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A INDEX Three Sections, 20 Pages Plus Supplement Classified 6-A Deaths 8-A Editorials 2-B Hospital News 4-A Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 7-A Clinton Chronicle Sample Copy BOX HOLDER Vol. 70 - No. 24 Clinton. S. C.. Thursday. June 19.1909 ; v HETTREES HONORED — Clirtton City Council last week presented watches to retiring city employees. They are, shown above, left to right: Thomas P. Owens, a veteran of 41 years with the Fire Dept.; Mrs, Nell Howard, assistant city clerk who has been associated with the city clerk’s office for 35 years; and Ed E. Wells, former head of the Street Dept., who has been employed by the city for 36 years. Also honored was Jobe D. Holland, who was with the city for 39 years, including 29 years with the Police Dept, and 10 years with the Utility Dept. Mayor Harry Layton made the presentations at a dinner at Mary Musgrove Hotel and also thanked them for their years of ser vice to the city.— (Photo by Truman Owens) Clinton Area Valuation Moves To $8.9 Million Laurens County’s assessed valuation increased over $1 mil lion from 19G7-68 and over half of that growth was in School District 56 (Chnton-Joanna- Cross Hill area). Laurens County moved over the $20 million mark fro the first time, hitting $20,788,330 in as sessed .valuation. That is an in crease of $1.3 million over the 1967 valuation of $19.4 million. Of that increase, $732,440 came in School District 56. District 56’s valuation is now $8.9 million. Based on that valuation, the tax levy in District 56 totaled 85 mills this year. The 85 mills were composed of: 14 mills for countywide generil operation; two mills for countywide bonds; one null for county library; 48 mills for general operation of School District 56; nine mills for School District 56 bond re payment; six mills for operation of Bailey Memorial Hospital; 3- 1/2 mills for hospital^bonds; and 1-1/2 mills for hospital notes. In comparison, School District 55 (the Laurens area) paida total of 79 mills. In addition to the countywide levies listed above, District 55 taxpayers paid 50 mills for general operation of School District 55; six mills for school bonds and six mills for operation of the Laurens hospi tal. District 55 residents face a nine-mill tax levy increase next year: eight additional mills for school operation, approved in a recent referendum, and one addi tional mill for construction of a new Laurens hospital. There are 10 mills in one cent. Therefore, School District 56’s current 85-mill levy means that taxpayers in this district pay $8.50 per $100 property vafuatJon or $85 per $1,000. In th- past five years, Laurens County’s property valuation has grown fr >m $15.8 million to the current $20.7 million. School District 56’s valuation has grown from $6.7 million to $8.9 mil lion. The property valuation in crease reflects primarily a growth in business and industry. $500,000 Is Sought To Remodel Courthouse R. P. PIEPHOFF Piephoff Joins Admissions Staff At Presbyterian Alumnus Robert P. Piephoff has joined the Presbyterian Col lege administrative staff in the newly created position of assist ant director of admissions, President Marc C. Weersing an nounced today. He will work with Admissions Director Joe Nixon toward broadening the college’s student recruitment program through di rect contact with prospective stu dents and their parents, alumni, ministers and high school coun selors. Piephoff, an honor graduate in the PC class of 1963, returns to the campus immediately after earning his master of theology degree as a fellowship student at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. He received his BDde gree with honors from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1967 and became an ordained Presbyterian minister and member ofEnoree Presbytery. Piephoff has roots in both of the supporting South Carolina and Georgia Synods. Bom in Clinton, he grew up in College Park, Ga., served an interim year as a stu dent assistant at Columbia’s Forest Lake Presbyterian Church after his second semin ary year and was assistant minis ter at Greenville's Westminster Church in 1967-68 before resum ing graduate study. His father, the Rev. Clarence Piephoff, is also a PC alumnus who now serves the John Calvin Presbyterian Church of Green ville after being the College Park Church minister for 16 years. Legislation authorizing Lau rens County to borrow up to $500,000 for courthouse renova tions and construction of a coun ty office building was scheduled to go to the State Senate this week The legislation was introduced last week in the House of Repre sentatives. Proposals to construct a new courthouse have been defeated in each of three referendums during the last two years. Rep. Paul Culbertson com mented, “We have to do something about the courthouse so we felt this was the only avenue left open to us.” There is a constitutional a- mendment which prohibits Lau rens County’s delegation from