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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 6, 1950
Number 27
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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
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GOVERNOR
(Vote for one)
Lester L. Bates
James F. Byrnes
Thomas H. Pope
Marcus A. Stone
City Observed
Quiet Holidays
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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.
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$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.
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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.
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MRS. L. Y). EASTERLIN,
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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
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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.
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changing prices each week and
where you can supply your
needs and buy to advantage.