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« 1 * The Chronicle Strires To Be A Cku Nfwo- paper, Complete, Newoy and Reliable 3hf (ttlittlmi (Eljrunirlf X ’} If Yon Don’t The Chronicle Yon Don’t Get the News 0++++0+++++++o+++++++m+++0^00+00 Volume LV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 16,1954 Number T7 Byrnes Says Committee P-C-Clemson Should Call Primary |To Open Season Urges People Be Given Chance To Vote In U. S. Senate Race; Soys State Low Does Provide Legal Primary. Columbia, Sept. 14—Gov. James F. Byrnes declared today that “it would be a great service to the •late’’ if the State Democratic Committee would “reacind its pre vious action and give the people the right to vote” in a primary for their U. S. Senator. “It would be fadr and just to all who wish to be candidates,” he said in a prepared news statement “Most important of all it would al lay the bad feeling that now exists and will continue to exist among the people.” The committee, in a special meet ing Sept. 3, voted against calling a special primary to nominate a successor to tl\e late Sen. Burnet R. Maybank. Instead, it nominated State Sen. Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, as the party candidate in the Nov. 2 general election. Former Gov. Strom Thurmond, the States Rights candidate for president in 1P46, when he carried four states, promptly announced he would campaign for the post as a write-in candidate. Later, Hey ward Brock inton, a former Rich land county state legislator, also announced as a write-in candi date. Byrnes suggested that the peo ple of the state, “if interested in preserving for themselves the right to vote in a Democratic primary election for an important office like U. S. Senator,” should “promptly ask” their county exec utive committeemen to seek an other meeting. Coaid Order Primary Pointing out that 18 committee men voted to hold a primary while 31 voted the other, way, he sug gested that “should the committee meet promptly and seven of the 31 should join the 18 advocates of a primary in voting to reconsider the action of the committee they could order a primary election.” , “The committee could fix a date for a first and, if necessary, a sec ond primary under such rules as they deem wise anytime before the general election Nov. 2,” be continued. “If this were done, the nominee of the state committee certainly would withdraw his name. He could become a candidate in the primary election. The press indi cates there would be several can didates. The people could choose between them.” Byrnes recalled that he expressed himself in favor of a primary soon after Maybank died Sept. 1. No committee meeting had then been called, he said, “so no person can justly say that my advocacy of a primary election was due to the personality or political record of any individual.” > | State law and party rules, he said, provide that if the state com mittee decides there is not suffl- cinet time to hold a special pri mary it may name the nominee. That it did, he pointed out, after a majority “was persuaded there was not sufficient time between Sept. 3 and Nov. 2 to hold a pri mary election.” Made A Mistake He said he thought the commit tee made a “mistake” in deciding, as he said it had a right to do by law and party rules, that there was not sufficient time for a primary to be held between Sept. 3 and Nov. 2. “Neither the 60-day provision as to certification (of candidates) nor the 30-day provision as to distri bution of ballots is mandatory,” he maintained. “Even if this is wrong, no court will vitiate an election because of an irregularity that does not influence the result of hn elec tion.” Byrnes did not mention Brown by name in suggesting that the latter withdraw apd enter the pri mary if the compiittee met again and called one in line with his pro posal. Beauty Contest Added To Program Laurens County Fair Here's How To Write-In Candidate Here is how to “write-in” a vote for former Gov. Strom Thunnond in the race for the U. S. Senate on November 2. ON PAPER BALLOTS (In all counties not having voting ma chines): Do NOT put any mark in the “party circle” at the top of the ballot A mark here will mean a vote for the straight tick et, including Edgar A. Brown. Ignore the “box” in front of Mr. Brown’s name in the Senate race; do NOT “scratch” or other wise obliterate with