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Precinct Clubs
To Meet Saturday
Democratic and Republican
precinct clubs in Laurens
County have scheduled meet
ings for Saturday afternoon.
The clubs will meet at the
usual places for such meetings,
it was stated. Time is 3 p. m»
The clubs will name officers
at their biennial meetings in
preparation for forthcoming
elections in the county, state
and nation.
Clinton Democratic Clubs.
Nos. 1 and 2 will meet at city
hall and the Hampton Ave.
School, respectively; Clinton
Mill Club at the Community
House; Lydia Club at Provi
dence School; Joanna Club at
the Club House. Other clubs in
the area will meet at their us
ual places: Hopewell, Long
Branch, Renno, Shady Grove.
County conventions will be
Vol. 65 — No. 8
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 20, 1964
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High School Boy Invites Senator
Butch Rice, 15-year-old Clinton High School boy,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rice of Joanna, is shown
here as he greeted U. S. Senator (Min D. Johnston u^jon
his arrival to speak to the high school student body
day morning. The young student asked the Senator to
address his civics class, but the program was expand
ed to include all the students. Butch took charge of
the Senator upon his arrival and presided over the as
sembly program.—Photo by Dan Yarborough.
Johnston Teds Students
U. S. Government Is Good
United States Senator OUn D.
Johnston last Friday morning ad
vised his Clinton High School
student body audience to take
more interest in government.
“Study it,” he told them, “you
will be the leaders of tomorrow."
He told his predominantly
teen-age audience that the Fed
eral government is a good gov
ernment and they shouldn’t criti-
. dze it Just to be criticizing.
Hie senator said the govern
ment is not a "huge monster
sitting in Washington with men
acing tenacles reaching out like
«n octopus to sap away the
.Strength of our nation.
"We have a good government
and it works for the people ol
the United: States more so than
any other government on earth
ever has worked for any given
group of people.”
Senator Johnston came to Clin
ton at the invitation of 15-year-
old Butch Rice of Joanna, Clin
ton High School student. The
Senator was asked to address the
young students’ civics class, but
the event was enlarged to include
the entire student body.
Butch met Johnston as he ar
rived by car at the school, where
he was greeted by school offi
cials and others. Young Rice es
corted the Senator to the ros
trum and introduced him.
Johnston expressed his pleas
ure at being in Clinton and told
the students they were fortunate
to be in Clinton where they could
enjoy the’cultural influences of
Presbyterian College. He praised
the smaller colleges because of
closer contact between students,
teachers and administrators.
Referring to the tax reduction
bill about to be passed by the
Congress and the recent cutback
in military expenditures and
facilities, Johnston said it will
mean much In stimulating busi
ness throughout the country be-
v Mates
held on Monday, March 2.
Committees For
Grand Jury Given
Ligon Scholarship
Established At PC
provisions and that it
the Constiution.
"Segregation,” he said, "la la
the best interest of both races.”
There are no laws on the statute
books today relating ot segrega
tion or integration, only an in
terpretation of the Constitution
by the Supreme Court.
"The colored vote will be a
block vote,” Johnston said, 1 ‘sup
porting the party that promises
most”
Johnston predicted that the
Federal government soon will
make loans available to college
students at low interest rates.
Pursuing his remarks on .the
Federal government, the Senator
told his teen-age listeners" that
it "sounds good for people to.,
say let’s cut down on our Fed
eral government.” But he said
for every agency or department
"there is a real need.”
“Ask' them to be specific,”
Johnston said, “when you see
the dire prediction from some
people about the government in
Washington going to the dogs.
We should be prepared to de
fend our government and not,
as so many people do, join the
crowd to be against it just for
the sake of being against some
thing.”
NOT PERFECT
The senator admitted the
government was not perfect.
And he said the size of . the
"limited democracy” has grown
tremendously. But he said it has
the power to "survive grave
errors and shock.”
