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r t5 If Too Dmi’I Read THE CHRONICLE , Yon Don’t Get the News VOLUME XL CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940 NUMBER 16 TO BLOCKADE PACffIC COAST British May Cnt Of pontes To Nazis Throafli Sassta. State Departnent Watches Action. W»ihington, Ai»11 If. — A tighter Brltirti blockacte to the Padfic — to Bennie Ginn Is Accident Vic|ini Young Man of Clinton Mills CommwUy Killed In Anto Cofilnob. Aeddent Declared ^MvoUahle.** A, coroner’s inquest held here itnnHrir. Tuesd«y toOmtof to the death of *•• Ginn. « reddat ot the Gem^ bj the Mlfc^ommunlty, ^2^Z”’"^u??!12f^i«»ndered n venllct thet the Mcldent todv bjr the SrHIeh "nbeeewlot.j^ Lord LoUiian. ' i At the same time, the treasury took I, Qion, 19 yeara of age, was killed action to protect the American cus-J^^^tly aito six other youi« toms structure from the effect ofiP^ were ^ur^. i^e seriously, wartime foreign exchange fluctu-i*^^^ M<»day afternoon to an ations. It ordered that tariff rates on “ ** * -automobile accident on the Enoree- British imports be based upon the value of the pound “officially”* fixed by the British government, $4,029, ratter Uuto rate of abbut $3.50 prevalent in the “free rn^et.”, Iwse two events headed a list of Lmil^ Stotion highway, about one- half mfle sbuth of the Spattanburg- Laurelts couiffy line to this county. Yoto^ Cyinn and Ijis six compan- iems yirto*e ddtog in a light cimvertible idi crashed tolo the rear of lie wbidi state high Wamfttoton developments traceable' sray MfttMfcieSTYepdheff wai parked to the war, OBUri wieri: “about three feet” off the highway Winnm Named In School CcHitests Hteiors Awarded To Number of Students In Various Speak ings Hdd Past Week. Winners to the annual county schools contests held in Laur^> dur ing the past week, have been an nounced as follows; Reading WAR BULLETIN BOARD BRITAIN CALLS MEN TO COLORS STOCKHOLM—German troop train 815,000 To Be Added To Fight- slips past Norwegian fortress to come! j Porces Nearlv 2 000 OftO within three miles of cutting country \ ' [Meariy in two. • To Be Armed By June. BERLIN—Germany reports British} cruiser sunk; Narvick fighting re-1 London, April 16.—An unexpected ported, but Nazis contend that port i mobilization order for Britons 27 no longer important. ♦ j years of age tonight swelled to 813,- LONDON — Britain calls 27-year-jooo the men who will be called to Grade 1: Neely Ann Bigham, Acad-(old men to Bring empire forces toi,^^ . . . . emy Street school, Clinton, first; nearly 2,500,000; Stravenger bombed!^ ^ DR. T. 1. PEAKE (f) Lord Lothian mid neither Caa- add nor Gmal ftilato would attempt to mhtt GreiiM^d dr Inland uiuess thelt were to;itoiaent danffer of Oer- nUuIr taRtof teem o^. (4 Secreb^%U, m had Presi- den| Rooffvblti tousled that to his opimon Greenland lies within the Weslem hemiapberc and comequent- ly comes within the scope of the Monroe dpettite. (9) The hpuse foreign affaire com- mitfae recog^fyiended;, an apprppri- (to the road xtamldar: Other oftupahtt' d( the coupe, as lisled bjbthb state patHHaam.‘^trere bOsaes Taylor akd Louim all of mui, lAurefu; Ansel IlifHjmt aqd M. P. Pgtty, bom of CUilTm; itod Jerry Vlntron of Lahrm. Vtotton, tovestii^tihg ic^!^ ported, was drlvi^ tte car at the time of the accident. The Ginn youth suffered a broken neck and apparently died instantly Prominent Citizen and Miyri- dan Paasca Sunday In Veter- ana* Henpital At Cahunbia. Largely Attended Funeral Held Tuesday. atioR of $15,000,000 — endeeaed by „ ui . * # ill He was ndmg in the rumble seat of Herbert Hoover—for relief work in .. ^ nations which have been tovated. coupe. (4) Due to “unusual demand for aluminum” resulting from the war situation abroad and the prepared ness program at home, the Alumi num Company of America contract ed for'$2,843,750 worth of additional power from government hydro-elec tric plants on the Columbia river to be used within five years at its plant in Vancouver, Wash. (5) The comijnerce department re ported that the stimulus of war had pushed Ameritom foinigh tryle to $344,000,000 in Maixm, or 30 per cent above Mhrch, 1939. (6) Sweden, which lies perilously cloitt to the war «»e, shioped $t2,- 009,000 worm of gold do the United States last sreefc, to a conttouatton a inbvtaffii^gHHi fUMbaai ' several wm^. 