samples’ automo bile in ,a cornfield several miles south of Clinton on tne morning of June 2.Y Testimony was to the effect that Attaway had telephoned Samples and asked him to meet him and that Samples consented, teiiin. Atta way that he would bring a gun Attawaywife. Faye, who ac- the gunshot death of Johnny companied her husband on the trip O'Shiekk. a Clinton youth. It was and was in the back ^eat of Sam- the second time that Mason had re pies’ car while the two men scuffled in the front seat, testified that her husband gained possession of San pies' gun and that -he took it from him. She said her husband was not armed The men continued to x" if fie ac cording to her testimony md r husband was stabbed Mrs Attaway testified ‘hat *l > pleaded with her husband not to meet Samples and that when he persisted in carrying out the plan she decided to accompany him on the rendezvous. Solicitor W T Jones -.aid couiu-el far defense had expressed a desire 1 to enter the plea of guilty of \olun- | tary manslaughter irwi that he ac copied it The widow of the victim testified that she went with Sample* after meeting Inm at work in Clinton \llTi the latter part par of July (Continued on page eight) County Ends Fiscal Year With $44,000 Deficit; Surplus Of $113,000 Used in Three Years, According to Audit Presbyterian College will seek its hand, would end the title race in a Friends of Horace D Payne and to 1957. according to the annual third straight Little TTiree cham three way deadlock, since Wofford family will regret to learn of the county audit presented to the Court pionship when Newberry invades whipped the Indian* m their 1960 death of his brother. Harold C. *f General Sessions here Monday, Johnson Field for the annual sea- contest - ^ Payne, who was drowned \ov 14. by the Grand Jury and to Laurens County operated in the the amount It recommended that red for the fiscal year ending the 'he situation be remedied and that past June 3o besides wiping out <a ‘cushion fund” of at least $35.- what remained of a $113,000 surplus 000 be kept in the treasury in the general fund created prior | xhe aiK i it s howod a gross oporat- son-closing Thanksgiving clash c rwnparisons are not only odious Mr ,iv «l Bay the audits Thursday afternoon but downright dangerous! where Pine> na Fun <’ r ‘* 1 services were years The Bronze Derby, symbol of football scores are concerned. This ^ ori ‘ <>n fhursday, the Lth i n |t s presentment the ing deficit of approximately $55,- 000 This included $44,000 in over expenditure plus the consumption of $11,000 remaining in the surplus. It of the three previous also showed about $10,000 in unpaid warrants as against about $5,000 Grand the year before and about $9,000 the football supremacy between the two schools, also will be on the block as these tw'o high-scoring squads ■ answer the 2:30 p m kickoff A capacity crowd is expected. PC gridmen under Coach Frank . Jones have laid seige to both the Derby and the crown of this fast small college conference for ! past two years. is especially true in the hotly con tested Little Three, where rivalries date back for almost 50 years. But as a matter of passing record, it might be pointed out that Presbyte rian defeated Wofford. 21 to 7. -ear lier this season, after which the Terriers nosed out Newberry by a the 14-13 count The Hosemen will be favored in MRS. COOK HOMF Mrs David S Cook has returned 01 l * us - ear to her oome here after spending several weeks in Long Island. N Y . having been called there be cause of the death of her mother. Mrs. George M Abbot Jury called attention to the deficit year before that a* -howai by pre but did not mention vkous audits. shows ;hat surpluses occurred dur ing years cooing 195*> and 1967 when the tax levies were fixed by the county auditor and that the deficits occurred in later years when the levies were hxeft by the delegation Clinton Mills To Celebrate Safe Plant Operation Me M11.1.1 AN HOMF Friends of Lonnie S. McMilhan. With Clinton To Close For Thanksgiving Clinton, along with the rest of the countrv. will observe Thanks- Clmton Cotton Mills will observe a record 2 million safe man-hours a sound victory ever Wof- this 46th engagement between the .who has been a patient at the Vet- giving as a holiday erans hospital, Columbia, is at home for two weeks Mr. and Mrs ford long since under their season two schools They have been rolling l belts, the Blue Hose need only a in high gear fur the past three triumpti to retain undisputed pos- games and h^ve won five of their William Gla..ure of Norfolk. Va -cssion of the Little Three cham pionship. A newberry win. on the other Business houses generally will be closed for the day, including banks The audiit for the year ending June 30. 1958. showed a deficit of approximately $82,000 That of 1959 operation with a barbecue Thanks -flowed approxmiately $21,000 The gi'ing Day journal of the Clerk of Court does Thirty-five hundred employees not show that the grand juries will participate in the e ent at the made mention of either of them in Clinton Mills baseball park with a their presentments barbecue dinner prepared on the In the 1958 audit, the auditors grounds by Walter F Lynch being McGregory and Co . of Columbia, served made the following comment to the Pony and carousel ride* for the grand jury - , •‘Your attention is di sauva > • • xr li v xt x#i uix.ii ** maxi *11 Viixiv.xnx v/1 awmi'fiw. » , v . *1 ,4 I . —^ s — —----- last six encounters after dropping spent the week-end with Mrs. Gla- a € 0 c * 4 ° ma e u . reeled to the operating 4leficit of the first two. (Continued on page four) sure s parents. Millian Mr, and Mrs. Me- Beverly Wolff, Mezzo-Soprano, to Appear Hero Tuesday Beverly Wolff. Metropolitan Op era mezzo-soprano star, will ap pear in concert on Tuesday evening, November 29. as the second in Clin ton’s current Community Concert