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THE CLINTON CHBON1CI
Thursday Jun« 19. 1958
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Jab 1 1M9 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — Jm* IS. IMS
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CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, JI NK. 19. 195)1
Comp Fire Groups
Spend Post Week
At Comp Buckhorn
Ninety nine girls of the Clinton
Camp Fire organisations attended
camp the past week at Camp Buck '
horn on Paris Mountain
From Sunday until Wednesday
flfyty-eight Camp Fire girls attend
ed Wednesday until Saturday forty ]
one Blue Bird girls enjoyed the
camp site
Activities included flag raising,
hikes, swimming, softball, crafts.]
vespers, folk dances, games, sto
ries. songs, stunts around the camp
fire, ceremonies and dancing in the
recreation hall.
Mrs William Davis, executive di
rector of the Clinton Camp Fir*
organisation, was assisted by Mias
Margaret Blakely and Mrs A. B > Crunch was head counselor and oth-
Davidson, who also served as ramp'ers assisting were Muses Jane Ann
nurse Barrie Ellison and NetU Davis. Nonna Elder. Barbara Rtv caret EUa Copeland. Linda^ Fir-
Dailey were life guards Miss Dolly berts. Betsy Davis. Wylie Davis, rene. Lena Copeland, Julie Bohck.
Lou Jones Cornwall. Nancy Thack (Taire Smith, and Mrs George Ral
ston, Ann Ray. Sandra Davis. Mar well
Younger Drivers
Have More Accidents
Drivers in the 20 to 24-year old age group
were involved in more traffic accidents last
year in South Carolina than any other com
parable age group, the State Highway De
partment reported. A statistical study by the
department reveals that last year 8.162 driv
ers in the 20 to 24-year-old age group were
involved in accidents that killed 123 persons.
Second most accident-prone age group was
the 25 to 20-year-old age group, in which
7,693 drivers were involved in traffic acci
dents, killing 131 persons.
Closely following drivers in the “twenties"
age group, was the 30 to 39-year-old driver
age group, twice as large an age group by
comparison, which was involved in 12.158
accidents that killed 214 persons, the State
Highway Department said. However, the 20
to 29-year-old age group had 15,855 drivers
involved in accidents that took the lives of
254 persons last year.
"A true picture of driver age groups and
driver characteristics is hard to achieve, as
several unknowns, such as the* amount of
mileage driven by each age group, are not
taken into consideration.** Highway Depart
ment officials said.
The survey alao shows that four and one-
half time* more males were involved in acci
dent* last year than were female*
Boll Weevil Was
Bleating In
"Hw hnll wervt! wa* a Meaning in
to the Hoot hr a*' torn*** H forced
•nto snore pmfAaMe field* Thm In the
of on nrtte ie. k
i M Elanser «n
tJNnrterty Magw
-f
65 million Americans who have been vacci
nated goes the credit.
But with three out of seven Americans still
unvaccinated, polio epidemics can happen
again. \For the National Foundation warns
that paralytic polio cannot be really wiped BJackwell
out until every person under 40 has had his
COUNTY BOND SALES
Series E and H bond sales for th*
month of May in Laurens County
tot ail'd S23.000.00, reports D. F Pat
terson. county savings bond chair-;
man
full series of Salk vaccine shots. ^ (continued from page one)
If you are one of those who haven’t, don’i W. VV. Gaston, Spartanburg coun
take a chance. Get vour vaccination now. ty rural policeman, called by the
defense, testified that Aquino had
been arrested twice for drunkenness
and that the man's reputation gen-
SENSING THE NEWS " ally was n " , very 80Od
By THURMAN SENSING
Executive Vic# President
Southern State* Industrial Council
Vernon Simmons, .1
SHOULD ALASKA HAVE STATEHOOD? A Simmons ,
On May 28 the House passed bv a 208 166 roll call t- 1 he . first w * tness 1° take the stand
vote and sent to the Senate a bill to grant statehood to was Ralph Cagh a £ the
Alaska Representatives from the Southern states man who operates Lake Thomas,
almost solidly against the bill The question now told the court of the trouble between
Aqumo and Blackwell on the fatal
In rebuttal. Solicitor William T. ]
Jones called a number of witnesses
all residents of Switzer, who said
the dead man had had a good repu
tation These witnesses included
F Rice and J.
were
is. sull it pass the Senate?
This question of admitting a new state of the Union
is an important question, a quesUon on which every
citizen of the nation should be fully informed, and a
January afternoon.
Cash testified he first saw Black-
well about 4:30 p m coming to
ward the house from the service
— — - • ’ ” 11 nirvi.-x 11 uni wit- service
question on which iL is to be believed the people gen flat,on. a 45 cdt automatic in his
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erally are not to.weil informed
A prominent Representative from one of our mid
western state* has listed the following nine reasons as
to why he voted against the bill They are slated here
because they pretty well cover the whole field of the
debate on the subject
(I) The small permanent population of Alaska
Its 000 I do not believe this
thj| <»f many »
a* well a* a member of
hand
The Puerto Rican youth, who a
later witnes said, had been warned
Blackwell had threatened hys life,
made a dash from the house m
Block well entered the back door,
attempting to uajom the pistol.
Cash testified
t'avh sold Blackwell aimed the
at turn and asked. Do
of «•••
the
”| boom turn mma " r
Elect
Furman E. Thomason
Supervisor
of
Laurens County
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I am running my race for Supervisor on my own merits, and paying all of my own ex-
penses.
^ \ # ' •
I have not dealt in personalities and will not do so during the campaign.
I am not tied to any group or individual.
