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2 If You DonH Read The Chronicle You Doo't Get the New* Volume LVII — Slip (CUntmt s The Chronicle Strives To Be A Cleaa News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 7,1956 Number 23 County's Campaign Party Continues Schedule of Speaking Engagements Wilson Answers Critics of Rectal The Laurens County Demo cratic campaign party continued its way on 10 speaking engage ments during the week. The Chronicle reported last week on the opening meeting a* Gray Court-Owinfs Monday night, May 29. Since that meet ing the candidates have filled speaking dates at Joanna, Poplai Springs, Woodville, Cross Hill, Center Point, and in the Youngs community (last night). 0 Tonight (Thursday) the party will be in Clinton; Friday night. Hickory Tavern; and Monday night the campaign will close at the Watts Mill ball park. Most of the candidates have continued with speeches along the same line as reported at the Gray Court-Owings engagement. Segregation and new indus tries for the county were the sub jects meni toned most by the can didates as they took their turn on the stump, with practically all candidates for the state sen ate and house of representatives expressing themselves and favor ing the continunace of separate k but equal school facilities for the Several of the House and senate races. candidates have charged that in adequate leadership in the coun ty is responsible for the lack of new industries in the county; one in particular, Kiqg Dixon, di rectly placing the blame on Sena tor Ralph T. Wilson. Wilson | did not answer the ' charges at the first meeting, but at Joanna, Poplar Springs, and ^Woodville, began to hit back at his accuser. At the Cross Hill , meeting on Monday night he made the strongest defense of his record to that time in the cam paign. At the Poplar Springs meeting \last Thursday night Dixon flung such phrases as “unmitigated, liar” and << polooat” at Wilson. Tq ■tart his Poplar Oprimgi ip—h, Dixon said he learned early in • life “if you get into a urinating contest with a polecat you are li able to end up smelling bad,” and continued his blasting at Wil son’s record. . Dixon has contended all week that Wilson did not raise taxes because "King Dixon and Charlie Milam would not let him.” Dix on and Milam are members of the house. Milam is standing for re- ' election to the house, while Dix on is seeking Wilson’s senate seat. Dixon has accused Wilson oi getting the county to pave roads in his Forest Hills subdivision at Laurens—about $40 or $50 thous and Wilson said that when he * bought the land it was known at the time that a blacktop road would be built as a by-pass and that was taken into considera tion in the selling price. Later, after homes were built in the area, the county black-topped one short road, about six-tenths of a mile at a cost of about $3,000. Dixon questioned Wilson’s views on segregation, and Wil son answered by saying his views were well known and that he ad vocated separate but equal facili ties for the races, and believed in the Southern way of life. Wilson reviewed his record oi eight* years in the senate and told of the progress in building 4 roads during his term, saying that 400 miles of blacktop roads had been built in the county during his administration. He is ' for appropriating necessary funds as requested by trustees for ope rating schools of the county. Lau rens county is in good* shape fi-* nancially and physically, he said. Robert C. Wesson and Justin A. Bridges, other two candidates for the senate, recalled their rec ords as house members, saying they have had parts in the prog- . ress of the county, advocating separate but equal facilities for the races, new industries for the county, a continuation of the road building program, full sup port for schools, etb. J Most candidates for the house of representatives changed their talks little from that reported last week. One house candidate, however, t. J. Hart, stepped up the tempo of his charges of lack \ of leadership in the county in seeking new industry. Other nearby counties, he said, had got ten new industries, and he be came more definite in his ap proach when he asked, “How many letters have the present delegation written; how many ' telephone calls have the present delegation made to Charles C. Denier in seeking new industry 1 . "How many contacts have they made with the Planning and De- • * velopment Board?” (In.last week’s report. The Chronicle stated that Hart “join- - ad la leveling charges of inade- Clintons Future Citizens The thirteenth in The Chronicle's series of photos of Clinton children appears today. Top row. left to right: Deron. 2 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Graham: Michael, 1$ months, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Y. Shepherd, of Joanna: Becky. IVx. