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t / f / --3 mum. The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable QHjp GUttthm ffitfronirh f If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume LI 11 Clinton, S. C, Thursdoy, June 1952 Number 25 MAYOR AND SIX ALDERMEN NAMED TUESDAY PRIMARY Terry Renominated Without Opposition. Five Aldermen Re-elect ed. McMillan Wins Over Layton By One Vote. Clinton voters went to the polls Tuesday to nominate a mayor and six aldermen for a new two-year term. The total vote cast of 1,078 was considerably smaller than the vote of 1,844 two years ago, with little interest manifested by the general public. Mayor Joe P. Terry was re elected without opposition, receiv ing 1,078 votes. He will enter his second term of office in Septem ber. Five present members' of city council were_ re-elected, and ..one. failed to gain re-nomination. In ward one Hugh C. Ray was re-elected over his opponent, H. D. Rantin. The vote stood: Ray 604, Rantin 500. In ward two S. A. Pitts, leek- ing re-election, was defeated by L. S. Rddeck, in his first political venture. Reddeck received 628 votes, Pitts 479. The only close race was in ward three where incumbent W. M. Mc Millan was opposed by Harry C. Layton. McMillan won over his opponent by a margin of one vote, the count standing McMillan 552, Layton 551. * • In ward four W. M. Walker was re-elected over his opponent James E. Anderson. Walker received 773 votes, Anderson 328. In ward -five the incumbent, Woodrow Wilson, won over— two opponents, C- A^ Hollis, Jr,,—and Louie Webb. The vote was: Wil son 615. Hollis 246, Webb 234. In ward six James • Craine was re-elected over Arthur Dunaway. Craine received 727 votes, Duna way 373. The results mean that the pres ent administration is returned to office for a nfrw two-year term with the exception of Alderman Pitts. When the managers completed COMMENCEMENT AT ORPHANAGE COMES TO CLOSE Graduating Exercises Held and Awards Made. New School Building Dedicated. the unofficial count after the polls closed it was shown that McMil lan and Layton in ward three had tied with 549 votes each. At night the executive committee met and recounted the vote in this ward twice. It showed a gain of two votes for McMillan and one for Layton, making the official count as declared by the committee, Mc Millan 552, Layton 551. The com mittee informed Mr. Layton it would count the vote d third time in his presence if requested. Mr. Layton made no such request and informed the committee he pre ferred to accept their count as fin al and official. Hart Addresses City Industrial Commission The monthly meeting of the 12- member Clinton Industrial Com mission was held Tuesday evening at Hotel Mary Musgrover The group had as their guest speaker, W. Reese Hart, chief of development for the South Caro lina Research and Planning Com- mision. Mr. Hart gave the com mittee much valuable information on industrial development in the state and urged the importance of a general boosting of a town as necessary in seeking further devel opment. i Gets Divinity Degree At Emory University The Rev. James E. Kinard, who resides on Rotate 3 in a recently erected parsonage opposite Hope- well Methodist church, received p bachelor of divinity degree list week-end in graduation ceremonies at Emory University, Ga. Degrees were conferred on 415 students in the closing exercises held two af ternoons in the ampitheatre. Mr. Kinard is a member of the South Carolina Methodist confer ence and while attending Emory has been serving Hopewell and Kinards churches as pastor. FOOD... U An Important Item With Housewives You will find helpful Gro cery and Market News in THE CHRONICLE every week from leading 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. The nine graduates of Thornwell orphanage high school received di plomas Tuesday in the final chap ter of the annual commencement program of the institution. The exercises were presided over by Joel S. Morse of Abbeville, chairman of the board of trustees. The invocation was offered by Dr. D. J. Woods. The salutatory was given by Mabel Brown, the class will by Bobby Dowdle, class proh- ecy by Mildred Bell, and the vale- dictory by Susie Hamby. Bibles and diplomas were pre sented the graduates by President M;. A. Macdonald