Powers, Salaries Spelled Out County Council Bill Introduced BY DONNY WILDER Chronicle Editor A bill was to be introduced in the South Carolina General Assembly today to establish a county council method of govern mental operation for Laurens County. The legislation would give a five-member county council broad powers, including re sponsibility for the county’s bud get and general operation of the county. The county’s legislative dele gation has been studying the county council form of operation for some time and enlisted the assistance of a University of South Carolina faculty member who is a specialist in the field. The county council bill calls for a five-member county coun cil to tie elected, from the count}’ at large, in the general election of 1970 with their terms to com mence on Jan. 1, 1971. Two mem bers of the initial council will serve two-year terms and three will serve four-year terms, the lengths of the terms to be de termined by lot at the first meet ing of the council. Initially, the council memliers will receive an annual salary of $1,200 each and the chairman, whom they will elect, will receive an additional $300 annually. They also each will re ceive $600 annually for travel. The county council will replace the current Laurens County Board of Commissioners but the office of County Supervisor will be retained. The legislation says, “All du ties heretofore performed by the Laurens County Board of Com missioners are devolved upon the County Council and such board is abolished as of Jan. 1, 1971. . . provided that the office of County Supervisor is retained with all duties of that office, except those duties as chairman of the Board of Commissioners.” APPOINTMENTS The council will make all ap pointments to boards and com missions, previously handled by the legislative delegation and “shall establish policies relating 180 Women Attend Synodical School pledging the county to a bond issue which will require a tax levy without a vote of the people. After consulting the county at torney and a representative of the State Attorney General’s Of fice, the delegation believes that amendment applies only to a bond issue and wouldnotapp’y toa loan if the money is borrowed from the state. The delegation currently in tends to borrow the money from the General Services Division of the State. Culbertson said, “The irony of the situation is that we may have to pay :n ire interest with the state than we would with a private lending institution but we feel we are hamstrung by the amend ment.” One hundred and eighty women from 67 Presbyterian churches of South Carolina are registered at the 22nd annual Synodical Train ing School being held this week at Presbyterian College. The special feature of Thursday’s program is the meeting of the state-wide organization of the Women of the Church, with Mrs. George B. Sheppard of Laurens, president, presiding. In addition to those already registered for the five-day train ing school, others will arrive for registration at 1:30 p.m. and will participate in the afternoon and evening sessions at 2:30p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. in Belk Auditorium. Mrs. Frank Kellers, presidentof the women of Clinton's First Presbyterian Church and official hostess for the week, will bring greetings and Dr. Newman Faul- coner of Greenville, Moderator of the Synod of South Carolina, will speak on the subject “Call to Decision". New officers will be elected and installed and re ports of the past year's work will be given. The Thursdayeveningprogram will feature the showing of the film, “Hope of Man" by its pro ducer, Dr. T. Layton Fraser, and a candlelight communion ser vice with the Rev. A1 Bixler and elders of the First Presbyterian Church leading in the observance of the Lord’s Supper. Ttie training school will close with lunch’on Friday after the final Platform Bible Hour, with Dr. Marc Weersing leading a study of "II Corinthians”, and the awarding of certificates and di plomas to those who earned them in this week of study. Appearing on a panel last night to present “The Presbyterian Church, U.S., at Work” were representatives from the boards of the church, moderated by Dr. Frank H. Caldwell of Charlotte, who is executive director of the Presbyterian Foundation. Panel ists included Mrs. H. Kerr Tay lor, Dr. Lawrence Bottoms, and Municipal Tax Deadline July 1 The deadline for payment of delinquent taxes and business licenses in the City of Clinton is July 1, according to City Clerk Brooks Owens. Owens said that after July 1, executions will be issued against property for taxes, with addi tional costs. Mrs. Edith Walsh, all of Atlanta, Dr. Wade P. Huie, Jr. of Deca tur, Ga., and Miss Marion W'il- cox of Nashville, Tenn. Friday afternoon additional Presbyterians will tie arriving on the Presbyterian College campus for the first overnight conference planned especially for family groups, employed women, and guidance counsellors in churches. The Rev. Frank Har rington of