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Page Four (jlljp (Elinton (Ebrpnirlr July 4. 1889 EsUblishrd 1900 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June 13. 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY T^iE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) ± One Year $3.00, Six Months $2.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879 ' The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers!, and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate yvise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents " Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association ^ I . National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit. Philadelphia CLINTON. S. C.. THCRSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1956 The Independent Slate Of Electors The law of the state of South Carolina gives the voters of the state an opportunity to vol* for any slate of electors they wish. The iJ^movratio electors will appear on the presidential ballot, and the Republican elec tors will also be on the ballot. All that is need ed to get an independent group of electors on the ballot is a petition signed by 10,000 vot ers presented to The South .Carolina secretary of state who will then eertify'them as elec tors. * And any qualified South Cai/oliha voter TR n "then vrr?t hts• vrftr for the electors'-'oft hiy choice. Only four voters in the state are pledget! to vote for any particular group of electors. They are the national committeeman and the national dommitteewoman of the Demo cratic party and the national committeeman and the national co m m i t tee worn an of the Re publican party. All other voters can support any slate of electors they please. And no party will refuse their votes in the l‘.t60 election if they do not support that party in the 1956 election. A Fine School Plant i With the opening of two brand new high Schools in Clinton last week. School District 56 (the Clinton-Joanna-Cross Hill-Mount- ville area) can boast of a school.plant that is practically second to none. All that is needed to complete present plans r for the development of facilities is the new , building to replace the present Academy • Street structure, construction on which is j planned to begin this fall. Future planning includes a grammar school in’the southern part of town to take care of children in that fast-developing area, which wTTTTiikT”piirt of the -load off the Florida j Street school. That building, w umleistand.i does not appear in any immediate plans for construction. - — - A new grammar school has just been com pleted at Mountville, where an open house occasion has been planned for tonight. The new high school on North Adair street' for white children opened the way for the! establishment of a junior high school for the district (the former high school on Hampton avenue). The modern high school for Negroes off j Bell street takes a big load off the old Bell j Street high school which has been converted ; into a’ grammar school. (It formerly housed ! ? * -Unh high and grammar schools). It is a • practically new building, having .been built in recent years,to replace a structure destroyed by fire., A new grammar-school for Negroes was built Uvo years, ago for children in the Cross Hill-Mountville area. labor, and their bleeding-heart prattle fools i few in the Southern area. At one cotton mill in this county where Jan attempt was made to organize a labor union a few years ago dues payments would have Amounted to $64.()()() a year. That.js a tidy sum and, multiplied many times with like amounts from other Southern mills, would •continue to support the labor barons in the style to which they have become accustomed. The losses in dues payments from workers in Northeastern plants that have been forced out of business largely by oppressive labor union tactics apparentl/* is being felt, and the'laboi?leaders ar^ seeking to make up the iK4w-organkdng the Southern workers. Blit Mr. Meany and his executive council will find'that Southern workers are of a dif ferent type from those of the European- viewpoint that they have herded into their corrals who would sell their souls for a mere promise of a little security. A vast majority of Southern workers are of Anglo-Saxon line age and they don’t bend very easily to the blandishments of "outsiders.” Given.a few more incidents like the Victor Riesel acvd-blinding episode in New York, Southern people will shy completely aw r ay from any attachment that they might have for lal)or unions. Southern workers, we think, will thank Mr, Meany for being concerned-Over their educa tional attainments and in proposing to en lighten them, but will politely decline the offer with.a /‘No thank you; we don’t want any. »*♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ •• ♦♦ •♦ ♦♦ •* •• ♦♦♦♦ • SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING ExecutiTe Vice President Southern States Industrial Council Vee'eeWeVeeWeVee #• e* e*'* * •♦♦♦ 4,200 Eat Barbecue As Joanna Employees Celebrate Labor Day Approximately 4,200 persons, including plant officials and’their their families, other residents of families, mill employees and the community and invited guests gathered at Joanna Mon-| day when the Joanna Cotton Mills and the Joanna Foundation celebrated Labor Day with their employees. , . In spite of overcast skies and rain just after the huge crowd had finished a barbecue dinner, the program was carried out as scheduled except for a baseball game in the afternoon between Joanna and Whitmire which, was rained out. Games, contests and fun were the order of the day at the com munity center on Milton Road' §nd at the Woodson community house for Negroes where pro grams of activities were carried out simultaneously. J. L. Delany, superintendent of the Joanna Mills, welcomed the guests