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In Laurens Monday
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Hollings Urges less Washington
Government In South Carolina'
With his fall campaign in Russell for the Democratic /*| M L
full swing, U. S. Senate candi- nomination. IxlWdiilS HUD
date Ernest F. Hollings has He reiterated this belief Mon-
resumed his pre-primary cam- day night in an address to the Ta Upar Dp An
The Clinton Chronicle
Vol. 67 — No. 38
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 22,1966
paign slogan—“We need more Laurens County Young Demo-
South Carolina government in crats.
Joanna Employees Evangelistic Community Chest Drive
Get Service Pins Series Planned # - '
For January 22-29 TO BeQIH Next Tuesday
Plans to have the Rev.
Seventeen employees of the
i*7 u- j i nr u tt ..I ... ■. . , C. S. Reed, vice-prcs>dent Joanna Plants of\Greenwood
Washington, and less Wash- Hollings criticized national .... 3 .
ington government in South leadership for encouraging Ml ls wcre P r( * sont( ‘ cl service
Carolina.” law and order bv encouraging Power Co ” wl11 be the s P eak( ‘ r pins for long service during Leighton Ford of the Billy The 1966 campaign for the
The phrase was one of Hoi- what he called disrespect for tonight (Thursday) at a meet- September. They are: D. V. Gr ® ham Evangelistic Asso- United Fund of Greatar Clin '
lings’ favorites during the demonstrations that he said ing of the Kiwanis Club. Wriglit Jr 25 years — W L cia lon c °. n bc an . eig _.. aJ . on ’ h n ^ M v y i e .. 0 y
u i. j ■ ..i *1 j vviim*-, ^ y^aia *». evangelistic crusade in Clin- launched when all workers
f J p^ ii^h*nt in h n.?nfi7i ha y e o resul . ted ^ The session wil be held at Gruber, Mildred Wilburn, G. ton next January 22-29 be- meet Tuesday, September 27,
' 1 ° rfnJr^n^hP^nrnWlhnr r^^hn Hotel Mar y Musgrove at 7:00 jj. Metis, William Vance, Rita gan taking shape this week at 8:30 a.m. in the Mary Mus-
country ” o’clock. Floyd, and Charlie Kinard, 20 under the direction of the grove Hotel ballroom for the
Hollings hit hard at his Re- A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., years - T. A. Uldrick, Irene Clinton - Joanna Ministerial annual kick-off breakfast. Dr.
nomngs mi nara ai ms Ker , .u ,r • Brooks W. H. Mills and W. Association. Mar c C. Weersing, president
publican opponent, Marshall and a graduate of the Univcr- ~ . , c ,, . _i • • f ’ * . .
„ ,, u j u » . . Hawkins, 15 years — Car- The Association s admims- of Presbyterian College, is to
ar er, w , e sai , e ore s jty of Pittsburgh, Mr. Reed 0 j yn Merchant, and De7aree trative committee^ with the make the keynote speech.
canoartv^attended a $190 a W8S f ° r many yearS 3 rati ° n ' G - Morris ’ 10 ycars - ' R etts Rev. Alfred Bixler of the m addition to officers, cam-
plate Democratic dinner. ally-known consultant on rotes Snow, Betty Roberts, T. E. Clinton First Presbyterian paign division heads and as-
The session at the court f° r electricity, gas and trans- I’eay, and M. H. Patterson, Church serving as chair- sistant heads, the more than
No Shortage of Funds
" Bound
Over For Grand
Jury At Hearing
house Monday was open- portation. In that capacity he ^ y pars -
sored by the County Young became associated with Duke
man, is scheduled to meet 100 solicitors in the residen-
this Thursday at a noon tial division are expected to
“dutch luncheon” at the attend* the kick-off breakfast,
time.
