The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 14, 1963, Image 1
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A Clinton Landmark, the CN&L Railroad Station, In the Process of Being Torn Down
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The end of an era has arrived in Clinton with the de
molishing of the Columrba, Newberry & Laurens Rail
road passenger station in the middle of town. A wreck
ing crew is at work this week and nothing will be left
of the building in a few days. The station was erected
in 1908 and has been a landmark for more than half a
century.
The station was built and owned by the CN&L. The
structure was faced with an exceptionally high quailty,
smooth red brick which, railroad men say, came from
the State of Washington, Wilson, Sompayrac & Urqu-
hart, architectural firm of Columbia, designed the
building.
The station has also been used throughout the years
by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad as their passenger
station. The road recently renovated their freight sta
tion and provided facilities for their patrons who use
the six passenger trains now operating daily over the
Seaboard. The CN&L no longer operates any passenger
service. It is controlled by the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad.
The old photo at the right shows the station and yard
as it was about 1910. The train at left is an Atlantic
Coast Line passenger service from Charleston to Green
ville and used the CN&L tracks from Columbia to Lau
rens. The train at right is the Seaboard from Wash
ington to Birmingham.
In those days Clinton was served by 10 or 12 pas
senger trains, four on the CN&L and six or eight on
the Seaboard. Four trans would meet here each after
noon about two o’clock (one each way on each road),
providing exceptional service for the small community.
On Sunday afternoons at that time about half the pop
ulation of the town would gather at the station to see
the trains come in.
$125,000 for Lfbrory
Commissioners To Set Up
Sole of County Bond Issue
Arrangements are expected to
be made within the next few days
for the sale of $125,000 of general
obligation bonds of Laurens
County for expanding and in
creasing the facilities of the
county library in Laurens.
Plans provide for practically
doubling the size of the present
% building.
The Board of County Commis
sioners, with the advice of the
County Attorney, will meet to.
determine the date for sale of
the bonds, number of bonds to
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Jurors Announced
For Criminal Term
Petit jurors have been drawn
for the one-week term of General
Sessions (Criminal) Court that
will convene in Laurens Monday.
The jurors are:
Frank Snow, Leon Williams
and Carl R. Moore of Laurens
Mill; William G. Smith, J. W.
Hamilton, Edward Wilson and
Waverly O. Barnes, of Laurens;
Guy G. Smith and Hugh C. Ray,
of Clinton; William Marion Crow
der, Robert L. Boyce, Clyde Holt
* and James D. Ellison, of Joanna.
Also, Floyd Phipps, Robert
Dunaway, Jr. and- Wallace W.
Bagwell, of Lydia Mill; W. A.
Green, Edward C. Shealy, Has
kell Hardy and Frank McDaniel,
of Watts Mill; Ray Armstrong,
Grady W. Rice and Herman
King, of Jones Store; Joe R. Nel
son and Robert R. Bell, of Long
Branch.
Also, Roger W. Gabbert of
Mountville, M. W. Oxner, Jr. of
Hopewell, A. W. Strickland of
Brewerton, James G. Golden of
Waterloo, J. R. Gambrell of Tip
Top, Paul J. Smith of Clinton
Mill, Dewey L. Prince of Trinity
Ridge, Hubert L. Simmons of
Brewerton, Harold F. Jones of
WoodviUe, Roy E. Schofield of
1 Gray Court, Lewis Shaver of
Shady Grove.
A hold-over juror is Henry A.
Caughman of Clinton Mill.
County Airport
Group Requests
155 Acres of Land
A. Y. Bryson, of Laurens,
diairman of the Laurens Coun
ty Airport Commission, appear
ed before a meeting of the Coun
ty Commissioners bn February 5
and requested that approximate-
,ly 155 acres of land of the County
Home tract be made available to
the Commission for airport pur
poses. • ’
No action was taken on th«
request, which was received as
information. ,
Other members of the Airport
Commission are David Roper and
Fred Irwin of Laurens, and Bob
Anderson and Thurston Giles of
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mature each year, and other con
ditions of sale.
It is expected that the bonds
will mature over a period of 20
years, the first to mature in three
years, with a varying number
maturing each year thereafter. A
one mill tax levy will probably
be set to finance the payment of
interest and redemption of the
bonds as they mature.
A bill authorizing the issuance
of tfc bonds was introduced in
the Senate of the S. C. Legisla
ture by Senator King Dixon, being
read the first time on Jan. 9. It
passed in the House with the
consent of Representatives Mar
shall Abercrombie and David S.
Taylor on Jan. 22. The measure
was signed by the Governor on
Jan. 24.
