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[399] _News and Courier_, Feb. 14, 1956, p. 8-A; Sept. 15,
1956, p. 9-A.

[400] _Independent_, Mar. 11, 1956, p. 2.

[401] _Ibid._, May 26, 1954, p. 3; May 27, 1954, p. 22.

[402] _Morning News_, May 2, 1954, p. 1.

[403] _Independent_, May 9, 1954, p. 28; May 16, 1955, p.
22; May 19, 1954, p. 2; _Morning News_, May 2, 1954, p. 1.

[404] Quoted in _Independent_, June 3, 1954, p. 18.

[405] _Record_, May 22, 1954, p. 4-A.

[406] _News and Courier_, Jan. 9, 1956, p. 12; July 31,
1956, p. 8-A.

[407] _Record_, Apr. 23, 1955, p. 4-A.

[408] _News and Courier_, Mar. 10, 1956, p. 1-B.

[409] _Morning News_, Oct. 11, 1956, p. 4-A.

[410] _Ibid._, Mar. 6, 1956, p. 1.

[411] _Ibid._, Mar. 27, 1956, p. 1.

[412] S. C. House _Journal_ (1956), pp. 1303-1304.

[413] _Record_, Mar. 22, 1956, p. 11-C.

[414] _Ibid._, June 20, 1956, p. 1; July 16, 1956, p. 10-A.

[415] _Ibid._, Aug. 2, 1956, p. 1; Aug. 3, 1956, p. 4-A.

[416] _Morning News_, July 13, 1956, p. 4-A.

[417] _News and Courier_, June 26, 1956, p. 8-A.

[418] _Record_, Aug. 3, 1956, p. 4-A.

[419] _Independent_, Aug. 11, 1956, pp. 1, 3.

[420] _Morning News_, Aug. 16, 1956, p. 2-A.

[421] _News and Courier_, Aug. 16, 1956, p. 16-A; Aug. 21,
1956, p. 8-A.

[422] _Record_, Aug. 17, 1956, p. 4-A.

[423] _News and Courier_, Aug. 19, 1956, p. 14-A; _Record_,
Oct. 31, 1956, p. 4.

[424] _Independent_, Aug. 17, 1956, p. 4; Aug. 18, 1956, p.
4.

[425] _Morning News_, Aug. 28, 1956, p. 1.

[426] _News and Courier_, Aug. 28, 1956, pp. 1, 8-A.

[427] _Independent_, Feb. 10, 1956, p. 4; Mar. 7, 1956, p.
4.

[428] _Morning News_, Mar. 21, 1956, p. 4; June 26, 1956,
p. 4; Aug. 22, 1956, p. 4.

[429] _News and Courier_, Mar. 11, 1956, p. 14-A; May 23,
1956, p. 12-A; June 25, 1956, p. 6-A; Aug. 2, 1956, p.
14-A; Aug. 9, 1956, p. 14-A; Aug. 24, 1956, p. 12-A.

[430] _Ibid._, Aug. 23, 1956, p. 8-A.

[431] Quotations in order are from _News and Courier_, Aug.
26, 1956, p. 15-A; Aug. 30, 1956, p. 17-A; Sept. 1, 1956,
p. 6-A; Sept. 9, 1956, p. 12-A; Sept. 14, 1956, p. 12-A;
Aug. 27, 1956 p. 7-A; Aug. 28, 1956, p. 10-A; Sept. 2,
1956, p. 11-A.

[432] _Independent_, June 6, 1956, p. 8.

[433] _Morning News_, Aug. 28, 1956, p. 1; _News and
Courier_, Aug. 28, 1956, p. 1.

[434] _News and Courier_, Oct. 2, 1956, p. 8-A.

[435] _Ibid._, Oct. 4, 1956, p. 1; Sept. 21, 1956, p. 1.

[436] _Record_, Oct. 25, 1956, p. 2-B.

[437] _Morning News_, Sept. 28, 1956, p. 6-B.

[438] _News and Courier_, Oct. 17, 1956, p. 10-A; Oct. 22,
1956, p. 6-A.

[439] _Independent_, Nov. 4, 1956, p. 28; Oct. 31, 1956,
p. 11; _News and Courier_, Oct. 28, 1956, p. 4-C; Nov. 4,
1956, p. 12-A.

[440] _Morning News_, Oct. 27, 1956, p. 2-A; _News and
Courier_, Oct. 28, 1956, p. 14-A; _Independent_, Oct. 27,
1956, p. 1.

[441] _Record_, Aug. 31, 1956, p. 3-A; _News and Courier_,
Sept. 3, 1956, p. 6-A; Oct. 24, 1956, p. 10-A.

[442] _Independent_, June 7, 1956, p. 4; Oct. 19, 1956, p.
4; Oct. 24, 1956, p. 4.

[443] _Ibid._, Oct. 19, 1956, p. 4.

[444] _Ibid._, Oct. 21, 1956, p. 28; _Morning News_, Oct.
9, 1956, p. 8; Nov. 2, 1956, p. 9-B.

[445] _Independent_, Oct. 31, 1956, p. 10; Nov. 2, 1956, p.
5.

[446] Open letter from South Carolina Republican Party,
signed by Oscar W. Pitts, chairman, undated.

[447] _Morning News_, Nov. 1, 1956, p. 1.

[448] _Ibid._, Oct. 31, 1956, p. 2.

[449] _News and Courier_, Oct. 22, 1956, p. 8-A.

[450] _Ibid._, Nov. 14, 1956, p. 12-A.

[451] _Morning News_, Nov. 8, 1956, p. 9-A.

[452] _News and Courier_, Jan. 16, 1957, p. 1-B. At the
state Democratic Party Convention on March 25, 1958, the
“Independent” faction made a bid to capture the party
chairmanship but was decisively defeated.

[453] _State_, Nov. 27, 1956, p. 6-B.