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i: ■’■' .•. " --^x- '! '.■ ••; •'■ r • ( I THE CHRONICLE I Strives To Be a Smr I Neiwspaper, Conplete^ I Nctwqr, and Rdiabk. ^ ®hp ffilintatt VOLUME'XL CLINTON, S. C., raUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940 NUMBER 33 COUm CANDIDATES HEARD IN OPENING AT CENTER POINT Sn^ Crowd AUmds Opening Meetinf of Campaign. Aspirants For Office Given Attentive Hearing In, Presenting Tlieir Claims and Discussing Variety of Subjects. Rain Causes Cancellation of Speeches of Several Groopa. Inclement weather joined forc es with natural appetites to breidc 19 the opening meeting of the 1940 county political campaign at Center Point Tuesday More about half of the candidates fenr the “lesser” offices had a chance to make their separate pleas for electicm. Intermittent showers delayed the gathering of the crowd and forced the candidates to select the Center Point , school house porch as their speaking point rather than*the platform that had been mrected in k nearby oak grove that has bemi used for the open*! hig Astingi for many years. lUdn, Wbidi began over ^ week- efid and contiihied through the essly tMirt of (he week, also pre- . I (Itid prometers of tte custom ary bartiecue from completing thih plana—leaving Uie majority of Pie crowd wHh nothing to eat wften the dinner hour came. Af ter being shuttled inside and out ^of the school building every time ^Jupiter Pluvius and old King Sol exchanged places during the morning, the audience offered no opposition when the candidates for treasurer, county commission er, coroner and game warden, who had not been heard, voted to call off the remainder of the pro gram. Although there was no great amount of applause for any of the candidates, the listeners show ed an avid Interest in what the speakers were saying and gave each a respectful hearing. After the appearance of> the cleik of court and senatorial as pirants, reported elaeadiere in this paper, candidates for the house of representatives, sheriff, and supervisor appeared, in the order limed, before the meeting was ad journed about .one o'clock. Soiator Burice. Denies Bin WiU Mean Dictatorsh^ &nan Gain Made 1 In Enrollment County Club Rolls Show In crease of 678 Over 1938. Lau rens City Largest Box, Clin ton City Second, and Clinton Mins Third. Peculation Of South Carolina Now 1,906,146 The S9 voting precincts of Laurens South Carolina’s 1940 population totaled 1,906,146 persons, a gain of 167,361 new residents over the 1930 census figure, it was shown by a preliminary census figure released Saturday by Lane L. Bonner, state census director. CANDIDATES FOR SENATE ' PRESENT CLAIM TO VOTERS Washington, Aug. 12. — A predic tion by Senator Norris, Independent, of Nebraska, that peacetime con- scriptkm would result in “dictator- ^ip” brought Senator Burice, Demo crat, of Nebraska, to his feet today to declare that, cm the contrary, it wSs “the only democratic way to provide an adequate national de fense.” “It recc^nizes the obligation of all to serve, and to adequately train for that service,” said Burice, a co author of the pending bill. “Rich and pocMT all classes, races and creeds are treated with exact and equal justice. Imdead of being contrary to the princiides of American hbeity and freedom, this proposal is implicit wiUi the spirit of true Americanism.” In exact contradiction of Burke’s assertiems, Norris had previously told tim senate with characteristic fervor that “compulsory military training in time of peace cannot long prevail in a democratic form of gov ernment without leading that gov- enunent into* the realm of dictator ship.” He predicted a huge standing army, militarism extending into the years, and women eventually woric- ing in the fields to support the men in uniform, as consequences of the passage of the bill. The draft, Norris ^d, would change America fimdamentally - the finest sensibilities will disappear. Only one thing will be predominant ... to know how to fifdit, and how to kiU.” Burke said that in Los Angeles Communists were opposing the biU “I would rather pay you for yow suppori with woric than promises,” Charles F. Bitxdcs, farmer and former school teacher and county superintendent of ed ucation, declanMl in opening his speech. He invited an inspection of his private and public record, including the years he spent as superintendent of education, dur ing which time, he sai^ “we lift ed the schools practically out of debt.” Mr. Brooks described himself as “personally and politically dry” but pointed out that he was a be liever in the democratic form of government and, if elected, would follow the wishes of the pe<9le with reference to the liquor prob lem. “I’m ag’in liquor and I’m ag’in new taxes, too,” he declared, “but county have a 1940 enrollm«it ofT This figure placed the state’s rate 12,347, according to figures released | of growth at 9.62 per cent in the by the county chairman, Ralph T.