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The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 65 — No. 45
C i-:or., S. C, Thursday, November 5,1964
Laurens County Goes Republican
Prisoner Held in Clinton Jail
—Quinton Photo
Escoped From Work Detoil
State Prison Convict
Shot By Clinton Officer-^
County Farm Bureau
In Annual Meeting
An escaped Negro convict, reported the incident to Blake-
Joseph Richey, 39, was shot by ^
Clinton’s Assistant Police Chief
Riles Held Sunday
Dr. Frank Kellers
Funeral services for Dr. Frank
Kellers, 88, were conducted Sun
day at 3 p. m. at All Saints Epis
copal Church by the Rev. John
Rivers, priest in charge. Burial
was in Rosemont Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Davis Hol
land, Lawrence Young, Grady
Adair, Joe McGee, Ed Sadler,
Charles Johnson and Noland
Suddeth The honorary escort in
cluded physicians and pharma
cists of Clinton.
Dr. Kellers died early Satur
day morning at a Columbia nur
sing home after several years of
declining health.
A native of Charleston, he had
lived in Clinton since 1018, when
he came from Saluda and pur
chased the Clinton Pharmacy
which he owned and operated un
der the name of Kellers Drug
Store until Idtf when he -retired.-
He was a son of the late Ed
ward Henry and Emma Lee Jef
fords Kellers. He was graduated
PRESIDENT JOHNSON
HUBERT H. HUMPHREY
William B. Blakely when he at
tempted to flee from a house
near the outskirts of the city
an Highway 70 Saturday morn
ing
Blakely rode to the house in
Cunningham's car. When the
convict saw Blakely getting out
of the car, he ran to the rear
Johnson and Humphrey
Sweep Country in Voting
from the Charleston Medical Col
lege School of Pharmacy in 18B6 President Lyndon B. Johnson age of the popular
and was a salesman and chemist and his Vice-Presidential run- carried.
The Laurens County Farm Bu- Tor the Murray Drug Co. in Co- nIng male Hubert H. Hum- The Democrati c
Goldwater Takes 30 of-46
Precincts; 559/ to 4740
Casting a record total of 10,331 votes, Laurens County,
along with the state of South Carolina, on Tuesday gave a
majority to Barry Goldwater’s Republican slate of electors.
The unofficial vote in the county was: Goldwater, 5,501;
Johnson, 4,740.
The Republicans had a majority in 30 of the county's
46 precincts.
The Republicans took both Clinton City boxes, while the
Clinton Mill box gave a majority to the Democrats. The
biggest majority percentage-wise in the county for the Re
publicans was at the Clinton No. 2 box, where the vote was
666 to 177.
The six precincts in Laurens divided three to three.
The Democrats took the Joanna box.
The Republican majority in the county was 861.
STATE VOTES REPUBLICAN
The Goldwater-Miller Republi
can presidential ticket captured
South Carolina’s eight electoral
votes by about 80,000 votes, rid-
turnout and strong states’ right
.... presidential sentiment.
of the house with Blakely in j-eau held its »nnn«i meeting lumbia before opening his Salu- . j „ ... victory was indicativ of the vic-
pursuit. When the man failed Thursday night, culminating a da drug store. He was a mem- phrey 5 '’ ound y defeated Re P ubl1 - tory Democrats won in state
to halt when ordered, Blakely successful membership drive. her of Campbell Lodge 44, AFM, cans Barry M - Goldwater, Ari- houses and national congression-
The fugitive was trying to ar- shot twice with a shotgun he Approximately 80 members at- an d All Saints Episcopal Church,
range transportation to his brought with him, wounding tended a dinner in the Laurens He was a Shriner.
Greenville home when Blakely Richey in the legs. High School cafeteria. He was married twice. His
arrived on the scene about 6:48 After being ‘treated for pain- Guest speaker was Dr. J. W. ttrst Mrs. Norma Wise
ful but not serious wounds at Jones of Clemson University who Kellers, died many years ago.
M.
Senator, and New York al seats all
Congressman William E. Miller ® xc ept in
states
zona
in their bid for the two highest
offices in the nation.
the nation,
deep South
were
over
several
where Republicans
elected to national Congress.
< Laurens County folowed the
The Johnson-Humphrey ticket pattern set in most areas of
took an early lead in the returns South Carolina by voting for Bar-
South Carolina
precincts reported, the
vote total had vaulted to
time record of 548,650.
a. m.
