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VOLUME XXXII
HEAVY VOTE CAST IN COUNm
SECOND PRIMARY CONTESTS
Ccok, l..anford and Witherspobn Are Victors In House Race.
V -Blakely Re-elec^ County Commissioner. Entirely New Dele-
,Kalion_To^ Assume Office In January.
CLINTON, S. C.,-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1932
TfiO' two run-over county races in Tuesday’s primary were decided shortly
after the returns be^an to be received, the winners obtaininsr an early lead!
which- they held unUl the tabulation was completed. . |
House of Representatives Race
A brand new house deltpration was named by the voters Tuesday. The j
three winners were: Georjpe T. Cook, 4,433; Rex Lanford, 4,383; J. D. With-j
erspoon, 3,804. The three defeated candidates were: W. M. Nash, fourth*
place, 2,794; John, Bolt Culbertson, fifth, 2,489; Phil I). Huff, sixth, 2,125. Inj
the first primary Senator O. P. (Joodwin was swept out of office by Carroll
1). Nance of Cross Hill. R. .\. Babb, offering for re-election to the house,
was eliminated, and the defeat Tuesday of Phil D. Huff, the second member
offering for re-election, gives the county an entirely new delegation for the
coming two years. Frank E. McCravy, third member of the delegation, did
not offer for re-election. The four new members are farmers.
County Commissioner
Lee Add Blakely of this city, winner of a second primary place two weeks
ago, easily won over his opponent, \V. H. Barksdale, incun>bent. the vote
standing: Blakely 3,783; Barksdale, 2,954.
SMITH OVERWHELMINGLY WINS i
FOR FIFTH TERM IN SENATE
Sets New Record For This State By Carrying? 3S Out of 46 Coun-,
ties and Being Returned To U. S. Senate For a Fifth .Term.
Rlease Is Victim of Worst Defeat In liong Political ('areer. f
Columbia, Sept. 13.—Ellison I>. Smith, veteran South Carolina senator,
won a decisive victory over Cole L. Blease, former senator, in today’s run-off
I>emt)cratic primary for the Cnited States senate nomination, on the face of
nearly complete unofficial returns.
Reports from 1,370 of the state's 1,444 precincts gave Smith 141,895
votes against 109,084 for Blease, a majority of more than 32,000.
The unreported precincts were widely scattered, many of them were .«mail,j
rural boxes in mdre or less isolated regions, which accounted for the failure
to hear from them. ’ .
The unofficial returns shi»wed Blease, twice governor ami for six years a
colleague of Smith in the senate, to be trailing his opponent by’ the largest
margin of his political careef. He had never been beaten by^more than a few
thousand votes in his previous races, although he has bt‘en either an office
holder or a candidate in every election for 44 years.
Since nomination in this state is equivalent to election. Senator Smith
will, on the basis of the returns, return to Washington for his fifth six-year
term. He has. ab'fad'y served longer than any other South Carolinian in- the
senate.
Smith i.s rounding out 24 yetfi’s of service now. The late Ben Tillman
served 23 years, for the former record. ~
Thirty-eight of the counlie?t weie‘»iaiTied by Smith.
Blease had a lea^ in .\nders<m, Cherokee, Greenwoml, Htu ry, I.iiurens,.
Newb«*riy, Spartanburg and York. ' j
.Smith took the lead a- tlu> first scattering returns were received, and j
gradually increased it. It api>roachc«l 10,(MH) when •’.),000 ballots had been'
accounted f«)r, a^l pas>ed the ’JO.iKMl mark a.s the unofficial count incorpor
ated more than 1.50.IMKI votes. \
A Walof 27l,00iL-i!*tfs wert cast Jn the first primary, held twrt wcek.sj
ago. Two *)ther candidate5^ were eliminated at that time, .Ashton H. Williams, j
wh<i ran on a prohibition repeal plattorm, and Leon W. Harris, who oppo.-ed
HOW LAURENS COUNTY VOTED TUESDAY
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STATE AND COUNTY TICKET —SECOND PRIMARY
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Senate
House of Representatives
Commis
sioner
PRECINCTS
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(Tinton City
305
719
808
227
164'
7561
213
845,1
1221
898
('linton Mill
384
68,:
327
144
1261
267'
‘ 87 '
29811
871
355
Lydia Mill
189
1451
86,
145
105
96
1841!
