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Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 6, 1952
Number 45
GEN. EISENHOWER WINS BY LANDSUDE
SOUTH CAROLINA
FOR STEVENSON
IN CLOSE VOTE ^
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Bailey Business
Property Sells
For $111,800
ELECTED
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Columbia. — South Carolina’s]
eight Presidential electoral vvotes'
went to Democrat Adlai Stevenson ;
in the closest and biggest general 1
election in this state since 1876.
For a long.,, time Tuesday it
seemed that Republican Dwight D,!
Eisenhower would carry the state
despite the handicap of running
on a split ticket.
Electors" pledged to him were
put on the ballot by both the reg
ular Republican Party and the In
dependent South Carolinians for
Eisenhower.
The Republican Executive Com-
, mittee urged party members to
vote for the independents but fail
ed to withdraw the ticket.
Eisenhower held a slight edge
in total popular vote until about
midnight, although the votes for
him could not be combined since
they were for separate elector
slates. Then when returns from
the Poipiulous' Piedmont section
started rolling in Stevenson forged
ahead to stay.
With 1,425 of 1,563 precincts
counted, Stevenson had 165,126 to
154,380 for Eisenhower as an in
dependent and 9,091 as a Republi-
Eisenhower had the backing of
Governor James F. Byrnes, life
long Democrat.
The state vote was expected to
be nearly 335,000—compared with
the previous record of 142,590 in
1948 when former Governor Strom
Thurmond an for -president on a
States’ Rights Democratic ticket.
In fact, the total vote almost
equalled the 1950 Democratic pri
mary ecord of 346,000.
A proposed amendment to the
state constitution to repeal a re
quirement for free public schools
won overwhelming endorsement.
Byrnes had urged a favorable vote
on the amendment, calling it a
preparedness measure in case the
U. S. Supreme Court ules in a
pendimg case from Clarendon
county that, racial segregation in
public schools is unconstitutional
The amendment will have to be
ratified by the General Assembly
to become # effective. If it is rati
fied, the future of the public
school system will be up to the
Legislature. Byrnes assured vot
ers in pre-election talks that the
amendment would not be ratified
if segregation is upheld by the
court. But he also has declared
that the state reluctantly will
abandon public schools if segre
gation is outlawed.
Laurens County
Presidential Vote
Real estate property amounting
to $111,800 here-was sold in Lau
rens at public ouUry on Monday
morning, salesday for November,
by Judge J. Hewlette Wasson.
Judge Wasson’s sales were in
his eapaetPT'of master in the ca
of P. Silas Bailey, Robert M,
Vance, et al, Plaintiffs, vs D. Reece
Williams, Jr., Rose Williams Tar
rant et al, Defendants.
The property, divided in 9 lots,
was bought as follows:
No. 1—Lot and building known
as the Scott Store, bought by P. S.
Bailey for $66,000.00, subject to
six-year lease.
No. 2—Known as Trolley House
lot, bought by P. Bailey Williams
for $15,000, with right to attach
to wall.
No. 3.—Lot fronting on Mus-
grove street bought by P. Bailey
Williams for $2,250.
Lot No. 4.—Tract of land, 92 1-2
acres, known as Elmore place, six
miles southeast of Clinton, bought
by Frances W. Arthur and Rose W.
Tarrant for $3,500.
Lot No. 5.—^Warehouse on SAL
track, occupied by T. C. Johnson
Co., bought by P. S. Bailey for
$6,000.
Lot No. 6.—Two lots fronting on
North Broad street, bought by P.
S. Bailey for $600.
Lot No. 7.—Tract of land, 5 1-4
acres, known a£ Geb Workman
place, bought by P. S. Bailey for
$550.
Lot No. 8.—Warehouse and lot
on Pitts .street, bought by M. S.
Bailey & Son, Bankers, for $15,600.
Lot No. 9.—Tract of land, 65 ac
res, known as the Martin place,
bought by C. W. Anderson for $2,-
100.
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School Amendment
Given Favor In
•Tuesday Voting
GENERAL ENDS
20-YEAR RULE
3Y DEMOCRATS
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Columbia, Nov. 4.—South Caro j Gen. Dwight D Ekienhower, Iv
lina voters apparently are ready to year-old crusading warrior-states-
* leave the future of their free pub-, man, Tuesday won the Presidency in
lie schools up to the General As- a spectacular political ove.’urn.
: sembly The five-star General of the Army
| A proposed amendment paving j
fRe way for such a step by rembv- j -'■'-.vv.u .~a uu
tng -th?-'5chSBT rtftiuTfeHWrft 1 Ifam Hath. -* lljlindWBU
the State Const,tuwon was favored I « >Mt
from the first general election re
turns reported and gained steadily
as more precincts came in Tues-
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day.
j Also favored was another
j amendment that would let mem-
I bers of the General Assembly serve
! on state constitutional conventions.
