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• i 5 •' n -" r 1 Vol. 63 — No. 11 Clinton, S. C.- Thursday, March IS, 1962 . m- ?W- m : W ;! PI S pwp . 'L—■. Camp Fire Candy Sale Gets Underway Peggy Grady, Camp Fire Girl, is shown taking an order for the candy sale now underway from Mrs. J. J. Cornwall, wife of Clinton’s mayor. Peggy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Grady of Lydia, sold the most boxes of candy in the organiza tion’s annual sale last year for the Lewa district.—Photo by Dan Yarborough. Provides for Hefty Tox Increose Comity Supply Bill Is Introduced A 12-mill tax increase is in store tor property owners of Lau rens County who live in School District 96 (Clinton area) and a 13-milt increase faces those who live in District 59 (Laurens area) and the Ortas Hill section, ac cording to tfee county appropria tions bill igteoduced Thursday In the General Assembly. The bill had its second reading in the House Friday and was scheduled for third reading and passage through the House Tues day. In the Senate it was slated to get readings on three consecutive days, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Actually, only eight mills were added in the appropriations bill, five for general county purposes and increase from one to four tor charity patient care in hospitals. The other five were added in a special bill to pay off a $290,000 loan at $90,000 a year over a pe- rio dof five years. Voters may possibly approve an additional five mills to in crease the county supplement to salaries of teachers. A bill was in troduced last week by Senator King Dtxon for a referendum for tha tpurpose in the June primar ies. The difference of one mill in crease is accounted for by a scheduled reduction from seven mills to six for hospital bonds in the Clinton area. The hike in the Clinton area would be from a present levy of 96 mills to 6B, in the Laurens area Some small increases in appro priations were noted tor various departmentns. The largest in crease was for court costs, from $18,900 to $29,900. The Supervisor’s office is giv en $90,000 for maintenance of roads and bridges and supplies, and $50,000 for equipment and supplies for patching and improv ing blacktop roads. These amounts were the same in the current supply bill. Representative W. C. Dobbins, in an interview early this week said each section of the bill was adopted by unanimous vote of members of both houses before In troduction. Then the bill in its en tirety was agreed upon, with in troduction and passage by House and Senate as introduced fithout any dissent or controversy by members of either house. Dobbins stated it was further agreed that if any amendments were offered , to the bill in either house, that members would sit down together and agree on these amendments before they were of fered. If agreement could not be reached on any proposed amend ments, then they would not be offered and the passage of the bill jaot be delayed Atlanta Symphony Records Available At College Library Community Concert Associa tion members are informed by the Presbyterian College library that three of the four selections to be presented by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra In their concert here on March 20th are available on recordings which are in the library record collection. Miss Marian Burts has placed the records on reserve in the mu sic room, and will welcome any one who would like to familiarize themselves with the music to come in and listen between now and Tuedsay night. The program announced by the orchestra will be as follows: Franck—Symphony In D min or. Beethoven—Overture: Leonore III Tschaikowsky—Caprlcclo Ital- ienm. Braber—First Essay for Or- cheslra (not available). Eleven Candidates File For Seven County Offices Eleven candidates had paid their fees and qualified as candi dates for various county offices from 51 to 64; and in the Cross in the June Democratic prima ries up to Wednesday at noon. Two candidates have filed for the House of Representatives, In cumbent Hubert Graydon and Da vid Taylor. Filing for the office of Super visor are Furman Thomason, in- Hill area from 51 to 64. Total expenditures listed in the biU are $961,448.94, some $11,000 less than expected revenues of $562,436.27 Members of the delegation stat ed they took a more realistic ap proach this year in listing expect ed revenues, using the amounts that have actually been received. Some of the figures took a decid ed drop, including alcoholic liq uor tax from roughly $97,000 to $37,000, beer and wine tax from $10,000 to $9,000, bond premiums from $5,000 to $2,400, county’s part of income tax fro m$Q7,000 to $88,000, delinquent tax pay ments and fees from $28,000 to Members of the board are Mrs. $12,900, etc. ; Gladys Cook. A. L. Mahaffey, and Expenditures called tor in the’ F. A. Smith, bill are some $27,000 more than: The schedule as follows: Registration Board Announces Schedule * The county registration board has anounced a schedule of ses sions from March 27 through Ap ril IS for voters to register. last year, but the loss in antici pated revenue items required the imposition of 14 mills tor county operations, whic his estimated to bring la $178,000. Library To Close For Conceit Series The Presbyterian College and City Libraries will close Tuesday evening, March 20, at 8 o’clock for the Atlanta Symphony con cert. ATTEND MEETING Col. A. J .Thackston, Jr., and Mri. E: Martto of Preshy-j terian College, were among those attending a meeting of deans of students and members oi their staffs from South Carolina col leges and universities. The annual meeting was held last week at Erskine College. March 27 — Abercrumbie-Ow- ings Store, Gray Court. March 28 — Leaman’s Store, Cross Hill. March 90 — First Aid Station Clinic, Lydia Mill. April 2-9-4—Registration office, County Court House, Laurens. April 10—Baldwin Motor ,Co., Clinton. April 11—Community Building, Joanna. April 12—Community Building, Clinton Mill. April 12—Community Building, Wattsville. Deritocratic Club Reorganization Meet There will be a reorganization meeting of the Clinton Democratic Club at Hampton Avenue School Tuesday evening, March 27, at 7:90. Police Court Fines Total $1,924 for Month of Feb. Six drunk drivers contributed $921 to the city treasury during February to lead the list of those fined upon appearance in city court sessions tor the month. Fines totaled $1,984, and 330 days were given on the public works. Recorder Henry M. Young presides over the local court. Eight persons were fined $196 for operating auto without driv er’s license. Twenty-four were taken in tor runkeneness, one was and tits others paid $198 or given 210 dags. charged with violat ing the liquor law, and they paid $292. Other charges and fines were: Fighting, 2, $12 and 90 days; carrying concealed weapons, 1, $92; disorderly conduct, 12, 3 sus pended, $170 and 90 days; speed ing and reckless driving. $. $M3; damaging public or private prop erty. 2, $104; violating the prosti tute law, 1, $100; petty larceny. 4, $173; other offneses, 1, $12. Eleven persons were taken in for investigation or on suspicion. Fifty persons paid $29 for vio lating parking laws. The police department mads 81 arrests during the month. cumbent. and Bennie B. Blakely, former holder of the office. The County Commissioner post has drawn three candidates so far, Paul S. O’Dell and George Penland, who are seeking re-elec tion, and J. Paul Brown. Filing for other offices are those presently serving: Supt. of Education, J. Leroy Burns. Probate Judge, J. Hewlett* Wasson. Treasurer, Alien D. Coleman. Auditor, Miss Jennie V. Cul bertson. At least one candidate hi qualified for all the offices that are up for election this year. It will be recalled that offices of Magistrate were made four year tenures by the legislature last year. Previously, they had been named every two years. The last nomination for Magistrates was in 1960 and new nominations will be made in 1984. Other county offices, including State Senator, Sheriff, and Cleric of Court, were filled in 1980 for four-year terms. Thieves Damage Doors and Desks Al Clinton High A thief or thieves broke into the Clinton High School building some time last' Wedhssday nig and caused considerable damage in the process. Small amounts of cash we taken from S locked boxes and from two soft drink machines. Several pieces of sports equip ment were also taken. Entry was made by smashing a rest room window, and once in side the party or parties proceed ed to break five glass doors and several other doors, and desks wen splintered by a heavy in strument used to pry them open, it was stated by Sheriff R. Eu gene Johnson, whose office in vestigated. Similar break-ins also occur red at two schools in Laurens and one in Newberry the same night, it was stated. Two crow bars and a sledge hammer wen left at the Newberry High School, when $900 was taken from the safe. Cash was taken and school equipment was damaged in each Cross Hill Man Shot At Truck Stop Near Greenwood Sa’ur J ay Greenwood—A Cross Hill man. Ralph Aust f n Wilkie. 