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* / * k v The Chronicle Strln* To B* A dku N«n- **»”• c w?f!**». [ w * w *y t ' *-.m** .' m Jl.-r. ®hf (EUntan If Ym Don’t The Chronicle Too Don’t Got the Now* Vritime LV Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, September 9/1954 Number 36 THURMOND IS CANDIDATE FOR WRITE-IN VOTE CANDIDA!*: Forflor Got. ho will ho a eondiAoio for write-hi M Soath CoroUna’s Janier la the Ne- Copeland Farm First To Appear In Mystery Series ■ ♦ The first of a series of photo* of “Mystery Farms” appeared in Ttre Chronicle last week and in' dicet ions are that it will be a popular feature. Soon after tne paper was In the mail Carroll White Copeland called the office and identified the farm as his, located on the Hurricane road near the city. He was presented, with the compli ments of The Chronicle, a beau tiful mounted enlargement of the original aerial photo. The pic tures to appear regularly each week were taken by the Zekan- Robbins company of Harlan, Iowa, specialists in this kind of low - altitude photography. Ja Um Nrioi of phot this newspaper is recognizing fanning as the big business that it is today—big in Investment in land, machinery, livestock and buildings. The following subscribers call ed the office to identify the Copeland Mystery Farm, breed ers of pedigreed Hereford cat tle: Mrs. Willie Young, Stewart Brown, Alan Young, Mrs. Fred die Brant, Jamas H. Hill, Mrs. Frank Kellers, Mrs. Ayliffe Ja cobs, Arnold Dixon, F. W. Frady, Herman Neighbors, Gil Huguley. mi — Fund Gftto for March Of Dimes Asks Brown To Withdraw, Run In Primary COLUMBIA, Sept. 8—Former Gov. J. Strom Thurmond announc ed Tuesday night he will be a can didate for write-in-vote election as South Carolina’s junior U. S. Senator in the November election. He will oppose State Sen. Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, who last week was named by the State Democratic Executive Committee as the party’s candidate to suc ceed the late Burnet R. Maybank for a full six-year term. Maybank, who died last Wed nesday of a heart attack at Flat Rock, N. C., had won the nomina tion unopposed in the Democrat!: primary last June. Thurmond, a candidate for Pres ident on the States Rights ticket in 1M6, when he carried four states, also suggested in a formal announcement that Brown with draw and run in a primary. “It is still not too late to hold a primary” to name Maybank’s successor, he said, and added he would be a candidate in such a primary. The state committee met last Friday, a few hours after May- bank’s funeral, and voted there was insufficient time to conduct a primary to name a party nomi nee. It then chose Brown as the nominee. Brown's name was sub mitted only a few hours before the deadline for getting candidates’ names on November ballots. Thurmond noted to newsmen gathered for his announcement at a hotel here that voters would have no trouble casting their ballots for a write-in candidate. State election law requires that ballets have space for write-in votes. Thus someone wishing to vote lor the former governor write in his name And scratch that of Brown. Borne newspapers in the state and many political leaders have been agitated about the commit tee’s by-passing a primary. Thurmond was governor from 1M7 to 1P51, when he was suc ceeded by tiM present governor, James F. Byrnes. In 1950 Thur mond was defeated for the Senate) by Sen. Olin D. Johnston by a vote of about 180,000 to 160,000. JRrior to* being governor, he was a state senator and a state circuit judge Currently, he is president of the National Reserve Officers Assn., and is a practicing lawyer at Aiken. He is a native of Edgefield county. School Distrid Has 3,618 Enrolled, While And Colored Total enrollment of white and colored schools in School District No. 56 which began its new 19M- 55 session on August 30, accord ing to W R. Anderson, superin tendent, was 3,618, an increase for the district of 69 pupils over last year’s opening The enrollment ts divided 2,629 white; 969 colored. Enrollment by schools for the district was announced as fol lows: Clinton High 528 Florida Street ... 