The Gaffney Ledger from Gaffney, South Carolina • Page 1

3 I I I I SECTIONS THE GAFFNEY LEDGER: SECTIONS VIEWS OF TRAIN WRECK: The picture above shows two long northbound freight train box cars which jacknifed after six cars broke loose from a here Saturday night. A portion Farmers Vote Today Established February 16, Cotton Acreage For '56 Reduced Farmers of Cherokee county and all over the United States will have the opportunity to cast their votes December 13 for or against cotton marketing quotas. To carry, two-thirds of the people voting must be in favor of these marketing quotas. This is not a vote either for or against acreage controls on cotton bs these controls are imposed by the secretary of agriculture. Cherokee county's cotton acreage allotment for 1956 has been reduced to 12,614, which is about 1,500 acres less than the 1955 figure.

However, according to records in the Agricultural Stabilization Two Shelby Men Hurt in Auto Wreck on 29-A Two Shelby, N. men were admitted to the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital about 8 p. m. Saturday night after their car left highway 29-A near Beaverdam bridge, four miles south of here, and slammed into a 10-foot ditch. The injured, both suffering from face and head cuts, were listed as Bobby Fortanberry, 23, of Shelby route 2, and Sherrill Rollings, 26, of Rollins was dismissed from the hospital Monday afternoon and was due to be discharged Tuesny day.

Sheriff Julian B. Wright's officers said the driver of the car was not determined. The auto was a total loss. NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE A Tail-End of Long Freight Is Derailed SRR CARS WRECK NEAR M'Farland To Act as Supply At West End Dr. R.

A. MacFarland will become interim pastor of the West End Baptist Church here Wednesday. This will be the second time he has served this church in the same capacity. Dr. MacFarland resigned as interim pastor.

of the Boiling Springs, S. Baptist Church, which he had been serving since August 1, in order to accept the West End post. He is a former pastor of the First Baptist Church and has been prominent Bapaffairs in South Carolina. North Carolina and Virginia for many years. The resignation of the Rev.

Louie Wynn, West End pastor for more than 11 years, became effective Sunday. He recently accepted a call extended to him by the Centerview Baptist Church at North Pelment, N. C. Mr. and Mrs.

Wynn will complete moving to North Belmont Wednesday. Dr. McFarland served the West End Church as supply pastor for several months before Mr. Wynn came to the church in 1944. and Conservation Committee of fice, approximately 1,000 acres of the 1955 allotment remained unused.

The allotment for next year will be increased by a small addition for distribution among new growers. W. Mullins, office manager in Cherokee county for the Agriculcural Stabilization and Conservation administration, said the vote will concern only marketing quotas and support prices. He said a vote in favor of the marketing quotas will mean that support prices will be in the range from 75 to 90 per cent of parity. A vote against the quotas will automatically drop any support on cotton to 50 per cent of parity.

Mr. Mullins said farmers contemplating voting against the marketing quotas because they are dissatisfied with acreage allotments on their farms do not understand the situation. He said the removal of marketing quotas will leave the acreage allotments, as they are but will simply remove almost all support of the price of cotton. The polling places will open at 8 a. and close at 5 p.

m. Voting places announced by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee follow: All of Cherokee township, Blacksburg city hall; Ashworth and Robbs communities, Webster Blanton store: Upper Morgan township, B. D. Harris' store; Lower Morgan township, Griffin's store: White Plains community, Smith Bros. commuKirby's store; Coucher, community, nity, Jolly's store; Corinth and Draytonville communities, Fred Osment's store; Sunnyside community, Hughes' store: Wilkinsville community, Lowery's store; Grassy Pond, and Robbs communities, Humphries' store; Gaffney No.

10, County ASC office. 1 Readers Identify Mystery Farm Seven Ledger readers correctly identified last week's Mystery Farm as the place of J. C. Bonner, located off the Filter Plant road about two miles northeast of Gaffney. In accordance with the rules of the Mystery Farm contest, all seven names were placed in a box and three were drawn for first, second end third prizes.

The winners' names may be found in an advertisement of the McCraw Hardware Company, of Mills street, inside this newspaper. The Bonner farm, located way No. then 29-A, comprises 57 acres. tween Shelby road and highMr. Bonner, who is associated with Bonner local farm supplies and fachinery firm, has owned the farm since 1946 when he bought it from S.

