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triE CLINTON CHRONICLE * Thursday, March Strom; Ormond QlCnUcb £>IaU* 4£>eua{« ! WASHINGTON. D. a March 3# 1956 Honorable George Bell Timmerman, Jr. Governor of South Carolina The State House Columbia, South Carolina Dear Governor Timmerman: ' In keeping with the pledge which I made to the people of South Carolina during the 1954 campaign, and in order that the State Democratic Convention can place -the office in this summer’s primary, 1 hereby resign as United States Senator effective on and as of April 4, 1956, and I respectfully request that you accept this resignation effective on that date. Sincerely yours. Strom Tnumond ST/mwk News siaiement by Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) in Co-, lumbia. S. C.. March 3, 1956. an- nuoncing his resignation from the United States Senate. The untimely death of Senator Burnet R. Maybank came on Sep tember 1. 1054. just over two months before the general elec tion on November 2 of that year. | Senator Maybank had been re nominated in the Democratic pri mary w ithout opposition If a special Democrat.;, primary, had been held to nominate a suc cessor to Senator Maybank, the yqters in that primary would have been bound by South Carolina | law and by oath under state Democratic party rules to sup port the nominee. A special pri-1 marv was! not held Therefore, the Demohrats . of South Carolina were free to vote for the person ’of their choice for the full sixr; year term in the 1954 genera! election . _______ Democrats in £very county call ed on me to lead a write-in cam paign as their candidate for the Senate. iThe view of many po litical observers was that such „a campaign would be hopeless be cause of the difficulties of write in balloting. # 1 believed the people them selves had a right to vote for a candidate of their choice to fill an office, especially since the term of office was for six years. 1 1 agreed to become a Democratic write-in candidate for the Senate seat left vac ant for the term beginning in January, 1955. \ In the emapaign I stated: "This is a*fight for principle . . . To make the principle at stake (rystal clear 1 pledge to the peo ple of South Carolina that if I am elected in the lleneral Elbttihri on e November 2, I will tender my res ignation in 1956 in sufficient tinft* to let the Democrats of South Carolina nominate a United States Senator in the regular Demcoratic primary election that year, which is the earliest regular primary to be held ". On March 21 the state Demo- eraUc convention will be held. One of its functions is to provide for a primary to nominate Demo crats for the various offices which will be filled by the voters in No vember in the general election Candidates who enter the orimarv must qualify between noon on March 22 and noon on April 5. The time has come for me to fulfill my promise to the people of South Carolina. I have tried to choose a course that will be as crystal clear as the principle I upheld in the 1954 campaign. Today I have delivered my let ter of resignation to Governoif Timmerman. The text of the letter states:- “In keeping with the pledge which I made to the people ot South Carolina during the 1954 campaign, and in order that the state Democratic cnovention cai. place the office in this summer J primary, I hereby resign as Unit ed Statse Senator effective on and as of April 4, 1956. and I respect fully request that you accept this resignation effective on that date.” \ The state convention can pro vide for a primary to nominate a candidate for the remaining four years of the six year term to which I was elected. The Demo crats of South Carolina can have the opportunity of nominating the person of their choice on June 12. Any person who desires to enter the primary as a candidate has sufficient notice. I shall be a candidate for nomi nation in the primary to succeed myself in the Senate: My resignation was made effec live April 4, the day before the closing of the books for qualifica tion and before the campaign op ens.- Because of the unprecedent* ed circumstances of the 1954 sen atorial election. I would not want to hav6 any adyantage which might result from my holding of fice during this primary cam paign. I , My resignation will guarantee iree and Open primary election for South Carolina Democrats, believe the course I have taken in resigning, and in making this an nouncement a month before the effective date, fulfilled to the ut most the pledge I made to . the people in 1954. The trust rpeosed in me by the people has been deeply appreciat ed. and I have tried at all times to reward this trust by exerting my best efforts on behalf of the State and the nation. Bring a Friend To Church With You Bruce Livestock. Spies Center Here After Greenville Fire APPLY £ Livestock auction operations.©! the P. L. Bruce Livestock Co. at Greenville, whose barns were de; stroyed by fire last week have been moved temporarily to Clin ton. it was announced by Tom Bruce, a partner in the firm. T h e company maintains a tockyard at Clinton, and sales ill be hold hone each Tuseday until the Greenville facilities are rebuilt. Rebuilding wi!.! require live or six weeks. Mr. Bruce said( ■ - Siles previously had been con ducted at Clinton on Fridays, bm the day has been changed to Tuesday during the temporary ar ia ngements. FINAL SETTLEMENT for profits on small grains and grass -Take 'notine that on tHe 26th day of~April. 1956;~TwUITendeF final account of my acts and do ings as Administrator of the es tate of Alex Kinard in the office of the-Judge of Probate of Laur ens county, at 10 o’clpck a. m. and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. Any person indebted to said es tate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date: and all persons haring claims against. said estate will present them on or before said datfe, duly proven or be forever barred. AURELIA KINARD, Administratrix. Feb. 16, 1956. Mar. 15*4 tew FERAN Nitrogen Fertilizer Solutions make money for farmers and stockmen who apply it on grain and grass pastures very early. Your grass gets up and grows more rich, nutritious, low-cost green feed when it gets plenty of quick-acting, long-lasting FERAN nitrogen. Small grains shoot up strong and stool out thick with more stalks that produce big heads of plump grain. You can apply ARCADIAN® FERAN fast and easy with a simple tractor spray rig. Or your FERAN dealer can spread it for you on 100 to 200 acres per day. You get the nitrogen on your crops at low cost, right when the^ob needs to be done, without lifting a bag, without fussing with high-pressure tanks. 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But the Christian Church offers man safety from greater perils. It teaches him the dan gers inherent in his own im pulses ... it shows him his re sponsibility for the lives and . faith of others ... it stimulates his soul-deep yearning to know God ... it assures him that life has eternal meaning through Jesus Christ. Accidents will happen—but spiritual tragedy need not! For the eternal safety of all men, the careless, the thoughtless, the preoccupied: Chrjst died. mEc imCHF^„ all for jS* au • tJh 6 < r hUfch the a ^ C HUR( llo * cen ’ n© 3 ° Ve jy Person sho * are feu, souL / support the Ch ? ,,end servic/ 08 ^ 3 v 0 *n sate (?) r! < r hur ^ Thev a 8 r ®<?u] a j ft®**.... Book 7.7. E*odu, C Bopt«r It p i •»* r 11 f/M ; Copyright 1WS, Keister Ade. Service. Straeburg, Vg. Message, 1. 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