534 Academy Street 512 Providence 280 Joanna School 446 MountviUe 107 Cross Hill 92 Long Branch 83 Musgrove . 38 Photo of Mystery Farm of The Week HSrs’s another in the series of Mystery Farms oi this section of the county now appoering in The Chronicle in the interest of better farming. The photos were taken from the eir with no one. not ev«q The Chronicle or the photographer ■ knowing the owner of the farm. Identity must be made by die owner of the farm appearing each week. He will receive free of charge the original mount ed picture from which the above reproduction was mad*. Thar* are no prises offered for the cor rect guess. Many Newcomers Inclided On Presbyterian Grid Squad Only 15 Lettemen Among The 21 Regulars Who Returned From Last Year; Forty-Six On Roster Being Oriented Into Blue Hose System By Coaches Crutchfield And Schem- bechler. Mother Of New Legion Commander Educated At TO During the paM week $57.00 in additional contributions for the March of Dimes emergency cam paign In the county have been made by several individuals at the Bank of Clinton and to the local committeeman. In last yraak’s paper Battery B reported $238.16 received from the hand concert given at the ar- Whitten Village Faculty Given For Coming Year Announcement is made that reg ular training classes were resumed at Whitten Village on September 6. Completion at an early date of a new physical-therapy ^training building and auditorium and * raory and open house inspection of its equipment on display. From Joanna through its chair man, W. K. Waits, $837 was re ported froth OiTahizations, indi viduals and churches of that community. Yesterday a contribution was received from the Joanna Wom an’s dub of 05.00, bringing that in the fight against polio to $682. . Contributions are still being ^ ' accepted here, in Joanna am Laurens for this worthy appeal. OI jeiesi v groceries, Pnes of Chronicle Advs Are All-Important To You The advertising columns of THE CHRONICLE each week cany important and helpful advertising M hews” from lodl business firms. They tell you of latest prices and values in meats, clothing, dry automobiles and all of merchandise. They help you* In supplying the daily needs of your family and home. - Shop in THE CHRONICLE first Newrowper advertising is all important to gia buying public. It dies not hang op the air .... it h, notjji* headlines here Of f$ara with a momentary interest Adva have Mi important local value to you. They help you buy Wren MM save. Don’t over look them. gymnasium in die hospital area will enlarge the scope of training in that department Institution of shop and manual training in the campus area, where the regular academic classes oper ate. will also be a valuable addi tion to the education program, it is announced. F. L. Carter, of An derson, will arrive about October 1 to begin this work. The following teachers and assis tant teachers have returned to their work: Mrs. Gladys A. Cato, Clinton; Mrs. Beatrice Coates, MountviUe; Mrs. C. B. Corley, CHnton; Miss Louise Cox, Clinton; Mrs. Allie Hamilton, CUnton; Mrs. J. H. Hun ter, CUnton; Mrs. Ayliffe Jacobs, Clinton; Mrs. J. A. Lester, Cross Hill; Mrs. Inez Lindley, Laurens; Mrs. Emily P. McMillian, Clinton; Mrs. Ruby B. Milam, MountviUe; Mrs. Bennie Milling, Saluda, N. C.; Mrs. Mertie Roper, Laurens; Mrs. Margaret B. Sease, CUnton; Mrs. Edith C. Wingo, Laurens. Mrs. NeU Taylor, of Laurens, has’been added to the teaching staff. CHURCH CIRCLE TO MEET The KeUy-Gieim circle sflDun- can Creek Presbyterian church wUl meet at the church Tues day, September 14, at 3 o’clock, Mrs. James S. Grey wUl teach the Bttda itttHy. olf$ dr hospital Friends of L. Kinq, of Kin- ards, win be gtsd ft know he wv able to return home this * frW clinlcwhwt he a patient several day*. Forty-six candidates are tak ing their pre-season footbaU practice at Presbyterian college in preparation for the 1954 cam paign which opens at Clem son Saturday night, September 18. More than half