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WEATHER (Week of May 27-June 3) High: 87 Low: 59 (May 27) (May 31) Rainfall: .52 in. (May 27-June 1) Soil “Temp Range: 76-81 Clinton Chronicle Vol. 71 — No. 23 Clinton, S. C., June 4, 1970 INDEX Four Sections, 22 Pages Classified 4-A Deaths 6-A Hospital News 6-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 6-A County, State Demos Seek Nominations County Primary Slated lues. ‘ROTARIAN OF YEAR’—Mr. O. P. Haynes, center, on Tuesday received the first ‘Rotarian of the Year’ Award presented by the Clinton Ro tary Club. The award was made for Mr. Haynes’ civic activities and out standing contributions to the Clinton Rotary Club. Making the presenta tion was Sen. Robert C. Lake, right. Shown at left above is William Shields, president of the Clinton Ro tary Club. Mr. Haynes is manager of Radio Station WPCC which also received a plaque from the Rotary Chib in recognition of the station’s assistance in the club’s ‘Rotary Ra dio Rodeo.’ Clinton Election Set For Aug. 11 Clinton City Council Monday night adopted an 'Tdinance set ting the municipal general e- lectn-n for Aug. 11 In that election, Clinton vot ers will elect a mayor and 1-26 Work Planned In County Award of a $565,257 contract for resurfacing a nine-mile section of Interstate Route 26 in Laurens county was announc ed today by the State Highway Department. Satterfield Construction Company, Inc. of Greenwood was awarded the contract <>n the basis of the firm's low bid, according to Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pear- man. Four bids were entered ranging as high as $610,480 The contract calls for asphal tic concrete surfacing for strengthening and improve ments on the freeway segment from S. C. Route 66 near Jo anna to U. S. 276 north of Clinton. The work is similar to a 12- mlle project completed on 1-26 in Richland and Lexington coun ties between U. S. 176 and the Newberry County line. 1-26 is also being resurfac ed from S. C. 34 at Newberry southeasterly to the Lexington County line. Contractor’s bids on the Lau rens County work were open ed May 19 and approved by the Highway Commission May 21. six aldermen, the full city coun cil contingent. The second Tuesday in July, July 14, was set for the party primary dates in which nominees may be se lected for the general election. In other business Monday night, Council: ---Approved the_purchase of a motorola radio console for the Police Department in the new city hall This includes console for radio equipment and alarm systems from local businesses and industries. Council also set a $100 charge for connecting onto the municipal alarm sys tem. A monthly service charge is to be determined later. The console will cost approx imately $13,000. The city has received a grant of $7,572 through the Upper Savannah De velopment District toward pur chase of the console. ---Adopted a resolution guaranteeing city services to the proposed housing project. This is one of the requirements necessary in obtaining feder al assistance for a housing pro ject. The Clinton Housing Au thority has requested a federal grant to finance construction of 400 low-rent housing units. ---Instructed PoliceChiefB. B. Ballard to close any busi ness which hasn't paid its busi ness license fee by June 15. ---Voted that executions are to be issued on any delinquent city taxes after June 30 This would give the city the right to sell any property on which taxes haven't been paid by the dead line of June 30. Martin Is Appointed City Utilities Supt. Clinton City Council Monday night appointed Homer Martin of Westminster as the new city superintendent of utilities. He will assume his duties here July 1 Mr. Martin succeeds D. C. Whitman who resigned last month to accept a position with Clinton MiUs. A native of Westminster, Mr. Martin currently is superinten dent of the Westminster Com mission of Public Works. He joined the Westminster public works commission in 1951 and was named superintendent in 1961. He is a graduate of Oakway High School and has completed a course in electrical main tenance. Mr. Martin is married to the former Gladys Chambers of Westminster and they have a son, Ronnie, 21, and a daugh ter, Margerite, 14. The Martins are Baptists. Concerning his appointment in Clinton, Mr. Martin com mented, “I was highly im pressed with the city officials and the employees and am look ing forward to assuming my dut ies in Clinton." Laurens County voters go to the polls Tuesday, June 9, for the Democratic Primary. Polls will open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Voters are to nominate two members of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Laurens