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ilh Mtw LOCAL WEATHER Rain this morning; clearing and colder tonight and continued cold tomorrow. (Other data on page 17) on fc OF SOUTH CAROLINA 81ST YEAR No. 19 METROPOLITAN POPULATION NVILLE, S. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1955 TWENTY PAGES PRICE 5c SUNDAY 15c rfiio COTTON MARKET Greenville Mid. Inch 35 AS New York Mid.

Spot 34.95 10-Market Spot Average 34.08 i nnmerman Proud Father Administers Governor's Oath1 To Son New Governor Out To Retain 'Way Of Life! By ALDERMAN DUNCAN COLUMBIA, Jan. 18. (AP) Forty-two-year-old Snow And Sleet Strike Section; tfTV Is Cut Off Snow and sleet were reported in several areas of this section last night and the U. S. Weather Bureau forecast Intermittent sleet throughout the night and Into the morning.

I I. iX George Bell Timmerman Jr. was Inaugurated 79th governor of South Carolina today in ceremonies that were tele-vised fo? the first time. In a 30-minute inaugural speech, em states, maintains separate In the city a steady drizzle ot rain which began late in the afternoon turned to sleet around 7:30 Presbyterian 0. he DledL'ed his "weulest efforts" i schools for Whites and fuegroes.

No child of either race may attend the schools of the other. to preserve a way ol life he said is threatened by the U.S. There has been no change in the (Timmerman text on page SI system since the Supreme Court decision last May. Union Plan Is Defeated ATLANTA, Jan. 18.

(AP) Although declaring that De Supreme Court decision against! race segregation in the public spite outside efforts to cripple our schools. education program we must see to He drew applause when he as-i it that all children continue to re- Southern Presbyterians to serted that the people of the state jceive a of ttie educalion that we day defeated a plan to merge wm nw wierae any lanipe. mis a(ord Timmerman added with the lives of their children by I iiinn. with their northern brethren. any agency of the federal govern Twelve of 24 Presbyteries (dis "If the timi is near when we to South Carolina will have to choose between no ntihlic schools w.th ment.

2,000 SEE CEREMONY tricts) in the southern states voted against combining the succeeded! hatred and strife and discord on Timmerman, who member Presbyterian Church in the U. S. southern with the 2V4-million -member Presbyterian the other, it will be the first time an American state has had to make such a choice." COURT DECISION DENOUNCED 4 James F. Byrnes-, took his oath of office from his father, a U.S. district judge here.

The elder Timmerman patted his son affectionately on the shoulder as he stepped Church in the U. S. A. mostly northern and the il He denounced the court's deci- United Presbyterian Church. down from the rostrum i nnn Mnnio Sion, by which he said it "arro- The 12 negative voles killed the proposal for the present.

Twelve saw the ceremonies on the north to itself the power to change ti i const i tut ion without consulting Presbyteries already had voted JUDGE TIMMERMAN GOVERNOR TIMMERMAN P' people." This is a powe? against the move, and the 12 today provided a total of 24 neg It was a proud father who administered the oath of "governor of South Carolina to his son yesterday at Colum- sWOrn in just ahead of he said, not only never was bia. Federal District Judge George Bell Timmerman Sr. is on the left. Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr.

has his man were Lt. Gov. Krnest "future freedom of all citizens." ative votes. Approval of three fourths or 64 I Fritz) Hollings, 32. of Charleston.

hand upraised. (Greenville News photo by Joe F. Jordan). of the 86 southern Presbyteries would have been required for Walhalla His Dad Is Proud acceptance of the proposal. Reds Invade BEGUN IN 1938 "The great constitutional problem facing the American people is how to curb" the Supreme Court's authority, lie maintained.

He advocated congressional action to limit the court's jurisdiction in cases concerning public schools. Control of education is a "local The merger talks were initiated and these state officers re-elected 1-ist fall: Adj. Gen. James C. Dozier, Treasurer Jeff B.