and B, £>, _ Pin-_. son, principal of the school. Awards to seniors were made by F. M. Boland, a member of the board of trustees. Other special presentation of awards was made by Mr. Morse and Dr. Macdonald. Mr. Pinson read the highest aver age and yearly honor roll. The address to the class was made by Rev. Fred V. Poag, D.D., pastor of Shandon Presbyterian church, Columbia, who spoke on the subject, “Is Jesus Really Nec essary?” Dr. Poag told the gradu ates that Jesus must be included in their lives if they are to succeed and make their influence felt. Jesus must be made the control- ing center of your lives, for you need Him, and your destiny will be determined largely to the ex tent that he is enthroned in your lives. “ Members onhe graduating cTass^ were Susie Hamby, Mable Brown, Mildred Bell, Robert Dowdle, Elise Hudson, Jean McCabe, Marshall Neil, Sue Summey and Margaret Winburn. School i Building Dedicated The formal opening and dedica tion program of the large and handsome new school building was given Tuesday afternoon at 3:00 o’clodk in Montgomery Memorial Hall. The Thornwell choir sang “Bless This House,” after which Dr. D. J. Woods offered the invo cation. The president of the insti tution, Dr. M. A. Macdonald, ex tended a welcome to the guests, with an expression of appreciation voiced by Joel S. Morse, chairman of the board of trustees. The dedi catory prayer was offered by Dr. W. R. Turner. The dedicatory address at the services was made by Dr. Mark Smith, superintendent of Bibb county schools, Macon, Ga., and a past president of Kiwanis Interna tional. The new building, costing more than $300,000, has 20 classrooms, a library, study hall, general offices, music practice room, auditorium, dressing room, storage rooms and 10 whole and half bathrooms, as well as a lounge. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 520 on the first floor and 148 in the balcony. A projection room is also included for showing of pictures when de sired. The building incorporates the Coffin Memorial high school, Mary Schane grammar school, and Mont gomery Memorial Hall. Senior Recital Given On Monday evening Miss Jeane Ruth McCabe, a member of the senior class, presented a piano re cital in Montgomery Memorial Hall, assisted by the eleventh grade choral group. Miss McCabe is a pupil of Miss Luva McDonald. For her program she played the, following numbers: Sonata op. 13 (“Pathetique”)— Beethoven. Barchetta—Nevin. Gopak—Moussorgsky. Waltz Interlude—Charles. Juba Dance—Deitt. Clair de Lune—Debussy. Grillen (Whims)—Schumann. The choral group sang “Mighty Lak’ a Rose”, “The Desert Song”, and “After The Rain”. BaccaUuraat* Sermon The baccalaureate sermon was preached Sunday morning at Thornwell Memorial church by the Rev. Charles H. Nabors, D.D., pas tor of the First Presbyterian church, Greenville. The pastor, Dr. M. A. Macdonald, presided, and during the service Bibles anji Test aments were awarded to a large group of children of the home for reciting the Catechism. Dr. Nabers used as his text, I John 2:14, “I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong.” At the outset he said to the graduates, you are VIP, “Very Important Persons,” and the hope for the future lies in young people like you. In the school, church and nation, and to Christ, you have an important responsibility to dis charge. Youth and strength are (Continued on page eight) County Candidates Speak — To Laurens Mill Voters 1 1 ————■■■ i ■' i ~ V — r - Rain Storm Breaks Up Outdoor Meeting. Small Crowd Seeks Shelter In School Building and Hears Speakers With Limited Time. Bridges and Milam Attack Centralized School Program Set Up In Columbia. The sceduled speaking engage ment of county candidates at Lau rens Mills Monday night was in terrupted by a rain and lightning storm that broke up the meeting, with most of the listeners leaving and the time of candidates cut short. A small part of the crowd in Laurens county. He said h' had a record of better than 99 p r cent convictions in all cases he had taken into court and cited his 13 1-2 years experience as a peace of ficer, including seven and a half years as a highway patrolman in this county. He said he would not was able to gather in the front' run on the demerits of the sheriff Day! door of the school building where the