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Thursday, August 20, 1953
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CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1953
r\ Rr/inrli l°f business because of frequent
Olir Executive bro C break-ins and robberies. Mayor
President Eisenhower has ap- ; v j c c as i an fold the gentlemen, "We
pointed another commission c raip vvill have trouble as long as circuit
cd with recommending judges say you can break in a
ments in the executive branch 0 H man ’ s place, steal his truck, take
government which it is appaient ^ sa j e an( j j t 0 p en> and
•to all is badly needed. Foormer ^ then get six m0 nths.” The mayor
President Hoover has a c cep t e c ^ Qn one ^ con t r ibuting reas-
membership on the commission to ons ^ Qr stea ij n g—light court sen-
make a sweeping study of t,ie |tences. Judges should see that
branch over which he once pre- . w ^ en convictions are made that
^ided. • ;sure and sufficient punishment is 1
It is recalled that Ex-President given, and should not flinch in in-!
Truman appointed Mr. Hoover to : Dieting such a sentence,
the original commission several i •
Southern Bell Exponds
not appoint him to have a hand in i The Southern Bell Telephone and
this study. Let him give his time Telegraph company which serves this
to writing his memoirs. Had_the j city and area has announced an irn-
recommendations of the previous i portant reorganization of its top
commission been adopted by the i
New Dealers efficiency and econo
my would have resulted in gov
ernment and billions of dollars
.-aved for taxpayers.
There is no doubt that a reor
ganization of the executive branch
is needed to help lighten our stag
gering economic burdens, and to
managerial staff in this state.
The company has recently created |
a new exchange group with head-1
quarters here, it was announced by 1
John C. Freeman, district manager!
at Spartanburg. The group is estab- |
lished in order to serve this section
more effectively and will be com-
ucr.i.K prised of Clinton, Union, Jonesville,
Joanna and surrou„din g |
wars The overall picture is thatlf^a An experienced and capab ej
during that period the federal gov-, telephon man Charles W Under-4
erriment has expanded from about of the Greenulle office, ha^
-100 different agencies to more than,been sent to Clinton as manager of
1 500 and from about 600,000 em- the new group. The community wel-j
Diovees to more than 2,iX)0.000. Ex-1comes him and his family, and con-
penditurw have crown from about !.-t 1 the company on providngi
$4,000,000,000 annually to over $70,-1 attractive new business offices on
000.000,000 annually over the same, the ground floor of the building it;
, occupies which will prove a conven-;
Smith, 72,266: BleaSe 56,913; Jen
nings, 2,258; Pollock, 1,361.
It is true that Manning' was elect
ed governor of South Carolina in
1914, but the chiqf contender and
his opponent in the second xprimary
was not Blease, but John G. Rich
ards. Richards was later elected
governor of South Carolina (in
1926, I belive) being the first gov
ernor to be elected to a full four-
year term and ineligible .to succeed
himself. In the minds of most peo
ple, John G. Richards was a good
governor, taking a strong stand for
laws encouraging Sabbath obser
vance and prohibition.
While on the subject of Cole L.
Bleake, it is an interesting quirk of
history that he resigned five days
before the expiration of his sec
ond term. Thus South Carolina had
the rather odd situation of having
tc swear in Lt. Gov. Charles A.
Smith as governor and hear an in
augural address from him, although
he was to serve only five days.
Blease assigned no reason for this
sudden and unprecedented action.
His message to the General As
sembly contained only eight words,
‘T hereby resign as governor of
South Carolina.” He died 4lL J542
without revealing why he resigned.
Possibly some of your readers,
who followed Blease’s campaigns
through the years might be inter
ested in a summary of his various
campaigns for public office. It
covers a period from 1888 through
1938, in which he offered for of
fice twenty-four times, sixteen
times on a state-wide basis. I be
lieve history will bear me out that
he was in every second race in
which he participated from 1908
through 1934. In 1938, his last
state-wide race, he was an also ran,
with Manning and Maybank the
top contenders for the governor
ship.
