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s 1 The Chronicle . Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable (tthnmtrlf If You Don't Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume Lm Clinton, S. C., Thursday, April 24,1952 Number 17 MAYOR J. P. TERRY TOSSES HAT IN RING FOR RE-HECp Is First Candidate To Announce In Approach ing June Primary. Cites His Past Record. Joe P. Terry, mayor of Clinton for the past two years, has tossed his hat in the ring for re-election, and said he was running on his rec ord. His official announcement appears in today’s paper. Mayor Terry won the election in 1950, succeeding L. E. Bishop, who did not offer for re-election, and is well known in the city. In ad- LIONS CLUB CARNIVAL OPENS FRIDAY NIGHT FOR TWO-DAY STAND Gala Event Expected To Attract Big'Crowds. Armory Is Scene of - Annual Funfest. Charter Presented New B. & P. W. Club The fifth annual Lions club car nival opens tomorrow (Friday) night at 8:00 o’clock at the Armory for a two-day run. The carnival, sponsored by the local Lions club,* 1 is staged t 0 pro vide funds for the charitable enter prises of the club, chiefly the work carried on by the City Recreation commission. Previous affairs have been patronized by great numbers of people who enjoyed the nights of fun and entertainment. Last- year’s carnival was very success ful, more than $1,200 being donated by the,club to the recreation com mission alone from the proceeds. It is anticipated that similar crowds will patronize the event this year. A great array of booths has been set up in the armory and will be operated by emmbers of the club. They offer a wide range of “things to do’ ’and entertainment, with prizes of every description going to patrons who succeed in ' showing their skill and enjoying a certain amount of luck in the many games and events offered. Bingo lovers can play to their heart’s content, you can shoot a rifle at targets, pitch pennies for cigarettes, win a horse race, eat hot dogs, enjoy cold drinks, buy at a grocery store, throw baseballs at milk bottles— .. any number of events have been servmg the^ity mayor, | “et up W-TufrtoF-evert>ody» At 10:15 each night a big prize Small Crop of Candidates Qualify As Books Close Only Two Uncontested Races, Wilson for State Senate, and Walter Dunlap, Clerk of Court. The closing date Monday jt noon for the entry of candidates in this summer’s primary for county of ficers saw only a few last minute - The newly organized Business and Professional Woman’s club of this city received its state charter at the April dinner meeting. The presenta tion was made by Miss Geneva Harris of Greenville, state president. JThe acceptance was by Miss Margaret Blakely, president of the local "club, as shlwn above. Rev. Samuel P. Bowles Dies Suddenly In Cleveland, Tenn. News was received here early Tuesday morning of the sudden death of the Rev. Samuel Presley Bowles at Cleveland, Tenn. The Deadline For City Candidates Set As May 24 B.S. degree in June in business ad ministration. Mr. Babb, upon entering the ra:3 immedia f ely resigned as secretary of the Laurens County Democrats executive committee as soon as hi< successor is named by the execu tive commitce. Four - are entered mth* cacs coroner. They are Joe.F. Srmta Dunlap, appointed several months!?/ L>aur ? n ^’ i J? cl i mbent '’ ago to till out the^unexpm.d term | ® rown ' J " h " a *“*«<•. »*»< entries When the gates closed there were only two unopposed candidates to succeed themselves—Senator Ralph T. Wilson^ asking for a second term, and Clerk of Court Walter E. of Vic R. Fleming. Sheriff Caldwell W. Wier, now completing his fourth four-year term, is seeking re-election. H« is opposed by W. A. Lowery, resi dent of Laurens and former high way patrolman. In the race for the House of Rep resentatives there are five candi dates. Justin A. Bridges of Lau rens, is the only member of the present delegation seeking re-elee- Lynch of Mountville. Five candidates qualified in the race for two county commisior. •:* posts. They are the two incum bents, William J. Henry of Clinton, and Clyde G. Jones of Laurens; Johm dL—Wharton—of ^Waterloo, ar- former commissioner, Claude A. and Paul S. O’Dell, fmeessufor the various -magistrut.' posts shaped up as follows: Hunter township at Mountvii’j. R. Eugene Johnson, incumbent. the Lydia Mills-community. The executive committee meet- announcement came as a great i'^g of at .