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L f > THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete t Newsy and Reliable ®hp (Elinlnn QUirmtidp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 6, 1950 Number 27 I) 11 > • 4 il 9 CANDIDATES HEARD HERE MONDAY BY SMALL CROWD Aspirants for Game Warden, Commissioner, Supervisor and House Present Their Platforms Candidates ior county offices spoke Monday night before a small and undemonstrative audience at Greasy Corner. They stuck closely to the talks they have made at oth er places since the campaign open ed. The meeting was presided ov er by Joe P. Terry. Candidates for game warden spoke first, Garvin B. O’Dell, Wal lace Abercrombie, Ralph Estes, and W. R. Moore. All promised to con duct the office fairly, equally and impartially. Next followed the candidates for county commissioner—Willie Mit chell, J. Algie Simpson, Lyles Stone, Ed F. Watts, W. J. Henry, Clyde Jones and Carson Kanning, all prom- ,, ising to cooperate with the super- visor, and give their best efforts for more road improvement and a bus iness administration of the county’s affairs. John H. Wharton, candidate for supervisor, said he had served 12 years of the last 16 as county com missioner and is asking for a pro motion to supervisor, He said he would see to it that the road im provement program is continued and promised an honest and efficient ad ministration of the duties of the of fice. Bennie B. Blakely said his exper ience as a commissioner and busi ness man well qualifies him for the office of supervisor. He will serve all sections of the county fairly and faithfully if elected he said. Everett Martin said he favors get ting all the good roads possible for the county. He stated his qualifi cations and promised to get value received in the office for all tax payers money spent. Robert L. Teague said he was su pervisor in 1940 when times were tough. Now he said with the sup ervisor supplied with better equip ment he would like to serve again and show the people he can do a much better Job. Robert C. Wasson, incumbent, cited his record as a member of the general assembly in seeking reelec tion for a sixth term. He discussed the tax question and favors bring ing new industries into the state, ad equate appropriations for schools and a continuation of the county’s road improvement program. Justin A. Bridges said he has al ways been interested in government and cherished an ambition to serve his people in the legislative. He fa vors a complete reorganization of state government, a new Constitu tion, biennial sessions of the general assembly, a merit system for state employees, adequate school support, a referendum on the question of a state bonus for veterans. Charles A. Culbertson seeking re- election to the house, reviewed his record, said he had voted against the sales tax, that he has supported a long range program of road im provement for the county, better educational facilities, and the encour agement of new industry. Tench P. Owens cited his qualifi cations in seeking a seat in the gen eral assembly. He said he favors an improved school system, a contin uation of the county road building program, a state wage and hour law, encouraging the development of the state along all lines, local rule in the county on local matters, adoption oi ’ a new State Constitution, and en actment of a law which would pre vent the General Assembly from electing one of its own members to an office within its gift. Mountville Airman, Three Others Die In Tennessee Crash Funeral services for Staff-Sgt. James P. Carter, 22, of Mountville, who was killed in a plane accident near Nashville, Tenn., last Wednes day night, were held Sunday after noon at the Mountville Presbyterian church conducted by the Rev. Fred T. McGill and the Rev. Ware Madden. Interment followed in the church cemetery, the services being largely attended. Pallbearers were Charles McKit- trick, Robert Wham, John Goodwin, Eddie Alexander, Thomas Ramage and Billie Joe Tommie. Sgt. Carter and three other Air Force men directed 26 paratroopers to a safe jump near Nashville, then died heroically in the crash of the plane. Carter was crew chief of the C-119 troop-carrying plane which flew soldiers of the 11th Airborne Di vision for a night