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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLVIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, December 30, 1948 Number 53 UPSET ELECTION OF HARRY TRUMAN BIG'« HEADLINER President's Defeat of Dewey Tops All News Stories. Editors Vote Cotton Production In County Shows Increase Over 1947 The official census cotton ginning report shows that 17,727 bales of cot ton were ginned in Laurens county from the 1948 crop prior to Decern-, ber 1, as compared with 11,914 bales for the crop of 1947 for the same, 1 date. This indicates an increase of | ! 5,813 bales. 'Battle of Berlin'Second. 1 in 1909 the county had 101,829 a , acres planted in cotton, averaging By PAUL R. MICKELSON. I 181 P°“" ds °' li "' P er ‘‘"'f P r ° du '- Cnera. N.»a Editor* th. Aaaoci- 3W66 bales ^ *even out of the 10 biggest head-, acres in cultivation, averaging 235, ~ ' — concerned fomgn news Pounds of hnt per acre, producing lines of 1948 uoioc but the one that topped them all was 1)1 ^ Dai ®s- ever the classic American story of: . 1 ‘‘ e y eai , , ... au a •_ . A.i 4-r.rry Miccmiri yield per acre of 411 pounds lint, who u™et e^erT prediction'to hold j Producing 37.0*0 bales from 43.800 on to the biggest jSb in the world, j Harry S. Truman’s mother said he "J 6 farmer had 58 - l) ‘- 9 le ss acres always ploughed a straight furrow Panted and Produced on , 1,566 as a country lad. and the one helbales less than the 1909 planted acres ploughed straight into the hearts ot of ,‘ J ' -. 1940 had the highest millions by his winning fight for re- In 1947 there were 32,500 acres election to the • presidency ot the P la "»<; d o cotton, averaging 228 United Stales never will be frogotten ^unds of hnt per acre producing ih American politics. For human in-i 15 ' 580 8ale f, The year 18 f, 8ad the lerest in this nation’s publications,, ^ a > lest c » t,on ac ;f| a , 3 ?’ 800 ’ you can t beat the story of the under- > £ * - dog who won out against terrific; ^ arges \ c0 ^ acreage sfnce 1909 odds. President Truman’s victory | was just that kind of a triumph, as producing 51,200 bales. In 1931 there close as it was, and editors of Asso-!’™' “i? 00 acr f P lanted to cotton, elated Press newspapers voted over-,™ h s Per whelmingly for it as story No. 1 in acre * P ro ducmg 43,401) bales the annual poll. As he fought and won re-election, The value of cotton for South Car olina in 1940 was $41,364,193 as com- • » av. v, ™ ..m^ieoKTo mairtri ’' P ared to $90,593,993 for 1945. The carrying with him workable majori-1 ^ A * AU a;^ Tv.,»• asr in ! valu e of cotton seed in 1940 for the ties for the Democratic party in both, state was as compared to i branches of congress, President Tru $18il 3 810 9 for 1945 The value of ; man vl rou e 15 , , , - . , dairy products sold in the state in tne century. In the dust of defeat, he «3 9 76 757 aq comnar ed to left once over-optimistic Republicans com P ared lo wrangling among themselves and > ’ figures released expert political poll takers, who pre- ine aDove - n g ures . released Here we are again with the sun rising upon a brand- new year. Our entire staff joins in wishing everything good for our large family of readers and customers in 1949. *• • *7Ae CltAonicle “Your Family Newspaper” W. M. Scott Passes At Easley Home, Last Rites At St. Charles William Marion Scott, known here | by a number of acquaintances, died at his home in Easley last Saturday j after a period of declining health-! The .funeral services were held in the auditorium of the Easley high school Sunday morning by his pas tor, Rev. I. M. Bagnal of the Presby terian church of which the deceased was a ruling elder. Interment fol lowed in the family plot of the Mount , Zion Presbyterian church cemetery near St. Charles in Sumter county. Mr. Scott had served as superin tendent of the Easley schools for the past 25 year 4 ?: Mr. Scott married Miss Dorothy .Owens of this city in 1914, a daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Ed gar Owens, one of the community's pioneer and beloved families. In ad- , dition to his widow, he is survived by one son, William M. Scott, Jr., of Easley; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy i Scott Carr of Charleston, and Miss Mary Scott of Easley; two grandchil- 10 TOP STATE NEWS STORIES CITED FOR YEAR Revolt From National Democratic Party Led the List. Other Top Events Given. Columbia, Dec 27.