52!
206
Goldville ' i
340
96 1
315
214
66
3161
87
29811
701
37i.
IIo{)ewell,
24
44,i
58
13
8
62
3
5711
11
. 58
Mountville
41
73
64
54
17
651
35
lOll!
57
56
Renno
8
37
39' ‘
5
1
34
20
3511
14
31
(’ros? Hill
116.
205 -
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49
26
276
5(|
283'!"
1071
2o:l
l,aurens City >
463
625
3S‘»
643
651
6221
5031
40311
6451
437
Laurens .Mill
213
73
210
176
98
188'
7211
1121
166
Watts Mill.**
377
74
376
158
120
278
211
220
170
267
Ba rksdale-Narnie
49
38
50
25
19
49
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4si;
56
30
('ook’s Store^
69 •
35
91 ~
27
20
“ 71
26
71| '
73!
29
Daniel’s Store
30
21
28
28
14
30!
36
2oT!
331
16
Dials 1
32
38
20
34
9
33
471
•31I|
41!
17
Ekom
108
23
76
04
30 .
88
19!
74||
82
49
Gray s
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10
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Gray C-ourt
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122*
124
53
76
127!
1561
.5911
157)
146
Hickory Tavern
86
56
104
14
56'”
58
9()' 56il
841
54
Jones’ Store
03
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92
107'
¥
4
85
85
67|| ^ 89i
46
l.anford j
15
51
33
19
34
52
44
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341
33
I.angston
35
14
21
23
34|
221
29
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36
Merna
37
21
29
17
27
37’
54
10'
391
19
Mt. Olive
13
37
15
11
37,
13
19
271
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Mt. Pleasant
11
41
20
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42|
17 ^
38(1
39
16
Ora
11
44
35
19
27
25
29!
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36
Owings
41
108
124
28
23
99
72
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State’s Aroused Jeffersonians
Smash Republican Machine
By Electing Democratic Gov
ernor and Two Congressmen.
Portland, Maine, Sept. 13.—Retaras
in the Maine election at 11 o’clock to
night gave:
For governor, 019 out of 032 pre
cincts: Brann (Democrat), 118,9.58;
Martin, (Republican), 117.093.
Congress:
Third district, 202 out of 274 pre
cincts^ Utterback ( Democrat). 34,334;
Brewster (Republican). 33,190.
.First and second districts were
changed from previous figures.
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pleasant .Mound
Poplar Springs
Princeton
Shiloh
.Stewart’s Store
Tip Top
Trinity Ridge
WaterllH) ~ !'t
Woodville
Youngs
Totals
19 27
20
10
12 31* 26 30! i 21
41
29
73
23
99
39
54
12
43i
24
69i
341
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17i|
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65|
341
47
16
28
46
30'i
39
40
81
10!
8
29i
81
38,
75
36!
10|
21 [) 42|
16
29
41 2/
14^
171 149;
31)
411
30]
13
15; 43
34^
41
11 39
29;
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14
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71
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1391 251
231* 1481
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41,1
1501
.35
48 471
88) 17i
17) 68)
38;
51!)
81)
14
302.5 3184
. 4433
2189 21
25 4:{83
2791
3801,'
2954,
3783
V’ictory Is Decisive
Portland, Maine, .8ept. 13.— An
aroused Democracy tonight )iad Oov-
ed a Republican machine — built up
through an unbroken IS years of Dow
er in office-holding—into discard and
elected a governor and two of the
three congressmen in the rock-ribbed
Republican stronghold of Maine.
Only 17 of the state’s 032 v.ting
precincts were unreported from -es-
terday’s election which preceded the
canvass in the rest of the country by
two months—and they held such .s.mall
numbers of registered voters that they
could not affect the results b: the
gubernatorial conte.^t or those i” the
second and third congiessional dis
tricts.
r.ouis j. Brann, mild-n)ar)nere<l litw-
iston lawyer, had a lead of 1,378—
.-lender but impregnable with the tab
ulations so near completion.
The vote from 015 prei'incts
Brann (I>emocrat), 118,779.