1 he administrative commit- 0 f ^ residential division, and
tee to coordinate plans for Mrs claude A: Crocker, as-
Problems Laid Before
Chamber Membership
the crusade was named last
sistant, announced this week
Greenville — U. S. Commis- Democrats, and was presided Power Co. in 1929. He joined studies in economic develop- „ u ♦ i *7
sioner Jesse M. Ray ruled yes- over by J. Edward Well's, new the company in 1934, later be- ment and population trends Chairmen nr^iHpnf Or fhTwai UndS
torHav ihom u/ac nmhahip president of the Young Demo- coming a member of its Board and is today widely recogniz- .. , . , .. president of the local United
terday there was probable r . 0 .... . . • , „ < 1- j will be selected at this Fund nreaniyatinn
crats. of Directors and a vice presi- ed as one ol the leading t . runo organizanon.
cause for presentment of a introduced by the county’s dent. In recent years he has spokesmen for the economic
proposed indictment to a fed- Democratic candidate who become well known for his potential of the Carolinas.
eral grand jury on charges a will be on the ticket in the No-
Clinton man misapplied funds vember 8 general election, in-
of a banking firm there eluding William M. Dobbins
of a banking firm there for State Senator, and Paul
Alan King Trammell, for- Culb e r t S on and David Taylor,
mer head teller of M. S. Bai- for the House of Representa-
ley and Son, Bankers, Clinton, fives.
was charged in the case in- County Chairman Richard
volving deposits of $1,211.66 Townsend introduced Hollfngs.
for which he removed deposit
DR. WEERSING
M. Ray, Mrs. Sam Williams,
Mrs. Frank C Sherrill, head and Mrs Joe Holland.
Marc Weersing, Mrs. J. M.
Dick, Mrs. Harry Wilkes,
Mrs. Milton Moore, Mrs. John
W. Finney, Mrs. E. N. Sulli
van, Mrs. Thomas Stalls-
worth, Mrs. R. E. Ferguson,
Jr., Mrs. James Bradford,
Mrs. James Davidson, Mrs.
Calvin Retd, Mrs. Marvin
Gault, Mrs. Ralph Copeland,
| I Mrs. Jack Prcssau, Mrs. Alfio
Undari, Mrs. Charles Wald
ron, Mrs. Frank Audia.
Also, Mrs. L. D. Lott, Mrs.
Gerald Wells, Mrs. ^pmes
Shakespeare, Mrs,' J a^m e s
Potts, Mrs. Emily Hollis, Mrs.
Paul Nye, Mrs. Oferge Brock-
enbrough, Mrs. Cecil Crayton,
Mrs. Ralph Tedards, Mrs.
Joyce Bond, Mrs. Robert
Vance, Mrs. Robert Lynn,
The residential division is jyi rs Wayne Morgan, Mrs.
also headed by section chair- n u f U s Sadler, Jr., Mrs. Joe
Sunday at an organizational 7hp”name<! of all”workers in men Mrs ' Harry McSween - Nixon, Mrs. Julian Bolick*
meetme or and tay ^ t l SZ&U Also, Mrs. Ed Campbr,!,
leaders. In addition to Mr.
Area chairmen include Mrs.
Mrs. Heath Copeland, Mrs.
Bixler as chairman, the fol- Louis Stephens, Mrs. George £ p g rh ^ pv Mr, Claude R ' E ' SadIer - Mrs ' M ' C ' Dun -
lowing were elected: vice- Cornelson M Lawrence C 'Mrs. George F r a d y,
chairman-the Rev. E. W. Young Mrs . H arold Martin, S- navid' M^rPflld Mr!’ Mrs - James Jo hn son, Mrs.
Rogers of Broad Street Meth- Mrs Charles pitts> Mrs H ^ S ' ?. 3V ‘ d Aif>p Brooks Owens, Mrs. James
odist Church; secretary—R. Kar , Martin , r Mrs Tan Richard Gredler, Mrs. Alice
slips from the bank July 29.
He is free under his own re
cognizance.
His attorney, Ernest J. How
ard, argued at the preliminary
hearing here Friday that the
deposit slips were the only
bank property involved and
that no injury was caused to
Community Chest
. . .. |
Formed at Joanna
The annual membership-cof- seeking industrial employ- B. Hellams; treasurer,
fee meeting of the Clinton ment; 46 having part-time em- Goyne Simpson; and mem-
Chamber of Commerce was ployment and wanting full bers-at-large—the Rev. Bryan VAiinfi nPIflArfrltC
held Tuesday morning at the time work: and others unem- Keisler of St. John’s Luth- I UUliy l/dllwvlulj
Mary Musgrove Hotel, Presi- ployed. “From this cover- eran Church, and W. C. Bald- , p ■ ■ ■■
dent Claude Crocker welcom- age,” Mr. Creighton said, “we win. tlCCl LOWdlu W6llS
ed some 33 members present, still have our same old prob- A "
Earl Martin. Jr., Mrs. Tan c landi Mrs . bavld Cook, " alke ;' k Mr *; James Gray
— Mrs. Earl Rice, Mrs. CcorBe Mrs - ■ ,oh, ’ Glo ’' er '
Mrs. Frank Pitts,
Corley,
Also, Mrs. Russell Cooper,
^ . .. T Mrs. J. D. McKee, Mrs. Don-
Mrs^ Buddy Oakley Mrs. Joe Harold
Bonds Mrs. led Davenport, M ' rs Howio t)awk .
