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J Page^Two^ : Good Committee . Job For Strom- 1 Sen. Russell Washington, Nov. »—Southern Democratic leaders will see that Senator-Elect J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina gets “good com mittee assignments,” Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia said today. Russell, one of the Dixie chief tains in the Senate, told The Greenville News that Thurmond will be placed on the best com mittee available to a new mem ber. The Georgian, who is chairman of the Armed Service committee, said he would like to have Thur mond serve there, but mo vacancy is available. Sen. Wayne Morse, of Oregon, and other senators have first claim on the one Democratic seat that is open on Armed Serv ices, Russell explained. Thurmond would prefer the Armed Services assignment, be- THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thmraday, November 11,1954 cause he served in France in World War II and now is president of the Reserve Officers Assn. By taking over control of the Senate, the Democrats gain one seat on each of the fifteen com mittees, so there will be openings for all the new members. “We’ll see that Thurmond gets good assignments,” Russell said in his exclusive interview with The | Greenville News. ; Russell hailed Thurmond’s write-in victory over Edgar A. Brown as “the most remarkable thing in the history of American politics.^ He said Georgians fol lowed the South Carolina cam paign with great interest, as they have many kinfolks on the other side of the Savannah river. Russell said he can’t claim kin with Thur mond, but Gov. Herman Talmadge can, because “his mother, Mrs. Eugene Talmadge, was a Thur mond.” Congressman Thurmond Chat ham, of North Carolina, said today tlfaT~' he has congratulated his “Cousin Strom” on the victory. “My mother and his father were BAILEY’S , will Brighten Your Future We're searching for enduring peace. Because the people crave it, But peace we've larned— Like money earned— Can't last unless we save it. Z% INTEREST PAID ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SEMI-ANNUALLY m. s. mim & Laurens Couniy Paving Contracts Are Announced Two contracts for the grading and bituminous surfacing of 13 - Laurens - county have been 791 miles of secondary roads in awarded by the State Highway' Department to Spotts and Com pany of Newberry, and Davis Moragne of Columbia. Announcement of the contracts was made in letters' of a ward from Chief Highway Commis sioner Claude R. McMillan Oc tober 19 and October 22. Bids on the projects were publicly, opened in Columbia September 14. The larger of the contracts con- , sists of the grading and surfacing ! of 10.542 miles on Roads 34, 27 , | and 46. It includes the improve ment of 1.926 miles on Road 34 from S. C. Route 56 south of Clin ton northeasterly to U. S. Route | 76; of 6.593 miles on Road 27 from S. C. Route 72 southwest of | Clinton southeasterly to S. C. 1 Route 56; and of 2.023 miles on Road 46 from Road 27 northerly to the beginning of bituminous surfacing south of Clinton. Davis Moragne was low bidder on the project at $98,227.16. Included in the second contract consisting of 3.249 miles, are the grading and surfacing of 1.047 miles on Road 60, being West Ave. and Farley Ave in the City of Laurens ;and of 2.202 miles on Road 84 from Road 114 near 60 in Laurens. The low bid der on this work was submitted by Spotts and Company at $51,- 12Q.59. NEW FORD ON DISPLAY FRIDAY Ford Motor Co„ the wood’s greatest builder of V8’s, presents their totally new ’55 Ford to the American people Friday as an nounced today. In Clintpn that means the model will be on dis play irt the showrooms of Bald win Motor Co., long local dealers ( for the Clinton area. The public ■ is cordially invited, Mr. Baldwin states, to see the many changes in the totally new car—outside and inside. The announcement states the new Ford is the longest, lowest, roomiest — most powerful' ever built. When Byrnes left, everyone but Brown again stood up. After the departure. Brown asked, and got, a brief executive session of the board to make a statement in reference to the governor’s posi tion in the senate race. The request was granted and as newsmen were leaving the room, Brown spoke of Byrnes in unflattering terms, saying he was speaking off the record. Byrnes supported former Gov. Strom Thurmond in his success ful write-in campaign against Brown, the Democratic party nominee, i Brown was chosen by the state Executive Committee when the late Burnet R. Maybank died September 1. Use Water, Mayor Says-But Carefully WITH THE SICK Friends of Dudley Ray will re gret to know he is ill and a pa- Curtailed use of water in the' tient