Martin ’ (Republican ), 117.412.
Burleigh Martin, who comes
long line of political office-holder-
wa.s president of the state senate »
years ago, lost even hi.s home cit.. ^
Augusta — the .state capital — ir
slowly sapping piling-up of vote- tb»
DemoiTatie chieftains engineered.
The congressional fights in the -
ond and third districts—both wo* !/y
the Democrats—saw the third fat
for former Governor Ralph 0. BreAs
ter. in his efforts to re-enter po..tic:,s
and the final arrival .of Ed'wari ’.
Moran, .Ii., young Democrat
R'K’kIand, who lost to the Repub -xn
-guilt I nato'tia'l~cuii'di>late in—tire—
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COLLEGE FRESHMAN CUSS Blea«-. Majority
AS LARGE AS LAST YUR Cut Tue«iay
that the enrollment will reach 285 and
may exceetl thi.s number. Already
more than H)0 freshmen have signed
up and it is expected that this fig if
will reach 110. There will Ive about
185 old students, which will bring the
total to approximately 3(H), the u'w-
mitory capacity. The enrollment :fi
drawn from 14 states, with South
Carolina and (Jeorgia leading by large
For Magistrate
At Clinton
any change in the existing dry laws.
Political observers exin- led a smaller vote in the run-off betwtH-h Blease
and Smith. There were no other ^tate-wide or di.strict races to create rnter-
e.st, and relatively fev county contest-, in contrast with two'weeks ago when
an estimated 2,5(H) candi<lates were before the electorate.
Smith led Blease by approxima.ely 19,900 votes in the first primary.
Eighteen years ag»>, when Blease was completing his second term as gov-
eiaor and was at the peak of his [lolitical power the two fought it «»ul for
the senatorial nomination.
Smith won by few thousand majority. Ten years later, the political
rivals became colleagues when Hlea.se achieved him ambition of going to the|
senate by defeating James F. Byrne.s in a run-off primary, after the incum-;
bent, Nat B. Dial has Wen eliminated in the first primary. '
Then, in 19.30, Byrnes turned the tables on Blease by defeating him for;
the nomination. Shortly afterward, Blease announced his candidacy, which
culminated in the 1932 campaign. '
No outstanding issues were developed. Smith, declaring himself a pt-r-
sonal and political dry, pledged himself to abide by the Democratic national
platform, including the plank for repeal of the 18th amendment and modifi-
cation/of the-Volstead act. ,
Blease asserte4 he would continue to support the prohibition laws until
the “white i)emocrats” of the state should show their desire for a change.
Blease criticised Smith’s record as a senator, while the incumbent pointed
to it with pride, as sufficent platjof]" renomination.-
Smith Term* Victory “Greateist B»*»<»•■’’ t'rom State
Colunvbia, Sept. 13.—Senator E. D. Smith tonight termed his apparent
renomination for his fifth senate term in today’s run-off Democratic primary |
“the greatest honor ever given to any man in the history of South Carolina.’’I
The veteran senator, after expressing thanks for the heavy vote, which (PlflUl
on the basis of nearly complete unofficial returns gave him a sweeping^vic-j
tory over former Senator Cole L. Blease. turned to the Democratic victory inj Koll Uall USy
Maine, terming it “a happy omen.” |.
His statement follows: ' ^ Broad Street Methodist church will
Latest data last ni.ght on registra-’ margins. The college authorities re-
tion at Presbyterian college, shows port that nearly all dorm.tory afco.n
modations. have-been reserved.
The “new boys’’ are being most cor
<lially welcomed on the college cam
pus by ('resident MeSween, faculty
members, and members of the Y. M.
