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/ / 1 ’ * If You Don’t Read The Chronicle You Doit’t Get the Newa t . u The Chronicle Strives To Be A.iplean News- t y paper. Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume LVII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 14, 1956 Number 24 Wilson, Wasson Vie for How the County Voted In Tuesday's Primary — 11 'll '.l'' 'll I~.- - ■ ' .1. y...! —J..... .'■I.', .-I.., I,!.. ......I,.-I ... 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Ol 17| 67 2| 12 Ij 15; 22 j 5 62 Hickory Tavern 1 17 2 217| 21 62 63! 42 1541 92) 1441 74 78 16 124; 1161 32 8 38 156! 29 31 15! 19211 49] 207 Joanna 144 47 1941 139 86 79 f 2231 452 241| 186 64 172 36 281| 207|! 57| 84 379 129 96 77| 118| 85 94! 433 Jones’ Store 24- € 36 27 53 241 16 25 23| 45 31 57 5 26 64j 19! 26] 11 22] 75 3 6; 16 24 69 Lanford 10 8 25 19 12 20 25| 15| 21| 22 “ 25 24 1 21| 39;! 10! 9| 21 3] 28; 17] 4 24 8! 56 Long Branch 11 4 42 23 13 19j 10| 50| 43| 39 27 33 0 37] 42l l ' Vj 28| 28 8] 11] 51) 7| 12 29 48 Lydia Mills 44 42 103 98 95 40 127| 108 160j 56 62 126 16 95, 184j] 581 94) 128| 58| 69| 56 46| 38 66 229, Laurens No. 1 106 82 I5l\ 155 121 186 161| 246 210| 154 146 211 9 216; 276|| 170j 49j 80| 159 108 125 48; 211 129 370 Laurens No. 2 88 29 85 41 43 35 57 ^66 69| 47 22 65 4 69 69! 881 21j 11! 26 l 19 i 48 8| 55 18! 1*5 Laurens No. 8 79 81 94 113 75 54 126| 150 228| 88 107 140 8 176 184 210] 52 27| 96| 53 120 401 84 124 242 Laurens No. 4 sa 40 45 58 ..7 58 69| 73 65| 50 37 68|| 3 72| 1 98|| 58, 11 20| 521 38 39 20 82 33! 141 Laurens No. 5 135 87 157 92 150 273 268j 293 178| 125 76 259 | 3 202 368 | 143; 31 140| 190 122 93 49 361 85 492 Laurens No. 6 64 29 74 a 60 97 92 129 84| 66 41 % 2 111| 128 | 67| 12 25| 74 46 60 30 135 38 203 Maddens 31 9 27 34 22 23 29| 50 28| 44 22 51 3 40, 54 | 40| 10 15 46 10 29 9 35 78| 22 Mountville || 27 2 23 25 12 33 22| 38 18| 44 . 35 23 4 24 50 1 4 581 15 13 2 13 44 18 60 Menu 2 0 3? 2 9 io 13 16 1«| 23 19 18 2 22 15 1| 4 7 22 14 10 2 22 4 37 Q7 A 14 or lit i ID 1 >1 1 O A Afll qi-i . 1 «J4 T A-jU t>9 V5i 1A ——Qj ft * 36 - 12 ]|, 17| 760 V ' - iV OT t 1 1 1U Oj OI Mt. Pleasant. 8 6 10 “It 6 12 14 19| 15j- 7 13 2| 9| 24 14) 11 2| 27 4 5| 5 5 | 25 12 Barksdale-Namie 2fe u 24 28 22 17 16 24 39| 34| 69 41 3 53! 38 14 9 17 33 11 18; 33 50 25 68 iA>ra ^ H 1 7 23 20 13 22 17 24 IS! 22! 9 22 2 181 30 8| 3 11 IS] 11 12! 8 32 7 43 Owings || 29 8 14 49 25 29 23 59 10| 67| 32 41 2 41| 54; 6| 5 23 24 8; 2j 38 18 80 Pleasant Mound || 7 2 10| 8 5 16 6 13 9 6 16 9 1|* 17( 11 101 0 15 6 I 8 31 21 3 6 22 Poplar Springs 1 70 6| 30j 29 19 45 49 73 37 50 27 38 4| 52, 72 16| 8 5 82 17 9| 52| 50 17 111 Princeton |] 15 O' is: M Vl 24 21 7 5 21 19 4 3| 22 22 0 1 , 9 16 8 0| 36 23 5 43 Renno | ; 2 2 15i 8 2 12 2 20 13 8 12 9 0 5 23 1 10 18 3 5 12 0| 1 11 , 17 Shady Grove II 25 2j 6| 6 14 8 6 34| 11 8 14 13 1 29 “9 1 2 4 30 13 6 5| 10] 31| 2 37 Shiloh | 9 1]' 16 36 10 2S 20 45127 23 14 16 7 f 29 27 5 3 4 34 13 11 - 4] 46f| 17 46 Steward’s Store || 3 6 8; 23 26 It 6 14'| 7 21 7 23 0| 17 23 15 6 12 5 37 1| 2! 0| 8 32 Tip Top v || 1 it so 1 35 5 6 6 37 35 18 4 6 42 2 4 1 20 14 23 34] 0j| 6| 47 Trinity Ridge || 9 28 36 24 20 37 24 54 33 30 46 32 3 43 52 15 0 23 36 16 23! 