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.V ~\ Pape Four THE CLII^ON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1949 Slip (Clinton (djrontrlp Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON. Assistant THE Published Every Thursday By CF'RONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2 00 .» Six Months $1.25 Er;t*M cd as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton. S. C.. under Act of Congress March 3, 18 7 9. The Chronicle seeks t le cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advuo. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when th.y are n t ot a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will r. ■ he not; ed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions </ its corrc-oondents. MEMBER: S HTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION NT ^ National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Yuik Ctticago Detroit , Rmudelphia Beta Sigma Phi, of Laurens, To Sponsor Easter Sale Campaign NO Beta I CLINTON. S. ( .. TIU'RSDAY, MARCH ’4, 1919 The Mandate Claim M.ich 'is heard from certain office- h> ,Ide:'s o! n 'Id.ng a "mandate'' from th e peo p!e to do or not do certain !h i n g >. It is a favorite argument of th j.-e iv ho are intent on doing certain • H a q :ind oftentimes is exaggerated : -emphasized. P.-ecc lent Truman m his recent 0.. nv.Vf.p ,r tor re-election stressed the a !. rv : .. ! rights legislation and pr leaded with dynamite. Af- W: : his . !r t.en he set out to put such !u. -i into effect but didn't r- U v i a . . .i> the 'expensive lilibuster t) i / V* , r. e. "or> and Republic.ans ■x. 1 ., : 1 !•• arming such legislation the Pr os ..it': it .-.i.u he had a mandate fr, n: t: ae people. But there were P' ir.Y » :her issues also in the presi- (it : i: i a! nmp.ii'gii which should not bo over. mked The forty million peo- P ' 1 ■’ \\ h ' . <ted tor Trumani and Dew- •y did > i because they were the I'nunees 1 ‘he Democratic and Re- nu parties. The civil rights I’.iiik i 'iitainecf in both platforms. ,vas put there to catch'votes. The ■•lection result was no mandate on h;> specific issue. The ’ President is " himself, but not the American For Secret Ballot | year, shows that more persons were | arrested and fingerprinted last year than in any other period. The facts contained in this report are startling and should be given the attention of every citizen. Mr. Hoover’s report showed that a serious crime occurred every 18.7 seconds in 1948. Can you take in such figures? An estimated 1,688,670 major crimes of felonious homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and auto theft oc curred last year, a 1.3 per cent in crease over 1947. Crime in rural areas was up 4.3 per cent over the previous year anii the rise in urban areas amounted to 0.3, There were 759,698 persons ar rested and fingerprinted, more than any other year on record, and the L. aurens county predominant age among those ar rested was 21. Of the total number of persons arrested 58 per cent (440.- 872) had records of prior crime. This shows where the all too common and Phi, has announced the fol-| dangerous practice of pardons and paroles is leading us. Of this number tnea -j e arrested 557.125 were white: 191.921 were Negroes; 6,846 Indians. 653 Chinese; 309 Japanese, and others tojaled .2.8^4 The report showed that crime has a tendency to fluctuate with the sea sons. Murders, rapes and felonious - Alpha Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi, of Laurens, will head the ^ 16th annual Easter Seal sale for Lau- & rens county, it has been announced by the executive director of the South Carolina division of the Na tional Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Thsi will be the first time that a sponsor for this campaign has been named in the county, and the sorority is looking forward to a successful drive, officers state. A goal of $1,000 has been set. Involving an estimated seven out ;•» of every 1,000 handicapped persons in South Carolina, the sponsoring >srority pointed out that the seal sale £ s part of a nationwide campaign to « pr vide funds, for the treatment of *!j the crippled. The Crippled Children’s :•] Society of Laurens C unfy is one