at Blalock clinic, city was lifted yesterday by May-! Patients at Hays hospital in- or H. L. Eichelberger, but citizens dude Mrs. Mary Seegers, J. J. „„„ . . Owens, John L. Hancock. Mrs. were requested to continue to be , , .. „ . ^ • , . , , ' , Lula King, Mrs. Ruby Snipes and careful in the amount used. i Charles Sheppard. WhUe the supply has increased) Calvin w Snuman returned to considerably, there has been no his home ^ the Joanna highway heavy continuous rains in the| terd after ^ing a patient at watershed. Two fairly good rains Blalock clinic 9everal d . have fallen in the past three weeks , Friends of c H . McCrary, but these have not increased the s will ^ lad to know she is flow of water in Duncan creek to normal for this time of year. improving satisfactorily at Hays hospital following an operation However, Eichelberger, after Tuesday. Newton Crawford and William conferring with B. R. Austin, su perintendent of the city’s utilities, I. Bailey, Sr., are patients at Bla- P. C. Defeats Stetson, 28-7; Webb Is Star 1ST ABLISHtO IjLd {EitJm CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $600 000 00 MiMIIR - FfDtRAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 'jSMJADWRt OhecCtae k Today and Tomorrow Nov. 11-12;; Cinemascope tom >Kicl6 ! Of fALWORTH COLOR tv JFfecAnieofyt' Saturday (One Day) Nov. 13 o The Outlaw Stallion Technicolor Wild Horses on Rampage With Phil Carey, Dorothy Patrick and Billy Gray Feature: 1:50, 3:44, 5:38, 7:32, 9:26 COMEDY 3 CARTOONS Monday-Tuesday Nov. 15-16:: Speedy freshman halfback Ken Webb raced over for two touch downs as Presbyterian rolled to an easy 28-7 victory over Stetson University here last Friday night. Webb, a 195-pounder from De catur, Ga., scored from 10 yards out midway in the second quar ter, then raced 62 yeards with an intercepted pass to close out Presbyterian’s scoring early in the final period. Presbyterian’s first touchdown came on an 18-yard dash by half back George Blue in the secona quarter. Quarterback Harry Hamiltoh sneaked across from one out in the fourth to round out the winners’ scoring. Blue and Hamilton each con. verted for two extra points. Stetson managed its lone touchdown against third-string ers in the closing moments of the game. Quarterback Dick Sal- trick wrapped up a 70-yard drive, most of which came on his pass ing, by driving over from the on e- ^ Stetson scoring: Touchdowns, Saltrick; conversion, Stevenson. Presbyterian scoring: Touch- cpnversions, Blue 2, Hamilton, 2. downs, Webb, 2, Blue, Hamilton’ Stetson 0 0 0 7— 7 Presbyterian 0 14 0 14—28 I — P. T. A. Observes j National Book Week The November meeting of the i Florida Street school Parent- i Teachers association was held on I Tuesday evening. The president, Sgt. Wayne O. Wood, presided. W. R. Anderson • opened the meeting with prayer. During the business session Mrs. J. C. Thomas, Halloween carnival chairman, reported $473.96 pro ceeds from the event. Sgt. Wood announced that paid memberships total 381. Grade count members number 571. Al lowance is made here for those parents having more than one chlid in school. The membership •committee is striving fo» a 100 per 'cent membership which has been 'attained for the past few years. | Mrs. James S. Gray, librarian of the Childrens library, spoke to the group in observance of Nation al Book week. A playlet was pre sented by Mias Agnes Davis, 4th j grade. j Miss Davis’ room won the at tendance prize. — second or third cousins, or some sort of kissing kin,” the Elkin blanket manufacturer said, j “The people evidently got mad when the State Democratic com mittee tried to hand that Senate seat to Brown,” Chatham said. I “When South Carolina people get mad, they go to work. They start ed one war, you know, and they don’t mind a fight.” decided to lift the restrictions that lock clinic. have been in force for several ( Friends of Mrs. S. A. Pitts, Jr., weeks. But at the same time, the will be interested to know she is mayor requested water users not convalescing at Hays hospital aft- to use more than is necessary for er an operation Tuesday, any purpose, and to be especially The following who have been careful in watering lawns and patients at Blalock clinic returned shrubbery. to their homes earlier in the week: Alfred Allen, Odys McIntosh, Mar ilyn Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Neal, Mrs. David Neal, Z. W. Rushton, Jr., and Randy Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Knight. J. W. Horton has returned to his home near here after being a patient at Hays hospital several days. i Friends of Mrs. David Satter field will be interested to knqw she has returned to hbr home near here after being a patient at Bla lock