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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, August 11, 1949
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iElir (Ulinton (Hhronirlr
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Ed;tor and Publisher
HARRY C. LAYTON. Assistant '
Published Every Thursday fey
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Reunion Is Held
At Tinsley Home
The annual reunion of the Tinsley.
Hawkins, Bobo and Yarborough fam
ilies, all descendants of the late Hi
ram Yarborough* was held Sunday at
the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Ho
mer Tinsley on the Clinton-Spartan-
burg highway, near Cross Anchor.
About one hundred memoers of the
families, including many out-of-town
guests, enjoyed a bounitful picnic
dinner. Later in- the afternoon about
25 friends, residents of Cross Anchor,
called.
Mountville School
Opens August 29
CLINTON. S. ( .. THURSDAY, AI GI ST 11. 1919
The Little Clints
I (so-called) party, and to unite the
Bp r „ , j people over the question of civil
T.ie C.m. >:i Little Leaguers, though rights and other controversial issues
t.ic> lost .ne championship game | n j w hich thev have refused to swalllow.
the final, state tourney game in
Charleston.
themselves.
gave a fine account of
Bus ;he visit and big show which
•cost $25 a plate fell flat—there was
inning o\e: several no rus h by South Carolinians to jump
strong teams in the preliminaries.;^ the Truman-Barkley bandwagon,
not even at 11 o'clock at night.
Now the designated leaders of the
Truman-McGrath party ^ire desper
ate. They are determined to bring the
President down for a visit to see if
he can get the “lion and the lamb"’
to lie down together The small group,
headed by Ashton Williamms, aided
by Williams and Collins, has kept the
road to Washington hot recently in
extending the president’s invitation
and talking about a big farmers
meeting planned in Dillon. They
bring back the cheering news to their
followers that the invitation may be
accepted a little later. And Mr. Wil-
The Garco team was to much for the
lad.- in the final tilt. I
The little Clints were given a big
welcome upon fheir return home, and
suffice to say, the youngsters got a
thrill out of entering tpe tourna- 1
men: that will always be a red-letter
experience in their lives. The boys'
put up a glorious fight and had many
baseball fans back home rooting for
them from first to last.
Mountville school will open the
1949-50 session on Monday morning,
August 29, at :845 o’clock.
The faculty is composed Of Mrs.
Olga Laramore, Mrs. L. H. Smith,
Mrs. Carl Wharton, Miss Mary Boyd,
Mrs. C. P Townsend, Mrs. Ellen
Hendricks, Mrs. Melvin Williams,
Mrs. Kermit Watson, Mrs. R. R
Burns. R. R. Burns is superintendent
*and Mrs. J. H. Shealy, music teacher.
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
TO MEET MONDAY
The Women of the Church and the
Circles of the First Presbyterian
church will meet jointly Monday eve
ning at eight o’clock in the church
parlors. All members are asked to be
present.
Local Hotel Interest
The announcement in The Chron
icle last week of the letting of a
contract for the new Community ho-^1
tel was one of general interest to the ^ ams an vi a Columbia lady, Mrs. Al-
public. Many expressions of such in- ^ son - have been notified that they
tereSd were h^ard by The Chronicle. wlU ^ invited to represent South
and the hope expressed that it will Carolina on the national executive
prove a valuable and profitable as- committee of the Democratic party
set for the community. The board of ^ or election of a successor to
directors has acted wisely thus far. McGrath as national chairman, since
we think. And while building is ex- ^ as been given a juicy political j
pected to start soon, there are many as a cabinet member. This gen-
problems and will no doubt be many Uonian is one of the strongest sup-
headaches before the job is com- porters of Truman s civil rights bill
pleted. The directors have a heavy ,n *^ e u^ole country,
respon.-ibihty to make the very best All of this means that the political!
investment possible for the stock- lines are being drawn tighter each
holders who are making the hotel day in the state and that next year 1
possible. When
i om pleted
the building job is will be a hot political year. There
is to be hoped that all may be two parties with tickets in j
an jgree that an important com- the field. The Truman Dem >crats
been well done. realize they are in a desperate situ-
ati >n in this state and it is doubtful
if they will be able to wiggle out.