The Rev. Cater Ligon Scholar
ship Fund has been established at
Presbyterian College in memory
of a devout Presbyterian minis
ter who served for more than a
quarter-century in upper South
Carolina, it was announced yes
terday.
Contributions to the PC endow
ment are being made by family
members to perpetuate in his
name an annual scholarship
grant for qualified ministerial
students. Joined in the project
thus far are: sons Langdon S.
Ligon of Greenville, and the Rev.
J. Frank Ligon of Black Moun
tain, N. C.; daughters Mrs. Tom
C. Ingerson of Miami, Fla., and
Mrs. John K. Linn, former mis
sionary to Japan now living in
Hyattsville, Md.; and grandsons,
Langdon S. Ligon, Jr., of Green
ville, and S. Cater Ligon of Char
lotte, N. C.
The Revi Richard Cater Ligon
was a native of Abbeville County,
saw active duty as a young man
in the Confederate Army and
was educated at Davidson and
Erskine Colleges and Columbia
Theological Seminary. He was
for 26 years pastor of the Good
Hope Presbyterian Church of Iva
(1876-02), and also served nearby
smaller churches during this
time. He concluded his ministry
t in the pastorate of Smyrna and
Morris Churches in Newberry
County (1002-06), and dlid at his
Iva home in 1906.
Family ties with Presbyterian
College have been close through
the years. Grandson Cater S. Lig
on attended PC; and the late
Joshua Wideman ligon, another
son of the late Richard Cater
Ligon, was a member of the class
of 1901 and taught physics at
PC from 1907 to 1911.
Rev. R. E. Long To
Lead Services Here
For its third special preach
ing service of the Lenten sea
son, All Saints Episcopal Church
of Clinton will present the Rev.
Robert Edward Long of St.
Luke’s Church, Newberry.
At the special service on Wed
nesday, February 26, at 8 o’clock,
Mr. Long will speak on “Follow
ing Christ,” with particular em
phasis on the role of laymen in
churches of all denominations.
Mr. Long is a native of Ashe
ville, N. C., attended the Char
lotte scholos, and is a graduate of
Davidson College and Virginia
Theological Seminary. He was
ordained to the priesthood in
1962.
The Wednesday evening wor
ship service will be officiated by
the Rev. John Rivers of All
Saints, and the evening lesson
will be read by Don Dubois.
All interested persons of the
Clinton area are cordially invited
to attend this service and to en
joy coffee .in the Parish House
immediately following the ser
vice.
Laurens—The Laurens Coun
ty grand jury, with Robert E.
Farrar as foreman, recom
mended Tuesday in its final
presentment that records of
“the county development board
be audited along with other
county funds and the otal cost
not to exceed S3,000.”
\
Grand jury committees for
1964 also were named in the
presentment. They are, as fol
lows, with the first member of
each committee designated as
chairman:
Law Enforcement and Coun
ty Jail—E. C. Abercrombie, V.
A. Trammell and Fred Bishop.
Court House and County
Home—Roy L. Harris. Postell
Hughes, Ernest B. Cook and
Tommy Cox.
Roads, Bridges and Chain
Gang Camps — Tilman Morse,
James Vanderford, Buford
Weir and Silas M. Campbell,
Education — Ansel Godfrey,
Joe M. Parsons and Roy B.
Compton.
The presentation commended
Judge T. B. Greneker for the
time he spent Monday to "ad
vise and enlighten” the grand
jury. The grand jury also rec
ommended the judge for call
ing for prayer from Dr. Robert
Cooper, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Monday and
said "We hope each presiding
judge in the future will do like
wise.”
cause of the increased consumer
spending to be generated. "The
budget,” he said, won’t be any
more unbalanced than it has been
in the past.”
The civil rights bill before the
Senate "will be the toughest fight
we’ve ever had.” He didn’t pre
dict the outcome of the bill as a
whole or any part of it. But he
said the bill goes too far in its
liars and we have had traitors,”
he said. "We have had men lack
ing wisdom and we have had
incompetents.” He said it has
"overcome these weaknesses
and survived.”