Elliott, WORD IMPLIES, DEVOTED TO Gaffney, South Carolina, THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE Tuesday, December 13, 1955 of the train's caboose is at to 150-foot cement kiln, which two and a miles north of the left edge of the photo. The List Awards As Given At Honor Court Awards presented at the fall court of honor of Cherokee district, Boy Scouts of America, have been announced. The awards included: Merit badges: Troop No. 53, by P. J.

Pecora: Billy Brumbach Jimmy Campbell Jimmy Ezell Brian MeLane Larry Woodl. Troop No. 59 by Mason White: Tommy Bratton James B. Clary Jack Elmore J. Hall Jim Spencer 2.

Troop No. 145, by Buddy MeCraw: Ralph Andrews Michael Auman Marion B. Boozer Jimmy Inman Ronnie Moore 1. Troop No. 301 by J.

P. Short: Lemuel Grubb Donald Hensley Jimmy Vinesett Earl Wells Nick Wells 3. Second class Scout rank, by Joe M. Tate: Leroy Bailey, Franklin Crawford, Ray Ellis, Kenneth Swain, Thad Spencer, Troop No. 59; Roy Cobb, Troop No.

145; Frank Mayfield, Charles Teague, Richard Raines, Jerry Gantt, Tommy and Larry Baines, Wayne Neal and Jimmy A. Goudelock, Troop No. 100. Star Scout rank, by Jack Millwood: Jimmy Clary, Troop No. 59.

Life Scouts, by Lewis Phillips: Marion Boozer, Troop No. 145, and Billy Brumbach, Troop No. 53. Gold Palms to Eagle Scouts, by Capt. W.

H. Abernathy: Kenny Clary, Troop No. 53, and Billy Wright, Troop No. 145. Attendance trophy to Troop No.

59, Mason White, scoutmaster. Greatest advancement trophy to Troop No. 100, P. J. Pecora, scoutmaster.

Second Graders Visit Several Business Places children stopped at the city park to see the goldfish in the fountain. Some 25 or more pupils in the Central School's second grade taught by Miss Elizabeth Brown visited several Gaffney business establishments. Friday. Miss Brown accompanied the children. Establishments visited included the Piedmont Federal Savings and Loan Association, Turner Brothers and Middlebrooks Shoe Store on Limestone street and The Ledger on East Birnie street.

On the way back to school the Eight Warrants Issued Against N. C. Resident Eight warrants charging indecent exposure were issued here Mondav against a 43-year-old Dallas, N. man now being held at Shelby, N. following his arrest by Cherokee and Cleveland county authorities.

Sheriff Julian B. Wright, who accompanied North Carolina police when Yates Franklin Walker was arrested, said Walker is charged eight separate offenses in the Mt. Paran section. The warrants were issued by Magistrate Claude Mullinax. Similar warrants against Walker have been issued in Cleveland county, the sheriff said.

Walker, who has denied the charges, said he will fight extradition to this state, according to Sheriff Wright. PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. 1894 Persons who correctly identified it were: Charles J. Hamrick, Shelby, route Homer C. Brown, West Smith street; Swofford Quinn, route Mr.

and Mrs. J. M. Greene, Pacolet drive: Mrs. A.

C. Phillips, and Marvin Moss, Holmes street." Mystery Farm No. 23 shown above, starts the contest all over a gain. McCraw Hardware is again sponsoring the contest and ing $1.50 to 81, to three perwill award, gift certificates, rangsons correctly identifying the operator of the farm pictured above. If more than three persons correetly identify the mystery farm, their names will be placed in a box and three will be drawn for the first, second and third place prize winners.

The Ledger, however, publish the names of Price 5c Per. Copy center picture shows a 125 into a cut, causing the wreck. At the right is another view toppled off three box cars of one of the box photos by Curry's Studio. Giant Kiln Rips From Flat Cars Six Southern Railway cars wrecked two and a half miles northeast of Gaffney Saturday night after a giant rotary cement kiln tore loose from three flat cars and toppled into a cut. The flat cars, two box cars and a caboose broke from the rest of a 100-car northbound freight and left the track.

The conductor and flagman riding in the caboose were unhurt. The pipelike equipment, about 125-150 feet long and in diameter, barely missed slamming into the wooden piers holding up the River road bridge. The flat cars rolled some 200 yards after their cargo and jumped the track, Midway between them and the bridge, the two box cars, with the caboose attached, jacknifed and overturned, blocking both main lines. The rest of the freight train continued towards Charlotte, N. C.