I live in the center of the county, just 0 few minutes driving time to any section.
I am free to act according to my own convictions and for the best interests of oil the peo
ple in every area of the county.
I am anxious to work wholeheartedly and cooperatively with the two Commissioners.
If you don't know me, ask someone who does.
The Supervisor's office is your office—the Supervisor and the Commissioners are your
servants.
The Supervisor's office will be open six days a week to everyone who would like to come in.
It's our duty to vote—let's be sure to do so on June 24.
ELECT
FURMAN E. THOMASON
SUPERVISOR OF LAURENS COUNTY
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tka Xatiwml Fmimhatl— Urn lafasdske Pkrpfty*
•M frff«r«h v«
rWafimg th* r H> raking up tWir tp
ill*- ummiTig •yfr.fnrf varatam* >ap t
•prtng dav when f*«ur koai
tirnt* •uff*^ ng frv.ro high fever*
“Still that waanN eronigh to alarm any-
Imdy. Four epeau don’t make an epidemic
But a* May passed, the dreasd word 'potto'
l«egan creeping into luukyard conversations
By June poiu> had made ita presence known
with smashing effect. Hospitals l>egan fran
tically checking their equipment and facili
ties.
“July became a nightmare as the weekly
number of cases passed well over a hundred.
- By early August the word ‘polk)* blazed daily
in newspaper headlines. That week 211 new
cases were reported. I^iblic gatherings were
banned. Summer camps closed. Vacations
were cancelled. Patients were bedded in hos
pital corridors. New words crept into the
daily vocabulary: ‘hot pack machines’, ‘Toron
to splints’, ‘isolation gowns’, ‘iron lungs’. The
National Foundation recruited 718 nurses
and 81 physical therapists from other areas
and rushed them into epidemic centers. Polio
chapters spent $431,000 and the National
Foundation’s New r York office advanced more
than a million and a half.
“Volunteers gave their time and energy
until the bitter end—and the end came all too
slowly. Not till late September did the week
ly case load drop below 100. The last case .of
the year was reported just before Christmas.
Health authorities then totaled up the dam
age: 2.516 persons stricken. 143 of them
in the state of North Carotin* in
That
u.
To the
& had *0
aad the
dawk*
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of Ihr
Fursl. the qis-tH* of
vlste* have born admitted
thu is »orth cwuidrrsUtsi The figure of iso 000 per
manmt population quoted above seems too liberal
One of our Southern Representatives reported that
the 19S7 census showed 206 000 total population, of
which 92.000 were military and civil service employ
ees and their dependents, leaving 113.000 Of this num
ber. 33.000 were Aleuts. Indians and Eskimos, leaving
only 80.000 bonafide permanent residents.
Two of the main new^apers in Alaska are against
statehood Most businessmen of Alaska say they are
just not ready for statehood, that Alaska could not
support statehood if she had it, and that she is much
better off now than if she had statehood. It seems as if
Alaskans supporting statehood are organized and vo
cal, wfhile those opposing it are not, even though polls
indicate that Alaskans generally are 3 to 1 against it.
The most important reason, perhaps, w'hy state
hood should not be granted Alaska now, if ever, is
that of non-contiguity. All former states admitted to
the Union have been contiguous to the main 'body of
the United States. It has never before been proposed
that a state be admitted which is not so contiguous,
and to admit such a state raises a very serious ques
tion. Certainly, if it means later admission of such
oversea^ bodies as Hawaii, whose politics An his
torically and currently Communist-dominated, and
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam, then it
should not be granted at all. Alaska does have the
advantage of being on the same continent, but to ex
tend statehood to these islands would seem to be car
rying the concept of federal union entirely too far.
One ckn sympathize with any citixea's desire for
statehood—but that should sot blind either the citizen
or the sympathizer to what is feasible sad what M
best Oae raa also sympathise with the dMaatufactiaa
"f the people sf Alaska with gtetrsmlri red
C Ci
a Lake G
January H
lived in his home for the past seven
or eight mthi sad said the youag
Puerto Rican, ta his knowrledgr. had
no other home Cask returned home
shortly after the shooting
He said that Blackwell had more
than once told him (Cash) he was
going to kill Aquino “I don’t run
him off.” The witness said he relay
ed the threats to Aquino, and told
him to stay away from Blackwell
All witness agreed that Black-
well had been drinking.
Jurors in the case were: I. F.
Smith, foreman; C. C. Wells, Wil
ton Biown. Frank Ramage, Fred
Gossett, Thomas A. Balentine, J. M.
Davenport, Clyde J. Nelson, J. W.
Allen, William E. Waldrop, J. L.
Epting, and Walter L. Turner.
One’ juror was excused by the
court, two by the state, and seven
by the defense.
Prosecuting the case for the State
was Solicitor Jones of Greenwood,
and the defense attorney was 0. L.
Long of Laurens.
As soon as the verdict of the jury
was announced. Long requested
Judge Griffith to note his request
for a new trial
The judge did not pronounce sen
tence immediately, twit disposed of
several other cases, including a di
rected verdict of guilty m s rap*
e
of
WILL SOUTH CAROLINIANS
Vote To Promote
THE BARNWELL RING?
Mr. Hollings corned
A LARGER PERCENTAGE
of votes in Bomwell County
thon he did
in his own home County of Chorleston
Fee HnMhsfo 71%
67%
HoHinpi
Bamwoll
2374
483
475
Chorleston
19509
4651
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The Barnwell Ring Is No Myth
And They Are Voting To Promote Hollings
——CAST YOUR VOTE FOR
THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE
DONALD RUSSELL
PsM for By