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(Hhe (Elutlmt (Ehromrb Vol. 62 — No. 23 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, June 8, 1961 Commencement Services End College's 80th Year A patriotic call to appreciate the privilege of being an Ameri can was issued to 112 graduating seniors by Presbyterian College’s Scottish - born commencement speaker here Sunday afternoon. Dr. Edward D. Grant, Presby terian business leader who heads the Grant Chemical Co. of Baton Rouge, La., spoke to a near-ca pacity crowd assembled in Belk calaureate sermon at the open- i n g service Sunday morning. Speaking on the subject, “More Than Conquerors,’’ he said: “When many are saying the lights of God are all being blown out, who shall be able to separate us from the love of God’ . . . There is a thirst to this thing we know as life—a great challenge God in His wisdom has placed in- •, ” iftA, \ t. y, V* * *» \. xt-; Exchange Club To Sell Bulbs, Napkins An early call is being made here on Mrs. Lewis Bagwell, Jr., by Robert W. Spencer, left, chairman of the sale com mittee, and Arthur Benjamin, club pres ident, in the annual light bulb sale to be conducted Thursday and Friday by the Clinton Exchange Club. In addition to bulbs, the club has added paper napkins to its house to house sale this year.— Photo by Dan Yarl>orough. Auditorium for the final exercises finity in our hearts." of a full days’ program D r . Marshall W. Brown, presi "Do you really know what dent of the college, pres.ded ove’- Freedom means'’ ” he asked "Do j both the morning and afternoon you know what democracy programs Robert M Vam e. means?’’ Cl.nton business leader and cha r The speaker who is a natural man of t,le bnard ol trustees, pre ized American c tizen, urged his sented degrees to the recipients audience to recognize the value General Godfrey issued reserve of their precious heritage and to commissions to twenty gradual- guard it with /.eal. ing ROTC cadets, and Dean Dr. Grant deplored the present- George C. Bellingrath presented Session Begins Monday 100 Cases on Docket for Court Term day tendency of Americans to speak cynically of this country, to berate the government and public servants while forfeiting their voting right which safe guards our freedom. And he add ed : “We dare not give the back of our hand to our basic structures of government, for they are the very foundations of our country.” Presbyterian College also A docket of 103 new cases and under false pretenses, and a for support. John Carter (alias two hold-overs from the last term gery charge, Billy Prince, house- Floyd Bartee), assault and bat is scheduled to go before the ses- breaking and grand larceny; tery; Hazel Elders, neglect of awarded three honorary degrees si*n of criminal court to begin in Colie Prince, Cecil Bagwell and children; Leroy Callenback, as part of the exercises. Laurens Monday Edward Prince, grand larceny; grand larceny; O C. Woodruff, Doctor of divinity degrees were Judge Steve C. Griffith of New- also seven additional charges in-1 violation of Sec 32-1774; Law- bestowed upon Rev. John D. Hen- berry will preside over the term, volving the Princes and Bagwell rence Medlin and Macon Smith, derson, pastor of the Riviera The new indictments will go Bobby l^wis Davis, grand lar larceny of bicycles; Terry H Me- Presbyterian Church of South Mi- before the grand jury for true C eny; Oren Woodruff, violation ! G o11 . non-support bill or no bill determination Sec. 32-1463, Evelyn F Collins, Mac B Hipp, Jr , driving un The two hold-over cases, in- driving under influence (2nd); der influence (3rd); Joe C Moon, volring Eugene Bolden for house- Willie D. Edmunds, driving un transporting illegal whiskey; breaking and grand larceny and der influence (3rd); Joseph Jones Avenelle Allen, neglect of child; receiving stolen goods, and La- and Julius O Womble, driving Charles Shelton and Willie Wes- verne Kenneth Moore for viola under influence (2nd); Frank ley, Jr . eight charges of house- tion of the liquor laws, will go Birchmore, assault and battery; breaking and grand larceny; Lar before the court Paul Ballew, grand larceny; ry W. Sexton, housebreaking; Also, Otis Ray Ross will be up iHorace N Barnwell, non-support; Barney Ray McCoy, housebreak- tor sentencing at this term He Farl Garner, non-support. Geoi ge ing, C urtis Adams, abandon- entered