speakers continued with May or Medloek of Laur.ens, presiding. Clerk of Court Walter Dunlap, and Senator Ralph T. Wilson. i>n opposed, briefly thanked the au dience for their support and confi- in office, but that he heard much criticism. He said there is too muoh crime in the county, that he would put deputies on three shifts and would patrol the county, would have sober deputies on three shifts and would give service I will put TTo one on the county pay- roll related to me by blood or mar- Townsend Case Is Postponed True Bill Given In Wingard Case The grand jury Monday after- The grand jury at its session noon relumed a true bill on iheMonday morning returned a true ^ , bill on the bill of indictment bill of indictment charging Carlos, agajnst Luther Nelson charged Rogers Townsend, highway patrol-1 w jth drunken driving, reckless man, with murder for the fatal 1 homicide and involuntary man shooting of George Young near, slaughter in connection with the Lydia Mills on February 14. A automobile collision death of Miss similar bill was also returned Barrie Jean Wingard on the .against J. C. Jacks and Cecil T> f city limits on the night of I Wilson for violation of the liquor April 24. law. They were allegedly with; Solicitor Hugh Beasley announc- Young in a car in which a quan- ed that the case would be con- iity—of—contraband . liqjjqr was tinued for this term. Shopping Days found. O. L. Long, attorney for Town- __ send, asked for a continuance ofi a ~ . r , r\~Ae' the case against his client on twol AlWlOUnCefl tor UOdS grounds: first, that Mr. Long has g v KJ um k er pirms a case in Federal Court in Colum- D 7 "UmDer nrim bia this week, and second, that Mr Townsend is ill. The attorney pre me mIT riage, and I will give my entire time to the office, he said. Sheriff C. W. \v icr, seek in g “Fc r - election, said he was born and reared in this county at Renno, and that he is proud of the fact. Ho pointed to his record of 25 years as a peace officer. My constant ef fort since assuming office has been For Coroner The candidates for coroner spoke next--Horace JWalter_ F.. Lynch, Joe F. Smith, and J. O. Teague. All of them solicited the support of the voters and promised a faithful discharge of the duties of the office if elected. County Commissioners W. J. Henry, Clyde G. Jones, in cumbents, Paul S. O'Dell, Claude to make y° u a 1 * ood sheriff and A. Patton-and John H. Wharton, j J, ask , '<’- eIectlon upon my record, expressed their interest in good, e sa *^ he has the goodwill and roads and gave their qualifications i a ** on peace officers and for the office. All promised non- 1 ^ as been fair in handling est, dependable service, and jnvit-; c^ ' mma ' t:, ^ ut f irrn - 1 have given ed an inspection of their records. no Quarter to hardened criminals, character and ability. a * same time 1 have made spe • - House ol Representatives , ' 1 ' , ' f ' or , t * 10 “ se cornxlm mea- T..-4; r, . , , ures rather than giving punish- Bndges seekmg re e.ee- m( , n4 /uwen , le ..ffe^dem- He ho.?:. V first speaker for th« , oW of tht , J improwroent made j,, house of representatives. He said;, KQ . ■ *-• . . • , . . ,, . , , 1 the equipment of hi.s office for hi< that he had been on tne job and , . . . . faithfully discharged h.s d?.y dur-. ^Uer anS q^kl ing the past twjeyears, .that he had J Sed V ^1 done his own thinking and voting i "and has stood on his own TeetT-Hi ; cuntinue lt re-eketed, to serve my tlZ > K .or, !count y faithfully and to uphold the said that he voted aaginst the 1951- law f n Hn mv Sp.i tho 52 state appropriation bill because of the $440,000,000 total carrying the school program and sales tax. Three Big Shopping Days for fath- sented a doctor’s certified stating,«« announced, for today Friday Mr. Townsend should remain in I a "d Saturday, sponsored by the Clin- bed for six to eight days more. The case was postponed for the current court term Work To Begin Soon On Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Line ton Merchants association. Thirty lo cal firms announce specials in a page advertisement in today’s paper to which the public’s attention is di- I reeled. It is also announced that the par- ! ticipating stores will remain open Friday night from 6 to 8 o’clock for women only to shop—no men allow ed. The late opening