of these, how ever, are new men, so the pact during the opening days of prac- tics is adjusted to getting these players oriented into the Blue Hose system. A number wUl be counted upon to flu important varsity roles. Just 15 lettermen are among would U** 11 *** ul * U3 who r * tun> * d from last year, and one of those reported with a broken foot He is Jimmy Allen of Conway, rugged lineman with the ability to play either center or guard, who hurt himself while trying to get in shape before practice started. Allen is not expected to return to ful action for a month. High scholastic hurdles have eliminated six candidates since last fall, the most important loss es being Tkckle Wayne Shoe maker of Charlotte and Halfback BiU VanderMeer of Morris Fork, Ky. These two juniors were counted on to handle starting as signments. Here’s a roster of the players now working out and available to Coach BiU Crutchfield for the 1954 season; Ends — Bobby Jackson and Charles Twitty, both of Char lotte; Joe Counts of Brunswick, Ga.; Ken Daughtry of Macon, Ga.; Bob Martin ot Ware Shoals; Bob Stevens of Glasport, Pa.; Sheldon Girardeau of Barnwell; BiUy Royal of Atlanta; and Jim Hooks of West Palm Beach, Fla. Tackles—Lee Frierson of Ar cadia, Fla.; Bob Harrington of Mont Clare; Bob Westenbarger of Lancaster, Ohio; Jack Weir of Benwood, W. Va., Bobby Drew-' ington of Laurens; Jim Mc- Haddix of Philipi, W. Va. Guards — Luther Shealy of Pacolet; Walter Yates of Norfolk, Va.; Tommy Warren of AUen- dal ; Alvis Poe of Rock HiU; Bill Tsacries of Clearwater, Fla.; Charles Tanner of Lexington; Coleman Gary of Belton; and Herbert Smith of Andrews. Centers—Frank Boulware of Rock HiU; Jimmy AUen of Con way; Paul Parker of Steuben ville, Ohio; Lazmi Prickett of HoUy HiU; and BUI Roberts of DanviUe, Va. Quarterbacks— Harry HafhU ton of Seneca; Felder Cook of North Charleston; Gene Carter of Concord, N. C.; Tommy Rich ards of Heath Springs; and Mitchell Mavromat of Bruns wick, Ga. Halfbacks — George Blue of Uhion; Gene Allman of Mullins; Gene Butler of Conway; Ray Johnson ot Whitmire; Ken Free man of Concord, N. C.; Jimmy Poole of Charlotte; and Johnny Armstrong of Honea Path. Fullbacks — Eddie Brocken- brough of Charlotte; BiU Bow man of Monongahela, Pa.; and Pete Felty of Covington, Va. At the annual American Legion convention held last week in Washington, D. C, with a record- breaking attendance, Seaborn P. Collins, Jr, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, -was unanimously chosen commander for the coming year. Commander Collins is the son of Mrs. Collins (Rosa Hipp) who was reared and educated here in Thomwell orphanage, along with two sisters. The new head is there fore a grandson of the orphan age. The commander has an uncle, W. Pierce HIU, and an aunt, Mrs. G. W.-Cunningham (Mattie Hipp) who reside in tlhs county. Negro Bell Street High Bell Street Gr Cross Hill-Mountville Woodson School-Joanna 2,829 219 343 260 ,.. i67 989 Enrollment for Laurens District No. 55 was reported as approxi mately 6,000 by C. K. Wright, su perintendent. Presbyterian College To Open September 18 4 Capacity Enrollment Expected With 150 New Studeata; Three-Day Period Of Orientation And Registration Plan ned Beginning Monday; Several Faculty Change* Aa- nounced For Year Presbyterian College will be gin its 74th session next week with another capacity enroU- ment. School opens for new students Monday, and approximately 150 are expected to come to PC for the first time then. They will register on Tuesday and Wed- Eocnomics — Kenneth Baker and Alexander Cruickahanks. Philosophy—James S. Gray. Psychology — Dr. George C. Belhngrath and Dr C. R Thay er. Bible — Dr. T. Layton Fraser and George A. Anderson. Sociology—Dr. Edouard Patte. Vocational Guidance Center— nesday, and on next Thursday Dr. C R. Thayer. On Coaching Staff Allman To Study At Seminary The "Rev. Robert Allman, sup ply pastor of Joanna Presbyte rian church for the past several months, and Mrs. Allman left last week for Decatur, Ga., where he entered Columbia Theological Seminary