North Augusta will tie the featured speaker on Friday evening, using the subject, “The Art of Getting Along with Peo ple”, and Dr. Fraser’s film will again tie shown. Saturday morning Dr. Kerr Taylor of Atlanta will lead the morning worship tiefore tireakfast and Mr. Harrington will lead a Bible study entitled “A Look at the Psalms". Classes will be held as follows for the three groups: Employed Women, Mrs. H. Kerr Taylor, Parents, Dr. Kathryn S. Powell, professor of Family and Ctiild Developmental Winthrop College, and Guidance Counsellors, Mrs. Robert E. Johnson, director of the Presby terian Guidance Center at the college. Following lunch the group will take guided tours of the campuses of Thornwell Orphanage and Presbyterian College. ♦ ♦ * Greenwood Mills Vacation Pay Tos $795,000 Vacation pay to Greenwood Mills employes this year will total $795,411.24 for 5,792 peo ple, the company announced to day. Two per cent of annual earn ings will go to 2,499 persons employed less than five years. Another 3,293 persons em ployed more than five years will get four per cent of their annual wages. Greenwood Mills plants in Greenwood and LaurensG^inties will close for vacation the week of June 29 - July 5. * * * Studies In France “Discovering France” will be one of the projects this summer for Louis Ferdie Jourdan, Pres byterian College rising senior from Chester, one of ten Ameri can students chosen for this spe cial program. The "Discover France "project is sponsored by the French Cul tural Services. It affords select ed young people of all nationali ties the opportunity to be to gether in groups for an expenses- paid 16 to 18-day stay in France. SCOUTERS’ KEY—John P. Daniluk of Clinton, left, was presented the Scouters’ Key Tuesday night at a meeting of leaders of the Laurens County District of Blue Ridge Boy Scout Council. Making the presentation was Richard Casque, chairman of the District Leadership Training Com mittee. Daniluk was presented the key for three years’ continuous service as an adult leader and for his service to the Boy Scout District.— (Photo by Dan Yarborough) Red, White And Blue Sale Opens Here Today A “Red, White and Blue Patriotic Sale” opened today in Clinton, sponsored by the Clinton Merchants and Businessmen’s Associa tion. Today’s edition of The Chronicle features a red, white and blue tabloid supp’ement which presents some of the values offered during this promotion. The promotion will continue through July 4. Members of the association have tieen asked to display American flags in front of their business firms during the two-week event. Mrs. Alberga New Art Instructor A new instructor in art will come to Presbyterian College this fall to head up the develop ing art program, Dean W. Fred Chapman announced today. She is Mrs. Alta W. Alberga, who will succeed Mrs. Mary Anne Pennington Walker. Mrs. Walker, leaving after summer school to join her husband upon his return from overseas service, in augurated the program as PC’s first art instructor three years ago. Mrs. Alberga holds two under graduate and two graduate de grees. She obtained both her BA and MA degrees from Wichita State University, a bachelor of fine arts from Washington Uni versity and a master of fine arts from the University of Illinois. She is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., currently residing in Ossin ing, N.Y. to selection, appointment, com pensation and dismissal of ad ministrative employes of county government.” The legislation provides that “all legislative action of the County Council shall be by or dinance." Some of the powers given the council are: “. . .acquire by purchase, gift or otherwise, real property in the name of the county. . .lease sell or otherwise dispose of real property. . .acquire tangible per sonal property and supplies. . . make contracts and execute all instruments necessary for the convenience of carrying out functions committed to it. . . exercise powers of eminent do main. . .make appropriations and levy taxes for corporate pur poses, to build and repair pub lic mads, buildings and bridges . . .maintain and support pris oners, pay jurors, county officers and employes. . .provide for re ceipt, custody, allocations and dispersement of funds acruing to the county. . .incur endebtedness in anticipation of taxes which have been levied. . .issue bonds piedg- ing the faith of Laurens County for purposes authorized and with in limits prescribed by the Con stitution of South Carolina.” The Council also is empowered to enter into agreements on mat ters of local concern with agen cies of the federal, state and lo cal governments and with edu cation, charitable and eleemosy nary Tgamzations.” The board can “prescribe me thods 1 if accnunting for county officers and department. . .su pervise and regulate various de partments of the county EXCEPT the duties and fuhetions now pro vided by law offices of auditor, treasurer, supervisor, sheriff, clerk of court, probate judge, county service