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VOLUME XL
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,1940
NUMBER 4
BRITISH LOSE
ANOTHER SHIP
200 Lives On Exmouth Lost In
^ the North Sea. Mine or Tqr-
^ Likely Caused Twenty-
Senate’s Dean
Second Naval Loss.
London, Jdp. 24. — CSreat Britain
tmriy today ai^anoed that her swift
destroyer Elxmduth had been sunk by
a torpedo or mjTO a^ that every one
of nearly 200 officers and men aboard
was believed to Mve perished.
it was Dntaia’s 2&id naval ship
lose since the began kes than
five months ago; the second destroyer
sunk within four days and her heavi
est loss of life at sea since November.
An admiralty announcement, if any
thing snore torse than is usual, said:
“It is feared there are no surviv-
oca.'
The 1,475-ton Exmouth had a nor-
oiai complement of 176 men, but such
coppimnssita uaually are increased
ab«ait.AlLf>ar eent at wsutisne.
The aoMM of the ainloiiif waa not
Tmperance Forces W. C; DoUbins, Sr.
Plan Mass Meeting Killed By Train
Speaks Today
Well-Known GoMvIlle Fanner
Dies In Car-Train Crash Early
Sunday Morning. Funeral
Monday With Interment At i
interdenominational temperance | Rosemont.
Statewide Conference To Be
Held Next Thursday At First
Baptist Church In Ccdumbia.
An
maas meeting will be held next Tuea-1
day, Jan. 30, in Gohnnbia, in the his-1
SENATOR B. D. SMITH
. . . . , . . , William C. Dobbins, Sr., 54, of„
torw First Baptist church, beginning i
one of the county’s most
at 11 a,m. ^ isuccessfiil farmers, waa killed instant-
Bishop Eldwin H. Hughes of Wash-Jly Sunday morning dt 1:30 when hia
ington, D. C., will be the chief speak-'automobile was struck by Seaboard'
er, and >he ranks as one of the most train No. 11 at the railroad intersec-.
jintene^ing ai^ attnactive in thettion in front of the C-W-S Guano'
i American pulpit today. He speaks at company plant on Ekst Carolina ave- ■
12:30 p. m., and his address will bring nue. Mr. Dobbins was Ihe first vk-!
I the meeting to a close. Bruce Bar^- tim of an automobile accident in Lau-'
I ton has been quoted as saying that^rens county in 1940. |
Bishop Hughes is one of the t^yj j^e funeral ‘service was held from'
most sought after public speak^ in j the Goldville residence Monday af
L ww .jtemoon at 3 o’clock by has paaUnr
'The Rev. John M. Wells,^.!)., of;Rev. T. B. Wilkes, assisted hy the
&ini^r,^n prM>^. Since^le death .R^^y Anderson.of Laurens. Inter-
With tba de^h during tftie wtmk of
Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho,
Senator EUliaon D. Smith of this state.
diKloaad bjtj^was believed to have ;j,ecome8 the dean of the Uni^’^tes
the North aea where another
Srithh destroyer, the 1,485-ton Gren-'
SESSION LENGTH
UP TO SENATE
House Passes Money Measure In
’ Record Time and Sciwts Bill
Into Lap of Upper Body. Fast
Action Not Expected.
Columbia, Jan. 20.—^Now let’s see
admit the senate will do.
That^was the reaction in legislative
circles when the house went into.
mentfallowed .ixt^Rosemont-mmetory
II
i
vlie, also a HotallaJeeder, went down
SKlwday with ^ ^
The ainking of the Exmouth with
, all hands was the greatest loss of life
in a snigle naval blow since the Ger
man poflket battleship Deutschland
sank the British armed merchant
eruieer Rawalpindi with 280 lost No
vember 25 off the east coast of Ice
land.