--Revolt of the Democratic party of South Carolina against the National Democrat!' party, the first time .since 1860, let*, the top news stories of the year in South Carolina. The final result of this action has not been seen yet. Other Jop stories of the year in the, order of the.r importance as selected by Columbia reporters are: —Negroes vote generally for firsT time in the Democratic primaries in South Carolina upon direction of U S. court. 3—Supreme court restores J Stan- Delegotion Holds Meeting Concerning County Rood Problems -h er-tl-ru^iifd37,300,000 Families and decided loss ot prest.ge. .agriculture. The editors voted the “Battle for _ . _ Berlin” the second biggest story of $75,000 County the year. Jhere was millions of un-1 -p a . n derdogsTn Berlin, too, but there was! I OXCS /N^Oy D6 no victory. The devastated city o* Unooid At Year End 3,000,000 was a symbolic* prize in thej Un P a,a MT 1 ear Cna cold war* between Russia and the Western Allies. Approximately $75,000 in county _ . . . .. , ... . , and school district taxes may remain , Caught 1 " the ^ astatl0 "° f li ^J r, i unpaid December 31 unless taxpay-1 The bureau said the families in- \»7 Ug A a vfl 6 ak . e j . f ~ ers make an unexpected rush to pay j eluded 34,000,000 married couples. West fight over the standard of mon- moment, it was esti- In about 5,000,000 cases-roughly 4 ey to be used, the rubble heap city 1 was staggered in June when the Rus sians imposed the excruciating block ade of Berlin. Blaming it on “techni- dren; two brothers, J. W. Scott of St. ' ev Williamson to h;s former pos - Charles, and Ben F. Scott of Green- t‘ o n as chief highwjy commissionet ville; one sister, Mrs. A. K. Weldon ^—Supreme court rules that the of Bishopville. $ 700 legislative extra pay is uncon- ^ j stitutional. '5—U. S Senator Burnet R. May- bank reelected in first Demoerati: primary over four opponents. 6—Revolt against the Demoeratii party of South Carolina by Anderson and Spartanburg counties. A meeting between the county 7—Voters overwhelm.ngly approve delegation and officials of the state l g ran tj n g 0 f divorces in the state, highway department was held in 8—The rise and fall of the South Laurens last week, the meeting be- Carolina National Democratic party ing described as “successful” by .Sen- 1 g_Two public hydro-electric pn»- ator Ralph T. Wilson v elected in this jects gain headway, summer's primary for a four-year. 10 — Santee-Cooper loses fight to 1 term. b U y South Carolina Power company | The two groups went over the a t Charleston. | problem of unpaved state highways, The Democratic party of South in Laurens county and discussed Carolina served notice on the Na- i them at length, the senator said. ' tional Democratic convention in Senator Wilson quoted the high- Philadelphia that it would bolt tha Washington. — The census bureau Captain Casper W. Hallman, for- vv ’ a ^. "^ 1 ' ia * s sa ^ mg tha j tde plan party if President Truman were here reported there were 37,000,000 merly of this city, assistant supply ° * e co ^ niV nundmg roads and be- nominated or any other person adv >- ■ famliies in the U. S. in April, 1948. j officer for the 52nd medium port at lng reimbursed for them later was eating his civil rights pproposal. The average-size family had 3 6 headquarters, Philippines command UMUSUa ut that 11 be done This was a mandate from the state nere^ns Forty-eight Ar cent of the ™ has returned to the Unit- irr case f- ^ w / L * on said the convention and later the state Demo- families had y no 8 children under 81 States for reassignment at the count y h( \P es to topsoil some of the eratic executive committee instructe i families had no children unde 8 Murphy General hospital in Wal- s . tate . roads and have the highway electors to support Governor J. Stron by Census Reports 37,300,000 Fom In United States Captain Hallman Returns To States From Manila living with them. tham, Mass., following completion of de P artmen t surface them later. a two-year tour of duty with the • U. S army in the Philippines Lost RitCS Held For Capt. Hallman entered the army in mated yesterday by County Treas-, out o{ 1°°—either the husband or J 4 _ it rTmn CAp W3r t Pa James ErskinP Kniaht urer Sam M Leaman w ‘Ie had been married more than February 1941 at Camp Stewart, Ga. sanies CrSKine l^nignr He served in Europe during the war. ♦ , ,, and was chief of supply and service James Erskine Knight. 