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$ fHE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable 4-x If You Don't Read *■ THE CHRONICLE. You Don't Get the New* Volume XLVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 3, 1948 Number 23 City Voters Go To Polls Tuesday DIPLOMAS AWARDED (5 GRADUATES AT COILEGE MONDAY Commencement Exer cises Come To Close. Fuller and Frampton Are Speakers. — I DEADLINE TUESDAY FOR CANDIDATES Several Late Entries In County Races. Six Offer for the House. YOUNG CLINTON CITIZENS i> All Graduation exercises at Presbyte rian college were held Monday morn ing at the outdoor amphitheatre be neath the tall trees across from the chapel and were attended by a large number of parents, relatives friends. The invocation was offered by Rev. A. V. Gibson, pastor of the Morning- side Presbyterian church, Atlanta, Ga. "" The ~ address' to the' graduates was delivered by Dr. Ellis A. Fuller, president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, Louisville, Ky , and an alumnus "of the college. Political charity in this nation is taking away men’s strong inclina tions to work for what they want, Dr. Fuller told the graduates. Sever’al candidates qualified Tues day at noon just before the deadline for eptry in the Democratic prima ries to be held in August. Sheriff C. W. Wier, serving his third term, was unopposed for re- election. Coroner R. I. Burgess and Game Warden Garvin B. O’Dell were also unopposed. In the house race there are six an ^ 'entries. Robert C. Wasson and Chas. |l. Milam, members of the delegation, are qualified for re-election. The third member. Walter L. Martin, did not offer again. There are four new candidates, Jared D. Sullivan, Sr., Charles B. Culbertson; Gray and Justin A. Bridges. For magistrate at-Clinton there are three candidates, Sam H. McCrary, incumbent, J. W. Hedspeth, and E. Mace Young. The Official List The qualified list of candidates follows; CLINTON, JOANNA WIN IN MID-STATE Brandon Still Tops Loop With Joanna Second. New Pitchers in Lineups. MAYOR AND SIX ALDERMEN TO BE NOMINATED i \ o Three Cornered Mayor's Race, 23 for Council. Polls Open At 8:00 A M. and Close 5:00 P.M Heavy rains Saturday cancelled all games in the Mid-State textile league i The schedule was resumed Tues day night, with Brandon losing to ^ Joanna, though managing rd'tra^dTTs 1 Clintomans will go to the po..s ; slim advantage: as the league leader. Tiext Tuesday between 3 a m and 5 j Joanna's sluggers plpyed the big-, P m nominate a mayor and six a.- , inning game to roll up a 21-4 victory ( d «‘ rmpn t0 run thc city’s government over Brandon at Goldville. Wallace -"r Mae next two yea. s beginning .a Whitworth, the Newberry college ace, September. chalked up his fourth-straight pitch- , There are 26 candidate^ in the race ing win, holding his opponents to! three for mayor and l.\ for alder- six hits. iman In the aldermanic race four Clinton i o .4 incumbents, Messrs Rav. Copeland, downed Ri.erdaie, ,,,,,, , , 131-2 Ken Culbertson’s snigle scored ! Copeland from second in the fifth to McMillan and McD&niel hayft. >ppo- sition. Aldermen Terry and He ispe'h Top row, left to righTT Charles and George Copeland, Milton and Ron nie Moore, Clyde, Jr., and Dorothy Ann Bigbee. Bottom row: Ku4sel. Kenneth and Ruth Trammell, Ruth and Martha Todd, Cathy and Myra Snelgrove. Parents of the children are Mr. and Mrs. F.d Copeland. Mr. and Mrs. Perry M. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Btgbee. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tram mell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sloan Todd. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Snelgrove. t provide me Winning rUm Culberson, | !n W#hD l’:vc and six anrmor ^ckr- ,Fregular of the Clemsoi^ege^eam’!^ ^lecT.