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Growing With Clinton Index Vol. 70 — No. 27 Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 11, 1968 6 Deaths 8 Editorials 10 Society 2 Sports 7 CRUMPLED BIKE TIRE AT DEATH SCENE ... on S.C. 56 Near Clinton (Photo by Bill Quarles) Bike-Car Wreck Kills Boy, 9 Steve Clifton Vance, a nine- year-old Route 2, Clinton boy, was fatally injured Wednesday, July 3, when the bicycle he was riding struck the side of an auto mobile on S.C. 56, about two miles south of Clinton. The youth was dead on arrival at Bailey Memorial Hospital after the 11:55 a.m. accident. Cause of dead was head injuries, according to Laurens County Coroner Mar shall Pressley. Driver of the 1967 Ford was identified as Laval Hipp John son, 21 of Route 3, Newberry. Johnson, a Clemson University student, was on his way home for the holidays when the accident occurred. Laurens County SheriffEugene Johnson said the victim rode from a private driveway into the right front side of the southbound auto mobile. Survivors include the boy’s mother, Mrs. Lydia Mae Vance; a sister, Miss Betty Sue Vance of Clinton; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vance of Clin ton. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday at New Bethel AME Church with burial in the church cemetery. What is electricity? We know what it does and how to use it but exactly what is it? Clinton Utilities Dept. Supt. Ralph Holt told recently about attending a class in college. The professor opened by asking, ‘Does anyone here know what electricity is?” One young man raised his hand and the pro fessor invited him to stand and define it for the class. The young man stood . . . and stood . . . and stood, scratched his head and finally said, “I know but I guess I forgot.” The professor replied, ‘‘That’s awful. I fin ally found the one man in the world who could tell me what electricity is and derned if he didn’t forget.” ****** At City Council meeting Monday night, council was faced with two protests. One of the discussisons grew rather heated. After the delegations left, Mayor Noland Suddeth asked, ‘‘Any old business?” Replied Alderman George Bagwell, ‘‘If we came in here with any, we’d have forgotten it by now.” ****** Hamp McDaniel of Clinton wants his friends to know he has not been shot or robbed. McDaniel says there was a radio report that a Hamp McDaniel was shot and robbed, but Clinton’s Hamp wasn’t the one. He says a local funeral home even got a couple of inquiries about it. ****** Is Clinton going to the dogs? Alderman Talmadge Sanders says he’s being besieged with complaints about dogs running loose. He also says there’s at least one pack of wild dogs in some woods on the outskirts of town. Councilmen appear to be concerned and if the situation doesn’t improve, don’t be surprised if council cracks down on dogs. Dr. Chapman Discusses Local Value Of PC In dollars and cents, Presby terian College is worth about $4.4 million per year in generated in come to the Clinton area, Dr. Fred Chapman told the Clinton Merchants Association Tuesday morning. Dr. Chapman, chairman of the Department of Economics at PC, said, “The value of PC’s contri bution to art and culture in this area is obvious. However, it also has a cold cash value for local merchants." He said that the college has 190 employes and an annual pay roll of $850,000. This represents a generated income of $1.8 mil lion, he said. He also pointed out that a survey showed each of the approximately 700 students averaged spending $100 a month, or $315,000 over a period of nine- months, adding another $1 million to the generated income. He pointed out that the col lege has $8.8 million in assets. He said, “We have probably the most well-rounded small col lege in the state. The students are learning to think and they often have to go to the wall ahd then come back to a more con servative point of view. We often become impatient with people who are still trying to form their ideals but a college has a re sponsibility to be a bit more liberal than the general public. However, we probably haven’t had 'enough people to speak from the conservative point of view." He added, "I believe we have the type students you’d want your sons and daughters grow up to be." In Municipal Democratic Primary Clinton Voters Go To Polls Tuesday Two contests for nomination to Clinton City Council seats will be featured when voters go to the polls Tuesday in the municipal Democratic Primary. Dewey Oxner opposes incumbent Lynn Coop er, Sr. in Ward 4 and George N. King, Jr., op poses incumbent Fred Bragg in Ward 3. Incumbent councilmen who are unopposed are Boyd Holtzclaw in Ward 1 ; Truman Owens in Ward 