54, died y ears ^®$ roes v , ot f d ^ ener ; ,: / ' Those who fail to make the De- once Thurmond and Governor Wright ot Mississippi ?or the presidency on the ( Slates Rights party ticket. The state'. eight votes went to the Thurmond- | Wright ticket. For the first time in more than 50 cember deadline, he pointed out, are | The figures, obtained by a sample a . p . Hamilton N t-irov chnwori 2,500,000 families; ’ i cal difficulties,” though it was a coun- „ : d . ’ t , - urv _ v showed ^ ter thrust against the western cur- ^ h . leaving for assignment rency reform to end inflation which al,y , du " n * J a "dary p The penalty, were doubling up on living quarters , nes m November , 04 ^ ,. nianc fho rises tw0 P 61 " cent ^ eb ' ^ to three wl f b someone else ’or occupying wrec ins recovery p , per cent ^j arc h and seven per. “transient hotels and lodging houses.” was Capt. Hallman cent April 1 and stays at that rate The median age of family heads on * be re - urn tr 'P Russians shut the rail lines entering Berlin from the west. The situation un ^j Xpril 15 when executions go was 45 years—half were older, half 8 -year-old daughter, Kitty Lu. on . . . n . - ^ 1 - the army transport General Weigel. tlst church, with Rev. J but one answer. Unwilling to, afternoon from the Hurricane Bap- , , . . 4 H D i rr is P art y membership is on appeal to th- the officiating min.ster. Interment Federal Circuit Court of Aptieals The third on the list is the decision Survivors include his widow, Mrs the state supreme cour* restoring left uui viic anorvti. ^t” 1 into effect. ’ younger than that. About one in five .. . pus afme convoys o PP a The treasurer stated that of the of all family heads was a man who 15 tbe son ^ r - and ^ rs - C- W. f , ; n p m . acruss the Soviet tmes. the W«terp :approximatel y M#5>00# to be c0 |. had serve d in World War II. : Hallman of Batesburg Mrs. Hallman ,9 cr„ d „ r . k Cem a y Allies took to the air. The famous. |ected thls y ' ear {227,000 had already; Nine-tenths of the entire U. S.|“ 180 former Mi^s Frances Dutton E ' K '"'l“ de h ‘ s w,dow ’ j. Stanley Williamson to his torme story^abou^ H'and^he^battle 3 for the deen i " and S100.000. .April population of 145.000,000 were -is city. daughter W -E and B J. Knight a“S “ .'W h '* h » city was as exciting as prospects for ed b Frid nj h , ond-child or husband-and-wife fam- C. rv :,. A f peace were sad. J Taxpayers have been unusually: ilies. ipeCIQl ierVICB At “About 8,200,000 were living as in- Methodist Church this year, Mr. Leaman said. Winning thir* place in the poll of! ma^ their remittances the big newspaper stories oJ 1949 was ^ r the birth of a nation. Clearly victorious in bitter fighting and sniping that saw Count Folke ChristmOS Seal Sole Bemadotte, United Nations peace , d L* J rk i. envoy to Palestine, fall to assassin Logs behind ^UOtO bullets, the state of Israel was born | ♦ in a proclamation of independence.! Leaders in the 1948 TB Christmas It was the first Hebrew nation in Seal sale report that the Clinton area 2,000 years, but strife seems to be a is about $100 short of the $2,000 never-ending lot for the new nation, quota. While the campaign is con I dividuals not in families and about .1,300,000 were inmates of institu- 1 M rs. Evelyn Mims, all of near here; three brothers, Jeff N. Knight of Co lumbia, Clarence Knight of Char lotte, and Rutledge Knight of Green wood. tions,” the bureau reported. Citizens Roys Regular Dividend The Citizens Federal Savings and! cburc fi- Dr. Jacobs Becomes A special watch night service will- be held at Broad Street Methodist church Friday evening, New Year’s eve from ii.ts to i2 o’clock The Clinton Resident i public is cordially invited to attend. ( I The service is sponsored by the Se- ' nior Young People’s group of the sioner, pointing out that his discharge by the hghway commission last yea; was invalid. The highway 'ccmmissioon then named C. R. McMillan as executive secretary of the commission. Wii- ! liamson failed to return to fhe ot- ! fice and later resigned while m South America . A ruling by the Supreme Court a special court—that the $700 extn Dr Tljornwell Jacobs, a