for fur ther study. Before their leav ing the women of the church en tertained Mrs. Allman with a farewell party at the Joanna club house. Pictures were made L&uchlin of Charlotte; Charles Madden of Greenville; and Guy County Service Clubs To Have Barbecue On Thursday, Sept. 23 Service clubs of the county will have their annual meeting at the Fair Grounds near Laurens on Thursday evening, September 23, it has been announced by J. Hew- lette Wasson, of Laurens, chairman of arrangements. The Clinton Kliwanis club is staging the affair, Mr. Wasson being a member of the Clinton club. He requests all clubs to no tify him immediately th$ number who will attend from each club. A barbecue is being planned, it was stated. Business Houses Take Labor Day Business houses of the city gen erally with the banks and post- office, observed Labor Day as a national holiday. The mills here and at Joanna did not close for the day. The day passed quietly with no planned celebration. The excessive heat of Saturday and Sunday sent many local residents off 16 the beaches or mountains for the holi days. ipTURMB TO HOME Friends of Howard Watkins will be inierested to know he is con i valescing at home following an <^cddibn flMan at ttakwk etthk. by Mrs. Kelly Waits and pre sented the honoree as a momento of the event. Following the presentation of a gift of appre ciation refreshments were serv ed. I0WAID SCHEMIECHIER f. C COACH Latest addition to the Presby terian College coaching staff is Edward Schembechler oi Bar berton, Ohio. A former All- Ohio tackle at the University of Miami, he is henlnnlne hie- Males Reminded Must Register For Selective Service J. B. Lewis, chairman of Se lective Service Local Board No. 30 for Laurens county, has point ed out that apparently many persons are forgetting that Se lective Service is still function ing and effective under the Uni versal Military Training and Services Act as amended June 19, 1951. The obligation to reg ister with Selective Service is the continuing obligation of all male peeons in the United States who were bom after August 30, 1922, through the age group of those who are new becoming 18 yean of age, if they have not previously registered. Chairman Lewis states that those male persons in three age groups who have been and are now on active duty with the reg ular branches of the armed forc es, persons who are confined by a physician's orders, persons confined in penal or similar in stitutions and foreigners with diplomatic immunity are exempt from registering with Selective Service only so long as such stat us continues in effect; that is to say persons bom after August 30, 1922, and those who are be coming 18 years of age, who are in any ot the categories described above, are required to register, if they have not previously reg istered under the 1948 Selective Service Act, after they are sep arated from the armed forces, re cover from illness or are released from confinement, or in the case of foreigners when their diplo matic status is terminated in this country. Chairman Lewis particularly desires to point out to all young men becoming 18 years of age that they are required by presi dential proclamation to register On their 18 th KithHny, nr the old students will return for registration. The first semester ot the 1954- 55 session will get underway with the regular class schedule on Saturday, September 18. Laurens dormitory, gleaming inside after a complete renova tion of its interior within recent weeks, stands primed and ready to receive its 32 students. The full faculty and staff were announced yesterday by Dr. Geo. C. Belhngrath, academic dean, and includes six additions: Dr. C. R. Thayer, director of the Voca tional Guidance Center and psy chology professor; Commander K. Porter in mathematics; Nor man MacLeod and Lloyd Davis in English; Aurel M. Erwin in French: and Ed Schembechler in the physical education depart ment. Here is the faculty and staff for the 1954-55 session: Mathematics -— Dr. Neil G. Whitelaw, Taylor Martin and Commander K. Porter. Education—Dr. George