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~1 !*. Tape Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 1919 CITY SHOE SHOP Pitts Street Expert Shoe Repairing > .. Clinton and Goldville S. I). Dawkins & Sons CHIEF CONCERN OF ASSEMBLY TO BE S. C. ELECTION LAWS Columbia. Jan. 11.—Election , laws Benjamin Franklin Was Broadminded Thinker ^ so well as he how to pull the wires DO YOU HAVE PROPER FIRE PROTECTION? Is your coverage adequate? Should you soCTer a disastrous fire would your insurance cover your loss? Think this over. See os for all kinds of Insurance, Surety Ronds and Real Estate. We invite your business. ' * e CLINTON REALTY & INSURANCE CO. B. Hubert Boyd Phone 6 Even the inde^x to the Encyclopaed- “Nobody could approach him With- of public opinion and make use of ia Britannica reveals the remarkable out bein£ charmed by his conserva- newspapers, secret societies and ac,a- versatility of Franklin. References to tion, his humor, wisdom and kind- demies,” the Britannica asserts. He*)^ are f<j U nd in such articles as ness,” the Britannica' relates. ‘‘He ! served his country as a member of that on the American Philosophical had a way of telling stories that de- . . • , congress, postmaster general, minis- Society, an outgrowth of a club he lighted all his.friends and was well bid fair to be a ch,ief concern of the 17 '.V‘ ter t0 , f! ran f- and dcle g ate to the founde d. and the oldest scientific liked by the ladies because he seemed 88th general assembly which opened ' constltutlonal convention. {association in the United States; and equally to enjoy listening to them.” here Tuesday. ' think™*? hk day” in thP p.tima ‘‘ He was the first American econ- listed under his name he found ”De- When he died in 1790, at the age Because this will be an off-year : inn d f thp k n P v n 1 n n a pH i •, Rr i tnn n i r •. omist ’ a distinguished political think- cldrtUion of Independerrt'e;” which he of 84, “the whole civilized world was fo• rejections, it is entirely possible Thp /"It Edition of the R itanni' er ’ and a fmi ttul social reformer,” corrected; “glass harmonica^’ a mus- moved by the disappearance exf the that legislative action might be post- ‘nhikheH in i-fia vL-hon Franklin, sa >’ s the Britannica. “He was always leal instrument he invented; and “Un- old sage who had done so much ca. DUblisned in ■ c p —-er, less abstract and more prac- iversity of Pennsylvannia,” which he good during his long life,” Britannica helped to establish. concludes. ca, published in 1768 when Franklin * poned ifntil 1950. was 62 devoted many oases to his cieare c. | Sbme action must come before the discoveries in the field of electricity. tlc * al than the, theorists he followed. ,1950 Democratic primacy and gen- And today( isf years later. Frank-: .era! election, however, if present lin is still prai^ by the reference t laws and conditions are to be altered work for his cre ative mind, his prac- I There are two legislative sessions ^j ca i good sense and his humanitari- ! therefore in which to get the job an i sm J done. Plenty of opportunity will be | “Other men may have been greate? 1 afforded for careful and deliberate but very few have been more hu-1 consideration of the matter. man, the Britannica points out. | At the moment, there is strong “Franklin’s achievements are so sentiment for an Australian type se- g rea t and so numerous that it is im- cret ballot in general elections. possible to sum up all of them.” Under present laws, a secret bal- Britannica adds. His scientific inter lot of that type is not provided, al- ran g e d from his theory of elec- j though the state supreme court .has speculations of the nature held that the ballot in South Caro- 0 f earthquakes, and the Aurora Bor- lina actually is a “secret one. ealis, the origin of the common cold South Carolina probably is the and the causes and cures of smoky J only state that does not make avail- chimneys. t able a single general election ballot. Although he hoped to see Ameri- where election to public office is con- can development within the British cerhed. Political parties and groups empire, he threw all his energies in- | print and distribute their own bal- )t0 the colonial cause when his first! lots - ' hopes proved impossible. The system has been criticized in 1 Harry is a popular PARTY LINER it :: t: $ :: 8 V :: BENJAMIN & SONS PLUMBING •••And*** HEATING SERVICE Telephone 117 WE ARE HUNTING TROUBLE • * * • * #% •• •«'»« #• * • • • • « #« #V* varying degree for a long time but M little ever has been done to bring % about a change. Now, the situation y. may be different. :: Political events last year spotLight- t| ed the situation and built up much sentiment for a single ballot law.. A big factor was the possibility at one time that lack of such a law would' keep the national Democratic ticket out of the field in South Carolina. What may count more than any thing else to make the general as sembly do something is the 1948 state Democdatic convention’s endorse- S. ment of the Australian ballot. 