and Mrs. Irby Ferguson.
J , ins, Mrs. Robert Satterfield,
Other workers assisting in Mrs. Lewis Bagwell, Jr., Mrs.
A this meeting, the group t
The invocation was given by lem.” __ head a discussion by John At an organizational meet- the campaign include Mrs. j obn t Gallman, Mrs. Carolus
.,4- a vw Representatives of the five Qen. Ansel B. Godfrey. Aviaion chairman, Robert Lenning of the Billy Graham ing of the Young Democrats Davis, Mrs. Wallace Franks,
Uie V institution on the date in service clubs in Joanna met w R Anderson, member- Wassung, along with Senator organization about the prep- of Laurens County last Thurs- r • ii:ii c Mrs. C. D. Pitts, Mrs. Arthur
question by their removal. recently for the purpose of s hip chairman, announced the Dobbins, remarked on the re- arations necessary for the day, J. Edward Wells, Lau- VareenwoOQ IV1IIIS Barker, Mrs. C. S. Quarles,
The vice - president of the f? rmin S a Community Chest following rew members: Ed- building of the Laurens Coun- eight-day crusade which will rens attorney, was elected Accident Rate Mrs. W. C. Milam, Mrs. Beu-
banking firm, James Von Hoi- t0 replace the in ' plant organ ' gar Sadler, Home Wholesale; ty Airport. Wassung reported be held January 22-29 in President. Rpinn Rpdnrpd lah Ridings, Mrs. Lawrence
len, testified the slips were ization formerly operating un- R p wilder, School District that the basic survey had been Belk Auditorium on the Other officers are: Miss Jo- 15 »cmy ixeuuieu smith.
not placed in the teller’s draw- der 0,6 111111 s u Pe rvision - 56; Thomas W. Barnes, Shiloh made and that steps had been arat'ons necessary for the anne Smith of Laurens, vice- Greenwood Mills has re- A , so Mrs Bill g hea | y M rs.
er with the deposits and that Grou P s represented were Homes, Inc. James E. Wolfe, taken for the proposed de- Presbyterian College campus, president; Mrs. Sylvia Wells dueed accidents 44 per cent Edc iieRay,Mrs.MarionMad-
checks later were returned be- Joanna Woman’s Club, Loyal Wolfe and Dow ij ng) invest- velopment in a federal-aid Leighton will make his of Laurens, secretary-treasur- du rinfi the lirst eight months den Mrs Louis Bonds M rs.
cause the funds were not in 0r der of Moose, Masonic mentg, . program. A 3200 ft. runway first appearance in Clinton er. Named as executive com- °l thu year. Clyde B. Sim- w G Bigham, Mrs. Steve
the proper accounts. He said Lodge, Eastern Star and Lions George Cornelson, civic af- will soon be a reality. in preparation for the cru- mitteeman was Wm. Craine mons, Manager of ♦ e ^ a i py Tollison, Mrs. Clyde Teague,
no shortage of bank funds was I n t eraa tional.. fairs chairman, outlined plans J. C. Thomas asked the sa de on October 6, when he of Owings, University oi South epartmen , as announce Mrs. Frank Boland, Jr.. Mrs.