Bates, Comptroller Gen. E. C. Rhodes, Supt. of Education Jesse T.

Anderson, Secretary of State O. Frank Thornton, Atty. Gen. T. C.

Agriculture Commissioner J. in 1938 by the southern church. A total of 24 southern Presby Chinese Isle Girl Killed In Accident teries acted on the proposal today matter tradiionally the prerogative of the states and their and the vote was running 2-1 Roy Jones against union. Voting in the South was expect Tachcns, 200 lie The new governor, a Lexington- Z'TZL Sun Gomes Out As Oath Is Taken By Timmerman GrrrnTille Nw Bureaa IBS rmt Bulldiui By NED RAMSAUR mi TmiaTA t-i-r, 1 Tr onnrt upnt.hpr Is an omen ed to continue into the spring but WALHALLA, Jan. 18-Katherine wno nas Deen neuienanii rom rormosa, beared loovernor the last eight years, de-ichlldren 10 mx Puul.ic ho would not affeci the result.

dared that the "only ureeutahle larSe groups 01 Aegro cnu- In marked contrast, northern Next Objective decree" the Supreme Court can dren'" continued "Most Negro Louise Edney, 16, of College Walhalla, was killed instantly today at about 2:30 p.m. when a Presbyteries have been voting solidly in favor of the merger, hand down in the wake of its school f' Formosa, Wednesday, i. mix wnn large groups Ol wmie with endorsement already receiv ed from 40 of the 256 districts. Jan. 19 W-Chinese Red forces in- children These parental obiec- Li viiLnmh liund ucctnr- wi 1 recognize the right of 1" uujti.

vaded VA angsba yesw alone sufficient and m. and later became mixed with snow flurries. Hazardous road conditions were expected In the upper part of the county where mow and sleet began falling early last night and the temperature began dropping. The official forecast for Greenville called for a low of 36 de-grea early this morning. How-evjr at Caesar's Head, where temperatures are usually lower than in the city area, the thermometer had dropped to the freezing point by 8 o'clock last night.

CAESAR'S HEAD SLEET Sleet was reported falling at Caesar's Head by Clyde Clark, cooperative weather observer there. Mr. Clark said the thermometer dropped seven degrees between 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Unofficial observers reported a 31-degree reading on Paris Mourtain, where sleet and snow were ilso falling.

Slater and Travelers Rest residents reported "fairly heavy" snow early last night. The flakes were melting rapidly on contact with the ground, however. Clearing skies are expected this afternoon and it will be fair and much colder tonight and tomor row, U. S. Weather Bureau observers said.

Today's maximum reading will be in the neighborhood of 45 degrees. Yesterday a high of 4S degrees and low of 36 were recorded for an average of 43 degrees. "Normal" average for the day It 44 degrees. At 9:30 p.m. Duke Power Co.

workmen were en route to Pari3 Mou.yain where a power failure had 'developed because of the weather, probably resulting from a limb or tree being down across a line. Television Stations WFBC-TV and WGVL-TV were off the air and the South Carolina Highway Patrol short wave radio was not working. TABLE ROCK COVERED A blanket of snow covered Table Rock State Park in Pickens Countv and a little snow was still falling about 10 o'clock last night, according to E. W. Cooler, park superintendent.

Mr. Cooler said rain and sleet had fallen earlier as the temperature fell from 34 degrees. J. D. Ferguson, Pickens policeman, said at 10:30 p.m.

that snow sleet and rain were falling in town and the thermometer read 33 degrees. Miss Henrietta Brandt, VVal-hlla weather observer, reported a reading of 34 degrees at 10 p.m. She said that the rain, which began about 5 p.m., totaled .55 inch. Stiff winds brought sleet, Siiow and rain there. Belton had only wind and rain.

Observers there said the temperature was 36 degrees at 10 o'clock. Rain was followed by snow and slPp at Woodruff, but rains lat-r last night melted the ice. Laurens had considerable wind following rain which began about 7 p.m. Deputy Sheriff Joel Babb said. SLEET AT ANDERSON Le weather bureau at Ander- Reasons for the southern opposi 1953 Plymouth1 sedan in which she was riding wrecked about three miles south of town.