The wreck occurred about 6:30 p. m. on the straightaway section of an S-curve, a mile north of Alma Mills. The kiln fell off on the Gaffney side of the bridge. The cars derailed on the north side.

A railway crane and some 50 emergency workers from Charlotte, Spartanburg and Greenville were rushed here to clear the wreckage and repair the track. Service on the southbound line was restored about midnight and both lines were virtually back to normal by daybreak Sunday. The two box cars were heavily damaged and were not due to be removed before Monday. The caboose and flat cars were removed immediately after the track was reopened. The kiln, used in the manufacture of cement, was being shipped to Virginia from Kansas.

Howard Childers Of Blacksburg Taken by Death (By Cecelia Moore.) Blacksburg, Dee. 12. Howard Childers, 39, died at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon after an illness of two weeks. Mr. Childers was a native and lifelong resident of Cherokee county.

He was a veteran of World War 2 and a member of Mt. Whitaker Baptist Church. He was the son of the late J. R. and Pearl Dover Childers.

Surviving are: two daughters, Sandra Gail and Gloria Diane Childers, of Blacksburg; four brothers, Hoyt, George and Wofford of Blacksburg; and Dave Childers, of Kings Creek Route two sisters, Mrs. Fred Gallman and Mrs. Leroy Davis, of Blacksburg. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, afternoon at. 3:30 o'clock the Hopewell Baptist Church near Blacksburg.

The Rev. Clarence Dodgens and the Rev. Gene Whelchel will officiate. Interment will be in Hopewell cemetery with the Gordon- Harrison Mortuary in charge. The pallbearers will be James and Leroy Childers, Ed and Billy Moss, Jack Roberts and Jack Cashion.

Forgery Charge Lodged Against Two Area Men Magistrate Claude M. Mullinax said Monday two Gaffney area men- listed as James Dixon Driscoll, 26, of Limestone courts, and Vernon Lee Morrow, 25, of route 2, faced charges of forging a $27.50 check on B. B. Morgan. Magistrate Mullinax said Mor.

row is charged with grand larceny in another warrant which accuses him of the theft and sale of $170 worth of furniture belonging to his mother. Fowler Asks Patrons To Mail Early DR. R. A Millard Garland Taken by Death; Funeral Is Held (By Cecelia Moore.) Blacksburg, Dee. 12.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at o'clock at Kirby al Baptist Church for Millard rison Garland, 48 year old resident of Route 1, Gaffney. Officiating ministers were the Rev. Charles Osment, the Rev. J. Everette Wren and the Rev.

Paul Dobbins. Mr Garland, who was a retired textile worker and a member of Kirby Memorial Baptist Church, died unexpectedly Friday at 11:35 al the home of a brother, E. L. Garland, of Gaffney Route 1. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.

Nettie Wyatt Garland: two sons, Obie and Millard L. Garland, both of Gaffney route four daughters, Mrs. Saul Huskey, Mrs. Eugene Adkins and Miss Judy Ann Garland, of Gaffhey route 1, and Mrs. Bobby Joe Hawkins, of Shelby; four sisters, Mrs.

James Eldredge and Mrs. Hilliard Coker, of Gaffney; Mrs. Roy Ramsey, of Orangeburg, and Mrs. Henry Campbell, of Clinton; one brother, E. L.

Garland, Gaffney route 1: and eight grandchildren. Burial was in the Cowpens city cemetery with Gordon-Harrison Mortuary in charge of arrangements. School Holidays To Begin Friday, End January 2 Dates for Christmas holidays for Cherokee county schools and Limestone College have been announced. Director B. D.

Lee said the county schools, including Gaffney and Blacksburg, will suspend at closing time Friday afternoon and will reopen the morning of Monday, Janvary 2. This will give 16 days between the closing and reopening of the schools. Limestone College's holidays will begin Saturday, December 17, and will end Tuesday, January 3, college officials have announced. Cherokee Man Is Charged With Attempted Rape A 27-year-old Gaffney route 6 man, listed as Henry Eugene McDaniel, was free on $2,500 bond Monday in connection with a warrant charging him with assault with intent to ravish a 19- year The warrant, Spartanburg issued county, Magis- girl. trate I.

