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1 ■f ' l l 'r , A • * THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable alto? Cltnlmt If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 9, 1950 Number 10 JUDGE JOHNSON TAKES SLAP AT PARDONJAWS Asks Pertinent Question Regarding Eligible Pa roles for Murderers. Charleston, March 6. — Judge J. Henry Johnson of Allendale took j a slap at state pardon and parole laws and at the lack of auithority delegat ed to South Carolina circuit judges in a 55-minute charge to the county grand jury which today opened the March term of general sessions court. Judge Johnson also touched off political trends in national govern ment, on the FEPC and on the advo cates of racial intermarriage and abolition of segregation. “Why should a man convicted of murder, the wilful, deliberate slay ing of another man, be eligible for parole in 10 years?” the judge ask ed. Pointing out that his remarks were not intended as criticism of pardon and parole board members but of the state laws, he said: “Some effort (by legislators) is made each year to lower the length of time a man' must serve for the most vile crimes.” On the subject of the authority of circuit judges, he said that in South Carolina a “circuit judge does not •have as much power and authority as a tv umpire in a baseball game.” Speaking of “minority groups” and their effects on national government, Judge Johnson declared: “The people who would abolish laws preventing marriage between whites and Negroes would destroy both races.” Of the FEPC he said: “I don’t like to talk about it be cause each time I do it sends my blood pressure up 30 points. They talk about the civil rights of em ployees but not of the civil rights of employers.” Democratic Clubs Of County Will Reorganize March 25 The machinery for holding year’s Democratic primary South- Carolina will be set in mo tion on Saturday afternoon, March 25, when the Democratic clubs of the county will meet for the pur pose of reorganization. The call has been issued by J. P. Sloan, of this city, county chairman. In accordance with the power of Rules 5 and 60, of the Democratic party, notice is given that the Dem ocratic clubs of the county shall meet at their usual meeting places at 3/p. m. on the above date for the purpose of reorganization. Each club will elect the following offi cers: President, vice-president, sec retary-treasurer, county executive committeeman, enrollment commit tee, and delegates to the county convention. Delegates are to be elected on the basis of one for ev ery twenty-five votes cast in the first primary in 1948. The county convention will be held on April 3, the state convention is schedul ed to be held in Columbia April 19. It will name state party offi cers for another two years and ar range for the pre-primary cam paign. — The first primary this year is scheduled for July 11, but this date could be changed by the conven tion. Also enrollment dates could be changed. Now, the schedule calls for club enrollment books to open April 25 and close May 23. Exchange Clubs To Sponsor County Drive For 1950 Easter Sale Mrs. George F. Little, Jr., of Lau rens, has be^n appointed chairman of the 17th annual Easter Seal campaign in Laurens county it is announced^ by the Laurens county I Society for crippled children and j adults. $285,000 SPENT FOR COUNTY WELFARE IN 7-M0NTH PERIOD $8,517,893 Distributed In the State During Same Period. The 1950 campaign will open ! ■+- Thursday, March 9 and will con-1 Special to The Chronicle, elude on Easter Sunday, April 9. | Columbia, March 8 —The total (according to the announcement. 'spent in Laurens county on public The campaign is being sponsored welfare assistance during the first in Laurens by the Exchange club, seven months of the 1949-50 fiscal and in Clinton also,by the Exchange year was $285,021, according to * club. The county quota is $2,200, (report of the South Carolina Depart- Mrs. Little has long been prom- ment of Public Welfare. The total inent in the county’s civic life and ; is a leader in work on behalf of the crippled. The local Easter Seal campaign, part of the nationwide annual drive to raise funds for crippled chil dren and adults, is the chief means was appropriated as follows: $233,- 511 for old age assistance in Laur ens