The car's driver. Bubia S. Ro- day uenma a curtain oi Domus: 7 V. be respeoted." tv, ndi ortiiwu fho tneir own cnuuren tiou included a belief by some I Timmerman praised the stale' i 7i n.ti T.W. aiu it mini members that the northern church mn i -m inn nn Rrnfm n- snouia De an auspicious one.

uespue earner prcunv-iuns ui thp smith in yreat Deril. the south in great peril was too "liberal in some por Chester, 19. U. S. Army, the cluudless sky and equalization program with tions of its theology.

and the 79th Governor south Carolina too. hi, oath of. 'SWALLOWED UP' nrnpp i in rnn.Qp senrpn in T.np sriiiuuw ui tiic giaicimivt nn thp kph timp as uk lie table as me schools. He said Other southerners felt their nee Memorial Hospital "Our new smaller body might be "swallow Peiping radio trumpeted that tiny ischool construction is the equal of House felt the winter chill. Vikiangshan was liberated 7 ianv and better than most in the less than two hours of fighting.

"'('nation." ed up and dominated by the larger church. The churches have representative governing systems. The Defense Ministry, however, except social intermingling." N0 ANNOUNCED Page Of Pictures Of Inauguration Page- 13 Today Union supporters generally were insisted the garrison still was put-line no resistance tale last night Hp viewpd -the imnpnilinol not surprised at the outcome and inherently unequal is inherently and cliiimed the invaders suffered threat of compulsory social mixing I ci White and Negro children in our: untrue," he contended. interpreted the action as only one forward movement in the 94-year- heavy losses He also called it "tragic" to The ministry said the thin lineipi'blic schools" as "the gravest Another passenger, Miss TJar-lene Ridley, 16, of Salem, was slightly injured and was given first aid treatment at Walhalla Medical Center and dismissed. ON COFFEE RD.

Highway patrolman George W. Vaughan, one of the investigating officers, said the three were driving towards Westminster on Coffee and after making a curve to the left lost control and skidded some 300 feet into i pine tree and turned over. He said the car was demolished. The victim, a daughter of Olin old effort. Manv still honed to see the of guerrilla defenders of Yikiang-problem" faced by ti state in "see our educational progress imperiled by those who practice ra-(Contintied on Page 8, Col.

6) three branches eventually merge to form the Presbytnan Church shan, a rocky island ot uttie more ii.uuem nines. than three square miles, sank six South Carolina, like other Suuth- motorized junks and one gunboat of the invasion fleet and damaged Sailtee, Insurance another gunboat. It added that of the United States. Frank W. Price, Lexington, nastor and former Assembly A page of pictures showing scenes at the inauguralion of Gov.

George Bell Timmerman at Columbia yesterday will be found on page 13. The text of the Governor's address is on page 8. A summary of the career of the outgoing governor, James F. Byrnes, by Ned Ramsaur is on pagv. moderator, who has headed the unofficial Friends of Union, de and Lucille Edney of Walhalla, clared in a statement: "Loyal Presbyterians will ac New Bills Request 2 Investigations ground fire shot down two Russian-made planes.

Throughout the day, Nationalist warplanes from Formosa Hew over Hie area harassing the invasion fleet. The air force claimed two Red warships were damaged in dive bombing attacks. Anxious watchers in the Tachens. cept the result ol the voting in Administering the oath was the new Governor's father. Federal Judge George Bell Timmerman Sr.

Judge Timmerman, wearing the black robe of his office, revealed the depth of his emotions as he, stumbled briefly in reading the oath, smiled at his" son when the ceremony was completed and reached acros to pat him on the shoulder. CEREMONY COLORFUL It was a colorful ceremony, though a relatively brief one. Members of the General Assembly ana guests sat in chairs on a wooden platform at the loot of the granite slairs leading up to the main entrance of the State House. Rails of the platform and of a stairway frvm the platform to the Stale House lobby were covered with a while cloth and bunling. Leading the procession ot senators down to the platform was the Senate seargeant at arms bearing the sword of slate.