parachute jump at Fort Campbell, Ky. One of its two engines conked out over Bowling Green, Ky. it was reported, and to the throb of the emergency bell, the paratroopers jumped with military precision in open country near Greenbrier, Tenn. The crew stayed with the trobuled Packet trying to get it to home port at Stewart Air Base, Smyrna, Tenn. It chased across the Cumberland rive from Old Hickory, Tenn., indi cating the pilot had veered eastward to avoid the solid metropolitan area of Nashville. The plane exploded in three shattering roars. Three j airmen died with Carter *n the crash. Carter was a graduate of Mount- i ville high school and had been in the ; army four or five years, his grand father, G. C. Watts, said. He is sur vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Carter; his wife wno lives in Smyrna, Tenn.; by one brother, Philip Carter, of Spartanburg; ane one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Ducker of Macon, Ga.; his paternal grandmoth er, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter of Colum bia, several aunts and uncles. Lt. Col Duff W. Sudduth of San Antonio, Texas, led the paratroopers in the jump, the Associated Press reported. He told newspaper men of the tense moments preceding the jump. “We circled over Bowling Green, a check point, and got our 20-min ute warning signal before our sched uled jump over Fort Campbell. The motor went out. The crew chief told us it was out and to hook up. We sat back down. The crew dhief was standing by me when the bell went on. He (Carter) said “Go.” I was go ing anyway, he didn’t have to tell me. The Packet limped on 13 miles before it crashed. Fire companies from Nashville spewed a chemical fog on the blaze lor three hours be fore smothering h. CANDIDATES LISTED FOR PRIMARY V. S. SENATE ' (Vote for one) Olin D. Johnston J. Strom Thurmond U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Vote for one) Joseph R. Bryson Matthew Poliakoff % GOVERNOR (Vote for one) Lester L. Bates James F. Byrnes Thomas H. Pope Marcus A. Stone City Observed Quiet Holidays <*• Clinton was literally closed up Tuesday and Wednesday in observ ance of the Fourth. Stores and business houses were closed for the two days, with large crowds enjoying Ashing, swirhming, baseball and barbecues. ; f> * READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay yon. It’s thrifty to shop first in this newspaper, then in the stores as prices clnuigo ani' ISwTynWW is received and displayed. BE WISE- READ THE ADS $467,979 Spent For Public Assistance In County During May Special to The Chronicle. | Candidates who have opposition in Columbia, July 2.—Laurens county * ,>ie primary July 11 are listed ranked above the state average in below: average payment per case for alh public assistance programs during" May, according to a computation this week from the South Carolina De partment of Public Welfare. The average payment for all public assistance programs in Laurens county during May totaled $26.55 as compared to a state average of j $25.85. The $30.06 average payment, in Georgetown county was the high est of any county during the month, and the $20.46 average payment in Beaufort county was the lowest. Of the total $14,255,149 expended for public assistance in South Caro lina in May, $467,979 was used inj Laurens county. The largest amount expended in the county was for old j age assistance, $382,029; followed by $54,494 for aid to dependent chil dren; $23,486 for general assistance, and $7,969 for aid to the blind. At the end of May 57.831 persons were under the care of the State Welfare department, 1,798 of these in Laurens county. The largest num ber of Laurens county cases, 1,486, involved old age assistance, with 159 cases of aid to dependent children, 126 cases of general assistance, and 27 cases of aid to the blind next in order. Throughout South Carolina in May, 1,580 persons received services other than child welfare and finan cial assistance through the state de partment. Forty-two persons receiv ed such services in Laurens county, where there were 14 cases of out-of- town inquiries, one case of service to the blind, 13 cases of institutional care, four cancer clinic cases, and ten miscellaneous services. CLINTON DOWNS JOANNA HORNETS; THREE GAMES AHEAD By DONNY