Blease has the distinction of be
ing the only man to beat James F.
Byrnes in a state-wide race, when
he defeated him for the U. S. Sen
ate in 1924. Byrnes defeated him
in 1930. ,
Here is the record of the political
campaigns of Cole L. Blease:
Ran for the house in Newberry
county, 1888, defeated.
Ran for the house in Newberry
county, 1890, elected.
Ran for the house in Newbief
county, 1892, elected.
Ran for the house in Newberry
county, 1894, defeated.
Ran for the house in Newberry
county, 1896, defeated.
Ran for the house in Newberry
county, 1898, elected.
vears
Taxpavers hope that the com- ience to the public,
mission now appointed composed of 'The American Telephone and Tel- (
men of ability and effective lead- egraph company, of which Southern |
ership, will make a complete study Bell is a part; is the largest corpor-j
of the alarming situation, and that^tio^ in the .Country in the numbei '
their recommendations will not 6f‘stockholders—having more than a 1
be thrown in the waste basket as million scattered in every state in
was done by the Truman adminis-.the nation. Most of them, are small
tration. ! stockholders earning good dividends
Ion their investments. ,
~ . rN 1 T he h ew state set-up as announced
Crime Vjn Inceose from Columbia is "another step inj
Law violation and crime are on the company’s continuing efforts to^
the increase all over the country, provide this state with the best tele-1
reports show. In this county Sher- ph one service possible at the time of
iff Lowery reports a heavy | n 'jits greatest growth and develop-;
crease in arrests of violators, with >• s t a te’s steady growth andi
drunkenness and drunken drivers ^ com j n g 0 j new b us j ness enterprises |
heading the list of charges. This ^ as bj-^ght t 0 ^be company a heavy
means that law enforcement ofL-. c j ernanc j t bat has broken all records,
cers have a heavy responsibili > and j s response to the requirement is;
in upholding law enforcemen an , re jj ectec j in itg own r e CO rd-breaking!
seeing that violators are PP service improvement and expansion;
hended. program.
The criminal army At the end of 1940, the report,
our land never sleeps More ^ shows, there were 68,139 telephones in
somebody^murdered, raped, rob- !^theJe'arfi ^ ^ ^t ? ^
bed, assaulted or pilfered another T „ d J th e are a PPr° xim ately 23d,-
citizen in the United States. And 83 ^ ratlon -. that
it i- getting worse. The FBI re- telephone growth in the state in seven
ports that last year’s 2,000,000 smce the war has amounted t6,
crimes are 8.2 per cent above the ‘ 8 P^ cen t compared with 79.9 per i
figures of 1951. c<?nt 8 rowth in the nation as a whole.!
Edgar Hoover, who heads the During the same seven years the |
Federal Bureau of Investigation, jcompany’s expansion has required:
reports that conditions are getting ( $66,374,000 in new facilities. Heavy
worse, with too many people look- construction is continung now with
ing to his office for a solution of expansion requirements still running
these problems and protection for heavy and to meet these needs the
society. Actually, he says, most of 1 company is now spending millions to i
these crimes must be dealt with enlarge and improve their service,
right in the home town by the po- Automobiles used to be considered
iiceman on the beat. That’s the a luxury. Today they are necessities.
Jaw of the United States, there is The same is true of telephones, they
no particular magic in G-Men. Not are daily necessities to millions of
only is there a wave of nation- homes and businesses of every kind,
wide law defiance, but we all re- —
member what President Eisenhow
er called the "dirty business in
’Washington”—the headlines in re
cent years in the press telling of
tax case fixes, job selling and brib
ery and the stories of mink coats
and deep freezes and plush vaca
tions.
The relentless fight against law
lessness must be made back in the
local communities—we cannot sit |
back and expect the state or na
tional headquarters to do the job.
Ran for lieutenant governor 1900,
defeated.
Ran for lieutenant governor in
1902, defeated.
Ran for the senate in Newberry
county, 1904, elected.
Ran for governor 1906, defeated.
Ran for governor 1908, defeated.
