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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Three Clinton Men Get Sentences Thrw Clinton men pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a tavern opera tor Jan 27. 1960. and tfere sen tenced last Wednesday in General Sessions Court at Laurens. Norman Earl Holder, 38, Jerry Lamar Harris. 33, and Floyd Cummings, 25, originally had Ralph Eugene Holder, non-sup port, one year or $1,500, suspend ed upon payment of $10 per week for six weeks, and $15 per week thereafter, and three years' pro bation John Taylor, Jr , housebreak ing and larceny, six years. Jack Ballew, housebreaking been charged with murder in and larceny, six years connection with the shotgun kill- Estelle Ballew Glenn, house- of George Sheffield, 36, at breaking and larceny, six years, George t Bellingrath announced Dean's List At PC Posts 40 Students Forty Presbyterian College students qualified for the Dean’s List for the first semester of the 1960-61 session, Academic Dean ing today 1-ake Thomas, a roadhouse on suspended and five years' proba the highway between Laurens and tion He said five of the group be- CUnton Solicitor William Jones, Frank B Heavy, larceny, four | j ng c j le( | f or scholarly achieve- however, agreed to the lesser years. ment mflde al ,. A records. They charge of manslaughter with the Jack H Heavy, forgery, two trio pleading guilty. years, suspended and probation are The case against a fourth man. two years. I . w Jesse L Welch, originally charg-} James Kinard. housebreaking, 1 < -• llnto,1 ■ Brenda Maddox of ed in the indictment, was nol one year, suspended after service Spartanburg, Sanders G. Read, of six months and one year pro- McClellanville, and Mrs. Farms apd Folks By L. C. Hamilton Clemson Extension Information Specialist Edward D. Johnson and Mrs. Grace I. Walker, both of Sue \ Spratt of Fredericksburg, Eight students, in addition to the five with perfect 4.00 all-A averages, who made 3.75 or bet ter are: Herbert F. Adair of Clin- prossed Judge James McFadden, sen bation. tenced the defendants as follows: Larry Shelton, eight counts of ' a i Holder, 12 years; Harris, five housebreaking and larceny, five Uean s List, divided into year, and Cummings four years years, suspended and five years' ^ ree groups, lists those students Testimony indicated that the j probation. making a 3 75 grade-point ratio shooting followed a fight at Lake Wayman Palmer, -Jr., breach out 8 P° ss 'ble 4 00, those mak- Thomas. Solicitor Jones said that 1 of trust with fraudulent intent, ‘ ng ^ anc * t* 105 ® making 3.20 the three men left and returned six years shortly after They called Shef- Franklin David Reynolds, lar- field from the Interior of the es- ceny, two years tablishment and another fight Rutledge Adams, affray, two followed Holder, the solicitor years, suspended and two years' said, reached in the car and probation. came up with a shotgun and Willie Erskine Nelson, house- fired the fatal blast breaking and larceny, one year In another case Wednesday, Harold (Henry) Morgan, af- Willie James Owens, Clinton Ne- fray, two years, suspended and gro. pleaded guilty to man- two years' probation, slaughter in the fatal stabbing of Sherman William Bell, one his wife and was sentenced to five years. He also pleaded guilty to as sault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and received a five-year sentence on this charge, to run concurrently with the other sentence Officers told the court that Owens shot his wife when she came home one night with sev eral others Agricultural deterrent! With due credit to our armed forces for a preparedness pro gram that should make any po tential enemy think twice before attacking this country, there is still another restraining factor often overlooked. It is food. Out of the chaos re sulting from possible atomic at tack on any country would come, ton County entered last year’s displaced millions, wrecked! soybean sontest. All made yields transportation, thousands of in- 1 above the state average. The low M. McCord and his associate, A. E. Liebenrood, hope to expand the practice in that county. A good corn crop last year provid ed ample feed to start the pro gram, and farmers in increasing numbers are now feeding hogs, they told me