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WEATHER (Week of March 12-19) High: 68 Low: 23 (March 17) (March 13) Rainfall: 1.87 ins. (March 18-19) VoL 70 —No. 11 Clinton. S. C., Thursday, March 20. 1969 INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths 3-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 2-A Society 2rA Sports 7-A MR. BUNNY-ANZA—Mr. Bunny-Anza has come to Clinton. Shown above with the symbol of the Clinton Merchants and Businessmen’s Association Bunny-Anza promotion are Mrs. Tom (Barbara) West and her children, Terri, left, and Timmy, right, of Clinton, and Todd Cooper, lower right, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Lester L. Cooper, Jr., of Kinards. Participating merchants may be identi fied by Bunny-anza posters in their display winr dows. Bunny-Anza Opens Today; Features Prizes, Egg Hunt The Children’s Easter Bunny- 5. Tickets to the Easter Egg Hunt Anza opens this week in Clinton, may be obtained from any parti cipating merchant. The hunt will Sponsored by the Clinton Mer- be held at 10 a.m. on April 5 chants and Businessmen’s Asso- at tke Cavalier Ball Park, elation, the promotion will fea ture prizes and an Easter Egg At the hunt, there will be 100 Hunt. Bunny Money Eggs containing 25 cents each; 100 with 10 cents; The promotion which opened and 200 with five cents; in addi- today will run through April 5. tion to 500 candy eggs. In addition to various prizes Balloons, inscribed ‘Shop With to be offered by individual mer- Folks You Know--Shop Clinton!’ chants, a boys’ bicycle and a will be given away by merchants, girls’ bicycle will be given away. The promotion will be climaxed Also to be given away will be by the Easter Bunny-Anza Eas- five gift certificates good at any ter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April Merchants Association store. At the Clinton Chamber of Commerce banquet Monday night, incoming president George Cornel- son kidded Congressman James Mann by reading a letter which was published in “America’s Textile Reporter.” The letter was in reiily to a politician who had requested a campaign donation. Dear Sir: In reply to your request to send a check, I wish to inform you that the present condition of my bank account makes it almost impossible, my shat tered financial condition being due to* Federal Laws, state laws, brothers-irvlaw, sisters-in-law, and outlaws. Through those laws I am compelled to pay a business tax, amusement tax, school tax, gas tax, light tax, water tax, sewer tax, sales tax, liquor tax, income tax, furniture tax, eilcise tax, franchise tax, poll tax, and telephone tax. I am required to get a business license, car li cense, operator’s license, truck license, driver’s li cense, not to mention marriage license and dog li cense. I am also required to contribute to every society and organization which the genius of man is capable of bringing to life, to woman’s relief, unemployed relief, also to every hospital institution in the city, including the Salvation Army, Community Chest, Red Cross, Purple Cross, Blue Cross, White Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Boys Town, and Boys Ranch. For my own safety I a/n required to carry health insurance, life insurance, fire insurance, tornado insurance, unemployment insurance, com pensation insurance, and old age insurance. My business is so governed that it is no easy matter to find out who owns it. I am expected, in spected, disrespected, summoned, fined, command ed, and compelled until I provide an inexhaustible supply of money for every known need, deed, desire or hope of the human race. Simply because I refuse to donate to something or other, I am boycotted, talked about, lied about, held up, held down and robbed until I am almost ruined. I can tell you honestly that except for a miracle that (happened I would not be able to enclose this check. Tlie wolf that comes to so many doors now adays just had pups in my kitchen. I sold them and here is your money. Yours very brokenly, Your Constituent. C. W. Anderson Plans Big Plant In Prosperity C. W. Anderson, president of C. W. Anderson Hosiery Com pany, a subsidiary of Collins & Altaian Corp., of New York, an nounced this week plans for a new multi million dollar Hosiery Plant to be built in Newberry County at Prosperity, S. C. The new facility will manufacture wo men’s seamless hosiery and panty hose. Construction of the new plant which will employ from 700 to 1000 persons in full production will be located on a 75 acre site on the Newberry Highway near the Bachman Chapel Road. Work on the facility is to be gin immediately and is expected to be completed and in opera tion by September, 1969. Yeargin Construction Company of Green ville will be General Contrac tors. The plant will be operated as a part of the C. W. Anderson group of Hosiery Companies with operations at Clinton and Whit mire, S. C. ( and Hendersonville, N. C. C. W. Anderson Hosiery Com pany became a subsidiary of Col lins & Altaian on March 7, 1969, with C. W. Anderson as presi dent of the present hosiery opera tion. He will also be in charge of the new Prosperity facility. Collins & Aikman produces a wide range of specialty products for the home furnishings, trans portation and apparel markets. Robert M. Stroker is executive vice president of the company. The Clinton Plant of C. W. An derson Hosiery Company is now in the process of training per sonnel to work in the new plant and applications for employment may be made at the Clinton or Whitmire plants of the company or at the office of the Newberry County Development Board. Mr. Anderson, reflecting his views on the new plant stated, “We are delighted to build our second plant in our neighbor county of Newberry and look for ward to the many years of asso ciation ahead. I would like to ex press my appreciation to the Newberry County Development Board, the State Development Board, Newberry County Offi cials and all others who had a part in making our move to Newberry County possible.’ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEADERS — Shown above at the annual Clinton Chamber of Commerce banquet Monday night are, seated, left to right, Dr. Louis Stephens, outgoing president and new second vice-president; George Comelson, who was installed as president; Board of Director members Lynn Cooper, Jr., and Joe Holland. Standing, left to right, Board of Director members Francis Bla lock, Donny Wilder, Noland Suddeth, W. R. An derson, Kenneth Fryfogle, George Reid, Richard Bodmer, J. C. Thomas, Ralph Patterson, I. Mac Adair, and Tom Plaxico. Absent when the picture was made were board members C. W. Anderson, Charles Pitts, D. B. Smith, Hugh Jacobs, and Don Creighton. Congressman Challenges CO Make Clinton Pride Of S.C. PROSPERITY PLANS—C. W. Anderson, right, checks plans with General Manager Gary Lehn, left, and Production Manager Frank Welch. Miss Clinton Pageant Scheduled For May 3 The Clinton Jaycees will again sponsor the Miss Clinton Pageant in May, according to Mike Hurt, president. In announcing that this organi zation plans continuation of the Miss Clinton Pageant sponsor ship, Hurt said it will be held on May 3, in Belk Auditorium at 8 p.m. Winner ofthe pageant will enter the Miss South Carolina Pageant held in Greenville to select the state queen, who will compete for the crown of Miss America in the national competition at Atlantic City, N.J., inSeptember. The event this year will be the third annual Miss Clinton Pageant sponsored by the Clinton Jaycees. “We are again serving as sponsors of the pageant this year because we believe it pro vides a valuable contribution to the community and to the young ladies who will enter the compe tition,’ Hurt said in announcing plans of his organization. “We believe it serves the com munity well because it focuses attention on the high calibre of young ladies who are residents of the area and we believe it serves youth well because it pro vides the opportunity for the young ladies who compete to gain added maturity throughpartici- pation in a community program such as the Miss Clinton Page ant, ’ Hurt added. “Most important, it will pro vide the opportunity for the girl who is the winner to continue to seek scholarship awards at the Miss South Carolina Pageant, which will aid her in obtaining an education at the college of her choice,” the president said. He also announced that com mittees to plan the program are being formed and that organiza tions in the area will be re quested to sponsor contestants for the pageant “This will be a community en deavor and we in the Clinton Jay cees are sure all in the com munity will participate to insure its success,’ Hurt commented in making the announcement. Congressman James Mann challenged the Clinton Chamber of Commerce to “come alive, get involved and plan ahead’ at Mon day night’s annual membership dinner. In his first Clinton speaking eniraeement since his election to Congress last November, Mann said, “You are already initiating a planning program and it’s not a moment too soon. Clinton’s lo cation, fine educational facilities and Institutions and diversity present an excellent opportunity to make this the showplace of South Carolina. What we’re doing isn’t really enough. We’ve got to come alive and do more. You people here must get involved. “Voting isn’t enough. You’ve got to get involved on the coun cils of government. Obeying the laws isn’t enough. Let’s teach re spect for the law. And let’s not abandon our Christian responsi bility to those who are hungry and ignorant. Let’s don’t look to gov ernment for those things which we can do for ourselves. When we have abdicated our respon sibility of brotherhood, the gov ernment has stepped in. “Plan big plans and educate the people to follow those plans.* CONGRESSMAN MANN AND CLAUDE CROCKER ... At Chamber of Commerce Banquet (Photos by Jerry Holland) Cornelson Stresses Planning, Cooperation In his acceptance address Mon day night, George Cornelson, new president of the ClintonChamber of Commerce, pointed to accom plishments of the past which can be used as a guideline for op portunities of the future, Cornelson, vice president of Clinton Mills, stressed planning and cooperation as the keys for future accomplishments. He said, “Who would have thought in 1965 when Mayor “Peck" Cornwall bought the In dustrial Park property that by 1968 companies such as C. W. Hammet Named To National Study Panel Ben Hay Hammet, Presby terian College director of alumni and public relations, has been named to serve on an eight-man panel to evaluate the profession al journal of the Aimerican Col lege Public Relations Asso ciation. The panel, headed by Dr. Ray E. Hiebert, chairman of the Uni versity of Maryland journalism department, will discuss and analyze the publication known as “College and University Journal’ and will make recommendations for its future direction. Dr. Hie bert said his “jury of experts* will convene for a three-hour session next Sunday afternoon at Charleston, prior to the ACPRA’s Mason-Dixon District Con ference. * * * See Editorial Page 2-B Anderson, E, L. Mansure, Wo- metco Vending and Ascoe Felts would now be employing over 1,050 people and pouring approxi mately $4 million into the Clin ton economy every year. “At a time when many were skeptical of the city’s purchase of this property and the expense of extending utilities to this sec tion, this project was support ed, recommended and the option to purchase the property nego tiated by your Chamber of Com merce. . .