WILDER Nearly everyone got the day off for the fourth of July but not the bail players in ^he Central Carolina leag ue. The teams met their scheduled opponents and played just as hard as ever. The Clinton Cavaliers increas ed thei^lead over the field to three full games by nosing the Joanna Hor nets, nine to six. Ware Shoals con tinued to climb upward as they dumped the sole inhabitants of the league cellar, the Watts Warriors, 17 to 4. Ware Shoals has been on the move tor about two weeks now arid they are getting harder and harder for the other teams to hand le The Riegels are now three gar.ie r LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (Vote for one) Frank C. Owens George Bell Timmerman, Jr. STATE PASSES TWO MILLION IN POPULATION Laurens County, With 46,957, Shows Gain of 2,772 Over 1940 Figure. 1 Columbia, July 2. — South Caro lina’s 1950 population is 2,107,743. That’s a net increase of 207,976 in the last 10 years. The 1940 popula tion was 1.899,806. The figures are based on reports of district census supervisors. The figures are preliminary and are sub ject to change. The increase was almost 11 per ATTORNEY GENERAL (Vote for one) T. C. CalLison Lonnie D. Causey Charles N. Plowden COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE (Vote for one) A. W. Bethea J. Roy Jones Dr. Walter Coker Locates In Greenville To Practice Medicine Announcement is made that ef fective July 1, Walter G. Coker, Jr., M:D., of ’this city, is now associated with Dr. George R. Wilkinson of Greenville in the practice of internal medicine. Dr. Coker is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Coker of this city, and a gradu ate of Presbyterian college. He re ceived his medical degree from Bow man Gray School of Medicine, Win ston-Salem, N. C., and held first scholastic honor in his class. He also received the award given annually to the member of the graduating class chosen by the faculty, as the one in addition to certain scholastic attainments who most nearly exem plified the qualities of the true phy sician towards his patients. Dr. Coker interned, at Duke uni versity and served residences at Bowman Gray and Roper hospital, Charleston. Mill Employees Enjoy Vacation Employees of the Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills resumed work yesterday morning following a Fourth holiday period Saturday through Tuesday. The Joanna Cotton Mills at Joanna are closed down ior the entire week and will resume operation next Mon day morning. The Hallmark Manufacturing com pany is closed down for the week. NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL We invite new subscribers to THE CHRONICLE, locally or anywhere. You get all the news for less than 4c a week. Single copies available at office Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 5c a copy. Welcome and thanks to those on cmrTfonrir ftpfl'this-weekr v UTT MRS. L. Y). EASTERLIN, RFT) 3, Clinton. MRS. L. A. KING, Clinton. MRS. VJERNER DEES, GRADY ROBERTSON, Lydia. Miss Livingston Heads Educational Work At Training School Miss Azilee Livingston, of New berry, has been added to the staff of the State Training school effective July 1, to take over the general edu cational work of the campus. Miss Livingston is a graduate of Newberry college and took a year’s special training in social work at Tulane university, New Orleans. She holds an M. A. degree from the School of Social Work at the Univer sity of South Carolina, and in addi tion has had two summers’ work atj the University of North Carolina. Miss Livingston taught mathemat-J ics for several years and is a former*; member of the Clinton high school faculty in this department. She was director of the Newberry county De partment of Welfare for four years, and spent five years as field repre sentative for the American Red Cross in this state. She comes to her new work at the Training school from the Opportunity school at Columbia where she was dean of women. SECRETARY OF STATE (Vote for one) P. T. Bradham O. Frank Thornton COUNTY CANDIDATES GAME WARDEN (Vote for one) C. Wallace Abercrombie Garvin B. O’Dell Ralph (Crip) Estes W. R. (Bully) Moore COUNTY COMMISSIONER (Vote for two) William J. (Bill) Henry Clyde G. Jones James C. Kanning William J. Mitchell J. Algie Simpson W. Lyles Stone