-m. ^true they are •.nd>. ithe past season, and Copeland, a reg-, ‘ ^ '[l ^ 1" " i ‘ c i , . i < ,, , . • C! nton for Hunter Tojvnshm. ular at Presbyterian cohege, were in J Clinton’s line-up and secured two i hits each. — Contracts Let For New Buildings requirements of life without any °b- I i ncu mb e nt; Robert C. Wasson, Hick- 1 At TraininQ School ligation, you are making him lazy, I —- - I House of Representatives (three to en you give a man the basic b e elected): C. L. Milam, MountvilleJ ory Tavern, incument; Justin A. j Bridges, of near Ware Shoals; Jared ' The board of regents of the State D. Sullivan, Laurens; Charlie B. Cul- ( Training school, located near the bertson, Laurens; Robert Lee Gray,'city, let contracts last Thursday in Columbia for the construction City To Receive $18,000 This Year In Liquor Tax Money Columbia, June 1.—(Special to, The Chronicle).—The city of Clinton will and our civilization cannot endure at such a degrading rate,” the 1913 STnf Derison ’ ^urens; Hooerx uee uray,. C ity, let contracts last Thursday in be allocated an estimated $18,71 l uff existed when he Laurens - ■ 'Columbia for the construction of, sta te alcoholic revenues remain at and denlored the fact that extensive! ^ ier ’ unopposed. $274,396 worth of new faeilities to j their present levels in the 194«-1949 and deplored the .act that extensive j Commissioners: John H. Wharton ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ' taxation of the public has become and Bennie B. Blakely, incumbents; necessat-y to follow up the- politi-l A H Moore. cians’ programs of handouts. He cit-j Game Warden: Garvin B. O’Dell, ed the example of the seminary of | un0 pp 0Sedi Laurens topped Mills Mill, 7 to 2, behind the steady six-hit hurling a the veteran Harold Dunn. Games Today (Thursday) Laus-ens at Brandon. Joanna at Riverdale. Mills Mill at Clinton. Saturday: Brandon at Laurens. Riverdale at Joanna, Clinton at Mills Mill. help adequately care for the institu- fiscal year, or over twice the amount which he is president, saying that only in great need or emergency does the institution make grants to stu dents. “When I was a member of the graduating class of this college,” he said, “I was one of the orators of the commencement exercises. I spoke Coroner; R, I. Burgess,unopposed. State Senate: O. L. Long, incum bent; Ralph T. Wilson. lion’s enlarged population The contracts call for the erection of two modernistic dormitories, with a capacity of 90 patients each, and an attendants* building which will I Clinton has received from the distn- ^f andon bution of state liquor taxes during Juanrta the first eight months of the present Mill fiscal year. Laurens Riverdale J. N. Caldwell, secretary of the house 34 persons. Lafaye, Lafaye and'South CaroUna Municipal association, Chnton How They Stand W L 9 6 • 7 ’ 6 8 7 8 7 6 o 5 9 V(p n n FVrwin, rv in, the anftBfgtgii«lea*ed the alcoholic revenue alio-; , D R . rIe ^’1 f °r the project. Saturn estimates this week for 24 Donkey Boll Game NOW ^Dunlap.' ' ^ 3 ^ construction will begin imme-j towns of over 5,000 population in; Jet For Saturdoy, 19th *• t t «• H . . . diately. The contracts awarded to the state, and Clinton is one of these. 7 ' ^ .Clinton! ”am' H. U M<irary n! in?um- IOW ,^ dders ' ,or U,e dormltori ' s ' are ‘ The amount ot the state alcoholic; The townspeople o( Clint on-What There Is To Be Done.-How I ben ,,j. w . Hedspeth. E. Mace Youns; as '“" ow j : - „ iretenue aliotted to C 1 ■ n t o n h a s d , sa las , Fnd woe... Co p e i and s . ^ „ — ^ Gener. 