a guilty plea for driving F uber and Donald Bramlett, as- ment and failing to support in- ami, Fla., and the Rev. Hubert G Wardlaw, pastor of the Rock Springs Presbyterian Church of Atlanta; and a doctor of laws de gree went to Major General Ansel B Godfrey of Clinton, command er of the 51st Infantry Division, Army National Guard. All are PC alumni. Dr Wardlaw preached the bac- * I under the influence of intoxi cants at the previous term NEW CASES Margaret Ree Gary, murder, Joyce Ralph Norwood, John Wil lie Evans, James Lewis Bishop, Milton Richard Burton, Charles Warren Craine, Jr., all driving under the influence of Intoxi cants, second offense; James HarOW Blakely, third offense; ' James Smith, Joe Weisner, A. M. Hughes, Samuel Gales, Jr., Arth ur (Rooster) Harris and James O'Dell Fuller, assault. Elijah Cunningham, having in possession illegal whiskey (sec- sault and battery John Robert Stone, non-sup port; Johnnie Lee Bowers, non support; John Henry Gary, as sault and battery; Joseph R Harris, driving under influence valid wile; William Beeks and Paul Ballew, housebreaking and grand larceny, W T Long, non support W R (Bill) Martin, non-sup- port; John Cary Hudgens, as- (3rd); Fred C. Chumley, driving sault; George Putnam, dispos- under influence (2nd), James ing of property under lien, Sam- Taylor, housebreaking and grand mie Lee Nesbitt, rape; Sam larceny, Fred F Lowery, non-, (Continued on page 8) Clinton High School Team Takes State Baseball Title Jurors Named For Criminal Court Jurors named to serve during the criminal court term next week in Laurens are: Marion E. Pinson, Maddens; Albert L. Bur gess. Watts Mill; Marvin G. Gault. Jr., Clinton; Everett Duckworth, Youngs. Raymond E Tucker, Laurens CttY; Mar vin Neal, Lydia Mill; Charles G Strickland, Maddens; Marvin E Baughman, Stewart’s Store; Os car A. Crawford, Lydia Mill; and Grover T Harris, Clinton Mill. Also, Ray A. Phillips, Ora; Wil liam M. Jones, Laurens Mill; James A Culbertson, Brewerton; ’s Store; these awards: AWARDS PRESENTED General Scholarship Medal— | Miss Brenda Gay Maddox of' Spartanburg; Outstanding Senior Award — Paul Ard of Atlanta;, American Legion Award — Bill | Sease of Clinton; Gold “P"| Awards for meritorius service— Maurice Schwartz of Laurinburg. N. C., and Ard; Pi Kappa Phi Freshman Scholastic Award — Marion Boozer of Gaffney; Fred I J. Hay Bible Medal—John Gettys of Union; Fraser Bible Medal— Mrs. Linda Traynham of Lau rens; Ministerial Club Award— Jerry R. Puckett of Kannapolis, N C.; S. H. Mendenhall Award— Rebecca Earnest of Macon, Ga ; Kappa Alpha Athletic Trophy- William S. Ogden of Macon, Ga ; Herk M. Wise Scholarship—San ders J. Read, Jr., of McClellan- ville; Department of Army Supe rior Cadet Ribbon—Ard; Third Army Leadership Certificate — Ard; Robert E. Wysor, Jr., Sabre to best company commander— Tom Middleton of Jefferson; Du- gald Hudson Award for highest senior military average—Fred D. Clark of Laurens; Hudson Award for highest junior class average — Ogden; Society of Scabbard and Blade Medal—Ogden COMMISSIONS AWARDED Reserve second lieutenant com missions went to Paul Ard and Pat Malone of Atlanta; Bill — Photo Sv W lliam M *hi«l4i THE LINE FORMS AT PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT For House Seat, Bond Issue Clinton High School is the that margin to defeat North Au ond offense); Sam J. Smith, ob- class AA baseball champion gusta, 9-1 taming property under false pre , That was determined last Wed- Dicky Watts, sophomore left- 1 Ernest G ~ Cook Conk lenses; William L McClain, nesday night when the local Red hander, came in to relieve Ricky John B Peden Woodville Char wa^Eldefs^ and e cJorge a irbJ T 'k AUiiUSta Corley ,n the first inning and was lie Birchmore. Lydia MU1;'James ward Elders, and George Irby, m a best of three series credited with the win p Cathcart Lanford and Mar. disposing of property under mort- Playing at North Augusta, the Watts collected four strikeouts, 17 i n Wall rLrvl^.rlll^ gage, Homer Shirey, grand l*r-1 ciintonians won the title in a 9-1 issued four walks and gave up ceny, James E Malone and Ken- game after taking the opening two hits Corley gave up three erton Summertan; Fffed Clark of Lau rens; Harrison Clayton of Mari etta, Ga.; Tom Collins of Page- land; Pat Dorn of Anderson: Richard Faulkner of Henderson, N. C ; Walter Ferrene of