any mark Mr. Brown’s name; to do so would “mutilate” your ballot and it could be thrown out Do NOTHING in the Senate rape except to write Strom Thur mond’s name opposite or along side that of Mr. Brown, careful ly avoiding putting an “X” in the box in front of Mr. Brown’s nhme. Voting machines are used only in Charleston and Richland counties. Chronicle Advs Are All-Important To You The advertising columns Of THE CHRONICLE each week carry important and helpful advertising “news” from local business firms. They tell you of latest prices and valuas in groceries, meats, clothing, dry good^ automobiles and all lines of merchandise. They help you in supplying the daily needs of your family and home. Shop in THE CHRONICLE first Newspaper advertising is all important to the buying public. It does not hang on the air .... it is not brief headlines here or there with a momentary interest Advs bars an important local v*h*e to yon. They help yon buy wen and sere Don't over look them. A county-wide beauty contest has been added to the list of fea ture events at the Laurens Coun ty Fair which opens October 4 for a six-day run) it was an nounced by Jack Sexton, presi dent of the Laurens County Fair Association. Any young lady in the county between the ages of 15 and 21 is eligible to enter, according to J. Troy Madden, chairman of the event. Candidates for the title of “Miss Laurens Count/’ will be selected at elimination contests to be held all over the county, Mr. Madden said. The winner of each of the elimination contests will com pete in the final event, he added. Preliminary plam c.U tor selection of the queen at the! finals on Friday, October 1, pre ceding the fair week. The site of the event has not yet been decid ed upon, Mr. Madden said. 1 Hie winner, whose identity will not be revealed until she is to be awarded the title, will be crowned in impressive ceremon ies at the fair grounds on open ing night. The queen will reign over the 1954 fair and will hold the title until selection of her successor prior to the 1955 expo sition. “Miss Laurens County” will receive a cash award of $50. The runner-up will win $25, and the third-place finisher will be giv en $10. The Gray Court-Owings area contest was held Friday night at the Gray Court-Owings school under the sponsorship of the Gray CourtjOwings Exchange club. Other contests will be held during the next two weeks in Clinton, sponsored by the Clin ton Exchange club; in Watts- ville sponsored by the Watts- ville Lions club; in Hickory Tav ern sponsored by the Hickory Tavern Lions club; in Laurens, sponsored by the Retail Mer chants Bureau qf the Chamber of Commerce; in Joanna, sponsored by the Joanna Moose lodge. Mr. Madden said that efforts are being made to have similar contests in the Cross Hill-Mount- ville-Waterloo area and in the Ora-Lanford-Enoree area. Any girl in the 15-21 age bracket may enter the final contest in Lau rens on October 1, whether she participates in one of the elimi nation contests or not, Mr. Mad den pointed out. Saturday Night . The anual PC invasion of Clem- son to open the 1964 football sea son is set for Saturday night, and this trip will mark the 36th en counter between the two institu tions. Gatetime is 8 p. m. in Ciemaon Memorial Stadium. Presbyterian, a decided under dog as usual in this game, will carry a relatively in experienced squad to Clemson to meet what may be another Tiger bowl team. PC Coach Bill Crutchfield believes the Bengals are that well loaded this faU. The Blue Hose are expected to go all-out with a passing attack which last year produced the best record in seven years: five wins, three losses and a tie. Back to do the throwing is Quarterback Har ry Hamilton, the same boy who performed with such deadly ac curacy in 1958. He hit for 72 com pletions in 176 attempts for 863 yards and six touchdowns. Hamilton’s two leading receiv ers also will be back at the start ing end positions Saturday night. They are: Bobby Jackson, who caught 17 for 216 yards and two touchdowns; and Joe Counts, 16 receptions for 115 yards and three TD’s. Counts made second team All-South Caroliiia last year. Two other second team all-stat ers also are back to stabilize the middle of the PC forward wall. Guard Luther Shealy and Center Frank Boulware both hove shown up well in pre-season practice and give evidence of picking