, Prc^} 0 ”* BaUey Memorial Hospital, the addressed Uie group on"’’^!^" Surviving from this marriage
Monday from a Department of conv i c t was taken to the Clin- ture in Our Total Economy.” Dr. are a son, Col. Frank Kellers Jr.
c .ofvinrt* -ton m 1,1(1 he,d for sUte P rt »* Jones stated that “agriculture is of StrMalhewsT and a daughtwr ^ 1 ***^ and n e ve f ]o»t it; ry Goldwater.
t b p^p H fnr rnnvWioi? nf ° n officers ’ who transferred big business, and the Farm Bu- Mrs, Virginia Dockstader
tence for conviction of murder to Columbia later in the
with recommendation for mer- day
cy from Anderson County. — Warden Goodman said Rich-
State Prison Warden R. Fuller ey told him he escaped from
Goodman said Richey appa- the work detail “because he
rently walked most of the dU- hadn’t heard from his wife in fi r» oto ourawlc ^Qp
reau is doing a big job in agri- Riverside, Calif,
culture.’^ Surviving also are his wife,
E. W. Brooks, executive vice- Mrs. Laura Lynch Kellers, six
president of the South Carolina grandchildren and two great-
Farm Bureau, presented certi- grandchildren.
of the only variance in the lead was gave the GoWwater party a mar- P< ^" t ^
a slight increase in the percent- gin of 00,000 votes.
tance from Columbia to Clin
ton.
At the Clinton home, Richey
tried to persuade some people
to drive him to Greenville. Er-
a long time and was worried
about her.”
Richey has escaped twice in
the past seven months. In
March, he was on a work de
nest Cunningham, Jr., told tall at the governor’s mansion
Richey he needed some gaso- when he rolled a wheelbarrow
line for the car. Richey gave around the corner and disap-
ficate awards to the three
membership procurement work
ers in the county. They were
Charles R. Workman, Kinards,
T. J. Copeland and D. M. Sulli- _
van Laurens. Awards are made ^Uons and Safety Education Di-
cach year to three volunteer vision of the Carolina
Highway Department will pre-
Mountville-Cross Hill
PTA To Hear Fallow
Sgt. Billy Fallaw, of Public Re-
Christmas Seal Campaign
Slated To Begin Nov. 16
The Christmas Seal Campaign, direct the campaign in Laurens
which begins November 16, will County School District 56.
be directed in Greenwood and Col. Cooper is the son of Dr.
Laurens counties by a local ra-
only 13 of the state’s 46 counties.
It was the first time in 88
tion. A reconstruction state,
trolled by Northern carpet!
gers, voted for Rutherford
Hayes In 1876.
B.
of 1,611 precincts showed the Re
publican Goldwater-Miller tick-
workers who write the most new
Cunningham some money for peered. He turned himslf in to and renewal members during the sen f a traffic safety program at * 1(> P ersona ‘tV- a housewife, and | ina sanatorium for tuberculosis cratic team.
Ernest Cooper who served
superintendent of the South Caro-
the purchase and Cunningham Greenville authorities
drove to the police station and.weeks Uter.
few
Community Chest Tops
Goal With $24,067
The Clinton Community Chest drive this week
went over the top, exceeding all previous efforts,
according to campaign chairman Reese Young.
The drive, with a goal of $23,688.94 this year,
has raised to date $24,067.43 and not all out-of-
town pledges have been heard from yet The
amount of pledges totals 103 per cent of the goal.
Jim Von Hollen, president of the Community
Chest and Young said they were grateful to all
workers for their efforts to make the goal poailble.
An awards meeting will be held in the near fu
ture for workers who made outstanding contri
butions in their area of work.
PC to Meet Appalachian
On Local Field Saturday
number
year the meeting of the Cross Hill- a hos P ital administrator, accord-- a t state Park from 1915 to 1939
In the absence of Mr. Work- Mountville PTA tonight (Tburs- ing to Henry M. Farix. president Col. Cooper gained a rather in- tration running as
man, membership chairman, Mr. day) at 7:30 in the Mountville of the Tuberculosis and Health Hmate knowledge of the life of 000, Negroes unde
Brooks also announced that Lau- school building. ~ Assoc iation which serves both a tuberculosis paUent ironr Jiis jn unprecedented
*7 n Ln OU - had reached goal This program will be presented counties. observations at the sanatorium South Carolina and undobtedly
of 340 lamily memberships for f 0 r children as well as adults. Carroll L. Sexton of Greenw'ood during his early years. As ad- their vote was virtually all Dem-
1, • FaUaw is a noted speaker will serve as chairman of the ministrator of the Laurens Dis- ocratic. But heavy Republican
Mr. Brooks issued an invita- throughout South Carolina and is campaign, Mr. Sexton is well tr ‘ ct Hospital, he is again acute- inroads into traditionally Demo
tion to Laurens County members chaplain and director of the known to the radio audience of ly aware of the many problems cratic strongholds in the indus-
Law Enforce- station WCRS where he has accompanying tuberculosis as he trial and heavily populated up-
ment Officers Association. He is worked for the past eight years. sees patients who are hospitalized country more than offset it.
