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4- /: THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable Slip (EUntmt (Ehnmirlp Volume XLVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 10, 1948 If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE " You Don't Get the News Number 24 BISHOP WINS IN MAYOR’S RACE ULTIMATUM GIVEN PARTY _ FOR RULE CHANGES Citizens Committee Gives Democrats 10 Days to Alter Course. Columbia T ~June*8.—A seven-mem ber committee, representing between 75 and 100 White Democrats attend-j ing a meeting of “private citizens”! here today, was preparing tonight to present to the leadership of. .the South Carolina Democratic party a virtual ultimatum. BRANDON STILL TOP IN LEAGUE • _______ M - | Mills Mill Second. Clin ton and Joanna Lost Tuesday Night Games in the Mid-State league ; Saturday night were rained out. Brandon leads the loop by two games. — 1 ' Lefty Howard and Harold Dunn j" turned in superlative pitching per- I formances Tuesday night to pace Brandon and Laurens; Mills Mill downed Riverdale Monday night 12-9, in the other scheduled contest. - T3 i 73 73 w FOR MAYOR r-l Oi Tf « Hi «to o & E- Bishop .... 151 ri84 166 148 1 154 190 993 Jacobs 52 107 121 50 12 13 . 355 Terry .... .... 44 44 9 10 254 181 542 1 Laurens combined six hits to push The committee was instructed by • across eight runs in the fkst inning the group to ask the state party 1° uprising to defeat Joanna 8 to 1. Jo- change the rules and modify the P°l- anna's only run came in the fifth icies adopted at the May 19 state W h e n Brown doubled and scored on convention. If this is not done within 10 days, the committee is instructed to call a new meeting to discuss further action. What the further action may Dunn’s wild pitch. Third-baseman Ham Werner with three hits was the big gun in the Laurens 11-hit attack. Dunn fanned seven and no Joanna batter got more than one blow off be was not discussed, but demands j him. for the formation of a new party were heard at the meeting and, in fact, if those attending the meeting and others of a like mind Vre de termined to accomplish results, there is no other course they, can pursue. The meeting today adopted this five-point program, which the com mittee is instructed to ask the state party to follow: 1. Recalling of the state Democratic convention to “take such action as may be necessary to comply with the U.-S. supreme court rulings.” 2. Repudiation of the voting oath adopted at the convention and sub stitution of the following: “I affirm | Mill s _ Mill that I am qualified' to vote }n the; Lauren Democratic primary, and have not j oanna voted previously In this election." ~ ; R j verc ) a j~ 3. The naming of delegates to tbe' C jj nton national convention who «hall be J _ “uninstructed as to the parjy nomi nee,” but instructed not to walk out of the convention. 4. Agreement by the state party, as a party, to support the nominee Lefty Howard followed up his no- hit" classic of last week with a six- hitter to pitch Brandon to a 4 to 1 victory over Clinton. He struck out 15 and issued no walks in handcuff ing the Clinton sluggers. Games Today (Thursday) Brandon at Joanna. Riverdale at Clinton. Laurens at Mills Mill. Saturday: Joanna at Brandon. Clinton at Riverdale. Mills Mill at Laurens. How They Stand .12 6 .667 [ ... ia 8 .556 9 9 .500 .... 8 9 .471 : .... 7 io _ .412 7 11 .389 HOW CLINTON VOTED FOR ALDERMAN Ward One C. W. Anderson T. R. Holland ... Hugh C. Ray . . Ward Two I D. Adair L. L.* Copeland, Sr. A. B. Davidson A. Pitts . .... ..7.. L. .Plaxieo S. R Ward Three 66 46 135 42 i l 41 54 120 76 The Winner Harrv C. Layton/... Billy McMillan ...L v „... ::: ...127 Robert Wysor, III . .91 Lynn W. Cooper . .. Joe C. McDaniel .... Ward Four 126 83 Ward Five Carl Campbell .. 96 Leonard Gilliam 43 Charlie Nabors 39 J. F. Weir 69 Woodrow L. Wilson .... 114 Ralph Riddle . . 63 Ward Six Marcell Barker/>. .... 74 James Craine r, 132 Walker Gregory 149 Lonnie B. Tinsley .:.. .. 