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walston Lynn, of Rock Hill, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Downs Monroe, of Clinton. , Bottom row: Sonny, 4. also son of Dr. Sad Mrs. Lynn; Shorroo. ». daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bonner: CarroU. 10. son of Mr. and Mrs. Heath Copeland. City Voters to Have New Precinct for Use Tuesday Bex to So Provided at High School Clinton City voters are re minded that .they have a new precinct at which to ’’vote in Tuesday's primary. Those who live eouth of the Seaboard railroad will vote •! the Clinton high school on Equalization Board lab'*' ftm llOrc rO Improve Efficiency Laurens, June 2-fA tttree-poirrt recommendation for more funds to improve the efficiency of the County Board of Equalization was made at the last meeting of the board, according to a copy of the recommendation released by B. L. Olardy, chairman of the bcArd. The reasons for the recommen dations were given as follows: (1) The Board of Equalizers may spend more time on finding out if all property IS assessed on the tax books. (2) A more detailed check on comparative properties may be made with the object of bringing about a more equitable equalisa tion. (3) A map or survey of all the real estate in the ounty might be placed on file at the court house. Mr. Clardy said that a commit tee from the board had visited Greenville where a map of the county is being made. Ttve county auditor told the committee, he said, that* the map was proving a valuable aid In getting more property, on the /tax books. Mr. Clardy expressed W opinion that this county is losing^a lot of tax money by not having a N survey .of land and buildings. The board is composed of Chair man Clardy, J. D. Copeland of Renno, T. Heath Copeland of Clin ton, Warren Tinsley of Laurens, G. C. Gwinn of Youngs Township, Craig Hunter of Scuffleton Town- Ship. W. A. Baldwin of Hickory Tavern, J. T. Hollingsworth of Gray Court, M. A. Cannon of Mountville, and E. V. Golding of Waterloo. Hampton avenqp. The precinct is known as Clinton No. 2. — Thoso who live north of tho Soaboard railroad will coaiiauo to vote at tho city hall on North Broad stroot. Tho Clintpn Mill aroa will continuo to havo its own pre cinct. Tho Clinton Crty procinct was divided undor a tew yoar. at tho request of Clinton dub officials, vas made to re- liovo congestion at tho on# pre cinct duo to tho increase in pop ulation of that aroa. Students In Area Graduate From Several Colleges Thornweil Boy Gets Byrnes Scholarship Howard Preston Lucas, mem ber of this year’s graduating class of Thornweil high school, has been awarded a James F. Byrnes scholarship- He was one of 14 more boys and girls given college-level schol arships through toe foundation the former governor established in 1940. Lucas' will attend Ckmson col lege. Students from this area who graduated from college the past week include: Clemson—Gene Wilkes, Robert Lewis Cason and William Edge- worth, of this city; Thomas Edward Boyce, of Joanna; Walter Seim Ram age, Laurens. Furman—tRembert S. Truluck, Jr., and Terry Thomas, Clinton; Virginia Coleman, Cross Anchor; Opal Joann Tompkins, Joanna; Robert Henry Freeland, of Penn sylvania, who Will marry Miss Terry Thomas/Jacquelyn Todd Waldrop and Martha Joyce Morse, of Laurens. Winthrop—1 and Harriet Laurens. / Pitts Wins Race For Councilman S. A. (Chick) Pitts was named city councilman from ward two in Tuesday’s run-over primary. He defeated Truman Owens, 639 to 566. to complete the nomi nation of city officials for a new two-year term beginning Septem ber 1. • A mayor and five councilmen were nominated in the first pri mary on Tuesday, May 29. The vote Tuesday, was: Owens Pitts Clinton City Box 96 530 Clinton Mill Box 408 109 Total 566 639 The complete slate named as the new city administration is as fol lows: Mayor: Joe T. Terry. Aktermeo: Ward 1: Frank M. Boland, Jr. Ward 2: S. A. (Chick) Pitta. Ward 3 PLarry C. Layton. Ward 4: James P. Sloan. Ward *5: Woodrow Wilson. Ward 6: James P. Craine. These nominees will be form ally elected in a general election in Aiqtust. Chamber Directors Invite Fox Hunters For S. C. Convention The board of efireetors of toe Clinton Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday morning in toe forum room of the Bank of Clin ton voted to Issue an invitation to the South Carolina Foxhunters as sociation to hold their 37to annual Bench Show and Field Trials in Clinton in September. George Massey, manager of toe chamber, said the invitation has been extended and accepted as result of the action and President James Wolfe will immediately ap point a committee to work with the association to assure a sue cessful meeting. Last year, hundreds of visitors doroe w cmnwrtM’ toe eroor Chamber directors discussed the chamber policy of solicitations control with the