7] 74|| 221 77 Waterloo | 9 8, so; 30 10 37 38 31 22 17 19 35 9 43 26 10 10 19] 54 12 9| 13 2f}r ~16j 59 Watts Mills || 153 38 143 44 86 44 130) 155 249 116 96) 156j| 16 155| 204 285 42 28 57 82 153 21] 63 | 82 297 Woodville j| 10 2 97| 35 35 34 24j 91 56 63 40 601 12 46 83 22 17 10 36 '93 17 2, 73 | 52 88 Youngs 20 2j 13| 17 29 12 25 6 6 29 9| 21 j| 0| 18| 34 1 8 2 13 12 37 5 3] 20 18 34 1786 834)2792 2266 1883 2267|2494|4081 2988 2697 1810;2909 | 281|3217!4134!jl694!1617 2365 2175 1727 1526 1283 ;2406 11720 5904 Commerce Leaders See Industry Start Clinton Youngsters Give Radio Program - “The Devil’s Den” is the name of a new radio program on the Clinton-Laurens station, WLBG. It is Clinton-born and Clinton- bred and may be heard every Monday from 4:45 to 5:00. The 15-minute program is the brain-child of Georgia Young and Jackie Cooper, young Clin ton high school students. It takes its name from the local high school athletic teams which are known as the Red Devils. The program, whch has already had two broadcasts, starting June 4, is made up of just about any thing that is cooked up in the fertile brains of the two versa tile high schoolers, chiefly chat ter and music slanted the teen agers’ way. Anyone having request num bers for inclusion on the program is asked to contact Georgia and Jackie. •Georgia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Young, and Jackie is the son of Mr. .and Mrs. Tom Cooper. L. W. Anderson, president of Standard Plywood industry, points out blocks to be used in con struction of the first building he is erecting for the Cincinnati Flooring Manufacturing Co. Con crete base for the structure was poured Thursday. I .coking on (left to right) are: Clinton Chamber Manager George Massey and President James E. Wolfe and Bob Anderson of Standard Plywood. •—Photo by Dan Yarborough Mrs. Lora Milam Ray L • - Passes At Ripe Age Mrs. Lora Milam Ray, 80, wid ow of I. O. Ray, Sr., died early Sunday morning at the home of her son, I. O. Ray, Jr., on North Adair st, after several years'of declining health. She was a native of this section of Laurens county, where she spent her entire Hie. She was a daughter of the late Tandy F. Saphronia Dillard Milam. She was a member of Hurricane Bap tist church. . Surviving axe two daughters and five tons: Min. J. T. Thomp son, of Charlotte; Mrs. M. D. Douglas, of Georgetown; Hugh C. Ray, T. Clayte Ray, Tan M. Ray, I. O. Ray, Jr., and J. M. (Chick) Ray, all of Clinton; ten grandchildren; three great grandchildren; two sisters and three brothers: Mrs. J. D. Boland, Sr., of Clinton; Miss Frances Mi lam, of San Francisco, Calif.; John H. Milam, of Laurens; M. Drillard Milam, Sr., of Clinton; and Tom B. Milam, of Leesburg, Fla. - Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Gray Funeral Home by the Rev. J. H. Derr and the. Rev. J. E. Merchant. Burial was in Rose- mont cemetery. Pallbearers yere William Mi lam, Dillard Boland, B. B. Bal lard, John l/t. Roseboro, Mason Simpson, Flemnig Ray, Robert Teague and I. B. Copeland. Sommer School Underway At PC Eighty-five students are en rolled in the 1956 summer session at Presbyterian college, the reg istrar’s office announced today. They registered for thA eight- week session on Tuesday and began classes Wednesday