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r lUic (Eluilmi (iiliruttirlr Vol. 65 — No. 1 Clinton, S. C, Jhursdoy, January 2, 1964 1/ ' Fire Destroys Wilson Home This photo shows all that was left of the Johnny Wilson home on the Clinton Laurens highway after a fire yutteil it on Monday morning, Dec. 23. Just re cently completed, it had been occupied only four months The loss was estimated at $35,000. It is un derstood that ^!r. Wilson plans to rebuild. Photo by Paul Quinton. Babson Forecasts Prosperous Economy For U. S. in 1964 'Phese are the comments and predictions of Royer W Babson, well-known financial adviser and business analyst, on business conditions for the coming year. Mr. Babson’s articles appear regularly in The Chronicle. In making his annual forecasts on business conditions, Mr. Babson has compiled a record of 86 per cent accuracy. His score for 1963 was 87 per cent. Published widely over the country, Mr. Babson s outlook for conditions expected to prevail during 1964 is presented for the information of our readers. I am still emotionally upset as 1 make this forecast after the brutal assassination of President Kennedy 1. however, will try to submerge my emotions and base this forecast of 19ti4 on the facts as 1 interpret them 9 DOW .JONES INDUS 1 OUK NEW PKESIDEN 1 1 ] forecast that the stork state emphatically that 1 resi- niar ^ e ^ as measured by the Dow dent Johnson may aaccomplish j ()nes Average will make a new far more constructively before , n f ult mav se ii lower November, 19t>4, than our late att ^ r tht . elections. Howevir F’resident would have been able rt , a( jers must remember that to do. President''Johnson under- ,| lti Dow-Jones Industrial list, stands tietter how to handle Con ^hn h ever\one seems to think New Wilson Home Destroyed By Fire \n unidentified motorist tossed a roek through a window of a tiurnuic liome near 1 .aureus yioridav mornnu;. Dec 23. the waramc (Hissihly sa\ nuf a family oi live from fiery death Johnnie W ilson, the lather was t !ull\ awake when he heard n the window shatter about 7 30 a m He arose to investigate and SI NATOK KIND DIXON Dixon to Introduce Bill to Construct Arenas at Colleges gress, and has the confidence of businessmen Therefore, 1 am reassured as to the first ten mouths of 1964 2 ELECTION IN NOV EM BER At the Republican Con vention in the summer of 1964. there will be a conflict between Goldwater and Rockefeller, and perhaps others. For this rea son, Mr Nixon may slip in and ifet the Republican nomination. Certainly President Johnson will secure the nomination of the Democratic Party; he is a far sighted man. and knows politics. Therefore, with the Republicans nominating any one of the three leading names mentioned above I now forecast that President Johnson will be elected President of the United States in Novem ber. 1964 All oi this gives me more assurance that 1964 should be a good year represents the market, may be \ er> deceptive ID SPECl 1 \ 1 1\ E ST< h 'KS 1 .aureus County Senator King annouiced Monday he .PI oiler a hill during the 1964 Ot the approximately 1350 stocks legislative session authoiizing listed on the New \ ork Stock ' ''nstruction ol S4 million tiehl Exchange, a majority have been il1 bie l Diversity ot^ South going down while the Dow Jones 1 arolma and ( Icnison College list of .'k) whicti everyone watch-i 1 m detimteiy going to intro c> have been going up This is dine this legislation and several due to the purchase of Dow other senators will join me in Jones issues today largely by ^poncormg it Dixon declared trustees, fierision funds, mutual Now is the time to do it It s companies, and others that pre had > needed at both colleges ter fairly conservative and divi ; Senator Dixon said he agreed dend-paying companies I fore j with I SC trustees, who last week cast that stocks not in the Dow < announced they would settle for tones list will do better pro- nothing less than a multi-purpose portionately m 1964 than they ^ building seating from 10,OCX) to did this year ] 15.000 persons saw smoke billowing from the dwelling's utility room which already was engulfed in flames. He alerted his wile and three sons, ages 14, 16 and 18. and all live safely evacuated the house, pausing only to grab pieces of e'othmg for warmth in the sub tree/mg weather the tire destroyed the eight- room brick house, located on the 1 .aureusClinton Highway just east ol the Laurens city hmtis I he dwelling was completed only a lew months ago. Wilson estimated the damage at between $30,000 and $35,000 and said a 1962 Pontiac which was parked m the carport, also was destroyed by the fire. He said the loss was covered by m t surance The Laurens Fire Department (dispatched a truck to the scene but the flames had made such j head way that firemen were on able to save the house. Members of Laurens County 1 Mieritf R Eugene Johnson’s j stall and volunteers also assist- I ed in fighting the fire Only a I lew household furnishings were saved, according to Wilson 11 S\\ ITCH INC Based on my above forec ast, and having learn ed that only buy ing < an send stocks up. I predict that 1964 may prove to be a good year to switch from some of the over- 3 TAX CUT A tax cut will be crowded Dow-,tones stocks into enacted sometime during the other issues that are now over coming session of Congress, and j looked it will surely be made retro active to January 1, 1964 The tax cut should help consumer buying, it may even increase general business. 