revealed at the time. ^ nieeting, the jjj s committee would work to- chamber members to join the w 'd discuss- the program Carolina law student. This includes the 14 plants Harold Cheek, Miss Essie Da-
Vincent Doherty, special f°dowing officers were elec- ward the coming year con- Merchants Association in their v, 'ith participating ministers Mr. and Mrs. William C. * n Greenwood, and Lauiens vidson, Mrs. Ray Riley, and
agent of the FBI, testified that ted: Cyril Abrams, president; C erning city traffic. He stated special promotion in saluting at a supper meeting in the Craine were named delegates Counties,^the service depart- Mrs. Dan Woods,
the five deposit slips were ^f 188 Rnih Hair, vice-presi- y,eir main concern would be the towns and surrounding private dining i
found Aug. .10 by Knoxville, d ’S ll, w ^^?pw n . da ^’ trea ^ r - to work with the-South Caror—rommtmitws intmr trade area Greenville Hall
Tenn., police in a car parked ® r; y en dell lina Highway Department in in appreciation-for their many
in an unauthorized zone. Po- Servln 6 on board of di- dev ising plans to djrect out- contributions to Clinton. The
the five deposit slips were j* 10 ® R 1 u1 ^ 1 ^, 31 j’ 11 v c ^" presl ~ their main concern would be the towns and surrounding private dining room at PC’s to the State Young Democrats ment, and oflices, he noted.
convention held in Columbia A total of 8,769,382 man
aturday. hours of work was acoomp-
Also attending the state lished during the period.
lice called^ federal agents into
the case then, he said.
Mr. Trammell did not test
ify.
from each of the five clubs:
side traffic out of the bust- salute is being planned for
ness area. J. Robert Cox, rep- October 12-29.
Women Voters
Group Schedules
* i _ , _ IlCoo died. U. XVUUUI l
Mrs. Cormrte Phillips', Rolfe resenting the mcrc hants di-
cla rk, James Fulmer, Man- vision said the 0hamber cer .
on Banks, Mack Williams. tain]y had the approval of the
Fa ? 1 ^ ie l r . 1 merchants, that he felt “we
A budget of $5500 was adop- wou i d certainly miss the boat
ted for the coming year and jf wp fai , to foUow a h
incorporation q[ Joanna Com- with this great problem ..
mumty *Gh8st ^s an eleemos* , M ac Adair, highway-traf-
ynary corppratiort will be ef- fi C chairman, was unable to at-
■H fec ™ shortly, It wak stated. tend but invited Senator w .,
,, ^ tes n f or u 11,6 dnve a or ham C. Dobbins to speak lo
The Provfsidnal' League of funds will be announced la- group on p rogress being
Women Voters of Laurens t er -
County will meet tonight . ^*11
(Thursday) at 8 o’clock, in MWOIIIS dUD
Room 231. Douglas House, $e||§ Cushions
Presbyterian College Campus. . — ,
The program will be pre- At rOOtOQll OdmeS
sented by one of the subcom- For a fund-raising project AVOU i d b r, but Hunter Brothers
mittees now preparing their the local Kiwanis Club has Construct on Co. of Gray Coun
part of the “Know Your Coun- been selling foam rubber bad been g j ven the contract
ty Survey”. Mrs. James L. cushions at the local Thorn- Re d p,cr b d the four-lane
Skinner heads this committee well, Clinton High and Pres- road to b? bu jj t witb a med | an
which is studying the Admin- b^tbrlan Ctfileg^ football ; n errta n sections where tral-
istration of justice in Laurens games. Advertisements of bus-
County. Any interested citizen inesses are used on one side
is invit ed to attend the meeting of the plastic cushion with
and to join the group whose the school’s name appearing
purpose is to promote pcllti- on the other side,
cal responsib lity through in- Proceeds from these sales
formed and active participa- will go toward youth work ac
tion of citizens in government, tivities.
made on Laurens - Clinton
Highway 56. Sen. Dobbins
stated that work had begun
and that a four-lane road
would be bui't. He said that he
did not know when rompMion
Bible Class Begins
Weekly Sessions
f
Patterson and
meeting was Mrs. Claude Total accidents recorded Elliott Lead In
Cook, of Laurens, vice-chair- this year was 131, compared
man of the state Democratic with 236 last year. The lost y k r |>
party, and also vice-chairman time ratio was 1.71, compared I rPdSUfBr S KdCfi
The community bible class, of the count y organization. with 3.04 in 1965. vi
held in the St. John’s Luth
eran Church and taught by
Dr. E. B. Keisler, began on
Tuesday evening of this week.