in the absence of Wal ter Regnery, vice-presdjent and directing head of thg, mills, who was on a businss trip to Chicago. The Rev. Perry Turner, pastor of Epworth Methodist chunch, gave the invocation. During the lunch and after, music-was given by Cousin Wil bur and Blondie Brooks and Bar nett Brothers Gospel Singers. W. K. Waits, assistant superin tendent of the mills, and James P. Sloan, of the presonnel de partment, served as co-chairmen of arrangements for the day s events. The eight long lines passing through the service lanes started moving at 11:30 a. m. and dinner was served until 1:30. The menu consisted of barbecued pork, hash, slaw, pcikles, potato chips, bread, and iced drinks. Walter Lynch, of Mountville, who has- come to be known as an A-l chef at such affairs., prepared the feed and more than two tons of meat went onto the tables ser viced by sixty-nine efficient la dies of the Joanna family. Winning door prizes were; Shirley Estes and Melvin Young, each a 21” Admiral Tv set; Lin da Marler, bedrobm suite; Wil liam O’Shields, 10-ft. GE refrig erator; Vivian Whelchel and San dra Wilson, each a 7-piece dinette suite; C. C. Waldrop, Sunbeam mixer with juicer; Harold Mar shall, Sunbeam pop-up toaster; Frank M. Werts, Sunbeam elec tric frying pan; Aaron L. Ful- each a pair of ornamental lamps; mer and Bennnie Earl Gallman, Sarl-He Gaskin.—32-piece—set—ot 10 yards “Come to Mama” race —Furman Dominick. ,i., u 25-yard £ack race—John Wil-* lingham, Vicki Boyd; Mary Ann Brown, Kat Prater. U 35-yard sack race — Wesley Ward, Dwight Moody, Jr., Jean ette Bowers, J. D. Franklin. 35-yard balloon contest—Bar bara Ann Crumpton, (women) 50-yard balloon contest—Harry Kelley, (men) 35-yard apple contest—Harry and Ellie Kelley. , Council Begins Term (continued from page 1) those who administer the affairs of the city. Mayor Terry greeted the coun- cilipen and pledged his best ef forts in administering the city’s affairs in a business-like manner. Mayor Terry announced his ap pointments on council committees as follows, with the first named being chairman: Finance: Sloan and Layton. Police: Craine, Wilson and Lay- ton. Streets and Garbage: Pitts, Wil son, Craine. Light and Water: Boland, Sloan, Layton. Fire IX‘pt.: Wilson, Craine, Pitts. Cemetery: Craine, Wilson, Pitts. Parks and Playgrounds: Layton and Sloan. Mayor Terry also suggested that, Sloan and Layton be continued' as members oX the Cljnton-Newberry Gas Authority- upon the request of the chairman, Walter Regnery. Council* elected them as Clinton’s representatives on the board, along with the mayor, who automatical ly becomes a member. THE POLITICAL PLATFORMS AND COMPULSORY UNIONISM Many people do not understand the different D hina ,dishes ; Hirbert dark, GE between the closed shop, /vhich is forbidden un der the Taft-Hartley Act—the labor law of the land—and the union shop, which is permitted un der this Act. The closed shop simply means that To “Educate” The South We see by the papers that the AFL-CIO, the recently combined mammoth labor organ ization of the country.*is setting out to "edu cate” the South. The plan was outlined by George Meany, president of the lo-million-mer^ber Tabor group, at a news conference at the close of a four-day meeting of the 28-member execu tive council at a _P enns yl van i a mountain re- son. A vast educational program to change the “whole mental attitude” of the South on la- t>or unions and civil rights was proposed. Meany said the whole atmosphere and way of thinking of the South must be changed before the Dixie workers can he organized by the AFL-CIO. A staff committee hqfc been set up to study the educational plan, 'which would employ radio, television, and news paper advertising. * * "Southern opposition to labor unions and civil rights is a misguided tradition out of step with the rest of the nation,” Meany said. So now they are going tcetry a little brain washing. ' * The textile unions announced about a year ago that they'were headed Southward with a tremendous organizing drive for members, and that "blood would flow” in the effort. The drive never materialized. Now they have concluded that some softening up is neces- sary before^ Southern workers can be made pliable enough to bow to the will of the big labor bosses. Mr. Meany and his executive council are drooling o*«r the^rospects of enriching their coffers with dues payments from Southern workers. That is their real reason for the concern shown for the welfare of Southern a man must belong to a union before he can get a job; the union shop means that he must join a union within a specified time after getting the job. usually 30 to 60 days. What even fewer people understand is that the union shop is just as much , compulsory as the closed/shop. The effect is. just the isame, even though the method is different. Both the closed '.-hop and the union shop force a man to do what he quite, often does not want to. do in order to get a job and make a living for himself and his family. Such force is contrary to alt principles of freedom and the philosophy of government under which our nation is founded and by which we have lived and prospered. That is why? 17 of our states have passed “right- to-work" laws, making, compulsory unionism in any form illegal. They recognize that if freedom means anything, it means that a man can join a union if he wants to but that he must not be forc ed to join (a union if he does not want to. That is why the right-to-work law is being pushed in 11 more states. The people of* these states realize that if they cannot be guaranteed the right-to”- work under federal law, they must protect them selves in this right under state law. What should be done, of coufse, in' order to protect, the individual from being forced to pay dues for the privilege of working and making a living for himself, and