E. F. Watt* HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (Vote for three) Justin A. Bridges Charles B. Culbertson Tench P. Owens Robert C. Wasson SUPERVISOR (Vote for one) Bennie B. Blakel> S. Everette Martin R. L. Teague John H. Wharton M cent. out of second place and six games* of South Carolina’s 46 counties, away from the lead spot. Joanna is 1 30 gained and 16 lost, in second place of the league stand- j The four leading counties, in or- ings but the standings might be al- d er( are:Greenville,166v855;Charles- tered some this week since they are j ton, 159.838; Spartanburg, 147,888, scheduled to meet the league lead-| and Richland. 141,883 ing Cavaliers in a three game senes. Here is a table showing 1950 and one of which they have already play ed. Friday night will see the Joan na Hornets traveling to Clinton to do battle and Clinton returns to Jo- J anna Saturday night. Ware Shoals will visit Watts Friday and vice ver sa Saturday night. Cavaliers Edge Hornets Cavaliers nosed the Joanna Hornets Cherokee nine to six on the Fourth of July. totaled. Clinton garnered thirteen hits. Managers Named For Tuesday's Election, Polls Close at Six Elsewhere in this issue appears a notice by Fred W. Taylor, chairman, and Thos. A Babb, secretary of the Miss Livingston has a number of! Laurens County Democratic Execu- friends and former students here who will learn with interest that she has returned to the city. tive committee, relative to the Denv ocratic primary election which will be held next Tuesday. July 11, with a second primary, if such be neces sary, scheduled for two weeks later, July 25. Secretary Babb calls attention Jo the ruling that all the boxes are to The Citizens Federal Savings & I ^ a V 8 a ?”, a " d c1 ^? at 6 p m ” Loan association of this city, as of i on the day of electwn - The executive July 1, distributed $26,819.47 to! commiUee - he said * c(>uld have or " shareholders as dividend payments deref ^ some of them closed earlier Citizens Federal Pays $26,819.47 Dividend night with three for four. to make the score five to four. Clin ton became a little uneasy in the sixth and pushed across another tal ly to stretch their lead to two runs but this did little good as the Hor nets came back in the seventh to roll up two runs and tie the ball grouped some hits and got one run out of the affair. Not satisfied to hold a one run lead over the pow erful Joanna crew the Cavaliers gath ered two more runs in the ninth to place the game on the well known “Ice.” Half of the hits belted by the Clintonians fell for extra bases and was the deciding factor of the ball game. Walther and Marion hit for extra bases for the losing Hornets. Aravelo and Gaffney pounded doubles for the Cavaliers while Ea ton and Guy Prater got “hoggish 1940 populations 1950 Pop 1940 Pop. Ahoeville 22,475 22.931 Aiken 53,191 49.916 Allendale 12,475 13,040 Anderson .. 90,618 88,712 Bamberg 17,605 18,643 Barnwell 18,009 20,138 Beaufort . 26,941 22,037 Berkeley 30,478 27,128 Calhoun 14,789 16,229 Charleston 159,838 121,105 Cherokee 34,913 33.292 Chester 38,571 32,579 Chesterfield 36.121 35,963 Cfarendon . 32,221 31,500 Colleton 28,251 26,268 Darlington 50,003 45,198 Dillon 30,936 29,625 Dorchester 22,598 19,928 Edgefield 16.606 17,894 Fairfield 21.791 24,187 Florence 78,923 70,582 Georgetown 31,<*26 26,352 Greenville 166,o35 136,580 Greenwood 41/62 40,063 Hampton 18,153 17,465 Horry . 59,U62 51,951 Jasper .. 10,085 11,011 Kershaw .. 32,133 32,913 Lancaster \. 37,131 33,542 LAURENS 46,)j7 44,185 L«« 23,168 24,908 Lexington .. . _ . 44,229 35,994 McCormick 9,571 10,367 Marion .. 33,194 30.107 Marlboro 31,728 33,281 Newberry . . 3J.796 33,577 Oconee .. 39,016 36,512 Orangeburg . 68,751 63,707 Pickens . 40,053 37,111 Richland ... 141,883 104,843 Saluda 15,954 17,192 Spartanburg .. 147,888 127,733 Sumter .. 57,556 52.463 Union 31.259 31,360 Williamsburg .. . 43,810 41,011 York .. 71,570 58.663 Totals 2.107,743 1,899.806 Edd W. Bonds, Esteemed Farmer, Passes In City • 1 iJ Edd W. Bonds. 