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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
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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. Or at least this was what I was told as
a child. I believe that the elders told me that it
for the Mood.
sprout with the red root was the one to
Take several sections of the red root and
boil it in a plot of water, until the water becomes
pink. Then add sugar and sweat mflk, and yon
might like it
Another item that we always had in our gar
den was a bed of sage, to season our ssnsagt, tor- t
key dressing, etc. Then them was thTbed ef
mint and, of ooune, plenty ef red peppers for
and bottfea^f hot pepper saw
in corn attacks? Remove the ear of
a roll of
few weeks, and than anMr a
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