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Gift of Mrs. Hartness
New Thornwell Church Dedicated
A dedication service was
held Sunday njorniny lor the
handsome new Hartness-
Thornwell Memorial Presby
terian Church on the campus
of Thornwell Orphanage.
The beautiful granite colon
ial structure also includes the
Baumgartel Memorial Chap
el and the Jo and Tom Hart
ness Educational Building.
Cost of the new facility, ac
cording to Dr. M. A. Macdon
ald, president of Thornwell,
and pastor of the church, was
in excess of $500,000.
The service was presided
over by Joel S. Morse of Ab
beville, chairman of the Board
of Trustees, and was attended
by members of the Thornwell
staff and family, trustees,
members of the Hartness
family, representatives of the
Council Adopts
Budget for Year
The Glinton City-Council at
its October meeting Monday
night adopted a budget for
the fiscal year, Sept. 1 to
Aug. 31, totaling $940,500, de
tails of which will be pre
sented in the next issue of
The Chronicle.
In a previous budget meet
ing, Alderman Talmadge San
ders made a motion to pay a
traffic officer a salary of $455
per month, seconded by Ald
erman L. \V. Cooper. The mo
tion was supported by San
ders, Cooper, and Alderman
Boyd Holtzclaw and George
Bagwell. Opposing the mo
tion were Aldermen Truman
Owens and Fred Bragg.
Owens offered an amend
ment to the motion to pay the
traffic officer a salary of $444
per m o n t h, seconded by
Bragg. Voting for the motion
were Owens and Bragg, and
opposed were Sanders, Holtz
claw, Cooper and Bagwell.
Appearing at Monday’s ses
sion was Tench P. Owens, at-
t o r n e y, accompanied by
Messrs. Allen and McDonald,
in behalf of the Clinton TV
Cable Co., seeking a franch
ise to operate in the city. The
setup and operation of the
system was explained, which
was received as information
by council.
Councirauthorized the may
or and city attorney to nego
tiate with interested parties
regarding a road near the
city’s industrial park.
Council authorized payment
of one-half the cost of side
walk at the site of the new
building being constructed by
Citizens Federal Savings and
Loan Associaton at S. Broad
and Centennial Streets.
Council approved a motion
| by Owens that the city tenta
tively accept streets offered
by Mrs. Ethel Cornwall and
Mrs. Ellen Owens in a devel
opment on N. Adair Street
upon their being properly
shaped and upon conveyance
of proper drainage ease
ments, with the understand
ing that utilities will be in
stalled as funds are available.
The city will Bear the cost of
drainage pipe in road rights
of way. The motion was sec
onded by Bragg and the vote
was unanimous.
Motion by Holtzclaw that in
the future, cost of drainage
pipe will be borne by devel-
ppment owners and that this
feature be included as an
amendment to the appropriate
city ordinance. Bragg sec
onded the motion and the
vote was unanimous.
architects, builders, towns
people of Clinton and other
friends of Thornwell.
Mrs. T. P. Hartness, of
Spartanburg, donor of f the
building, presented the facil
ity and keys, and acceptance
was by Mr. Morse.
A Litany of Dedication was
led by Robert M. Vance, of
Clinton, chairman of the
Thornwell Executive Commit
tee, which committee also
served as the building com
mittee.
A tribute was paid to Mrs.
Hartness by Rev. John Allen
Johnson, pastor of the Pres
byterian (Church of Seneca,
a former Thornwell student,
who has been closely associ
ated with Mrs. Hartness dur
ing and since his days at
Thornwell.
Dr. Macdonald preached the
dedication sermon.
The church is located near
the center of the campus and
fills a long-time need at the
institution, according to Pres
ident Macdonald. ■ ' •
Architects were FanJL and
Fant of Anderson, and the
building contractor was. Mor
ris Construction Co. of Green
ville.
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Homecoming Sunday
At Duncan's Creek .
Homecoming will be held at
Duncams Creek Presbyterian
Church Sunday, Oct. 9, with
services beginning at 11:30
a. m., conducted by Dr. Mah
colm A. Macdonald and as*
siisted by Ray : Combs,..Prest
byterian College ministerial
student.
Music will be furnished by,
the Presbyterian College cho
ral group. . . • -
Dinner will be served fol
lowing the service.
Visiting Speaker
At Leesville Church
Rev. Donald L. Gorham,
Southern representative of
the American Council of
Christian Churches, will be
the guest speaker for the ev
ening worship service at 7:30
Sunday, October 9, at the
Leesville Southern Methodist
Church.