2; George Bagwell in Ward 5 and Tal madge Sanders in Ward 6. Also unopposed is Harry I^ayton, candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor. The polls will open at 8:00 a. m. and close at 7 p.m. The three polling places for municipal elections are City Hall, the Armory and Clinton Mill Community Center. Voters living in Wards 1 and 2 will vote at City Hall; Wards 3-4 at the Armory; and Wards 5-6 at the Clinton Mill Community Center. Approximately 3,000 voters will be eligible to cast ballots in the primary. County registra tion figures for the precincts are: Civ Hall, 1,- 327; Armory, 1,404; and Clinton Mill, 1,000. However, some of the voters who vote at those places during county elections are not eligible to vote in city elections because they reside outside the city limits. The candidates are voted on at-large, mean ing they must reside in the ward which they seek to represent but voters in all wards cast ballots in the contest. The Republicans will field only one candidate for the August 13 municipal general election. Incumbent Mayor Noland Suddeth will face Layton in the general election. The Republicans did not nominate any candidates for city council. Radio Station WLBG will broadcast the elec- tiion returns of the Clinton City Democratic Pri mary on Tuesday, July 16, beginning at 7:00 o'clock. JULY 4th ACCIDENT — Rescue workers attempt to free Noah Thomas Miller from the wreckage of a wrecker which overturned down a steep embankment on U.S. 276 near Clinton on Thursday, July 4th. Miller, 46, of Pineville, Ky., was pinned in the wreckage for 30 minutes. He was in critical condi tion Wednesday at Greenville Gen eral Hospital. Miller’s wife, Vir ginia, and daughter, Dianne, 4, were listed in good condition Wed nesday at Bailey Memorial Hospit al. Mrs. Miller was thrown from the vehicle and the daughter was found in the cab. The wrecker was towing a tractor rig when the accident occurred on U.S. 276 near the intersection with Interstate 26. —(Photo by Paul Quinton) County Council Study Planned Council Hears Protests On Garbage Fee, Parking Reps. David Taylor and Paul Culbertson plan to appoint a com mittee to study the county coun cil method of operation prior to the next session of the General Assembly. Legislation which would set up a county council for Laurens County was Introduced and amended during the recently ad journed session but it died when Taylor and Culbertson and State Sen. W. C. (Bill) Dobbins dis agreed on some aspects of the legislation. Taylor and Culbertson intro duced the origianl bill which would set up a county council in Laurens County in 1971. Sen. Dob bins, defeated by Union County’s Sen. John Long in the Demo cratic Primary, amended the bill to move the date up to 1969 since Laurens County might be without a resident senator. Dobbins’ air ndment also eliminated the ,:ounty supervisor as a member of the council. The original legislation made the supervisor as a member of the council. The original legislation made the supervisor chairman of the council. After the legislation died with the adjournment of the General Assembly, Rep. Taylor said, “We probably will appoint a committee to study the operation of county government in other count ies prior to the next session of the General Assembly. We will introduce legislation next year to give Laurens County some form of home rule. “In the meantime, we feel that a statewide home rule bill will be passed. “In my 'stump speaking’ talks, I said that some form of home rule legislation will be imple mented in Laurens County two years from now and I intend to stick by it. “We couldn’t go alongwithSen. Dobbins’ proposals because we couldn’t agree on some aspects and didn’t have time to reach an agreement. For example, his amendments would put the two re cently re-elected county com missioners on the county council. They were not elected as county councilmen and we would, in ef fect, be appointing them to posi tions to which they had not been elected." Taylor apparently has had some second thoughts about mak ing the county supervisor chair man of the county council. He said, “The supervisor would be appropriating and spending county money so I can see where there could be some drawbacks there. Our supervisor was elected two years ago to a four- year term so I don’t believe we could divest him of the authority of the position to which he was elected. This is something we’ll have to look into." He added, “We intend to make a thorough study of home rule legislation and methods of opera tion and we’ll have a strong, fair bill when we introduce it next year." Upper Savannah Area Is Eligible For Aid Greenwood Mills Negotiating For Finishing Plant ORANGEBURG - Negotiations are underway to enable Green wood Mills of Greenwood to ac quire Fabric Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mon santo Company of St. Louis, Mo. Fabric Services operates a dye ing and finishing plant here. The plant here employs approximately 500 persons and has a $3 million annual payroll. This modern facility was built for the dyeing and finishing of polyester-cotton blend fabrics as well as other blends of man made fibers. Greenwood Mills has 16 plants in Greenwood and Laurens Coun ties which employ more than 6,000 persons and have an annual payroll of approximately $35 mil lion. >v. Thus, the acquisition at Orangeburg will place the com pany’s annual payroll at approxi mately $38 million. * * * Sen. Long Addresses Rotary Club A ground swell of support for a return to law and order is needed in this country, State Sen. John D. Long of Union County told Clinton Rotarians Tuesday. Long, the Democratic nominee for one of two seats in the Fifth State Senatorial District, said, “It’s time for the people to wake up and let government know how they feel. If everyone would write their elected represent atives, there would be a ground- swell of supp<fyt for a return to law and order and resp > ‘ for the principles upon which us nation was founded." Sen. Long said that n. ourt decisions have taken a..^^ indi vidual right of domain over pri vate property. He also said that the Supreme Court decisions on prayer in public schools hampers the development of young peo ple in their formative years. He pointed out that the Supreme Court opens its sessions with prayer and that the Congress does likewise. He said law enforcement offi cers are being hampered by re cent court decisions and added, “We have to get some law back on the side of the law officer." He also said, “You as indi viduals often don’t realize the significance of these decisions until they affect you directly, and often it is then too late. Keep abreast of these developments and let your representatives know how you feel about them." * * * 133 Attend Summer School A total of 133 students are en rolled in the second term of Pres byterian College’s 1968 summer school, Registrar Roslyn Martin announced today. She &ald 98 men and 35 women registered for the new 4-1/2 week session which began Monday and will extend through August 9. * * * Austrian Joins Faculty At PC Hemrick Giannoni, a native of Austria who taught as a Ful- bright Scholar at the University of Buffalo, is returning to the United States this fall to become assistant professor of German at Presbyterian College. Protests about parking and the new garbage dump fee were heard Tuesday night by Clinton City Council. Council promised to investi gate both situations. Posey Watts Copeland, devel oper ofthe LakewoodSubdivision, protested the new garbage dump ing fee. Last month, council passed an ordinance which in creased the fee from $10 to $25 per month for commercial garbage haulers using the city landfill. Copeland said that some con tractors and industry are using the dump without charge but he and John Rice, a commercial hauler, are being charged a fee. He said that the fee is too high and should be charged on a per-load basis. Copeland said he offers garbage collection as a service for his residential de velopment and that he doesn’t haul as much garbage as does commercial haulers yet he pays the same fee. He asked that council either lower the fee or put it on a per-load basis. No motion was forthcoming but councilmen promised to investigate the sit uation, primarily concerning businesses which are hauling garbage from outside the city limits to the dump and aren’t paying the fee. A delegation of merchants pro tested the parking situation down town, primarily in connection with Pickens Street. D. B. Smith, manager of Belk, said that one of his customers drove to Pickens Street at the rear of his store to load an air- conditioner which he had pur chased and was given a $5 park ing ticket. In addition to the lack of load ing space and adequate parking facilities, Smith protested the fact that police began giving $5 parking tickets instead of the usual 50-cent ticket, without notice. Joe Holland, president of the Merchants Association, said that he supported Smith’s protest and said, “he deserves some 10 to 15 minute parking zones." Charles Buice, manager of Maxwell Brothers, said, “We should go further in making our plans for the future. Something should be done by the city to study the parking needs and what to do about it." Smith suggested that money should be refunded to those who recently received $5 tickets “be cause it’s unfortunate that it started like this, without any notice.” Alderman Fred