C. A. and student council. The uppej
classmen will report today and regu
lar cla.-s room work is expected to be-
(’arrie.s Laurens ('ounty By 411 j
Majority A«ain.st 1,185 Lead'
Two Y'ears Ajfo. |
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PRECINCTS
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Clinton City
Clinton Mill
Lydia Mill
Goldville
Mount VI Be
(’•implcte futurns early Tiies<lay
night in the United .State.s senbte ra.-e
put I-aurens, county, a.s in previous I
; years, in th«* BIea.se column. From the i
first votes that were received Hlea.se
took a small lead and maintained it
gin just as soon as the matriculation 1the final count standing: j
and other details are completed. | Blease, 3,025; Smith, 3,184, a major-11
I— , ' ! ity of 441 votes. Of the 37 boxes,
« 11 Ilf* 1 Blea.-e carried 20, and Senator Smith
Fuller Wins In i? s
ma • - - f Q j TliP three largest votes Rlease re-
IVl&flStrSite S Ix&ce the county were: I.auren8
‘ity, 103; Clinton mill, 384; Watts
mill, 377. Senator Smith’s strongest
three precincts were: Clinton city,
Hopewell
427 5:t4
191 200
151 110
249i 180j
sKTpT
39 29
I In the run-over race Tuesday for
magistrate of Hunter township at
Clinton, B. R. Fuller won over the in-
cumWnt, W. Roy Pitts, by a margin
of 24 votes, in one of the densest and
most exciting contests in the town
ship’s hi.'tory. The final vote stood;
Fuller, 1153; Pitts, 1129.
719; l.auren; city, 625: Cross Hill,
205.
While Blease carried the county,
j his majority wa.s cut down 741 votes
! over two yeans ago when he and
Byines were pitched against each oth
Total
1153 1129
the six precincts in the town-
Pilts led" in twfT, CTihldh " (Tty
and Clinton mill. Fuller carried the ’ h
er in the second race. Klea.se then le-
rFived“ t;3t»4 voieg 'afamst 3,IT2,'l
■vwres"
cut in
against
hi.s vote
on
and 1930 election.s.
Brew-ster fell before the* onsla.a, .'
of .lohn G. IJtterliack, former m iv'ir
of Bangor and now an aut nr ;-i! *
dcalei.
With 15 (if the 271 pre/in ts •
liTg, Utterback held a lead of 1..!;.
I'lie vote was: I'lteiback 3
Biewvter .32,921.
M-iran pushed over Congres
•lohn E. Nel.-on, now in his fifth
in the hou.-e of renresentative-
wa.s aided somewhat by the jdaci’
■-everal Democratic stronghoids L’
new second district when the
was redi.-trieted by the last le4
ture to meet the drop in congre.--
froni four to three.
.Vloran’.^ pt'rsonal tours during
wo gubernatorial struggles aga
Governor William Tudor Gai i
were .seen a.s the liasis for his p
in drowning .N'elsnn, despite the
ter’s organLzation built uji thniy^T
d«‘cad( 'if patronage.
He had an edge of 2,195 v.ites a.'er
the veteran congre.ssman with but t'Ai
of the 213 jireeincts missing.
The vote was; .Moran, 12,009;
son, 39,81 J.
Congiessman (’arroll I.. Beedy, v 'r )
alone was able to weather the atta.’K,
had a majprity of 2,081 over J<>'ep.n
E. F. Connolly, former su|H*rior c urt
judge, as the first district eauiif w.i.A
\l s
n.'t
r
’c r
X
of 769.1,
completed. The vote was; Beedy, 40,-
other four precincts, Lydia mill, Gold
ville, Hopewell»and .Mountvile. ^
In the first primary two weeks ago.
the third contender, John D. Glynn,;
was eliminated.
“1 extend my hekrtfelt appreciation to the voters of South Carolina ooL^gerve annual roll call day on next
this, my fifth nomination by them to tKe United States senate. I had already gunday morning at TT bYlbck." At this
seived longer than any other man honored by the people to this position. I j service the names of each family in
^caftiwt yet reattae tlMrt I have received the greateslJlQnor ever given any | the chun h will be ^ ^
the history of South Carolina. I wish to say to the people of my sUtej made oFtTTe num^ in aiteridaiice. A
' ‘ accord with the occasion
In the first primary two weeks ago
B’ease received 3,013, against 3,025
Tuesday, a pick-up of 012 votes. Sen
ator Smith in the iir.nt primary re
ceived 2,325 against 3,184 fue.sday, a’
gain in the county Of 869 votes. 1
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Besides Laiiren.o, Hlea.se carried .An-|
derson, Cherokee, Greenwood, Horry,
Newberry, Spartanburg and
91i7; (’onnolly, 38,910.