Johnston, who said he was
proud to be a Democrat, ex
plained the makeup of the Fed
eral republic and the system of
.'checks and balances provided
by the judicial, executive and
legislative branches.
He said "misunderstanding
and poor publicity” have con
tributed to a bad image of the
government. The system of
checks and balances, he said,
minimizes the/ danger of too
much powef ‘’being concen
trated in the, hands of an indi-
Retired Teodiers
Meeting Scheduled
Dapper Hosiery Co. Building on Henry Street
Will Produce Seamless Hose
—YartorMrh PkoU
Dapper Hosiery To Reopen in March
IB Workers To
Attend Meeting
Mrs. John McSween
Passes in Greenville;
Rites On Saturday
There will be a meeting of
retired teachers of Laurens
County in the Friendship Room
of the Laurens Federal Build
ing and Loan Association on
Monday, February 24, at 2:30
p. m.
G. N. Foy, president of the
county association, urges all
retired teachers in the county
to, be present at this important
meeting.
College Students
On Deans' Lists
Clinton students attending col
lege have reached high scholastic
attainments, according to infor
mation from the respective col
leges.
Appearing on deans’ lists for
the first semester were: Louise
Speake, at Columbia College;
"We have had thieves in Hurry McSween, Jr., atTheCita-
government and we have had
clel; Mimi Martin and Mrs. Linda
Milam Law at Coker College.
Mrs. Law completed require
ments for a bachelor’s degree in
social science.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lina
Crews McSween, 74, of 206 W.
Maple St., Clinton, wife of Dr.
John McSween, were conducted
Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Fourth
Presbyterian Church by Rev. Ed
ward L. Hopper. Burial was in
Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Mrs. McSween died Thursday
at a Greenville nursing home aft
er a year’s illness. Dr. McSween
served as pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church in Green
ville for several years.
Born at Durham, N. C., Mrs.
McSween was a daughter of the
late Thomas Jefferson Crews and
Cecelia Snead Crews. She was a
graduate of Peace Junior College
in Raleigh, N. C„ and Flora Mac
donald in Red Springs, N. C.
After her marriage to Dr. Mc
Sween June 11, 1913, she and her
husband liveu in Rowland, N. C.,
Dillon, Anfterson, and in Clin
ton where Dr. McSween was
president of Presbyterian College
and in Greenville, Tenn., where
he was president of Tuscalusa
College.
Since his retirement, Dr. and
Mrs. McSween had lived at Clin-
Rev. James A. Bowers, of
Greenwood, president of the Tu
berculosis and Health Associa
tion of Greenwood-Laurens Coun
ty, announced that the associa-
will be represented at the Christ
mas Seal campaign clinic this
week. Mrs. M. M. Teague, execu
tive director, and Mrs. H. W.
Milam, office secretary, will at
tend the one-day meet scheduled
in Columbia.
Both state and national staff
members will discuss schedules,
methods, and supplies for the
1964 Christmas Seal campaign.
Mr. Bowers noted that the 1963
campaign has been most sue*
cesful with the receipts totaling
$19,283.50 to date. Figures of the
same date in 1962 showed $16,-
870.18. The increase of $2,413.32
represents a 12Vfc per cent gain
over last year.
In discussing the campaign,
Mr. Bowers attributed this suc
cess to the increased interest
and participation of volunteers in
all phases of the association’s
activities. He noted that over 300
volunteers had helped with the
campaign under the direction of
the chairman, John W. Drum
mond of Ninety Six, and his co-
chairmen, Mrs. J. C. Bolt of
Gray Court, and Dr. D. H. Mc-
Fadden of Joanna and Clinton.
The Dapper Hosiery Company
plant will • re-open early in
March, C: W. Anderson, presi
dent, stated early this week.
Putting the plant beck into pro
duction will mean the employ
ment of approximately 50 work
ers, with some of them to be
employed by the C. W. Anderson
Hosiery Co., a finishing plant
here.
The Dapper Company was
closed last July because of the
lack of demand for full-fashioned
hose.
