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WEATHER
(Week of Sept. 28-80)
High: 90 Low: 44
(Sept. 26, 27) (Sept. 29, 80)
Rainfall: .59 in.
(Sept. 27, 28)
Soil Temp. Range: 68-76 degrees)
Clinton Cfjrontcle
Vol. 71 — No. 39 Clinton, S. C., Oct 1, 1970
INDEX
Three Sectiom, 22 Pages
Classified 6-A
Deaths 4-A
Hospital News 8-A
Editorials 2-B
Society 2-A. 8-A
Sports 7-A, 8-A
All Local Schools
Plan 'Open House'
All School District 56 schools will have “open
house” on Sunday, Oct. 18, according to Supt. R.
P. Wilder.
The “open houses” will be held from 3:30
p.m. until 5 p.m. The purpose is to familiarize
parents with the facilities and faculties of the
schools.
Teachers and principals of the schools will
be at their respective schools on the afternoon
of Oct. 18 and will be available to talk with the
parents and to show the school facilities to the
parents.
There are seven schools in the district—four
elementary Schools, two Junior high schools, and
one high schol—and all will have “open house”
on Oct. 18.
True Bill Returned
In Firebombing Case
The Laurens County Grand
Jury M'Xiday returned a true
bill in the case of 23 young
Laurens County Negroes charg
ed with the July 16 and 17 fire-
bombings which destroyed two
business establishments in the
Clinton area and damaged six
others.
Knight Wins
Grid Contest
Erskine Knight of -14 Aca
demy St., Clinton, is the win
ner of last week’s Chronicle
football contest.
Knight missed only two of
15 predictions but the deciding
factor was the ‘tie-breaker
score.* Knight predicted PC
would beat Lenoir Rhyne 27- 20,
a seven-point margin. Freda
Butler of Florence St., Clinton,
also missed only two predic
tions but predicted PC would
beat Lenoir Rhyne 22-13, a
nine-point difference. PC won,
13-10, three-point spread. That
meant that Knight was the win
ner since his point margin was
closer to the final margin of the
game.
Knight wins the $15 firstprize
and Freda Butler wins $7.50
for second place.
This week’s contest is on page
3-B in today’s Chronicle.
Candy Day Sale
Planned By Lions
The Lions Club of Clinton will
join with the other 164 clubs
throughout the State in their
first annual Candy Day on
Thursday, October 8.
Around 10,000 rolls of fruit
flavored candy the size of rolls
of Life Savers will be given a-
way in return for donations to
their Sight Conservation fund.
Teams will be on hand at all
super markets and shopping
centers throughout this area
as well as in downtown Clin
ton beginning at 3 o’clock
Thursday afternoon and con
tinuing until all 10,000 rolls of
Candy have been given away.
Who will
project?
benefit from this
THE SOUTH CAROLINA EYE
BANK. Bringing the miracle of
sight to more than 40 persons
in S. C. last year.
THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES
COMMITTEE. Helping smaller
Lions Clubs all over the state
to finance major eye surgery in
the amount of $1,37.35 last
year. Other services included
eye examinations, glasses fur
nished, medical treatment,
etc. A total of 765 persons
helped as an expenditure of
$13,389.00. They could double
their work if funds were avail
able.
SOUTH CAROLINA SIGHT
CONSERVATION ASSN, has
plans for establishing an Eye
Research Center to stamp out
blindness in our state.
Lion President Erskine Jacks
and Candy Day Chairman David
Word urge all Clinton residents
to take part in this project
All money raised will be used
solely for sight conservation.
In Joint Session
PC Trustees,
Visitors To Meet
There had been 26 persons
charged in connection with the
fires. One of these, identified
as Willie Byrd, was charged
with a burning unrelated to those
of July 16-17, officers said.
Solicitor William T. Jones
said Monday that two others of
those charged, Willie James
Young and Joe TerrySuber, will
appear as witnesses for the
state.
The 23 are charged with con
spiracy, violation of Sect. 16-148
of the state code and burning a
building not subject to arson.
'New World’
Singers Here
The New World Singers make
their appearance in Clinton Fri-
day night and Saturday night at
8 p.m. in the Clinton HighSchool
Auditorium. This internation
ally famous group is composed
of three collegians with guitars,
tambourine, and amplifiers.