season The concert will be held in Pres* byterian College's Beik Auditorium, beginning at 8:15 p. m. When Miss Wolff won the Philadelphia Orchestra Youth Con test in 1952. Conductor Eugene Or- mandy immediately engaged her as soloist with the Philharmonic. Not . only in the Quaker City, but in New ; York, her debut was a brilliant suc cess, and she was instantaneously singled out as an exciting new mez- • zo-soprano slai. Following the example of her old er brothers and sisters. Miss Wolff 1 began the study of a musical in strument at an early age. and later added vocal lessons. In 1946, in the Atlanta Symphony, its conductor (iiscovered her versatility, and, promptly engaged her as mezzo- soprano soloist for the orchestra's Christmas Concert It was then that she began se riously studying for a vocal career However, this did not take prece dence over the desire for a well- rounded general education, and she won a scholarship to the University of Georgia, where she majored in literature. In 1950 Miss-Wolff went to Phila delphia to continue her studies at the Academy of Vocal Arts, helping to pay her way by church singing, sales clerking, and baby sitting. Her career started to snowball when she won the youth auditions of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Headline-making followed with the nation’s top orchestras, includ- | ing re-engagements and recordings xw enes will be made, it was stated by postal officials. - A union Thanksgn ing service will be held at 10 a in. at the First Presbyterian Church, with the pas tor. Dr W Redd Turner, preach mg the sermon. Oth$r pastors of the city will take part in the ser vice The annual Thanksgiving Day footb;dl game between Presbyterian College and Newberry College will t ike place on Johnson Field. Clin ton. beginning at 2:30 p m Schools of the district will close at 2:30 p m Wednesday for the week, with Thursday and Friday being observed as holidays Some industrial plants will con tinue operations for the day. in cluding Joanna Cotton Mills, .An derson Hosiery Co., and DApper Hosiery Mills. Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills will observe the day a* a holiday, as will Clinton Bu\ Plant. Herbert ^ Newton Co., and Hallmark Mfg Dr. R. M. Kennedy, 80, Passes At Newberry Dr. Robert Moffett Kennedy, 80 died late Thursday night at a New berry hospital after a long illness He was a brother of Dr J B Ken nedy of this city A graduate of Erskine College and the Atlanta Dental College, he had practiced dentistry in Newber ry for the past 55 years Funeral services were held Satur day at the* Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and burial was in Rose moot cemetery, New berry .. Ht is survived by four sons, one with the Philadelphia Orchestra erick Dwiggins, a certified public daughter and another brother, in $he starred with the NBC-TV Opera accountant, Miss Wolff is the moth addition to Dr Kennedy of this city Theatre, in the television premiere er of two young sons. of Bernstein s ‘Trouble in Tahiti,” During the coming season. Miss RETURN FROM TRIP the New York City Opera Company, Wolff will be soloist for the orehes Mr and Mrs Robi n W Ander- $82,205 for the year The remaining surplus of $31,537 70 will not be able to carry a simliar reversal for the year 1958-59 without additional fi nancing ” The deficit for 1959. the year fol- children will begin at 10 a m and the Clinton High School band will play. At 11 45 a short platform pro gram will be given President Rob ert M Vance will speak briefly in appreciation to the employees Su perintendent George M Huguley lowing the auditors warning, was w j|j jct as mas ter of ceremonies approximately $20,000. bringing the Drawings for door prizes will In* surplus down to the $11,000 which at j ^ w^s wiped out this year j Thls * the first ume' m'7t* ri4 Examination of past supply bills year hlstory that the null has op . erated for two million continuous safe man hours without a disabling injury and the event is being given in honor and recognition ot the em ployees part in the program IT BEVERLY WOLFF and the Washington. D C.. Opera Society. Married since 1953 to John Fred- tra of Washington. D. C.. and At- son. Mr and Mr* C E King have lanta, and will be heard in a num- returned from a few days trip to ber of recitals as well Miami and other points in Florida Merchants Continue Value Days Clinton's Hirfidav Value Days, sjxmsored by the Merchants Di vision of the Chamber of Com merce. are continuing for the second week through Dec. 3. Many of the retail merchants are entering the observance and the buying publk will find many values during this pre-holiday season. The merchants are giving five prizes in a drawing to be held the next two Saturdays. Winners of the $50 in trade cer tificates given away on Saturday. Nov. 19: J. M. Davis. Mrs. A. R Ivester, 801 N. Sloan St., Lewis Howell, 206 Spruce St., Mrs. C. M. Frier, 301 Gordon St., and Mrs. Dorothy Couch. Each win ner received $10 in trade'certifi cates. The drawing was held on the square at 5:00 p. m The win ners not present on Saturday af ternoon may get their certificates at the Chamber of Commerce of fice, 106 E. Carolina Ave. Store patrons may register in any of the participating firms for the $50 to be given away Satur day. November 26. The drawing will be held on the square at 5:00 p. ntl Five names will be drawn for the lucky winners. District Scout Executive Kfini BILL H. BRACKKTT Bill H Bracket has assumed hi* duties as district Scout executive for Laurens and Newberry districts >f Die Blue Ridge Council. Boy Scouts of America A native of Sntrfby N C . Mi Brackett is married to the former Mis* Solly llouis uiid they have orn *;»n. Tony, four months old He i> a graduate of Gardner Webb Jun >:• College and Appalachian SiaP Teachers College. They . ire resul ing at 212 Cleveland St - • — - l iii CIDER