view of continu ing the idea of making sure that all solicitations of businesses and citizens are for worthy and proper a uses. President Wolfe told of plans of the chamber to contact various in dustries fos the purpoee of bring ing to their attention the favor able points of Clinton for their decentralized operations, particu larly in the location of area and district offices of the various op erations. Members of the board made plans to personally contact va rious chamber member firms and individuals who have not paid their chamber investments due on or before May 10 in order to keep the budget of the chamber in bal ance. County to Nome Officials Rv ’i—. , , In Primary Next Tuesday Here for Co. D Reunion Saturday Sitting: Crnpi. Arthur Loo. Grown wood: Major Heyward Mahon, Greenville; Li. Joe Smith. Laurens: Hugh L. Eichelberger, mayor of Clinton; E. B. Gro on. Concord, N. Cj Albert Cranford. Concord. N. C. Second and third row: Earl SumoroL of Florida; J. P. Caldwell. Greenville; Mr.' and Mrs. Booth Gray. Laurens; Mrs. Anna B. Campbell. Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleming. Laurens; Mrs. Lurs Kennington and daughter, Laurens; Mr. ihd Mrs. Lewis Bagwell. Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Ful ler. Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Laurens; Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hamilton, Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Young. Clinton; Mrs. Bee Walker. Laure ns; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Snoddy. Spartanburg; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Bull. Woodruff; Mr. and Mrs. William G. King. Clinton; Mrs. Joe Smith. Laurens. Many Candidates Seek Approval Laurens county voters will go to the polls Tuesday to name county officers from a list of 25 candidates > At stake will be a seat in the state senate, three house of rep resentatives posts. t$ro county commissioners, a sheriff and a coroner, as well as three magis trates, who have opposition. Voters at the county’s 48 pre cincts will have a choice of foui for the state senate, eight in the house of representatives race, eight for county commissioner, three' for sheriff, and two M coroner. For magistrate of Huntei Township at Mountville, there are two candidates; magistrate at» orma Jean Johnson terson Ramage, of Co. D., 118th Inf. Has Annual Reunion Here Saturday Laurens county’s famous First World War National Guard com pany held its annual reunion here Saturday. It was Company D, 118th Infan try, 30th Division, commanded by Captain Arthur Lee. of Laurens, now of Greenwood. •Another of its officers was Major Heyward Ma hon, of Greenville. Both ware here Saturday. The veterans and their wives met at Hotel Mary Musgrove for dinner at 6 JO. Major Mahon principal speaker. The group weteomed by Hugh L. Eichelber ger, CTJtoon mayor Officers named to head the com pany for the coming year were; Lewis Bagwell, Clinton, president; W. M. Snoddy, Spartanburg, vice president; William G. King, Clin ton. secretary-treasurer. Capt. Lee is publicity chairman. Entertain ment committee: Mrs. Charles Fleming and Mrs. Booth Gray, of Laurens; Mrs. B. T. Fuller and Mrs. Lewis Bagwell, of Clinton. The group selected the Hotel Mary Musgrove as permanent headquarters and place of meet ing. 7 LOSES FATHER Friends of Mrs. Carolus Davis wall 'sympathize with her in the death of her father, J. A. Com, of Spartanburg, on Thursday of the past week. Funeral services and interment were held in Spartan burg on Saturday. County Candidates To Appear Here Tonight Clinton Mill Baseball Park Is Scene L v w^y 0 , was ix Thornweil Girl Recites Church's 'Big' Catechism tl. Col. John S. Baskin To Tell Lions Club 01 Reserve Forces Act Lt. Col. John S. Baskin, of the South Carolina Military district, Columbia, will be the speaker at the Lions club meeting Friday evening at Hotel Mary Musgrove. Col. Baskin, a native of Bishop- ville, is Reserve Forces Act co ordinator for this military district, and will speak on the effect toe act, passed in 1955, will have on young men, their parents and em ployers. He has appeared before groups throughout toe state and discussed this law. There are catechisms — and catechisms. The Presbyterians have three. They are booklets made up of questions and answers pertaining to beliefs, principles of faith and Macdonalds Attend Kiwanis Convention The Clinton Mills baseball park will be the scene tonight whei. the Laurens County Democrat campaign party comes to Clinton for their scheduled appearance. The-speaking will begin at T!43. The meeting will be a joint en gagement for three precincts, Clinton Mill, Clinton City, and Lydia Mill, and the three execu tive committeemen from these recincts will share in presiding over the session. They are Sam Williams for Clinton Mill, James P. Sloan for Clinton City, and