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I’-’s - *- I / / I /. / til f % P ♦ THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be a Ckaii Newspaper, Conplete, Newsy, ani Reliable. ®hp fflltnton dbrnnttlp If Yoa Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Yon DonU Get the. News VOLUME XL CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 25,1940 NUMBER 17 Speakers Named Thomwell Rev. Arthur T. Taylor,* of Marston, N. C., will preach the baccalaureate sermon (m Sunday, June 9, and Hen ry M. Fliedner, of Washington, D. C., will deliver the address t6 the graduates on Tuesday, June 11, it has been announced by Dr. L. R. Lo^* president of Thomwell orphanagd? Mr. Taylor, pastor of the Presby terian church at Marston, is a grad- Revival Services Grow In Interest ' " ^ Dr. W. R, Alexander, Flor ence, Leads Baptists In Spec ial Meetings This Week. The revival meeting, began at the First Baptist church Monday evening, has been growing in interest with every service, it was stated yester day by Rev. W. N. Long, pastor. Rev. Walter R. Alexander, D.D., County Market To Be Erected Council of Farm Women Get Assurance of ApprofMriation of Not More Than $2,500. Presbyterians To Hold Conference Here On Sunday MANY CHANGES MADE IN BILL COUJrrYGETS HOUSING PLAN $300,000 Rural Authority To Take Advantage of Low Cost Housing Measure Now In Con gress, To Begin Operation In July, It Is Expected. X/aurens, April 23.—Plans for ^set ting up here of an approximate i Aiexaiwer, u.u.^cq eannnno T^»M>na the Thomv^U TChools, P^- pastor of the First Baptist church of!of fhg $300,000 Laurens county housing au- byteriancoUege, and Columbia Theo-iJ^r^^ ij doing the preaching.!farm^w seminary. .... [Hecoxnized as one of the most able|ing of the county' delegation and ; of a series of discussions on the phas- to nmviHo lnn» term hniiHinff* ^ the|and effective Speakers in the state,Aboard of commissioners. (es of local work, worship, instruction,, . . , . . , gress to provide long term building government printing office m Wash-,Dr. Alexander’s messages have been ^resented at the meetinc fellowship and service Supper win P™''‘ded in the free ington and also is a practicing attor-idcar and persuasive in their deliv-' nn. ’ Slewed dcnic stvle at 6 o’clS ‘‘P' ney. H, I, . gr.du.te of Ih. Thom- ery md in their effect. SLenstonf 0^38 bf 40 t^t I swper a dfimsion I Propriation bill jesterday pre..e,^- well schoola, attended Presbyterian. SerciCM wUl continue twice daily,b^ nt-TOmmissione^ is*ad-|riod for waiters in children dmsion,'"'‘P* - — j Conference Report On Appropri ation Measure Puts State In Liquor and liability Insur ance Business. Raises Gas Tax tand Bond Limit. Colntinuing a series of conferences! for leaders of South Carolina Pres- [ i bytery a meeting will be held here Laurens, April 23.—Assurance that i on Sunday, April 28, at the First the Laurens county delegation would {Presbyterian church. j provide not more than $2,500 to be | These meetings are sponsored by I used in the erection of a county club ^ the Religious Education committee of j market on the lot in the rear of the I the. South Carolina presbytery, and! . ^ ...-i county jail was given representatives 1 Dr. R .C. Long, of Greenwood, chair. |® balf-cent-a-gallon additional tax on Laurens county council of,man, will pr^^ide. The program.lf^P^^y* women Monday at a joint meet-j which will begin at 4:30, will consist'^”! w tion insurance by the sinking fund Columbia, April 23.— Imposition of loans in rural districts, have been formulatel and are ready to be put .into Qperfition after the passage _of the measure, according to an an nouncement by Senator C. A. Cromer made here over the week-end. * Senator Cromer said that the measure in congress was practically i certain of passage and that the Laur ens county pDans would be put into* operation after July 1, which is the beginning of a new fireal year. The Laurens county authority, he said, is being set up in order to take ad vantage of the act after its passage. The money would be obUioed froni the “Federal Emergency Adminis tration of Public Works Or other fed eral agencies for the purpose of building low cost houses, improve living conditions and for such re lated purposes in areas in Laurens county lying without the limits of incorporated cities and towns,” the senator said. The funds would be made available to individual farmers upon application to the authority, he said. Senator Cromer, acting under au thority given him by a resolution approved by the county house dele gation and previous legislation, last Saturday named the members of the five-man “county housing com mission” whose duties would be that this week for construction,young people's division, and adult Washin^n. He is a son of Mrs. of Saturday, when no services will be, which may be presented until [division will be held, concluding May 6. The contract will be award-1 with an inspirational address at 8 ed on a competitive basis, it was [o’clock by Rev. J. J. Hayes, pastor Annie Fliedner and a nei^ew