experienced in law enforcement, He was employed by radio sta- locally while awaiting admission
tion WLBG in Laurens before t0 the South Carolina Sanator-
. „ ,, . ™ T ^ , years moving to Greenwood. He is also ium Co ‘ Cooper will head ac-
for the coming year. T. J. Cope- driver education, radio, TV and we u known through his work in tivities for Laurens County
land, president; R. L. Wickham, public relations. the Little Theater. He served as School District 55.
The public is urged to attend chairman of radio publicity for Mr. Paris explained that the
this meeting. the 1963 Christmas Seal Cam- Christmas Seal contributions fi-
paign. nance a program of health edu-
YouHi Rally Saturday Serving with him as co-chair- cation, community service, and home 606 East Carolina Ave
a ■ p • [ men are Mrs. George R. Blalock medical and social research aim- „ ,
At Friendship Church of Clinton and Col. Charles G. ed at the eradication of tuber- after several years of dining
There will be a Youth Rally at Cooper of Laurens. culosis and the control of other heaR h.
the Friendship Baptist Church Mrs. Blalock, a former social respiratory diseases. A native and lifelong resident
Jack* C“w" AtvTn.iH/i Saturday, November 7 at 7:30. worker, has served as a director According to Mr. Faris, the of Laurens County, he was the
Pitts ’Laurens J Herman Pow- U is 8 P onsore < 1 b V the “Truth of the association since 1960 and campaign is conducted each year SO n of the late James M. and
to attend the State Farm Bureau South
convention to be held in Colum
bia Nov. 12-14.
The following officers and driver licensing, patrol training
directors were elected to serve and for the last- fifteen
vice-president; Charles R. Work
man, state director; Mrs. Agnes
Bailey, secretary-treasurer; di
rectors—Hugh B. Workman and
L. Boyd Stoddard. — _
Township Directors
Cross Hill, Hance Finley and
John L. Adair; Hunter, W. P.
Dickson and Lawrence F. Davis;
Services Monday
For W. E. Neighbors
W. Edgar Neighbors, 83, died
Sunday at 12:30 p. m. at his
Precinct Voles
In Laurens Couniy
4
1 i
Precinct
t
Bailey
23
■
46
B arksdale-N arnie
32
63
Brewerton :
96
66
Clinton No. 1
501
674
Clinton No. 2 . __
177
618
Clinton Mill
247
234
Cook’s Store
11
51
Cross Hill
77
127
Daniels Store
40
97
Dials
8
16
Ekom
41
46
Gray Court ,
140
104
Grays ^
20 32-
Hickory Tavern
89
88
Hopewell .
16
<6
Joanna
306
296
Jones Store
54
86
Lanford
68
54
Laurens No. 1
283
236
Laurens No. 2
135
66
Laurens No. 3
216
278
Laurens No. 4
438
123
Laurens No. 5
176
689
Laurens No. 6
253
280
Long Bpanch
56
71
Lydia Mill
113
130
Maddens
59
80
Merna
17
28
Mountville
78
89
Mt. Olive
36
31
Mt. Pleasant
18
31
Ora
40
35
Owings
30
85
Pleasant Mound
13
33
Poplar Springs
81
39
Princeton
39
22
Renno
66
22
Shady Grove
13
16
Shiloh
30
31
Stewart’s Store
26
18
Tip Top
33
18
Trinity Ridge
82
110
Waterloo
184
39
Wattsville
196
290
Woodville
62
96
Youngs
22
60
TOTALS .
4740 5691
For Youth,” an organization of
the Friendship church.
The public is invited to attend
er and Robert Burns; Scuffle-
town, W. T. Blakely and S. B.
Fleming; Sullivan, Fred Pitts
and James Wasson; Waterloo,
Niles C. Clark and J. L. Fennell; SlX PHzeS Are Offered
Youngs, James Martin and Wil- 11
lie Lomas.
Bell Dillard Neighbors. He was
Presbyterian
Hose men have
ahead when
the
College's Bine Williams, fullback, and Don
n big task McNeill at halfback, lead the
with PC rashers.