4 CIVIL RIGHTS. Some sort of a civil rights bill will be pass ed by Congress during 1964 The Administration wants to please the South and hold its Democrat ic votes there, but the civil rights bill now before Congress is not satisfactory to the white people of the North Therefore, I fore cast that yv hatever civil rights bill is passed liefore the elec tion of 1964 will be considerably watered down 5.NEGRO PEOPLE. The Ne groes will continue to -make progress and get more, but I predict that the gains will have to come largely through chang ing attitudes ot the people. Oth erwise. the situation will be much like the prohibition prob lem which the good people of the 12 GOVERNMENT BONDS The only government bonds that interest me are the long-term ones which may now be pur- ehased at a discount to use in payment at par for death taxes, t forecast that more govern ments will be issued during 1964 and that their prices may grad ually sag as money becomes tighter 13 CORPORATION BONDS. Those buying corporate bonds should either stick to issues of under five years’ maturity or keep their money in the savings bank. I predict that long-term corporation bonds will drop in price in 1964 as interest rates rise. 14 TAX EXEMPT BONDS. Likewise. I predict that long term tax-exempt bonds will de cl me next year They are even more overpriced than corpora tion bonds, because of heavy In addition to basketball .tames, the building would pro vide space lor dances, student assemblies, cultural events and ,i tacility lor lease to outside groups, the ESC trustees sug gested Senator Dixon said his bill would call lor "no frills, but buildings adequate tor years to come The proposal already has attracted "considerable ' support among members of both legisla tive houses, he said It istxpecied that introduction of the hill will set off a battle in General Assembly, Already two legislative stal warts in the Assembly-- Speaker of the House Solomon Blatt and President pro Tern of the Senate Edgar Brown have voiujed oppos mg opinions. Speaker Blatt said "every oth er state university in the coun try lias one. Of course, we can’t have everything other states have, but this is one thing we can have.’’ Mr Blatt called it a "terrible thing" that USC has no place where the entire student body can meet. Senator Brown, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said bluntly that he was against issuing general obligation bond.' bank buying during the past two nation tliought could be solved y ears l do not look for this to without a source of revenue to by legislation Such reforms ,)e repeated in 1964 Therefore, ( pay the moff "Em not going to take place only as the minds and hearts ol the people are changed for the better. 6 GOVERNMENT SPEND ING Of course, in the long run, the survival of a nation should depend upon its spending less than it takes in. Nowadays, how ever, it is unfashionable --- for consumers or government — to have balanced budgets There fore, I predict that 1964 will see a bigger deficit than this year’s 7 DEPRESSION Whether for| better or for worse, the voters have been taught to believe they can and should get something for nothing, and only a severe depression could ultimately change this belief. I, however, look for no depression in 1964. 8 AGRICULTURAL OUT LOOK. Although crops, prices, and farm income may be basi cally dependent on the weather, much of the world is short of food. Russia’s and China’s heavy purchases of grains will do more to bolster U. S. farm Income than will government-supported prices In 1964 (Continued on page 4) build basketball courts, dance 33 PC Gridmen Awarded Letters \w arddc Letters 24 pt head N4.4 Thirthy three varsity football letters are being awarded by Presbyterian College for partici pation during the 1963 season. Athletic Director ( ally Gault an nounced He said the monogram group includes five gridmen each among the ends, tackles and juards, three centers, six half backs, four quarterbacks, two ullhacks. two managers and the trainer The Blue Hose football letter- nen tor 1963 are ENDS Louis Ridinger of Charlotte; Garnet Welch of Hogansport, Indiana Jimmy Bankhead of Chester, Joe Law- on of Union; and David Wel- born of Easley. TACKLES - Frank Kmg.