recently. • * * Fifty-nine farmers in Darling- jured and sick, and hunger. "When the chips are down, the greatest defense we may have may well be agriculture,” George B. Nutt, state chairroan of the ton; Marion B. Boozer of Gaff- S t a t e Agricultural Emergency ney; Ponce DeLeon Bullard of Planning Committee, told a meet- Bainbridge, Ga ; Mrs. Alice W. ing of Clemson Extension Service Clontz of Augusta, Ga ; W. Don- workers at Clemson last week, aid Kay of Anderson; William M Mr Nutt believes that would-be Littlefield of W’oodruff; Robert attackers of the United States est was 22 bushels—the highest, 46. Farms don’t have to be big to be profitable. It would be nosy of me to ask Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Blackwood of Boiling Springs about their farm profits—so I didn’t. But they were king enough to show me their new 1,900 square P. Piephoff of Greenville; and Maurice E. Schwartz of Laurin- year, suspended and one year burg, N. C probation John Dial. Sr assault and battery of a high and aggravat ed nature, 30 days or $100 H L. Phillips, obtaining goods by false pretense, two years, suspended and two years' proba tion Wednesday's long session marked the end of the -current term of court Solicitor Jones Four young Laurens white said 73 cases were disposed of in men and a Negro man pleaded just two days, since the court guilty to grand larceny in con nection with the theft of <milk cows which they sold to a nearby meat packing plant Danny Willis, 18. seven counts, was sentenced to a total of three years and w as placed on proba tion for three years Gerald Putman. 19. and Ben nie Lee Owens. 23. one count, were given one year, suspended and a year’s probation. Alton Vaughn. 22, two counts, two years, suspended and two years' probation J B Searles. Jr . 23-year-old Negro, six counts, three years, suspended alter service of three months, and three years proba- , tion Judge McFaddin pointed out that if Searles had not had a previous record, he would have placed him on probation like the others. Other guilty pleas heard Wed nesday were as follows: Joe William Roberts, three counts of larceny, one count housebreaking and larceny and one count of escaping the chain gang, was given 12 months each on the larceny and housebreak ing counts, to run concurrently, and 90 days on the escape count to run consecutively with the other sentence Lawrence Hester Herring, driving under the influence, sec ond offense, one year or $1,000, suspended on service of three months or pay ment of $150, and probation for a year was in recess Tuesday out of re spect for the late Chief Justice John H Stukes. Eleven students finished the semester with grade-point ra tios between 3 50 and 3.75: Mrs. Jane J Hammet and James H. Leighton, Jr, both of Clinton; have carefully weighed our food foot house on a lofty ridge with a potential in calculating our abil- ^ view of the Blue Ridge mountains ity to survive and retaliate. i to the west. Their conclusions as to our ag- They own 52 acres and rent 70 ricultural strength may be, he more. As farms go now, that reasons, almost as great a deter- would be classified as small. But rent as our military strength. ihe Blackwoods have used a large But what worries Mr Nutt and amount of wisdom in choosing eight other distinguished agri- two specialized farm enterprises James W Harris, Martha Ann eultura i i eaders on t h e pi ann i ng to insure for themselves a good Monroe and^ L^ada t arol Trayn- cornmittee is the absence of or- standard of living. ganization at the community lev-! with 25 milking cows, 25 heif- Janet E. ham, all of Laurens; Maddox of Spartanburg; Mrs. e j for such a food emergency. ers and calves, and 2,000 laying Dons S Nelson of Gray Court; "Americans in our generation hens . they have a system that David L Perry of Raleigh, N have not experienced the chaotic works wel1 Both dairying and C . Bertrand A Weinberg. Jr., I situation resulting from a break poultry are enterprises which pro of Sumter; and Mildred Chris- down in transportation and the v i de year-round employment, tine .Wilson of Monroe, N. C. j influx of thousands of refugees.”!. 