county,, $5,051 for aid to .the blind, $32,152 for aid to dependent children, and $14,307 for general as sistance. Of the amount scent on welfare Red Cross Drive Now Underway In Clinton Area American Legion OratoricaL Contest Here March 17 The oratorical contest of the upper area, Zone 1, American Legion, will be held here Friday morning, March 17, in the Thomwell Memorial church at 10:30 am. Zone 1 consists of four districts in this section of the state. The winner in the contest will go to the state firtfcls, and the state win ner to the regional and national con tests. A contestant scoring highest in the national finals will be awarded a $4,000 scholarship, and the other finalists will receive substantial scholarships, it is announced. The awards may be used at any college -or university selected by the winners. The winner of the state finals will receive a partial award equivalent to $100 a year for four years in a college in this state. R. Pope Chapman, of this city, vice-commander of Zone 1, urges the people of Clinton to attend the con test here. The judges will be educa tional men of the state. B. S. Pinson wiH conduct the con test here. * Officer's Candidate School Is Announced Brig. Gen. James C. Dozier, the adjutant general of South Carolina, has announced the beginning of an Officers Candidate school to be con ducted by the 51st Infantry division at Fort Jackson, beginning April 15. The school will be known as the “Palmetto Military Academy” and will be open to all National Guard enlisted men of South Caroina who meet the entrance requirements. Local Students Attend Band Clinic Ninety selected high school band members from all over the state at tended the two-day band clinic held recently at Winthrop college. . Among the high school musicians attending the clinic were: Ted Mears and Marshall Smith of Clinton high. The large corps of volunteer workers selected for the 1950 Red Cross campaign are busily engag ed in giving every person in the community an opportunity to sup- port the greatest of our humani tarian organizations. The efficiency of this “Agent of Mercy” in time of disaster or emer gency is so well known that it has become an institution accepted by all thoughtful Americans. Most ftlintonians will therefore consid er it a privilege to ma*ke their us ual contribution. Chairman Robert Hamer reports that his assistants in the drive are working enthusiastically toward the early attainment of the $2,774.00 quota. The public is asked to give full cooperation and response to those who give their time in mak ing the solicitations, in order that the campaign can be concluded in the two alloted weeks. Census Leaders For The County Named W. S. Wingo, of Spartanburg, su pervisor of the 17th decennial cen sus for the Fourth Congressional dis trict, announced the appointment of a crew of 22 on Monday to supervise the work. School for training leaders began yesterday and will continue through next Tuesday. The schools for rural enumerators will open on March 27 and close on the 31st. Laurens county will have 47 -enu merators. Crew leaders for the coun ty have been announced by Super visor Wingo: Mrs. Lewill M. Gray, Laurens; Mrs. Pearl M. Monroe, Laurens; and Mrs. R. P. Wilder, of this city. Methodists To Join In Observance Week of Dedication Joining with eight and a half mil- some new Clinton Cotton Mills oflficeGion Methodists across the nation. Broad Street Methodist church, will mark the Week of Dedication March 5-12. The pastor, Rev^ Pinkney L. Bauknight, will lead the local obser- The building, one story with a part - van oe Formal Opening New Clinton Mills Office Largely Attended The formal opening of the hand building was held on Tuesday eve ning from 7 uwtil 9 with “open house” to which the public was in vited. : basement, recently completed at a of financing the Society’s services :n Laurens county during the fiscal to the handicapped. L>' ear lu d u ate ’ ^2 920 was expended ; "It is our hope that this year’s | du K nn * 00 the month of d3 ^ary, of Easter Seal drive will far exceed ^ hlch 82 t per c ^ nt was used or o! ^ those of past years in the amount ! f ge th ass ^ a " ce ’, two per cen f , or a “* of furnis raised Mrs. L.Ule said. L depe „ dent chlWr „ and With a constantly increasing P"P- |Cen . for sencra , assistance. , illation, we