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/ A Thursday, July 6, 1950 IT t THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Pace Thra* POLI ANNOUN ocratic Conventions of 1948 and 1950, and I solicit the support of the good people of South Carolina who believe in those principles. v J. STROM THURMOND. FOR GOVERNOR Clinton Boys Qualify As Sharpshooters Cadets David B. and Sidney H. Maxwell, of this city, qualified as Sharpshooters with the M-l rifle on FOR TREASURER I hereby announce myself as A candidate for re-election as Treas urer of Laurens county, and pledge } hereby annoua."'' my candidacy the ROTC range at Fort Benning, to abide by the results of the Demo- Governor of South Carolina and Q a ^ the past week. David fired a cratic primary. ! niyaaH to abide by the rule. and s . a a SAM M. LEA MAX, ot^the ^DemocraUc party ot South 21() They are sons o( „„ *~ A s FOR SUPERVISOR —THOMAS H. POPE. ! Maxwell and students at Presbyte- I hereby announce myself as a wrvru'r e\v ft r^TTriw rian colle 8 e - candidate for Supervisor of Laurens noriot. or r.L.£.CTiun j Robert L. Cannon of this county, and pledge to abide by the! Notice is hereby given that a city, qualified as a sharpshooter on results of the Democratic primary, primary election will be held on the the ROTC range j at Benning also. BENNIE B. BLAKELY. :Hth day of July 1950 for the pur- Young Cannon fired a 173 out of a I hereby announce mvself a can- P° se of nominating Candidates for possible 210. He is the son of W. A. fnr <;.iru»rrM C r,r t oMrorrc State and County offices by the Cannon and is attending Presbyte- didate for Supervisor of Laurens Democratic Part / of South Caro-‘ rian college. . | County, and pledge to abide by the R na The polls will open at 8:00 results of the Democratic primary. iA. M. and close at 6:00 P. M. as JOHN H. WHARTON, required by the “South Carolina I hereby announce myself a candi- Election Law.” The following named date for Supervisor of Laurens Coun- persons will serve as managers at ty, and pledge to abide by the re- the voting places indicated: M. Woodville Precinct—T. lett, Robert Wham, Haskell Kel- Gray Mrs. W., unter, all i suit of the Democratic primary. R. L. TEAGUE. I hereby announce myself a can- a11 0 * Owings, S. C didate for Supervisor of Laurens i Dials—P. H. Harris, J. G. Render- County, and pledge to abide by the son » Bessie Harris, all of Gray Court, results of the Democratic primary. r ^ S. EVERETTE MARTIN. ' , « .1° Joanna—J. E. Hobenback. Mrs. E.| 1 annoiinc « myself as a , j Dillingham, Mrs. Joe Johnson, all candidate for re-election as Judge of f inanna Probate of Laurens county, and 01 ' pledge to abide by the results of the _ „ a- r i S ' n* 171 J; le ^ nir V?' Democratic primary. ; T ; Blakely, Mrs. Craig fl J. HEWLETTE WASSON. ; ^ „ | Mt. Pleasant—S. R. Jones, C. H., COUNTY COMMISSIONER Crenshaw, Ab Freeman, all of Lau-j 1 hereby announce myself a can-‘ Rt. 2; _ _ _ .. didate for County Commissioner for T* ave / I r^ _ ^‘ Laurens Count, and pledge to abide ^"niel ol Lmens.' m! 3. by the results of the Democratic pn-. Raleys—w. B. Ramage, J. H. Bar- mary. 'nett, James Jacks of Laurens, S. C., i WILLIAM J. (BILL) HENRY. *Rt. AI hereby announce myself a can-j Jones Store—R. A. Cook and Law-' didate for County Commissioner for! rence Thackston of Fountain Inn, Laurens County, and pledge to abide Rt. 2, Mrs. Clara J. Curry of Ow- by the results of the Democratic pri-Jings, S. C. mary. E. F. (ED) WATTS. | Owings—Ross Templeton, Mrs. I hereby announce myself a Mo-lgti.Y? nce ' and Mrs ' A ' F ' Cwk of didate for County Commissioner for j Mt g 6live-J. H Culbertson, Miss Laurens County, and jplcdge to abide E y a Martin and Lois Chapman of , Waterloo, S. C. Lanford—S. W. Prince, Mfs, J< B. Commission KANN1NG ■ # Commissioner ELECT Charles N. Plowden ATTORNEY GENERAL EIGHT YEARS SERVICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY EXPERIENCED IN LAW AND GOVERNMENT YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WILL BE . APPRECIATED Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST ^ Offices at 200 South Broad St. Office Honn 9:00 to 5:30 Phone 658 . ' -f'Tr' : ' TSS STATUE Of SCUT" OaHuLIKA oomm of aicHULiB wrxnAXi* by the results of the Democratic pri mary. JAMES CARSON KANNING. I hereby announce myself a can didate for County Commissioner and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Democratic primary. W. LYLES STONE. 