1 constrnct.on-C.G. Shock- steadl.y .ncreased since the 1945-46; th( . donk[ . baseSa|] wa ost .Copland S. A B ■j, Columbia, $170,775. Time of #k.I year, when the city received ^ bt , r81 , sc „ f ra , n , A dlte Pl " s ;” i; k ^* xlc “ was then!” Dr. Fuller emphasized through his address the fact that Christianity is the only answer to world progress. He said that too many people are content to make speeches and ]i«tpn ville: R. Eugene Johnson: Youngs township: J. T. Manly, Warren N. Stephens, Claude A. Patton;. Cross Hillr-John F. Griffin; Dials, R. A. Hellams; Scuffletown: Wilmer P. Ab- 7,- ,, x , . ercrombre: Jucks: A.-I. Dixtm; "W'ZF' to them without acting in a Chris- terloo; . c Y . Culbertson; Sullivans:] lia " way ' ' _ „ iJ. R. Buzliardt. • Dr. Bernard C. Murdoch, academic. Campaign In July dean, made the following awards toj Nine speaking meetings have been' su ents. Frank S. Hay, Chraleston, arran g ed j n tbe coun ty by'the ex- ounders medal for general excel- ecut i ve committee to begin July 28 ence, Robert William Hays, Cham- at Hickory Tavern and close August blee, Ga., and David Moorefield, Lan- g ^ Watts Mill faster, scholarship medals; James ' . Henry Banbury of Greenville, Frank T ._ j Garner of Plant City, Fla., Paul Bra- : ' LOCO I L-llIZGHS dy of Atlanta, Ga., and Frank Wai- Get University Deqrees ton of Jacksonville, Fla., gold P’s! 4?—— 3 for being outstanding in extra-cur- 1 The University of South Carolina ricular activities other than sports, j graduated 411 students at commence- Also, Lamar Hicks of Covington, | ment exercises yesterday, the largest Ga., the Ministerial club award; Miss; class in itshistory. Mary Frances Pinson of this city,! David s Templeton, of this city, the Alpha Psi,Delta placque for mak- 1 was included in the group to receive ing the highest average of all fresh man girls; and Travis B. Stevenson, Jr., Walterboro, the Pi Kappa Phi Keen interest is cenlered .n the mayor’s race which became a three- cornered race last week with the en trance of J F Ja -o:is, a~ : >: m*r member of count;! Mayor L E. Bishop is stai ling fer :l elect 1 a his record the past two yea s, he said yesterday. Joe P. Terry ol- fenng for the oflup and Mr. Ja cobs. Statement from the three candidates will be found 111 today's papt r Keen interest in all the races w.th a heavy vote expected. The Chronicle is not able to give the enrollment by wards since Prt. the executive committee stated yes- 600 jterday it had not been completed. 5J8 List of Candidates .533.] The complete list of candidates 533 for; mayor and alderman, as qua! - 429 tied with the City Democratic club, .357 follows: For mayor—L. F. Bishop, J. F Ja cobs, Joe P Terry. For Aldemum Ward One—C. W Anderson, T R. Holland. Hugh C. Ray Ward Two—P D Adair, L L. B Davidson, S. A. inton were _ m ^ ^ i J1 ^ ^ riday night when much more there is to be done for| Laurens township: J. T. Miller, in- , te ngomo . now Hum there i cumbwlt: Hunter to«mUp .1 Mount- ^ pte , ioo> 3^ jlMW'frgm 0>ig goutce. In U» 1M«-' TJUT i W “ d Tb«.-H»rry C. L.tyt,.,. Plumbing-T. C. Johnson Co., Clin-|j7 list-al year. Clinton obtatned $3.241’ a , 8 . 0 . cl(Jck AU adva „„ ^ Uoke ,C McMillan Robert Wysor, 111 ton, $15,538. from the liquor taxes, and in the w ^ ^ honored ard Four—Lynn W Cooper, Joe Heating—T. C. Johnson Co., Clin-' first eight months of the present Th , , F . hr , , h n McDaniel, ton. $12,450. ! IMt-W tlsca. year .be city has been! ^ f un.Kr' Electrical work — .Ptr'dan Klprtrjf allocated $8.280. m nver I.auo Uut- Co., Columbia, $3,275. Total—$202,038. Employees' Home General Construction—V. P amount ?s was Allotted to it in the The rTTy - ;amt> to raise : eci eatmn an A - funds park p:0- . , , fram. Much interest has been evi- enhre year preceding^ The estimated denced and a lar ,, e aUendance :s in . ^18.711 to be received by Clinton m , s ^ „ ^ Loftis ‘ the 1.948-49 fiscal year, if alcoholic “ T i‘ k ets will continue ‘ » be on sale Co., Charlotte, N. C., $60,870 Time income continues on its present level. jt d(jx n , e