College Players
To Give Two
Programs On 12-13
The Presbyterian CT^iegc
Players are in rehearsal for
their first presentation of the
1966-67 session, a program of
two one-act plays scheduled
for the evenings of October
12 and 13 in Belk Auditori
um.
Curtain - time is p p. m.,
and the public is cordially in
vited to attend.
“Idea for a Play,” a British
import by Richard Tydeman,
and the prize-winning drama
by James Pendleton entitled
“The Oaks of Mamre” are the
two productions that will be
given at this time. Both plays
will be performed both nights,
with a short intermission be
tween them.
- Tho-first play, a comic mor--
ality presentation, will fea
ture Lilibct Vass of Green
ville, Temf, Sam Hobson of
Anderson, Joe Dundon of Au
gusta, Ga., Beck Truesdell of
Newberry, and Karen Brem
er of Sanford, N. C., Rick
Stall of Greenville, Jocelle
Alverson of Spartanburg and
Tim Hegleston of Jackson,
Miss.
“The Oaks of Mamre” sear-
chingly analyzes and reinter
prets the Abraham and Isaac
story in modern times. The
cast includes Vicki Brown of
Sumter, Rod Spilman of Myr
tle Beach, Danny Wyatt of
Huntsville, Ala., Randy Fere-
bee of Gastonia, N. C., and
Richard Mo r gonah etf
Richard Morgan of the PC
faculty.
The Presbyterian College
Players are under the direc
tion of Dr. James L. Skinner,
associate professor of Eng
lish.
WORSHIP SERVICE
FOR LEADERS
A worshop for all Blue Bird
leaders will be held at the
Camp Fire Hut Monday, Oct.
10 at 7:30 p.m.
Two Clinton
Studenst Named
On Merit List
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Ronald P. Johnson of Clin
ton High School and Robert
L. Bracey of Thornwell High
have been named semifina-.
list in the 1966-67 national
Merit Scholarship competi
tion.
They are among the high
est scoring students in the
stale on the National Merit
Scholarship qualifying test
administered last spring.
More than 14,000 semifinal
ists were named across the
countt-y.
Twenty-two up state South
Carolina high schools placed
74 students on the lists. Spar
tanburg High School led with
24, Greenville and Wade
Hampton each had seven,
and Rock Hill and Hanna
High, Anderson, had six.
They will be advanced to
finalist status on the basis of
endorsements from their
schools, additional qualifying
test performances and on
achievement and interests.
Usually about 97 per cent
of the semi-finalists advance
to finalist.
About'May 3, the names
of the actual Merit Scholars
will be announced.
Joycees to Sell
Halloween Candy
The Clinton Jaycees will
sell Halloween “trick or
treat” candy the week of Oct.
17-21. with a door to door
campaign scheduled for
Thursday night, Oct. 20.
Projects from the project
will be used on community
development activities, club
officials state.
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$27,600 Is Goal
$6,319.75 Reported At
First United Fund Meet
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Laurens County Crusade
Being Planned for January
The Laurens County Cru
sade for Christ will be the of
ficial name of the eight-day
evangelistic crusade to be
held in Clinton next January,
with Dr. Leighton Ford of the
Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association as the featured
speaker.
The crusade executive com
mittee made that announce
ment today and said Dr. Ford
will make his first Clinton ap
pearance this Thursday to as
sist with the early planning
for the program scheduled
for January 22-29.
He will meet with the ex
ecutive committee at 12:15 p.
m. luncheon in the small din
ing room of the Presbyterian
College cafeteria.
. Meanwhile, preparations al
ready have started for the
building of an organizatioa to
sponsor and promote the cru
sade. It is expected to be the
largest ever held in Laurens
County, with persons through
out the county and ih ‘ neigh
boring communities invited to
participate.' Th’e program will
be held in Belk Auditorium on
the PC campus and will give
special emphasis to young
people.
The organization, including
representatives of all denomi
nations, is headed by the Rev.
Alfred Bixler as chairman.
The Rev. E. M. Rogers serv
es as vice-chairman; R.- B.
Hellams, secretary; Goyne
Simpson, treasurer; and W.
C. Baldwin and the Rever
ends Bryan Keisler, J. H.
Darr and J. W. Spillers as
members-at-large
The executive committee
also includes these committee
chairmen: Arrangements—G.
Edward Campbell; Counsel
ing—Dr. W. Redd Turner and
Df. - Byron Harbin; Field
Work — Don Creighton; Fi
nance—C. W. Anderson; Fol
low-up—the Rev. Floyd Hel
lams; Music—the Rev. Zeb
Williams; Prayer—the Rev.