E. C. Huffstetler for Lydia Mill. Twenty-nine candidates are on the speaking list for this Hunter township appearance, including the ' unopposed candidate for ^ quate leadership at Senator Wil son ” Hart stated that he has made no mention of Wilson by name. Reference to the report er’s notes and a recording oi the speech show that no names were mentioned by him. The Chronicle is glad to make the correction). Candidates for sheriff, county commissioner, and coroner have been following proRy cloeely their t»iv« Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Macdonald will leave Saturday to attend toe International Kiwanis chib con vention in San Francisco, Califor nia. They will be away about three weeks sightseeing and attending the convention June 17 through 22. The trip will be made by special train with other delegates rod (heir wives from South and North Carolina. Prior to toe convention they will spend three days in Yel lowstone National perk, and visit In Banff and Vancouver. Canada; Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. HARRIET HUDSON practice of adherents to the Pres byterian denomination. They are graded and are suit able for study, by children of six or seven years pf age on up. The catechism for the yodngest group contains about 100 Simple questions and answers rod is atudied by children from six to about 10 or 11. Hie “Shorter” catechism is for those in their teens and ilt Is no simple iask for anyone to learn the 145 questions and answers. During the recent commence ment program at Thornweil Or phanage, 38 children were given New Testaments for reciting the Child’s Catechism, and 19 receiv ed Bibles for learning the ans wers in the Shorter Catechism. But there is still another in the catechism group — and it is a really formidable document. It is called the Larger Catechism. Almost any boy or girl of nor mal intelligence at the proper age can master the first two if they set their minds to the task. But when they come to the Larger Catechism, children, teen agers, and adults are faced by an almost insurmountable barrier. We don’t have the figures, bu, our guess is as good as anybody’s —we would say that 99,999 oui of 100,000 take one look, quickly close the book and seek other in terests. But not one girl at Thornweil Not Harriet Hudson, 15-yeat old high school student. She tackled the job and ac complished the almost unheard- of feat of memorizing and recit ing all the answers. And when they gave out Bibles at Thornweil they didn't have one* on hand suitable as a reward for such a performance. But they’re going to get one for her —an extra special one: Thousands o f Presbyterian boys and girls at Thornweil and elsewhere have memorized the first two catechisms. But this is the first time in the 81-year,-his tory of Thornweil that one of 'the cniidren has memorized the Larg er Catechism—at least as far as anyone now on the campus knows. Presbyterian Women OfS.C.SynodTo Meet Here June 18-23 Presbyterian women leaders of the Synod of South Carolina will assemble at Presbyterian college on June 18-23 for the ninth an nual Synodical Training school. Mrs. R. Grier Robinson, of Charleston, president of the state Women of the Church organiza tion and dean of the training school, announced today that an other large crowd is expected for the 1956 session. The school — conducted as an opportunity for worship, study, and Christian fellowship — will offer six courses of study for credit and one special non-cred it class The credit courses are: “Christian Witnessing,” taught by Dr Samuel McPh. Glasgow; “Missions in the Local Church,’’ by Miss Claire Randall; “How to Study the Bible,” by Dr. Cecil Thompson; “Organization and Program of the Women of the Church,’’ by Mrs. W. Rex Jersey; and “The Home and Church Workihg Together,’’ by Dr. Geo.- A. Anderson. The non-credit class will be on “Living a Life of Christian Love,” by Mrs. H. D. Brown. More than 200 women attended the 1955 school, which met last summer for the second time at Presbyteria ncollege The col lege is now the permanent lo cation for this annual session. Steering committee members, in addition to Mrs. Robinson, are; Mrs. O. A. Matthews, of Ben- nettsville; Mrs. R. M. Engle, of Chester; Mrs. R. W. Park of Oltanta; and Mrs. G. A. Burton, of Clinton. Mrs. Robinson urges that reg- istraton cards ben sent to Mr;. Burton by June 5. Clerk of Court, the unopposed candidate for magistrate at Clin ton ;and the two candidates for magistrate for Hunter Township at Mountville. The meeting is Expected to las: something over two hours Miss Franks Be At Baptist Church Miss Martha Franks guest speaker for the will be morning worship services' at 11 o’clock Sunday morning, June 10, at the First Baptist church. Miss Franks, a native of Lau rens, has just returned from For mosa /where she is serving as a missionary under the sponsor ship of the Baptist Foreign MTs sion Board. The public is cordially invited to hear Miss Franks. American Legion Baseball To Get Underway Monday The Clinton American Legion baseball team will begin league play Monday night when they open the season against Newber ry at Newberry. The four-team league (League Six) will carry out a three-games- a-week schedule which ends July 6. All home games will be played in Joanna at Clark Field at 8 p.m. Three exhibition games have been played to date, with the lo cal team beating Laurens twice, 12-7 and 14-6. The Clinton team played Greer at Joanna last night and will play at Greer tonight (Thursday). 