morn ing. The PC summer school is scheduled to end on August 11. Mrs. Carr To Lead Postmasters' Meet >• Today And Friday Mrs. Dollie M. Carr, postmaster at Joanna, will preside over the two-day session of the South Carolina chapter of the National Associaton of Postmasters to be held in Aiken today and Friday. Mrs. Carr has been president of the association for two years. William D. Adair, Clinton post master. is fourth vice-president of the ossociatkm. A number of panel discussions will be held, among which David Pedne, of Gray Court, will serve as moderaotr for the third and fourth class postoffice group. A well-rounded program of entertainment and business has been announced, including a number of speakers. BOND SALES $45,781.25 Series E and H bond sales for county totaled $45,781.25. reports the month of May in Laurens D. F. Patterson, county savings bonds chairman. Wier Is New Sheriff; Dobbins to House ' • I | ■■ .i ii i - i . .i Four to Run Over for Commissioner; Four in Race for Two House Seats Named Sheriff loe Smith Wins Contest for Coroner Laurens county voters nominated a sheriff, selected one man to the house of representatives, and re-elected a coroner in the first primary Tuesday. Three run-over contests will he decided in the second primary on Tuesday, June 26. Three Elected Elected in the first primary Tuesday was Caldwell W. Wier, former sheriff, who was returned to office after a four-year lay-off. Wier. defeated William A. Lowery, who ousted Wier four years ago. William C. Dobbins, young farmer of the Joanna area, was elected to the house of representatives on the first bal lot in his first venture into politics. Joe F. Smith wa$ re-elected to the office of coroner for a four-year term. Three Run-Over Races The three contests which were not decided in Tuesday’s primary included those for the state senate, two seats in the house of representatives, and county commissioner. Robert C. Wasson, present member of the house of . representatives, led the ticket in his bid for state senator. TTe“wiIi be in the second race with Ralph T. WilabnTw¥oTiiP seeking re-election. / Four men will be in the. second contest for two posts in the house of representatives. They are C. J. Hart, David T. Sloan, Jr., Charles L. Milam, present house member, and W. Paul Culbertson. Four men will also vie for the two places on the board of county commissioner. They are: Furman E. Thoma son, Ryan F. Lawson, Paul S. O’Dell, and Claude A. Pat ton. * Two men were eliminated in the senate race, Justin A. Bridges and King Dixon. Three men were eliminated in the house race from a field of eight: Marshall W .Abercrombie, Thomas A. Babb, and J. Herman Power. Four men were eliminated in the commissioner’s con est: G. Fowler Brownlee, J. Warren Craine, George Pen- land and Roy L. Ramage. Two men were defeated for sheriff: A. R. Alexander and Lowery. f C. Young Pinson lost to Smith for coroner. The Vote State Senate: Bridges, 1786r Dixon, 884; Wasson, 2,792; Wilson 2,266. House of Representatives: Abercrombie, 1,883; Babb, 2,267; Culbertson. 