|past 10 years. Wilson of Laurens.^ T)m enrollment j Greenville Helis Lead represents an increase of 678 over. Greenville retained its pmition as the 11,669 total of two years ago. !the most populous county in South Twenty-eight of the boxes showed | Carolina in the 1940 census. Its fig- increases and eleven decreases. ure totaled 136,289 persons. The Laurens city box, the largest; Spartanburg county came second Senator Croner Reriews His Record and Relates Prosjess of CoQMty Daring His Administration. Long Warns Opfionents’^ He Wifl Disenss Tlieir PnbHe Records. Nance Tells of Influ ence With Highway Department, Defends His Democcacy. Candidates For Heard in the county, showed a decrease of 10 votes as compared to two years ago. Clinton City, the second largest, showed an incerase of 48. The third largest precinct is the Clinton Cotton Mills, the fourth Watts Mills, and with 128,442 Charleston was third with 121,006, and Richland county stood fourth with 112,881. “There has been no ‘inflation’ of figures,” Bonner commented in re- the fifth GoldviUe. Shady Grove is viewing the toUls. the smallest precinct in the list. LasreiM Shews Gain Following is the enrollment for population for Lauiem all boxes in the county, with that for ^y is jdven ^ .44,271 ^^inst 42,094 this year and 1938 indicated: * ***” 2,177. Farma Shew Deereaac There has been ' a decrease of 21,976 farms in South Carolina in the ten-year period since ^930, the census director reports. The' itate has 135,955 farms this year against 157,931 in 1930. Tliere are 3,300 farms in Laurens county against 4,460 in 1940, a de crease of 1,160. There was a d^rease in farms to be expected for %veral factors,” Mr. Bonner said. “Reasons for the decline included the better wage scale offered by the WPA; consolidation of farms under AAA, because tenant farms were re duced and wage hands employed, by which means owners of land re ceived the allotment checks. “Large tracts of land were taken over by two hydro-electric projecti (Santee-Cooper at Charleston and ware Shoals at Columbia). “Hundreds of thousands of acres were taken over by the national park system. Solicitor Hugh Beasley of Green wood, seeking re-election as solicitor of the Eighth Judicial district, and his opponent, W. T. B<Ht of Laurens, were heard by a small ’ Audience in the Clinton high school last Friday morning when they presented their aw/i diftrihtrttng irtarankr «^**»»* and that whUfer Ife '*l>y no means meant to*say that all opponents were Communists, It could be said “with equal certainty . . . that every Com- niunist is opposed to iL The senate’s second day of debate on the subject produced a charge by Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon tana,. that Henry L. Stimson is “un fit” to serve as secretary of war, an assertion by Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, that volun tary enlistments should be given a further trial before resorting to con scription, and a statement by Sena tor Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, that the army favors the bill be cause it would mean swift promo tions for the present officer per sonnel. In the house, meanwhile, the mili tary Committee was at work on leg islation designed to provide debt re f 1940 1938 Barksdale-Narnie . • • • 204 130 Croas Hill .... 365 353 Clinton City .1,424 147t Clinton MiU ....1,039 952' Cook’s Store .... 125 95 Daniel’s Store .... .... 161 143 Dials .... 88 83 £)coin .... .... .... .... .... 182 188 GoldviUe L... .... 718 588 Gray’s .... 92- 68 Gray Court .... 460 412 Hickory Tavern .... .... 324 343 Hopewell .... J(mes’ Store .... 102 97 • ••• .... 205 194 Lanford .... 131 112 Laurens Mills .... .... 663 589 Laurens City .... .... • ••• ...2,231 2441 Long Branch .... 90 121 Lydia Mill .... 416 396 Lauigston t. .... .... 119 139 Mount Pleasant .... .... 94 no Mountville .... .... 140 148 Mt. Olive .... 101 123 Merna .... 68 63 Ora .... 108 106 Owings .... 174 182 Peasant Mound .... • ••• .... no 133 PrtDCCton .._ 169 150 jBgplar %)riitgs ..., ■i^BSReR^^7 »••• —••• Stewart’s Store 326 299 •••« .... 191 fli .... 108 104 Shady Grove ... 56 53 ShUito • ••• .... 113 no Tip Top .... 96 88 Trinity Ridge .... 124 118 Waterloo .... 133 132 Watts Mills .... .... 788 ~ 660 Woodville .... 243 255 Youngs .... 158 140 Totals ...12447 11,669 lief for those compelled to enter the if-the-people vote ^t liquor, that] service, incliiding.. jaatioaaL.,guarda-: may mean new taxes. I don’t men and reserves. It would provide know anything else that can be a moratorium on taxes and on in- taxed, but something will showjsurance premiums involving policies up at the proper time. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” families of those inducted into ser vice. Other defense developments: The United States housing author- ity made $13,773,000 available to four TocaTDbiudng authoritSM^ahd lb Pointing to the fact that he would be only one of the 124 leg islators in the house of represen tatives, Mr. Broc^ said that he realized the_ accon^Miia^-ts qf an individual could not be great, but asserted that he would vote a free and unfettered ballot on all issues and promised to be on the job, honest and sober, and strive to complete the work of the gen eral assembly in the constitutional 40 days. Mr. Brooks said tljat through his college training and experi ence as a teacher, farmer, mer Preliminary jockying for posi tion and hints of firewirks to fol low marked the first meeting* of senatorial candidates Tuesday at _ ,. j . fnu Center Point when the three seek Bolt and Beasley Present Their .e, Chums Before Small Aodienee At Hiifh SdhooL ers after senatorial honors led off in the speaking in the first meet*^ ing of the county Democratic cam- paiisn itinerary which is to contin ue this week and next week. ^ The State ^highway department, county bond issues, county expen ditures and .adherence., to the New Deal were all in turn mentioned by the three candidates, with, inferen-* tial notice from Candidate O. L. claims for the office. The meeting was presided over by B. R. Fuller, Long that he proposed to open up local chairman of the Democratic j the records of his opponents, Chas. club. ' , I A. Cromer, incumbmt, and Car- roll D. Nance, former senator. Sen. Cromer, the first to speak, apparently foresaw an attack on Mr. Batt Speaks Mr. Bolt said he was bom at Lau rens in 1908 and earned his way through school by working from the | the bond issue question. During the time he was 16 years old, and pmdu-1 course of his speech he told of the ated from the University of Squth' expansion of the road system iu the county by means of the bondi^ stating that a road bond issue of $260,000 was sold by the county eommissoners instead of by the de- Carolina in 1932. As to his official record he said he was elected to the general assembly from Laurens county over eight other candidates on the first ballot. He welcomed an , . inquiry into his private and public **** ®'' re^n of an amend- jment inserted by himself in the /u . number of the general ea- •" sembly, Mr. Bolt said he favored changes in the workmen’s compen sation law, for amending the wine and beer law and he sponsored a bill to provide sewerage connections in textile communities outside city limits. He advocated stricter ctmtrol of road house and tourist campus. Mr. Bolt said he had had eight were sold at the lowest rate in the history of the county. In his address, Mr. Long pro mised to discuss the records of hia opponents. In addition to his reference to bonds, Mr. Long said he considered it proper to discuss men who go N, J. Anderson Af Honle Well Kjmwh Fanicr Was Broili- er of Mn, G. W. Bailey and J. W. Anderson of This City. years experience as a trial lawyer “One of the main duties of a so licitor is that of a trial lawyer,” Mr. Bolt said. It also is his duty to assist law enforcement officers and he _ . . , . , pMod hi, hot coopcratloi, in Ihi. ‘up and down the highways and byways calling our great presi dent namca.” Mr. Nance also made a stirring reference to national politics and that on Nov. 2 he propoood la go to the poBs and vuto a bidlot tup- rnpect. Another duty. he. said, is to coOnerato with Vbe MMtsl sssdmblv in drawing up bills and he believed j Porting the aonhiees of the party his experience of the past two years “both state and national.” would add to his qualifications in this respect. Mr. Bolt said that during Solicitor Sea. Crosaer When he first went to Colum bia in 1936, Sen. C. A. Cromer said ^asley’s first ywjnjoffice he^^ opening hia remarks, he had Kiwanians Host To Farma* Grotq> The Clinton Kiwanis club was host to a large number of farmers of this section on last Thursday evening at Hotel Clinton when it held its annual Nichols J. Anderson, 54, well known farmer, died unexpectedly last Thursday night at his home in the Rocky Springs section, after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Friday afternocm from Rocky Springs Pres byterian church, with the pastor. Rev. J. E. Ratchford of 'Cross Hill, officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with a large con course of friends' and relatives pr<fs- ent. Mr. Anderson was a. life-long res- promised an honest and decent ad- minstration and he had tried to give it. “I told you I would carry eighth in the percentage of convic tions, 12 from January, 1937, to July 1, 1938, eighth in the number of cases handled in 1938-1939 and . . ... ^ ^ ■ eleventh