26 DEFEATS TWO OPPONENTS IN TUESDAY PRIMARY ♦ -*— Ray and Cooper Win for Alderman in Wordi C .o and Four. Run-overs Next Tuesday in Oiher Four Words. L. K. B.'hop. -.veil known druggist, completing his first as mayor, was “re-Reeled • Tuesday over two opponents, J F Jacobs and Joe P Terry. The vote stood: Bishop 993, Jacobs 3^5. Terry 542 B;sho;> carried wards one, two, three, four, and six Terry carried ward five. A ! tqtal of 1890 votes was cast in the .mayor’s race, one of the large L E BISHOP ;rsi—m the city’s history. Tvs ) years ago the vote was 1993 Only one member of the present council was re-elected, Hugh C Ray, m ward one. L. L Copeland, Sr., and Billy McMillan, Incumbents in wards two and three, enter second, races. The second primary will be held next Tuesday with the same managers Two suits asking a total of $400,000 and at the same voting places under . . _ , , . • the direction of .the executive com- from the Lastern Air Lines, Inc., in , . mittee. t-the deaths of Wm. A Moorhead, o. i . In ward one, Ray, incumbent, won GoldviUe, and Shelburn M. Warner, over Thomas r, h Hand and C. vV. 'of this city, in an airplane crash near Anderson. Ray received 135 votes. Washington, D. C., early on the Holland 46, Anderson 6*3 Moorhead, Warner Suits Filed Ask $400,000 Damages morning of January 13 this year. ward two, where there were ,,, ' five candidates, Copeland, incumbent, were filed last FY.day m Western ^ R pljxu . o ^ run ove . Th> . district federal court in Greenv.lle. voU> stood; p n Adair 42. Copeland I In one suit, Mrs. Annette Moor- ;7 A g Davidson 41. S A Pit s 54, jhead Hendc sun. as executrix of the p ; )X , 120. “ {estate of Mr. Moorhead, asks for $250,000 from the air line Mr. Mdor- In ward three. Billy McMillan, in cumbent, and Robert Wysor, III. ei»- Citizens Federal To Pay Usual Dividend A dividend for the six months pe nt the national party in the general | riod, January 1 to June 30, payable elections in November. 127 Arrests Made Here In May By Police Department The report of the city police de-’ partment head was vice-president and general _ f . T „ ter the second race. The vote stood manager of .the Joanna Cotton Mills,:. * t„ ,, ,, -j-- —-—r v -t-Harry C. Layton »«, McM.dan l-u Goldvijle. and was enroute To New ' fl . York when killed in the crash. j ^ sur 1 _. . . . . , . „ In ward four, Joe C. McDaniel, in- The ^ond suu was brouehl by d,(,.b«L by Lynn W. Mr. rrw«. c. Wbrner, of hi. cu, The vote ^ r as administratrix of the estate of rp. ' ' Warner, killed at the same time in •« cUaniel The annual meeting of the board the same crash Jt asks for $1 5 0000 No elections were declared m Orphanage Closes Successful Year, Reports Show for the month of May ot trustees of Thornwell orphanage 5. The opening of all future ses sions of the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee to the public. nuu, uawuaiv j wj june ou uayauie *- — - 1 « w 1a k t a .v, I° r herself and the deceased parents, wards five and six In ward rive, t arL July 1, on the basis of 3 per cent pel ! showed 127 arrests. Fines collected ^ CC » W * Ecl ^’ ariner Warner and Mrs. Cora Campbell and Woodrow L Wilson annum, was authorized b?the boart for .he month amounted ,o $2,197.80. Shelbyrfille. Ten,, -" over The vote rtood. Campbe.t Hirortnrc nf . 1 > . 01 Ine uoara, presiamg. RLignieen . hrnii'rht bv Mr« Hen- ^ Leonard Gilliam 43, Charlie Na- t e Citizens Federal, As i s reported each month, the members from the controlling Pres- ' f . ’ ‘ . hors 39 J F tVe r 69 W.lson 114 .Savings and Loan association at their 1 , ■ “ . , . it allied that on January Dors .u#. j. t weir oa. w..son ns, (Such meetings in the past have been June meeting, and is announced in f rea ' eSt J lumber of arrests, 3,. . . , held customarily behind closed doors! today s paper. The dividend applies! an —j M U a T ^ Cr ^ ^ esen i-~ to all classes of shares, investment ^ 442 - 80 were c0 ^ ectcd ' and 1 ’ <lays / ® nn “ a 0 F esl e, “ fendanKand used for the transpor- Walker Gregory will run- ov'e; , estmen; glven in recorder’s court. Eleven,M. A. Macdonald, the executive »n4 lfatinn nt ^ a ^ n „ r< r r „-sr r.,^n wl ie‘court! was/Marcel! Barker 74, Craine V . , . f A ,• deison. it is alleged that on January were bytenan synods of Sou^h Carolina. „ Rilnh Riddle 63 3 Mr. Moorhead W’as a passenger on naipn riuuic do. with the pre^s and public barred.) i The committee, which was ap- , and- savings, pointed by the chairman, is com- 1 de- In ward six, James Craine and Ttrir were arrested for driving under the endowment committees and treasur- posed of the Rev. Maxie Collins, ex-building and loan assoc.ation in'th.'ftlitr. “f head . h “ d <?'