^ shock to friends of the Bowles fam- club was held dur ‘ n,! the ' veek tJ J. P. TERRY Mr. Terry is employed by the Clin ton Cotton Mills and has been a resident of the city for a number of years. Mayor Terry-made - the following statement in announcing for re- election: I am deeply grateful to the peo ple of Clinton for the confidence placed in me two years ago when they elected me mayor. At that time I promised you 1 would do my best to make a good mayor. I have tried to the very best of my ability to keep that promise. Clinton has six wards and six al dermen. I have cooperated with each of these aldermen in keeping his ward in the best condition pos sible. I have tried as hard as anyone could possibly do to be the mayor of everyone in Clinton and cer tainly have not been partial to any one section of the town. All of our council meetings have been op en to the public and have been at tended by different groups repre senting the civic clubs, and other organizations. I appreciate this cooperation and will welcome a continuance of this if I am re-elect ed in the June primary. We have in the past two years finished our new and much improv ed sewerage system and will soon have our street improvement pro gram completed as far as our bond issue will permit. I was honored recently by being elected chairman of the Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority, and at a very early date actual work will begin on this project. From investigations made in other towns that have Natural Gas, it is certainly proving an as set to the town. With Natural Gas in Clinton we should be able to induce new industries to locate here. Two years ago I recommended to Council that we reduce our city tax two mills which was favorably passed on. I also recommended free parking lots for the town to relieve the crowded parking condi tions. This also was passed favor ably. Out traffic conditions are not nearly as bad here now as itf other towns of similar size. I have always been interested in the young people and have cooperated in every way possible with the rec reation committee and hope to en large on this program in the near future, and set up more activities for the girls. We were fortunate in having the Little League tour nament here last August and have been assured we will get the tour nament this year, If elected this time I promise you again to make you a good may or, and will welcome suggestions always on how to make Clinton a better town in which to live. Winners Given In ling Contest will be given away, using admis sion tickets for the drawings. Prizes include a television set -aod a new 1952 Chevrolet sedan. Also on Fri day night at 8:30 a bicycle will be given away to a lucky boy or girl. Members of the club, have been working all week to get everything in readiness for the opening Friday night. Gary Lehn, chairman of the carnival committee, arj his aides have been directing the va rious committees in their work and coordinating plans to put on a suc cessful show. Everybody—grown-ups and chil dren—is invited to be at the armory Friday and Saturday nights for the big 1952 Lions club carnival. ily here and brought genuine re gret. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) at fivp o’clock in Cleveland. club was held during plan for the approaching municipal primary on June 10 for the nomi-l er t s j s a textile worker at Laurens tion. Rpresentatives Robert C. j Claude J. Farmer and Kenneth Wasson of Hickory Tavern, and Buchanan, both of Joanna. Tench P. Owens of this city, did 1 At Clinton, Sam H. McCrary, ;n- not offer again. The other four cumbent. and Ralph -L»~ South shall W. Abercrombie and James Preston Roberts of Laurens, and Charles L. Milam of the ville-Lisbon section, and with a long record of 14 years previous service in the legislature. Messrs. Babb, Bridges and Abercrombie are Laurens attorneys. Mr. Rob- Just eicht weeks ago Mr. Bowles and family moved to Cleveland where he accepted the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church, races. nation of a mayor and six alder men. AH aldermen this year will be elected in a city-wide vote by the qualified voters of all wards. 'Hie committee set May 24 as the closing date for entries of candi dates in the major and aldermen Prior to accepting the call he was pastor of Unity Presbyterian chureh, Fort Mill, and for several years before going to Fort Mill was pastor of a church fn Tampa, Fla. For several years Mr. Bowles was a resident of this city, being a member of the orphanage staff as assistant to the then president, Dr. L. Ross Lynn. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Gene Harris Bowles; three daughters, Mrs. R. B. Watkins, Jr., of Rock Hill; Mrs. Joseph C. Eck stein of Atlanta, and Miss MatJdal Registration fees were set as fol lows: Mayor without opposition. $100.