Last week the Presbyterians
A. B. Jacks, 67,
To Be Buried Friday
Preliminiary plans have been prizes will be as follows:
announced for Clinton’s annual prize, $40; 2nd prize, $30;
Christmas parade set for 4:30 prize, $25, 4th prize, $20,
A B Jacks 67 well-known P m Thursday, December 3, ac- prize, $15, 6th prize, $10.
dairy farmer of Laurens Coun- cordi ** to C® 1 - L - D - Lott, ctadr All entries considered by the
ty, died * **“ ”
has been active on several com- through appeal letters to individ-
mittees. She will enlist chairmen uals, to business, and to Indus- . . „
of sub-committees to plan and try. He commented that origin- a . member “ Hurricane Baptist
Church where he sreved as
deacon and treasurer a num
ber of years.
He was a retired merchant
and farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Viola Young Neighbors; a son,
• * » • ^ ^ J. A. (Cotton) Neighbors of
Ut tenan Church and waU in line daughters, Mrs. J.
3rd on E. Calhoun or E. Maple St.
5th in places assigned.
Christmas Parade Scheduled Dec 3
Want A
$25 Prize?
Twelve Clinton people can
take home twelve $25 cash priz
es totaling $300 this week if they
are in the right place at the
right time—if—and it’s not too
big an if—they can produce
numbered ticket stubs when
matching numbers are called
Saturday afternoon.
These twelve $25 cash prises
are being offered this week in
A. Dugan of Sumter, and Mrs.
, Paul M. Stanley of Hartsville;
r. „ , e „. ma r ch wd on a brother, A. L. Neighbors of- the drawing conducted by pro-
—. _ - , „ . S. Broad St. to the post office, Rt. i > Clinton; two half-sisters, gressive Clinton merchants on
suddenly Wednesday 111,111 of the Parade Committee, committee as contributing to the turn East on Florida St., turn Mrs . Clyde Young of Rt. 2, the parking lot of M. S. Bailey *
here Saturday night before ran into a fired up TroV state morning at his home on Route Chairman Lott urges local Christmas spirit of the parade south on Musgrove St, and then ointon; and Mrs. G. Robert Son, Bankers, at 2:30 p. m. Sni
pe’s Parents Day crowd. team, and fell 9-7 desoite a 1, from a heart attack. churches, schools, civic organ!- will be accepted. east on E. Carolina Ave. Simpson of Clinton; five grand- urday.
The Hosemen not only will half comeback. The He was a naUve and lifelong zation8 and commercial houses Plans for the parade include The Christmas parade is spon- children and three great-grand- To win a prize, you must have
be playing before the parents Blue Hose nosed ahead of the resident of Laurens County, a to p,an to have “ to the an appearance earlier in the sored by the Merchants Division chUdren. ticket stubs given by merchants
of current students, but will be Red Wave in the statistics, hut son of the late Isaac C. and P“; ade afternoon at Whitten Village. of the Chamber of Commerce, of Funeral services were con- displaying Loyalty Days ban-
trying to put an end to • three- a blocked punt in the PC end Susan Blalock Jacks he was a For 10011 * commercial floats Parade units will enter South which W. C. Baldwin is chair- ducted Monday at 3:00 p. m. at ners, who are sponsoring the fall
game loateg etreak. A victory zone proved the margin of vie- member of the Leesville South- carrying a Christmas theme, Adair Street at the First Presby- man
in the 8:00 p. m. game would tory for the Alabamans. em Methodist Church near Qin-
raise the Hose record to 4-4,
and would jMt the Presbyterians StOOfl Turkov SJlOOt
in a good portion to shoot tor
an even season. Next Two Saturdays
ton where he served as a trus
tee (or a number of years. He
was a veteran of World Way I
__ .. „ ... . and was a member of the Cope-
? 0, *K Ve #i, \a^ The Clinton Lions Club amtaal land-Davidson Post of American
take the field as nine-point un- turkey shoot is scheduled for two Legion
? rt0 ihin a rS n £ nit week * ends **** year-and both H e is survived by his wife,
are early enough to bag a bird Mrs. Lois (Polly) Adair Jacks;,
STSimp^Wofl^ iffSS for Th * nk ** rvto * t*o sons, Jam7, R. Jacks and'
SSnt^Sd wUl bringthe top Slated for Nov * aito 14, tha Erskine A. Jacks; two daugh-
NAIa’ District 26 rushing heek shooU wU1 h®* 111 at ^ oao 11,1(1 ters - Mrs - PkU W. (Almeda)
to Clinton this weekend! Half- ^st untU 5:00 p. m., and both Rogers and Mrs. F. E. (Madge)
back Larry Lawing hew wl- wl!1 1)6 heW behind Clinton High Robbing, all of Rt. 1; three
ready gained 677 yards, and School. brothers, Homer Jacks, Joanna;
ranks the top scorers An automatic shotgun will be Vernon Jacks, Elizabeth, N. J.,
in the roirio" with 62 points. 8 lv e n away at 4:30 p. m., Nov. and I. C. Jacks, Belleville, N.
