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Volume XLVIII
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 10, 1948
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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
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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.
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FOR MAYOR
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Bishop ....
151
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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
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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.
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Ward Three
66
46
135
42
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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.
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John Sloan, son of Mrs. E. B. Sloan 1
of this city, received his master’s de
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; 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.
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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.
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