hours Friday will give all v/ho so desire an dppor- tunity to buy at their leisure for ‘ Dads - ’ in whose honor Sunday has been designated on the calendar. I tried without success, he said, to I amend it and now you will be pay ing the tax for the next 25 years. The sales tax is bringing in several millions more than was estimated and the schools are getting less) Mayor Joe P. Terry of this city, and Mayor J. E. Wiseman of New berry, left Tuesday night for New York where they expect to sign $2,- 900,000 in bonds for the Clinton- Newberry Gas Authority project. Quail HatcherV 111 Mayor Terry is chairman of the com-; V 0011 naitncry m mission, Mayor Wiseman, secretary, j County To MeOll law, to do my level best with the aid of my deputies to make thi;< county I love, a good place in which to live and rear our chil dren. Upon my record of honesty, faithfulness, couretsy and fidelity to duty, I ask for your support for re-election, he said. Solicitor Group Spoakc „/ i* oi./ u * j! The three candidates for solicitor than half of it, he said. He tried;.* tha dit p r?!, th ' sch “° 1 bu i ld ‘"« ex P e “-1 pming Laurens, Newberry!'GnX d ‘‘ u „ r ”. u "?" local control where wood and Abbevll | c co untie,. U»y should b. bu, ha amendment | and proclainwd thell . died and now the schools are un- (ltnes , (or ho|di ‘X office. bfa Our^schools^have" been r"' ■ Hush Beas.ey. seeking re-e'e ■ moved from touch with the com-1 d f , h !’ education and 1 training, and of his record for tn.s county as well as the entire circuit. Better Hunting Actual work on the natural gas j pipeline to serve Clinton, Joanna and Newberry, will begin on June 20, ac- _ . cording to Chairman Terry. u Game Warden Ga [ v ' ln B , ° 00,1 ot , . , , ; this county in speaking of the new The Authority in recent weeks has i q Ua ji hatchery started in March of been conducting an intensive cam- . y ear ^ w jii greatly help re- paign for applications for the pro-^ stoc ^ the diminishing quail in the ject. According to Chairman Terry,: with the new hatchery now 3,449 applications have* been received in operationi t hi n gs should get bet- from residents of the three mumci- ^ er j or q Ua ii hunters, he said. mon people, he said, under this ?? g ?i y r-?f, mhi li7e w f? ' have looked upon this posit,on up in Columbia. We must take the as an o((lce 0( , ^ h sal( ? and I government awav from the bureau- crats and bring it back home, he I ????./?? h , f ? I. J?*.?' ‘'n . , declared. Th,J new school ,aw d X^i,vv ? ??? m a was the biggest rape of democratic t ' d ' progress since Reconstruction. he ,itand,ng with he people, show,ng ;T ait j ’ : no mercy for the hardened crimi- ' , , , i nal, but showing sympathy to the Charles L. Milam, who retired 1 i nnocen t j am running my own from the House two years ago af-, race, hanging on no man’s coattal, ter serving m that body longer! h e said, and if re-elected. I feel than any other member from this' that bv my experience 1 am better county, was the second speaker, qualified to serve you I have always stood for good roads.! C . E. Saint-Amand of Newberrv, good schools, raising teachers’ sai- g aV e a review of his education and anes, and for the protection of tax- qualifications for the office If payers money. I have been elected, he said, he would do his against the sales tax. but now we, best to run the county courts f ur- have lt on us and 11 can,t 1)6 taken !i y a nd impartially, and be a solici- palities, 300 more than required by T he Hatchery, located at Mr. O'- off He attacked the new school tor the people would be proud the lederal Power commission. Dell’s home in the Poplar Springs because it is wrong in prin- [ w jji stand always for the uphold Birmingham Builders of Birming-’ section, now has 1,300 eggs in the ham, Ala., have been announced as! incubator. He explained that 400 low bidders for the project. First Baptist To Hold Bible School Exercises Friday Night 1 eggs are started each week in sep- ! arate settings. It takes 21 to 24 days i for the birds to hatch. The new hatchery is being spon sored by the State Game Department | bands of with the idea of restocking quail in . the entire county. The project was ! started with 100 pair of breeding ciple, is not necessary, and is tax-! , n g of the law, with justice t > all, ation