1 hereby announce myself as a DeShields, Mrs. E. A. Curry of Lttn ford. Tip Top—J. S. Blum, Frank Whit aker, and Malcolm McDaniel of Wa terloo, S. C. | Renno—W. E. Bell, Miss Minnie | Fay, Mrs. James M. Copeland of Renno. Pleasant Mound—J. G. R. Martin, candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the results of the Dem-jifo. E. K. Riddle, Mrs. J. B. Hun- ocratic primary. ter, Jr., of Gray Court, Rt. 2. CLYDE G. JONES | Poplar Springs—Atwood Pitts, I hereby announce myself a can-!Guy Elledge, H. O. Walker, of Ware •didate for County Commissioner for Shoals, S. C., Rt. Laurens County, and pledge to abide! Mema C. N. Adair, and Miss by the results of the Democratic pri mary. J. ALGIE SIMPSON. Sara Nash of Fountain Inn, Rt. 1, Henry Cothran of - Gray Court, RL Youngs—Miss Ruth Wallace, Mrs. 1 F. E. Bobo of Rt. 2, Gray Court, S. i C., Mrs. Walter Henderson of Ow mgs, S. C. Da HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hereby announce myself a can- FOR SUPT. OF EDUCATION 1 hereby announce myself a can didate for re-election as Superin- --yr;„ /yn-n T t tendent of Education tor laiuiws ] Martin and J. Harold Martin, of County, and pledge to abide by the Ware Shoals s c., Rt. results of the Democratic primary. ( Laurens Mills — Mrs. Furman J. LEROY BURNS. 'Bragg. Joe B. Cox, Willie Nelson, of Laurens. S. C. Trinity Ridge — Furman Thoma- j son, James Cain, Warren Tinsley, of | l IICICUJ amiwuiiLC “ v ““~ r C r Rt T didate for the South Carolina House Watts* Mills^-James L. Brownlee, of Representatives from Laurens Harold Brownlee. Pierce Thomas, County and pledge to abide by the s Blakely, all of Laurens, S. C. results of the Democratic primary. Gray Court-Ul. B. McCuan, Mrs. TENCH P. OWENS. Alma Curry. Mrs. Jack Pace, all l hereby announce myself a can - Railev David didst# for re-election to the House c ^* Store-W. R. Bailey, of Bapresentatives fmm i^urpns'M. Garrett, L. C. Patton, J. B. Cook, County, and pledge to abide by the Barksdale-Narnie— Marion Ab- xesults of the state Democratic party. Mrs . Olin Boll, Mrs. Henuan < CHARLES p. CULBERTSON. \p^ Tt Gray Court, Rt. 2. I hereby announce myself a pan- . Waterloo—R. H. Wingo, Guy didate for re-eldetioif to the Hous^if Smith, Mrs. D. C. Smith, all of Wat- Representatives -Trom Laurens j erlodjr S^C. ty, and^ledge to<afbide by tihe*re-! Clintcm fc Citv—John F. Norris, suits of the state Democratic primary, i John djkrk. Aldine Blakely, Uon- rorfrt r WASSON \U Young, T. H. South, George F. ROBERT C. WApSO* Turner, all of Clinton, S. C, I hereby announce myself a c^h-i. Cross Hill—J. H. Shealy, H. M. didate for the House of Representa- Th omas , J. H. Nance, all of Cross fives from Laurens county and pledge Hill, S. C. myself to abide by the results of the j Shiloh—Roy C. Crane, F. F. Hel- Democratic primary. 1 lams, Roy C. Wallace, of Gray Court. JUSTIN A. BRIDGES. S. C. j Ekom—Paul O Dell, Laurens, Rt. FOR MAGISTRATE 2-. Roy Cain Laurens, Rt. 3., Ed ' hereby announce ^ \ ^swwa^ SwTe'-W D. Stewart, didate for re-election as Magistrate Earl Hughes and L A C ook, all of Hunter Township, at. Mountville, of p ounta j n j nn Rt. and pledge to abide by the results Brewerton—Mrs. L. C. Taylor, C. of the Democratic primary. t. Hughes, J. R. Buzhardt, all of R. EUGENE JOHNSON. | Ware Shoals, Rt. I hereby announce myself a can- . Hopewell—W. P. Dickson, Chas. didate for re-election as Magistrate! Workman, Don Boyd, all of Chn- at Clinton, Hlwter Township, and;ton, Rt. pledge to sbide by the results of the Democratic primary. SAM McCRARY. <4 ♦ GAME WARDEN I hereby announce myself a can didate for re-election as Game Ward en of Laurens County and pledge myself to a'bide by the results of the Democratic primary. GARVIN B. O’DELL. I hereby announce myself a candi date for Game Warden of Laurens county and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Democratic primary. w. K. (Bully) MOORE I hereby announce myself a can didate for Game Warden, subject to the results of the Democratic pri mary. RALPH