The big test will come next spring
' when the time arrives for the reor-
drai
Let It Die
Unless an
| c.ovtM; ps. the
nK.npo .ver for
« t- U- i
year, it i
The draft measure snould be re
pealed. because it is not needed w hen
no war is imminent. There have been
n > draft calls.by the armed forces
s.n.e last Jamiary because there have
been sufficient voluntary enlistments.
unforseen
peacetime
the armed forces is
to expire June 25 of next
reported frjm Washington.
aruza:
n
he respective precinct
S.nce Williams, Williams and Col
lins have been recognized in the
state by the national chairman, it
may be expected that State Chairman
Rogers will issue a call for precinct
clubs to organize, and for county and
state conventions to be held. Of
« j course State Chairmna Baskin of the
M ith the increased pay now offered Demo-j-j*!-
in the various branches of service, a
continual flow of enlistments may be
expected.
party (anti-Truman)
will likew.se issue a call for the club
reorganization meetings. The States
Righters will, of course, answer the
We need to talk more of peace in call of chairman Baskin, and the
Washington and le^ about fighting. Truman supporters will heed the call
We doubt if an army could be draft- o( Chairman Rogers. The Truman
ed in the United States today because followers hope to avert this show-
public sentiment is united against down, that is why they are center-1
ing so much pressure on this state, j
that is why the proposal is made!
that the President come down for a ’
they are upset, uncertain and
another war.
Too Much Probation
The director of the South Carolina v ;S1 ,
probation, pardon and parole system a * ra ‘ a a » what will happen, and
.-ays that about 200 people, mostly ar f hoping .hey can perform a mir-
young men. are being placed on pro- t,c * e oe " ore next spring. \ ice-Presi-
betion by the courts each month. In hent Burk.ey couidn t perform the
cases -1 fir.->t offenders the judges m * raCie . nc,v ' they are hoping that j
often impose sentences on persons ihe President himself will beeper-
convicted of crimes and then, instead i to come down in the hope |
of sending them to prison, place them * na - ne m *3ht accomplish the mir-*
« probation, with probation officers a . ie - They will fail in the coming of j
keeping in touch with them to see Tiuman just as they did in
that they properly behave. The chair- bringing Mr. Bark.ey for his political
man of the board says their work i§ | hoo-pee. States Richters are not going
steadily increasing. Certainly, with ‘‘J be looied or converted by any such
more than 200 cases each month put high-pressure methods tjjey are de-
on probation for which the board is * erm * ne< ^, as they showed when they
responsible went t0 the ballot box — that they i
, , . ■ won't eat crow next year.
There is entirely loo much proba-;
tion, we think, too many sentences -he fur is going to fly. And the
are bejpg suspended by judges, short man who is going to be put on the
sentences are being given thole who s l )0 ‘ more than anyone else is Sena-
are sent to prison, and the way of * or Olin Johnston. Which way will
the law-breaker is made easier all be try to jump 0
the while. Many of these offenders Carolinians know where
go right back to their old habits, and Governor M^urmond stands. He re-
many of them are smart enough to tu sed to swallow the dangerous Tru-
keep the probation board from know- 01311 platform and policies—he does
ing how they are conducting them- not belong to the Williams and Wil-
selves. Too frequently reports state li ao3 s and Collins party which is the
that the person held for a crime has parly of McGrath. Mr. Truman, the
been put on probation, or has a crim- dynamite-loaded FEPC and the Har-,
inal record and has been pardoned by lemites.
a generous governor. The wave of *
crime over the country is appalling. 1413 Claims Handled
It almost makes cold chills run down
one’s back to read the front page of In June flt Local
the daily papers, crime, murder, rob- Fmninuiwziiifr
bery, rape, fighting, stealing and oth- employment UtflCC
er atrocious crimes. This generous " .
brushing aside of court sentences is S ^ cia ‘ ^ The Chronicle,
having an unwholesome effect and is 1 Columbia, Aug. 10. — Unemploy-
a detriment to law respect. The way | me J lt compensation claims received
to check crime is to make punish- ji 1 i 003 ! offices of the South Carolina
ment sure and heavy. The way of the Employment Security commission
criminal should never be made easy. , , the month of June totalled
This p r otection is due the public by l 0 - 39 initial claims for unemploy-
our courts. ment compensation and 55^853 con-
— m tinued claims, according to figures
-f-i _ n | rrxma released this week by the research
I nC KeOl I 651 I O V*0m6 and statistics division of the commis-
A few weeks ago the Truman lead- sion.
ers in the state brought Vice-Presi-; In the Clinton office of the corn-
dent Barkley down to Columbia for mission, which serves all of Laurens
an address. It was a political visit,
the object being two-fold, to raise
mnoey for the national Democratic
A
county, initial claims filed came to
220, while continued compensation
claims numbered 1,193.
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