The Friday andSaturday night
concerts at Clinton High School
will begin at 8 p.m. On Sunday
night the group will have a final
-eattcert at Broad Street United
Methodist C lurch. This con
cert is open and
there is no alwlitfl iflwge.
Tickets for the Friday and
Saturday night concerts are on
sale at the local school and at
many of the local churches.
DISCUSS TEXTILES — State Reps. David S.
Taylor (right) of Laurens and T. W. Edwards,
Jr. (left) of Spartanburg, members of the South
Carolina Textile Committee, are shown last week
during discussions with Congressional leaders in
Washington. U.S. Reps. James R. Mann (second
from right) of Greenville and Wilbur D. Mills
(second from left), Chairman of the House Ways
and Means Committee, reviewed the problems
facing the textile industry with the South Caro
lina legislators.
Two nationally known educa
tors will speak to the Pres
byterian College board of trus
tees and board of visitors when
they meet in joint session at
Montreat, N. C., next Sunday
through Tuesday.
Some 130 persons, including
board members and their wives,
student leaders and select
faculty members and admini
strators, will attend the three-
day meeting to be held in the
Assembly Inn. It is being moved
from the PC campus in Clinton
to assure the accessary ac
commodations. i *
Dr. Andrew D.' Hblt, retiring
president of the University of
body of the college and the
board of visitors serving in
an advisory capacity. Both
groups normally hold separate
meetings on campus in the fall,
and the trustees also bold a
spring meeting. Trustee Chair
man Eugene T. Wilson of At
lanta is scheduled to preside
over the Sunday night meeting.
Visitor Chairman J. AustinDil-
beck, also of Atlanta, will pre
side over the Monday luncheon
meeting, and PC President
Marc C. Weersing will preside
over the Monday evening
assembly.
The Monday program also in
cludes administrative staff pre
sentations of various college
Tennessee, will leid off with a operations in the morning, £
Dent: 'U.S.
Last Bastion'
Of Freedom
Harry Dent, special counse
lor to President Nixon, told
Presbyterian College stu
dents Thursday that America
is “the last bastion of free
dom in the world.*
Dent, speaking at the second
Distinguished Alumni Series,
said the United States has teen
the protector and defender of
freedom all over the world.
Two Sentenced
In Wrecks
Two young .Clinton area men
were sentenced Tuesday in con
nection with separate auto
mobile accidents in which Pres
byterian College students died.
Charles E. Samples, 33, of
Clinton pleaded guilty in Gen
eral Sessions Court in Laurens
to reckless homicide in tlie June
1 death of Lynn Batten, 20 year-
old Presbyterian College mini
sterial student.
Samples also entered a plea
of guilty to failure to stop for
a law enforcement vehicle.
Presiding Judge Francis B.
Nicholson sentencedSamplesto
two years, suspended on service
of eight months, and two years’
probation.
Samples was identified as the
driver of a car that struck a
parked vehicle in which Batten
and four other persons were
seated. The car was parked in
front of Lydia Presbyterian
Church. Clinton Policeman Jack
Cunningham testified that city
police were in pursuit of the
car driven by Samples after he
was observed operating it in
*a reckless manner’ and failed
to stop for officers.
Ronald Dennis Davenport, 20,
of Joanna, pleaded nolo
contendre (no contest) to reck-
(CONT ON PAGE 6A)
CANDY DAY—Clinton Mayor J. C. right conservation projects. Looking
Thomas,, center, proclaims Thun- on an Erskine Jacks, ... preri-
day, Oct. 8, as Clinton's first annual dent of the Clinton Lions Club, and
'Candy Day’ when Clinton Lions will David Word, 'Candy Day’ chairman,
sell 10,000 rolls of candy to finance —(Yarborough Photo)
“We have a republic,"
said, “and the challenge
is can we keep it?*
Dent
today
He told the young people that
when they finish their college
years they would find the
American system “offers you
great opportunities.* Everyone
can compete and strive for ex-
cellance and this is why “we
have a broad economic system
in the country and also a com
petitive political system," Dent
said.