'Lord Lothian called upon state de partment officials and then stopped to talk with newspapermen. The lat ter showed him a London dispatch saying there was abundant evidence that shipments from Los Apgeles aito South American ports to Vladivoi^ lock, Russia, were actually intended for Germany. There seems,.,to be no doubt that The parked car was imoccupied, it was said. It was listed as the property of the Stacy Gray, a negro minister, and was said to be parked in front of his residence. Funeral services for Qton were conducted yesterday afternoon at the home of bis brother, Irte Gton, on Davis street, by the Rev. R. H. Oaus4 and the Bsv. R. D. Hughes, tor ment foUowred to Calvaiy cemetery. Tte deceased is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ola Franklin Gton Wagihi, ttuve brothei^ Irby Gton, Roy Q^$;*and Jeff Ginn; one sister, Mrs. LQcile Henson; and two half- brothare, WiUle Qian and <^!lian Gton, of this gUace. Cr(^ in South Atlanta, April 15. — The United States department of agriculture said today the wcdc-end freeze virtually wiped out Alabama’s green bean and cucumber crops, killed 50 per cent of uncovered tomato plants and supplies are going across Russia beam to Missisuppi Germany on the Trans-Siberian rail road,” Lothian said. “We shall have to adopt the same procedure we have and inflicted heavy loss on Tennessee strawberry growers Peach losses in Georgia, Alabama, adopted in'the Atlantic, that of stop- Oklahwna and Soi^ Cwlina were ’ ping ships to see whether they are cacrytog contraband destined for Germany.” Hollingsworth Has EnviaUe Record G. W. HoUingsworte, well known local insurapoe man, has Just com pleted 17 ypan service with the Metropolitan Life Insurance company of New York. Mr, Hollingsworth has an enviable record wlte his com~ pany and is rated by the Columbia office which supervises this terri- tOTy, as one of their most highly re garded and successful agiatt to this state. , L. W. Bullock, of Newberry, who came here to December past, is also associated with the MetnHMlitan to assist Mr. HoUtogsytorth to caring for their large volume of business to this section. The Metropolitan which is the largest tosurancf ' concern to described as “variable.’^ The market ing service predicted Tennessee would suffer near failure of most commercial orchards as result of March and April cold snaps. Green bean losses were set at 40 per Cent in Louisiana, with probable delay of two we^u in shiixnents. In Georgia, the report said, con siderable damage was suffered by peach trees at Fort Valley, but a fgk to good peach crop still was expect ed there. Heavier damage was re ported at Thomaston, and heavy losses were suffered at Cornelia. Dr. Theodore J. Peake, 59, well Iho^TT^ibn ciI!zi3~«ilKl"ph3^Tc11^ died Sunday afternoon at the Veter ans’ hospital to Colxunbia after a week’s critical illness. Funeral services were conducted from the residence Tuesday after noon at four o’clock, with interment following in the Presbyterian ceme tery. The services were in diarge of his pastor, Dr. D. J. Woods, assisted by Dr. Dudley Jones and Dr. D. J. Brimm. Both at the home and grave. Rachael Nichols, Mountville, second; Arial Leopard, Ford school, Laurens, third. Grade 2: Libby McDaniel, Hickory Tavern, first; Mary Jane Howard, Gray Court-Owings, second; Ted Huckaby, Ford school, Laurens, third. 'The papers entered by the 48 con testants in the third throuifli the sev enth grades are being corrected by Jhe personnel department of the Uni versity of South Carolina from which the winners will be announced later, it was stated. SpelUng High school: Louise Anderson, Lau rens, first; Ann Major, Cross Hill, second; Cecil McCalister, Ford school, Laurens, third. Elementary: Lizella Arnold, Ford school, first; June Crisp, Cross Hill, second; Wilma Lee, Laurens, third. DiMEuiiiiMnnCiMMBif again, but Chamberlain puts hifsh on '*^*'*^® British army silently per- landings in florway. fwted its plans for extending the op- PARIS-AIHm h.ve sunk third «P«l'‘ionar, force ,n German fleet. Premier Reyhaud says; Germans beyten back by British on I ' Three new classes — the 27-year- Westem front. ' 26-year-olds April BUCHAREST—Rumania moves to | put Black sea and Danube ports un- figure, and Her navv role in readineRs for even-1 military men say. Britain will have just under 2,000,000 men under arms for use on two or more fronts. High school declamation: James Cratoe, Ford school, first; Donald Ro per, Laurens, second; James Camp bell, Gray Court-Owings, third. High school expression: Bobby Jean Carr, Clinton, first; Elizabeth Mad den, Mountville, second; Margaret Jennings, Ford