J. H. Darr; Publicity—Ben H.
Hammet; Youth—Billy Tiller;
Visitation—Rembert Truluck;
Operation Andrew—the Rev.
Bryan Keisler; Ushers—Wen
dell Hair,
THEODORE ULLMAN
Uihan Concert
On Next Monday
A piano recital of music
composed of Ludwig von Bee
thoven, will be presented at
Presbyterian College next
Monday morning by concert
pianist Theodore Ullman.
He is scheduled to appear
at 10:00 a. m. in Belk Audito-
r um, and the public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Ullman has been well re
ceived in . two earlier per
formances given at Presbyte
rian College. His most recent
performance was last fall,
when he presented the music
of Frederic Chopin. He is now
again in world concert tour
under the cultural exchange
program of the Music Foun
dation Artists Bureau.
The program Monday will
be given in two parts. The
fir.'it part, entitled “Sonata
Pathetique,” will include
Grave, Allegro: Adagio can-
tabile; and a Rondo. The sec
ond part, entitled ‘'Sonata Ap-
passionata,” will consist of
Allegro assai; Adante con
moto: and Allegro ma non
troppe
Theodore Ullman is the
winner of more than a score
of competitive awards in mu
sic, including the $50,000
Smith Johnson Award for su
perior music performance.
A former faculty piember of
Bizrritz American University
in France and of the Julliard
School of Music, he has given
piano recitals in countries lo
cated on every continent and
in each of the 50 states. He is
especially popular with colege
audiences.
His wide range of study in
cludes the Sorbonne in France,
Conservatoire de Paris and
the Juilliard School of Music,
and the earning of a doctoral
degree in music.
HENRY M. YOUNG
This photo was made for
the Youngs’ 50th wedding
anniversary observance one
week prior to his death.
Riles Held Sunday
For H. M. Young, 77
Henry Meadors Young Sr.,
77, of 508 S. Broad St., died
Saturday at 10:30 a m. at his
home after several years of
declining health.
A native I of Laurens Coun
ty. he had lived in Clinton
most of his life and was a son
of the late George Christoph
er (Kit) and Nannie Eliza
beth Blakely Young. He was
a former city policeman, and
and recently resigned as city
recorder. He was a life - time
president of the Young clan
and an elder emeritus of the
First Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Grace Furqueron Young; a
daughter, Mrs. Romayne
Hamilton of Easley; four
son 3 , Henry Meadors Young
Jr. of Clinton, George Chris
topher (Kit) Young of Spar
tanburg, J. Edmunds Young
of Newberry and Rev. C. Da
vis Young of Hernando, Miss.,
and 16 grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday at 4:30 p.m.
at the First Presbyterian
Church by Rev. Alfred L. Bix
ler, Dr 1 Wtiltawi'-ftcdd Turn
er and Dr. Marc Weersing.
Burial was*in the First Pres-
byteian Church cemetery
Pallbearers were Rembert
Truluck, Nelson Dow,. Mac
Adair, Francis Blalock,
George H. Young and Lykes
Henderson.
Joanna Brothers
Meet in Vietnam
James C. Johnson, U. S. N.,
of Joanna, who is stationed
aboard the U. S. S. Wash-
burr. while serving duty off
the coast of Da Nang, met
his brother, Pvt. Harold N.
Johnson, U. S. M. C., of Jo
anna, who is stationed in Da
Nang with the 1st A. A. Light
Missile Battalion.
The brothers, who are the
sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Johr-on of 209 North Ellis
Avenue, Joanna, had not seen
each other since December,
1955.
Jams C. Johnson is mar
ried to the former Brenda S.
Japart of Clinton, and they
have on son, James, Jr.
Setzler to Speak
At Lutheran Church
In the absence of Dr. E. B.
Keisler, the service in St.
John’s Lutheran Church next
Sunday will be conducted by
John L. Setzler, a member of
the congregation and a sec
ond-year student at the Theo
logical Seminary in Colum-
b a. His subject will be “A
Grand Spirit of Inquiry.”
Mr. Setzler is a native of
Kingstree and a graduate of
Presbyterian College. He has
filled th local Lutheran pulpit
on several occasions.
Dr. Turner To
Preach Sunday
Dr. Wiliam Redd Turner,
former minister of the First
Presbyterian Church, will be
the guest preacher at the
service of prayer at All Saints
Episcopal Church Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. His
topic will be “The Church
Is Thy House”.
Singing Sunday At
Beauregard St. Church
Clinton Fire Baptized
Church, Beauregard Street,
will sponsor a singing on Sun
day, Oct. 9, at 2:30 p.m.