“This election year is a time
of testing for the leaders of the
country,* he said: “TMs year we
face a big election year and the
President is saying he needs
some help in Congress.*
The big battlefield is in the
U. S. Senate, according to Dent.
Most of the senators who oppose
the President’s policies are up
for re-election and “we will see
if the picture can be chang
ed.’
The President has a mandate
to bring about a change and
the outcome of the election is
going to determine what hap
pens in the next two years,
Dent said. Dent, a former S.C.
GOP chairman, was introduced
by Dr. Marc Weersing, presi
dent of the college.
HARRY DENT, LEFT, AND DR. WEERSING
. . . Prior to Dent’s Address At PC
featured address at the opening
dinner meeting Sunday night.
Then, Dr. Sharvy G. Umbeck,
president of Knox College, will
follow with two addresses on
Monday, as the two educators
try to bring the picture of high
er education today into perspec
tive and relate it to Presby
terian College.
The program is directed to
the trustees as the governing
Committee
For West
Is Formed
A group of prominent Lau
rens County citizens today an
nounced formation of a Steering
Committee for a John West for
Governor organization within
the County.
Members of the committee
are Paul Culbertson of Laurens,
Charles T. Oakley of Clinton,
Lake Hellams of Hickory Ta
vern, Horace Martin of Gray
Court and J.J. Hawkins of
Joanna.
‘Tltels a-otlfcai fine in
tbtldttory o/ouretete, and
the members of this committee
are pledging themselves to work
(CON’T ON PAGE 6A)
ternoon golf and trustee
committee meeting that night.
Tuesday’s schedule calls tor
separate official meetings of
the two boards that morning
and a closing luncheon with ad
dress by President Weersing.
HUGH JACOBS
Jacobs
To Speak
At Thornwall
Community Concert Program Sunday
The first in a varied series
of Community Concerts will
be presented next Sunday aft
ernoon, October 4, in a mati
nee performance at 3 O’clock
when music lovers will have
the opportunity to relax and en
joy “The World of Gilbert and
Sullivan.*
Appearing at Belk Auditorium
will be a troupe of six reper
tory artists direct from London,
who make up the American
touring company of England’s
celebrated “Gilbert and Sul
livan For All, Ltd.*, formed to
give U. S. audiences a hearing of
Gilbert and Sullivan as it should
be heard.
Selections from “The Mik
ado*, “The Pirates of Penz
ance*, “H.M.S. Pinafore*, “lo-
lanthe* and “The Gondoliers’,
among others will produce an
GOP Candidates Outline
Platforms At Speaking
afternoon of entertainment that
should not be missed.
Admission will be by season
ticket only. Those who desires
memberships for the 1970-71
series who have not been con
tacted by workers in the recent
Fall Membership Drive may
secure these at the concert
Sunday afternoon, or by call
ing Mrs. James Shakespeare or
Mrs. Don Creighton.
Hugh S. Jacobs great-
son of the founder of Tbarawell
Orphanage, will be featured
speaker today, Thursday, at
Founder’s Day ceremonies at
Thorn we 11.
The ceremony, which will
start at 11 a.m., will mark
Thornwell’s 95th year at ser
vice to children.
The ceremony will be held
in Montgomery Memorial
School auditorium on the Thorn-
well campus.
An open invitation is extended
to local friends to attend this
occasion honoring the founder,
William Plainer Jacobs, D. D.,
who also served asThornwell’c
president for 43 years.
More than fifty interested
Laurens County citizens met
last Thursday night at Gray-
Court-Owings School for a bar
becue supper, and to hear and
meet Republican candidates for
County Council and the House
of Representatives.
Laurens County Republican
chairman, W. R. Garrett, in
troduced the candidates and
their wives. Each of the candi
dates spoke briefly.
Dr. David T. Mixon, County
Council candidate, cited the
need for a well-rounded pro
gram of vocational education in
addition to pre-college educa
tion.
“The need for vocational
training is extremely great for
that percentage not going to col
lege. To have them trained
would make them qualified for
immediate employment, thus
adding to our county’s potential
labor supply,* he added.
Dr. Mixon also said he be
lieves Laurens County should
take advantage of federal grants
and loans were applicable and
possible.