2,494; Dobbins, 4,081; Hart, 2,988; Milam, 2,697; Power, 1,810; Sloan, 2,909.' Sheriff: Alexander, 281; Lowery, 3,217; Wier 4,134. Commissioner: Brownlee, 1,694; Craine, 1,617; Law- son, 2,365; O’Dell, 2,175; Patton, 1,727 ; Penland, 1,526; Ramage, 1,283; Thomason, 2,406. , Coroner: Pinson, 1,720; Smith, 5,904. ' Wins for House Clinton's Future Citizens WILLIAM C. DOBBINS Reelected To Magistrate Post R. Eugene Johnson was return ed to his position as magistrate of Hunter Township at Mount- ville in Tuesday’s primary. He defeated J. R. Surratt, of Joanna, 1954 to 695. The vote: Johnson-Surratt City No. 1 460 92 City No. 2 425 • 62 Clinton Mills » 535 109 Hopewell ... 64 3 Joanna 158 366 Lydia Mills 22T 60 Mountville .. . 74 3 1954 695 The fourteenth in The Chronicle't terie* of photoe of Clinton children appears today. ’ Top row. loft to right: Karon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buford Loworyi Martha. IVi. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Furr: and Mary, IVi. daughter of Mt.-and Mrs. James E. Stroud. Bottom row: Mike. f. tod of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Johnson: Jan. • months, and BiU, • years, children of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Simpson. Other Magistrate Races In two other magistrate’s races in the county in which there was opposition, Mrs. Lucille Metts Watts was reelected in Laurens township over J. Wright Gwinn, 1,471 ta 1,239; and Archie C. Ow ens defeated J. R. Buzhardt in Sullivan township, 304 to 291 It was reported at first that Buzhardt was elected, but an er ror n tabulation was discovered which put Qwens in the l^ad Other magistrates, all of; whom were unopposed, were automati cally returned to office: ^ Sam H. McCrary, Hunter town, ship, Clinton. James M. Copeland, Jacks township, j W. P. Abercrombie. Scuffle- town. E. P. Boazman, Cross Hill. > M. N. Pressly, Waterloo. J. J. Mahaffey, Youngs. C. M. Curry, Dials. Thayer To Receive Master Of Education Degree From Illinois U. Dr. Clarence R. Thayer, of the Presbyterian college faculty, will receive an MA degree in educa tion from the Univeristy of Illi nois at commencement exercis es oft Saturday, it has been an nounced GOLF GROUP WILL MEET The Lakeside Ladies Golf As sociation will meet Tuesday, June 19. Tee-off time will be at 9:30 and luncheon at 12:30, at which Mrs. A. D. Salter and Mrs. Hubert Boyd will be hostesses. All Saints Church Installs Vestrymen A new governing body was in stalled Sunlay morning at All Saints Episcopal church when six new vestry men were inducted for a year’s service. Included in the group were: Dr. E. N. Sullivan, senior warden; Capt. Richard Craig, junior war den; E. ,G. Copestake. Dr. James Macdonald, Donald Schlier. and Bailey Drixon. The newly elected vestry ap pointed Dixon treasurer of the congregation^ . The Rev. Clyde L Ireland is priest in charge of the All Saints Mission. Voters Give Huge Majority For Trustees' Election Voters of Laurens county in dicated their preference for the election of school trustees by popular vote by more than 2 to 1 in a'referendum held Tuesday along with the Democratic pri mary. The vote was 4813 to 1919. Trustees are now flamed by the County Board of Education. Provisions' 1 of the law calling for the referndum named a date in August for the election of trustees in the event tha a ma jority favored, the move In Second Race for Senate \ 4 V ROBERT C. WASSON RALPH T, WILSON