The passage studied, at the
first session was the narra-
t ve of the transfiguration of
Christ. Next Tuesday evening
the group will consider the
things related to Paul’s vis
it to Athens (Acts 17:16-34).
Air vs. Ground Attack
To Feature PC-LR Game
A sparkling offensive show James Smith
Assistant Attorney General
Grady L. Patterson led a
Democratic primary race for
the state treasurer nomination
Tuesday but was forced into a
runoff with Richland County
Treasurer Tom E. Elliott.
Trailing well behind the
front runners in the sparse
balloting, and eliminated from
and Richard the contest were Spartanburg
In the absence of Dr. Keis- j s expected when Presbyterian Rp p d. That comb nation pro- accountant William Garrett
ri r is hazardous, and with an
^s’and n other sect'ons. Hi
thanked the Clinton and Lau
rens chambers for the r .sup
port in rra'i ng th s a real ly,
a big improvement in the
county.
Industr a 1 peorrcUon cha'r-
rra-. Den G .Cre'ghton, spoke
briefly on the survey tha’ had
been mad ‘ in th" county by
the Laurens and Clinton ehr.m-
b rs in coonerat on with the
South Carolina Technical Edo
cat on Servee n finding the
p^tmUal labor In the county.
He stat"d that I aurens was
Two points separated the pulled off another thriller the 2. rd county in the state to
wmners from the losers here when, after Clinton took a kick a ' ldL ’ rtak f 4 Lns project and
w.nncrs from the lo ers nere own 40 and steve that results had been average.
Wilder Held Gra(Jy made „ first down Some
Lower Richland Wins
Over Clinton, 28-26
Friday night on
2 / 5.000 quesLonna'res
when the Hornets from Lower, tbe 50 gimmons scampered were distributed with 818 re-
Richland High School emerg- down the field and was Caught turned, which gave a 4.5 per
ed victorious over the Clinton at the one-foot ling. On the cent . tola,labar * ai T e in tbo
Red Devils, 28-26. second try, Tumblin went county. The breakdown was
•It was a high-scoring game, across for the score. ^ 3o8 currently employe d but
with each team pushing Across Cooper scored another S’i-
four touchdowns. The Clinton- yard run, and Halfback Hamp-
ians mbssed two of their ext ton raced around end fer an
tra po'nts. other after Clinton got the bafl
Lower Richland exhibited a on a punt at their own 40.
dazzling passing attack that Lower Richland’s longest
was largely responsible for scoring plays chnrtf ort passes
their three touchdowns in tbe from Quarterback Al McNeill
first half, but the Red Devils to Billy Petesky. That combi-
straightened out their pass de- nation clicked for 46 yards and
fense in the second half and a touchdown tn less than twd
the Hornets were able to score minutes after receiving the
only once, and that on a run- kickoff, and again for 15 yards
ning play. and a TD In the second quar*
The most scintillating play ter.
of the game was when Half- Lower Richland 7 14 0 7—28
back Francis Cooper took a Clinton 6 6 7 7—26
Lower Richland punt at his Clinton goes to Chester
goal line and ran the length Friday to meet the t Cy-
of the field to cross the line clones In the third game of
standing, up. the season for the Red Dev-
Halfback Henry Simmunt; ils. _ *
The United Fund is one
«r - animation that contrib
utes tn every phase of
community activity. Most
every family will recieve
benefits from it, either di
rectly cr indirectly, during
the coming year—be it
Scouting, Campfires, Red
( rcss or local relief
By having one great ap
peal, me r e of the money
received can be used
fir its intended purpose
rather than supporting du
plicate drives and offices
of many separate funds.
I urge everyone to give
to the United Fund of Clin
ton. The workers are your
neighbors and your contri
bution w 11 be used to help
your own community.
“So cast your bread up
on the waters” . . . and
you may see it come back
to you toasted lightly on
both sides, buttered and
o/ered with blackberry
jelly as only your mother
used to make.”
