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'Z/z/Ma Hfle^NEW ye«B E»S tAlt Clinton Chronicle Clinton, S. C., Thursday, January 2, 1969 Vol. 71 — No. 1 /> rA* z ARCHITBCTB* SKETCH OF BROAD ST. 8ANCTURY ROTOwMlI Nick Hangs ti After 40 years and four months as a commer cial photographer, “Mr. Nick” is hanging up his light meter. C. Nichols, owner of Nichols' Studio in Clin ton, says he won’t take any more pictures, develop any or print any “un der any circumstan ces.” “I’m ret pletely,” he said lest week as he worked at moving out of the studio at 216 S. Broad St. The building has been purchased by Rufus Sadler who took over Wednesday, Jan. 1, and intends to run a drug store there. He will continue to operate Sadler-Owens Pharmacy on the downtown square. “Mr. Nick” said, “I appreciate the forty C. R. NICHOLS years of patronage the people of Clinton have given me My career as a commercial photographer has been devoted to this area.” “Mr. Nick” and his family have created a fam ily dynasty in commercial photography- He and three brothers and two nephews all were active as commercial photographers at the same time. The son of a commercial photographer in Greenwood, “Mr. Nick” is thfe first to retire. A brother and nephew are photographers in Greenwood, another brother is a photographer in Chester; another is in the business in Newberry, and a nephew is the of ficial photographer for Winthrop College in Rock Hill. As with his brothers, “Mr. Nick” “grew up in my father's daric room.” He started learning the photography business when he was 12 years old. He did h stint in the Navy and he later opened a photography studio upstairs in the Young Build ing on Musgrove Street. He moved, the studio to South Broad Street 20 years ago. 'Hie Nichols have two children and two grand children. Son Jim is a staff sergeant assigned to a base in Kansas City, Mo. He is married to the former Karen Maxwell of Greenwood, Mo., and they have two daughters, Susan and Patricia. The Nichols' daughter, Amelia Richardson, is working on her masters degree at Clemson University where her husband is working on his doctorate. Since “Mr. Nick” is an avid and talented fisher man, it was assumed that the fish population might be in danger now that he will have more time to devote attention to that activity. “I plan to do all the fishing I can,” he said, and addei “I’d like to get at least a 10-pounder or bet ter sometime.” His biggest bass catch thus far was one which weighed nine pounds, two ounces- He gets a special gleam in his eyes when he re calls, “You know, there was one afternoon at Clark Hill when I caught four bass, ranging in weight from five and three-quarter pound* to seven and a half pounds. That was quite a day.” And you get the impression he’s going to be for more such days. Methodists Here To Move Ahead With Building- .-I-, «JL» |-* trying Greenwood Fund Gets $1 Million GREENWOOD- A million dol- 1 pany contributions-to the Fund, lar constribotion to the Green- I begtui in 1959, bare retched wood Mills employees’ Profit 1 $7,825,000. Sharing Retirement Fund for 1968 was announced here today by J.C. Self, President With the $1,000,000 added by today’s announcement, total com- * * ■ A total of 4,258 Greenwood Mills employees in Greenwood and Laurens Counties are now covered by the {dan. Local Hospital Restricts Visits Restricted visiting hours are now in effect at Bailey Memor ial Hospital. Because of the rising number oi influenza cases, visits are re stricted to the immediate fami lies of patients. A spokesman for the medical staff said the restriction on visits is made in an effort to keep influenza from spreading. Dr. Louis Stephens, chief of staff at Bailey Memorial Hos pital, said, “This area is getting hit real hard now. The number of cases of flu has risen sharply in the last three or four days." v . Asked if the flu is the Hong Kong variety, he said, “It’spretty hard to determine exactly which kind it is. We’ve had some tests made but haven’t heard the re sults yet. As far as the flu vic tims are concerned, it doesn’t really matter. It all feels the same.” Laurens Board Opposes Phone Rate Increase The Laurens Chamber of Com merce Board of Directors has gone on record in opposition to proposed rate increases by the General Telephone Co. of the Southeast. General Telephone serves the Laurens Area. Southern Bell serves the Clinton area. General Telephone filed a re vised rate schedule inSeptember with the Public