L. ESTES. » ■■ — FOR AUDITOR I hereby announce myself a can didate for re-election as Auditor for Laurens County, and pledge to ablda by the results of the Democratic pri mary. JENNIE V. CULBERTSON. JUNITED STATES SENATE I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of United States Senator from South Carolina. I pledge to abide by the rules and principles of the Democratic Partv of South r’a'*''- t : n . .uu.. in t-'O ' ■- Mountville—Walter H. Dunlap, John W. Davis and James H. Watts. Lydia Mills—G. C. Parrish. Jr., Edward Williams and Horace Brown. Laurens City—Marshall Aber crombie, chief manager, Raymond Hill, Johnny Franks, David Roper, Richard Shell, James M. Cooper, Miss Josie Anderson. Gray’s—Charlie Richards, L. H. Cooper, Lester Lawson. Krincetort—Miss Agnes R. Babb, R. M. Ridgeway, A. J. Monroe. Shady Grove—David T. Pitts, Fred Johnson, W. D. Gauss. In case all of the managers shall fail to attend at the same time and place appointed for holding such poll, or shall refuse or fail to act, or in case no manager has been ap pointed for such poll, it is lawful for the voters present at the precinct voting place to appoint from among the qualified voters of such club the managers to act as managers in the place and stead of the absent man agers: Provided, that in case the duly appointed managers attend in a reasonable time, they shall take charge of and conduct the election. FRED W. TAYLOR, Chairman, Laurens County Democratic Executive Committee. THOS. A. BABB, Secretary, June 28, 1950. WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD fTTiONiCl • V• T.* ro. Goodyear Tires and Tubes - BATTERIES AND . 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L.5.)\ :-ff>tAry ?ubi * - Slate u. ic^vH r for the Carolina. This advertisement is published in the interest of the candidacy of Olin D. Johnston by Jack Wannamaker. J. B. Harvey. W. H. Brawley and Dwight Black • J Thurmond Appoints NEGRO! I Governor names Charleston Negro replace White.Doctor on Hospital An- v'sory Board, thus breaking down of* (jc’al race IN SOUTH CAROf r * T. C. Mc'V.l. NEG r 0 LJCVOR, OF CHARLES*! CM T^f Wade Hampton Era of seerryation In state govern- it nt came to an end when Candidate STROM THVR- > r, >^ ma’ iny a bold bid to capture the Neyro vote of the stale, a-'po^nted Dr. T. C. McFall. C:»arl»stoii Neijro-, to serve wi:h white people on a state board! H.'re we see the naked hypocrisy of a politician wha rretrnds hr Is a Dixierrat seyreyationist, bnt who prompt- 1” made a political bid for the Neyro vote of South Caro- li-id soon after Federal Jur’ye Warirg r.i’r 1 that Neeroes could vote In the Democratic primary and 20.00t were ex pected to reyister in CV-rle ton Count*. He deserves the severest cendemnation for seeking high public office on race hair ’x red er rn jj,* one hand, xhile on th- r• •er : , 1 h- ’ '•* »:' ‘he rff!-*el b~ - - r- :rs- rex and xp • nt J th- f.. i Negro to a • owrnmeut n since the days of Republican Scalaas-s and C' —':ba;:jrs! ( > ' Candidate ThurrvwJ claims he w.uld be th* same k id of Democrat In Washing! n thrt he is in Co'omhls! A* fu. lh'r evidence of poiili - I hyr'.cr' *, it b's I- a c! jr d cn the 0 f the : iate if K--" n'cd, thxt ^'andldr.tr Thur -J t st- -rti Lav* la safi--*dal buMarss until afire the eiectio.i." thi . end i '.r-.s - -f !i , fovr * r ata*.:s Rights. T F. APPOINTMENT OF THIS N^RO WAS NOT COMPULSORY - IT WAS THURMOND’S CHOICE! WHAT WOULD GOVERNOR HERMAN TAL^A.E GE AND SENATOR OLIN D. JOHNSTON have done? Here are the erswers: THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA on June 26 said: “Governor Talmadge has never at any time appointed a Negro to any state board, bureau, commission or to any official or honorary position in the state government of Georgia.” FORMER GOVERNOR OLIN D. JOHNSTON said on June 26 at Laurens: ‘T would have suffered my right arm to have been severed from my body before 1 would have signed a ccmmission for a Negro.” « fTolllieaT sdv. paid far by friends of Olin D. Johnston ta appreciation of his success in stopping the F. E. P. C. In the V. S. and for giving South Carolina faithful and sincere service as a trusted public official) Senate By Jack Wannamaker, W. H. Brawley, Dwight Black