without representation. The rich and poor alike borrowing of $75 million was not j William T. Jones said he was good business, he charged, and tne running against no one, but State Education Commission acted too hastily in school matters. They have taken the schools out of the is seeking the office*on his own mer its. He referred to the tremendous increase in crime and said that if our people and put them i crime is to be reduced then*, must in the hands of the powers-that-; be a sober, honest and vigorous be in Columbia, he said. They can | enforcement of the law If elected close your schools, raise your tax-, he said, he would try hard to nam es, and you can’t do a thing about | tain a record of which the peop> it. It is socialized education set up > would be proud, in Columbia. The First Baptist church will, birds, hold its vacation Bible school com- j m mencement Friday night at 7:30 m r»nmrn for sitmimfr the church auditorium. The school WITH CHURCH FOR SIMMER has been in progress for two weeks, Rev. Lacoste Munn, of Columbia,! J- P- Roberts, former member iOUIIQ BOVS and this service will climax daily! a student at Southwestern Baptist Laurens citv council »nH n recent,. - - ** - * activities in Bible study, memory Theological seminary, Texas, is as- work, character stories, and hind-1 sistant pastor of the First Baptist r work projects. The attendance this year has been higher than ever before. All parents of the pupils Suddeth. and the public are^invited to at tend this service. church for the summer. Mr. Munn is residing m the home of Mrs. B. H. Robert C. Sullivan Passes In New York NEW SUBSCRIBERS HONOR ROLL All the news of the community you get each week in THE Funeral services for Robert Cars- j CHRONICLE. Where can you get well Sullivan, World War I vet-| s0 much for ^ i it tle? Welcome eran and native of Anderson coun- ^ an d thanks to those on our Honor ty, were held June 3 in New Yorkjj^ 0 jj t his week: City. Interment was in National rqy DILLARD, Whitmire. MRS. C. B. GRUBER, Naval Base, S. C. T R PAITT FV MRS. MELVIN CRESWELL, H. SIMMONS, JR., Clinton. JOE CORLEY. FFRED CAMPBELL, . Lydia. ' LESTER EUSTACE, C-0 P. M., San Francisco. MRS. KENNETH BOGLE, Atlanta, Ga. cemetery. The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Sullivan, he had made his home in New York City for the past 32 years where he was con nected with the Railway Express Agency. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Foley Sullivan; two sisters, Mrs. George S. Brown, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. H. P. Reid, Warrenton, N. C.; two brothers, C. A. Sulli van of this city; and T. A. Sulli van, Newport News, Va. Laurens city council, and a recent i , * - o* ~ r* graduate of Presbyterian college,, MokC Dig CatCn gave a history of his life as a resi- » dent of Laurens Mills and said that Th^e y 0ut h s of the city caught he served four years in the war as an unusually large carp on Monday a combat flyer He said he would at. Yarborough’s Mill The bovs support the education program as E . C . Prt . ssh?yi Tommy Butler jn j far as feasible. If elected, he saici, Donald Perry, caught the 15!b., 4 he would fairly represent the in- 0 z. fish with their hands while grabbling in shallow wate*. Thev immediately rushed to town and terests of all the people. Marshall Abercrombie said he is a lawyer and farmer and he advo- j proudly" dsiplayed'Their catch" cates more busines in governmet —— _ ad that if governmet is not kept on a sound basis it will not sur- j vive. I believe, he said, in giving! the government back to the peo-! pie. | Thos A. Babb spoke briefly of his life and education. I will act when it is my duty, he said, wheth er the duty be pleasant or unpleas ant. My criterion will be, what is best for the child. My only prom- 1 ise is that I will cast my vote at all times with careful thought for the best interests of my people. For Shoriif W. A. Lowery was the first of the two candidates for sheriff. Ho said he favored a fair and impartial enforcement of law and promised to investigate all unsolved crimes READ THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It’s thrifty to shop first In this newspaper, then in the stores as prices change and new merchandise is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS