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/ -V,. [June .10, 1M0 jrry 1 rj :ks, solids, kh k chint7. famiK .44 navy. Sizes ... 3.88 ,Hhi. B-GEG .. 2.44 Imken sizes .. 1.77 \hree Clinton Men Taken In Robbery at Woodruff Three Clinton area young men are being held in the Spartanburg County jail charged with an attempt to rob the safe in Belk's Depart ment Store at Woodruff and the thett of two watches and $7.25 in ca<>h 'two Woodruff policemen, on a routine night patrol early Monday morning, broke up the attempted -safe robbery and captured one man on the scene Two youths, who ran when officers appeared, were ta ken later. ^Woodruff officers J W. West- moreland and Jule Gillespite met the youths as they ran from the beck door of the building. One of Item, identified by Police Chief Bryan McAbee as Arthur Freeman, 20. ran back into the store and hid on a balcony, where he was arrest er! The other two, Glenn Madden, 20, and Wade Nelson, Jr., 18, were apprehended later at a home on Gray. Court Rd. about 2 1-2 miles west of Woodruff All three are from the Clinton area Chief McAbee said the men en tered the store by breaking a lock on an air vent after climbing a utility pole to an adjoining roof. He said they had rolled the store's safe about 40 feet to the back door. Chief Dr. Rice To Speak At Camp Fellowship Laurens (Special)—The Rev. J. Sherrard Rice, D D., pastor of the f irst Preobyterian Church of Co lumbia. will be the speaker Sunday night in the third of a series of weekly meetings being held during July at Camp Fellowship on Lake Greenwood under the auspices of the Religious Education Committee of South Carolina Presbytery The announcement was made here by the Re\ Chalmers Mc- ( utchen chairman of the publicity committet The Rev John Ashenfelder, of Ware Shoals, will preside over the service Dr. Rice is a graduate of David son College and Union Theological Seminary He holds a Master of T neology degree from Princeton and was honored with his doctorate by Austin College in Texas Clintonians Leave For European Tour *Dr. and Mrs M A. Macdonald and Mrs H. M. Wise left Sunday for New York from where they sailed Tuesday aboard the Queen Fred erick for a tour of Europe Also on the trip will be Dr Marshall Dendy of Richmond. Va and they wiH be joined in Italy by Mrs Dendy who has been conducting a tour in Eng land and on the European continent Their trip includes a cruise and tour of the Scandinavian countries In August Dr and Mrs Macdon ald will leave the tour in France going to Scotland where they will visit relatives of the former and an- cestnai homeplaces They will re turn via Canadian line landing in Montreal early in September C C Membership Meeting Cancelled The general membership meet ing for the Clinton Chamber of Commerce scheduled for July will be cancelled-according to a state ment by the president. J. C. Tho mas This change is being made he said because so many of the members are away on vacation. W1NGARD IMPROVING Friends of Col. B. F. Wiifgard will be glad to know he is improving at the General hospital in Green ville Cal. Wmgard entered the hospital on Saturday after returning from the National Guard Summer Camp at Camp Stewart, G<a. Friday night and will remain there for several weeks Mrs. Wingard is in Green ville with him. McAbee quoted Freeman as saying he and his companions planned tS load the safe into a car and haul it out of town to pry it open. An effort to “peel" the safe open in the store had failed, the chief said. He said a steel plate near the base had tieen ripped off. Officers said the three took two watches, valued at $15 each, and $7.25 in cash from the store. The watches and a part of the money were recovered. Store officials said the store safe contained no money. The $7.25 was taken from a cash register. Officers fired at Nelson and Mad den as they escaped from the back of the store, Chief McAbee said. Funeral Services For I. W. Henderson Conducted Friday Funeral services for Thomas Wat- land (Wat) Henderson, 35, who was killed instantly June 29 near Madrid, Spain, in a plane accident, were con ducted Friday at 3 p.m. at Gray Funeral Home in Clinton by Dr. Wil liam Redd Turner, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Pallbearers were Herbert Adair, Claude Crocker, R. Chris Adair Jr., Henry M. Young Jr., Edmunds Young, Milling Blalock, James Von Hollen and John Mimmadgh. The body arrived in Clinton Thurs day night Henderson was a mortician with the U. S. government in Spain Carroll Samples Is Released On Bond In Murder Charge Carroll Samples. 40, of Clinton, who had been held in Laurens Coun ty jail in connection with the fatal stabbing of Freddie M. Attaway, 27. was released on $2,000 bond Tuesday. Samples was charged with mur der in a warrant issued by Magis trate Lucille Watts in Laurens on June 27. The stabbing occurred about 10:30 a m. June 25 on a dirt road four miles south of Clinton, officers said. i ' * 3hr (ttlintmt (Ehrmiirlr - i Vol. 61 — No. 28 Clinton, S. C. # Thursday, July 14, 1960 County Democratic Committee Hears Protest in Senate Race Saturday Morning Here are scenes of a meeting Saturday morning at the court house in Laurens of the County Democratic Executive Committee, called to hear a protest of Justin A. Bridges, unsuccessful candidate for the State Senate, of the action of the committee in declaring King Dixon the Senate nominee after the run-off primary on June 28. Bridges had asked for a recount of the ballots, which the committee denied. Dixon led by a 29 vote majority. At Saturday’s session, the committee voted to recount the ballots in the Senate race, and Dixon’s majority was reduced to 26 votes. The first photo shows Attorney Calvin Bridges (left) who represented his brother at the hearing. The center picture shows Committeeman W. H. Harley, of Laurens, t_ speaking from the floor. Dixon is seated next to Mr. Harley. County Attorney Thomas A. Babb, in the third photo, acting as parliamentarian, is making a ruling un a legal matter. County Democratic Chairman R. L. Plaxico, of Clinton, is at right, with Mrs. LeEller. Wil liams Slay, of Laurens, vice-chairman.—Photos by Dan Yarborough. » Gen. Godfrey At Fort McClellan Major General Ansel B. Godfrey left yesterday for Fort McClellan, Ala , where he'Will direct summer training camp for the 51st Infantry Division which he commands. This includes units from South Carolina and Florida. General Godfrey will return July 31st Katz burgs Go To Azores Col. and Mrs Arthur Katxburg and sons, Steve and Ricky formerly of Biloxi. Miss are spending some time here with Mrs. Katzburg’s sister, Mrs. Harry Baldwin and Mr Baldwin They will leave July 20tii for the Azores where Col. Kataburg will serve with the Air Force Medical Corps for two years Also guests of the Baldwins are Jess Ketrburg and son, Sandy of Tenafly, N. J and Elizabeth Katz burg of New York Ctty Walker Is Assistanf Robert Harris Uses Radio To Run Farm The revolution in Ufe on the farm has taken another big step forward. To the conveniences of electric lights, running water, modern bathrooms and kitchens, and TV, can now be added another marvel of the 2eth century. It is radio communication to di rect farm operations! Robert Harris, of the Youngs Community in upper l>auren» County, ran sit in his living room and run his large farm, says County Agent M. L. Gnu. He reports that Mr. Harris has recently installed a radio system that enables him to contact seven points on the farm. Units have been installed at the dairy center, shop, office, and other posts, and Mr. Harris can contact any oae of the units from his car and from nay point oa the farm. i Mrs. Littlefield At Whitten Village Due to a misprint it was erron- i eously stated in last week’s- Chron- I icle, in caption under a picture. that M!rs Dixon Again Declared Senator under a Julia Littlefield had re- Recount Confirms Vote in Senate Race King Dixon, Laurens business- tired at Whitten Village Instead clared the Democratic State no- she was recently honored there with man - Dr the second time was de- a large buffet supper for 400 by the f° r Laurens ( ounty Satur- Laurens County State Employees ^ a y afternoon .Association in recognition of the But only after state society's recent award receiv Justin A Bridges ed for outstanding service m her field Charlotte Police Hold Clinton Men box at Wattsville Cafe while the box managers were not present The affadavits were signed by Larry Weeks and V. P Rutledge, and were read at the committee Representative session by Attorney Calvin Bridges. Justin A Bridges got a recount representing his brother of votes m the Senate run-off race The documents also said that which previously had been denied voters were not using Un- enclos The recount gave Dixon a 26 vote ed booths to cast ballots margin, three less than in the count R e p Bridges said he had led following the -econd primary on y r D uon by 42 votes after 45 of June 28 boxes had reported Wattsville. Rep Bridges, charging irregular- the 46th box. did not report until ties, was granted the recount after an hour after the 45-box tabulation was complete, he said He sad that two Wattsville managers., J H Farmer and G. A Wont Sr told him they and another manager, T E Couch went home a A. M. Cannon Named To Head City Utilities Dept. Arnold M. Cannon is the new su perintendent of the utilities depart ment of the city of Clinton. He suc ceeds the late B. R. Austin, who died several weeks ago Mr. Cannon was dected to the post Monday night by city council and entered upon his duties Tues day morning. At the same time, J. A. Walker was named assistant superinten dent. Cannon is a former employee of the city, serving 12 years with the utilities department before going to Charleston during World War II where he served in an electrical su pervisory post in ship building at the Charleston navy yard. Since the war he has operated his own electrical and plumbing service in Clinton. Walker, line foreman with the utilities department, has seen sev eral years service with the city. Cannon will enter upon his work at a salary of $7,500 a year. Wal ker’s new salary will be $5,493.60 a year. The two men were elected to their positions upon motion of Council man Frank M. Boland, seconded by Councilman James P. Sloan. Oth ers voting for the motion were Councilmen George W Bagwell and Harry C. Layton. Councilmen Charles R. Leather- wood and S. A. Pitts refrained from voting, stating that “We do not have recommendations from con sulting engineers as to the qualifi cations of those making applica- t'ons. This is not to be construed as a vote against any applicant con sidered.” Three applications were submit ted for the position of utilities su perintendent. In addition to Can non and Walker, an application was received from a man in Spar- i.nburg County. The meeting. w : *h nil six council- men present, was presided over by Mayor J. P Terry. City Clerk and Treasurer W. Brooks Owens submitted a finan cial statement of operations for the month of June, showing receipts of $40,813.17. with disbursements of $69,761.22. Of the latter amount, $34,314.99 was in payment for the recent extensive street surfacing program. In addition, payments totaling $6,675.63 were made to the City Bond Commission for the city’s bond and interest account. Registration Board Gives August Dates The Laurens County Registration Board will be in session at the coun ty courthouse on the first day of August and remain open through Aug. 13, it was announced by Mrs. Gladys Cook, chairman. The office will be open five days a week from 9 a. m. until noon and from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m Mrs. Cook said persons desiring to vote in the November general elec tion should examine their voting Charlotte, N. C. — B D Taylor, a lengthy and often stormy commit 38. and Jerry Ellison Ballew, 25. tee session here Saturday, but he both of Clinton, S C., were charged | oa t m his bid to have the Wattsville with selling nearly $1,000 worth of box thrown out morphine to a federal narcotics t'ornmiUee Chairman R L. Plav- agent who was woArng undercover ico ^ chntoa armounced ^ They were arrested last Tuesday, fo further reason for the committee 6pm and that “neither of them Capt W. A. McCall of the Char- to take any action fallowing the re- were presen' when :he votes were lotte police said the two denied being count counted " part of a narcotics ring which was He toM Mr Bridges that he After the affavita were were read, broken up two weeks ago by a bad the right to appeal to the Attorney Bridget moved that the : federal raid. State Democratic Committee They toid police they came to matters contained in his protest, Charlotte looking for large-scale but the state soion said he had users of the narcotics after reading no intentions of doing so newspaper reports that a woman instead he offered hL> congraiu picked up in the June 24 raid spent 1*1^ to Mr Dlxon a Wlaw Lau mediately upon the nlrodtn tion of the motion by Executive < ommr. teeman Rice that :he committee accept the request of Bridges that_ the Wattsville iiox be thrown out because of irregularities and tile gahties and th«* winner he declared by a recount of vote% in the other 45 boxes Committeeman W H Harley m Laurens got the floor to state that that would be a terrible situation The Wattsville voters would be dis- frachised and that would be the wors'. thing that has ever happened in Laurens County “ Donnan then offered a substitute motion to grant a recount of the senate votes in all V6 boxes That motum finally prevailed after the few ' minutes after P^amenury during which Harley made a motion to reoiosider the 20 to 12 affirmative votes on the Donnan motion A 16-16 Ue on the Harley motion was broken by Chairman Plaxico. o. cornier, thro* ou tfe w«u»Ulo wl » '•"fT "»*«««? WHy., too. .nd <M,r. tlw wm*, f™. * lMcl ‘ ““ Do * nan motion, seconded by < onunrt leetnan Charles Johnson of Ctinton. a recount of the remaining 45 boxes But the committe. after a healed .. , parliamentary hassie, turned down-* prr'ai a motion from the Rev J C Rice- 1 "‘mmitteemun Hailey, whether Hammef Attending Washington Meet in cess during his four-year term the Senate The committee on June 30 cer tified Mr Dixon as the nominee, ing for a recount of the 46 boxes I but allowed Mr Bridges a formal 1 Retabulations begain at 12:30 p.m. The 32 delegates then adapted a motion from J. M Donnon call- protest The meeting which certificates and make sure they are jngton wcfk altefl d in g a joint dated not earlier than September Mnlerence of the two national pro- 1957. Certificates must also be at least 30 days old to be valid for vot ing in the election, she said. The registration board will be in session during September and Octo ber on dates to be announced Covered Dish Supper For B & FW Club between $50-$75 a day for narcotics rens resident and wished him sue-1 ^ acknowledge the ,n roUf aS e^ittive com request mitteeman ur js attorney for Dixon. or both, was not determined, ap peared to be partisan to the Dixon cause He ->ubsequently disqualified himself as one of the committeemen counters m the recount Whereupon. Bridges, who stated that he had previously requested Harley to disqualify himself as a committeeman, stated that the Harley's action was grattfymg. even if somewhat lata.” ‘I'd like to have my attorney as a member of thn executive com mittee," he said. County Attorney Thomas A. Babb acting as parliamentarian for Chair Ben Hay Hammet, director of gRted in the recount was to con public relations and alumni affairs sid?,- that protest at Presbyterian College, is in Wash fessional organizations in this field Several hundred representatives 1 from throughout the country are at- ' tending this joint session of the American College Public Relations Association and the American Alumni Council. Hamnu-t is a member of both organizations. The conference, composed of The July meeting of the Clinton workshops and lecture sessions, be The recount gave Mr Dixon 3.678 votes to Mr Bridges 3.652. a difference of 36 The Wattsville box, which Mr Bridges strove strongly to have discharged, gave the declared nominee a 71 vote margin over his opponent m the recount Sat urday The count was Dixon 201, Bridges 130 It was at Wattsville that the state representative charged there were voting irregularities He presented two svwm affa- re- and ended at 2:25 pm. after which Mr Dixon was declared the nomi nee At one pom: in the sesaion, Rep Bridges tried to have Mr. Dixon disqualified on the grounds he fail ed to file campaign expenditures as required by state law However, he withdrew the charge when Mr Dixon said he had filed the itemized account with th* clerk B & P W Club was held with Mrs gan Sunday and will extend through davits ^ ^ cornmit:e e, aUeging that votes were counted at the Home Telephone Co., Of Simpsonvrfle, Gets $167,000 REA Loon Frances Warner on Tuesday night this Thursday at the Joanna Club House for a covered dish supper Mrs. Grace Connor, program cordinator, presented the club ca lender for the year and discussed, “Women in Careers And As CRi- zens ” Home Telephone Co , of Si mpson- Mrs. R. W. Johnson, vice presi ville - *** rwrirod approval of a dent presided over the business ses- * oan amounting to $167,000 for con- sion. A suggested dub budget was s * nM; t' on ^ miles of new lines ^ ^ approved and recommended to the to brit ^ telephone service to 200 ^ f(jr the month o( JurM , accord ing to the report of proceedings in of court There were 32 voting commit teemen at the sesion which got man Plaxico. at ► point ia the proceedings ruled that if all box manager* left the poMhag niace und ^_ w *y at w l _° l m "j^qland the counting of v^TJLs^one by others, it would be a technical'' violation of the election laws. courthouse Mr Dixon disqualified 1 himself as a committeemen for the sesion The fireworks started almost un- Police Court Fines Total $1,866 for Month of June / Nineteen disorderly payments of fines to the city treas persons charged with $289 60 and 78 days being levied conduct led the list in Six persons paid a total of $249 for operating autos without driver’s licenses. The report, submitted to city- council at its July meeting Monday- night, listed other offenses and fines as follows: Violating the liquor law. one Finance Committee. Miss Wilma new subscriber* Adair named the committee for The The announcement was made last re “ or( j er > s court d y chief of Police Charm and Fashion School which week by Senator Strom Thurmond B B B a jj ard will be held September 15-16, and from Washington upon being advis paid a total o{ in ad will be conducted by Miss Alice ed of the loan approval by the ditlun t o 60 days on the public works BeU of Atlanta. Rural Electric Administration by Mayor j p Terry who $100; speeding and reckJess driving> e meetmg was c osed with the The new loan will be added to an a j so as recorder. 8, one case suspended, $87. fight- amount left over from a previous Eighty-nine arrests were made ing. two. $39: carrying concealed made during the month, with $1.- weapons one, $52: petty larceny. 866 in fines being collected and 138 one. $17 all other offenses. 18. one days given. suspended, $400 Three persons taken in for dnv- Thirty three violators of parking mg under the influence on intoxi- laws paid $17 50 cants were assessed the usual fine Two were arrested lor vagrancy. both cases being suspended; and Twenty-five were arrested for three were taken in for mvestiga- drunkenness. . with total fines of tion or on suspicion and released Collect REA loan. Holcombe Attends Lions International Clinton Students Dr. and Mrs. Fred Holcombe and At Summer Comp sons Fred Jr and Joe, spent last WlUiam T DaviSi ^ M Wtt . week in Chicago 111 where the son Jr an<J Leslie A wiUianis of I' 7" former attended the International are rece j v ing six weeks of T „ fi> , Lions Club convention Wednesday trainjng al ^ Army Reserve q,. Jaycees Donate to Stadium Fund ’ * * v Ralph Bozard, right, treasurer of the School, to be added to the fund for build- . _ , „ A ing a football stadium at the school. The ( linton Jaycees, presents a check for $60 to presentation was made Monday morning.— R. P. Wilder, principal of the Clinton High Photo by Dan Yarborough. \ . ’ • —- \ ^ ^ . \ through Saturday Dr. Holcombe was fkrer Training Corps summer camp »,? Jr *1!! at Fort Benning, Ga. TTie Training from the local club Attending the Corps summer camp at Fort Ben . According to affidavits presented, that happened at the Wattsville precinct). Executive Committeeman John M Ross slated that two box man agers left the precinct at Joanna, with only one box manager being present for the counting. Chairman Plaxico stated that would not be considered a violation uf the law Three County Men Not At Convention Two Clinton men, scheduled to attend the National Democratic C onvention in San Francisco this week decided not to make the tnp and relinquished their places on* :he delegation James P Sloan and R L Plaxico were to be alternate delegates to the convention Both attendOC the 1956 convention m Chicago. It is understood that O L. Long Laurens attorney, also was slated to be at the San Francisco meeting and that he. too. gave up his place on tiie delegation meeting were 35.000 Lions and their families representing 108 countries and geographical locations of the world LOCAL GIRLS AT F. H. A. BEACH CAMP Thirteen girls of the local Future Homemakers Association left Tues day to. spend a week at the F.H A Camp Ocean Drive Beach ning, Ga Hie training is scheduled to be completed July 29 Davis and Williams are students at Clemscn, while Williams is a student at The Citadel HERE FOR FUNERAL Lt- Col and Mrs. Lykes S. Hen- ckT'on, Miss Carolyn and Lykes Henderson, Jr., of Columbus, Miss , Tr * & V The group was accompanied by an ^ Mrs Marion Brown and M s. Harry Bauknight. home ec ; children of Lexington, N C. have returned to their homes jafter being called here the past week because of the death of their brother, 'Hiom- as W'atland Henderson. Also here for the funeral were Mrs W'atland Henderson, an aunt, and her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Fuller and children, A. F. Blair and son of Blairs; Mr. and Mrs R N Cooner. Mr Hutto and Mr Nicholaon of Bamburg iiptructor, Mrs. Avery Smith and Mrs Herman Jackson as cha perones and bus driver, Wayne Morgan. Attending are: Misses Bar bara Anderson, Linda Boland, Mary Ann Brown, Dianne Bradberry, Jane Ellen Fowler. Carol Frank lin. Janet Johnson, Shirley Ann Lawson, Grace Orr, Shirley Ann Timmons, Martha Todd. Jennie Rae Surratt, and Harriett Wilson Civitan Club Names Officers Here are the newly-elected officers of the Clinton Civitan Club. Left to right, they are: Harry League, president: Gene King, president-elect: Arnold Dixon, vice-presi dent : Davis Holland, vice-president: James Whitmire, sec ret ary-treasurer