The pastor, Rev. Grady
Gibson, invites the public to
attend.
A total of $6,319.75 was re
ported pledged or collected in
the opening week of- the cur
rent drive for the 1966 United
Fund of Greater Clinton, Inc.,
when division chairmen met
Tuesday morning at the Mary
Musgrove Hotel to tally con
tributions toward the cam
paign goal of $27,600.
It was the concensus of of
ficers and division chairmen
present at the meeting that
the amount reported thus far
in the drive was a substanti
ally promising amount as
compared with the initial
phases of previous cam
paigns, according to Don G.
Creighton, campaign general
chairman.
The early tabulation of in-
completed reports showed
the following amounts in sev
eral divisions of the cam
paign: commercial, $3,441.-
10; institutions, $427; profes
sional, $1,023; residential, $1,-
183.65; and out of town, $245.
A final report meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday morn
ing, October 11, at 10:00 a. m.
in the Mary Musgrove Hotel
ballroom. All officers, mem
bers of the board of directors
df the local United Fund or-
Patterson Wins
Treasurer's Race
In the race for State Treas
urer Tuesday, which was won
by Grady L. Patterson over
Tom E. Elliott, both of Co
lumbia, Laurens County went
for Patterson, 676 to 16.
In the tabulation up to ear
ly Wednesday night from over
the state, with 1543 precincts
reporting of the 1615 total
Patterson had 31,030 votes,
and Eliott 18,53.
The vote was extrepiely
light all over the state.
The following is the vote re
ported from Clinton and near
by precincts:
Elliott Patterson
38
Clinton No. 1
36
8
Clinton No. 2
24
7
Clinton Mill
„ 14
2
Lydia Mill
6
3
Joanna
13*
2
Rcnno
3
8
Shady Grove
10
1
Hopewell ,.
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Homecoming At
Hurricane Church
Slated for Sunday
Homecoming will be ob
served Sunday, Oct. 9, at
Hurricane Baptist Church, of
ficials state.
All members, former mem
bers, former pastors and
friends arc invited.
Sunday School will be held
at 10 a.m. and morning wor
ship at 11. A basket lunch
will be served on the premis
es at 12:30. v
The regular Training Un
ion meeting will be held at
6:30 p.m. and evening wor-
sbip at 7:30.
Those attending are re
quested to . bring basket
lunches. The church will fur
nish tea and coffee.
Lutheran Groups
To Meet Tuesday
On next Tuesday eevning,
October 11, the Executive
Building Committee and the
Committee on Plans and Con
struction of St. John’s Luth
eran Church will meet at
8:00 a’clock in the Gas Au
thority office on S. Broad St.
The church’s architect, Ha
rold Tarleton, of Greenville,
will be present to present the
revised plans of the new sanc
tuary and educational and so
cial facilities.
The congregation is sched
uled to view and act upon the
plans on October 23, in con*
nection with the worship ser
vice.
In Pressley Shooting
Father, Son Given Life
Terms in Murder Case
Laurens — Macon W. Pra
ther, 39, and his son, Randall,
18. received mandatory life
sentences in General Sessions
Court here Saturday mdtning
alter a jury found them guilty
of murder with recommenda
tion to mercy of the court.
The trial of the father and
son, charged with murder in
the June 27 gunshot slaying
of E. C. Pressley, 29, of Cross
Anchor had been in progress
for two days.
The jury began deliberation
in the case at 10:10 p.m. Fri
day and brought in the guil
ty verdict shortly before 1
a. m. Saturday. Presiding
Judge John Grimball impos
ed the mandatory sentence.
The case went to the jury
following a day of defense tes
timony, closing arguments
anda 40-minute charge to the
jury by Presiding Judge John
Grimball.
The trial began Thursday,
with a story of violence being
laid before the court.
Defense testimony Fri
day showed that on the night
of the admitted slaying, Pres
sley had burst into the Pra
ther home with a cocked pis-
and had threatened to kill the
elder Prather.
“After about 15 minutes,
he left,” Prather testified. “I
got my pistol and shotgun and
went outside to see if he stay
ed around.
“Then Randall and I, along
with Ralph Crowder ,a neigh
bor) drove to Pressley’s home
in Cross Anchor to talk with
his mother.
He went on to say that
when they found the house
dark they turned around and
headed back to Clinton.
“Me met Pressley walking
down the road. « I stopped to
talk with him, but he ran
toward us and started shoot
ing. I got my pistol from the
car and fired into the <air, but
he kept coming.”