The Exmouth, of the same dam as
the Grenville, was compleited in 1934
Senator Smith ^ook the oath of of- Ridly.
fioe on March 4, 1909, two years later I Youth will be represented by
18th,. Dqpr^'W^e ^ Bo*h at the home and grave a
president of the South Carolina Fed
erated Forces for Temperance and
Law Enforcement, which organization
is sponsoring this,annual Temperance
the
than Borah. He was the “baby’’ mem-1 Bev. Peter iMdIette of Furman Uni-
RfeV. JOHN J. HATES
The Kiwanis club will have ae ite
guedt eReaiwir this evening at 7:30
the Rev. Jlohn J. Hayes, pastor of the
First Preebytenan chui^ of Laur-
large oonoourse of friends and
quaintances gathered to pay a last
tribute of respect, and the many beau- i ^
tiful floral tributra plMod upon *
pasBOMto m wmston-oaicm, N. v..
Mr. Hayi
grave were added ividenoe of his ex
tended friendship.
her of the body at that time, being versity, where he is the Ist vice-
Hayes is an outstanding jNooag
P.nKa«r»r. Rn-., fvn<Ji ^ Presbyterian denomi-
Pallbearm were. Roy (yDell, Tot being his ISrst i>i:d>Ue
whirlwind action during its second
legislative week and"sct>i>ted the gen
eral appropriation bill across the
statehouse and into the. lap of the
senaite. .
The record-time in which the house
speeded the mondy maa-'^Pi^ through
served to sboft the legislative spot
light to the senate. The appropriation
biH is always the most important
measure of tte sesinon and the tempo
of its course, throtti^ the, liegiislatim.
inilPia a major factor in determining
the youigrest in years. Now he is dean [president of the Baptist.. Student *" Clinton he will be hea*^^!
because he has served longer than any|wn- He will speak o*y^be Voice jinterest by locsfl Kiwanians.
Mrs. J. L. Mims of Edgefield, isj The accident occurred when the|Q^_ 7 AAA
the state president of the Woman's 1 ®^.ly southbwnd Seabow-d passenger [ iJOIl riieS J^UvU lYUieo
other sitting senator.
When Senator A. C. Latimer died
in WaiArington, Feb. 20, 1908, seven
the length of the terpi.
Just as htft^year the house left to
the senate the question fixing the
amount of money to be appropnated
for pubRc'weMare, this year tite rep
resentatives Icfft to their coAeagucs
on the other side of the lobby the an
noying problem of fitting appropri
ations to income or raising revenuea
to cover expendittires.
Vice Ohainnan F. M. Roddey, of
the ways and means committiee, esti-
ipated that the 113,135,721 measure
candidates, including Alison Durant|Christian Temperance union, and will!^*" Downs’ car and! TT— $100,000
Smith, who had already made a name speak for this organization. j virtually demolished it by the force! 1 O xjdVC 1 rAlllUSlOll **Rf***!?^ revenue,
for hhnself as a friend of the cotton.! Not least among the speakers onj®'^ ^ colli^i. The car was picked
farmer, offered for the nomination. A'the pre^rram is O. G. Cbristgaa ofi'^P ?”
f * I a aaa sisva ^ *a va ivaf^ aivaiaasaA vs vii« g' a eiw w ' va i *''4
at a cost of $1,320,956. Of the “sd> took place and when the WdsoMisin, who is the field superin- about two hftndr^ \ yards be-
mirahy’’ type, sha carried five were counted. Smith was on topitendent of the Anti-Saloon League of the train rould be^ugiht to a
inch guns, seven smaller guns and
eight 21-inch torpedo tidiee.
She was the sixth Britiah destroyer
lost and the first to go down with all
hapds.
With the ainking of the Exmouth,
Britain’s acknowledged naval losses
with John Gary Evans of Spartan- America.
V
to date total 82,066 ton*. Tbs biggest
caaualtias wm« the 29,150<^^ battle-
abip Royal Oak ,torpedoed at the
Seapa Flow naval bam Novemba* 14,
and the 22,6004on akowft carrier
Coqragaotts, torpedoed in the EngKeh
channel Sapteml^ 18.
Plily lact Deeeinher, Captain R. S.
Bsaaon, oonnaander of the Exmouth,
dir for “soodfeafid aetkm against ene
my adbmarinea.” He was on the
bridge of the Exmouth at that time.