of mo:e than 2,000 member units affili ated with the National society. The organization's 10-point pro gram of assistance covers: (1) hos pitalization (emergency), (2) medi cal treatment, (3) wheel chairs, brac es, crutches, (4 )artiticial limbs, (5) special food, special shoes, etc., (6) bedside teaching, (7) teaching the hcjnebound, (8) training for a job, (9) transportation, \ 10) prevention campaign. The 1949 seal bears the message, "Help Crippled Children!” The lit tle girl on the magenta seal, sup ported by canes, is silhouetted against a sunrise, symbol of future happi ness and a li e without her wooden props. These Easier £e&fls have been mailed to a number of’residents of the county during the past week. Al though receipts from the mail sale will be returned to the First Nation al Bank of South Carolina in Colum bia, they will be credited to the lo cal chapter as they are received. 1 has 39 active cases registered with the state board of health's division of crippled children, ages 7-16. Marion Walker, president of Beta; SPECIAL DAYS TO BUY *■ SHOP and SAVE MONEY at JOANNA EVERYDAY! :: ♦ # ♦ * ♦ # ♦ ♦ w #• :: i.i :r ♦ ♦ :: MEN’S SPRING SUITS S31.50 — S34.50 RED GOOSE SHOES Complete Line S1.75 - S5.95 MEN’S 2-PANTS SUITS At Special Price . S49.50 Joanna DRAPERY FABRICS S1.75 Yard 38-Inch Unbleached CURTAIN MATERIAL 17c Yard CHILDREN’S DRESSES S1.89 One loot of DRESS REMNANTS For Quick Clearance 39c Yard Special Lot MEN’S SHORTS AND UNDERSHIRTS 3 for S1.00 Tom Sawyer BOYS’SUITS Reduced For Quick Clearance Big Values in Our Grocery and Meat Departments ~JOANNA Open Every Week Day STORES Joanna, S. C. ft ft irrinniTiiiiifiiiifiiMim T -e!e ct Thomas Po; *) * of ie as>: aults are m >re frequent m the epr esentatives in speak ii i fT sun imer months and thos e reac bed :e c ub i:: Spartai i o ia r 11 16 hig h pe.i iks in June and July last !: ed himself as favo r- ve.i > ■p secret ballot .u sta tc C 'r.mes agains t property goner ally A:. 1 he called for ant ; - inci rea se in t!ie winter m onths, the !.!e • iiie registrati n legi >- rej.' j *• 4 <; ’■ lowed. December was thel .n]))Cir 1 y the se .ret ba i pea k mo: nth.lor robberies. and bur- g i a; ries ri cached top height s m F t J- C a. ’nk’lt has a d vacate ?d . ua ry am d March. lowing committees: Newspaper and' publicity, LeEllen Williams' and Lois Power; radio, Susan Hall;, counter displays, Carolyn Gilliland and Edith Curry; Laurens business ! establishments, Mary Alice Hudgens; Glass works and Hosiery mill, Lil lian Shell and Jane Griffin; Watts Mill. Ruth Armstrong; Laurens Mill, 1 Emily Brownlee; Clinton business es- tab shments, including Clinton. Ly dia and Joanna Mills. Elinor Shaw, Envly Brownlee; Ruth Armstrong. 7.1 year’s Easter Seal drive for the county opens April 1 and ends Easier Sunday, April 17. VO j\\ .fV mi uon via salute s anding ov ledge That r And At P i jpe. str’ Mr. Pope is right and has e t express his convic- .,e many other ottiee-hold- ■ nd d ige. He strikes us : tmnker, standing on his j.nd not f ollowing the crowd al support. shame and a disgrace thaf a. »man tann >t go to the y and vote their e.reoy. Managers at polls should of how an :ndi- .s ms or her sa- yet wnen such a ed in the general assem- . .ed” m the senate. Why? ntiniio to ask. no; acquainted with this but from reports we hear, r.g his record in the leg- - a’..:e. ho is the type man needed p.-ol.c service in our state. He ex- pt •' ’o offer for governor next year, it r.stated From where we sit he k' excellent timber for this .rr.purtant office. Why Add Insult Senator J.^hnston of this state, who did not vote in the recent presiden- ::a! election, climbed on the Tru man bandwagon as soon as it be came known in the late hgurs^ef the night that tne Missourian had been tiected. And likewise, he is a stout Barkley supporter, Mr. Truman’s righthand man. It will be recalled that Vice-Presi- eient Barkley declined an invitation to speak in Columbia recently. He had been mond to spend the night while in tne capita! at the “mansion.” At the last the speaker advised he was so busy he could not come to South Carolina. 