—ZEB WILLIAMS
k-r. Dr. Wm. Redd Turner Go ,i egp seeking its llth v 'd p d the spark in the 23-1-i and Mason T. Motes of Lau-
will teach the class on Oeto- . ’ win over Frederick, as Kirt- rens, a former investigator
her, 4, using the story of Je- straight home football victory. i ar!t j corn pi ? tf.(j 13 of 21 passes for the State Tax Commission,
sus at Jacob's well (John 4:2- enterta ns a powerful and fa- j 0 r 1C7 yards and two touch- Returns from 1.447 of the
42). On October 11 the Rev. vered Lenoir Rhyne team in downs. Smith and Reed epught state's 1,619 precincts gave
J. H. Darr will present “Stu- a Caronnas Lomerence game five pap h. Fullback Sam Wil- Patterson 18.363 votes and El-
d cs in Amos.” bpro Saturday night. ~ l ams and Halfback Jim John- liotl 14,859. Garrett had 5,379,
Upon his return from a j bp e i erncrl t of confLct will son head the PC ball-carriers, and Motes 2,226.
preaching mission and a short p t Blue Hose passing against Lenoir Rhyne boa~ts a ver- Leading in the race in Lau-
va'at'on in the Midwest, Dr. , bp Loiot Rhyne ground at- satile s'ngle - wing attack that rens County, as expected, was
KeLler will begin a study of tack. Both teams rode their has both power and speed on Motes, with 651 votes: Patter-
on" of the shorter significant specialties to opening - game the around. Wayne Bell. 215- son was n"xt with 276 votes,
books of the Bible on Sep- w ins last week, against Fred- pound All Conference fullback, a'd Ga rctt and Eli ott traikd
t-i. bjr 13, piobably the Epis- cr ck and Wofford respective- accounted for almost 100 rush- ’vith 185 and 117 votes, respec-
tle tn the Galat ans. , y and L eao j r Rhyne was im- lag yards in the 21-20 triumph lively. Only 1220 votes were
Dr. Keisler has emphasized p rcss jve enough to rate as a over Wofford last Saturday cast in the county,
that the discussions will con- two . touchdown favorite this H : s efforts were- matched bv VOTE IN CLINTON
tain no denominational em- W o e kend. lighting tlr usts of Tailback Only 142 votes were cast in
phasis and that in so far as It s thp ^ renewal cf a Sam Hotcombe a 9.7 sec. sprin- Clinton. They were as follows:
is possible the expositions r j va i ry that has been as tight t"r. and Wingback Mike Elliott, 4S, Patterson 38, Motes
will be in the tradition of Dr. a3 bpe . s wax The 12 ga me Campbell. • 3 : , Garrett 19. j
G. Campbell Morgan, Dr. A. spr ! es n0 w stands at five wins Seek ng to contain those run- The No. 1 box'gave, Eliiott
B. Bruce and others. a , d tW o ties, with PC scoring ners will be a comparatively 44, Garrett 3, Motes 16 and
Anyone interested, regard- ^3 total po ints against 115 for ,; aht 2'!0 - pound-average Blue Patterson 12.
less of church affiliation, is LR Xbp Bears had their big- Hose line headed by Middle The No. 2 hex gave Elliott
invited to attend. gpst ma rg : n of victory last Guard John Monk, a leading "i. Garrett 11, Motes ,U>, and
Tne class begins at 7:30 and year j r defeating Presbyter- candidate for post-season hon- Pattgpson 2C.
is over no later than 8:30. j an enroute to the con- or,, and Linebackers Bob War- CLnton Mill box gave Elliott
fcrence championship. Sotur- ren and Jim Sullenberger. ‘3, Garrett 5. Moles 2, and Pat-
Jaycee Meet day’s game opens defense,of Lenoir Rhyne’s rugged de- terson 6.
Ci nton Jaycees will mept that title. fense is built around seven All- The vote over the state
Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Presbyterian College will re- Conference nominees of last was extremely light, with less
Jaycee Hut at 7:30 p. m. ly on a passing attack that fea- year — most notably Tackles than 50,000 votes being cast.
The program will be on tunes sophomore Quarterback Ildd.e Joyner and Earl Linga- The run-oi: primary will be
Parliamentary Procedure. Bill Kirtland pitching to Ends feldt and Center Larry Helms, held or. October 4.
t- i JT J
mm 9
Henry Simmons takes it to the one-foot
line where he was tackled.
U
Freddie Tumblin scores for Clinton. He’s
somewhere under the pile.
Francis Cooper takes a punt at his own goal line
and goes all the way.—Yarborough