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I The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Sk tiUuttmt If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume Lm Clinton, S. C., Thursday, April 17, 1952 Number 16 'BALLOT DRIVE BE MADE BY SERVICE CLUBS ‘ Concerted Community Effort Seeks To Get Cit izens To Register and Vote In All Elections. “Register and Vote” is the watch word of the Ballot Battalion, a joint project of local service or ganizations. Initial plans for the project were made here last week by the Kiwanis club. Lions club, Exchange club American Legion and Boy Scouts. It will be a con certed effort through public infor mation channels and personal con tact to get every qualified citizen in the'Ctinton area to obtain a reg istration certificate, if he has not already done so, and to vote in the primary and general elections this year. Leaders of the project emphasiz ed that this year is a year of de cision. They stressed the import ance of every citizen exercising his undivided responsibility as a patri otic American irrespective of party affiliations. No individual candi dates are being sponsored or sup ported by the, Ballot Battalion It was pointed out that the Clfiv ton Democratic primary election will be held on June 10, and the municipal general election in Au gust. The party primary election for federal, state and county of fices is set by law for the second Tuesday in July, which is July 8 this year. The general election for those offices will be held on No- vember_4.nL.lhis year. Under the South Carolina Elec tion Law, no person shall be allow ed to vote at any election, general, special or primary, unless he" or she shall have been registered by the Revival Services At Joanna Baptist Church REV. WILLIAM FAIRCLOTH Revival services will be held at the Joanna Baptist church April 20- 27, with Rev.. William Faircloth, of the Rosewood church, Columbia, as visiting minister, and Rev. Joe Walk er, of Glenn Street church, Newber ry, leading the music.. Services will be neld Wednesday through Friday mornings at. 10 o^cTd(^OTdear+reveniftg-at-ZiaO^.. On Monday and Tuesday qvenings the male chorus and quartet of the Rosewood church, will render special music. Special music will be given at all services by the Joanna combined choir, youth choir and children’s choir. Rev. James-B. Mitchell, pastor, ex tends an invitation to the public to attend these services. Coun ty B oaFcT bf ""Reg i s t ra trorr. istration certificates for use this year must be dated on or after Jan. 1, 1948, and at least 30 days prior to the election, and must be pro duced at the polls by the person seeking to vote. The books of registration are open for registration on the first Monday of each month at the Court House, and this year are required to be kept open for three success ive days in each month. Also, this •.yeac,~ the bQoks.^arfc^eauifj£d_ig.J>€ kept open in May and August to and including the 15th day of those two months. It has been announced by the Board of Registration that it will also meet for registration on April 21 and 22 at the Clinton Mills com munity house, and on April 23 and 24 at Baldwin Motor Company. Transportation will be furnished on those days by the Ballot Bat talion organizations for anyone de siring to register and needing a ride to the place of registration. Milam To Seek Charles L. Milam of the Mount- ville community, one of the coun ty’s widely known citizens, an nounces his candidacy in today's paper for the House, of Representa tives in this summer’s primary. Mr. Milam, long experienced in the legislature, served the county for seven terms from 1936 to 1950. Two years ago he did not offer for re-election. He has served in the House-Jonger than any other mem PLANS GO FORWARD FOR CITY PRIMARY SET FOR JUNE 10 Executive Committee men Named To Arrange Details. City-Wide Vot ing for All Six Aldermen. The Clinton city Democratic club met Monday night at the high school, organized and elected offi cers for the next two years. Only 18 citizens attended the meeting. Roy Holtzclaw was elected presi dent, L. B. Dillard, vice-president, Harry Y. McSvyeen, secretary. The executive committee that served in 1950 was re-elected with out opposition. By wards it. con sists of the following members: Ward One—Lewis Pitts'. Ward Two—V. P. Adair. Ward Three—Ray Pitts. Ward Four—G. JL. Simpson. Ward Five—John Sparks. Ward Six—J. C. Cannon. A motion was made and passed requesting the executive committee to arrange a speaking date for all candidates offering for office. June 10th was set as the date for the first primary and the 17th for a second primary if necessary. A motion was adopted that all prevIous'~ftJ!I ' , l30okS" be destroyed and new ones provided. Also that the managers of each voting pre cinct keep a list of each voter with the name and registration certifi cate number as a permanent record. A motion was also adopted that rules pertaining to voting be pub lished in The Clinton Chronicle. Under a legislative act passed Iwo years ago, the election for six aldermen this year will be city wide, with all candidates to be voted upon by all qualified voters of the city. Details of the election will—be arramgtrd by the exeentrve - comrmt* tee which is expected to meet at an early date. It will decide the clos ing date for the entry of candidates, the opening of the enrollment books and all other details per taining to the