- 00, with opposition, $50.00. Aldermen without opposition, $35.00, with opposition $25.00. The committee announced the following qualifications for voting Voters must be 21 years of age or shall become so before the succeed ing general city election, and .be a white Democrat. Resident of the state tw 0 years, county for six months prior to the Scuffletown, Wilmer T. Abe“- crombie, Laurens, J. T. Miller, m- Mount- cumbent, and Robert L. Brown; Cross Hill, Ernest T. Boazman and Bert L. Mitchell; Sullivan, Arch e C. Owens and J. R. Buzhardt; Waterloo, C. Y. Culbertson and Marshall N. Pressley; Dials. C. M. Curry and R. A. Hellams; -Youngs. J. T. Manley. No election is 1L* i Mills and student at Presbyterian college where he expects to get hii this year~fo7 Jacks 'TbwnsTf;p. /Ware Shoals, Tuesday Winner j - Bowles, student at Erskine college; | su ?? ee f gene T al eleCt i^i r i prir . Must be continuous resident and a son, Samuel P. Bow.es, a the dty for 60 days prior tQ the of student at Georgia Military acade my. Spelli Hazel Wehunt took top honors in the county spelling contest icld in Laurens last Saturday in which seventeen students participated. Second place went to Bruce Ow ens, third to Sara Jean Harris v Mrs. T. B. Sumerel, principal of the Long Branch school, was the pronouncer. Course For Cub Scouts' Parents Brown In Race For County Coroner Horace B. Brown places his offi cial announcement in today’s paper for the office of Coroner in this sum mer’s primary. Mr. Brown, with his wife and one daughter, make their home in Lau rens. He is employed as gate guard at Lydia Mills here, a position he has held the past nine years. Though a native of Spartanburg he has been a resident of this county the past fifteen yeirs. Mr. Brown invites the support of the voters in his race and promises honest and efficient service, if elect-; the cancer drive campaign and the ed. | educational plan of the program. W. A. Lowery, Former "V . Patrolman, Announces Candidacy for Sheriff In County first primary. Public school teachers and minis ters in charge of a regular organ ized church, shall be exempt as to time in state, county and cny, i/ otherwise qualified. The committee calls attention tc the fact that there wiU be no regis tration books and that all who will be required to present registration certificates dated 1943 or later. It is also stated that it will be required of each citizen to give his ward number when voting. Magistrate McCrary An orientation course for parents of Cub Scouts will be given on Mon day evening, April 28, in the Science vote hall at Presbyterian college. All parents of cubs are urged to attend, and Cubmaster F. P. Thomp son stated that the success of the program depends upon their cooper ation. The cubs will help in distributing j c^ p L c D p plprtinn literature to acquaint the public with j »\c cicvumi ; Magistrate Sam H. McCrary for i Hunter township at Clinton, has ! qualified as a candidate for re-elec- i tion to the post, his official an nouncement appearing in today’s j paper. He will be opposed by Ralph L. South of this community, i Magistrate McCrary has held the office for two terms, having been Jimmy Kinard, promising 18- year-old right-hander, allowed but eight hits and was plenty tough in the clutches Tuesday night at Jo anna to win over tftr Ninrty-9tx Indians, 6 to 3. Kirby fanned nine in going the route. At Ware Shoals Lefty Earl Gray hurled steady seven-hit ball as his mates won over Clinton 6 to 2. Games this week are: Friday — Joanna at Ware Shoals, Ninety-Six at Clinton. Saturday—Ware Shoals at Joan na, Clinton at Ninety-Six. Adairs To Arrive From Bermuda Base Lt. Col. Archie S. Adair of the U. S. Air Force, with his wife, the former Miss Miriam Milam, of Laurens, and daughters, Cheryl, March and Caron, will arrive this week from Bermuda where Col. Adair has been stationed for the past two and one-halt years. They expect to spend a month’s leave visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Y. Milam in Lau rens and Mrs. H. D. Rantin of this city before going to Washington, D. C., where he will be stationed at Air Force Headquarters, the Pentagon building. William A. Lowery, former high-J lice officer and later as chief of po-| inted t0 succeed’his late fath way patrolman and resident of '— ‘'• c - -« Laurens for nine years, has formal ly announced his candidacy for sheriff of Laurens county and says that he will make an active cam paign this summer. Mr. Lowery was bom April 26. 1904, the son of India McIntosh Lowery and the late James L. Low ery of Seneca. He received his education in Seneca high school and Piedmont college. His police career began in 1932 at Seneca where he served as po- W1LUAM A. LOWERY lice until his appointment as South Carolina highway patrolrflan in 1936. While with the patrol he was stationed in Columbia, Pick ens, Aiken and Laurens. He retir ed from_the patrol in June, 1951. He has attended numerous of the schools for law enforcement officers and completed courses in finger-printing, radio, enforcement of laws, court procedure, handling of firearms, criminal investigation, accident prevention and investiga tions, first aid and public relations. He has worked special assign ments in nearly