school, thii^. Grammar school declamation; Her der navy rule in readiness for even tualities; foreign companies ordered to pay off in gasoline instead of cash. WASHINGTON—British ambassa dor predicts tighter blockade in Pa cific; U. S. protects tariff structure by basing rate on higher official val ue of pound. , Revival Services At Baptist Church —Te-Stari Monday The First Baptist church will be gin a series of reveal meetings on Moreover, these sources say that Canadians, Australians and Indians now “standing to” will bring the em pire’s fighting forces to nearly 2,500,- 000 men. The nation’s air arm bombed Ger man-held Stavanger, Norway, for the seventh time ih five dajrs, while the army was reported prepared to set up powerful ^nti-aircraft batter ies on Norwegian shores to protect landing forces from the fury of the German air force. The seventh raid on Stavanger was called “successful” by the air minis- M4musuallylwge crowd assembled!Clinton, s^nd; Clarence Roberts. ducted by Dr. Walter R. Xl^nder,|^nn pastor of the First Baptrsf church of' illbomb-pocked , terrain. Two British planes were lost Dr. Alexander is one of the out-i°''*^^® yesterday, ace Garrison, F-ord school,'first; ^b-i standing Baptist ministers in fhej British news a^cy reports. by Owens, Florida Street school, | state, and all who attend the. meet-, o^^cial confirmat on said there infis will be xreatlv benefitted bv his naval battle Ln the Skag- to pay a last tribute. As a mark of .res^t to the popular physician, the Bunness bouses (k flie ci^ clored for lunaral hour. Many beautiful flo rid offertogs tianked ufxxi the newly- made mound were indicative of Dr. Pl^ike’s wide popularity and the es teem to which he was held. Active pallbearers w«e: C. W. Cooper, R. J. Pitts, J. D. Jeanes, E. B. Fineon, W, Av* Johnaoo, Jodie A. Chandler, W. D. Copeland and J. F. Jaco^ of Clihton phyttclloa, aeveral vUIt, Laurens and Greenwood phy sicians, and other friends of the family. Dr. Peake was a native of Clinton, where practically his antire life was spent. He was t lop of the late M. G. and Orra Little Peake. Afttor attend ing Clemsmi college he studied medi cine at Vanderbilt university and the University of Cincinnati. Followtog his graduation he located in Cross Hill for a ^ort while after which he moved to Clinton where he was an active and beloved physician until the time of his death. He was a mem ber of the Alpha Kappa Kappa fra ternity, o^ tte Masonic order, the American L^on, the Laurens Coun- Primary school declamation: Mkr- rel Pitts, Hickory Tavern, first; Sam uel Austin, Croa Hill, second; John ny Bolt, laurcna, thi^ Primary school expression; Barry Jean Wtogard, Clinton, first; Peggy O^O^Htokory Tavern, aecond; Jane Laurens, third. Grmmar school - expression: Cora Lee Harrison, Academy Street school, messages, officers of the church state. near ,Marstrand island, and He is a man of deep and strong con-|^*^ Canadian troops were among victions, persuasive delivery, and * several units which made land- high intellectuarjfttainment. He be-.ii"*^ o" Norwegian coast Sunday Clinton, first; Violet Stover. Laurens, ckrUian and Monday, second; Barbara Watts. MountviUe,! Christian message tuiiy third. lIWUa and is fearless to speak the truth. “We know of no man in the state y^ho is better qualified to lead us in this revival, and it is hoped that the people of the Clinton will take ad- vantsige of this opportunity to hear him,”^ the potor, Rev. W. N. Long, said yesterday. Services will te teki each t mt Y^cISck umigh the WetlR. County Returns Go To Assessors The official “silence, please!” on any details of the landings was ob served by Prime Minister Chamber- lain, who cancelled an expected statement in the house of commons. He contented himself with a fiery attack cm the “metosters of wicked ness in Germany” to a speech before the free church council and by an- k.ttitede to ecxmnons to" morrow on the location of British at ten o’clock each morning from Tuesday through FYiday. Dr. Alex-1'*^®*''**"® industries, ander will be with the church (or A government spokesman said a both services on Sunday, April 28,1 British expeditionary force had land- and will close the meeting with the ed in Denmark’s Faroe islands, north evening worship on that day. iof Scotland, and the admiralty re- It is learned frenn Miss Jermie V.j The public is cordially invited to j leased a recapitulation which put the Culbertscm of the auditor’s office at! attend all of the services. i