of completion 270 days. is a result of the 1948 legislature aid Gilliam,—Charlie—Nabors. J. F. prices of 60c for , . „ „ . . . , , ,, , ,, adults and 30c for children under 12. Plumbing T- C. Johnson Co., Clin- raising the alcoholic tax distribution Thpv m;iy be purchased Irom Grady ton, $3,921. to municipalities from 10 to 15 per Ada ’ ir at McGee . s Diug store> Cecil Heating—T. C. Johnson Co., Clin- cent. ton. $6,600. Electrical work — Jordan Electric TwO Clinton Graduates Total $72,958. At College Monday Total cost, including architect’s : — services—$291,495.76. Included among the sixty-four re- Wilson at Clinton Cafe, or from any member of the Exchange club. The club and Miss Austin,’counsel lor Cor the game, e.xpiess apprecia tion to the city officials for their co operation, in 'tiie parade, to the mer- The new dormitory space, Supt. B. l ’ eivm 2 diplomas Monday morning at cup to the freshman with the high est average. cil Eugene White received a bachelor of laws degree, and Hubert York chants tar their advertising, and $o Athle‘:c Director Johnson for tn$* use of Presbyter:an college field and stadium. For an even.ng i>f real erij lyment for both old and young, remember the new date for the game. General Joseph B. Fraser, of Hines- 1 ville, Ga., chairman of the board of trustees, was present to award the degrees to the graduates and to four men to whom the college had chosen to give honorary degrees. Rev. Wil- Adair the bachelor of science degree i provements, he said, are contemplat- • in pharmacy. led by officials of the school at mter- O. Whitten stated, will accommodate Presbyterian college were two Clin- approximately 250 additional beds | on graduates, Elizabeth Aiken Tay- and, when occupied, will increase l0! an d H^rry Elwyn Sturgeon with the master of education degree- Ce- population of the institutiotU'tO bachelor ol science degrees. Miss tne mas.er of education degree, L,e- mon T tban 1200 / Taylor is the daughter of Mrs. G. * , , a W. Taylor, «nd Mr. Sturgeon the son Awards for other permanent im- , r c* . —— ^ of Mrs. H E. Sturgeon. , . . Mary Frances Pinson Wins Freshman Award Miss Mary Fiances Pinson of city, was awarded a plaque al orphanage college commencement exeffiscs __ a . — c exercises, Monday morning given by Alpha Pm The Copeland-Davidson American. w jjj, Lydia Mills store. Mr.! scheduled for next week, will he s orority.» The award i’> madt Weir, Wodrow L. Wilsoa, Ralph Rid dle. Ward Six Marcel! Barker, James Crame, VValker Gregory. Lonnie B. Tinsley. The polls will open at 8 a.m., and close at 5 pm., the executive com mittee. headed by L. B. Dillard, has i announced. The. election will be .n |charge of the following managers: City box at city hall J Aldina Blakely, Carl Chaney. B. F Win- ■gard. Bill Pit's. | Clinton Mill box at Trammell’s ( corner: Will L. Evans, R L. Ya bor ough, Mrs. Ltiui.se Smith. Mr> Mar vin Whitmire. Sgt., Robertson Gets General's Award Legion To Elect Officers Tonight j vals during the current year. WITH LYDIA MILLS STORE I Friends of J. B. Reeder will be The usual ! interested to know he is now con- high school No Commencement At Orphanage This Year his :he Thorn well graduating liam McLeod Frampton, who gave (Legion post will meet tonight at 8 and Mrs Reeder> their two ch i! dren omitted this year, the institution has annually to the freshman the baccalaureate address on Sunday! o’clock at the armory, Commander morning at the First Presbyterian R- P- Chapman has announced.' This wno church, was presented a doctor of divinity degree, as were Rev. Arthur is the regular meeting for the elec tion of officers, with a full attend- Vann Gibson, pastor of Morningside an ce requested. Refreshments will be Presbyterian church, Atlanta, Ga.; served, the committee states. the Rev. Jack Guy Hand, pastor of : • (■ the First Presbyterian church of Al-i^yJ) ScOUtS To Meet bany, Ga., and moderator of the Syn-| c . . " , od of Georgia. Dr. Spenper Jarnigan rNClOy Night ^IcCallie, Jr., associate headmaster of I '— the McCalhe school in Chattanooga, 1 The Cub Scouts will have their, (Continued on page eight) j fi-" 51 P a ^ meeting at Florida Street school Friday night at 7:30. Cubs a will receive their certificates, and I there will be den stunts and exhibits.