*. ‘ The Citizens, the oldest and lar g est | inHuence 0 f intoxicants with fines of er were read and approved. A num-; ecutive secretary of the South Caro-1county, has been serving this com- 5,4900 coll ected. to Washington, D. C.. and Mr. Moor- lina Federation Forces for Temper- munity .for 39 years, and ance and Law Enforcement, chair- 1 time it has enabled hundreds man, Mrs. Richard Tllison of Co- ilies to become home-owners. It is lumbia, Gadsden E. Shand, Jr., of headed by the following officers and! 11 ; s * ,,luli y*’ u»uc$ Columbia, Attorney Fletcher Her- directors: B. Hubert Boyd, president; m ^ l UencC ,,° f ,nt ® x . ,cants * 11 • speeding bert of Columbia, William D. Amis; J. P. Prather, vice-president; J. Sloan an f rec ^ les ® driving, 5,. operating of Newberry, Mrs. C. L. Wheeler of Todd, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Hen- aUt ° vvlthout licertse > 4 > lar Dillon, rearing national executive ry Hunter, assistant secretary-treas- committeewoman and attorney Dave urer. Directors: B. Hubert Boyd, J. Baker of Columbia. ; Sloan Todd, J. P. Prather, W In effect, the group meeting today Harris, J. B. Hart, W. H. Simpson, adopted a middle course. It reject- T. D. Copeland, R. H. McGee and this com- ' ' I, , . ... , ger. According to the complaint, tf>( during th, s . Fo t 12 P«rxons w<tr, ar- Ih, board, reoommendat.onx of h, * near Oxpn H.U n to, Kis of fam?? ste ? ; v,ola “" g ‘ hc 't q T law ,’ a ?T e T, r T ** of Maryland and'was almus ed a movement advocated by Mr. Amis, son of “Dad” Amis, the for mer football coach, for immediate new T. Heath Copeland. •» The association is now erecting a modern home on West Mam formation of a new party. This was, street which it plans to occupy early the extreme view present. It re- in the fall. adopted, and the list of workers for the coming year approved. The auditor's report showed the past year, financially speaking, one of the most satisfactory in the nisti- ceny. 2: investigation or suspicion. 8; 1 tution’s history. The institution since other offenses, 3. Twenty-one were 1942 has operated without a deficit, , given tags for violating parking laws, with a substantial cash balance on ■' In recorder’s court a total of 173 hand. Total receipts for the year 1947 amounted to x $321.250.00, ex penditures $191,557.83. an excess ia income over expense of $129,692.17. { Endowment fund investments ;n bonds, stock in corporations. noleSj According to the complaint, the tne Imost completely demolished, killing Mi Moorhead instantly. Death of Mr. Moorhead was “caused solely by 132, Gregory 149. Lonnie B Tinsley. 26 In the four city wards „ w.w ..uv.. ...... proper 1086 votes were cast. In wards five and six at West Clinton, 304 votes were cast. Mayor Bishop has neld office tne past two years, succeeding P. S Bai- the carelessness and neg- days were given to law’ violators. Jurors Drawn For Criminal Court Term ligence of the defendant, its servants, agents and employees in the oper ation. control and management of the Sa'icl airplane as it approached and prepared to land at the Wash ington National airport," the com plaint alleges. The Warner case maxes the same allegations as contained.m tne corn- mortgages and—real estate was. listed P^ a:nt o! Mis. Henderson. new .administration, after the completion of the second primary, will go into uff.ee m Se; {ember, .fol low ng the ratification o? the pri maries in the general election. The -official votes for mayor and alderman, as declared by the execu tive committee, will be found in a tabulation in an adjoining-column jected also a resolution presented; by Mr Herbert which would have Alumni Gather On called for compliance with the Fed- eral Court decisions, the abolition ofj Orphanage Campus the voting oath, education and in- teligence tests as requirements for voting, and expressing "confidence” in the party leadership. This was the most moderate view. Saturday and Sunday a large num- tion of the county are: her of former students of the or-: Clinton city: Frank E. Miller. S. R. phanage gathered on the campus fb7"M cDanieli w. T Kanning, Grady a reunion, and were guests Satur- Adairi Andy b. Young. R. C, Turner. .Those attending the meeting prob-^ dj y afternoon at a picnic and bar- Lydia Mills: B. F. Fuller and Fur- aby could not be called truly rep-; decue on Monday afternoon. * man jr Brown. resentative of a cross-section of| The home-gathering was arranged ( Clinton