resident pay voted by the Legislature las. iOt Atlanta, Ga., for many years, and year was fi’egal should hold fourth a i cni_- . .c. .x „ 1 a frequent visitor here, has moved ni-, ( .p the list When »he Loan association of this city, will pay This evening (Thursday) a party to tde Clty for h s fLJture res den platt 011 tne llst When he regulJ A little brown man entered his 1 ducted throughout the nation from | its usual dividend as previously an- 1 will be given at the home of Mr. and He will make hiV"home wit'h'"hrs"*ne- t0Ur * fiisqualified itself be aus prayer meeting grounds in India, i Thanksgiving day to Christmas, the; nounced by the board of directors, on ; Mrs. Lewis Pitts for the Senior p hew, J F Jacobs and Mrs J u-obi looked at his watch and said when a final report for the local drive is be-| December 31, at the rate of 3 per Young People of the church. Mem- and d is friends will be nte es'ed t > man saluted him: “Today I am unusually late.” ing withheld until New Year’s day cent per annum, to give those who overlooked making The dividend to be distributed a further oppor- amounts to $21,222.68. He raised one hand to give the their contribution man a blessing when the assassin be- tunity to do so. gan to shoot. Three shots rang out. j It is hoped that every Clintonian ... . - . _ . One punctured his bare chest and who has carelessly neglected the MlSS bumorol 10 Join found his heart. Death came quickly matter will mail the contribution m, ; /* r p pr| •|| p f'knrrli to the emaciated body of Mohandas so that the fight against tuberculosis 'J'Ceiiyilie V*nurcil Gandhi, apostle of non violence and | in Laurens county will not be ham- peace to India’s millions, less than pered during the coming year, a year after he had achieved hisj —: bers between the ages of 16 and 24 knuw he has returned to “his first are invited to attend and each per- i ove •> son may bring a guest. , Dr j ac()bSt a native Clintonian, is a son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Wil- Schools To Reopen Following Holidays his time* writing. life’s main goal of India’s indegen- q . U M F dence for the teeming sub-continent ierVICCS NelQ rOT irf India. It happened January 30 Codv Infant and the story of the tragedy, voted ' the fourth biggest story of the year, '49 Cily Licenses Due This Month was reflected in headlines through- 1 Graveside funeral services were i¥ u SS oumcm is spending me nuu- >ut 1948 ° be ^ d bere yesterday afternoon at 3 dayss at home with her parents, Mr. The American dollar also fought' °’ clo S. k at the Presbyterian cemetery and Mrs. W. Sumerel. She will, along the cold war front in 1948 and > Ge ° rg ® Cody ’ il” *^ ant enter upon her new work Januar y l - (oughf what appeared to be in the: “ r - and closing months of the year an aU-i Dr - D ' 3 Woads was ln charse ,he winning battle. The Marshall Plan, Wlth "’ornm, at a York hospital, lived was a continuing story that won , F , many headlines and many Russian on ^ a . ew JU !?’k ^ Affh 68 ' 1 n Aa vA? w Lw! one sister, Katherine. Mrs. Cody was | firms repoVt a big Christmas busi- fifth spot in the year s best news before marria g e Miss Rosa Bailey | ness several days preceding Christ- stones. • , rx.,. j *-*- -* •*» - * mas and right on through Christmas J eve, which was the busiest day. Sev- Miss Virginia Sumerel, for the past The Clinton city schools, white and l two years minister of music and edu- colored, will reopen next Monday ] cational director of the First Baptist morning follow.ng the holiday pe- church in Chester, has resigned to riod. The orphanage schools will also 1 accept a similar position with the reopen on Monday. . ^ ^ (San Souci Baptist church in Green-1 Presbyterian college will begin its' The 1949 bu^ ness 1 ensc o>ii j ville. j new work next Tuesday morning. nancei as passed recently by Miss Sumerel is spending the holi- | council, contains only a few minor city stories The continuing story listed in — f .... . ... .. place in 1948 was the top subject of thi * headline writers in 1947. tt was the cost of living and inflation. There was no letup in inflation this year. Some food prices dropped ever so slightly while costs of almost every thing else kept skyrocketing. How ever, news gets old quickly in Amer ica. High costs were "old stuff” com paratively, so the champ headline winner