total of German merchant ship losses Laurens, that approximately 15,000 returns made cm property in the county since the first of January, have been tvirned over to the board of equalization composed of 12 dis trict boards of assessors. After fur ther study by the respective boards, a final equalizing of personal prop erty and assessing of new buildings will be made. The work ET to be ty Medical association and the First Tv{o Chibs Work On . Food Stamps Plan A committee frcmi the Laurens League and Clinton Chamber of Commerce met Monday afternoon to Laurens with the county delegation to discuss the possibility of securing s federal food sttonp plan for the the'county. The aims and details of the United States, hto assets totaling $5,- 141,986,181.09, With their company showing a Isrge/gato each year. Their annual financiri statement addressed particularly tef their policyholders, appears to the'adv«rtising columns of to^’s paper. ^ County Peadh Crop KiUed Accorciing to C B. Cannon, emunty agent, tte freeze ot tost weak de stroyed tee county's eommcrdal pemA crop. Ftoe ordiards wers checked by Mr. Caaittn last SMur- dej and he reports te psachw ss- ,scaped tee fraase. Lots to growers. Camion said, is oattmatad at from llOijiN to $300,- 000, tte heaviest blow tte imttHry ^ ever suflorad. Orchanliato liad a ipelanttol .harvest of 1$0 cars. TO IDma AT COKER rrisods of Miss Elsie Young Neigh- ' iKrt wiB be interested to know she ^ is iimimff tee thirty-nine senion at t Coker \'9|ttffa. RartsvUle, who wm ;4nceivelMhr diplomas at comra^iea- ment aistt|||ns on May 27th. Mte ,14aighbor£>Mewls a daughter of Ur. ' - " Vjt Nrighbori of this Ml axcaltont record at years ttis has stwdsirt tedjr. rite'll** - ^ Mrs. city, has baon a plan were presented last week be fore the local organization in an ad dress by Thomas H. Daniel, director of the State Department of Public Welfare. Ajnilicatkm will be filed to Washington at once it is expected to an effort to {Hit the surplus farm crenmodities to operation to this county* V I , , DB1¥B CARETULLT SAVE A UFB- So For TMr Tttr Thcrt DSi 0MB 5 FATALITY ADTOIMNULB ACCmiNTS fai LAURENS COUNTY Ut’t Strivt To Miko 1940 a Baft TflRT On tlto Hlgiiwaja. This into last yaar, • Presbyterian church. He ranked as a major in the World war, serving at the Panama canal zone where he was the first health officer. For the past four years Dr. Peake had served as councilman from ward one to whidi he residecK. TWo weeks ago he had announced himself as a candidate for re-election. Dr. Peake was one of the most widely known men of the commu nity, and by all walks of life, was hi^y regarded. Kind, sympathetic and always willing to help thoee to need of his professional services, he made and jeept a wide circle of friends. He was a man of unusually broad sympathies, a person of soci able nature and of pleasing person ality. H^ was beloved by his patients, to whom he was'most unllrtog to service. A man of many fine quali ties, a substantial citizen, his death is regrets by a legion of friends. Dr. P^e was twice married, his first wife being Miss Mary Simpson of Monroe, N. C. From this union two childiml survive, Mrs. Charles Cham berlain of Bradl^, and Mrs. WilRam Foster of. Detroit, Mich., and two grandchildren. His wi^w, the for- mar Miss Louise Ouskto of Colum- Ute.' survives, and an uncle, Renry iWke, of Tampa, Fla., to- ietter wite several cmisins of this cl^. completed and returned to the audi tor’s office for the next meeting to be held on Tuesday, April 23. Books To Open fat 363,930 tons and claimed that 11 I German transports and naval auxil- «, iaries had been sunk and scuttled and four merchant vessels captured since For Enrollment the tide of war rolled into the north- -'ern seas. British submarines, giving Ger many’s U-boats a lesson at their own« game, as one neutral naval attache put it,' were declared to have tor pedoed seven of the German naval Books of enrollment of the Clinton Democratic club will open April 24, and close June 1 at 12 noon. Secre tary J. J. Cornwall stated yesterday. Books for wards one, two, three and four will be at G. A. Copeland i *uxiliary and troop ships and to & Son store, and for wards five and'^®''® sunk at least 18,000 tuns of Ger- Personal property average assess-1 six at the Clinton Mercantile com ments fixed for the year by the State Tax Commisliem was announced as $30 <m mules, $25 on horses and $10 on cattle. Two Announce In Ward Five J. Vernon Guest and