With 1,015 of 1,563 precincts re
ported, the school amendment had
i an endorsement of 114,352 to 49,-
■ 102. The convention amendment
i open the once-solid South in yester
day’s election
But even this sweeping decision
by the nation that “it’s time for i
change,’ ’left the possibility that the
first Republican President sine ■
Herbert Hoover might face a Demo-
cratic-controlled congress.
Ahead of GOP
Running far ahead of his party,
Eisenhower was failing to carry
along with him any overwhelming
number of Republican House candi-
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was favored 102,389 to 50,592. , ___
| The constitution now prohib.ts I ^ coukl win party con-
hold.ng more than one office of , trol of that body by a relattvely shm
■ honor or profit, which would bar >>ut it still had to count the
! leeislators from constitutional con- vo i es “, set an ; * u,:h v “ tory - ' , ,
Republicans had gained a net or
GEN. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
I ventions.
The public school amendment
! was submitted to the voters by
I Gov. Byrnes’ recommendation. The
I proposal should be adopted, he has
• said, as a precaution against a pos-
; sible adverse U. S. Supreme Court
i decision on racial segregation in
Stevenson Wins
This County By
Thomas Named
"•*Head
For New Year
tw'o Senate seats and if the trend
in undecided races continued, the
count would be 47 Republicans, one
Independent and 48 Democrats.
Thue the Democrats could organ
ize the new Senate when it meets
Jan. 3, with the vote of Vice-Presi
dent Barkley. -
The Republicans eould take over
Last Rites Held,
Here Tuesday For
J. Wister Crawford
James Wister Crawford, well
known traveling salesman of this
cjty, died Sunday night at Hays
hospital after a two weeks illness.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon from Gray Funeral
Home by the Rev. E. K. Garrison |
and Dr. D. J. Woods. Interment*
followed in Rosemont cemetery,
with a number of friends attending
the rites. Many floral designs
were banked upon the grave at
testing to the esteem in which he
was held.
Pallbearers were Pierre Bur
dette, Hugh Ray, S. G. Dillard,
Julian Coleman, Billy Sparks, C. C.
| Giles, R. P. Hamer, and Elmer
Watts of Camden.
Laurens county in Tuesday’s elec
tion went by a margin of only 503
votes for Adlai Stevenson, the Dem
ocratic nominee, with a vote cast
larger than in the first primary in
the schools.
Should the court rule against, , w
segregation, he thinks the Legis- co " tr °‘ w JJ en 39 -y e ^ hi ^ Rlch
lature would have its hands free ar< * N* xon of CalUorma, swop
to meet the situation.
Th State School ^Board Associa
tion was in favor of the proposal
but, on the other hand, such or
ganizations as the South Carolina
League of Women Voters, state
chapter of the National Associa-
J. C. Thomas, well known local |tion for Advancement ol Colored
jeweler, has been elected presi-! People, and the South Carolina
dent of the Clinton Kiwams club! christian Action Councl1 opposed
for 1953 to succeed W. C. Baldwin. I
The retiring president automati
July. The vote then was 6,640. Tues-: cally becomes vice-president and ’ ^
day’s total was 7,027. j a member of the board of direc rOSSCS la Union,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, on an in- tors. Burial Held Here
dependent ticket labeled “Nomina
tion by Petition,” received 3,204
votes, against 3,707 for Stevenson.
An all-time election record was es
tablished as compared with previous
general elections. For the Republican
Mr. Thomas has been an active
member of the club for several! Mn 5 - A. Leake Stone, 70, of Ln-
vears and at the time of his elec-1 l ° n ’ died at her htmK ‘ Sunda > af '
k f ternoon after an illness of several
tion was serving as a member of rnont j 1Ji
The funeral services were held
the board of directors. He recent
«*«>«« v °>« »« Eisen -! ! y „"T™, e , nt ^n^,! : in b " ,h ° ‘" I Monday “airternoTn’from the’ihapa’i
of a Union funeral home, conduct-
At the same time G. Edward ed by the Rev w Roy philips a nd
Owens, F.
In the Clinton city box a record
vote of 1,116 was cast, with Eisen-! Campbell. Tench P
hower receiving more than a 2-to-l
majority over the Stevenson ticket.
From the time the polls opened un
til their closing shortly after six
oclock, a long line of voters reached
Howard Smith and Robert M.
Vance were elected new members
of the board of directors for two-
year terms, succeeding John Jor
dan, W. M. McMillan and Rees 0
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j Mr. Crawford was a member of
Broad Street Methodist church.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Pearl Briggs Crawford; one
daughter, Mrs. Oliver Chapin of
Bellville, N. J.; two brothers, J. T.