He was followed by Sen. Edgar A. Brown 3 the purple robes of the president pro tem of the Senate. Behind Sen. Brown were the new lieutenant governor, Ernest 'V.

Hollings of Charleston, and. In a black robe, Senate Clerk I.ovlck Thomas. Hoime members wprp led down good spirit. My firm Belief is that Presbyterian union will come sooner or later certainly within clerk, Miss Inez robed House Watson. which screen the northern invasion I five years.

"Failure to obtain the consent COLUMBIA, Jan. 18. (AP) Legislative work on a general appropriations bill began today amid the hurly-burly of a gubernatorial Inauguration. After an invocation by the Rev. approaches to Formosa, saw great of three fourths of the Presby Albert S.

Thomas. Sen. Brown; fires blaze on the tiny island. and Miss Ridley were employed at the Walhalla garment plant. Sheriff E.

D. Weathers quoted a witness, a resident of the area, as saying the car turned over several times. Chief of Police W. D. Crenshaw said the girl was thrown out of the car and evidently run over as her body was thrown 10 or IS feet.

He reported th other two were thrown out also. Sheriff Weathers said an inquest will be held at the courthouse Friday at 10 a.m. (Obituary on Page 17) teries now does not mean defeat In f.rttr flnllincc The usual legislative processes I but only a short delay in reaching the goal. Gov Timmerman was Iwere side-tracked by ceremonies ijustments are made or new rev- rupted bv applause twice in the I lVPn I .31111110 for tne searin8 in of Lt. Gov.leniie formed course of his speech once whenj CIJ AjUIUIUUI Bell Tunmerman Jr.

to The committee planned to con-he said' "The people of South I TV 1 James F. Byrnes in thelsider the boards suggestion that "Tire reunion or the Presbyterian family in America is a revenue adjustments be some Carolina will not tolerate any I QfOTP I ir()nnPll governor oflice. logical and inevitable' development in our church Uistdfy, and will made. The ceremonies brought the Sen i i i tampering with the lives of their children by any agency of the ate a new presiding officer. Former Slate Itep.

E. F. Hollings of succeeded Timmerman WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 Wl-U. S.

District Judge Luther Y. mightily reinforce our Presbyterian witness and service in our own nation and a the The committee is expected lo take several weeks preparing its (irst draft of the money bill and drawing proposals for revenue adjustments. INSURANCE CHECK The Senate sent to commitleu Youngdah! today threw out, as too a3 lieutenant governor, who is ex- world." You'll Find: SOUTHERN VOTE Here's the way the Southern vague, the new indictment ac- officio Senate president, cusing Owen Lattimore of false-! Despite the pressure of the inly denying under oath he had the General Assembly uciijimum irpfPived measures ca ling for a presbyteries Voted today on the 12 the steps by the House sergeant Billy Graham 2 Markets Comics 16 Pictures a resolution by Sens. Murrah of proposed merger: been (1) a follower of the Com-lCOIlstjtutional conVention, women! Greenville, Spigner of Richland reported that Anderson was iii a low pressure area and predicted wind and rain. Sleet and federal Ana again when he warned Congress that it would have to share the responsibility if it 'failed -to curb the Supreme Court's "infringement upon constitutional government and upon the freedom of a large segment of the citizens of the t'nited States." BYRNES IS LAIDED In his address, Timmerman paid resi Kt to his predecessor, James Fv Byrnes.