Service Com mission of South Carolina. A pub lic meeting on the proposed in- crases will be held in Colum bia Jan. 7. The Laurens Chamber of Com merce directors requested that members of the county legisla tive delegation assist them in opposing the rate increase. The chamber directors oppose the increase “until the services of the General Telephone Co. of the Southeast are improved’* and also requested that “when such services are made satisfactory, any rate increases be substanti ally reduced from those request ed." Members of Broad Street United Methodist Church voted unanimously recently to proceed with a $337,651.90 sanctuary con struction project. Demolition of the present structure is to begin on Frlday. During the demolition and re building, the worship services will be held in Hodges Hall. The Sunday morning schedule will be morning worship at 8:45 a.m.; church school at 9:45 a.m.; and morning worship at 11 a.m. The chur/:h office and pastor’s study will be located in the old parsonage situated on the corner of Musgrove and Ferguson Streets. Demolition and construction are expected to be completed in about one year. W. E. Baker & Son of Whit mire has the $236,930 construc tion contract. A new pipe organ is to cost $41,282.40, The sanc tuary furnishings are to cost $3,125.50 and chancel furnishings will cost $6,500. Demolition is to cost $7,000 and landseapi ig is estimated at $1,100. The archi tect fee is $14,214. Inquest Set Next Week In Christmas Eve Death An inquest will be held next week into the Christmas Eve death of a 24-year-old Clinton woman who died in a two-car collision. Laurens County Coroner Mar shall Pressley said Wednesday morning the inquest will be held next week although a definite time had not been scheduled. Mrs. R. C. (Lena) Cathey of 522 Musgrove St. apparently was killed instantly in the wreck about two miles north of Clinton on secondary road 46. Ronald G. Cathey, 27, husband rn I WILLIAM SHAW Show Assumes Duties Here At 1st Baptist William L. Shaw, Minister of Education and Music at the First Baptist Church of Inman began his work as Minister of Educa tion at the First Baptist Church in Clinton on January 1. Mr. Shaw is a native of Miss issippi, a graduate of Mississippi College and the New Orleans Bap tist Seminary. He has served churches in New Orleans, La., Graniteville, West Columbia, S.C. and comes to Clinton from the First Baptist Church, Inman. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have a teen age son, Bill. Merger Of Torrington, Ingersol 1-Rand Approved The stockholders of The Tor rington Company and The Inger- soll-Rand Company, at a special meeting called for that purpose, Tuesday approved the merger of The Torrington Company into the Ingersoll-Rand Company. * With stockholder approval an accomplished fact, the merger is expected to become effective within a tew days. First public announcement of the merger proposal was made on October K when W. L. Wear- ly, Ingersoll-Rand’s Chairman, and W. R. Reid Jr., Torrlngton’s president announced that the management and members of the board of directors of Torrington had approved the proposal im- plicity. > On November 8 it was re vealed that an agreement of mer ger had been formerly approved and signed at meetings of the board of directors of the two companies and would be sub mitted to meetings from the stockholders ofboth companies at a future date. 'N» The Torrington Co. operates the Clinton Bearings Plant near Clinton School Yule Holidays End Today School District 56 students were to return to classes today, Thursday, ending the two-week Christmas holiday vacation. Presbyterian College students are to resume classes Jan. 13 after a 25-day vacation period. On Jan. 13, PC students will complete registration for the se cond semester of the 1968-69 ses sion and will begin the regular class scheduled on Jan. 14. Class- work then will continue un interrupted until the spring holi days March 7-17. The next holiday for District 56 studejats will be Easter Holi days, scheduled for April 7-11. f It's A Boy! \ The first baby born at Bailey Memorial Hospital in 1969 is a boy. A son was born at 12:24 a.m. Weduesday, Jan. 1, to Mr. and Mrs. William Bluford of Route 1, Mountville. He’s their first child. S. W of the victino^vas the driver of a 1966 Fordl iat collided with a 1962 Chevrolet driven by James Howard Walker, 21, of Route 1, Laurens, according to State High way Patrolman Charlie Neal. Cathey and