Maxton, N. C.; Patrick Griffin of Eufaula, Ala.. Wayne Godfrey of Fort Mill; Herbert Hammett of Ho- gansville, Ga.; Robert Jeanes of Easley; Marion Lee of Heming way; Harry and Hexie McDon- neth Meeks, larceny of auto; Calvin Thomason, Fred C. Bag- well, Luther B Suttles, Billy Al len, Tommy Foggie. Hampton M Weaver. Willie McDowell and Horace Melton, non-support Jimmie Truitt and James Tom mie Knight, two charges of grand larceny, one of housebreaking and grand larceny, and two of attempt to enter store building; R E. Phillips, obtaining money nold of Asheville, N. C.; Douglas AlsoT Thomas“w Wood, Brew- McDougald of Person; Tommy Clinton' ' dd ' e * on and J. W Calvert. James Monroe of Latta encounter 11-0 at Clinton the pre-j walks |Mill; Harold Strickland, Brewer vious Saturday. j Melvin Bailey went four for ton; Alvin Garrett, Trinity!. ■ ■. The Clinton crew, coached by four at the plate for Clinton He Ridge; Harley Lyon, Goldvllle;; I PfllOfl RjlCpKall Bob Strock, enjoyed a successful had two doubles and two singles ">R> an i M. Leaman, Cross Hill;! UOJvUull season, losing only one game and drove in twu runs Elliott C. Edwins, Clinton; John They went into the district play offs before meeting North Au gusta The Red Devils jumped on North Augusta starting pitcher Jerry Prisetly early in the first inning for two runs and added to Bobby Thompson and Green- n ‘ e R Boyd, Cross Hill; and C Schedule Underway way hit one single each for the B Abercrombie, Laurens Mill * two lone North Augusta hits. Clinton 202 030 2—9 10 4 N. Augusta 100 000 0—1 2 4 Watts (W), and Corley, and Goss, Priestly and Thompson. Also, J. P. King, Hickorv Tav- Amencan L e 8 1 ° " baseball, ern; George Wilson Long 1 *' ea « ue 8 ' opened its season Mon Branch, Leroy Byrd, Laurens (lay ’ June 5 and wU1 end July 7 Mill; S E. Compton, Jr , Long; ll has 56611 announced. Branch. G C. Mclnvaille, Clin- Clinton won their opening game ton; Albert S. Odom, £ 0 n g | Monday night at Newberry with Branch; James O. Chitwood, i a score of 13 ~ 8 Tuesday night Laurens City; James H. Black- l b e > lost to North Augusta here well. Hickory Tavern; and Walter 10 ‘ 6 McAlister, Clinton Mill 1 Tonight the Clinton team will i meet Ware Shoals on the Clin- Two College Seniors ton Cavalier ball park at 8 p m. r'-A. LJ- L . 1 . The Clinton schedule, announc- ef nighest Award ec j by athletic officer, Joe McGee, wo Presbyterian C o 1 I e g e j is as follows: graduating seniors received the, June 5 — Newberrv at New- Gold P award, the institution's berry highest stamp ol approval, at June 6—North Augusta at Clin- the 80th commencement exercis- j ton. eS J? Unday afternoon I June 8—Ware Shoals at Clin- They were Paul Ard, of Allan- | ton ta, and Maurice Schwartz, of June 12—Greenwood at Green- County Voters Go to Polls Tuesday Laurens County voters will go the House seat, which became va ized by the county's legislators to the polls Tuesday to cast their cant upon the death of Represen- as a means to secure funds to ballots in two special elections. | tative C. J Hart They are Wil-! help get the county’s finances in A member of the South Caro-' liam C. Dobbins, Jr., former Rep- better condition by paying off lina House of Representatives will resentative; Mrs. Hart, widow of i outstanding indebtedness. be elected to fill an unexpired term, and the fate of a proposed $150,000 bond issue will be decid ed. Three candidates are seeking Representative Hart; and Wil liam H. McNinch, a candidate for the post in last year's elec tions. The bond election was author- Roper Writes of Concern About County's Finances Robert B Roper, certified pub- made, lie accountant of Laurens, this week expressed concern over the financial condition of Laurens County. 