75, farmer of the Shady Grove section, died at his home here early Sunday after sev- about the whole thing and hit two g ra j years of declin^pg health. apiece. The funeral services were held Eaion fanned six for his winning ( Monday afternoon from Gray Funer- cause while Johnny Moorr got two ; a ] home conducted by the^Rev. H. W- for the first six months of 1950. The dividend is at the rate of 3% per an num, and was ordered paid on all investment and savings accounts by the board of directors at their June but thought it best, due to the large number of voters expected this year, to keep them all open until the lat est hour provided by the statutes. Also included in the notice are the meeting. Their financial statement! precincts with the managers given appears in today’s paper. 1 for each precinct. for the Hornet’s and was matched with Harris who also got—two on strikeouts for the losers. Eighteen men reached base on walks as Eaton Brown of Abbeville, lowed here in Rosemont cemetery Mr. Bonds was a native of this community, a son of the late Hugh walked six, Cooper five ; Moore walk- anc j R a fhel Hunter Bonds. He was a ed two, Harris three, and Biershank f two. Eaton notched his sixth win for LETTER FROM 5. C. MEDICAL BODY SOUTH CAROLINA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION N. B. Heyward. M. D., Secretary COLUMBIA. SOUTH CAROLINA June 29, 1950 - - The Clinton Chronicle, Clinton, 6. C. So much attention has been given in the Senatorial campaign to the appointment of Dr. T. C. McFall, Charleston Negro physician, to the Hospital Advisory Council of the South Carolina Medical Associ ation, that the undersigned officers of the Association are glad to cor rect false impressions concerning it. Dr. McFall was elected to the Hospital Advisory Council by the South Carolina Medical Association, upon recommendation of the Char leston members. Unden the State law, the Governor appoints upon the recommendation of the South Carolina Medical Association and he had no choice in the matter. Therefore, any attacks directed at Governor Thurmond alleging that he made this appointment of his own choice are false. We sincerely hope your new*>aper w;Tf polish this letter and correct such impres sions. Sincerely yours, S. C. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, W. R. Tuten, M. D., President N. B. Heyward, M W., Secretary. the Cavaliers as he was given credit as the winning pitcher. Joanna's Harris was on the firing line when Clinton broke the tie therefore rie was charged with the defeat. Marsh connected with three sing les for five times at bat to lead the second place Hornets. Aravelo, Gaff ney, Prater, and Louie Lyles all col lected two hits apiece for the Clin tonians. Blackstock, Mish, Cooper, Bier shank, Moore, and Mazurek all went hitless for the night while their team mates were having a field day of it by fattening up their batting aver ages off the offerings of the many pitchers who toiled on the mound foi the night. Joanna played errorless ball over the entire route of the game but the Clintonians weren’t quite so air tight in their fielding as they committed two bungles. Charlie Gaffney was charged with one of these errors and Mickey Livingston committed the other mishap. State Training School Begins 30th Year . The State Training School began its 30th year of service on July 1. Since opened by the state of South Carolina oh September 14, 1920, the institution has been headed by Dr. B. O. Whitten as superintendent. It now has a capacity population of 1307 people with 120 staff workers member of the Shady Grove Presby terian church, a first-rate citizen, an upright gentleman who held the es teem and confidence of all who knew nrm. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Hattie McCarley Bonds; one son and two daughters, Joe H. Bonds, chief of police of Whitmire, Mrs. Claude Sat- terwhite of Newberry county, and Mrs. John C. Nabors of the Shady Grove community; one sister, Miss Ruth Bonds of this city, and six grandchildren. TWO STATES SHOW GALNS The two Carolinas have a 1950 population of 6,159,483. ■niat’s an increase of 688,054 for the sister states, whose combined 1940 population was 5,471,429. The increase for the two states was more than 12 per cent. FOOD... Is An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Gro- cery and Market News ;n THE. CHRONICLE every week from loading food stores in the city. Read the advertisements reg ularly — they tell you about changing prices each week and where you can supply your needs and buy to advantage.