County and five members for the county’s first County Council. PC Sets Summer Session Registration for the first ses sion of Presbyterian College’s 1970 summer school is sche duled for next Monday in Green ville Dining Hall, starting at 2 p.m. Classwork will get underway the next morning for the session which will extend through July 16. The second session is sche duled for July 16-August 21. Summer School Director Neal B. Prater said 54 courses in 15 departments, including nine hours in post-graduate work, will be offered this year. Stu dents may attend either or both of the five-days-a-week ses sions and receive a maximum of six hours credit for each session. Continuing the program in augurated three years ago, graduate credit course in edu cation and special education are designed primarily for teachers seeking to qualify for teaching certificates and re-certifi cation. Laurens County teach ers are offered special rates. Dr. Prater said courses are available in these departments: art, chemistry, economics, ed ucation, English, French, his tory, mathematics, physical ed ucation, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, sociology and Spanish. Braswell Elected As President Clinton Demos James R. Braswell was elect ed president of the Clinton Democratic Club Friday night. Other officers elected at the meeting held at the Clinton Mill Community House are: L. R. Pitts, vice president; Mrs. C. D. Pitts, secretary - treasurer. Committeemen elected are: Ward 1, Frank M. Boland Jr.; Ward 2, W. Alvin Buettfe; Ward 3, Arthur Howard; Ward 4, John H. Dowdle; Ward 5, W. R.Snel- grove; Ward 6, E. P. Taylor. One of the largest crowds in recent years attended the or ganizational meeting of the De mocratic Club. Upon the resig nation of Mr. Roy Holtzclaw as president, Mr. R. L. Plaxico served as temporary chairman. They also will cast state bal lots, nominating a lieuten ant governor, a comptroller general, and an adjutant general for South Carolina. Candidates for the demo cratic nomination for lieutenant governor are Heyward Belser and Earle E. Morris Jr. Can didates for comptroller general are William M. Garrett and Henry Mills. Candidates for ad jutant general are Robert L. McCrady and Francis L. Rawl. There are three candidates for the Democratic nomination for two seats in the S. C. House of Representatives. The can didates are W. C. (Bill) Dobbins of Clinton and Joanna; Eugene C. Stoddard of Gray Court and incumbent David S. Taylor of Laurens. There are 12 candidates for the nomination to the five seats on County Council. They are C. D. Beasley, James Cline, King Dixon, I. A. (Ike) Griggs, Joe S. Holland, James R. Jacks, Charles H. Johnson, Paul S. O’Dell, George Penland, Sam Power Jr., J. D. Sullivan and Bond Thomas. The new County Council, which will take office Jan. 1, 1971, will replace the current office of Board of Commis sioners and also will assume many of the county financial dut ies now handled by the county’s legislative delegation. The County Council will be in charge of the county’s operat ing budget and will have the au thority to levy county taxes. In general, the County Council will be in charge of operating the county’s governmental units. Candidates Speak Here Friday Candidates in the Laurens County Democratic Primary will speak Friday night, June 5, at the Clinton Mill Ball Park. In case of rain, the stump speaking program will be moved to M. S. Bailey Elementary School. The program is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. Candidates are to speak to night, Thursday, at Gray Court School and on Monday, June 8, they will wind up the stump speaking schedule at Ford High School in Wattsville. Candidates opened their tour last Friday at Hickory Tavern and they spoke Monday night at ■ Joanna. miDvw Rammed By Chased Car PC Student Is Killed As Parked Car Struck A Presbyterian College min isterial student who would have been 21 years old Sunday, died Monday night as he sat in a park car which was struck by a car being chased by police men in the Lydia Mill area. Leonard (Len) N. Batten HI, 20, of Jacksonville, Fla., was pronounced dead on arrival Monday night at Bailey Me morial Ho^ital. Memorial ser vices will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at Lydia Presbyterian Church where he was working this summer. Batten was sitting in the back seat of a car parked in front of Lydia Presbyterian Church when the car was struck by a car driven by Charles Edward Samples, 33, of 107 E. Bluford St. The 1968 Ford in which Batten was sitting was knocked 117 feet from the point of impact and turned over several times, according