Crawford of Greenville, and J. A.
Crawford of Plant City, Fla.
Barksdale-Narnie
. 34
0
23
Clinton Mills ..
242
8
53
Laurens Mills ..
196
0
84
Shady Grove
.... 18
1
10
Cross Hill
.... 55
0
82
Ekom ...
75
2
23
Pleasant Mound
. .. 19
2
11
Mt. Pleasant
.... 21
0
12
Woodville
.... 64
0
51
Lydia Mills
90
0
65
Lanford
29
1
21
Tip Top
17
0
6
Mema
.... 23
0
10
Waterloo
82
3
33
Bailey
30
0
29
Hickory Tavern
-it:. 115
1
38
Mountville
.... 41
4
65
Jones Store
.... 37
0
45
Laurens City
850
40
974
Owings
.... 34
3
76
Long Branch
29
4
21
Joanna - .
337
0
114
t Shiloh
25
1
23
Renno
8
2
26
Princeton
.... 65
2
3
Mt. Olive
49
3
27
Brewington
91
3
41
Cook’s Store
..... 7
0
43
Young’s
.... 24
0
26
Ora ...
25
0
38
Watts Mill
251
12
97
Poplar Springs . ..
104
2
38
Clinton City
345
0
771
Stewart’s Store ....
9
3
19
Gray’s .
16
0
8
Daniel’s Store
... 57
4
i 26
Dials
.... 14
0
,4
• Gray Court
.... 122
11
105
Hopewell ..
.... 16
0
57
Campus fall
Student Body
Strong for 'Ike'
Totals ....
3707 116 3204
It’s Eisenhower 2 to 1 on the
Presbyterian college campus.
That’s the political sentiment
among students polled on the pres
idential election held Tuesday.
The Presbyterian chapter of In
ternational Relations club conduct
ed a poll of the student body, and,
with almost 75 per cent participat
ing, here are the results:
Republican Candidate Dwight D.
Eisenhower—241 votes. —
Democratic Candidate Adlai Ste
venson—152 votes.
Gen. Eisenhower received a ma
jority among students represent
ing each major state at PC. These
Istates include South Carolina,
North Carolina, Georgia and Flori
da.
Sloan To Offer
For Alderman
James P. Sloan, former member
of the House of Representatives
from this county and a life-long
resident of this city, has announced
tha, he will offer for City Coun
cil from Ward 4 to fill the unex
pired term of W. M.‘ Walker, who
1 recently moved to Columbia.
Sloan, a graduate of Erskine
college, is a veteran of World War
II.
out on the streets awaiting an op-1 Young, whose terms had expired,
portunity to cast their ballots. Holdover members of the board
The complete county vote by pre-, are Russell Cooper, F. P. Thomp-
cincts appears in today’s paper. son and J. Hubert Todd.
- • ♦ j The new officers will assume of
fice the first of the year.
Local Cattlemen
Hold Successful,
Hereford Sale
Directors Attend
| Production Credit
The first polled Hereford sale! Meet In Columbia
conducted by J. T. Addison, R. F.
Lawson and S. G. Dillard was held
Nov. 3 at the county fair grounds.
The sale was well attended by rep
resentatives from several stages
with bidding lively throughout the
the Rtv. D. A. Clyburn. Burial fol
lowed here in the Presbyterian!
church cemetery.
Mrs. Stone was born and lived
her early life here until her mar
riage in 1911. She was a daugh
ter of the late William James and
Susan Leake, a widely connected
family of this community.
Surviving are her husband, El
bert W. Stone, one daughter, Mrs.
Duncan S. Feller of Union; one
son, Elbert Stone, of Union; four
grandchildren and one sister, Mrs.
Emma J. Moody of White Plains,
N. Y. !
Missionary Union To
Hold Meet November 8
swept
into office by the EiseVihower land
slide, becomes Vice-President 17
days later—but only if Sen. Wayne
Morse* Oregon votes' with the
GOP.
Morse, newly self-styled Indepen
dent, bolted to support Stevenson.
He has declined to say how he would
vote on organizing the Senate, .1
move that involves party control o '
chairmanships and the majority
hand on committees where legisla
tion is written.
In a tide of record-breaking bal
loting that promised to give Eisen-
i hower an electoral and popular vote
'victory rivaling some of those rolled
up by Franklin D. Roosevelt G>>\
Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois slid to
a crushing defeat, losing even his
own state. Down with him went
Senator John Sparkman of Alabama,
the party’s Vice-Presidential nomi
nee.
Holding only the 'tattered rem
nants of the once-solid Demoeratit-
South, the Illinois governor went
down to a- defeat that might be al
most worse than that suffered by
Alfred E. Smith in 14)38. Smith car
ried eight states with 37 electoral
votes.