in the percentage of con-1®^*™*^^**" there and bring victions and acquittals. | character back, and that is what Mr Brsslcj i ^ done.” Dollato, he said, L had no appeal for him, but service Solicitor Beasley said that he was • not going “to talk about the other w, . .i .i u* u » feHow because my opponent is one* . made ms honie at a of my best friends.” Mr. Beasley hotel, he said, one he could said he was 36 years of age and a home and could always be native of Georgia. He worked his found there when he was not at farmers night” meeting. A fried | late John Wade Anderwn and Agnes chicken dinner was served. Ray Anderson. He was a faithful -The program was in riiarge-of^tite committee on agriculture composed way jyhrough high school and Fur- work in the legislative halls. He ident of Laurens county, a son of the! university and during his last was always on the job, he said, and two years in law school he worked hadn’t missed but three roll calls in the office of one of the leading during his entire term, member and officer of Rocky' Springsr law-firmsr He-first-opened » 4aw-«f The senator then begatr a re- church, and had served as a school fice in Abbeville and then located m of B. H. Boyd, Dr. W. T. Martin and [trustee in his district for a number of or anH ^ of years. Formerly he was connected of $5,000 or le„ and would erect | „„„ k. n r ^AA or . . . . ... ... .presided over by the president, F. C. safeguards agamst eviction of the pujgon thesarmy and navy to construct 3,601 homes for workers in six naval sta tions and two army posts. BLALOCK TO CAMP Dr. George R. Blalock left Satur day for Mississippi to join the Lau ren* medical detachment of the 178th , field artillery^ South Carolina na- chant and public servant, he was-tion^l guard, of which he Is a cap- famlliar unth the view^int of tain. Dr. Blalock, on account of iU- both the laMmg and prof^^nal ^eas, was unable to leave with the man and, thus, “quahfi^ to know «,mpany on August 4 for their three what the people need. weeks’ training period. Pfiil D. Boll Thurston Giles, also a member of the Laurens unit, accompanied Dr. Blalock. “I am not going to make this cair\paign with a hammer because I know that another man’s (de merits is not to my cririit,” PMi D. Huff, Laurens attorney and forpier house member, commoit- ed in his (^ning addr^. Turning to the queatkm oi roadie he asserted that “during the past four years practically ixme of the gas tax numey tnm this county has been returned.” .He said that he favored a cqui- t^le and fair administration of tlie assistance to the aged and then criticized the recent sessions of the general assmbly v lasting too long and costing too much money. “On (me occai^ the governor had to declare July 3 a hsdiday and on another he had to threat en to veto the bill providing for extra pay to get rid of the legis lature,” Mr. Huff declared, and pointed out that toe time in ex cess of 40 days that the general assembly was in sesMon had cost the state about $270,000. “Thai would be a nice sum to add to the (CentlnMd on page siifld) DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE- So Fw TUff Tmt Th«rt Bore Bica FATALRIES .Ihw AUTQMOBILB AGCHONTB li LAURENS COUNTY Let*g Strirg Td Hakt 1940 a Saft Ygar Ob ilM HigliimTa. Ihla iaia Iasi yaar. It The guest speaker was C. B. Can non, county agent, who is always a welcomed guest with the club. Mr. Caimon gave an ‘interesting talk on ^-^vernment farm program as it^passing. ganization as a county committee man, and also for about 25 years had served as a substitute rural letter carrier in his community. His many friends will regret to learn of his Greenwood. He recalled the fact that capitulation of his record of the before he was elected solicitor he past four years. Some roads sche- pertains to Laurens county, and a detailed explanation of the enormous amount of work* being done through He is survived by his Vidow, Mrs. Lena Cunningham Anderson; two handled one-third of the paid cases be built had ,fiven away in court with 23 lawyers practising^® oth*:n, he said, when .people at the Greenwood bar. .living along former roa«is had gi- “I promised you four years ago,” ;V«h their consent when they realiz- Mr. Beasley said, “that I would givet*?fi that other roads were more im- my best efforts to the office and Important. He went to the citizens am proud of that record and 11 and aske<l them, he said, and had ' g61lpn~cbffserTt'~iTr eVery-'VErse ex=-' "wouldni: want iT'changed. Mr. Beasley then reviewed hLs rec-j^^pt that of two persons. daughters, Mrs. George Penland and^ord ,taken from the files in the of-; necessary to iro into Ande^n,^of ifu- five of clerks of court in the four.