'Che Vice-President is the gentleman who recently tried to force President Truman’s “civil” rights leg- . Cat urn on the South by his ruling In the senate that would deprive Southern senators of their right to) lilibuster, but in spite of his political ruling he lost. Mr. Barkley, after the discourteous Columbia incident, was invited by Senator Johnston to attend a VFW banquet to be held this week in Spartanburg. He notified the senator; that because of “pressing duties” in the senate he was unable to come. These startling figures, given by Mr. Hoover, should arouse us all. They indicate that the world is far from getting better and point out the importance of increasing and strengthening law enforcement ef forts in every corner of the nation. Bowling Tournament To Be Staged Next - Month At Joanna A meeting was held during the past week {o draw up plans for the bowling tournament to be held soon at Ioanna. J. G. Wmsper, manager of Joanna Stores, released the following state ment yesterday pertaining to the tournament. At a meeting Attended by Earl Smeath, bowling tournament chair man, John Ross and Lester Hair, methods were discussed and tha fol- ’ lowing plans adopted by unanimous consent of those present. It is asked that everyone interested in entering the Bowling Tournament leave their names at manager Nabors desk at the alleys. After all names have been submitted they will be, drawn out of a ballot box in pairs. The first two names drawn will bowl against* each other. The next two names drawn will roll each other, and so on down the line until the first round j has been completed. The name of the winners of the first round will then be placed in First Day of Spring Arrived Sunday Spring officially arrived Sunday! and a lovely day it was. The seasons are decided by astron- ! omy rather than the calendar. Spring j arrives the moment the vernal equi nox occurs, which was set at 5:49 p. { m. Sunday. The vernal equinox is, determined by the relative positions of the earth and sun. From now on the days will be longer, n;ghts short er, until the summer soltice, Junej 21, at 1:03 p.m. Spring arrived here! back in February, weather observers | noted, anc( then back-tracked as soon | as March showed up on the calendar the ballot box, and the same proce- nvited by Governor Thar- dure will be followed as that of the | first pairing. This will be continued until we reach the final two names and these two individuals will bowl, and the winner will be crowned the champion of the tournament. Each man bowling against his Opponent will bowl three games and the total pin fall will constitute the winner of that particular match. The entrance fee for the Tourna ment will be $1.00 plus the usual fee of 25c a game for bowling. The en tire entrance proceeds will be used to secure suitable trophies for the winner and runner-up in second and third places. It has been decided that April 9 will be the dead line for entering the elimination. The Tournament Why invite a man not in sympathy will then start the following Satur- w:th those principles for which our day, and run through every Saturday people strongly expressed their ap- until we reach the finals. * It was al- proval in the November presidential so decided that anyone living at Jo- election? Why insult the masses of anna and the surrounding commun- the people of our_ state? : ities will be eligible, to enter this * ^ Tournament, provided that the en- Crime On the Increase , trance fee of $1.00 reaches Mr. Na- Those who read the newspapers 1 ^ name will be are impressed with the alarming ^ f a .^® r H 131 date ' t The .,? ro f" wave of crime sweeping the country, i Tournament will be orobablv unnrecedented. ConditinnK.P. 11 ^ 1 ^ 1 ^. Z in the Joanna Observer and Laurens Advertiser. THE CHRONICLE probably unprecedented. Conditions-^,-- . r - - --r—— are growing from bad to worse, with ^ J N .!^* rry murder, crime and lawlessness ram pant. Such conditibns should be a LTc: °zen 0ncern ^ ^ ' aW ' abid '! Complete* Cover, Clinton’s Trade Edgar Hoover, director of the Fed- Area for Advertisers , eral Bureau of Investigation, in his There Is No Substitute for News- aruiual crime reports for the past] paper Advertising Gold Theatre JOANNA, S. C. Morning Shows—10 A. M. 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