B. Kendrick, states the, alleged offense took place last Thursday night on a rural road in Cherokee county. "It's time to start those Christmas mailings," Postmaster John C. Fowler, warned the public Monday, launching his 1955 "Mail Early for Christmas" campaign. "On the calendar it's two weeks away but here in the post office it's Christmas today and everv day until December 25," he said.

Extra mail carriers and office help have been secured, the delivery trucks serviced, post office inkwells filled and in fact everything is ready for the mammoth flood of Christmas mail that is expected to smash all records. The post has already dispatched a tremendous quantity of gift packages headed for members of the Armed Forces overseas. Postmaster Fowler especially calls on housewives to help in his effort to deliver every package and Christmas card before December 25. "The lady of the house," he emphasized, is really in charge of each family's Christmas mailing program. She selects the Christmas cards, buys most of the gifts and sees to it that the mailing list of friends and loved-ones is up-todate.

"Actually, success in having all Christmas gifts and greeting cards delivered on time is largely a matter of advance planning and preperation which should be done this week," Postmaster Fowler pointed out. He urges that you take the following steps at once: Get out your Christmas card list and carefully check through it. Make sure that cach address includes the full name, street and number, city, zone and state. Then, pay a visit to the post office, stock up on stamps (use three cent stamps on your Christmas cards for first-class mail service) and ask any questions you may have about mailing regulations, You can do this in a leisurely way if you will come to the post office before 10:30 a. m.

or between 1:30 and 3.30 p. m. thus missing the rush hours. On your way home pick up a supply of heavy wrapping paper, sturdy empty cartons. strong cord and paper adhesive tape.

A modkraft, investment these necessitieg will pay big dividends in safe delivery of your cherished Christgifts. After your gift wrapping and packing is complete, plan your mailings 80 that those for the most distant points go first. Sheriff Reports 2 Liquor Cases Over Week-End Two men were arrested over the week-end on charges of violating the liquor law, Sheriff Julian B. Wright reported Monday. He said Walter Gillam, 31, of Grover, N.

forfeited $25 bond by failing to appear before Magistrate I. B. Kendrick for possession of a quantity of illegal key. Magistrate Claude Mullinax said James Boyd, Macedonia section negro, posted $300 bond in connection with a charge of storing over a half gallon of illegal liquor at his home. He's No Nut Paris, Tex.

Frank O'Brien local postman doesn't mind dogs, children and such, but when squirrel tried to bite him recently, he decided that was too much. He got his gun and went too. Always On Time. Houston, Tex. A tavern here uses two clocks: one 15 minutes ahead of time, the other two hours slow.

Customers can use either one, depending on the story they want to tell. Four Blacksburg Youths Hurt in Grover Wreck al. persons who correctly identify the farm. The person who operates each mystery farm will receive free a handsome mounted photograph of the farm. Farm operators who recognize their farms in these senes should go to the McCraw Hardware at the first opportunity during the week and report that fact for positive identification.

For his promptness and cooperation, The Ledger will give each farmer the picture as a gift and publish a story about his farm. Readers of The Ledger who wish to compete in this week's contest, must place their guesses in a ballot box at MeCraw's Hardware not later than noon Saturday. Telephone or mail voting cannot be accepted. (By Cecelia Moore.) Blacksburg, Dee. Blacksburg High School youths were admitted to the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital after their car collided with a truck and school bus while trying to pass Greyhound bus on highway No.

29 in Grover, N. Monday afternoon. The hospitalized teen agers, whose injuries were not fully determined immediately, included Arthur Peeler, Arnold Byars and Henry Patterson. A fourth youth, Walker Moss, who told an ambulance attendant he was driver of the car, was treated at the hospital emergency room but was not admitted. The boys suid they were on their way to Belmont, N.

to buy tires for the car, according to Roy Harrison, of the GordonHarrison Mortuary, who took the injured lads to Gaffney in an ambulance. Mr. Harrison said he understood this is what happened: The boys' car, while trying to pass a Greyhound bus in the city limits of Grover, slammed into a Duke Power Company truck making a left turn in front of the bus. The car then hit a school bus. reported injured.

Driver of the Only the four teen were Duke truck identified as Lamar Denton, of Blacksburg. The mishap occurred about 3 p. m..