every county of the state and is well known among 1*“" law enforcement officers. ; "h. ™ ! P ~, * • He has been a resident of Lau-: on Davldson rens county for nine years and is D jii . tj a member of the First Baptist J DOOrd M6CtS I Oday church of Laurens. Mr. and Mrs T ra j n j n g School er, C. H. McCrary. He served five years in the U. S. Army, three of which were in overseas service. Upon his discharge from the army Mr. McCrary became head of the Gulf Service Station on South Broad street, and has continued to operate the business since then. Magistrate McCrary said by his experience in the office he feels he is better qualified to serve the pub lic and will continue if re-elected, to offer courteous and efficient service. . Mr. McCrary married Miss Ma rian Rose; Padgett of this city. They League To Open Season Next Monday The Clinton Little League opens Its SPtrentnifonday afternoon at 5:15 in the Little League park. T ie first game will be between Acad emy and Lydia. Last year Acade my won 21 straight victories. Ly dia is supposed to field one of tne stronger teams in the league this season. Academy Street is man aged by Truman Owens again this season and Lydia by Burl Allen. Tuesday afternoon at the same hour Florida Street, managed by Clyde Parrish, and Thornweli or phanage, managed by Bobby West moreland, will meet. Joanna, the fifth team of the league, is man aged by Hack Prater, and will play Academy Street Wednesday after noon. The city is planning a “Youth Day’ for all the Bluebirds, Camp fire Girls, Cub and Boy Scouts along with the Small Fry Little League and Pony League baseball players. This special event is plan ned for May 16 at 4 o’clock. All of the young boys and girls will be' led in the parade by the bands from the college and Clinton high school. D. S. Templeton is director of the recreation commission. SHERIFF CALDWELL W. WIER TO SEEK RE-aKTION THIS SUMMER Caldwell W. Wier, now complet ing his fourth term as sheriff of Laurens county, announced this week that he will seek re-election in the July primary. His an nouncement appears in today’s pa per. Sheriff Wier is a native of Jacks township, his people being resi- Four years ; without opp. Lowery are residing in their re cently completed home on Farley avenue in Laurens. Walter Lynch In Race For Coroner Walter L. Lynch, well known meat dealer and “barbecue” spec ialist of Mountville, has entered the race for coroner in this sum mer’s primary. His announcement The Board of Regents, recently changed in name by a legislative act to the South Carolina Mental Health Commission, will hold its regular monthly meeting here this morning at the State Training School. The Commission has un der its supervision the State Hos pital and Training School headed by Dr. W. P. Beckman and Dr. B. O. Whitten as superintendents. ' Members of the .commission meeting here today are: George A. will be found in today’s paper. Mr. Lynch, who is well known j Buchanan, Jr, chairman, Colum- in the county, says he is qualified I bia; Mrs. W. R. Wallace, Chester, for the office and if elected will Dr. Olin B. Chamberlain, Charles- discharge his duties with prompt ness, courtesy and fairness to all- ton; C. M. Tucker, Jr., Pageland; and W. W. Hi^rris of this city. CALDWELL W. WIER police department, he was re-elected tion. Following World War II, Laurens county, at the request of Sheriff Wier, was the second in the state to install a three-way radio system to improve and speed up law en forcement. The sheriff is a former I president of the South Carolina Sheriff’s association and offered a resolution to memorialize the legis lature to establish a training school for officers, giving officers of small- I er communities an opportunity to ! receive special training. He is at present a member of a legislative committee working for the estab lishment of such a school. In seeking re-election Sheriff Wier said: “First I want to ex- press my heartfelt thanks and ap preciation to the good people of ( Laurens county for their support in the past and continued evidence of their goodwill and confidence. I have always wprked for the be«: interests of my people, and for the prevention of crime. It is upon this record of honesty and fidelit' to ( duty that I §eek 'rtselection and pledge the same courteous, depend able service in the future I have dents of the county since befo:e| given since assuimng office in the the Revolutionary war. He is a! discharge of my duty veteran of World War I and served) Sheriff Wier married Miss Bessie one year in France. Copeland of Renno. daughter of His law enforcement work be-1 Mrs. B. F. Copeland of this city. gan 27 years ago. Before his elec tion as sheriff 16 years ago he was connected with the Clinton city and the late Mr. Copeland. His announcement wUi be one of interest throughout the county.