Mills: *J. V. South Carolina Democrats. Women’s especially in honor of F. M. Stutts, Qpest and C. F . Dunaway organizations w’ere well represented * on S an active member of the Alum- and there were a number of young a§sociation, who had returned to men and women, besides a few labor borne from Lawson Veterans hos- leaders. However, they tended to P‘ ta * a * Chamblee, Ga., for the oc- echo sentiments which tiave been ex- 1 ^ as * on - Mr. Stutts' friends will be piessed all over the state, even with-, * n ^ eres ^ ed to know he returned to in the party councils in some coun- the hospital Tuesday for further Bes. 1 treatment. The speeches were brief and those receiving the loudest and longest ap- Sloan Receives (Continued on page seven) Q egree Af Duke The term of general sessions c'ourt as $585,483.75. and a substantial sui- will convene in Laurens Monday, plus in the building and improve- 'June 14. with Judge Steve Griffith, ment fund, and general operating | of Newberry, presiding. Petit jurors drawn from this sec- The plaintiff, Mrs Henderson, lists the following survivors of Mr. Moor head: Mrs. Mabel H Moorhead, wi dow; Dr. William H. Moorhead, of Houston. Texas, son; Mrs. Margaret Moorhead Bolick. of this city, daugn- ter; and the plaintiff, a citizen ai Goldville. The sum of $250,000 is for the “great and irreparable loss and Friends of D. B. Smith,*managei t f jrna j» e " the survivors, the co of Belk’s. will be sorry to know he fund. Officers of the board were elected foi the ensuing year. e-t will <um- boys SMITH IN HOSPITAL T- is a patient in an Atlanta hospital Lowe, M. C. where he underwent a nasal oper ation yesterday. He expects to. re- Goldville: J. E. Evans and Furman mam in the hospital several days be- Nabors. i fore returning home. Mrs. Smith ac- are Hopewell: W. H. Bishop. - companied him. READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK They inform you as to chang ing prices, where you can sup ply your needs whatever they may be, where you can shop to advantage. BE WISE— ' READ THE ADS John Sloan, son of Mrs. E. B. Sloan 1 of this city, received his master’s de gree in mathematics Monday at Duke ; university in Durham, N. C., where I he was a'student the past year. Mr. , Sloan is spending the week with his I mother before returning to Duke to * attend summer school. College Summer School To Open Tuesday Summer school at Presbyterian college will open next Tuesday, June 15, to continue through August 14. Twenty-eight courses will be offered, i yith a large attendance expected, jfhe school will be headed by Dr. B. ,0. 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NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL 1. - Keep~d)p with entire rommun:'.v Bedcnbough Leaves Bush River Schools Te news of trns by, reading THE CHRONICLE It is the "fav -rite news- 3 ;) ni un j ,., e l t paper in hundreds of home read at , „ leisure by all members of trie family — We invite you to become a mem ber of our big family- the cost is less than 4c a week. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll th.s week: MRS CAROLUS DAVIS. Clinton? miss luva McDonald,— Iva. MRS BILL SNOW, Crest view, Fla. JEROME HOLCOMBE. West Clinton. Midget Boseboll To Start June 15 Two midget baseball leagues open June 15 to run during the mer months. The league for 9-12 years of agt w !l include Acad emy Street. Florida Street. Lydia and Thornwell schools. * The junior group, 13-17. will m- j dude the h.gh >. ho«il. Academy Street. Lydia a : 1 Flo: ia Street, it hos been announced by the directors. Plans are under way toToFm a girls softball league als - Trophies w.-T'Ehp given to the winner m each group and certificates awarded to each par- |ticipant. B*gys who plan to play a:e asked, to meet at the-place designat ed for the.r groups June 11 Florida Street and high s hi to.! t. one*’, .at Florida Street at 9 30 a.m , A a Jem) Street 51 10 DO, Lydia iu 30. ami Thornwell 4 00 Girls who plan to play softball disked t> meet at Florida Sleet are J Holland Beden nvug'i. after xerv- na as superintendent o’ the- Bush ' river school for 21 consecutive terms, has resigned his posit on and hrs a •- cepted work as head o' the I.an.r i .h ; schools in Spartanburg county Mr. Bedenbaugh taught at I’ -ma- ua prior to going to Bush R,;ver He . is a native t+f-Newberry county and la graduate of Newber. > cjlleje. \ I