C. Bel- Imgrath. History—Dr. Newton B. Jones and Dr. William Y. Thompson. English—Dr. John W. Harris, Dr. John Stevenson, Norman MacLeod and Lloyd Davis. Chemistry—Dr. Nolan Carter. Biology — Dr. Alexander B. Stump and Elmore Herbert. , Spanish—John S. Glover and Richard Adams. French — Dr. Edouard Patte and Aural M. Erwin. Greek — James S. Grey and George A. Anderson. German—James & Gray. Physics — Dr. Neil G. White- Military—Lt Col. Francis V. Smith. Physical Education—Walter A. Johnson, Lonnie S. McMillian, William Crutchfield, Edward Schembechler and Norman L. Sloan Academic Dean — Dr. George C. Belmgrath Student Dean — George A. Anderson. Director of Public Relations and Alumni Affairs—Ben Hay Hammet. Reistrar — G. Edward Camp bell; Mrs. Rawlinson Martin, sec retary. Bursar—Mrs. George A. Tty- lor; Miss Dorothy Cawford, as sistant. Dining Hall Manager—L. V. Powell; Miss Barbara Allen, as sistant. Librarian—Miss Marian Burts. Plant Superintendent — Oren F. Beatty. Infirmary Matron—Mrs. Rob ert HeUams- SCA Hostess—Mrs. E. H. Hall. first season with the Blue Hoe* in the capacity of assistant footbaU coach and head base ball mentor. Schembechler coaches the PC forward wall. Mayor Asks Citizens To Conserve Water Situation Termed "Serious"' By Supt. Austin, As Drought Reduces City's Supply; Pumps Can't Operate At Capacity Is $297,000 Allotted For New Negro High School Here “Clinton’s water situation con tinues to get worse,” according to £. R. Austin, superintendent of the utiUties department of the city. Continued lack of rain in the watershed has so reduced the flow of Duncan’s creek, where Clinton gets its water, that the supply is at the critical stage. “In fact, it can be called serious,” Mr. Austin said. After a conference with Mr. Austin yesterday, Mayor H. L. Eichelberger colled upon citizens to conserve water in eveqy was possible. He requested very strong ly that watering of lawns and shrubbery and washing of auto mobiles be stopped immediately. It is requested that In the homes, too, care be taken not to waste Water. Mr. Austin explained that even If rein does come. It will relieve the situatidp only for about a w< unless rain* are continuous for several days, in which case relief will be felt for » longer period. The dam on Duncan’s creek is only about two feet high and im pounds only enough water to the depth necessary to operate the pumps. No appreciable amount can be stored for future use. Normally, water runs over the dam, but yesterday the level was aeven or eight inches from the top, which means, of course, that more water is being pumped than is flowing into the stream. This situation, Mr. Austin said, can continue for only a short time. In which case, if worse comes to worse, the pumps will stop alto gether. In fact, Mr. Austin further said, the largest pump, which supplies a million gallons s day, has had to be cut off, and one qf the mailer pumps used because of the reduced supply- During the summer months the town UMS _a million gallons daily, h is reported. five days after such birthday, with the Selective Service local board in their home county. The local board for Laurens county is located in the city hall in Lau rens and is open between the hours of 8 a. m and 5 p. m., Mon day through Friday. County Form Women To Hove Foil Meeting At Greenpond The fall meeting of the Lau rens County Council of Farm Women will be held on Thurs day, September 16. at the Green- pond community building. Re freshments will be served from 3:00 to 3:30 and the program will start piomptly at 3:30 p. m A representative from the State Highway Department will speak to the group on "Safety.” County chairmen will give the goals for the year and district directors will announce the clubs having completed the most out standing accomplishments in the past year. Council officers are urging that the 21 home demonstration clubs in the county be well rep resented at their annual fall meeting. These officers are: Mrs. L. N. Cook, president; Mrs. B. A. Goodwin, 1st vice-president; Mrs. Scott