1 am opposed to the con tinuous issuing of bonds to pay for current obligations ’’ The legislators failed to pass a county appropriations bill at the In a letter to The Chronicle, Mr ( recent session of the General As- Roper said, I am disturbed sembiy, and by law the county about the trend of the finances of J will again operate on the provis- Laurens County and would like to ions of the bill currently in ef- present the facts." ! f ec ( Mr. Roper went on to call atten- Betchma* -aut Mn — t^ on 10 > a H£ Pirating deficits, ~ “nap — ia 1, . r ^ during IRe past three years which ■ *“ dissipated a 1957 general fund 1 am d >s turb « d about the trend missioners for Laurens County, surplus of $113 743 31 creat i n( t of lhe finances of Laurens Count y tieorge Phinney ’ • Iames Was8 ° n - a general fund deficit of $44,520 and would ,ike to the and G. N Foy 63. facts to the public Since the House election is a Mr Roper’s letter follows: Two separate ballots will be available in the election Tuesday- One will carry the names of the three candidates for the House post, and the other will submit the following question: “Shall the County Board of Commission ers of Laurens County be author ized and empowered to issue not exceeding One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars of general ob ligation bonds of Laurens Coun ty, whose proceeds shall be used to pay existing indebtedness of Laurens County? Yes — No — Voting will take place at all 46 precincts in the county. Polls will open at 8:00 a. m. and close at 6.00 p m. Managers of election have been appointed and an nounced in legal advertisiments appearing in this newspaper. The elections are being conduct ed by the Board of ElecUon Com- This year. Mr Roper said, the ,™ e aUdit rep ° rtS f ° r . the .‘ aSt general electia ". ‘he person re- . . . 1tnree county treasurer estimates anoth-! V ear , S d ‘ scl ° ses ^ at ** ™>st votes will be er deficit, totaling $55,000 is in . t C ° Unty ^ ( °‘*‘ rated at a elected A majority vote is not re- orosneet deficit in each of these years aslquired. The term will expire in t „ j follows: November, 1962 In addition, Roper stated, the Operating deficit, fis- C ? l i^ y ^ Uth0nZed the P ayment |cal year June 30, 1958 $82,205.61 Martin GpK ftrnnt of $60,000 as the county’s part of Operating deficit, fis- Ire a water line from Clinton to the ca | year June 30. 1959 $20,493 80 rOf Summer Study C B Metals plant, and has prom- Operating deficit, fis- S Taylor Martin of the Pres- irthe amount a ofM8‘(!o() e P ‘ ant ^ ^ ‘'T ^ 1960 555 " 564 53 byterian College faculty has re- in the amount of $48,000 j Laurens County, on July L j ceived a grant from the National These amunts, according to a|19o7. had a general fund sur-. Science Foundation for addiUon- compilation by Mr. Roper, total plus, $113,743 31, and due to the a i s t u dy in the field of mathe- $207,520 63, for which the countv above operating deficits, had a rn a tics this summer .s obligated general fund deficit of $44.520 63 PC s assoclate professor of Hethen states hat to solve the'on June 30, I960 mathematics will attend the problem the legislative delegaUon To proceed one step Foundation s Summer Institute at Georgia Tech, June 18. authorized a bond issue of $150,- further and starting 000. to be voted on in an election with the General Fund next Tuesday. deficit on June 30. Mr Roper concluded with the I960, of $ 44,520 63 statement “I did not oppose the the County Treasurer issuing of bonds to cover past estimates there will be mistakes, provided efforts were an operating deficit made to correct the situation for! (or the current fiscal the future, but since no effort was (Continued on page 8) starting on : Laurinburg, N C The Gold P is awarded annual ly to “those seniors who, in the opinion of the faculty, have per formed outstanding meritorious | shoals service in extra-curricular activ ities other than athletics." Both of the 1961 recipients made su perlative records while students at Presbyterian College | wood. June 15- North Augusta at N. Augusta June 16—Ware Shoals at Ware Management Workshop Starts Today The third annual State Cham- lations, labor law, employee rela her of Commerce Industrial Man agement Workshop, to be held on the Presbyterian College campus here, will begin at 10:30 a m to day (Thursday) and will continue through Friday, adjourning at 4:30 p, m. The two-day program is design ed to bring together men from in dustrial plants in the state, in- eluding operating supervisors and personnel managers for a practical discussion of labor re- tions and personnel relations. Macon P. Miller, of Columbia, director of industrial develop ment for the South Carolina State Chamber, will be in charge. An attendance of approximately 150 is expected The workshop is sponsored by the South Carolina State Cham ber of Commerce. • The speakers are ttop, left to right): John Nash, personnel su perintendent. DuPont Company. Camden; William S. Sadler, Jr , Sadler and