have also a constantly ln South Carolina. $8,517,893 w« increasing number of handicapped S p ent on welfare during the sevens children and adults and thus a month period, of which $6,029,135 growing demand for specialized was expended on aid age assistance, services. Then, too, we are reach- $291,051 on aid to the blind, $1,609. ing more and more of the handi-j 0 85 on aid to dependent chUdren. capped who heretofore stayed be- and $588,621 on general assistance.. yond the reach of agencies such as Of the $1,313,331 suf?nt in the state lours. We have a responsibility to during January, the largest percen- j continue expanding our services to |taj^ was th* 70 per cent spent on ; aid all of those who require assis- j ola age assistance. rtance. Obviously, we need greater j funds to do this adequately.’’ “Widespread hunger for spiritual READ iw. THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It’s thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then ln 4 the stores as prices change and new merchandise is received and displayed. BE WISE- READ THE ADS PC and Newberry To Play Baseball At Peach Festival Presbyterian college baseballers will open their 1950 season amid peach, blossoms, according to a sche dule change announced by Athletic Director Walter A. Johnson. The Blue Stockings now are slated to meet Newberry at the annual Johnson, S. C., Peach Festival in what will be the first of five dia mond engagements between the two schools this year. And the Bronze Derby goes on the block in each meeting as the symbol of athletic rivalry between the two schools. Johnson also announced a change in date here of one of the P. C.-New- berry games, from May 6 to May 5. Shady Grove Women To Organize Club The ladies of the Shady Grove community have begun plans and activities for the organization of a Community club. Several rooms in the community school house will be used for the meetings. The ladies state that furniture and kitchen utensils are needed to equip the building.' They are inviting all frjends who have usable furniture and equipment that is not needed to donate same for the project. Those who will make donations are asked to call Miss Miriam Donnan, phone 123-W, and arrangements will be made to call and collect the items. cost of about $200,000, contains about certainty” and “a desire to share in 8,000 square feet of space and in- meeting urgent human needs” are dudes offices for officials, payroll : dominant “-easons given for the and accounting departments, labora- 1 church-wide observance by Bishop tory for testing and other facilities. •Paul B. Kern of Nashville, Tenn., Officials, their wives, directors and chairman of the W eek of Dedication employes of the Clinton and Lydia commi,ttee of Methodism’s four-year Mills offices received the guests and ■^ < * vanc€ f° r Christ and His Church, directed them through the various' B»*h«ps and pastors have joined offices and departments. Many C on-1 Bisho P Kern an<J Advance officials gratulatory floral arrangements were ‘ n calling upon the church’s mem- beautifully displayed throughout the bershi P t0 share in the week ? f s P» r - building. In the directors room sam- 1 *^ ua ^ emphasis. Through special ser- ples of the finished product of the vices » participation in Holy Commun- mills were on exhibit. . ion * arvd periods of penitence and Visitors were also shown the'for-' self t Xammation ’ Chu J ch m ? rnbers mer office building which has been are J )ein f. enco “ ra g ed to make the converted into a community clinic a w °/ii. P ^ I ? 0nal .j re f le8tlon with offices for the superintendent/ 0 the h!ghest Christian ideals, and personnel department. C)n Sunday, March 12, the pres- The recently remodeled building e ntation a free-will offering will now isued as a community center; be par t °J. t^ e climactic act ot per- was also open to the public. Officials ; $ona dedlcatlon ’ Fu ods are to be and members of the Woman’s club, ^ or emergency missionary pro- hostess for the occasion, received ject t at , ^ anda J broad and the and entertained the guests here. Mrs. I ^ or ^ 1218 Methodist Committee Eva B. Land, formerly of Buffalo, 1 or ° verseas R 5 hef - Last year's of- who is hostess for the community, amou ' n 'f®d to nearly a million house, was introduced to the visitors., d ? ! ars ’ aooordm * Dr E- Harold » j • » . iMohn of Chicago, Advance executive Included in the community center 1 director( and he anticipates a sub _ are lounges for social gatherings,' stant j a i j ncrease j n year’s giving. In thns offerin «- The Methodist room and mexiern kitchen, with hv- Church will coope r at e with 16 other ing quarters for the hostess upstairs. | denominations in the “One Great Facilities are also provided for )n-i Hour of Sharing .. for world relief door recreation. | ^ In the dining room, punch and wafers were served from tables pret- Gov Thurmond To tily adorned with red carnatiorr^and j * tall tapers. The Pottes Become U. S. Citizens; Natives of Switzerland Dr. Edouard Patte, Presbyterian college sociology professor and a na tive of Switzerland, is one of the United States’ newest citizens. Dr. Patte, his wife and their young son recently passed citizenship qual ifications after living in this country more than the required five years. Dr. Marshall y W. Brown, president 10,000 Kiwonions To Attend Miami Convention In May More than 10,000 persons are ex pected to attend the 35th artmral conf- vention of Kiwanis international May 7 to 11 at Miami, Fla., officer'# of the Kiwanis club ha\e been in formed. Several members of the lo cal club will attend. M. W. Brown, president of thw club, said that reports from the Mi ami Kiwanis convention headquar ters indicate that preparations for I ,hP ,r 1 !?.tf n nn^ r L Br0Wn ■ act ’ I «•* ave-da, meeting me fast nearin* ; ed as the Patte s sponsors. completion. Dr. Patte. who also serves as the 1 ~ • college glee club conductor, was born ^ ^ own 1 <fu re * will be on hand to address delegates. in Geneva, Switzerland, and holds 0 1 t several decrees in Letters Theolosv reprCSentmg 3 ’ 100 clubs and 200 - 00 ° / c! . j .4 u * ! members throughout the United terian min,Set, he established the *“'*’• A '£ ka : Presbyterian church in North Au- ™| on terr ‘“’ r >b- President Broom gusta, S. C., shortly before joining the P. r . faculty. Before that he had taken a lead in YMCA work in Geneva and New York and was one of the executives -t Delegates also will participate in panel conferences on numerous Ki- wanis-sponsored activities, ranging > > ■ from public affairs, boys and girU Jurors Drown For March Term Court Convening Monday Speak at College Political Emphasis Week work and agriculture to support of churches in. their spiritual aims. An outstanding program also is being planned for the wives of Kiwanians. Anticipating a huge delegate reg istration, Kiwanis International es tablished its convention headquar ters at Miami in January. At the same time, the organization began planning the many features that tie into a nationwide meet.ng of busir.es* and professional leaders. J. Hugh Jackson,-flean of the grad uate school of business at Stanford university! California, and president of Kiwanis International, will pre side over the various convention ses sions. * Gov r J. Strom Thurmond has ac cepted an invitation to take a lead ing sfkirt in Presbyterian College’s annual Political ,Emphasis Week, •mw, 1. . * , college officials have announced. The March term of common plea?, And wlth the acceptance fo the court will convene in Laurens Mon- Sopth Carolina chief executive, plans ay with Judge J. Robert Martin,, be3an rounding out for the project i T * ’ ' P v re f g , fl Jury sponsored b y Presbyterian’s Interna- cofmissioners last week drew 36 petit 1 ti0 nal Relatiohs club. It is scheduled jurors to serve during the term. I f or ^ pr ii 17.19 Jurors drawn from this section by; Club-President Ed Kenney of Aik- precincts follow. | en said a ^,-14 a ff a i rs conference Clinton City — J. W. Lawrence, will be held in conjunction with Jack P. Blakely, Aldine Blakely, Political Emphasis Week. He point- William D. Adair and A. A. Ramage, ed out that all International Rela- Jr- tions clubs in the state will be invit- Joanna — John R. Lewis, Russell ed to attend the conference. And he Eubanks and Roand Godfrey. . _added: Clinton Mills—Earl Gregory’, Earl "Students must take an increas- Braswell and J. E. Bradwell, Jr, , ing" interest in world affairs if they are to meet their responsibilities as '•citizens upon leaving college. The ' gravity of the international scene requires clear thinking on