to investigating State Highway Patrolman J. L. Dansby. Also in the parked car were Mrs. Sidney Ayer, wife of the Lydia Presbyterian pastor, and their two children, Alex, 5 1/2, and Genie, 2-1/2, and Mrs. David Staley, wife of the pastor of Wayside Presbyterian Church in Laurens. Mrs. Ayer was treated and released at the hospital. The children and Mrs. Staley were admitted to the hos pital where they were reported in satisfactory condition Tues day. Samples, driver of the other car involved, was treated for minor injuries at the hospital, according to the patrolman. His car turned over several times in the church yard. Clinton Policemen Lewis Marshall and Jack Cunningham reportedly were phasing the ve hicle driven by Samples when the accident occured at the in- LEN BATTEN tersection of Secondary Road 104 and Pine Street in front of the Lydia Presbyterian Church. A police spokesman said the car driven by Samples almost collided with the police car on Sloan Street. On Tuesday, Clintin Police charged Samples withoperating a vehicle without a license, driving under the influence of intoxicants, failing to stop for an officer, and operating a stolen vehicle. The Highway Patrol charged Samples with reckless homicide. Samples was sentenced m city court Tuesday morning to $100 or 29 days on the charge of driving under the influence. On the charge of driving without a license, he was given a $25 fine or 30-day sentence. Bond was set at $5,00'* on the charges of reckless homicide, failure to stop for an officer and larceny of an automobile. The 1960 Chevrolet Samples was driving was reported stolen from Janie Waters of Route 2, Clinton. (Cant on Page 6A.) 'Nomination in Primary Royal Farewell GOP; It s Not To Elect Mias Agnes Davis’ fourth grade dass at Clin ton Elementary School gave her a royal send-off into retirement Monday. “Miss Agnes”, who is retiring after 43 years with the Clinton School System, was the cento* of attention at a special program given by her class Monday. The students decorated her chair like a throne and, with great ceremony, escorted her to the “throne.” With further pomp, the students brought out a red cape which they placed around her shoulders. Then came a crown-bearer who brought in a red crown which was resting on a decorated cushion. Barbara Cason crowned “Miss Agnes”. She then was presented with a bouquet of flowers, a gift and a card signed by all members of her final class. It was a touching moment for a lovely lady who has contributed so much to her community, especially the young people, and who has touched so many lives. Voters in the June 9th De mocratic Primary in Laurens County, and perhaps, through out the state, may be surprised to learn June 10th that no one was elected June 9th, W. R. Garrett, Laurens County GOP Chairman, said at a press con ference Monday night “Instead, * be continued, ‘they will find that the winners will have to face a strong slate of Republican candidates in the election in November. ‘Tuesday’s voting in reality is only the Democratic party’s method of nominating its can didates.” Mr. Garrett said it is mis leading for many of the per sonal solicitation cards, news paper and TV ads and bill boards for state and county offices to be imprinted ‘Elect ‘Joe Doe’ June 9th. All forms of solicitation and ads should have been ’Nominate’ instead of ‘Elect’.” *1 have not seen newspapers from throughout the state, hot some political aidsof this nature have appeared in newspapers of Laurens and Greenville Coun ties and also television," he added. ‘The Republican party to this state has been severely criti cised by the state’s Democrats, and Jibes made on all skies for our convention method of nomination. I want them to know here and now, that qp to now, oar convention method is as fair as a primary and a whole lot less expensive. GOP delegates come from all walks of life and represent a true cross section of opinions and wants. Persons announce for office and the come out the county or statewide - as it woaM hi a Primary. Even then our caadkhtes are not ’elected’ at time — jest 'no- Mr. Garrett said. Issues raised in the first two meetings ranged from pollu tion of Lake Greenwood to rural trash collection and from rural fire protection to narcotics con trol. This is a brief recap of the subjects touched on in the first two speaking engagements: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES William C. Dobbins, former state Senator and a candidate for the House, pointed to his years of experience in county and state office to qualify him for office. Dobbins promised to fight all efforts to raise taxes in South Carolina unless an e- mergency