1 Returning as members of the Clinton Legion team this year are: Billy Sease, Peanut Smith, Freddie Samples, Donald Pear son, and Wallace Patterson, of Clinton; Mike Cooley, of Joan na; June Raines, of Whitmire, who led the team in hitting last year. New boys include Jerry Sweet. William Archie and Jimmy Mor ris, from * Thornweil; William Johnson, from Whitmire; Miko Lee, from Cross Anchor; Jim Dobbins, Jimmy Farmer. Tommy O’Shields, and Randy Morse, from Joanna; Billy Pace, Jack Pace, and Jimmy Chaney, from Clinton. Positions on the team are fill ed as follows: Catchers: Raines, Sweet, Morse. Pitchers: Patterson, Archie, Sease, Jack Pace. First Base: Johnson, Cooley. Second Base: Smith, Farmer, Dobbins. Third Base: O’Shields, Lee. Shortstop: Pearson. Archie Outfield: Samples, Billy Pace. Sease, Johnson. Morris, Chaney. The schedule: June 11 Clinton at Newberry Laurens at Greenwood June 13 Newberry at Laurens Greenwood at Clinton June 15 Clinton at Laurens Newberry at Greenwood June 18 Newberry at Clinton Grenewood at Laurens June 20 Laurens at Newberry Clinton at Greenwood June 22 Laurens at Clinton % - Greenwood at Newberry June 25 Clinton at Newbrery laure ns at Greenwood “ June 27 Newberry at Laurens Greenwood at Clinton June 2$ Clinton at Laurens Nweberry at Greenwood. July 2 Newberry at Clinton ATTENTION MANAGERS Managers of election are re quested to call at the office of Miss LeEllen Williams, secre tary of the County Democratic organisation, for boocea and supplies to be used in the pri mary Tuesday. They will be reedy fgr delivery Saturday morning. Miss Williams may bo found at the dork of court's office in Laurens. • Laurens, two; magistrate in Sul livan township, two. Other mag istrates are unopposed. The incumbent clerk of court, Walter E. Dunlap, is unopposed. William T. Jones, solicitor of the Eighth Judicial circuit (Ab beville, Greenwood. Laurens, Newberry counties), is unopposea for reelection. Unopposed candidates’ names will not appear on the ballots, they having been declared as the Democratic party nominees by the county executive committee. The polls will open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m. The Candidates State Senate: Justin A. Bridges, King Dixon, Robert C. Wasson, Ralph T. Wilson (incumbent). ‘House of Representatives: Mar shall W. Abercrombie. Thomas A. Babb, W. Paul Culbertson, Wil liam C. Dobbins, C. J. Hart. Charles L. Milam (incumbent), J. Herman Power, T. David Sloan. Jr . ; Sheriff: A. R. Alexander, W. A Lowery (incumbent), Caldwel W. Wier. Coroner: C. Young Pinion, Jo F. Smith (incumbent). County Commissioner: G. Fow ler Brownlee, J. Warren Crai Ryan F, Lawson, Georgel*enland Paul S. O’Dell, ClaUde A. ^FTt ton, Roy L. Ramage, Furman E. Thompson. Magistrate Races Lucile Metis Watts, present magistrate at Laurens, is opposed by J. Dwight Gwinn. R. Eugene Johnson, magistrate of Hunter township at Mount ville, who is seeking re-nomina tion, is opposed by J. R. Surratt. In Sullivan township, J. R. Buzhardt is opposed by Archie C. Owens. Other magistrates, all of whom are unopposed are; Hunter Township at Clinton; Sam H. McCrary Jacks Township: James M. Copeland. Scuffletown: W P. Abercrom bie. Crosi» Hill: E. P. Boazman. Waterloo: M. N. Pressly Youngs: J. J. Mahaffey. Dials: C. M. Curry Terms Not Expiring Other terms of county offices, four in number, do not expi re ' this year. They run for four years and will be in the 1958 elec- ' tion. They are: treasurer. Sam j M Leiiman; superintendent of education, J. Leroy Burns; super visor. Bennie B Blakely; and au ditor. Miss Jennie V. Culbertson. —— i i i. ■ « TO MAKE HOME HERE Friends of Mr and Mrs. Keith Fleischmann will be interested to know thdy are moving toe latter part of the week from Andrews to Clinton to make their home. They will occupy the J B. Frontis home on Ferguson street. Mr. Fleischmann, who is a graduate of Presbyterian college, will be connected with, the Nation wide , Mutual Insurance company. Mrs. Fleischmann was before marriage Miss Betty Spratt, daughter of Mr and Mrs. John Spratt. Greenwood at Laurens * July 4 Newberry at Laurens Clinton at Greenwood - J«ly • Laurens /at Clinton Greenwood at Newberry