Of Byrnesr he said "His has been a lifetime of service to his state, our nation and mjnist line and (2) a prqmoter0n juries, investigations of Santee- and Mishoe of Williamsburg call- JJ at arms who carried the 200-year-11 i old House mace. Speaker Solo-H'mon Blatt in bis purple robe nflice was followed bv the black- Bvrnes Society Editorials i Sports Deaths 17 Timmerman of Red interests. Cooper finances and the adminis 'rain were falling about 10:15 Youngdahl said the charges.fation i of the state insurance last night, but the wind had not peaked over 30 mileu per ing for a legislative investigation of the office of insurance commissioner. This, and an investigation of Santee Cooper finances, were l-IiiH lief uuir tiv liiirnM in him 3 uiiii-c, oiiu stricted lye sales. Costa Rica Claims hour.

Abbeville reported rain only. COMMITTEE AT WORK At Greenwood, stiff winds were were so lllliuieas diiu uuaiuic that to require Lattimore to stand trial oo them would be unprecedented. And, he said, to sustain the in-rlintmpnt wmi'iH "m.ike a sham" reported with light rain the world." The State House lobby was bare-jfinal )egislative a(l(iress. ly clear of well-wishers at a post- Sens Denms of Berkciey wher9. inaugural reception for Timmer-lhe 87-million-dollar state-owned man.

Hollings and others is nrxini Some four vears aao, he ex pressed the humble desire to be Against Asheville, N. 41-31 Savannah, 46-6 Concord. N. 97-41 North Alabama, 45-6 Kings Mountain, N. 57-19 Louisiana, 29-21 Uolslon, E.

78-23 Piedmont, S. C. 42-7 Cherokee, 26-15 Charleston, S. 38-4 Columbia, 23-10 West Hanover, 35-18 Mecklenburg, N. 131-66 For Ouachita, 52-26 Potomac, 56-9 Norfolk, 57-37 Birmingham, 29-25 St.

Louis, 27-4 Missouri, 24-1 Suwannee, 46-37 Rain And Snow of the Six Amendment which pro-1 the House Ways and Means Com vides that in ail criminal ut'Sa" WUMl sl "lo Rebels Are On Run SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Jan. 18. AP Costa Rica's seven-day-old war crackled into renewed action, today. The General Staff announced i advanced government units made gua, claimed 200 rebels had landed contact with the rebels north oliin an amphibious operation near Santa Rosa in the northwest andJLimon, Costa Rican port on the Caribbean 70 miles east of San Is Widespread tions "the accused shall enjoy the right to be informed of the I The committee has as its guide nature and thi cause of the accu- the annual report of the State iBjilget and Control Eoard. The report recommends an appropria Lattimore, 54, Far Eastern af declared, "We've got them on the lions bill million dollars to support an overall state 1955-5U budget of almost 218 million.

The General Staff said it had no fairs specialist and former teacher at Johns Hopkins University, still faces five lesser counts which survive from a seven-count 1952 run there. A broadcast by the secret rebel radio, heard at Managua, Nicara- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jilarge storm area in the lower Mississippi River Valley caused widespread rain and snow Tuesday. The snow area covered eastern portions of Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma and extended eastward across northern Missouri, south immediate report on any landings Hut the report also notes a three and McFaddin of Clarendon had better luck with the resolution for finances. The Senate adopted th resolution and sent it to the llcuse. The House already has two resolutions for the Santee-Cooper investigation, both in the Ways and Means Committee because each appropriates money for investigative expenses.

The Senate version of an investigation reached the House too late to be acted on but it also may go to committee. The House also has in cnmmilleo a resolution for the insurance office investigation. HOUSE MEASURES The House received two measures duplicating ones offered in tin Senate last week for referen-Hums One. bv Reo. Gentrv of These accuse him of million-dollar deficit this year and a good governor: today es ne sleps forward Irom (hat office to continue as an elder statesman.

James Francis Byrnes carries with him the respect and the good wishes of his beloved slate," Timmerman declared. The Inaugural ceremony was closed by a benediction by the Rev. George E. Meetze, chop-Iain of the Senate. A reception In the Stale House lobby followed the inauguration.

Standing in the receiving line were Gov. and Mrs.1 Timmerman. Lt. Gov. and Mrs.