up where they left off last season. The tac kle positions, however, are ques tionable — depending upon how freshmen, come through as re serves. Coach Crutchfield, starting his first season as head coach, also is concerned about his attack force in the backfield. Hamilton is a real menace in the air, but the Blue Hose do not have an effec tive running game to supplement his passes. Right now, the main PC asset— beyond the aerials—appears to be another strong charge of PC spir it. Incentive to play has been run ning at an unusually high pitch in the Blue Hose training camp. Here’s the probable starting Hne- up against Clemson: LE—Bobby Jackson; LT—Fee Frierson; LG—Walter Yates; C— Frank Boulware; RG — Luther Shealy; RT—Robert Harrington; RE—Joe Counts; QB—Harry Ham ilton; LHB—Gene Butler; RHB— George Blue; and FB — Eddie Photo of Mystery F arm of The Week • Here's another in the series of mystery Farms of this section of the county now appearing in The Chronicle in the interest of better farimng. The photos were taken from the air with no one. not even The Chronicle or the photographer—knowing the owner of the farm. Identity must be made by the owner of the farm appearing each week. He will receive free of charge the original mount ed picture from which the above reproduction was made. There are no prises offered for the co- ect guess. College Begins New Year With Heavy Enrollment Upper Classmen To Report Today; Freshmen Arrived Monday And Put Through General Orientation Program; Matriculation To About Equar Last Year _ Orieri’lation week is in full swing bytenan or. Monday night and on the Presbyterian college cam- j were welcomed by Clinton Mayor pus, and another capacity enroll- Eicheberger President , . . i Marshall W Brown and the pres- ment is assured for the .4th »•- ldent of the itud<fnt ^ s ‘ on Placement tests consumed the Just under auo students are ex- major part of Tuesday and Wed- gected to register this Thursday j nesday, a supper for new students and Friday for the first semester I was held at Lake Greenwood last of the 1954-56 school year. Ap-'evening proximafely 160 of these are new Thursday's schedule calls for students attending PC for the first registration of freshmen m the time. These totals are about the; morning, ROTC physical exanuna- same as last year. tions that afternoon ond a recep tion sponsored by the College Darmes Thursday evening. Upperclassmen will registef on Friday and the regular class sched ule will start on Saturday morn ing at 8 o'clock Now students started arriving on the campus Monday and were greeted by the college staff and student leaders on hand to help with orentation. They assembled for the first time officially at Pres- Lost Rites For Miss Daisy Hipp Held Sunday Gilbert Blakely Receives Commission Former Clintonian Member Salem Faculty Friends here of Mrs. R. N. White of Winston-Salem, N. C., will be interested to know she has been appointed as teacher of home economics for the 1954-55 session at Salem Academy. Mrs. White, the former Miss Clara O’Daniel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O’Daniel of this city, holds a B-S. degree from Win- throp college where she majored in home economics and minored in science. In addition to her dasses'Mn. White trill act aa costume consultant for. three ma jor productions at the academy during the coming year. Dove Season Opened In County September 15th The dove season opened Septem ber 15, practically the same date as last year, it was stated by Game Warden G. B. O’Dell. The season will run through October 4 and open again December 20 to run through January 8, he said. The dally shooting time will be from noon until sunset. The bag limit is eight birds, he said. The warden pointed out that the total shooting season this year is 10 days longer than last year, five days being added to each of the two periods. Hunting licenses which run from July to July and required of all hunters over 12 years of age, in cluding fox hunters, are now on sale throughout the county, he said. Laurens, Sept. 10—Miss Daisy Hipp, 74, died last Friday after noon in the Laurens county hos pital following several years of declining health and two weeks critical iltpess. She was the daughter of the 1 late James and Nannie Nabers and a native of this county. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Grover Donnan, Rt. 1, Lau rens. i Funeral services were con- j ducted Sunday afternoon at Lu- where she was a member, by the cas Avenue Baptist church. Rev. Alvin Boone, the Rev. Hugh Hazel and the Rev. Roy Coker. I Burial was in Friendship Pres-, by ten an church cemetery near Hickory Taaren. Active pallbearers were J. D. Brown, Everett Owings, John N. Nabers, Mason Donnan and Geo. Craig. The honorary escort was com posed of the deacons of Lucas Avenue Baptist church. American Legion Membership Campaign Now Underway The 1955 membership campaign of Copeland-Davidson Post 56 of the American Legion is now under way, stated a spokesman for the Legion yesterday. The membership committee, headed by Wyman Shealy, Sr., is contacting old members and pros pects for the 1956 membership. Serving on the committee in ad dition to Mr. Shealy, are the fol lowing: Carlton F. Winn, James Von Hollen, Milford Smith, Louis Bonds, Pope Chapman and James E. Walfe. Exchange Club Will Sponsor Beauty Contest P. C.-Clemson Tickets On Sale Tickets for the big Presbyterian- Ciemson football game Saturday night at Clemson, are now on sale at the drug stores in the city. Wal ter Johnson, athletic director, said yesterday tickets are avail able here for all fans intending to attend the season’s opening game. GILBERT BLAKELY Following six weeks of sum mer training as a member of the Platoon Leaders Class at the Ma rine Corps School, Quantico, Va., Gilbert Blakely received his commision as a lieutenant in the Marine Corps reserve on Septem ber 4. Lt. Blakely was graduated from the University of South Carolina this sununer. After spending a few days leave last week with his mother, Mrs. J. B. Speake, he has returned to Quantico where he is stationed. Beta Sigma Phi To Sponsor County "Maid Of Cotton" Contest It is announced Beta Sigma Phi chapters of Laurens and Clin ton will sponsor the South Caro lina Maid of Cotton contest in the county, with Mrs Sara De- Loache serving as co-chairman and Leslie Pugh as treasurer The date has been set for Octo ber 11 at the Hotel Mary Mus- grove. Application blanks and regula tions to enter the contest may bej obtained from the agriculture building in Laurens. All candi-| i dates entering the contest must be unmarried, between the ages of 19 and 25 inclusive, bom in a cotton growing state, must be at least five feet, five inches tall and willing to abide by the rules and regulations pertaining to the contest. The purpose of the Maid of Cotton contest is to stimulate in terest in cotton. This program is one means ^ selling to the Union Service Welcomes New Episcopal Minister A union welcome service ot the city churches was held Sun day evening at Broad Street Methodist church and attended by repreesntatives from all de nominations The service was arranged by the local Ministerial Association to extend a community welcome to the Rev. Clyde L. Ireland, new Episcopal minister here since June. He is also pastor of the Church of the Epiphany in Lau rens. All ministers of the city took part on the program, with the sermon of the evening preached by Mr. Ireland. Directs Guidance Center At College Thay- estab- Above is Dr. Clarence R er, director of the newly lishcd Vocational Guidance Cen ter at Presbyterian College. A number of high school «tuc already have taken advantage of this program of testing and coun seling directed toward helping them choose the careers for which they are best suited. A joint project of the college and Synod of South Carolina, the Center is available to the young people of the state. Four New Members The Clinton Exchange club is sponsoring a beauty contest Thursday evening, September 30, at 8:00 p. m. at the Clinton high school auditorium, to select an entrant for the “Miss Laurens County Fair” contest. The win ner will be awarded a $25.Q0 cash prize. Single young ladies Between the ages of 15-21 who are resi dents of the Clinton area are eli gible. Further information may be obtained from any member of the Exchange club or by calling 420-W. Other entertainment including a minstrel show will be given in connection with the contest. Pro ceeds from the shew will go for benefit of the high school band. Basketball Officials To Organize Tuesday All men from the Clinton, Lau rens and Joanna area interested in forming a basketball officials association are asked to attend a meeting Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the field house in Ware Shoals. The proposed plan will, cover Lau rens, Newberry and Greenwood counties. Mr. Graves, exscuthrs secretary for the & C. high school league will be present to help get hte group organized. 