*of Valdosta. Ga John Harvey Ed vards of Washington, Ga . C. W Snyder of Manning; Sam Ly- >ns of Atlanta, Ga , and Enoch McCarter of Honea Path Gl ARDS — Randy Fitzpa rick of Atlanta, Ga ; Pat Sud- luth of Greer. Mike Low ranee >f Macon, Ga . Bernard West it Moultrie, Ga ; and John Monk of Atlanta. CENTERS — Keith Richard son of Chester; George Lokey of Thomson, Ga ; and Billy Love of Gaffney. QUARTERBACKS — Bill Ty- and Jackie Nix, both of son Tenant House Bums Fire completely destroyed this house on Tuesday, Dec. 24 shortly before noibn. It was occupied by Eddie Jeter, about 62, tenant on the George A. Copeland farm, near the southeastern edge of the city.—Photo by Quinton. Bambridge, Ga.; Ixnghton Gran- ham of Easley; and Olin Grant of Chester. HALFBACKS - BUI Riner of Portal, Ga.; Sandy Hagood and Rut Galloway, both of Easley; f>on McNeill of Thomson, Ga ; Wade Stewart of Picayune, ■Miss and Jim Johnson of Georgiana, Ala FULLBACKS — Randy Mc- Cranie of Eastman, Ga ; and Jimmy Elliott of Savannah, Ga. MANAGERS -- John Hope of York; and Bill Degner of Gaff ney; TRAINER — Bennie Crab tree of Graham, N. C. halls and the like.” “There are too many other priorities,” he explained. ‘‘First things must come first and there are too many other things we need more urgently in the field of education.” Month of Activity Opens In March of Dimes Drive With the coming ol January, the 1964 March ot Dimes ush er^ in a month ot activity to raise Hinds to combat polio, arthritis and birth defects. Multiple events are sched- u’cd hoth slate w ide and at the local level in all communi ties in South Carolina. Heading the drive in Laurens County will be Larry Gar of Laurens, who has set up a Poultry Truck Hits Train This poultry truck from KUierton, (la., collided with a Seaboard train Friday night at 12:35 at a crossing between John T. Young's store on Highway 72 and Lydia Mill Two drivers in the truck were said to lie uninjured. The driver of the trailer type truck at tempted to swerve at the crossing but did not enlirelv mes the train.—Photo by Quinton. county w ide organization A special gilts chairman to lead tiie campaign m the Clin ton area is yet to be named. The Mothers March chair- Tax Collections Reach $110,000 i u Clinton Area Begins New Year Under Sheet of Ice approximately $130,000 in taxes due tor the vear 1963. all'Mil $110.(MX) had been collected at the close of business on Tucs- day. (’it\ Clerk and Treasurer W Brooks Owens stated The Clinton area, along with most other sections of South Carolina and the South, started of! the New Year under a coat ing ot ice (irav skii'^ an Tucsdav morn uu: the hnal da> ot 1963, finally unburdened themselves and, ac- coin pat i ed SCHOOLS TO REOPEN District 5*) s( bools were scheduled to open today after the holiday period. Officials said yesterday afternoon that unless the weather worsened, schools would re-open as plan ned l tidcr provisions of the city tax ordinance, Dec 31 was the ! last day for payment of taxes without penalty \ 10 per cent * penal tv was slated to go into ef fect on Jan 1 on all unpaid tax- h> high winds, hr. u.'ht a driv mg sleet storm short I v hetorc noon After a bnet let up. the storm increased n intensity and by late after noon had dumped a thick coat ing ot sleet over the entire sec tion Fusing together and freezing hard as it tell, the ice created extremely hazardous driving conditions Streets and high ways were as slick as glass, and icc on car windows and windshields added to the dang ers of driving Drivers returning to their homes m the early evening .mii- noticeably curelul, great- y sowing their pace because J He everpresent danger of bidding Xitel nightfall, trai- tii in the city practically came to a standstill Only those who loiind it necessary to be out bravo.i the storm as it continued into the night X t sierdav (Wednesday) was observed as a hoildav bv most (Jerk and treasurer Owens stated that most ot the unpaid $20.IKK) will he received by the IdWi n| the month The i tty ottice mails out ap proximately 3.000 tax notices to t lose ou rung property tn the city businesses in the citv , includ ing hanks and the post ottice One-Third of Those, Tested Show TB Infection Present State's Economy Expected To Hold To Upward Growth Columbia—The State Cham ber of Commerce reported Tuesday that there were indi cations South Carolina's econo my would continue its upward growth in 1964 Chamber President Joseph Riley of Charleston said it was a “safe assumption that we can expect an even better record during t h e next 12 months." The health departments in Greenwood and Laurens Counties made more than 1000 X-rays dur ing October and November Ot these. 