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THE CLII^ON CHRONICLE
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1949
Slip (Clinton (djrontrlp
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY C. LAYTON. Assistant
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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
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.i> the 'expensive lilibuster
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r. e. "or> and Republic.ans
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!•• 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-
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. <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;
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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
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STORES
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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.
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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
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Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Matinee—3 P. M.
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Night Shows—6:30 and 8:30
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Children under 12—9c
Thur.-Fri. March 24-25
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Saturday March 26
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Also—Chapters 2 and 3
Congo Bill
Mon.-Tues. March 28-29
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Wednesday March 30
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