Associates, Chicago, 111.; David Nelthrop, secretary, committee on State Sovereignty, Washington, D C.; Dr. George Easton, Charlotte, N. C. Bottom row: Wm Gutwein, President, Wm Gutwein, Inc , Louisville, Ky ; J. W Greene, di rector of placement, Deering- Milliken Service Corp , Spartan burg; Dr. Emel Fails, consult ant; Fails and Shepherd, Raleigh, N. C. Miss Shelton Joins Joanna Church Staff Miss Genie Shelton, of Mem phis, Tenn , has been added to the staff of the Joanna First Bap tist Church as director of activi ties. The announcement was made | by the Rev James B Mitchell, pastor. Miss Shelton has a BS degree from Memphis State University in music education She received her masters of religious education from Southwestern Baptist Theo logical Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, in May of 1961 Miss Shelton has served five years in church-related vocations prior to coming to the Joanna church. She will make her home with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thomas on the Whitmire highway June 20—Greenwood, there June 22—Newberry at Clinton. June 23—North Augusta, there. June 26—Ware Shoals, there June 29--Greenwood at Clin ton June 30—Newberry, there July 3—North Augusta at Clin ton July 4—Ware Shoals at Clin- j ton. July 7—Greenwood at Clinton \ Greenwood Pastor Is Kiwonis Speaker Dr. Robert L. Alexander, pas tor of the Greenwood First Pres byterian Church, will speak to the Clinton Kiwanis Club at its first June meeting this Thursday night. He will talk on the relationship of the church to its community at the 7:00 p m. meeting in the Hotel Mary Musgrove. Dr John McSween, a member of the Kiwanis program commit tee, will introduce the speaker. President R Edward Ferguson will preside Sheriff And Deputies Take Still Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson and his deputies raided this still on the night of May 31. Located between Cold Point and Mount- ville, the liquor making outfit was about 300 yards east of High way 39. Taken in the raid was a 1950 Oldsmobile loaded with 112 gallons of whiskey and another 100 gallons on the premises. The still was in operation at the time. The plant was a 30-barrel outfit and was well-equipped for easy operation and maximum output. It was set up with an 850-gallon boiler fired with an electric blower and used fuel oil. The cooker was of 350-gallon capacity with twin doublers and condenser. Electric suck punlps were used to keep the mash flowing. Water was brought from a small stream through a 300-ft. plastic hose by use of electric pump and pressure tank. Electricity was obtained from an empty house near the still. In the photo, front row: Deputy Ted Ward, Sheriff Johnson and Deputy Wilbur Traynham. Back row: Deputies Jimmie Stevens, Sam Reid and Bill Dagnall. Participating in the raid, but not in the picture were Deputies Wallace Abercrombie, Joe Jones. C. D. Benjamin and L. R. Keeble.—Photo by Keeble. This marks the second strai^it year that Martin has received a grant to attend a Summer Insti tute of Mathematics of the Na tional Science Foundation. He studied at Stanford University for six weeks last summer Baptist Young People Will Meet Tonight The Laurens Baptist Associa- tional young people's meeting will be held tonight (Thursday) at the Lanford Baptist Church at Lanford Station at 7:30. New officers will be installed. Officers elected at last month’s meeting are: President, Leonard Chumley; Vice-President, Ellis Winse: Secretary, Judy Ellis; Song Leader, Lee Martin; and Pi anist, Brenda Fallow. Miss Nel lie Osborne is the youth leader The menu will be home-made ice cream and cake Each church is asked to bring enough lunch for its group. Meeting Of Officers Of Community Concert There will be a meeting of the executive officers and board of directors of the Clinton Commu nity Concert Association on Thursday, June 15 at 8 p m. in the ballroom of Hotel Mary Mus grove Officers state this is an impor tant meeting and all board mem bers and executive officers are asked to attend. TEACHER FROM JOANNA TO STUDY IN GEORGIA Joanna—Hazel Wehunt of Jo anna, a teacher at Florence High School, will study three months this summer in the language de partment of Georgia State Teach ers College at Milledgeville. Miss Wehunt, a 1960 magna cum laude graduate of Newberry College, will receive $300 per month from the fellowship