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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
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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
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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
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