2i. was shot to death early Saturday at a truck stop on Highway 25 near Greenwood. William C. Coker, an employee of the Pine and Grove Inn and Truck Stop, < where the shooting occurred, was held on an open charge in connection wth the slaying. Deputy Sheriff S. M. Cooper. Jr., said Wilkie was shot once in the upper chest with a .98 caliber revolver. He was dead on arrival at Self Memorial hospital. Mr. Wilkie, an electrician, was a native of Laurens County, son of William C. Wilkie and Mrs. Lu cille Cole Wilkie of Cross Hill. Besides his parents he is sur vived by his wife. Mrs. Linda Joyce Bowman Wilkie of the home; one son, Ralph Stevens Wilkie of the home; six sisters. Mrs. J. H. Lewis. Mrs. J. H. Hanks and Miss Patsy Wilkie of CUnton; Mrs. R E. Weisner of Laurens; and Misses Cynthia and Frances Wilkie of the home; and three brothers, Henry M and Charles Wilkie of Cross Hill; and J. C .Wilkie of Laurens. Funeral services were held at 5:00 p. m., Sunday, from the First Baptist Church in Cross Hill with the Rev. W. M. Ussery and the Rev. Roy Coker officiating. Interment was in the Baptist Church cemetery. Bi-Counly FHA In Spring Neel The Laurens - Greenwood Bi- County meeting of the Future Homemakers of America was held March 8 at the Ware Shoals High School. The Ware Shoals and Ninety Six chapters were co- hostesses. The devotion was given by the Ford chapter, the welcome by the Ware Shoals chapter, and the re sponse by the Clinton chapter. Bi-County President Jane Wal lace of Ford High, presided over the business session. The roll call and registration was given by Secretary Linda Wilkie of Gray Court-Owings. The committee re ports followed: treasurer’s report by Audrey Martin. Ware Shoals; scrapbook and projects report by Nellie Price of Ninety Six. Stump speeches were given by the girle seeking the district or state candidacy. The candidates elected to run tor district presi dent or parliamentarian and state secretory are: District— Susan McElvee, Ware Shoals, and Marjorie Arnold, Clinton; State— Willa Williams, Thornwell, and Sandra Welsh, Laurens. The dress review, entitled “The Garden of the Gods,” was direct ed by Miss Bobby McGee of the Ware Shoals chapter. Coroner Pressley Loses Country Store Fire completely destroyed a grocery store In the Ekom com munity about IS miles southeast of Laurens Saturday afternoon. The store was owned and op erated by Laurens County Coro ner arMshaU Pressley. Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson said the fire occurred about 2:00 p. m. He said that Mr. Pressley said the blase started in a room at the rear of the structure where seed and other merchandise were stored. The Laurens fire department went to the scene but, according to Assistant Fire Chief T. L. Watkins, the blaze was beyond control when firemen arived. Mr. Watkins said that the Pressley home, some,, 500 feet from th<' 'tore, was undamaged i 1 Coaches and Trophy Winners at Clinton High School Pictured are the football coaches and winners of tro phies recently presented at a chapel service at Clinton High School. Left tp right: Coach James Cox, Effie Lewis, Roger Whitmire, Melvin Bailey. K nard Little ton, Bobby Haskins. Billy Pitta. Coach Claude Howe and Coach Herman Jackson. Football Trophies Awarded Players al Clinton High School Trophies were recently present ed to outstanding football players at CUnton High School for the 1961 season. Team members voted on the winners of the trophies, which are presented annually. Bobby Haskins received the Most Valuable Junior Varsity player award which was given by the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association, and was presented to him by Coach James Cox. Coach Jackson then present ed Roger Whitmire with the Best Blocker award, given by John son’s Men’s Shop. W. R. Ander son