Hollings, and the constitutional officers and their wives. Hundreds of stood in the long lines winding ip the stairs from the ground floor of the State House lo the receiving line. Estimates of the crowd sealed Boston Prison Revolt lying about some details of his'prediets a nearly four-million def-conneelions over the years. licit next year unless revenue ad- at Limon, but a telephone call directly from that port said the situation was normal. The informant said the government controls the beaches and any rebel landing would have to be made on swampy flat or on the open coast Girl's Body Taken Out Guard To Die For Every Shot Fired, Convicts Say Canal; Slayer Is Caught line.

A traveler arriving Irom Limon this morning said "the situation there was entirely normal" when he left. ern Iowa and into parts of central and southern Illinois. During the day two of three inches of snow fell in some portions of this belt. Further southward, rain fell from Arkansas and extreme eastern Texas eastward along the Gulf coast states to northern Florida. Itain also fell along the California coast and snow fell further inland i I.igher elevation into portions of the Rockies.

The Mississippi Valley storm caused lower temperatures auard dies. One shot, one gas The rebel radio also the rebels have "sufficient army to bomb and one of your screws end the antiCommunist revolution dies BOSTON, Jan. 18 -The leader of four dangerous armed convicts attempting to break out of Massachusetts State Prison sent out a message tonight threatening to O'Brien said Green's message victoriously." said 300 men had reinforced the rebel forces in the on the platform, on the Slate House steps, and standing on the State House grounds raneed from 2,000 to 3.000 and above said that if shots aie ured at the rebelling convicts "ihen hell La Cruz region of the northwestern with what happens from then on." section, hitherto the only front in O'Brien said no force is planned the war. The broadcast added kill five guards and six other SUFFIELD. Jan.

18 iff the murder of teua J. tiensia oi pjekens. calls for a vote on a The half-nude body of a pretty, Windsor Locks, was Gerald jconstitntional convention. The olh-20-year-olcl girl was dragged from'j. Celetti, 34, a Springfield father er, by Rep.

Fitzgerald of Richland, a canal today, and a construction'of two. the Legislature's only woman worker was nabbed on the Newj Police said the men were on a member, seeks a vote on a con-Jersey Turnpike and held in con-jdouble date with Celia and hcrjslitutional amendment to allow nection with the crime. Isisler, Ann, 22, Sunday night. The: women to serve on juries. New Jersey state troopers saidlgirl's bloody body was pulled out Mrs.

Fitzgerald also introduced Joseoh DeMaio, 35, of Spring-inf the ire-rimmed Windsor Locks a bill lo limit the sale of concen-field," blurted, "I didn't'canal after her sister reported her irated lye to commercial quantitej mean to do it, officers." when he missing. of 10 pounds or more in contain- was stopped for a routine check; At Highlstown. state trooper ers marked "poison." She said on the turnpike near Highstown.lA. Smith said DeMaio made a doctors report numerous home j-tatement telling of the double cidents, especially to children, with 1 Stiil wanted in connection with, date and of slaying the girL a Mild 70 prisoners held hostage if authori- II mm mi it spreading across Texas to subdue the revolt, adding we will conquer" the forces rleeree readings were confined to ties fired a shot. thoiitits are ready to wait it out of President Jose rigueres in icaays uuciae Fion a and extreme southern ineooore leuuy ureen, iiounious nanK runuer wno ijuum air tuvs nei rti imvunu uuiue lur odnm Texas.

included prison is strong to hold: Earlier, the rebellion ry the tour! ihe government lorces routed Midday temperature1! lime. The Be satisfied with i- fl him sniH in a mpscnap tn war- rfpnpra rnnvifts was nesrrihef rphi'K tr-im thp S.mta liosa areni ami, 80; Dallas', 39; Duluth, 16. den John J. O'Brien; hy a prison cholaii apparently in two big skirmishes over the! l13' laken its split with- Angeles! "For evtiy shot fired at us. ai" a to the finisi Iwcekend.

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