In August, 1937, Captain Benson
figured in the Japanese-CSuaeae war
doring the Japanese attack on Shang
hai, where he was stationed as com-
burg, and R. G. Rhett of Charleston,
a close second and third. Smith won
in the run-off and took his seat while
William Howard Taft was president.
Tillman died in 1916, and since that
time five men have sent to the
stop. Mr. Dobbins was dead when re-
Rev. Henry Stokes, Retired Min-
Other officer* of the organization! ^'’om the machine. At the time
who will be present and participate
will be the Hon. John'G. Richards of ^ ^ ’
Liberty Hill, Dr. John C. R(^>er of
Snuth Carolina, while
naiUon over as “Cot-
senate from
Smith, known
ton Fid,” has served as the state's
senior senatiH'. Thoae were Christie
Benet, W. P. FoUock. N. B. Dial, Cole
L. Blease, and the state’s present ju-
nku* senator, James F. Bynes.
Senator f^Hh is tmw serving his
sixth tsrm «f six years.
Burns Are Fatal
To Laurens
Laurens, Jan. 23.—’Mary Elizabeth
Dalton, 11, only child of Air. and Mrs
mander of the British “cruiser Danae.jH. H. Dalton, died early Tuesday at
He appealed unsuccesrfully to Jap-iftiie Laurens County hospital as re-
anese Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hase-jguit erf bums she had siiffered Sun-
gawa to move his flagship, the ildzu-i^^y momiT^ when her clothing be-
jpo, from alongside the Japanese con-ignited while standit^ in front j
Bulate-general at the international .^ an'open grrate at ithe home in
arm on the pound it would induce Riverside Place, this city.
Gaffney, both of whom are vice-
presider^.'^ Ala(/ the Rex, M. C. Col
lins of Bateabuig, the Rev. F. Qyde
Helms of CblumiMa, and the Rev. Al
bert D. Betts of <Mping«barg, the
executive seoetarv.
Every citizen in South OaioKna}^'. * *n*m^r of Ho^well Meth-
who is intereetod in the temperance
C at- * Chairman Winchester Smith, of the
yilpycomimiittee. <hd not comment but he
did say when the nwasure was intro
duced that Hs $12,900,293 total left a
r> A ^ a “approxwnaitely $50,000”
istp. Gets Blood Ffom Son, under the estimated income. The
Who Conies From HoUjrwood.; house upped the original bill by $235,-
j428._
The following is from The Spartan- Simple anthmetic indkattid an un-
tei^ion e^ute to his home. _ ^f Monday: L w
Mr. Dobbins was'a native of New-i . « aaa -i^ j _# Although the rapid house aoUon
berry county, but for the past 30 ^ 3,000-imle erraad of mercy ended y ^ ^ kind and
yearshad resided at Goldville. He was,Sunday in a Spartanburg hos- prompted Speaker Sol Blatt to say
a son of the late D. P. and Sallie pital aa a young motion ineture actor j “This may be the shortest session of
gave a blood transfusion to his elder- the legislature in a long time.’* Past
ly father, viotim of a recent automo- P**^'®*®**®®** indicate that the tem
'driving along and supposedly was pre
paring to make a turn at the in-
Shannon Dobbins of Newberry coun-
' odist church, and of the Masonic fra-
cauee is invited to attend. Repcesen-
tatives are expected from all- forty-
six counties of the stirfe. The boms
of meeting are II a. m. and 2 p. m.
Wi
Mrs. Clinksedes
Dies At-Her Home
tern sty.
Mr. Dobbins was recognized as one
of ithe moat progressive farmere in
tha.^ eouaty. He operated hia fam
along modem seieothOe and ayste-
matic lines. He also took an active
IMo
The father is Rev. Henry Stokes,
69, retired Methodist miniator, trim
has bean in e eritacal condition for
,iMt the mood of the
the date for
per of the
bouse, would
final
- The honsa cuatomarily gets thruogh
days of mjuiies aoffered two gaiie«»L*|gjB0iaaata» hiR ia
ago when be wss rtruck by a’
- the 1939-40 money bin
Last
irtMH* in ^ j, ^ Wrodnrad in O. bnnra Mnrar,
i«-i. o-a.. -to p>v,“ ■r?
to U fnttar ra.1.1 hoora aftor S
Aged Woman Passes After
oounty Electric Co-operative, Inc.