Prather said his son left the
car seconds after him, with
the shotgun.
“After Randall fired, there
wasn’t any more shooting,”
the elder Prhther said.
Randall, on the stand later
in the day, said: “I didn’t
have any choice. I shot
back.”
Both men testified the mar
riage of Linda Prather Pres
sley to the dead man “wasn’t
a good one.” Young Prather
said his sister had returned
home on numerous occasions
because of difficulties with
Pressley.
Mrs. Pressley took the
stand herself and testified
she was at the Prather home
when hbr husband came in,
hut said she ran to a neigh
bor’s house.
Mrs. Bernice Prather, wife
and mother to the defendants,
described the scene at the
home and said Pressley
“threatened to kill us all if
the police investigated.”
She swore out a warrant for
Pressley before a Clinton ma
gistrate after he left the
house, she said.
The elder Prather testified
that after the shooting which
occurred about II p.m. on a
stretch of S. C. Highway 56
three miles north of Clinton,
he gave his pistol to Crowder
and returned to his home,
where he called police and
picked up Richard Pressley,
the dead man’s brother and
who was also married to one
of Prather’s daughters.
Lt. Allen Simmons of the
Clinton Police Department
testified, under prosecution
cross - examination, that he
had been to the Pratlier home
prior to the shooting and
warned the elder Prather to
“let the police handle it,”
and warned him not to leave
the premises.
Testimony in the trial indi
cated Pressley was angered
ganization, and division heads
are asked to attend, acording
to Reese H. Young, president
of the Clinton UF. TTie more
than 100 workers in all phas
es of the campaign are urged
to have final reports turned
over to division chairmen by
Friday, October 7, in order
that all tabulations may be
completed by the closing date
of the drive, October 11.
Members of the nominating
committee will meet follow
ing the report meeting Tues
day morning for the purpose
of nominating officers and
board members for the 1967
United Fund of Greater Clin
ton, Inc. Appointed this week
by President Young, the nom
inating committee members
include Robert F. Black, G.
Edward Campbell, Dr. Judson
A. Davis, Mrs. Frank C Sher
rill, and Mrs. R. Michael
Turner
, Reporting at the meeting
Tuesday were James Von
Hollen, commercial division;
Dr., Louis M. Stephens, pro
fessional division, and Mrs.
Sherrill, residential. Other
reports were submitted by
Goyne L. Simpson, treasurer;
Mrs. Esther Pitts, executive
secretary; Robert B. Was-
sung, first vice-president, and
Chairman Creighton.
County Civic Club
Meet Next Thursday
The county - wide civic club
barbeque is scheduled for
Thursday, October 13, at 7 p.
m. at the Laurens County fair
m. at the Laurens County
Fairgrounds.
Arrangements are being
made by the Lions .Club
Clinton with civic clubs
throughout the county assist
ing.
Tickets may be purchased
by members of the partici
pating clubs in the county.
Guest speaker will be Ellis
McDougall of Columbia, dir
ector of the State Department
of Corrections.
Dorr To Teach
Bible Class Tuesday
The Community Bible Class
will have as its instructor
next Tuesday evening the
Rev.. J. H. Darr, pastor of the
First Baptist Church. His
subject will be, “Studies ih
Amos.”
Consisting of representa
tives of various congregations
in Clinton, the class' meets
each Tuesday evening (7:30-
8:30) in St. John’s Lutheran
Church, 205 Hampton Ave.
Anyone interested in study
ing the Bible in a devotional
and constructive way is cor
dially invited to attend ses
sions of the class.
because he understood the
Prathers were having him re-,
committed to the State Hospi
tal.
Laurens County Probate
Judge J. Hewlette Wasson
took the stand to testify Pres
sley had been committed to
the hospital Oct. 20, 1965, and
was released conditionally
Nov. 18 of that year.
A sworn affidavit from
Pressley’s wife in which she
said her husband's mental
condition was such that he
needed to be reconfined caus
ed Judge Wasson to issue an
order of re - comimttanee
June 20. 1966.
The order was turned over
to the Laurens County Sher
iff’s Office, the Judge said,
but he added, "Pressley
would have to be a resident
of the county before he cdllld
be taken up. Wc believed him
to be living outside the coun
ty.”
Thursday, Crowder tes
tified he saw Pressley run
ning away from the car
fore he ducked tiown to
floor of the car.
A resident of the area
the shooting testified he h
a car slam on braki
then heard five shots
Laurens County
Eugene Johnson
Thursday that he f«
caliber pistol in
man’s band with ti
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