The bill was passed following
a referendum held on Nov. 6 in
which electors of the county ap
proved the issuance of the bonds
by majority vote.
The session setting up the sale
of the bonds will be attended by
Supervisor Furman E. Thoma
son, Commissioners Paul S.
O’Dell and George M. Penland,
and County Attorney Ralph T.
Wilson.
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Last Rites Held
Wednesday For
Mrs. W. A. Dicus, 73
Funeral services for Mrs. Mat-
tie Browning Dicus, 73, widow of
W. A. Dicus, who died Monday,
were conducted Wednesday after
noon at Gray Funeral Home by
Rev. J. H. Dan*. Burial was in
Rosemont cemetery. ^
She was a native of Greenville
County, but had lived most of her
life in Laurens County. She was
a daughter of the late George A.
end Medora Blalock Browning.
She was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Clinton.
Surviving are two sons. Major
William A. Dicus of Stilwater,
Okla., and J. Browning Dicus of
Clinton; two daughters, Mrs.
Thomas J. Ferriter of Burling
ton, Vt., and Miss Kathryn Dicus
of Clinton; two nieces, whom she
reared, Mrs. T. C. Anderson, Jr.,
of Greenwood, and Mrs. Joe H.
Piper of Greenville; a nephew,
whom she reared, Lt. Col.
George Alfred Browning of Eng*
land; and five grandchildren.
Pallbearers were John L. Mim-
naugh, Rufus Sadler, David.Bo-
land, Jack Holand, Robert P.
Hamer, Watts Davis, Harry
Baldwin and Davis Pitt*.
Episcopol Youtlt
To Sponsor Supper
’ The young people of All Saint’s
Episcopal Church are sponsor
ing a Pancake Supper on Shrove
Tuesday, February 26.
Proceeds from the event will
be used as a Foreign Mission
Gift. Tickets are now on sale by
members. - -
r " Receives
Large Duke Grant
Appropriations of $1,374,165.33
to assist North Carolina and
South Carolina hospitals and
child care institutions in charity
work were anounced today by
trustees of the Duke'Endowment.
The funds, based on charity
care in the fiscal year which end
ed September 30, 1962, are being
distributed to 98 hospitals and 27
child care institutions in North
Carolina, and 42 hospitals and 16
child care institutions in South
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Thornwell Orphanage is among
the institutions which received
appropriations. Its grant is $39,-
201. 87, one of the largest in the
state. ^
Dr. M. A. Macdonald, presi
dent of the orphanage, indicated
this week that this grant is the
largest amount the local institu
tion has ever received.
This money can be used for the
operation of the normal routine
activities of the institution, or
whatever use the orphanage de
cides. ; ’ /
“The Duke Foundation is of
tremendous value and has been
through the years in making pos
sible the attainment of goals of
achievement otherwise i m p o s-
ible,” Dr. Macdonald stated.
This year’s appropriations, ac
cording to Thomas L. Perkins,
chairman of the endowment,
bring to $35,012,318 the amount
given in 38 consecutive years to
aid in financing charity services
of Carolina hospitals and child
care institutions.
Red Cross Asks
Help For Family
Mrs. Irby Hipp, local Red
Cross representative, has issued
a call for help for a family of
ten whose home and possesssions
were recently lost in a fire.
The mother wears a size 14, the
father size 31 waist, size 15 shirt.
The children in the family in
clude two girls, ages 2 and 12.
Boys’ ages Include 3, 5, 7, 8, 12
and seven months. ' s
Mrs. Hipp has asked that any
one wishing to contribute clothing
or articles for the kitchen for this
family, please contact her at 833-
2979.
Subscription Rates
For The Chronicle
To Advance March 1 -
Effective March I, subscrip
tion rates for The Chronicle
will advance $1.99 per year.
In Laurens County, the $S.99
rate now in effect will be raised
to $4.69, while the $«.M out of
county rate will he moved np
to $5.99.
ecent postage rate in-
together with advira-
ctng costs in other phases of
publishing n newspaper, makes
the increase in
rates imperative.
Hospital Asks
Less Visiting
Due To Flu
With cass of flu widespread
this week, Bailey Memorial Hos
pital Administrator Fred Craw
ford today asked that hospital
visiting be kept at a minimum.
This request is made, he stat
ed, to avoid bringing Qu into the
hospital and the patients there.
New Cub Den Is
Organized For 174
Cub Scout Pack No. 174 has
organized a new den, No. 3. The
Pack' is under the leadership of
Alvin Donnan.
Mrs. O. L. Stevens i* Den
mother, assisted by Mrs. Frank
Dailey.
Members include Rustly L.