Mr. D^im wns . nutoUntinl ^ iT'kZL**"t”
zeti, a man of many fme qualities, snd'^j,,^ ,be hurried, however, and it was May
relatives' I>ody bad completed
F|| «?«*, • Uiraiti Vi iiiaiiv in»c i|UBitt,iT;9, «iu .J-j,.
trustworthy, in (the highest degree. His ^
HeaHh of Several Years. In-1death can^ as a gi4t s^ and i^rtoTtteltX roilditi^ ^^ ^
w.. I * 1. • Terence June 29, and sine die ad-
terment Tuesday At Lowndes^
ville.
I
Chinese bombing of the area.
Againet the British sinkings, Ger
many has admitted -the loes of only
.the 10,0p0-ton pocket battleship Ad-
hursl Graf Sp^, a few eubmarinee
and two 400-ton patrol boate. Wins
ton ChurchiU, first lord of the British
admiralty, claims, however,, that the
Nazi sea losses have been much ^high
er, including ‘^lalf the U-boats.”
The admiralty communique aaid:
The little girl was a i;»tiv€ of Clin
ton, hut the family has lived here
(for several years. She was a pupil
in the Garlington Street school a^
was popular with teachers and dass-
nrntee alike. Her mother is the for
mer Miee Ola Kennedy.
Funetral ritee will be 'held from the
home Thursday at 11 a. m., conducted
by Rev. O. H. Tollison, pastor of the
“The secretary of the admiralty re
grets to announce that H M. S. de
stroyer Exmouth, Captain R. S. Ben
son, has been sunk by either a mine
Ur a torpedo and it ie ifeared that
Mwre are no survivors. Ne^ of kin
, have been informed.”
Church <rf God, and burial will be in
Mrs. Allie Pruitt Clinksoales, 72,
widow of the late Charles M. Clink-
ecales of Lowndesville, died Sunday
afternoon at the 'home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. CarHon F. Winn, following
a short HIness, though she had been
an invalid for eeveral years.
Funeral services were 'held Tues
day morning at 10 o’clock at the
residence with Dr. L. R. Lynn in
charge, assisted by Dr: D. J. Woods.
Interment followed in the family
re|rrrtt«m hi« l<«ion of friers. ^ o.»,tiraira "critiral.” H.,. , , , ,
The (fe<».s*d IS survived by his Sp.ptar4.ur*
era! hospital.
widow, Mrs. Cordelia
Matney Dob-i.
The bill sent to the senate last year
'bine; two sons. W. C. Dobbins,' Jr.. <rf,'''He"^‘*njuped January 8, when'J'^‘^^J'^,1^
fiiisoit^and Henry W«ton^bbin8;lj^ -truck by
• iujurira. «4. iniuri«i .t firat JT. w
Union I H provided nothii^ for public
W. C. Dobbins, 3d, arid two sisters.
were not believed
burial ground in LowndesvUle Pres-
hut his hasi>ee» provided for welfare,
Mrs. Joe W. Leake and Mrs. George!"^;,- «iTw^ the revenue falls short,
on c 1 I. M .!_• '1 condition oae grovrn worse ainoe tne. . .n , n
on c 1.. ... -.V • Doutwees the senate will ferilow
time of the accident. 1 . . .. , .
■a,.. , . custom m sending the money biH- to
His son, Wilson, has 'had minori.. , ./ . ,
, . ’1 .1^ • . ...J Its finance commititoe upon its arrival
rote. >n ravoral raoton p.cturra .nd third wo*
T. I^^ake, both of this place.
the Laurens cemetery.
DR. PHELPS TO SPEAK
Dr. Shelton Ph^ps, president of
'Winthrop college, will speak at a dis-
triot meeting of Winthrop alumnae to
be held in Laurens on Saturday, Jan.
r
Irvin To
byterian church cemetery. A num
ber of friends gathered to pay a last
tribute of respect at the home, and
many beautifid flowers were banked
upon the newly made mound.
Active pallbearers were: W. W.
Harris, L M. Wilson, D. Q. Sowers,
Hugh C. Ray, Charles ^ith, A. E.
No Decision Yet
In Argunoent To
Break Young WiU
College Paper
27. Ahimnae are invited from Lau
rens, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union McIntosh, and Lindsay Pruitt of Due
‘West.
Probate Judge J. Hewlette Wasson
stated yesterday that he was not
ready to make known his decision in
•the contested will case of the late
in sodi poitiayals has been recog-1. m.
.Htad h, Trterai. ou the *ra«- - Z
dignified Senator Samuel Mottiracr
^paitanburg theaters.
He is one of four children who have
been cntled by their mother to the bed
side of Mr. fitokes. The othens aro
Thomas Stokes of Mobile, Ale.; Mies
Diary Stokes of Lynchburg, Va., and
Allen Stokes of Spartanburg.
WanLV eighty-mm-yeard
from Georgstowa, pioba^^y will give
the measure a tboMough going over
before reporting it to the floor of the
senate for debate.
Ward has not said yet if his eom-
niittoe planned to hold hearings at
svsse* vgi
and Newberry counties.
Tucker Irvin, a sophomore of Wash
ington, Ga., was elected during the!
week as editor-in-chief of The Blue'
Stocking, Presbyterian c<dlege student |
weekly newspaper.
Dan Bird, a junior, of Columbia,'
was named managing editor, and AV
len Fessendiki, a junior, of Atlanta,
business 'manager. The new editor and
his associates will name their com
plete staffs at an early date and wHl
assume the management of the paper
on February |th. The retirmg editor
is Pete McCormick of
Irvin, the new editor, has been ac
tive in practically every field of extra
curricular endeavor during bis two
years st college, and is unutuaUy pop-
Tdar wiQi the student body. He hol^
the distinction of i»obably b^ng Ihe
youngest s student ever^to mmvmte the
etBto^p of the paper, being only 18
years old.
I
Laibrens Vetoran
Honors R. E Lee
4 \
4
Laurens, Jan. 20. Major W. A.
WgllM, Laurens county's k»iie,98-ysar-
^ OondMerate veteran, joined Fri
day in payilv tribate to General Boh-
enrt E. im. '
Watts oriBed the* Confe4fsato
“the IcUghtUest Jaal^ $
gMy” and Madid
wove 'the fMky**
taUssd with Im lor MMval
a Mar monllia tteMga
WHO WORKS
WHERE?
CLINTON
POST OFFICE
R. L. Plaxice, Postmaster
John W.' Little, Assistant
Pkett P. Adair
'CartUw F. Wiaa
Mrs. Maria Rantin
Frank C. Teung
Gnerard Joknson
Aldine Blakely
Ral^ Bcttjambi
CHy and' Rural Carriers:
Karl Joknson
LMrry M. Wiboii
Henry
D. Rantin ^
Joe W. Leake
John Hennr WaOaee (colored)
Janitor.
Ales
IL D.
This office Mtploya
Flfty-feur previonriy re
futed firms emph^ed..
.-.IS
'Total
.411
It Pays To Trade
IN CyNTON
John H. Young of this city. “I am now 'Mr. Stokes is well known in Clin-, ... , . • ■ . .
ra-enuninin, the tartlnteny .ed *iv-lton.-havin* ranred >e«^ral yran, mI*''”'' ■nemota.n. Mri de-
in* careful conaideration ta all phas-[paator «f NtaMi Broad Street Metho*
for one yesir. Hearings were hrid by
ways
and means committee did not bold
jes of the case,” he stated, “and hope diat churrii. His friends will regret to' ^ ^ were w
Mrs. Clinkscaies, a native of AWie- to reach a conclusion by the middle leem of his serious illness. budget commiuion, biU the
attta aV%i«4 •.•(a * ts rowzm r\ *1 wwvsmssm idv rLiri *ww4
viUe county, had made her home wkb' of next week
Mr. and Mrs. ‘ Winn since 1926. ■ All
have
I 1 .... arguments m the case
Though an invalid in recent years ibeen completed, records at the pro-
JACYIBS 'TO SPEAK
them thus year.