George, 2nd vice-pres ident; Mrs. Herschel Wilson, sec retary; and Mrs. M. A. Wilson, treasurer. FAMILY PICNIC Metribers of the Ktwafiis club and their families will have their annual picnic this evening. The state educational finance commission last week lifted its three-month ban on school con struction to allocate $3,750,555 for new projects, most of which ar* Negro high schools. The commis sion also set up a priority list in which future projects will be elig ible for allocation when funds are available. Included in the allocations made is $297,158 for a new Beil street (Negro) high school. The present Bell street building replaced the plant destroyed by fire in 1944. Funds for its con struction were provided in a spec ial school bond election for Hunters | district No. 5. Money for the new projects scheduled i-nmpletinn hf Welcome Service For Episcopal Minister Here Sunday Night A service of welcome for the Rev Clyde L. Ireland, minister, will be held Su night at 8 o’clock in Broad Stoat Methodist rfumch Tto Rev Mr. Saints church in June. He i* also pastor of the Church of the Epiphany n Lauren*. A native of Columbia, Rev. Ireland is a graduate of the Uni versity of South Carolina and in < June graduated from Virginia Tho.logu-ul Sem.narv Alexan- ! dria, Va. He was ordained at SL Martin’s-in-the - Fields Episco pal church, Columbia. Tlie service of welcome is sponsored by the Clinton Minis terial Association with no eveu ning services to be held in the other churches of the city. Rev. Ireland will bnng the evening message, with the public invited to attend. tember 1955 will come within the funds to be made available from the issuance of 20 million dollars 1 in bonds to be sold this fall. This! will bring the total amount .of bonds issued for school construc tion purposes to 70 million. Of the $104 million school ex pansion and improvement pro- County Representative To Attend 4-H * Electric Congress Jo Ann Gibbs and Howard Lu cas will represent Laurens coun ty at the State 4-H Elecrtic Club Congress to be held in Florence on September 10-11. The pro gram will include three banquet- type meetings and tours. the main tours will be of the So- noco plant in Hartaville on Fri day. Each club member attending the congress will exhibit equip ment or material made or pre pared in the 4-H Farm and Home Electric project. Jo Ann Gibbs is the daughter gram, 83.3 per cent has gone to; of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gibbs of Nsgru schools, and 33.7 per cent 1 the Trinity Ridge community. She has been an active 4-H club member for seven years and now serves as treasurer of the Lau rens county 4-H council. Jo Ann will give a demonstration at the | congress on "Converting a Kero sene Lamp Into an Electric Lamp.” Howard is a member of the Thomwell club and has been a 4-H member for four years. He has gone for white schools. Suttivan Votes To Kill Motion For Primary Election B a vote of 31-18 the State Dem ocratic Executive Conunittee last Friday at its special meeting in Columbia killed a motion to ar range a primary election to nom inate a United States Senate can didate for the Nov. 2 general elec tion necessitated by the sudden passing of Senator Burnet R May- bank. To kill the motion to hold a pri mary 31 votes were cast including National Committeeman Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, National Cotn- rait tee woman Mrs. Ann Agnew, of Columbia. State Party Chairman Mrs. Kitty Willson, and 28 other committee members by counties. Included as voting for the com mittee maneuvering was James H. Sullivan, of Laurens, executive committeeman for this county. An executive committeeman for each county la sleeted every two years at the county conventions prior to the state convention. has been active m club work in the local and in county-wide ac tivities. Howard will give a demonstration on the construc tion and operation of an elactric chicken brooder, exhibiting an electric timer he has constructed. THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY READ THE ADS