should arise. He said that during his term in the state Senate, many n ew industries came into Laurens County, causing an economic boom that provided more jobs and a higher standard for all the people of Laurens County. Dobbins pledg ed his support for more and better education, higher teach ers’ pay, more road construc tion, and his continued support for the employees of Whitten Village. Eugene C. Stoddard urged that steps be taken to stop the pol lution of Lake Greenwood, “an area of both recreational and economic importance to Laurens County." He said that at sometime in the future, re sidents of Laurens County may have to rely on Lake Green- wood for part or all of its wa ter supply. Stoddard also stres sed the importance of more and better law enforcement for South Carolina. In Joanna, Stod dard also emphasized his sup port for better control of nar cotics. He said of those who sell drugs to young people, “The electric chair seems too honor able for these people." Stod dard also stressed the import ance of supporting youth groups such as Cub Scouts, 4-H Clubs, and other groups that train and influence young people. DavidS. Taylor, the incum bent Representative, said that seniority in the House is very important. Taylor, who is seek ing his fourth term, said that the assessed value of the county has increased some 50% in the last ten years, and the value of manufacturing plants has in creased 135%. He also told of some of the progressive pro grams that he has supported in the House. These include a re vision of the law regarding li ability* insurance, a plan to provide tuition grants to stu dents attending private colleges in South Carolina, and revis ions in foe state constitution. Taylor also explained the re cent pollution control legis lation passed by the South Car olina legislature and his belief that this wouldprovide effective control in the future. COUNTY COUNCIL The 12 candidates for the County Council also were on the program. C. D. Beasley, the only Ne gro candidate on the ballot, said he believed his election to county-wide office would be an important advance for Laurens County. He urged wise expen- dutures of the tax dollar, and he stressed the importance of im proving highways and increas ing funds for education. Former state Senator King Dixon said his years of ex perience in county and state government could be beneficial to the Council. Dixon said that he had a plan for 20 trash dis posal sites to be set up and run by the county. He also spoke of his experience as a mem ber of the South Carolina High way Commission. L A. Griggs, former mayor of Laurens, said the guiding in fluence of his campaign and his service, if elected, would be honesty. He also pointed to the growth of the city of Laurens during his six years as mayor, and he pledged to do all in his power to see that the people of Laurens County received fair and impartial government Joe S. Holland of Clinton ex plained the duties of the Coun ty Council. The purpose of the council, Holland said, is to make all appointments not specifi cally assigned to the legisla ture, to levy taxes, collect re venues, build roads, maintain prisons, issue bonds in tee name of Laurens County, maintain all county buildings, pay all admin istrative officers, and to gener ally perform all duties hereto fore performed by the leg islature on a local level. Holl and said the years of business experience in Laurens County and his other particiation in civic and service clubs help qualified him for this “vitally important position.” He pledged his support to all the people of Laurens County. Charles H. Johnson of Clin ton said that the County Coun cil legislation is one of the most important changes ever to come about in county govern ment He said the Council would unite the people from the var ious parts of the county and would be extremely beneficial from an economic standpoint (Cont on Page 6A.) own right For a hundred years there has been only one party in South Carolina and winning in a primary was tantamount to election in November except in tee case where a write-in can didate was able to gamer a plur ality of votes,” Mr. Garrett said. “But this year for Demo cratic rtndhteteT to nhtictv display solicitation cards, TV ads and biOboardssaytec’Etect to Bond Thf* otSurihCaroltea are too smart to bt tatea in hy teis type of •to Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON We think of coffee ns our beverage for breakfast, and a good hot cup is very invigorat ing to begin a day’s activities. However, a good hot cup of sassafras tea is also good and good for you. 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