presented to Billy Pitts the Best Sportsmanship award. This trophy was donated by the Ameri can Legion. Melvin Bailey re ceived the Best Defensive trophy, presentd to him by Major Van Oxner. The Most Important player award, instituted this year, was presented to Effie Lewis and giv en by the Athletic Department. R. H. McGee and Joe McGee made possible the Most Valuable player award which was present ed to Kinard Littleton by R. P. WUder. Also at this time the lettering senior football players received their footballs. Lida Barron and Elaine Boyce, senior cheerlead ers .also received footballs. Clinton and Lydia Mills Employees To Receive Awards One hundred and thlrty-alx em ployees of the Clinton-Lydia Cot ton MlUs will be honored at the annual service award! presenta tion banquet Friday evening, March 16. The banquet will be held at 7 o'clock at the ThornweU dining hall, with each honored employee bringing a guest. Gold service award pins wlU be presented to those with 10.19 or 20 years continuous service. There are 72 from the Clinton plant and 64 from Lydia eligible for the awards. ^ Presentation wiU be made by Robert M Vance, president of the Mills. J. B. Templeton, vice-presi dent in charge of manufacturing, will be toastmaster. Invocation wiU be by Frank Goas and dis missal by Clarence Brookshire. Robert L. Jones and hie Barber Shop Quartet from Laurens, will furnish entertainment. ADVERTISING MEET Mr. and Mrs. G. Pringle Cope land were in Charleston several days last week where the former attended a meeting of the Out door Advertising Association. $300,000 Compoign fpf Dormitory $115,000 Reported in College Drive Annual Comp Fira Candy Solo To Be Held March 19-24 The Camp Fire Girls of Clinton will begin the annual candy sale by pre-orders on March 19. Or ders will be token through March 24 Deliveries wiU be made April 4-11 in time for Easter or Moth er's Day giving. This is the single council spon sored fund raising project and proceeds will be used to finance the summer camp and other ac tivities of the Blue Birds, Camp Fire Girle, and Horizon Club Girls In the Clinton ana. Mrs. Rufus Sadler Is chairman of the committee In charge of sales, with Mrs. Keith McGee and Mrs. Al Lancaster assisting. For several years the girls have sold the famous make of choco lates to help raise funds tor their activities. They also receive support from the Community Chest. New Deacon* For Presbyterian Church At a congregational meeting of the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday seven new deacons wen selected. They were Abit Alexander, Thomas Baldwin, Roy Benjamin, Jr., John Harmon, Rufus E. Sad ie,r John W. Stevenson, and H. M- Young, Jr. __ The time of their ordination and installation will be set within the next few weeks. A first report of $115,000 rais ed toward the Presbyterian Col lege financial campaign was turned in by the special gifts committee of the Clinton area organisation Tuesday night. This figure, subscribed by less than 90 major donors, sent the local drive off to an optimistic start in its aim to produce $900,- 000 for PC in Clinton by the end of March. And Clinton It stag ing the kickoff effort of a state wide program to add $1,800,000 to Presbyterian College resources during the next three months. Special gifts co-chairman George Cornelaen and K. Edward Ferguson. Jr,, submitted their report at a training session for general solicitation workers. The advanced committee, at work tor less than a weak, had raised its impressive total after contact ing lees than one-third of the top prospects. The committee Will continue on a special gifts level as general solicitations begin early next week among all CUn ton resident*. Another report tor an Invit ed group of local people will be held this Friday evening In Belk Auditorium Dr, John Me- Sween of CUnton, popular retir ed minister and former president of PC, will speak on this ocas- Ion. The program also will in clude several musical selections by the Presbyterian College robed choir, under the direction of Dr. Edouard Patte. As Presbyterians of South Carolina watch with interest this local campaign preliminary to the Mg synod drive now in the organisation stage, CUnton resi dents Intensify their efforts to provide Presbyterian College with Its first women’s dormi