The former machines will be
replaced by 120 2-feed knitting
machines to produce seamless
hosiery. /
Anderson stated that sales are
exceeding* production at their
Whitmire plant, which manu
factures seamless hose, and that
reaotlvaflon of the Dapper plant
for
is needed to supply demand
their products.
Anderson stated that
Grubb, formerly at the Whitnhire
plant, will be superintendent of
the Dapper plant.
Anderson said the new machin
ery will begin to arrive about
March 1 and that production will
get underway in about a week or
ten days.
County Blood Bank
Discussed At Meet
Commerce Body To
Seek New Members
ton.
vidual or group in government.
"Radical elements in my Own
lifetime have even likened t he
threat of the Federal govern
ment to that of a ofreign
power,” Johnston said.
He called the system a “limit-
ment to that of a foreign
(he students how they voted for
representatives in Congress to
act in the interest of the people.
"The American people have
always exercised long - range
good judgement in the election of
officials to operate our govern
ment,” he said.
Texaco, Inc., haa just given Presby
terian Collegtf a grant of $1,600 under
■ • »_ aJ t _ 1 .J 4a a
the company's national sid-to-educstion
a. The
program. The gift; made as an unre
stricted contribution, will he used to
help underwrite PC's scholarship pro
gram, according to President Marc C.
Weaning. Dr. Weening it shown here,
College Gefo Tfeaco Grant
second from right, accepting the check
from C. T. Fitts, of Columbia, Texaco
district sales manager. ’Looking on are:
at left, M. Dillard Milam, of Clinton,
head of H. D. Payne Co., local Texaco
distributor; and at right, Ben Hay
Hammet, director of alumni and public
relations at Presbyterian Collage.—Yar
borough Photo.
Harriet Wilson Elected
Music Sorority Head
Miss Harriet' Wilson, soph
omore at Furman University,
has been elected president for
the collegiate chapter of the in
ternational professional music
sorority, Mu Phi EpsUon.
Miss WUson will attend the
convention in August which
win be held at Nebraska Uni
versity. She is the daughter of
Mrs. Virginia B. Wilson of this
city.
She was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Clinton.
Surviving also are two daugh
ters, Mrs. George M. Webb (Car
olyn) of Shelby, N. C., and Mrs.
I. L. Donkle Jr<v (Jean) of Green
ville; two sons, Dr. Allen C. Mc
Sween of Greensboro, N. C., and
William C. McSween of Green
ville; two sisters, Mrs. Duncan
McKenzie of Timmonsville, and
Miss Eva Crews of Durham, N.
C.; eleven grandchildren, and a
number of nieces, and nephews.
College Students At
Home Following Fire
Misses Celia Gasque, Louise
Speake, Shirley Ann Timmons,
Mary Harvey, Susan Workman
and Mary Ellen Lawson have
returned to classes after spend
ing several days at home last
week following the fire at Co
lumbia College.
Plans to establish a Red Cross
blood program in Laurens Coun
ty w£re discussed at a dinner
meeting of industrial, medical
and civic organization represen
tatives in Laurens Monday night.
James Wolfe of Clinton, chair
man of the county Red Cross
chapter, was authorized to ap
point a committee to work out
plans for the program.
On hand to explain the proj
ect were American Red Cross
workers Miss Ruth Lockman, a
district representative of Ashe
ville, N. C.; John Kirby, admin
istrative director of Columbia;
and Ben Crum of Columbia,
manager of the Richland County
chapter.
A county the size of Laurens
requires 1,600 pints of, blood for
the first year at a cost to the
chapter of $2,300, the group was
told. After six months, the quo
ta would be adjusted to the
wnounr-npcttedf ~-
The directors of the
Chamber of Commerce hove
called a meeting of the entire
membership to meet at Hotel
Mary Musgrove on next Tuesday
morning, February 25, at 10:06
a. m.