his family is to strength- en the Taft-Hartley Act by amending 1 it to make compulsory unionism in^any form illegal, whether closed shop, union shop or otherwise. This w T ould protect all the people of the nation in this inherent right. . ■ Instead of that, however, we find the Demo cratic pa'rty completely under the dominance of organized labor so far as compulsory unionism is concerned Its 1956 platform states, “We une- , quivocally advocate repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act. The Act must be repealed because ‘right-to- work ’law's have theiij genesis in its discriminatory anti-labor provision^.” This plank very clearly reveals the aim of organized labor as expressed through the platform of the Democratic party— the destruction of the right of the worker to de cide for himself w-hether tp join or not to join a union: and the abolishment of the right of the peo ple of any state to decide for themselves whether to outlaw compulsory ‘unionism if they so desire. The Republican platform does not go that far; it simply says the Taft-Hartley Act should be amended to make it fairer to labor, management and’the public. These amendments are not spelled out. Judging by the Republican record of the past four years, this means that the Act would be left alone in its essential details — which also means that the union shop would still be permit ted in those states which do not have “right-to- work” laws. If the Republicans wanted to make the act “fairer,” they would advocate repeal of the union shop provision. As between the tw’o platforms, however, any one who believes in individual freedom would stul tify himself by supporting the Democrat plank on labor. It is clearly a Labor Government plank, and as such would carry us far down the road to the socialist state which is always the goal of a labor government. The labor bosses, however, will use all the pow*er at their command, including the expendi ture of the dues of (heir union member*, many of whom may or may not agree with what the bosses are doing, to enforce compulsory unionism ujjon all the people through the abolishment of state labor laws. By making unionism compul sory, labor bosses would no longer have to even make a pretense of doing something for the un ion members in order to get members or to collect dues; they would simply become entrenched in power and the individual worker would have no freedom left. iron. Ninety silver dollars were given away as prizes in contests, which included sack races, ap ple race*, balloon races, "Come to Mama” race, a number of das)*- es, thread the needle race. etc. No - winner was announced for the mustache race but all twenty contestants were given silver dol lars in recognition of good sports manship. Races and winners were as follows: 25-yard dash — Vernon Koon. Larry Alexander, Douglas Kel ley, Karen Surratt, Linda Al exander. 35-yard dash — John Willing ham, Judy Ann Schumpert. 50-yard dash — Wesley Ward, Michel Whelchel, Mary Ann Brown .Buddy Murrah. Maxine Sanford, Pauline Koon, Terry Rowe. 75-yard dash — Terry Rowe. Robert Gaskin, Redick Gaskin. 100-yard dash—Terry Rowe*. Laurens County Fair Dates Set Oct; 22-27; List $3,000 In Prizes dock, Laurens, and Mrs. J. Her man Power, Laurens. In the girls’ division: Camhed products, I^rs. ..Beatrice Sloan, Olfryton; cook eel foods, Mrs. D. Eu gene Brown, Laurens; clothing, Mrs..Fr^riFWoods, Owings. PrelFs Broadway Shows furnish the amusement for week. IF YOU DONT READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phone 74 Dr. Worsten Speaks At Presbyterian Church A joint meeting of the Women of the Church and Men of the Church will be held at the First Presbyterian church Thursday, Sept. 13. Dr. Marc C. Wur- sing, pastor of the First Presby terian church of Spartanburg, will be the speaker. ‘— AT LIMESTONE Miss Jognne Leach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell L. Leach, of 88 Palmetto St., Clinton, will be a student at Limestone college, Gaffney, for the fall semester. She is a 1956 graduate of Clihton high.school. Laurens, Sept. 1 — The prem ium list of the annual Laurens County Fair, showing approxi mately $3,000 in prizes, is just off the press and will be ready for distribution this week, it was slat ed yesterday «by John Gatlin, sec retary and manager of the fair which is sponsored by the Laurens Exchange club. The fair dates are October 22-27. Monday through Saturday. Monday will be the first day for viewing exhibits. Tuesday will be White School Day. Wednesday will be Merchants Day, Thursday will be Colored School Day, and Fri day will be Merchants Day when a Plymouth Station Wagon will be given away. Saturday will be Kid dies Day, introduced last year for the first time. At 5 p. m. on that day a pony and bridle will be 'giv en away free. Tickets for the drawing are to be obtained from advertisers in the premium book. Children will be admitted' free on both school days and Kiddies Dajf. J. W. Tinsley, of Laurens, will be superintendent of the adult field crop and horticulture depart- | ment. Arthur F. Baumberge*, of; Laurens, and Caldwell Henderson, | of Clinton,.will be superintendents! of the dairy department; Ryan F. j Lawson and L. L. Norton, both of Clinton, will he superintendents of the beef cattle department. M. R. Burgess and Ernest Montjoy, both} of Laurens, will be superinten dents' of the poultry and rabbit department. T. Roy DeShields, of Lanford, will be superintendent of the junior field crop and horticul ture department. Mrs. J. W. Tinsley, of Laurens, will be in charge of adult com munity I exhibits, and Mrs. T. B. Sumerel, of Laurens, of junior community exhibits. In the women’s division’super intendents will be as follows: Canned products, Miss Belle Pat terson, Lanford, and Mrs. M. A. 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