of a year ago fell far behind in the shuffle for news. f All year Associated Press reporters, most of them working under the worst possible conditions, won little space in American newspapers as they told the story of the swift pace of Communist hordes in China. But (Continued on page two) service. i Merchants Report Good The child, born early yesterday C h r j stmas JusineSS Clinton merchants and business- sixth f Little , dau 8hter of Mrs. Arthur P. : mas and right on through Christmas FOOD Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Grocery and Market News in THE CHRONtTCLE every week from leading food stores in the city. Read the advertisements — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can buy to advantage. eral merchants interviewed said that there was heavy buying through the entire holiday season. Hamilton's Now In New Location The well known Hamilton’s- firm moved this week from their former location into the store room until re cently-occupied by the Citizens Fed eral Savings and Loan association. The building has been renovated and remodeled throughout. New fix tures have been installed and their { new home is an unusually ettractivef and well arranged jewelry store. members were legislators r previous years when extra pay wa» voted Governor Thurmond named i special court which held the extn money was. illegally appropriated Many have returned the money but a large numer had failed to maka a move along , this line. Sen. Maybank surpt.sed Sout Carolinians when he walked away 'with the Democratic re-nominatioii in the first primary over four op ponents, Bryan Dorn of Greenwood. Neville Bennet of Clio, Alan John stone of Newberry and Mareu> Stone of Florence. Maybank had majority of about.10.000 votes whe the final returns were reported. The Democratic party of Sout i TELL IT TO THE WORLD The first rule of salesman ship is that if you have any thing to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell it to the world! That, in Clinton’s trade arear- means to advertise it in THE CHRONICLE. Every week this paper goes into the homes of the residents of Clinton, West Clinton, Lydia Mills, Goldville and the rural sections of this community where your pros J pective 1949 customers reside. The mor* people you tell, the more you will aell! The most successful Clinton firms in 1949 will be those who through effective advertising tell the buying public each week of changing prices, what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, the services they are prepared to give. Advertising in THE CHRON ICLE brings customers to your store. out a license. changes. It appears in The Chroni-‘Carolina had the tables turmxl on cle today for the information of local 11 wh en two" large counties refused firms. T to follow- its teachings and revolted All licenses become due January 1, a *4 a inst the, state p rt/T '"giving a and must be paid on or before Jan- majority of their votes to the Na- uary 31. tional Democratic nominees, Presi- After January 31 a 10 per cent dent'Truman and Senator Baarkley penalty will be added on unpaid li- Thls ‘•'ame as a surpprtse to party censes, with final action by the police Baders as Anderson county gave department February 15 against firms Truman 2.581 votes to Thurmond's or individuals doing business with- and Spartanburg gave 6,741 votes to Truman while giving Thur mond only 4,660 All other'countiey gave Thurmond a majority ...South Carolina will relinquish its record as the only state in the nation . prohibiting divorces if the Legisla ture follows the mandate of tne peo ple. The voters voted overwhel mingly to amend the Constitution so as to permit divorces in the state The Legislature must ratify this aca- tion and then pass the necessary leg islation to permit divorces The National Demcoratic party in South Carolina succeded in garn ering about 33,000 votes for Presi dent Truman. However, little has been heard from the organization since that time. A reliable source ip Washington told this reporter (Continued on page two) NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Welcome and thanks to these new subscribers pn our Honor Roll this week' MRS R. O. ROSS', .. South Bend, Ind. MRS. LOREE C. BURGESS, Clinton. MRS. LOWELL McCALL, MRS J. E. LlPSEY, West Clinton. LUTHER COTHRAN, MISS PEGGY BALLARD, South Clinton. —4