clinic several days. Eugene Morgan, of Joanna, and Earl Moatcs are patients dismissed earlier this week from .Hays hos pital. Miss Katherine Day Passes In Maryland The Chronicle has been advis ed of the sudden death of Miss Katherine Day at Miner’s Hos pital in Frostburg, Md., on Oc tober 18, with burial rites fol lowing in Frostburg Memorial Park. Miss Day had been .a Chronicle subscriber for a long number of years and had read the paper continuously and kept up with the community, we were advised by her sister, Mrs. Eliza beth Day Williams. Miss Day made her home here for a number of years, being con nected with the B. L. King store as milliner. She is remembered by a number of friends and as sociates. Through the long years she and the late Miss Ella Adair were devoted friends and had visited each other a number of times. Maytag-Gas Authority Cooking Party The Clintoh Maytag gas appliance dealers—T. E. Jones A Sons, furniture store. Natural Gaa Ap pliance Co., and Burrlss-Harrison Furniture Co., in co-operation with Clin ton-Newbwrj Natural Gas Authority, staged a successful cooking party on October 26, at the Armory. Dixie-Home Stores furnished baskets of groceries for prizes and all food used in the cooking demonstrations. Mrs. G. A. Black, of Clinton, was the winner of the grand prize, a Maytag gaa range, fur nished by the local Maytag dealers. The party was well attended and we wish to thank the people of the community for their In terest. Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority 111 S. Broad St. Clinton, S. C. Black Is Given Post Washing Machine Robert F. Black, of 102 Wood- row street, was the winner of a Bendix automatic washing ma chine given by the Pitts-Gary Post of the American Legion in a drawing contest held recently. The chapter wishes to thank the merchants for their support and those who have books are asked to mail them in for a dona tion for the Legion Hut. CENTURY CLUB TO MEET The Century club will meet next Tuesday, November 16, at 4 o’clock at the home of Mrs. John Spratt. Legion Barbecue Tickets On Sale In City Tickets for the barbecue of Copeland-Davidson Post 56 of the Byrnes, Brown Shun Each Other At State Meeting Columbia — Gov. Brynes and State Senator Edgar A. Brown showed publicly Monday they aren’t on speaking terms, prob ably as a result of the recent U. S. Senate race Brown lost to the candidate Byrnes endorsed. When the governor entered a meeting of the State Budget and Control Board through a door be hind the chair in which Brown was seated, everyone in the room but Bown rose to greet Byrnes. Byrnes was in the room just a few minutes, and did not look Brown’s way. Brown remained engrossed in some budget pa pers he was holding. American Legion to be held No vember 18 are on sale at Howard’s pharmacy, McGee’s drug store, Sadler-Owens pharmacy and Young’s Pharmacy. The tickets will remain &t the drug stores until noon Monday. The public is cordially invited to attend. The barbecue is in connection with the visit to Clinton of Seaborn P. Collins, national commander of the American Legion. The tickets are $1.25 each. I ■cifMfi Mitt* mim WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17 (A Re-Issue) "RACHEL and the STRANGER” Northwest Adventure With: William Holden—Loretta Young and Robert Mitchum FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 17th day of December, 1954, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administratrix of the estate of Edgar Clayte Young in the office of the Judge of Pro bate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as Admin istratrix. Any person indebted to said es tate is notified and required to make payment on or befpre that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. VIOLA YOUNG NEIGHBORS, Administratrix. Nov. 9, 1954 2c-W-Dec. 2 WANTED! SALES LADIES AGES 20 TO 45 TO WORK EXTRA DURING HOLIDAYS. APP^LY MANAGER BELK’S DEPT. STORE • IF YOU DONT READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DONT GET THE HEWS ALFALFA HAY! Farmers, cattlemen — we have the best buy in good 2nd cutting, green, leafy alfalfa.^ With your emer gency certificate it is only- $37.50 per Ton Delivered to Clintoln SEE US TODAY BEFORE THE PRICE GOES UP Fanners Feed & Seed N. Broad Street Phone 1025 E'RE'QU GROUND BEEF * 25c PITRIi' PORK SAUSAGE Lb. RIB STEW BEEF Lb. 1 5« ALL MEAT BOLOGNA Lb. 28 c PUFFIN Canned BISCUITS c™ 10* SIZE 252 ORANGES Doz. 15c Sweet POTATOES Sc SNOWDRIFT 3 Lb. Can 82c MARGOLD MARGARINE Lb. 19' BLUEBIRD Grapefruit JUICE 46 Oz. 19c PERFECTION—LONG GRAIN RICE Lb. Bag 1 3 c CREAM STYLE CORN 2 No. 2 Cans 25 c MASHED Sweet Potatoes No icanfOc HUNT’S Tomato Juice 2 no 303 an, 19= Wilson’s Grocery 305 N. Sloan St Phone 884