4 Daddy And His Little Girl The fallowing points a valuable lesson. It is worth reading . . . and keeping. It Is regretted that the author is unknown: otherwise he would be given credit Today my daughter, who is 7 years old, started to school as usual. She wore a dark blue dress with a white collar. She had on black shoes and wore blue gloves. Her cocker spaniel, whose name is Coot, sat on the front porch and whined his canine belief in the folly of education as she waved good-bye and started off to the hall of learning. Tonight we talked about school. She told me about the girl who sits in front of her, the girl with yellow curls, and the boy across the aisle who makes funny faces. She told me about her teacher, who has eyes in the back of her head, and the trees in the school yard, and about the big girl who doesn’t believe in Santa Claus. We talked about a lot of things—tremendously vital, un important things, and then we studied spelling, reading, arithmetic —and then to bed. She’s back there now—back In the nursery sound asleep, with “Princess Elizabeth” (that’s her doll) cuddled in her right arm. You guys wouldn’t hurt her, would you? You see. I’m her daddy When her doll Unbroken or her finger is cut or her head gets bumped, I can fix it—but when she starts to school, when she walks across the street, then she’s in your hands. She’s a nice kid. She can run like a deer and dart about like a chipmunk. She likee to ride horses and swine and hike with me on Sunday afternoons. But I can’t be with her all the time; I have to work to pay for her clothes and her education. So please help me lock out for her. Please drive slowly past the schools and inter sections—and please remember that children run from behind parked cars. Please don’t run over my little girl. public the value and use of cot ton. It is a combined effort of the cotton interests of the state from the fanners op through the textile plants.' It is through in terest in and service to the coun ty that Beta Sigma Phi is spon soring the contest and coopera- J 0 j n D £ Faculty tion throughout the county will J ~ • be greatly appreciated. Officers of the chapters are as follows: Laurens—Miss Betty Jo Gw inn, president; Miss Hazle Dean, vice-president; Mrs Jack Griffin, recording secretary; Mrs. Merle Byars, teasurer: and Mrs. Wilson Stewart, corresponding secretary; Clinton—Miss Becky Speake, president; Miss Mary Frances Pinson, vice-president; Mrs. Ed Pease, recording secre tary; Miss Betty Skinner, treas urer; Mrs. Eld Byrd, correspond ing secretary. Coker Resigns Presbyterian Church Pastorate In County The Rev. Ray Coker, pastor of Friendship Presbyterian church a* Hickory Tavern in this county, and his family were honored at a reception at the church 1 Sunday nig^t. Mr. Coker will leave soon tfi accept pastorates of Lebanon and Warrenton Presbyterian churches in Abbeville county. He has been pastor of Friendship church for six years and during that time much progress has been made, including cpnstruction of a new edifice. A Silver service was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Coker. They have a small son, Mark. Three Legal Sales Conducted By Clerk Clerk of Court Walter Dunlap conducted three legal sales Mon day morning as follow’s• Mrs. Lola L. Smith vs Eldwm J. Schumpert, 215 5 acres in Waterloo township, bid in by G. M. MoCuen, attorney, for $2,150. Newberry' Savings and Loan Association vs Cecil Church, et al, lot in Laurtns, bid in by G. M McCuen, attorney, for $3,800 Newberry Savings and Loan Association vs Henry L. Nabers, lot in Laurens, bid in by G. M. McCuen, attorney, for $3,800. ■i" ' Clinton Man Now Jeep Driver In Korea Korea (FHTNO—Driving a jeep for the 5th Regiment’s motor transport section is the job of Marine PFc. Earl M. Satterfield in Korea, son of Mr. and Mbs. Laney M. Satterfield of this city. For New Session Four additions to the Presbyte rian college faculty have been an nounced by President Marshall W Brown. They are: Rurel M. Erwin, of Macon, Ga.; Norman MacLeod, of Olivia, N. C.; Lloyd Davis, of Charleston, W. V., and