Stevenson philosophically conced
ed Eisenhower the victory at h'>
Springfield, 111., headquarters early
in the morning hours with a call for
all Americans to “close ranks’’ and
a pledge of support for the general.
In New York, Eisenhower matched
this call for unify, saying his was " i
day of dedication rather than tri
umph’ ’and pledged ( that he neve.-
will give "short weight” to his re-
sponibilities in Washington.
J. T. McCrackin, Hugh B. Work
man and Rex Lanford, members of.
the Executive Committee of the With Cross Hill Church
Clinton Production Credit Associa- ^
Alderman Office
Declared Vacant
At a meeting of City
Counci i
tion, have returned from Columbia; annual meeting of the Worn-Ion November 3, it was reported
day. The auctioneer in charge was where they participated in the an- ans Missionary Union ctf the Lau- 1 that W. M. Walker, alderman from
Col. WaUer Britten of College nual review of credit policies and rens Baptist Association will be ward four, had moved to Colurn-
Station, Texas. i procedures at a conference attend- he i d Saturday. Nov. 8. at the Cross bia where he is now employecL
Six bulls and 44 heifers were ^ ^7 committeemen from 12 Pro-j Bill Baptist church at 10:30 a. m.
sold during the day. The heifers Auction Credit Associations in cen- following program for the day
averaged $635, the bulls $448, a tra * anc * western South Carolina on bas fc*. en announced:
total average of $612.70. j October 29. ; Theme: “The Power of the Gos-
S. G. Dillard had the top sale! A s P wial feature of the meeting pel.”
with DHF Miss Hellen Domino was an address by ^r. D. W. Wat Devotional — Rev. A. T Wool-
for $1,650. He was second top also kins - director of the Clemson Agri- bright
with Miss Colorado P 6th for $1.- cultural Extension Service, on. Histogy of Song for Year-.Mrs.
550. 1 ’ “Recent Developments Affecting Harold Chaney.
m South Carolina Farmers and Agri Roll call of organizations by
u _ cultural Leaders.” group presidents — Mrs. L. C.
BlUC Hose-rurman Members of the conference rec- Holmes, Miss Ethel Balentine, and
Tickets On Sole a. Welcome Barbecue
Tickets for the annual PC-Furman use of dependable credit will con- J. Green, Jr . Miss Edna Earle Here November 12
game are now on sale for the con- ij nue 1° be an important factor in , „ , _ ik _ Pg^ p BruCC
employ
A motion was made and approved
by council declaring the office va
cant.
i—1~
Council requested Major Joe I*.
Terry to advise the City Demur
cratic club of the vacancy Fol
lowing the action of Mayor Ter
ry, a meeting of the" executive
committeemen of the* club has
been called for November 10 to de
cide what action to take.
venience of all who expect to attend succ<?ss fanners
the game. The game will be played j Mr. Lanford, secretary-treasur-
The Power of the Gospel on llv
Mission Fields—Miss Olive Law-
in Greenville Saturday night. No- er, said that the Clinton association on ' or ”? t ^ a
vember 8, at 8 oclock.
Plaxico Motors
Opens Car Lot
i is in the best financial condition
! in its history.
“We have at present capital and
reserves’ totalling $125,518.90.
Loans for 1952 in the amount of
$530,000.00 were made to our
Afternoon Session
A Dutch barbecue will be given
here Wednesday, November 12, in
I honor of P. L. Bruce of Greenville,
Devotional—Mrs. Grange Coeh- I who is completing a large livestock
ra n. , barn on Musgrove street <where
| cattle sales will be held weekly
Separate for conferences.
YWA—Mrs. McCaen Thompson.
GA—Mrs. A. T. Green. Jr
RA—Mrs. James Cain
Sunbeam—Miss Nolle Simpson.
Stewardship—Mrs. F H. Shiel-
Plaxico Motors, Jnc., has rented members.. Collections to date have
the lot on North Broad street [been excellent, showing tjiat our
where the ARP church stood until; members recognize that a good fey
recently moved. It will be used as i credit standing is a farmer’s most; ! Mission Study Mrs s w Sum-
a used car lot by his firm, Mr. ^
Plaxico states. The property be
longs to Bank of Clinton.
valuable asset,” he stated. L , rel
The association serves farmers; Community Missions—Mrs. Hall
t in Laurens and Newberry counties. [ Ramsey.
For the occasion all livestock
producers and local business men
are cordially invited to join in we!
coming Mr. Bruce as a guest of
honor. Many livestock buyers and
representatives of meat 4 packing
companies will also be present.
All who are interested in the new
community project are cordially
j un ited.