Ran for # mayor of Newberry,
1909, elected. .
Ran for governor 1910, elected.
Ran for governor 1912, elected.
Ran for U. S. Senate 1914, defeat
ed.
Ran for governor 1916, defeated.
Ran for U. S. Senate 1918, defeat
ed.
Ran for congress (general ses
sion) 1919, withdrew.
Candidate for governor 1922, de
feated.
Candidate for U. S. Senate, 1924,
elected.
Candidate for U. S. Senate 1930, j
defeated. •
Candidate for U. S. Senate 1932,;
defeated.
Candidate for governor 1934, de- j
feated.
Candidate for governor 1928, de
feated.
Incidentally, Blease was serving |
as a member of the Unemployment!
Compensation Commission at the
time of his death, to which post he
had been elected by the South |
Carolina Legislature .
With kindest regards, I am
Yours very truly,
JAMES P. SLOAN.
This community is proud.to be a
part of the big Southern Bell organi.
zation with its fine personnel. It
means we enjoy better phone ser
vice, local and long distance.
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
SLOAN WRITES OF BLEASE
RACES
Editor The Clinton Chronicle,
Officers need to be upheld by the Clinton, S. C.
courts when they get evidence that
produces convictions. The courts
are issuing light sentences, with
many put on probation with their
sentences reduced, or are released
by paying light fines. We need
more jail sentences, especially for
drivers charged with driving under
the influence of intoxicants, white
or black, without political influ
ence when convicted of such ot-
ferises A drunken driver on the
highways is a far greated potential
menace to life and limb of an inno
cent public than is a madman at
large with a shot gun.
We noted a few days ago that a
committee from the Greenwood
Automobile Dealers association ap
peared before city council request
ing more protection for their places
Dear Sir:
In reading your fine tribute to
the late Judge Robert A. Cooper,
a distinguished native son of Lau
rens county, I noted a slight error
as to the facts in the 1914 elections.
Among other things you stated, “In
1914 Richard I. Manning was elect
ed governor in a vigorous campaign
against former Governor Cole L.
Blease”.
I believe you will find tljpt Cole
L. Blease did not oppose Richard I.
Manning in the gubernatorial cam
paign of 1914. Blease did not run
that year, but it was at the time
that he was completing his sec
ond consecutive term as governor,
and in this instance he was seeking
“Cotton Ed” Smith's seat in the U.
S. Senate. There were two others
Joanna News...
(Continued from page eight)
man Evans and Mrs. Harold Mur
phy.
On Friday afternoon, August
14, 21 people met at the Joanna
Baptist church to go to Biltmore,
N. C., to see the pageant, “Thun-
derland.” The foundation bus,
driven by Johnny Moore, carried
the group, arriving back in JOanna
about 3:00 o’clock Saturday morn
ing. A good time was reported by
all. Those going on this trip were
Mrs. Louis Murphy, Mrs. Ben Jes
ter, Veda Jester, Marlene Thomas,
Carl Stroud, Mrs. Carl Stroud, Jim
mie Riser, Mrs. G. N. Foy, Jean
ette Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Millard
Murphy, Bruce Murphy, Gail Mur
phy, J. B. Putnam, Larry Murphy,
Linda Buchanan, Ethel Mae Rowe,
Judy Dunlap, Rev. and Mrs. James
Mitchell.
On Sunday evening* August 15,
after the evening service, about 40
Intermediates and young people of
the Joanna Baptist church gathered
at the home of Mrs Frank Phillips
on the Whitmire highway for
Youth Fellowship. A treasure hunt
and other outdoor games were' en
joyed by the group. Refreshments
of sandwiches, potato chips, cup
cakes and cold drinks were served.
After the refreshments group sing
ing was enjoyed.
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Close-Out of All Summer
SHOES
2.00
Women’s Cool
SUN DRESSES
1.88
Close-Out of All Summer
PIECE GOODS
3 yds. 1.00
Children’s
STRAW HATS
25c
Men’s
SPORT COATS
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