Commander Kenneth Porter, of the Isle of Palms. Erwin comes to the college at an assistant professor in the French department, having taught French and Spanish during the past year at Emory university. He received his A. B. degree from Mercer uni versity in 1937 and his Master’s from Duke university in 1941. He has also studied at the National University of Mexico and at Mid- dlebury Spanish and French schools, and is widely traveled in France, Spain and Mexico Prior'to joining the Emory fac ulty, Erwin taught at Georgia Mil itary Academy, Lanier high school in Macon, Ga., Admiral Farragut Academy in St Petersburg, Fla, and Emory Junior college MacLeod joins the English de partment as an instructor He is a graduate of the University of Tinsley Farm Shown Last Week In Mystery Series Soon after the paper was in the mail C H. Tinsley called at the office and identified the farm as his- Mr Tinsley, incidental ly. a member of The Chronicle’s family of readers, resides just outside of La arena county after crossing Enoree river on the Clinton - Spartanburg highway. His mail is delivered to him by rural carrier out of Enoree. His farm is devoted to cattle raising. Another in the series of un- designated farms appaers today. The owner upon identifying and claiming the farm as his property will be presented a beauUtul mounted enlargement of the original aerial photo. In pub lishing the senes of photos this newspaper is recognizing fann ing as the big business that it is today—big in investment in land, machinery, livestock, buildings. Incidentally, the owuag of the farm appearing may sacure ad ditional photos of the one he W presented absolutely free—at a small cost if desired from the specialists in this type of low al titude photography The following subscribers call ed the office to identify the Tins ley farm: S. G. Dillard. Arnold Dixon, Mrs W A. Moorhead, Milford Smith, Roy Wilson, Mrs. Henry Trammell. McCall Is Named Supervisor Of Census Office Hubert G (Glenn) McCall, farmer of the Trinity-Ridge sec tion of the county, has been named assistant supervisor of the 1954 Census of Ag-iculture field office to be established at Green ville, according to an announce ment by Director Robert W. Bur gess of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, Wash ington, D C- Vernon M Shell of Greenville, was appointed supervisor. The Greenville office will di rect a force of 23 crew leaders and 346 enumerators in 23 South Carolina counties m the upper part of the state. The census will provide infor mation on the number and size of ! farms, acreage and harvest of crops. Livestock production and .nventones, selected farm facili ties and equipment, selected farm expenditures, farm values and mortgage debt Another field office will be lo cated m the lower part of the state. pan and Korea Davis also joins the English de partment as an instructor He comes here directly from Vander bilt university, where he received his Master’s degree in June A na tive of Charleston, W. V.. he com pleted work on his A. B. degree at the University of West Virginia. Porter, who has retired as a; naval commander after 20 years 1 of active service, will be an in- > structor in the mathematics de partment. A graduate of the Unit ed States Naval Academy, he has worked. as an electrical engineer and as a ship designer, and also has served as an assistant profes sor of mathematics on the staff of William and Mary. ARMY BAND IN GAFFNEY The 95th Army bead accom panied by the director. Warrant Officer Keebler F. Mills, was in Gaffney Tuesday to take part in the centennial parade and cele bration. BEAD THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay yea. ITS to North Carolina, from which he re-1 - D ceived his A B. degree in 1947 : KUliyOIIS KClUnt and his Master s in 1951 To Wc$t AfflCQ that time he has spent two years with the American Red Cross, an ^ Farrell E. Run- counselling and assisting service-jy*® an< * three children have re men with personal and family j turned to their missionary post problems, including duties in Ja- 1 Nigeria. West Africa, after spending a year's furlough in the states. Mrs Runyan is the former Miss Elizabeth Barnette, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Bar nette of thi& city. The Runyans left by plane tor New York and will fly to Africa via London. READ THE ADS