11 seems to be a workable plan The remaining 16 Dean's List! Under these conditions, S ur-' foT Hiis small farm, scholars, who made averages be- vival might well depend upon the ; tween 3.20 and 3.50, include: j degree to which a community or MrS. Sara Harper Charles B May and William E. ’ town had previously organized Owings—Mrs. Sara Alice Mar ! Tyson ' both of Bainbridge, Ga ; and planned for such an emer- tm Harper 42 died suddenly at Th °mas W Currie of Carthage, J gency. A bright prospect in this the home of Mrs Eric Martin inj N C : John W Elrod of Griffin, regard was the fact that Mr. Owings at 9 00 a m . Monday | Ga ; Anson D Faust of Rich-1 Nutt’s remarks signaled the start She had been in declining health | ^urg, John H. Gettys of Union; at more intensive efforts to edu- for three years She had made i Mrs. Dixie R. Gooch of Arcadia, , rate and organize at the county her home with Mrs Martin for j Fla Harry G McDonnold 0 f j and comm unity level, the past several months j Asheville, N. C.; Leroy M. Ma-| The State Emergency Planning i growing Coastal,” John Griffith, She was the daughter of the drazo of Laurens. William S Og- Committee wil! work with similar the county agent said “All used late Wallace L and Celestine den of Macon, Ga ; William H c °mmittee.s in each of the 46 heavy applications of fertilizer.” Surratt Martin She was born in i Oliver of Valdosta, Ga . George t ' ountles Th e county committees There’s an old law of physics Charleston She had worked as L Powell of Wallace. N. c ; | w ill in turn work with communi- that says input equals output, a nurses aide at St Francis hos- James R Thompson of Manning; i pital in Greenville and in Spar-1 William F. Tiller of Mayesville; tanburg General hospital She I Jon W \ astine of Danville, Pa ; was a member of Bramlett Meth and John B Zachry of West odist Church and spent nyost of [point. Ga Grazing three to four head of cattle an acre and cutting several tons of hay besides is recommen dation enough for Coastal Bermu da grass Clyde Williams, Ryan Dyches, and Coker Williams of Barnwell County did that last year. "They did a wonderful job of her life near Gray Court Surviving are her step-mother. Mrs Wallace .Martin; four sons. Wallace. James, Richard and Ar thur Harper all of Epworth Chil dren's Home in Columbia; two daughters, Christine and Martha Harper, both of Epworth Home: two brothers. Elmer .Martin of Simpsonville. and Sumter Martin of Gray Court: two half-brothers. James and Horace Martin, both of Gray Court; a sister, Mrs W L. Martin, Jr , of Belton Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at 2 30 p m. at the Cannon Funeral Home by Rev George Wilson and Rev George P Bush Entombment was in the "annon Memorial Mausoleum at Fountain Inn Today, Fri., Sat. March 2-3-4 qiipfr-CHARGED EXCITEMENT] MIGHTIEST SPECTACLES THE SCREEN HAS SEEN! THE DEATH DEFYING CHARIOT RACE Two Features Daily — 3:15, 7:30 Admission: Adults—.Matinee $1.00, Night $1.25 Students (\AH Day) 75c, Children (All Day) 50c WOAMRi O^eolrte Salinger Urges S. C. Editors To Print Both Sides Of News Columbia — Pierre Salinger. President Kennedy's personable press secretary, warned South Carolina's press association with holding news is one of the most dangerous things in the country, and called upon the editors to print both sides of the story. Salinger addressed the mid winter meeting of the South Caro lina Press Association here Fri- d a y night before a capacity crowd of 250 "I realize no great number of newspapers who supported Presi dent Kennedy are represented here tonight," Salinger said. How ever, he added that the "adminis tration's policy is freedom of in formation and called upon thf newspaper editors to face up tc their obligation to print both sides of the news. Hcs | One cannot take off more than The new U. S. Secretary of Ag-ihe puts in. However, with crops, riculture, Orville L. Freeman, re- we have to increase yields to a cently said that American agri-1 level that will insure returns j culture has given an abundance above the fixed costs. And it is of food and clothing at lower cost only then that we can count the j than has prevailed at any time profits. and place in history. Heavy fertilization helps get This is not only a problem but 1 yields up above that point, i also a blessing which at least 80 | per cent of the countries and peo- | pies of this world have never known but would welcome,” he said. That is the