and seldom able to leave her home, bate office reveal. Appearing at lastK Dr. W. P. Jacobs, president of Pre«-'nr DavI*
she made mimy friends among those'week’s court hearir« as attorney for,l>yterian college, will speak Sunday 1 ICOUE
who were privileged to know her, all 'N. A. Young, brother of the deceased, .afternoon at 3:30 for the Little River-
of wbohi will regret to leam of hor and John T. Young, nophew of the Dommick Presbyterian
passing: She was a woman of -deceased, et ail., who are trying to | in idi5M»nro of the pastor. Rev. C.
strong Christian faith, kind and break the will, 'was A. C. Todd of ,j litutthews. Membrns of the coi^re-
Medical Group
The January meeting of the Laur-
dioughtful of others, and admired 1 Greenwood. Attorneys defending thejgation and aH other rewidente of thej*™* C5ounty Medical society was held
for her admirable traits of charac- will were James H. Sullivan and community aro cordially invited to at
’Ralph T. Vilaon of Laurens. R. E.|tend the service.
The deceased is ^survived by her'Babb, attorney for the estate, who| 1.
daughtoir, Mrs. Winn, one sister, Mrs.;sought to have .the will admitted to
Er' Wr'Rush of MeIntoeh, Fla., an one'probate in “solOTn form,” was also
brother, James L Pruitt of Due West.' present at the fined hearing. Witnees-
ns
.1
County Audit
period
jes on both sides have been examined
jmt different intervals over a
!of several months.
Mr. Young died in October, 1938.
^'"•■PiCwCU His iwii, made just before his death,
(kaignaitod N. A. Y'Oun|r-and John T.
Young las executors of the estate
m
Laurens, Jan. 20.—^The annual audit
qf the county offices, ordered by the real and persond property. Under the
detegntion and made by R. B. Roper jwiU as it now stamds major hanefi-
A company, has been eompMud and claries would be relatives of the
turned lovar to the delegation, aotovd- Young family formerly living in Hat
ing to B. Y. Odbertson, detk to ths|tiesbuig, Mississippi, but now resid-
eupsrvisor and Che delegatisn. A copy here.
«f Che aadiit,[,he said, was ordn^i m
twned over to the eterii of eowt whhj . ' NAMED COUNTY NURSE
instnictioi^ to dehver it to the grand
Jury.
SNOW CLOSES SCHOOLS
Tlte Iteavy snow of Tueaday and
JfUfmM MfWMWnMpBWWl CMBM CMT ttQr
Ik> m cAontd ChuM*
htt be laawned this mesaing; ef-
Miss Minnie Lee Donnan, who baa
been clerk in the county health de-j
partmmC in Laurens for the past
three years, has., been i^ipointed a
eoan^ nums, it k annonoeed bf Dr.
& R. Perkins, eoahty haaMh <firse-
*e Oriliten eouaty.
DRIVE CAREFULLY
SAVE A UFE-
So Far TMs Year Th^
‘^Haa Been
1
FATALITY
fron
AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS
k
LAURENS COUNTY
Lct*B Striyc To Make
1940 a Safe Year Ob
the HifInraYa.
L
MotMlay evening at tht- Laurens Coun
ity hospital with Eh-. Kverette B.
I Po(de of Greenville, as the guest
speaker.
This being the annuaJ riection of
officeta meeting. Dr. J. W. Davis of
this city, was rieotod presMlent; Ds.
M. iM. Teague of Laurens, vice-presi
dent; and >Dr. J. L Fennell of Water
loo, seerdtary.
Dr. F. K. Sbsaly of this city, is the
retiring president.
(kiUville BaU
Saturday ^Gght
The presideDt% betll, staged aonoal-
ly ait GoidviUe under the sponsorship
of the L(^al Order of Moose, will be
hrid in the schol axaUtorium Satu^^d^'
evaning, Jan. 87, from 8 to
tee in charges has sn-
Bouneed. (Musk wall be furnished by
Ba^ EuyoMiid und hie eulWgs M
^ Meahsrry. The
ku ths
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