^j,^ program, he said, because riculture and diveroified and im proved farming in tlfe county. At the conclusion of the program Mr. Can non was heartily thanked by the Kiwanians and their farmer friends for his informative talk. Twelve Vole In City Electicm In the city general election held Tuesday to confirm the nominees ofi rens; four brothers, the Rev. Ray counties of the circuit. , i # .u i » Anderson of Laurens, the Rev. Rich-' He said that from January. 1937.t,J*’.'' /■" themMlves." ard S. Anderson, missionary in Cen-'when he assumed the duties of * bridge had been built for tral America, Louis Anderson oft fice, to June, 1940, in Laurens years prior to his admin- Laurens, and Jack W. Anderson ofity there had been 269 cases before'; he said, but during his Clinton, and by one sister, Mrs. Geo.jtha court, of which 183 pleaded guTl- '»dmjnstratMm money h«4 been-i»ro> W. Bailey, also of this city. ity, and two directed verdicts were.vided for bridges all over the coub> I given. Of the 94 cases going to a ty. The - delegation, he said, had FO ADA jjdry, only 35 not guilty verdicts w'erejmade it possible for the county to llCOTiy <P^yWV [returned. For the circuit as a whole.laave a lot of money by manufset- IVaI* R#s|Ia^ luring it.s own concrete pipea. In iveiiek penod 810 cases of which 568 plead' j program uoasible ffiiiltv lonvinff 0A9 roau program poHMDie. though, he said, it was necessary to Nearly $2,000 was raised by the guilty, leaving 242, Directed verdicts were ordered in 14 of these, 228 were toe June primaiy,"only tweVve"vote^| L»urens county chapter of the Amer- tried by ji^ies and only W .. ^ 'i«o« . of not guilty were returned. lexpiaineu im were cast Mayor P. S. Bailey received 12 votes. Aldermen Hujto C. Ray in ward (me, three; P. B. Adair in ward two, three; J. F. Jacobs in ward three, two; F. M. Boland in ward four, one; Theodore Queen in ward five, two; and J. W. Hedspeth in ward, six, one. The mayor and six aldermen will lean Red Cross for European war re lief, according to Chas. F. Fleming, of Laurens, county chairman. The actual amount rai^. he said, was $i;960 of which aU was remitted to national headquarters except 15 per cent or $294, the amount left by agreement in the local treasury. The minimum quota for the county was $1,600. issue of bonds sold Mr. Beasley said his ^opponent had I by the board of county commisa- criticized his record as compared |'oners. “The county ought to be with that of other solicitors in thf; proud of the money brought into state, but he* wished to call attention it during the past four years,” re enter upon a new two-year term ofl The entire amount was raised by office September first. [voluntary subscriptions, said Chair man Fleming, without a persimal canvas. Acting on instructions from Leo J. Burrdl' Wins Scludarshv Highway Patrolman Leo J. Bur rell, who is stationed ip Clinton, has been (me of 12 applicants to be se lected for a $1^200 fellowship to study traffic control and accident prevention at toe traffic institute of Northwestern university, Evanston, Illinois. Seventy-two officert from 19 states •euitot to fain toe ariK^Mhips. national headquartors, be said, toe fund has been cloaed for the present AT GOLDVELLE TONIGHT The ccamty candidates will speak to the fact that Mr. Bolt’s figures were based on the report of the at torney general’s office in which he had noted a number of typographi cal errors. He cited as one instance that Newberry county was printed as being in the ninth instead of the eighth circuit. His own figures, Mr. Beasley contended, were correct. ferring to the federal money made available by the bonds. Claiming a record for economy, the senator challenged any taxpay er to compare his tax receipts for the last three years with those of the years before. “See bow mack lower they are," he exclaimed. The senator then recited bis co- since they were taken from the rec ords of the clerks of court, and toe j peration with federal agencies wito attorney general’s report does not (Be roiults that had been-obtained. Homes of 1,400 people previously fiva all the details. — , — — H# spoke of his interest in young lighted by oil lamps, he said, now in GoldviUe toni^t. The meeting offenders and'in those without [^1^^^ privile^ of electricity in the ban park begin- privUei^ who ye brought intom^ ^ ^ sion of sentences. ning at 7:30. MOORE JOINS DETROIT June Moore, gridiron ace tor the Presbyterian college Blue Stockings for the past season, left Mimday to enter upon a professional football career with the Detroit Liens. “I believe you will take my ex perience of the past four years into consideration and I will be grateful to you for your support on August 27th.” days the money wa.s alloted. Other accomplishments made poesible by his cooperation, he said, were the new chto market building, the new library building and circuletiag R- (Ooertinoed on page 4:m ^ ‘y..-