First New Bale
Ginned Sept. 2nd
S. C. Co-ops Tp
HAflfllpi I counties. The other 38 pf the 46 coun-l^y (Minton ‘('ol
^ ties were carried by Senator Smith, i Jat’k H. Davis,
man iq
that 1 feel acutely the respunsjbility this honor carries and shall do all hu- sermon in accord wi n the occasion
pIl j ir... s«u.h c„ou„i.n. . th.n. .h* w.n ^
Columbia, Sept. 8.—.The South Car-
oUna^UeUon Growers Cooperative as-
s(K‘iation announced today it had com
pleted arrangements .for handling
members’ cotton during the 1932-33
people of South Carolina. . . . , by the choir. Last year at this service I season. The announcement, made by
“It is a happy omen—the vote of Maine, This pr^tically assures families responded to the roll calljJ. .S. Hathcock, general manager, said
people of America that Roosevelt will be the next president. The people every resident member oL the j pools for, the new year have been de-
America are determined to relieve the situation in the economic world thatjf^^ijy present. It is hoped that this jtermined, finances arranged, ware-
has become intolerable and Mr. Roosevelt is proving day by day that he is ygi^r will show not less than fifty fam- house connections established, and
The first bale of- the 1932 cotton
York 1was ginned on Friday, Sept. 2nd,
otton Oil company
one of the com
munity’s well known and enterprising
the total advance on middling 7-8 ofi^«''"crs. It weighed 557 pounds, grad-
w-mrtr^-cott«w wtmW be^ offered 84i cents
in. premiums i bale but Tietd il"for "a higher
her
pound, and, in additio .
would be allowed „foV better grades i
and staples, Hathcock explained
the man of the hour.'
136 Convictions
Of Driven Made
LAURENS NEGRO DIES
SWINGING FREIGHT
ilies with a one hundred per cent at
tendance. The general public is invited
! to this service. \__
SCARBOROUGH TO
Columbia. Sept. 12.—State highway
John Byrd, Negro resident of Lau-
lens, was fatally hurt’ last iFriday
when he attempted to swing a freight *
ASK SPEAKERSHIP
Columbia, Sept. 13. — Alfred Scar-
epfor<fement officers last month ob-'train on the Columbia, Newberry and j borough, elected to the house of rep-
tamed 136 convictions on charges of j Laprens railroad just out of the city i resentatives from Richland county in
driving While intoxicated, the months, limits of Clinton. Before he died he is j the first primary, today announced
ly report of their activities today j said to have told investigating officers I his candidacy for the speakership at
_i—tka# »!.«. “mil m.. ■»’ ^|||, {{eft sessFon. He said he was an
nouncing at the “insistence of friends
in many different sections of the
state.” \
showed. that the accident was “all my fault '
A total of 527 convictions on dif7y(t~oroifac^ohn A.' Thomason held the
ferent charges were obtained antf; inquest and the jury's verdict was in
fines amounting to '|7,990 collected. ; accordance with official statement.
field personnel, including federal li-'
censed classers, «fmployed.
All banka in the state, the an- j
nouncement said, have been requested I
to honor members' annual pool drafts, |
with bills of lading of warehouse re-1
ceipts attached, for five cents per i
pound, and to inform the 'members |
that as soon as the cotton ii^^classed |
for grade and staple an additional ad
vance Will be made, bringing the total
to approximately 75 per cent of the
value of the cotton.
With December futures selling for
K to 8.50 cents, as was the case today
following the government crop report.
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' The first bale la:.t year was ginned
on Sept. 5th for Ben C. Workman by
the ('linton (Vtton Oil compan.v. It
wa.s sold to a local buyer for 6 cents
per pound. ^
WorldvSeries To
Open Sept 28fh
i New York, Sept. 10. — The world
jAertes, under present prospects of a
battle between The Yankees and either
! the Cuhs or Pirates, will open in Mew
York on Wednesday, Sept. 28,“ base
ball officials decided yesterday at a
meeting with Jut^e Landis.
I There will be no change in the price
I scale ranging from $1;10 for the
bleachers to $5.50 for reserved anA
1 ^Q.(V. for box seats, including tax.
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