Stevens, William P. Spoon, Tony
Sparkman, Michael Cunning
ham, Wayne Walters, Ricky
Blackwell, Lynn Dailey, and
Douglas Lawson.
Teen Age Division
Announces Results
The Teen Division of the March
fo Dimes announced their grand
total this week: $2,217.78.
Co-chairmen Sister Blalock
and Janet Hamer, beaming with
success, were also highly appre
ciative: “We just want to thank
everyone who helped us in any
way. Everybody was wonderful!
All tenagers should be extremely
proud of their huge success.”
The funds came from various
events, including a doughnut
sale, student-faculty basketball
game, a dance. Junior High and
Senior High homeroom competi
tion, a rar wash and a cake sale
at basketball games.
Teens were also in charge of
distributing posters and other
material for the annual drive. 1
Chamber Members
Receive Ballots For
Director Election
Ballots for the election of five
new directors for the Clinton
Chamber of Commerce were
mailed to-the membership last
week.
Listed on the ballot were the
ten nominees selected by the
Nominating Committee, as fol
lows: Lewis H. Bagwell, Jr.,
George B. Brockenbrough, T.
Heath Copeland, J. Robert Cox,
Don G. Creighton, Charles H.
Hughes, Daniel E. Orr, W. R.
Pitts, Jr.,, James Von Hollen,
and N. Carl Wessinger.
Beginning April 1 the five
new directors will serve for a
three-yejp- term.
The liVe retiring directors
are: George H. Comelson, W.
P. Jacobs, John L. Mimnaugh,
W. C. Neely and C. IJ. Leonard-
Holdover directors are: Fran
cis Blalock, A. B. Godfrey,
Robert E. Johnson, R. H. Mc
Gee, and L. Ray Pitts, serv
ing until 1964. J. A. Addison,
L. D. Lott, M. D. Milam, Jr.,
Ed Perry, and D. B. Smith will
serve until 1965.
A. B. Godfrey is president.
T. M. Youngblood is first vice-
president, and A. A. Ramage,
Jr, is treasurer.
Serving on the Nominating
Committee to\ select the ten
names to be placed on the bal
lot were: W. C. Neely, M. D.
Milam, Jr., Ed Perry, I. Mac
Adair, and J. C. Thomas.
President Godfrey asks that
members return ballots before
Friday, February 15, at 5:00 p.
m.
96 Cases On Docket
Court To Begin Monday
The February term of General
Sessions (Criminal) Court is
scheduled to get under way Mon
day morning in the court house
in Laurens.
The one week session has a
tentative docket of 96 cases sche
duled, 20 of them being continued
from last term.
The court probably will begin
its session Monday morning with
the reception of guilty pleas from
among the holdover cases while
the grand jury returns true bills
or no bills on the 76 new cases.
Judge Frank Eppes of Green
ville will preside over the term.
Following are the cases on the
docket as set up early this week;
Tax Returns Due;
Should Be Filed ^
Before March 1
Laurens County taxpayers
have been urged to make their
county property tax returns be
fore March 1 at the office, of
Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, Lau
rens County Auditor, in the
court house.
Miss Culbertson pointed out
that it is absolutely necessary
that returns be made on real
and personal property, trans
fers and new buildings. This in
cludes those who own automo
biles and are subject to the poll
tax.
All male citizens between the
ages of 21 and 60 are subject to
the poll tax.
The only personal property
exempt from taxes is the house
hold furiniture used in one’s
own home. Miss Culbertson stat
ed.
At Blue Bird Father-Daughter Banquet
Kadolra District Blue Bi^ds played
hostesses to their fathers at the
Father - Daughter Sweetheart Banquet
held last Thursday evening in the Pres
byterian College Dining Hall Enjoying
the box supper, left to right, are Nancy,
and Rufus Sadler, Jim and Jean Wolfe
and Patty Sherrill who was escorted by
Marvin Gault to the February 7 event.—
Photo by Yarborough.
CONTINUED CASES
Johnny Elbert Workman, as
sault, two cases; Calvin Rochell
Pennington, drunk driving, sec
ond offense; Loran D. Wichser,
breach of trust; J. Harvey Mal-
pass, assault; Jesse B. Lydie,
non-support; J. L. Sanders, grand
larceny; George Arrowood, as
sault; Walter Williams, assault;
Alice Worthy, selling stamped
liquor without license, two cases;
William T. Martin, violation li
quor law; Richard Barnes, drunk
driving, second offense; James
Taylor, grand larceny; Alice G.