Bragg Jr. said that he had investigated the sit uation and that at that time 31 $5 tickets had been given and 21 had already been paid. A mem ber of the merchants delegation said that a more recent check showed that about 90 of the $5 parking tickets had been given. After further discussion, Hol land said the Merchants Asso ciation would discuss it at its meeting Tuesday and would make a recommendation to council. In another action, council set a holiday policy which says that employes must be on the job the day before and the day after a holiday in order to get credit for a paid holiday. A six-county district of South Carolina has become eligible for Federal assistance in plan ning and carrying out programs for economic growth. The counties became eligi ble upon designation as a de velopment district by the Econo mic Development Administra tion, an agency established in the U.S. Department of Commerce to assist economic growth in lag ging areas of the Nation. The area is officially known as the Upper Savannah Economic Development District. It includes Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick and Saluda counties. Edgefield, McCormick and Saluda counties are quali fied for EDA assistance because of high unemployment. The aim of the develop ment district program is to en courage counties to pool their talents and resources to com bat economic problems that cross county lines and to help create jobs and boost incomes in lag ging areas. The Public Works and Econo mic Development Act requires that a district must contain two or more EDA-qualified areas and may also include economically healthy counties. It must also in clude at least one “growth cen ter*--a community of not more than 250,000 persons which can contribute to the development of the lagging areas in the district The city of Greenwood and its environs comprise the growth center for the Upper Savannah District. * * * Today’s designation makes these benefits available: --Bonuses of 10 percent above what they could normally receive in EDA public works grants are available to the three areas which have been qualified for aid. --The city of Greenwood is eligible for the full range of EDA benefits, which include pub lic works grants and loans, busi ness development loans and tech nical and planning assistance. All six counties share in the benefits of economic develop ment planning done by the dis trict’s professional staff with the aid of EDA planning grants. The Upper Savannah Economic Development District, Inc., of Greenwood has prepared an Overall Economic Development Program for the district, a pre requisite to designation. The district organization in cludes representatives from each of the six counties. As the offi cial economic development a- gency for the district, it will help develop specific projects to generate new jobs and Increase income in the area. Clayto L. Roberts of Green wood is chairman of the dis trict’s board of directors. Other members of the execu tive committee are Fred D. West, Jr., Abbeville, secretary;Claude Crocker, Clinton; J. R. Wilkie, Plum Branch; J. W. Yonce, John ston; and F. G. Scurry of Saluda. * • • LIBRARY GRANT Presbyterian College has re ceived a $5,919 Federal great to strengthen its library, Presi dent Marc C. Weerslng aimouaced today. ****** ************************* Mayor Invites Public To Study City Report Clinton Mayor Noland Suddeth Monday night issued an open in vitation for citizens to come to city hall and study the city’s nine-month financial statement. Suddeth said, “There have been Mrs. Shook Heads Publicity For United Fund Mrs. Ervin Shook has been named publicity chairman of the Greater Clinton United Fund campaign. A native of Clinton, she Is the former Betty Jean Sumerel, daughter of Mrs. W. W. Sumerel and the late Mr. Sumerel. A grad uate of Clinton High School, she attended Furman University. She and her family reside on Elm Street. Mrs. Donny Wilder will serve on the Publicity Committee with Mrs. Shook. a lot of rumors going around town that we have overspent and that we are in financial trouble. This is not true and I think any one can see it by studying our nine-month financial statement." He said, “According to my cal culations, we are 2.3 per cent to the good, concerning our expendi tures and revenues." Of the total budget of $1,056,600 there is a balance of$194,924.20, leaving 18.4 per cent unspent, ac cording to the nine-month report. The city’s fiscal year ends Aug. 31 and taxes are collectable after October. UF Committee Meets Wednesday The Budget and Admissions Committee of the Greater Clinton United Fund will meet Wed nesday, July 17, at the Mary Mus- grove Hotel. The meeting will start at 1p.m.