Robert F. (Bob) Black, also
a candidate for County Council,
pointed out that Laurens County
completes the “Golden Horse
shoe* along with Greenville and
Spartanburg coonttMt. aadin
being an
“Golden Horseboe?
mises Laurens County great
strides in industrial and cul
tural developments.
“Among the things I strongly
advocate," Mr. Black said, “is
a countywide system of fire
districts which would enable
thousands in Laurens County to
have lower insurance rates.*
Bill Watson, speaking in be
half of his campaign for County
Council, advocated strong anti
pollution measures to stop any
further damage to our streams
and a continued program of
managed timber development
“If we continue to pollute our
streams and mis-manage our
timbered lands we will soon
find our natural resources in
jeopardy in this generation and
a great disadvantage to future
generations,’ he said.
Carrington Herbert, in his
bid for a County Council seat
said he thought concern for
environment warranted fore
most attention.
He said, “For the past twenty
years much effort has been ex
erted in obtaining new and
diversified industries - the up
grading of wages, and great ef
forts to stabilize our economy.*
Mr. Herbert stated the next
twenty years should be de
voted also in improving and
maintaining our surround
ings, and providing means tor
family and after work-hours re
creation. He maintained these
Lteioygfrtful planning
county-wide water System!'
County Council candidate W.
R. Garrett said he was deeply
concerned about Laurens
County today, and the progress
that could be made in the future.
“It is my belief that im
mediate and positive results far
beyond our imagination would
come through country-wide
water and fire districts,* he
said. Mr. Garrett stated he was
deeply concerned about our ed
ucational systems, saying, “I
believe in the upgrading of our
educational systems as we know
them today, because our future
depends upon their up-grading.
House CandidateB. W. Crouch
said, “Fm not in this race just
as ‘another candidate,’ but in
this race to win.’ He stated he
would continue to work tor bet
ter telephone service, especi
ally a county-wide system. He
also stated he advocated county
wide water, fire, and sewage
systems. "Our educational sy
stems can be improved without
additional taxes,” he said, add
ing, “And I am certainly ad
vocating a homestead tax ex
emption for retired people 65
years of age or older.*
Hance Finley, House of Re
presentatives candidate, stated
he was in agreement with pro
grams tor the progress of JLap-
rens County, ..hich Included
county-wide water and fire dis
tricts, and in doing all to assist
the county’s school systems In
offering the best educational
programs possible. Mr. Finley
concluded by saying, “to run-
^fef feUnraee l am committed
to no one and I can assure you
I will represent all of Laurens
County equally and sincerely at
all times.*
Other Memoirs
BY JOE H. SIMPSON, SR.
It was my good fortune to know Dr. W. P.
Jacobs personally and I still class him as one of
the finest gentlemen that I have ever known.
My only brother married a Thomwell girl
so I know something of Thorawell’s products, as
well as its founder. I have always felt that the
(me main reason why Dr. Jacobs wifufo sttcfa a
grand success of Thorn well was the fact that he
always had good Christian helpers in all phases
of Thorawelrs growth. I refer to such men and
women as Mr. O. A. Sowers, shop foremim, and
his son, Dennis Sowers, whose wife wa
Carolyn Dugan, and her mother was Mrs.
a house mother for many years. Then
Mr. Templeton, shoe shop foranain, and Jo
Kilgore of the printing office and who
lowed by Mr. Marion Stutts. Mr. Robert
head of the dairy department Mrs. A. M.
land, who I believe was head of the ,
partment Mr. E. R. Knox looked after the
and of course Miss Casrie Oliver who wee
Jambs’secretary, and Miss Ines Tucker, _
to Dr. Macdonald. Rev. Bennett Branch
Dr. Jacobs fat giving the chfldnn the eptmaer*?
religious training, and who later became mw*
dent of the orphanage at McCdMck, & C.
Then there was Mr. Item
worker in many departments
chfld. He also loved the older people tor he
solicit financial aid from file
Cainton to buy gifts for the old
rens County Home
will recall later on
now do not recall
voiced Dr.Jaeoba.
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We have
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nnisnea
We pray for
Dr. Macdonald and