election. Lions Club Carnival On Schedule Next Week At Armory Plans are going forward for the fifth annual Lions club carnival, of ficials of the local club said yester day. The carnival will be staged at the armory the nights of Friday and Saturday, April 25-26. Gary Lehn is chairman of the car nival committee, and has appointed heads of the various sub-committees 1 to set up the booths and operate them for the two nights of the show. About 15 booths will be on the floor to furnish fun and entertain ment for the crowds, and will be op erated by members of the club. They COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SETS US MACHINERY FOR PliIMM Fees Set for Candidates. Various Offices To Be Filled. Closing Date for Entries Under State Law April 21 at Noon. Managers' Pay Increased to $7.50. The Laurens County Democrat-1 were increased by the committee ic Executive committee met in the! due to the increase in manager-’ court house Saturday morning to pay. The fees are given for candi- make plans for the approaching! dates unopposed and with opp - primary. j sition, as follows: Monday, April 21, at .noon was For s henff and clerk of cou t. set as the closing date for candi- $600 unopposed: $300 if oposed dates to qualify for the primary.] f or coroner, $60 if unopposed. The new state election law makes $30 if opposed this the final date for all count?' o( RepFesenlat.ves (thrse and state offices. Those dcsir ng ^ ^ wi & a ; to qualify for any county office be-' ■ Magistrate will offer a wide range of “things j f ore the date line must file with to do,” with prizes of every descrip- j Secretary Thomas A. Babb at his tion going to patrons who succeed! in showing their skill, and enjoying a certain amount of iuck in the many games and events offered. Bingo lovers can play to their heart’s content, you can shoot a rifle at tar gets, pitch pennies for cigarettes, win a horse race, eat hot dogs and ham- Clinton-Laurens Highway To Get New Smooth Surface burgers, enjoy cold drinks, buy at a grocery store, throw baseballs at milk bottles, fish for prizes—and a number of other events arranged for “fun for everybody.” On Friday night a bicycle will be offered as a prize for a lucky boy or girl, and a television set for adults. -Saturday ? 1952 jphevrolet sedan will be the grand prize. Net proceeds of the event will be used to help finance the program of the Clinton Recreation commission. "When you attend the Lions club carnival, you help the youth of Clin ton” is the. slogan of the two nights of fun. Everylx)dy — grown-ups and chil- -dren—is invited to be at the armory next week, Friday and Saturday nights, when the big 1952 Lions club carnival opens. at Clinton and La , office in Laurens. rens ', $6a unopposed; The pay of managers for the P° se ^- Other magistrates $20 rf election was set at $7.50 per day unopposed, $10 if opposed7“ for each manager. One manager Game warden. $60 if unoppost-. from each precirvct will be named $30 if opposed. to go to Laurens to secure the bal-1> County commisioner (two po-.- lot boxes and for this service will tions) $75 each regardless of t.ie be paid 7c ,a mile. ,, | number. The first primary will be hel^n Robert C. Wasson nVPavem, is the "Hickory ie first primary will be helS' Robert C. Wasson of" under the state election laws on\Tavem, is the new county cha.r- July 8. The second primary will; man succeeding Fred Taylor. Mrs. be held two weeks later. A committee will be named by the executive committee to plan the candidates’ itinerary Nene Workman of this city, and Thomas A. Babb of Laurens, were re-elected by acclamation at t - ■ county convention as vice-char.- Fees for candidates who offer i man and secretary. Clinton, Joanna Lose Openers Bridges To Run For House Again Two Missionaries To Speak Sunday At A. R. P. Church ♦ Dr. and Mrs. B. Dale White, mis sionaries from the Associate Re formed Presbyterian denomination to Pakistan, will deliver addresses at the local ARP church on next Sunday, Alpril 20, at both the morn ing and evening worship hours. Dr. White will speak in the momng and Mrs. Whte in the evening. The Whites have been in India and Pakistan for 28 years and will bring informative messages con cerning the spiritual and political situation in that far away land. The public is cordially invited to hear them. Wharton To Run For Commissioner John H. Wharton of the Waterloo community, one of the county’s widely know and highly regarded citizens announces in today's pa per that he will run for County Commissioner in the July primary. Mr. Wharton previously served the county as commisioner for sev eral terms, and the announcement that he is again offering his ser vices will be one of interest to the public.