*; i.All cubs, den leaders, den mothers ! iand fathers and friends are invited.: ! ! Dr. D. O. Rhame is the Cub Master. and the former’s mother, Mrs. Eihe announced. There will be no gradur roakes the highest scholastic . evurd Reeder, expect to move to the com- ating class due to the state change- munity from Goldville at an early over from the 11-year to the 12-year date. i -iI scholastic plan. during her first year in college Miss Pinson is the daughter ot M E. B. Pinson and . the late M P. son. Ser geant Charles W R •ber * t SOI i was J\V t!' ded •he comma ndi * ' O gen eral’s certil th ate of achievemen it at the 1 final reti e at pa. . ade at Can n u Go. dol: . Lj vi , the b >ast \\ eek Tne- aw ■ard was lur on f.s,ta ndmg peido c man ce ot dune- A • ♦ ^ urt'c i se. - vice unit 3441 On :y '44 ot 1100 mem ber s f .this tbs' 1 u rerv so non ^ ..red Sgt. Robertson s home IS HI RED No h nea r .hcj i' ■ w E. Mace Young Enters Magistrate's Race FOOD Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Grocery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week fcom leading food stores in the city. Read the advertisements — they tell you about changing prices and where you can buy to advantage. d I Tisdale Passes In Asheville Word was received here yesterday by friends of the sudden death of A. D. Tisdale at Asheville, N. C. Mr. Tisdale is pleasaptly remem bered here by a number of friends. ( For two years he was a resideflt of | the city, during which time he headed the CCC camp near the city, holding the rank of captain. MR. MERCHANT .... ;■ . ’ 1 • 4 There Is No Substitute For NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING Your messages regularly in THE CHRONICLE will he seen and read by thousands of people at leisure. The life of the weekly home paper is longer than that of any other advertising medium—it is kept and read througTu* out the week by members of the family. ■* - ,-N . I THE CHRONICLE is the most economical and most effective advertising medium you can use in Clinton’s trade area to reach your prospective customers. THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL .v h fa of H me: ntti We im i te new *sub script: iris to for the tow uship. THE CHRC AlCLK to yi made d a yy.- . -y'S to faithfullv c where. Rel ttives, friend s and former t e duties of the i residents o f Clinton e i peci a; y Will to‘Stand for law de glad ti read the ‘ honie news * i iKjuncement wi from this c ommunity. r d i y s oauiT. Welcome » and thank' to f h use on our Honor MRS I Roll th ' Wei .. L. COPEL. ;k \ND. . fe. :l Hedspeth Ar E Mace Young, .vel! k’i and life-long resident to A 'ishm, 'announces hijnseif ..n a tndidate fur. magistrate at C’. ntoi.i Mr .Young n^qm- ffue if elected, and enforcement. H s 11 be found m to- Clinton. GARVIN B.- o'bELL. 'Ware Shoals. MRS. HOWARD ELLIS A’. C I* MoCOIG, 7T* B GASKIN. MRS. HARVEY MALPASS, West Clinton. MRS RYAN POAG, Goldville. A D. JACKSON, J. H. THOMAS, • South Clinton. J W. Hedspeth, a member uf / c.’y council the past 14 years from wh. d f. .. announced himself as a candi date for magistrate ' Hcnter town- .ship-dt Clinton in the August pri mary. Mr Hedspeth htfi been a resident ! of this city for 40\ years and is well known here. He prOnpises a faithful discharge of v his duty and a square deal to everyone in hrs announce-