Barbery, housebreaking and
grand larceny; James C. Moore,
violation bad check law; Oscar
Lee Coleman, drank driving, sec
ond offense; Billy Jerald Prince,
engaging in motor vehicle race;
Johnnie Franks, indecent ex
posure; James Poore, obtaining
goods by false pretense.
NEW CASES
Charles H. Knight, three cases
of forgery and abandonment and
non-support; James Franklin
Roberts, three cases of forgery;
Willie Lee Satterwhite, forgery;
Clyde Mason, two cases of forg
ery; L. B. Williams, forgery;
Billy Buchanan and Manor
Cathy, two cases of forgery;
Billy Buchanan and Archie Wil
lis, forgery; Bennie Lee Miller
and Hattie BelT Miller, disposing
of property under mortgage and
obtaining money under false pre
tenses.
Also, James Hicks, disposing
of property under mortgage;
James William Botts, drank driv
ing, fifth offense; William E.
Bruce, drank driving, second of
fense; Harry Williams, drunk',
driving, second offense; Jack
Lee, drunk driving, second of-
fene; Clifford Clyde Case, drank
driving, second offense; Harry
Cowan, drank driving, fourth of
fense.
Also, Carol Crocker, non-sup-
portw Billy. Abercrombie, non-
support; Willie Sullivan, non-sup
port; John W. Bailey, escaping
chaingang; J. P. Hamby, asault;
Derrill Moon, non - support;
Charles Shelton, housebreaking
and grand larceny; Haskell Mar
tin, housebreaking and grand
larceny (two cases); Willie Lete
Satterwhite, grand larceny.
Billy Godfrey, using car with
out owner’s consent; Young Fau-
cett^violation liquor law; John
Coleman Rice, manufacturing il
legal whiskey, second offense;
James T. Harrison, non-support;
James Lydia, non-support; Joe
C. Moon, violation liquor law;
W. O. McGee, non-support; Paul
Wood, non-support; Lewis Wil
liams, grand larceny; William R.
Smith, non-support.
Also, Paul Cash Peck, drunk
driving, second offense; John
Goodman, disposing of property
under lien; Clyde David Tinsley,
drunk driving, second offense;
Emerson Johnson, mfg. illegal
whiskey; Ethel L. Moseley, ne
glect of children; James Hicks,
Jr., grand larceny; (piarles H.
Knight, forgery; Coley Conway,
Jr., assault; Clyde Booker, as
sault; A. C. Suber, Jr., violation
liquor law.
Also, Booker T. James, as
sault; Charles Hale, grand lar
ceny; Jim Taylor, grand lar
ceny; William A. Chapman,
drank driving, second offense;
Fred Spurgeon, Jr., housebreak
ing and petit larceny; Frank
Tumblin, transporting illegal
whiskey; Erskine Henry, obtain
ing car by false pretense; Rufus
Anderson, grand larceny; James
Taylor, violation liquor law;
Rafe Kinard, getting money and
refusing to render services;
George Langley and James Leon
Willis, grand larceny.
Also, Harold Martin, assault;
Mrs. Joyce Holt Buroughs, ma
licious injury to personal proper
ty; Berry Kennedy, Jr., breaking
and entering; Berry Kennedy,
Jr., two cases, grand larceny of
auto; Charles Knight, forgery.
Also, Willie B. Jones, drunk
driving, second offense; Junes
E. Madden, Bobby J. MmHd—»
and Melvin Earl Madden, storing
and having in possession parts of
distillery; Howard Johnson, as
sault ; James Bluford, murder;
Clarence Jefferson Valentine,
murder; James Robert Malone,
murder.
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District Scout Meet
Slated For Friday
Executive Board, Laurens
County District, Boy Scouts of
America, wil meet on Friday,
February 15, at 7:30 p. m., ac
cording to W. C Baldwin, chair
man.
The meeting is scheduled for
Whiteford’s Restaurant in Clin
ton.
Awards will be presented and
a discussion of camporee plans
wil be held. ^
PC Spring Football
Practice Postponed
Spring football practice at
Presbyterian College has been
postponed temporarily because
of the death last week of Coach
Clyde Ehrhardt.
The squad previously was sche
duled to start its off-season work
outs last Monday. No future date
has been set relatives to when the
practice will be held.
Kiwonis To Hear
Hospital Chaplain
“Our Mental Health Concerns”
will be the topic of James O.
Kempson, chaplain of the Sooth
Carolina State Hospital and Su
pervisor of Clinical Pastoral
Training, when he addresses* the
Clinton Kiwanis Club tonight at
7:0d p. m.
‘ Chaplain Kempson, wi
held his present position
1940, is a Lutheran and has
tensive experience in the Held eC
mental health and has held
riotts state and
ital health