The Blue Hose will 14 > and you need not be present J.; two sisters, Mrs. Bogle Mc-
wlth an evenly balanced of- to win. Cary, Greenwood, and Mrs. Ruf-
fense, paced by Quarterback Lions Ctub members said that u * Morgan, of Springfield; and
ixiightftn Grantham. Grantham there will be guns available at thirteen grandchildren,
has smssasri Tfll total yards to the shoot if yoa don't bring your Funeral services will be held
date, completing 56 of 112 pass- own. Fr day afternoon at g: 30 at the
es for six touchdowns. Sam Leesville Southern Methodist
RETURN FROM DELAWARE Church mar here, conducted by
Mrs. J. B. Hast, hsoompantad Rev. LeGrandt Adams and Rev.
by her sisters-in-law, Mrs. Car- Dial Jacks. Burial will be in the
roll Brown of Batton and Mrs. church cemetery.
A of the leaders As- Emait Rice |f Columbia, have Pallbearers win he nephews.
of the rutufeMi Council lOtiunisd from a‘trip to ML Ver- The body Is at Gray Funeral
rxmp fire Girls will he held non, Va., and Wilmington, Date. Home where it will remain until
st 7:90 o’clock White in Wilmington they visited the hour of the service. The
ry Francis DoPout Wfa* family to st the horns of Ms
to attend. terthur Museum • son. Jamas R. Jacks, Rt. 1.
Hurricane Baptist Church by
Rev. C. E. Russell. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Robert A.,
Dillard and J. Dial Neighbors,
Allen and Charles Young, G.
Robert Simpson, Jr., and
Wright Simpson.
Health Center
Cloeed Today •
n, A t rr Sloan St.; Otto Wainwright, RL
Dr. Von A. Long, director of N Parrish Florenr*. SL-
« t ai«*.Amc. uaaith Oa. *• ^or ,lla ifirrisn, r lorence sc.,
trade festival which continues
until Dec. 5. At that time four
cash prizes totaling $1,000 will
be given away.
So, patronize these Clinton
merchants, get your tickets and
come on out to the drawing. You
may win a $25 cash prize-money
that is spendable anywhere in
the world.
Last week’s winners were Orin
Davis, Pitts St.; James Kidd,
Mrs.
St.
Louie Thornley, E. Florida
Comp Fire Loaders
To Meet Monday
Officar% Speakers at Farm Bureau Meeting
Shown above are three officers named
Thursday night and two speakers at the
annual meeting of the Laurens County
Farm Bureau in Laurens. Left to right,
thpy nre: T. J. Copleend, Laurens, kmg-
ttpe president, who was reelected; Dr.
J. W. Jones of Ctemson University, prin-
of Ctemson
dpal speaker; E. W. Brooks, executr
vice-president of the South Carolina
executive
Farm Bureau, who presented member
ship awards and toM of the forthcoming
state convention; Agnes Bailey, Lau
rens, secretary-treasurer; and R. LI
Wickham, vice-president. Other officers,
not in the picture, are Charles R. Work
man, Kinards, state director; Hugh B.
Workman, Clinton, and L. Boyd Stod
dard, Owings, directors.—Photo by Yar
borough.
the Laurens County Health De
partment, states that the Clin
ton Health Center will be clos
ed today (Thursday.) The nurs
es will be attending the annual
convention of the South Caro
lina States Nurses Association
in Greenville.
Harvest Festival
At Gray Court School
The junior class of Gray Court-
Owngs High School is sponsoring instructor group here as
a Harvest Festival Nov. 6. sixtant in military science.
Coronation ceremonies in the A native of Smarr, Ga.,
/ school auditorium will begin at has had It years of
7:30 p. m. and carnival fastivi- service,
. ties will start about t:15. meats ia
A small admission will be Hawaii. He Is
charged
Sgt. Robert S. Ham
Joins ROTC Staff
Master Sergeant Robert 8.
Ham, Jr., has joined the ROTC
staff of the Presbyterian Col
lege military department, Lt
Col. Richard W. Ulrich an
nounced today.
Ham joins the U. S. Amy