tory Co-chairman Robert M. Vance and Tom Addison and their executive committee already have stocked out the name Clin ton Hall for this proposed facili ty. On a state level, the South Carolina Syn«d organization took a major step forward last day when 88 Presbyterian representing all eight ies assembled in Columbia for m executive planning session They received information about the program and completed plane for a series of presbytery rallies between March 27 and April 13. Arao Wofktn School At Brood St. CWurcti j A Christian Wt 'for the flUnian Churches la being held fids at Broad Strset List-Glenn Concert On Monday Is Well Received By Carol J. Hay The Eugene List-Carroil Glenn concert Monday night brought to music lovers of the CUnton area an experience which is not often available away from the major cities. It was that rare and for tunate combination of perform ers of unquestionable superiority, the finest instruments (he plays a Steinway, she a Guarneri del Gesu), an excellent auditorium, and a highly receptive audience. From the very first notes of the opening Beethoven sonata, It was evident that tonal beauty was as much a part of the Ust-Glenn success story of the art had at tained an equally high level. The Beethoven sonata sounded like Beethoven, the Chopin selections were played as Chopin should be Stole and local law agsnclee began investiga tions the next day. Mrs. James E. Wolfe, president of the Clinton Community Concert Association, greets Carroll Glenn and Eugene List, husband and wife violin and after their concert here in rium Monday night.—Yarborough Photo. played, the Debussy was exquisi tely Debussy. The two performers shared three major selections; the Bee thoven Sonata No. 5 (Spring), Introduction and Rondo Capric- cioso by Camille Saint-Saens, and an obscure work of Franz Uszt. discovered by Eugene List in the Uszt museum In Weimar and first performed in 1960, So nata for Violin and Plano. This proved to be an interesting selec tion from the Historical stand point as well as from the musi cal. Two sections of piano music were included in the program. One was a group of Chopin com positions, including two of the more familiar preludes, tht medi tative E minor and the impas sioned D minor, which was ren dered with power and depth of feeling. In a lighter vein, the other group of piano selections Included a Ravel Toccata from m suite.'‘ < Le Yombeau de €6* perin;” Debussy’s "Evening In Granada,” the humorous piece by Louis M. Gottschallr. The Banjo,” and Percy Grainger's lilting “Country Gardens,” which proved irresisteble to at least one young whistler In the audi ence! As encores. Eugene List play ed the popular Waltz in C sharp minor, by Chopin, and Carroll Glenn offered the Bach Prelude In E major for unaccompanied violin. This latter selection was one of the most enjoyable of the evening for lovers of the violin, and apparently they were legfen. judging from the applause which followed its performance T:1 afternoon and each evening, day through tonight, from until 9:99. Circles of the an a Society of Christian vice of the hoot church are ing refreshments to tending at the evening. The four are: The Work of the Church, by T. E. burg; How To Tench hi Church School, by Rev. Cannon. E Primary Children, by Mrs. ily H. Patton, Spartanburg; and Youth and Worship, by Rev. L. O. Pox worth, Spartanburg. Shields to Lead fhotography Counts \n Now Hamphirt Bill and Aim BrnsMs of Ham M. Shield will instruct a count In photography and techniques at th New Hampshire, beginning March IS. The five-day by the Proleselous in conjun sional Photographers of Amsrtea, I PC«f Will IBCllKH? demonstrations la lighting of woman, family children and promotions, advertising and 1 ness methods relative to the of the WU- On the return trip the will appear at the convention of the Professional Pbotographsrs Association of New Jersey. They expect to return to the city Ministerial Group Tours Lydia MW Members of the CHntoo-Jonana ares Ministerial Asoclatioa were gueets of President Robert M. Vance and Lydia Cotton Mill for a tour of the plant yesterday morning. Tht guided tour was ted by Ly dia superintendent D. H. The Ministerial headed by Rev, All Saints has 34 Copt. Patte Recants' MS Degrae l« Pliysics Captain Chris Patte, U. S. Army, has