Walker both were still hospitalized Wednesday at Bailey Memorial Hospital where they were reported in satis factory condition. Miss Peggy Oliver, 17, of Lau rens, a passenger in the Walker vehicle, received emergency treatment at the hospital and was dismissed. The accident occurred at 8:35 p.m. on Dec. 24. The Cathey car, traveling south on secondary 46 went out of con trol on a curve and skidded into the lane of the Walker car which was headed in the opposite direct ion toward Laurens, accordint to the patrolman. Mrs. Cathey, an employe at Waco’s, was a native of Texas and funeral services were held this week in CorpusChristi, Tex. Supply Bill Meeting Set Monday Morning The 1969 Laurens County sup ply bill will be the topic of dis cussion at an open meeting Mon day, Jan. 6. The meeting will be held in the Laurens County Courthouse and will start at 10 a.m. The Laurens County Legisla tive Delegation has requested that county department heads submit their budgets for the next fis cal year at this meeting. $*******************************************£ Dobbins Says County Needs More Unified Political Effort Former State Sen. William C. (Bill) Dobbins of Joanna blames the growth of the two-party sys tem in South Carolina for the loss of a senate seat in Laurens County. Addressing the Clinton Rotary Club, Dobbins, who was defeated in the Democratic Primary for State Senate Seat No. 1 in the Laurens-Newberry-Umon Sena torial District, said Laurens County is large enough to have its own senate seat. However, the county is in Sen ate District No. 5 which also includes Newberry and Union counties. The district is alloted two senators. Sen. John Long of Union County occupies Sen. Seat No. 1 from the district and Sen. Robert Lake of Whitmire is in Seat NcT\ 2. Long defeated Dob bins in thK^rimary and Repub lican Marshall Abercrombie of Laurens in the General Election. He said, “When we were faced with reappurtionment and had to cut the number of senate seats from 50 to 46, these four seats should'have been eliminated in the lower part of the state. How ever, because there was a Re publican senator in Newberry County, the districts were gerry mandered in an effort to elimin ate him. They got rid of the Re publican in Newberry but in the process, Laurens County also lost its state senator.* Dobbins also said, “From the state and local level, I believe we were better off without the two-party system. A candidate, be he conservative or liberal, could offer for election in the Democratic Primary. It was fair ly easy to pass legislation for w. c. DOBBINS the good of the state. However, with the growth of the two-party system, I have seen good legis lation defeated because of the party label of the person who in troduced it.” Using Sen. Edgar Brown of Barnwell County as an example, Dobbins stressed the importance of seniority. He said, “The people of Barn well County are politically mind ed and they have sent Sen. Brown to the state senate for 40 years. As a result, he is the most powerful man in the state, more powerful even than the governor. As chairman of the Senate Fi nance Committee, he controls the purse strings in South Caro lina.* ment battle I tried to tear up his senatorial district because Laurens County was going to pay the price of losing its status as a senatorial district.” He pointed out that Brown comes from a district which has a population of only 45,000 peo ple and should not have quali fied under the reapportionment guidelines. Because of Brown’s influence, the district was left intact. Dobbins said that his le gislation to change the district resulted in a tie vote in the sen ate but Lt. Gov. John West cast the deciding vote in favor of Brown. Dobbins said. “Lt. Gov. West is the one who put Laurens Coun ty in its present alignment.* Dobbins urged the Rotary Club and other civic clubs to make it a club project to assist in getting voters registered and seeing to it that they vote. He said, “As long as Lau rens C ounty has its political a- pathy, it is going to be at the bottom of the totem pole as far as seniority and legislative power are concerned.’’ City Council Meets Monday Clinton City Council will bold its regular monthly meeting Mon day night at Clinton City Hall. The meeting is to start at 7:30 p.m. Dobbins praised Sen. Brown Mayor Harry C. _ as “the greatest leader this state Wednesday morning has produced in 40 years" but ter, only routina added, “during the reapportion- the agenda. 44