— ber from this county. Mr. Milam’s announcement will be one of interest to his friends in the county. Two years ago when he let it be known that he would not be a candidate for re-election the House of Representatves passed a resolution expressing regret on his retirement. The resolutions commended him for his outstand ing service, patient and considerate and wise counsel Vhich was cited as most helpful and beneficial to those with whom he has been asso ciated, and expressed sincere re gret over his decision not to seek re-election. Mr. Milam has been asked by many friends in the county to again enter the race, and said yesterday that he had decided to do so only with the hope of rendering service to his county and state. Joanna Baptist Church Entertains Combined Choirs With Banquet The Joanna Baptist church enter tained 58 members of the children’s, youth and combined choirs with a banquet in the recreation room of the church on Monday evening fol lowing choir rehearsals. Arrangements of spring flowers were used on the tables and through out the banquet room. Millard Mur phy gave the invocation. The meal was locardTng- tb "aft ’adYHTBferff&ttr for bids over the signature of the state highway department the highway between Clinton and Lau rens is slated at an early date for a new smooth surface. New supporting rock has been laid on the highway in spots dur ing the past few months. The project now calls for re-surfacing with hot laid asphaltic concrete to make the heavily traveled highway uniform and smooth, - According to the advertisement a similar project will be carried out on the Spartanburg highway from Laurens to the concrete pav ing at Ora, and on several un identified streets in Laurens and Clinton. Wofford Alumni Hold Dinner Meet, Elect Officers The annual dinner meeting of the Laurens-Newberry county Wofford alumni group was held Monday night at Hotel Mary Musgrove. It was ladies night, and a large group was present from the two counties. Dwight F. Patterson, of Laurens, secretary of the Wofford board of made a- btiaf. .report »p the. The Central Carolina Baseball! Justin A. Bridges of Lauren-, league opened its 1952 season Tues- announces in today’s paper that day night, with the announced he will seek re-election to a second schedule continuing through August term in the House of Represent a- 16, with three games_£acb week. tives from Laurens county in tho In the opening game here, Clinton July primary. He filed "Satnrdav- Mills lost to Ninety Six, 4-3. Pitcher with Secretary Thomas A. Bal: . -R-oy-Wbitaker of the locals gave the, being the first candidate to qua - visitors only seven hits and struck iy , “ 1 out ~1~L batters, but—his-team eoukt-i— Mr^-Rndges-is a.aa:U ran of.,WjQlLl, not hit in the pinches. Holding to a; War II, and was admitted to t o 3-2 lead in the eighth inningJUlenn bar in 1950. Since then he has Forrester, Ninety Six catcher, blast- been practicing law in Lauren- ed a home run that eventually prov- In announcing his candidacy M \ ed the margin of victory. | Bridges made the following sta‘. - READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS regularly EACH WEEK It will pay you. It’s thrifty to shop lint In this newspaper, then in the stores as prices change and. new merchandise Is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS 1 Frank Phillips and committee. At the close of the banquet, Rev, James B. Mitchell, pastor, expressed appreci ation to members of the choirs, di rector and accompanists. He stated that the members were not only re ceiving training in music but in the Scriptures as well as they render music from Sunday to Sunday. The Easter choral service presented on Sunday evening was a worthy exam ple, he said. He challenged the mem- l»ers to continue the training. The church will continue a train ing program in music, organizing a choir for the four and five year old children during the summer session, Mr. Mitchell said. Miss Mary Elizabeth Fowler, of Newberry, director* of music, ex pressed words of commendation to the members of the choirs for the cooperation given her in preparing the music of the church. She stated that she had received inspiration from the group, who had much en- thu^sm. _ • HOME FOR HOLIDAYS Home for spring holidays the past .week were students at Win- throip and Clemson college, who were guests in their respective hotoes. To Give Banquet Here For Joanna Employees The annual service awards ban quet given by Joanna Cotton Mills of Joanna, will be held in the ball room of Hotel Mary Msugrave of this city on Saturday evening. May 3 at 7 o’clock. Invitations to 175 employees and friends have been issued All “Old Timers” with the com pany and those receiving gold watches this year will be honored at this social event. progress of the college. Dr. Sam Orr Black, of Spartanburg, also a mem ber of the board of trustees, was present and made a report on the progress of athletics at Wofford. He paid high tribute to Phil Dickens’ work as head coach. '‘Coach Dickens showed moving pictures of the Wofford-Furman gamejSixplaining it play by play and commenting on the qualities or faults of each player. The following officers were elect ed to serve for the coming year: C. D. Waldrep, Laurens, president; Rev. E. K. Garrison, Clinton, vice-presi- Joanna Loses to Ware Shoals The tVare Shoals Riegels opened the season at homejiith Joanna, and snatched a 7-0 victory. Pitcher Earl Gray, Ware Shoals southpaw ace, limited the Joanna team to five scat tered hits. In the third inning the Riegels--jumped- on iiir pttehrih* Ray Moore for four runs as Ralph Skin ner and Fidge Pitts singled to open the inning, Bowden walked and Wright and McAllister singled in succession to drive home two runs each. Tne games here and at Ware Shoals were played in cold weather before small crowds. Patton Announces For County Commissioner Claude A. Patton, farmer and ment: “I am deep.y graceful to the peo ple of Laurens county for electing me to the legislature two year* ago. Although I have been in t.:a minority most of the tune, I have voted on every occasion as l of Laurens county woultHhave^m?"’ vote. If re-electd I shall continue to do so and shall renew my fight to have the proceeds of the reta:l sales tax applied to education thus reducing local taxes.” Mr. Bridges has many friends in. the county who will be interest in his announcement. tary. dent; Raymond Hill, Laurens, secre- c ° tton m f r <Jant of Youngs town ship, yesterday announced himself a candidate for county commission er. Mr. Patton is the son of Mrs. Theresa Cook Patton and the late Watts Patton, and has spent his en tire life in Laurens county. He i Loses Father Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Thomas will sympathize with them in the death of the former’s father, J. L. Thomas, of Charlotte, N. C Mr. Thomas passed away Mon day at Mercy hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held with burial in a Charlotte cemetery Tuesday. In addition to Mr. Thom as he is survived by three other sons and four daughters. George L. Pitts, Native Clintonian, Dies In Tyler, Texas News was received here Thurs day morning of the death of George L. Pitts of Tyler, Texas, following an Extended period of declinng health and illness. Funeral services were held there. Mr. Pitts was a native of this community where he lived until 1915, moving to Tyler where he held an excutive position for many years until his health failed, with the Masonic order. Mr. Pitts served Laurens county .as.-superintendent of education for South Announces For Clinton Mogistrate Ralph C. South, employed by- Lydia Mills as gate watchman, an nounces himself today as a cand.- date for Magistrate of Hunter Township at Clmton, m this sum mer’s primary. Mr. South is well known in thu community where he has resided the past 24 years. For ten years he was elected magistrate of Youngs was em Ployed by Daileys Groc township in 1948 and has served i er Y’ a ^ er which he served in the NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL Our first responsibility is to our large family of readers—to give you a newsy, reliable newspaper. That is the constant goal of THE CHRONICLE. If you are not al ready in the habit of reading this paper, we invite you to form the habit. Welcome and thanks to those on our Honor Roll this week: J. B. O’SHIELDS, Lydia. MRS. ROY WHITAKER, Clinton. six years, the period 1908-14, after which he moved to Texas. He was succeeded in the office by James H. Sullivan. Mr. Pitts is pleasantly remem bered here by many of his boyhood friends and older residents of the community. He was a member of the widely connected -Pitts family a brother of the late E. Lee Pitts, J. H. Pitts, W. M. Pitts, Walter Pitts, P. M. Pitts, J. M. Pitts, and Rev. Will Pitts. He had two sisters, the late Miss Sallie Pitts and Mrs. Babe Simpson. Commissioner Jones For Re-election Clyde G. Jones of Laurens, to day announces that he will be a candidate for re-election for anoth er term as County Commissioner. , Mr. Jones was elected to the of fice two years agq. In announcing his candidacy for re-election he said he is indebted to the people who'have honored him and that through his experience he is well qualified to perform the duties of the office. •! will continue to ren der an honest service To the public if re-elected, be said. two terms in that office. Mr. Patton said that he had beeii urged by many of his friends to enter this race. His long interest in roads of the county and his de sire to be of service to his county army 38 months. Upon his return he was employed by McMillan’s Service Station for five years, an! for the past year has held his pres ent position. Mr. South in offering for magis- are the reasons for announcing his said he is qualified by varied experience to fill the office and if elected will rentier courteous prompt and efficient service to the public. Pre-School Clinic Be Held 25Hi, 29th candidacy, he said. Mr. Patton married Miss Clara Owings, of Owings, and they have one son who is now in the armed foirces. Kiwanis Follies To Be In Laurens The Kiwanis Follies of 1952 will be presented at the Laurens high school auditorium Friday evening. April 25 at 8 o’clock. This is an op portunity for those wl^o failed to see the entertainment here to en joy the repeat performance. Members of both the Laurerw and Clinton clubs have tickets for the event. Singing Convention At Rocky Springs It is announced that the Lau rens county singing convention will be held Sunday afternoon at Rocky Springs Presbyterian church near here. The meeting will begin at 2:15 p. m., with all interested singers cordially invited. EASTERN STAR TO INSTALL OFFICERS The James B. Parrott chapter. No. 9, Order of Eastern Star, will hold its installation of 1952-53 of ficers Friday, April 18, at 8:00 p. m. at the Masonic hall. The public is invited. The Florida Street school PTA is sponsoring the annual pre-school clinic again on April 25 and 29 at 1:30 at the Health Center on Wo >d- i row street. Parents who have children enter ing school for the first time this year and whose sixth birthdays are before November 1 are asked to bring them to the Health Cen ter on those dates for examination and smallpox vaccination. FOOD.,. Is An Importont Item With Housewives 1 You will find helpful Gro cery and Market News In THE CHRONICLE every week from leading food stores in the city* Read the advortlse-ments reg ularly — they tell yoa about changing prices each week and where you can supply your needs and buy to advantage.