agricultural deter-1 rent But there is need for more] planning and organization at the ] | community level if confusion is to be avoided if the emergency comes. Work of the planning commit tee is coordinated with the office of Charles B Culbertson, director of the South Carolina Civil De fense Agency, and the USDA re- g i o n a 1 liaison representative, James Morgan of the Office of Civil Defense Mobilization. \ Coming Next Week Monday-Tuesday March 6-7 JAMES JACKS Marketing corn through live- Jacks Wins S. C. Award stock is not new But its value in c n j- va/ -L ’etting higher returns is still rec- ^Or breeding WOIK jgnized James Jacks, serviceman for Georgetown County Agent M the Laurens Cooperative Breeding Association, was recognzied re cently by the State Federation of Cooperative Breeding Associa tions for the outstanding work he is doing in Laurens County. Mr Jacks received an award for being the most successful technician in the breeding of cat tle among servicemen in the state. Mr. Jacks bred a total of 1,334 cows in Laurens County in 1960, showing a 15 per cent in crease over 1959. UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL JANE RUSSELL-JEFF CHANDLER DAN DURYEA Wednesday-Thursday March 8-9 cS Good Reading for the Whole Family •News • Facts • Family Features Th« Clvation Science Monitor One Norway St., Boston 15, Moss. Send your newspaper tor the time checked. Enclosed tmd my check or money or^er. 1 year $20 □ 6 months $10 □ 3 months $5 □ Name "Efff AddreM Zone" "SSe ra-M -— 1 • ■ ■ , i Rites Held Friday For Dr. L. 5. Fuller Laurent — Funeral service* were conducted here Friday after noon in the Laurens cemetery for Dr. Lawrence Stokes (Dick) Fil ler, native of Laurens, who died Friday at his home In Columbia. The Rev. Robert S. Cooper, pas tor of the First Baptist Church, officiated. Dr. Fuller was born in what Is known as the old “Octagonal” house on East Main Street, the son of the late Ada Holmes and Dr. Lawrence S. Fuller. Accord ing to tradition the odd-shaped house was designed by Dr. Ful ler’s grand-uncle, Dr. Jos. S. Holmes, Chief of the Bureau qf Mines and Mining in the Interior Department at Washington around the turn of the century and who was credited with orig- inaUng the slogan “Safety First.” Dr. Fuller attended the local schools and was graduated from (he University of South Carolina. He pursued a medical course at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti more which awarded him his M. D. degree. He also attended the University of Paris School of Medicine which also conferred upon him an M. D. degree. Remaining in Paris after his graduation there, he became as sociated with the American Hos pital of- Paris where in time he became chief of staff. When the Germans overran France in 1940 and seized the hospital Dr. Fuller came back to America for awhile. He returned to France with the rank of colonel with the Ameri can overseas forces when the United States entered World War I*. When the Germans were driven out of France he was again put in charge of the hospital by the Allied forces where he re mained until his retirement after the close of the war. For his ser vices in the war he was decorated by the French government with the Legion of Honor. Returning to America, he had since made his home in Columbia with his sister, Mrs. Josephine Fuller Wilson, widow of Earle Wilson, also a native of Laurens. Throughout his life he retained his membership in the First Bap- . — Mrs. Teague Attends • Columbia TB Meeting Mrs. M. M. Teague, Executive Secretary of the Laurens County Tuberculosis Association, is at tending the annual Training In stitute of the South Carolina Con ference of Tuberculosis Workers on March 1, 2 and 3 at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia. tist Church of Laurens where his father was a deacon and his mother for many years a volun teer church organist. Survivors include his sister, Mrs. Wilson; three nieces, Mrs. Henry Bayon and Mrs. Yates Laney, both of Columbia; and Mrs. O. B. Simmons of Miami, Fla; three nephews, Jack H. Da vis, Lawrence Davis, and Watts Davis, all of Clinton. ' Pallbearers at the funeral were the three Davis nephees and Yates Laney, Mprris Lumpkin, and Dr. Bayon, all of Columbia. 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