officer, coroner, Board of Assessment Control and County Board of Education shall not be altered or infringed. . .” The legislation also says, “No thing contained herein shall be construed to abridge or affect the powers of any municipality or po litical subdivision within Laurens County. . . ” FINANCIAL CONTROL Giving the Council financial control of the county, the legis lation says, “Every county offi cial, department, commission or board receiving grants or appro priations from the county shall, <>n or before March 1 of each year, make a full and detailed annual report of its financial sta tus, activities and expenditures for the past fiscal year, showing all balances and accounts con trolled by such officials. . .to gether with budget and re commendations for the coming year. . . “. .‘.Council shall prepare a budget for operation of the coun ty for the ensuing year. . .and shall make available to the public the county budget. . .showing in detail the amount of proposed ap propriation, purposes for which to tie made, millage to be levied (CONT. ON PAGE 5A.) Search For New Industry Thompson: You Have Product To Sell Selling an industrial prospect on the advantages of locating in a specific town is just like selling a product, Bob Thompson of the State Development Board told members of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Tuesday morning. Thompson, assistant director of communications with the State Development Board said, “You have a product—your area--- to sell and, to do that, you follow the generally accepted guidelines of marketing.’' He listed them as: (1) Research---”Know your area OWroughly. If an industrial client asks for information about your area, he doesn’t want gen eral answers. He wants specific information which he can use in making his decision. * (2) Plan---“Without planning you’re scattergunning and you can’t be effective. You have to know exactly where you want to I go and how you intend to get there.” (3) Promote—“You need pro motion but you can’t sell your area in Laurens County. You must promote in the area where it stands the best change of be ing sold-—New York, Chicago, Los Angeles. . .* (4) Sell---“Once you get the prospect ‘in the shop’, sell him on what you have to offer. Just from general observation, I’d say that one thing Clinton has to offer is liveability. This must be a pleasant town in which to live and you have cultural advantages linked with your fine institutions, particularly Presbyterian Col lege. . .’ (5) Improve—-“That’s the key. You aren't selling the same pro ducts in your business that you were selling 20 years ago and the same is true with a town. Improve through good legislation, stable government. Make 'out siders’ welcome here. Have good, forward-looking city ordinances. You don’t have to give industries a free hand but make it as easy as you can for them to locate here.” Thompson explained the or ganization of the State Develop ment Board, pointing out that the state last year encouraged a re cord $635 million in new and expanded industries. He added, “The prospect list so far this year is the highest ever. . .” Asked if the State Development board is concentrating in locat ing industries in the lower part of the state, as opposed to the Piedmont area, Thomoson an swered, “There is some push to get industry for the lower part of the state because of th£ large number of unemployed persons in that section. However, we have had no political interference with site selections and we try to re main completely impartial when dealing with a prospect.” Thompson also was asked if a manpower shortage in the Pied mont area affects new plant loca tions. He replied, “We haven’t missed staffing a plant yet. Manpower is tight everywhere. Labor is a- vailable if you know how to re cruit it.” Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON More about our colored friends of yesterday. Probably one of the best known was Reed Copeland. He was part and parcel of Young’s Pharmacy. He had charge of making that extra good “houne-made” style ice cream and keeping syrups and other supplies at the soda fountain. In later years, he had charge of erecting signs for the Young-Copeland Advertising Agency. Many of you also remember Tasso who helped at Young’s Pharmacy. Another famous person was the city trash hauler and general mover, Bob Day. Bob only had one arm but it is said that he could handle any object as well as anyone else could with two arms, regardless of the weight. Two other draymen who gave Bob plenty of competition were Will Rook and Herbert Thompson. The railroads did not deliver the freight and since all commodities were shipped by rail this made draying a rather lucrative business. Former students of Presbyterian College will remember the two colored men connected with the college. I refer to Pappy Giles and John Henry Wallace. Two good carpenters were Ewell and Young Dendy, and many others who were excellent in their vocations whose names I cannot recall.