799 were made in Green wood County and 257 in Laurens < 'mint v Tuberculin tests were admin istered to 657 persons in the two- county area w ith nearly one-third ol these showing infection with TB germs Greenwood County re ported 345 tests with 110 positive reactions Laurens County re ported 312 with 79 reactions. One ni . case of moderately ad vanced tuberculosis was diag nosed m Greenwood County. These figures were released by the Tuberculosis and Health As sociation. Campbell Lodge Installs New Officers At a recent meeting of Camp bell Eodee No 44 A F M , the following officers were elected, appointed and installed by the R \\ I) G M James Culbert son to serve the year 1964 .1 1) Hairston, Jr \\ orshiptul Master, E (’ l ay tor. Jr , Senior Warden. G I. Locklear. Junior Warden, William .1 Davis, Treasurer, V Parks Adair, Sec retary , Allen White, Senior Dea con Avery C, Smith, Junior Deacon. W M Gardner, Stew ard; Harry A Boukrught, Stew ard, 1 .co Heather!',. Chaplain; J I) Bass. Sr Tiler man is Mrs. Michael Turner; leading the effort in white schools will be R. E Martin, assistant principal of Clinton High School. Teen-Age activi ties will be headed by Mary Locke Simons and Jane John son Work among civic clubs in the Clinton area will be led by several persons, with Dr. Fred E Holcombe of the Lions Club being the only one nani^d thus tar. Institutional dnveST will be led by Cally Gault at Presby terian College, Dick Templeton at Thornwell Orphanage, and Phil Rogers at Whitten /Village. Small business and industrial activity will be led by Geopie Frady of C'vW. Anderson- Hos iery Co. Collection ot funds in Clinton area colored schools will be handled by McQuilla Hudsoi^ principal of Bell St High School, and David E. Dendy principal of Martha Dendy Elementary Shcool Campaign treasurer will be l>eaman Jones of the Bank of Clinton. Coin boxes will be distributed by the Clinton Jaycees, who wall also hold a road block to collect funds the last Sunday in January. Louie Nabors will serve as chairman in the Joanna area, with the Mothers March head ed by Mrs.. Mary Lehman, s p e c i a 1 ddiiations by Mrs. Louis Murphy, and coin boxes by Cy Abrams. Mrs. Bill Pinson will lead activities in the Cross Hill sec tion, and Mrs. Dollie Wham in the Mountviile area. Mr Gar has announced simi lar organization setups for the Laurens, Gray Court and Hick ory Tavern sections County Supervisor Thanks People For Gifts at Christmas Outlook Given In Extension Circular A long range agricultural out look tor 1964 has been drawn up by the Clemson College Exten sion Service to help South Caro Ima tanners plan lor the new year It is given in a miscellaneous extenaon circular entitled. "The 19J4 Agricultural Outlook for Smith Carolina ' Free copies are available at oltiFes of county- extension agents. Riley said the chamber's pre- diction was based on consist ently optimistic reports reflect ed in various economic indexes plus a cross-section of opinions from officials of trade groups. He said “all indications are that the state comes to the end of 1963 in the healthiest condi tion it has experienced in its history. The chamber president said state government revenues were at a new high level He said this indicated satisfactory profit structures for business and individual income. A record $263 million was committed in 1963 to invest ment In newv and expanded in dustries, indicating, he said, that businessmen have confi dence in the state’s economic climate. The chamber’s business in dex showed increases ranging from 5 to 15 per cent for 1964 over 1963. County Supervisor Furman E. Thomason has expressed his ap preciation to the people of Lau rens County for assistance in making the Christmas season more enjoyable for the residents of the County Home and those at the prison camp. Christmas programs and sing ing carols by various groups were enjoyed, and gifts of all kinds including fruits, candies, cakes, etc , were generously sup plied Mr Thomason's letter of ap preciation follows: “I would like to take this op portunity to thank each individ ual and group who so generously provided Christmas programs as well as an abundance of gifts, fruits, candies, cakes, etc., for the inmates at the county home; also for the prisoners at the chaingang camp To me the greatest joy of Christmas is see ing the less fortunate provided for I am sure that these ges tures ot love will pay off in the future. “Again, I say thank may each of you have and prosperous new ye TB Annual Meet Slated (or Jan. 30 Chaney Injured When Car Crashes Roby Chaney suffered injuries of an arm and leg when Ihis car crashed into a pole Friday at 7:30 a. m. on Highway 72 at the N. Broad St. entrance to the city. The car failed to make the curve. Chaney was hospitalized at Bailey Memorial Hospital.—Photo by Paul Quinton. Resident James A. Bovm nounced January 30 as for the annual berculosis and tion of Greenv ties. He stated son, Jr. ( It planning < to