1 “Nobody in the 18th century knew Coal Plenty on/hand, all screened. Weights and price guaranteed. H. J. PITTS - STORE Dr. Felder Smith Optometrist Laurens, S. C. 126 EAST MAIN STREET South Side Public Square HOURS FOR EYE EXAMINATIONS: 9:00 to 5:30 Wednesdays 9:00 to 12:30 Phone 794 for Appointment TAILOR SHOP Alterations Pockets Zippers Dyeing PHONE 615 MOBILOIL Gas and Oil Complete Line Groceries CHARLIE NABORS Main Street / I ■ I | KEEP YOUR ! CAR I IN TIP-TOP ! CONDITION I OUR EXPERT j MECHANICS i : ARE AT VOUR i \ SERVICE J COOPER MOTOR CO. 1 West Main Street « Phone 515 . % * 1 ■ 1 m 1 m I m I ■ 1 m I Governor J. Strom Thurmond, who was' the States Rights Democratic j presidential candidate and who wonj the state’s eight electoral college' votes, twice has recommended the Australian ballot to the general as sembly. He is expected to repeat that rec ommendation this year. 1 In the heat of the political cam- t paign last year, Thurmond was criti- I c;zed in some quarters for not call- j ing an extra legislative session to , consider the matter. The critics contended he was un- , interested then in an effort to effect, a change from the system by which ' they insisted he gained a big advan- 1 tage. The regular Democratic ballot in the state was a Thurmond ballot. There could be no assurance, how ever, that the lawmakers would have acted if Thurmond had called them. There was nothing to compel them even to consider the matter and they had tailed twice to do anything about i his recommendation. What feeble legislative moves there were for an Australian ballot got scant attention in the 1947 and 1948 sessions because of the Negro suit to gain Democratic primary voting priv ileges. State Democratic officials argued effectively that a single ballot statute would tie the party in with state law by necessarily stipulating how po litical groups should certify their candidates for appearance on the ballot. The federal courts now have held, however, that Negroes are entitled to vote in state Democratic primaries. | These primaries are part of the elec-. 1 tion machinery, the decision says,, even though they in no way are gov erned by state law. The poll tax payment requirement 1 for general election voting by men. between 21 and 60 also may come in for attention. , Its abolition also has been advo- ) cated by Thurmond who undoubted ly will renew the recommendation. Repeal of the requirement, which would take a constitutional amend ment, might spike some of the fed- I eral anti-poll tax law argument. Even should the general assembly act this year to submit a constitu-* tional amendment calling for rep>eai of the requirement, repeal could not possibly become effective until 1951. The proposed amendment would have to be voted on ia the 1950 general election and would have to gain leg- ^ islative ratificatiurrsubsequently. A proposal to submit such an amendnpent to referendum was 'de feated in the .1 mse of representa- : lives in 1947. , There is sentiment too for a dif ferent system of registration, pos sibly of a permanent type. Also, there is some demand for additional vot ing qualifications. These latter two topics do not at-, tract the interest and attention cent ered in he single ballot and poll tax requirement, however, but any ac tion on them would be significant. Since the federal court decision opening the Democratic primaries to Negro voters, legislative observers see strong likelihood of action on some kind of primary laws. There is fhe possibility of a proposal to make 1 them conform in every respect to the | general election laws. In this connection, however, U. S District Judge J. Waties Waring’s lat est decision that Negroes are entit led to full state Democratic party membership privileges ip pending appeal to higher courts. Until a final decision is reached, the general assembly hardly would be likely to.act in the situation. For that reason, if fo no other, any steps to enact primary laws might not be forthcoming at any early time. 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