* He also pointed out that The Torrington Company, the Bailey Plant of Clinton Mills, the Jo anna Plant of Greenwood Mills and many mobile home builders are now adding over $10 million annually to the economy of this area “and it is reasonable to expect that each one of these ★★★★★★★★ Delegation Meets On Monday Night The regular monthly meeting of the Laurens County Legislative Delegation will be held in the court room ofthe Laurens County Courthouse at 7:30 p.m., Monday night, March 24. ★★★★★★★★ successful operations has plans for continued growth that will be unfolding in the next few years.” He saluted the educational in stitutions and said, “The Cham ber of Commerce takes great pride in supporting and saluting all of these fine institutions and the excellent staffs that operate them. This is the type of cli mate that makes an exceptional community and our town’s con tinued growth is directly related to the wise planning that has brought these institutions to their present size.’ Cornelson traced the founding of the Planning Commission upon recommendation of the Cham ber of Commerce and pointed to accomplishments of the commis sion: investigating the need for a new city hall, plans for which have been completed and which will be voted on April 15; re ceiving assurance that Seaboard Coastline Railroad will “one day remove one set of tracks” from the downtown area; a prelimin ary survey for a ring-road by pass “to route both transient and ‘rush hour’ local drivers over less congested highways and allow the local merchants to offer suitable access to and par king for the downtown stores.” Concerning the by-pass, Cor nelson said, “Here again, if this project is to move forward, co operation will be required by the property owners along the pro posed ring-road route, which, based on Highway Department re commendations, principally lies beyond City Limits.’ Cornelson also pledged support for the reorganized Clinton Mer chants and Businessmen’s Asso ciation and said, “I hope that all of you merchants will support this important arm of the Cham ber of Commerce.” Cornelson said, “YourCham- ber of Commerce continues to seek ways and means of serving you, the members, and in so do ing, building a greater Clinton... Your advice, support and co operation has encouraged your directors in past years to plan for the economic, industrial and cultural developments that are now building our community. . . We will strive to be worthy of your confidence in us.” The congressman also put in a plug for the proposed new city hall in Clinton and for the town’s efforts toward providing low-in come housing. He said, “I visited your city hall today and, while it is spa cious is some respects, I don’t imagine the citizens of Clinton are particularly proudof the pre sent facilities. Clinton should have a new city hall.’ On housing, he said, “1 have had my ottice contact the Hous ing and Urban Development a- gency about your housing prob lems. There are single family ownership dwellings available for certain brackets of income. If someone is making an effort to better himself, he can own a $12,000 to $17,000 home, assisted by the government. “We’re paying our income taxes and other federal taxes and Atlanta, Ga., and Dayton, Ohio, which have many federal programs, are enjoying our money very much.* He also said, “Ideas originate here, not in Washington, Local leadership is going to solve the problems of Clinton and nothing else is but I recognize that federal programs are being used effect ively elsewhere and they’re using our money.’ Mann was introduced by Claude Crocker. Dr. Louis Stephens, outgoing president of the Cham ber of Commerce, presided at the meeting before turning over the gavel to the new president, George Cornelson. Chris Adair and Bill Alexan der, members of Clinton’s two Junior Achievement organiza tions, presented Congressman and Mrs. Mann with gifts made and marketed by the Junior Achievers. Mann commented, “I envy your Junior Achievement program. We have tried over the years to or ganize such a program in Green ville but thus far nothing has come of it.’ Other Memoirs 1 BY JOE H. SIMPSON For a number of years after the automobile was invented, there were no license plates to buy. The “horseless carriage” was not too popular. In fact many horses were frightened at the sight of one of these new contraptions. Many complained that the auto would put lots of livery stable and smithy employees out of business. Also, they thought the oil in the ground would be exhausted and you would be left with a machine without any fuel. As time began to prove that these ideas were if: wrong and more cars were made, it was seen that * they were going to have to be licensed. So, laws to § this effect were parsed. £ At first these licenses were issued by the couiv j; ty and each individual was given a number which he had to have painted on his car. I had learned to do some sign painting, so I picked up a few if; dimes by painting license numbers on cars. One that I recall was for Mr. George Bailey cm his fric tion-drive Metz. The number was Lou. 183. A