everyone’s part. I feel the address by Gov. Thurmond will be the crowning , point of our endeavor to promote The churches in'grdup three, Lau- inter * st in world ' affairs at rens Baptist association, will hold a 1 B^^erran. quarterly Woman’s Missionary union • meeting at Mt. Pleasant Baptist (31*011 aa To ^ai*va church on Saturday, March 11, be- ’ >€rYe ginning at 10:30 o’clock. LhlCken Slipper Rev. A. T. Greene, Jr., former • *——♦ state R. A. leader, will bring the The Mountville Grange will serve missionary message. Inspiring and a chicken supper at the school lunch informative talks will be given by.room on Friday night i7fh the associational officers, it is an-J^ Piates for adults $1.00, children nounced. under ten $.50. Plates will be gen- The following' churches are urged erogsly served with home cooked to send full representations: Beaver-; food. The price includes coffee and dam, Bellview, Bethabara, Calvary, desert. Clinton First, Cross Hill, Mountville, All are invited to come and en- Holly Grove, Lydia, Mt. Pleasant, joy a good meal and the fellowship New Prospeot and Waterloo. of friends. Lydia Mills—Arthur Patterson. Bailey—J. H. Barnette. Group of Baptist Churches To Meet , of the War Prisoners’ Aid of the YMCA during World War II. In addition to his work as sociol ogy professor, Dr. Patte has in the past three years at Presbyteriap de veloped its glee club into one of the leading musical groups among the Southern universities and colleges. Blue Hose To Meet Ten Opponents On Grid Schedule Presbyterian College gndmen will face ten football opponents next Fall, according to the 1950 schedule re- rX. Johnson. - !- Two new opponents. Western Car- ForCSt Fires Bum olina Teachers and Appalachian, join TirirA • Ca. the Blue Stocking slate which boasts » *I J ACTCS in jtQte, one more game than last season’s 1 nine-game schedule. Stetson Univer sity was dropped. The 1950 schedule: Sept. 15—Furman at Greenville (n.ght); Sept. 23 Clemson at Clem- I son jo! (night); Oct. 7—Davidson at Clin-- . r , , ton (night): Oct. 14- Erskine at. eSkry ' y dry> ^ :ndy weadl ’ Clinton (night); Oct. 21 Wofford at j fV cou P led * lth J rash both de- Spartanburg (night); Oct. 27—The l ,! bt / a e and cure ‘ ess burning caused | Citadel at Orangeburg: Nov. 4—Ca-, tlTn ^ r da ™S e estimated to be clo*e tawba at Salisbury. N. C. (night); t00ne Vf mil lon dollars: , < Nov. 9—Appalachian at Boone, N. C.; n Monday, at the pea* of the for- Nov. 18—Open; Nov. 23--Newberry est ? r * outbreak, Governor Thur- at Clinton. ~ | mond declared an emergency and ^ J alerted the national guard to assi-t r 1 . in bringing the fires under control ■ rCSby(6ri0nS elect During the latter part of the pe- Additional Deacons jnod, rain and Sleet relieved the sit- | uation somewhat. Tired fire fighte' # Million Dollar Damage Columbia, March 5. —The past four weeks which saw 2,041 fires burn an estimated 71,515 acres of woodland on (night); Sept. 30- Western Car- £ as .t** worst p f r ‘ od ^ forest fire* lina Teachers at Cullowhee, N. C. lJ? Q th , e 20 ' ye ? r blitur >' of 'he Souta Carolina State Comm.ssion of For- In congregational meetings at the bad a cha nce to rest and to repa.r First Presbyterian church the past I work * worn d re fighting tools and two Sundays, the following eight ad- 1 eq0ipm f nt , . ditional deacons were elected: H. F i.. Countie ? buidest during t: e ; Blalock. R. P. Hamer. Harry Me- / bree ' w ^ ek , P e ‘iod were Florer e-. Sween, Grover C. Mclnvaille, G H ! / or ‘ y ’ Be keiey, Wi.liamsburg, Col- Cornelson, R. T. Dunlap, D. S. Tern- Iet0n * c har Georgetown, Ja^ pleton and Walter Danhoff. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL C. D. WILLARD, Charleston. THOMAS H. POPE. Newberry. ^ HAROLD C. WALDROP, Salem, Ala. K. L. COLEMAN.’ Lydia Mills. 1 per, Hampton, and Orangeburg. State Forester Charles H. F’o. y said that conditions now seem be.- ter than they have in-several weeks, but warned that fires could break out again. “It is sti 1 a afe t> ! do a. f brush, field or tra^h burning Anyone that feels’he must Lurn shi-uld #.ut until after a good soaking rain. The state commission of. forestry ami timberland owners are indebted *0 the national guard and the hundred* of volunteer fire fighters that helped bring the fires under control,” F’ory bsaid.