Clarence F. Oakley, residents of the Clinton Cot ton Mills, announce themselves in to day’s paper as candidates for aider- man from ward five in the approach ing city election. Both Mr. Oakley and Mr. Guest have been residents of 'Clinton for several years and have many friends in their wards who will learn with interest of their announcements. pany. New books of enrollment are provided this year and it is neces sary, the secretary states, that all voters be enrolled in their respective wards. man merchant shipping. Despite the official secrecy, it was learnt from a reliable quarter that Britain is pushing plans for further expeditions to the north wit^ all pos sible speed. Census Reports Cross Hill Loss Cross Hill, the -first town in the county for which the census figure has been announced by the super- Clinton Man Loses Sister Greenwood, April 15.—Mrs. Mary A. Beaudrot, 87, widow of Charles L. Beaudrot, died at her home here Lydia Baptists Call Pastor Centtts Cpimt Now Under Way Tte ccnsiil ot tte Fourth district ia ^KSTOcdmately 50 per cent obm- pleto and la expeetad to be complitod toon, it Is stated by Whiter 8. Wtofo, of Spartanburg, dlstrlet supervisor. Tte district comrarites the counties oi Spartanburg, GraanviUe, Union and Laurens. Ainil SO is tee deadline for the county cenauses. Rev. Marion Moorhead, principal of the Princeton school to the upper part of the county, has been called to the pastorate of tte Lotlia Bap tist diu^ to succeed tee Rev. B. L. Wood who recmitly reeignad and moved to Kerteaw. Mr. Moretead has expressed hit Intention of accept ing tee call and will move here at tte and of the school term. Tte new parior is a graduate of Furman unjrarsity and studied at tee Soutewastm Theological swninary in Texas visor, is given a population of 446 as j Monday afternoon following a long compared to 878 a decade ago, a loss j iHness. of 232. The Cross Hill census showed' 20 farms in the corporate limits, a Funeral services were conducted loss of 23, the report said. at the residence Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock by her pastor Dr. Charles F. Siifis, assisted by Dr. A. T. Jami son and the Rev, Wallace 'W; FYidy, FRONTTS NAMED OFFICER J- B. Frontis, well known local [ Interment followed in Magnolia cem- jeweler, was elected vice-president etery of (he South Carolina Retail Jewel- Mrs. Beaudrot was a native of ers’^iation at its annual conven- Greenwood, the daughter of S. L. tion held this week in Columbia Rufus D. Lewis, of Spartanburg, a {Bond and Mrs. Sarah Crews Bond. former Clinton rjKident, was elected president of the association. CLEBI80N MEj( TO MEET Tbe Clemson colldito club of Lau- rena county will hold their annual banquet this evening at $ o'clock to Laurena to tte Commuadty building. Addremes win be made by Coach HoWard and Ahinmi Secretary Jake Woodward. AU fotmar Cltonsop >tu- denta are tovitad. PRESBYraUAN MEN TO BIEET TONIGHT The April meeting of the Men-of- the Church of the First Presbyterian riiurch will be held teis evening at 7:30 to the. Sunday school depart ment of the church. The usual sup per will be served by one of the chr- cles, after which an interesting pro gram will be presented under the di rection of the newly-elected officers. It Is announced that this will be the last meeting imtil Septembei;, and teat all Presbyterian men of the community are invited to be present. WHO WORKS WHERE? THE TEXAS CO. D. I. Piujie. Agent C. KM MMaai (Calerad) This fins rasa lays ..... Stxly-slx previeesly re- paried firaM eai^yed 5$S Tatal 5$9 h Pays To Trade IN CLINTON She had been a member of the First Baptist church since girlhood. She is survived by two daughters. Miss Lila Beaudrot and Mrs. W. A. Mauldin; four sons, Joe, I^, Clayton and Clarence Beaudrot, Greenwood; 14 grandchildren; six great-grandchil dren; three sisters. Misses Sue and Annie Bond, Greenwood, and Miss Eloise Bond. Lexington. Ky.; two brothers, Stanley C. ^nd. Savannah, and L. C.' Bond, Clinton. Kiwanians Hear Talk On Krdt Tte Kiwanis club at its regular meeting Thursday evening hiKl as its guest speaker. Dr. S. C. Hodges of Greenwood, prominent business man and civic leader of that city. Dr, Hodges selected as his subject, “Bird Life,” giving a most interesting and informative address for which he was heartily thanked by the Kiwanians. Tbe club has recently received and welcomed into its membership^ four new members, F. M. Stutts, Dr. Har old S. Fish, Dr. John G. Barden, Ratchford W. Boland.