The purpose of the meeting,
President Francis Blalock states,
is to initiate a drive for on in
crease in the number of business
houses and individuals holding
membership in the Chamber of
Commerce for 1984.-A proposal
to increase the membership fee
by $5,000 a year (from $25 to
$30) will also be voted on at the
meeting. I
President^ Blalock pointed oat
that the increase in membership
and the raise In the fee is neces
sary to finance the proposed ad
ditional activities of the civic
body.
All members are urged to at
tend the meeting.
PG Alumni Assn.
Meeting Here Today
The board of directors of the
Presbyterian College Alumni
Association will hold its special
winter meeting today (Thurs
day) on the PC campus.
Association President Tom
Addison of Clinton will preside
over the meeting designed to
make plans for the operation of
the organization during 1964.
Special emphasis will be given
to the annual giving program
and to preliminary planning
♦ for Homecoming next fail.
Art Exhibit At
Potto Residence
Creative work by members of
the Presbyterian College com
munity are being shown at the
second annual fine arts exhibit of
the PC studio this Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
‘ Professor Edouard Patte, spon
sor of the studio sitauted in his
residence at 301 South Adair St.,
has announced the exhibit will re-
,main open between the hours of
4:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. during
the three days. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
A total of 50 entries, by stu
dents and faculty members, are
on display. They include 46 can
vases, of which 40 are in oil and
six in , water color, and four
sculptures.
Clinton-Lydio Clubs
To Heor SAL Agent
A special meeting of the Lydia
and .Clinton Women’s Clubs will
be held Tuesday evening, Febru
ary 25, at 7 o'clock at the Clinton
Community House.
L. A. Cantarda of Atlanta, On.,
traveling passenger agent for the
Dr. Carter Named To
Science Fund Panel
Dr. K. Nokm Carter, chairman
of the Presbyterian College
Chemistry department, has been
named to a special selection pan
el to help distribute funds for the
National Science Foundation.
The partel will select a limited
number of institutions to receive
matching grants from the Foun
dation for undergraduate scien
tific, equipment. Decisions are
made from among a larger group
of colleges and institutions mak
ing application for the grants.
Dr. Carter will be in Washington
next Monday and Tuesday to
meet with other panel members.
The Presbyterian College
Chemistry department received a
matching grant of $5,680 from th
National Science Foundation
when this program was inaugu
rated in 1962.
Davidson St Members
Visit Connie Maxwell
The ladies of the Davdison
Street Baptist Church baked 25
cakes for the children of Connie
Maxwell Orphanage in Green
wood and a number of the mem
bers visited the children and
presented them with thecakes on
Thursday evening.
Merchants Asked To
Display Flags Saturday
Local merchants are asked by
members of the American Legion.
Seaboard Railroad, will speak to ] Auxiliary to display their United
the group. All members Intreest- States flags Saturday, February
ed in going to the World's Fair 22. 1® honor of the birthday of
are arced to attend. {Georgs Washington.'"
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, Senator Johnston, and Robert E. Johnson, Jr.
Johnson Is Appointed
To Air Force Academy
A 17-year-old Clinton High School senior has re
ceived an appointment to the U. S. Air Force Academy
at Colorado Springs, Colo. '
Robert E. Johnson, Jr., has been selected for the
appointment by Senator Olin D. Johnston. The announce
ment was made here last Friday hy the Senator himself
when he came here to address the student body of the high
school.
Young Johnson is the son of Mr .and Mrs. Robert
E. Johnson of Clinton. A versatile student at Clinton ,
High, he is presdent of the Student Council, a member _
of the National Honor Society, the Key Club and the
Block C. Club. He is a member of the football team,
the tennis and track teams.
Dr. Davis To Speak
At 1st Presbyterian
The First Presbyterian Church
iwill have as guest speaker Sun
day morning, February 23, Dr.
Grier Davis, president of Mon-
treat Association and Montreal
College. He is a former pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Ashe\
iville, N. C.‘
AA Meeting Is
Slated for
The regular
Alcoholics
held
at the
Street,
from
of
be
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