F. M. Boland, both of this city. of of supervising the administration of the program. Those appointed to the commission, with the length of their tenures in dicated, were as follows: W. E. Bell' of Renno, one year; F. L. Donnan of Clinton, two years; L. C. Taylor of Ware Shoals, R. F. D., 1, three years; Mrs. Gray Harris of OmImb>. four yeanu -M. Laaiiuu4w«J3r^2.r of Cron Hilt ^ve years. jialim. Senator Cromer said that he had carefVilly considered the a];H>oint- ments with an especial view to hav ing the various sections of the county represented. The housing commis sion, he pointed out, will have as part of its duties the receiving and passing on of building applications from the rural residents, the prepar ing of an application for a loan to be submitted to the federal lending agency and the selection of a build ing supervisor and others 6f the ad- ministiative staff. The date for the commission’s first meeting will be fixed and announced later, he said. -Only the supervisor- and others serving under him "Will receive sal aries, he stated. The commission serves without pay. Actual building may be expected to begin by August, if all plans de velop as scheduled, the senator said. The legislative delegation resolu tion took note of the fact that “the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, or other federal agencies . . has made available a. . . sums of money for carrying on proj ects of slum clearance, reclaiming blighted areas and constructing low cost housing.” Hie resolution then cited the need for^such monies in this coxmty and recommended the es tablishment of a county housing au- tlitH’ity which diall have as its ter ritory “all of Laurens * coimty lying outside of incorporated, cities or towns.” A copiy of the .resolution and of Senator Cromer’s appointments were filed in the office of the clerk of the court last Saturday. Anti-AircrafNJnit Seen For CoU^e County' To Ap^opriate About $2,500. To Build $10,000 Gar- aij^e To House Equipment. Laiurens, April 23. — A* complete anti-aireraft unit, including anti- aircraft guns, trucks and other equip ment, will be added to, the Presbyte rian college nlilitary program soon, according to plans outlined by Sena tor Cromer while here over the week-end. Coach Walter Johnson of the col lege and Adjutant General Jas. C. Dozier appeared before the Laurens coimty delegation in Columbia last week and' secured assurance that an appropriation of from $2,000 to $2,- 500 would be made for the puipose of erecting a garage on the Clinton armory grounds to house the new army equipment. Coach Johnson was quoted as saying that the anti aircraft unit was already available and would be shipped to Clinton im mediately after arrangements could be made locally for sponsoring the garage.. The ga^eage wiii coat in the neigh borhood of $10,000, the smatoff said, the larger paurt of Uie sum to be ob- sn .HWIk^and the war partment. Cnmner pointed out that the ad dition of the anti-aircraft unit would enable Presbyterian college to in crease its quota of 8tud«its taking military courses by over 25 men. Hie move was made possible by the cur rent expansion of the army and navy program, he said. The local airport, where students from the college are now engaged in taking flying lessons provided by a government program, probably will be used occasionally in maneuvers of the anti-aircraft unit, Cromer said. Coach Johnson and Adjutant Dozier are to prepare an application which they will submit- to the delegation held. Morning services during thej week are at ten o’clock and evening serveies at ei^t. The services Sun day will be at the regular worship hours. Dr. Alexander will speak on the following subjects during the re mainder of the week: Thursday evening, “My Sin.” ' fViday morning, “What I Saw at Jacob’s Well.” Friday evening, “Worldliness: Its Causes and Its Cure." Sxmday morning, “The Prodigal Son.” Sunday evening, “Waiting For What.” A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend these services. Donocratk Chibs To Meet Saturday Madbinery Set In Motion For Summer Primary. OflBcm’s and Ddesates To Be Elected. stated, with actual work scheduled!of the First Presbyterian church of to begin as soon as possible ther/eaf-1 Laurens. ter. Access to the market will be through two street entrances, one on Caroline and the other on West Laur ens street. A Laurens business league com mittee, composed of L. C. Barksdale, L. G. Balle and G. Miller McCuen, assured those attending the meeting that the city would be asked to pave the entrances. Senator Cromer announced that he had been advised that 3rouths from the local NYA workshop might be used in building the counters, bench es, cabinets and other interior fur- ni^ings needed in the new market. Also attending the meeting were Miss Jennie E. Coleman, home dem onstration agent, Mrs. T. C. Coleman, ^The house heard an explanation of the measure by Representative Harry Hughs of Oconee, one of the confer ees, but the senate merely received the measure. The house will con tinue its discussion at 10:30 a m. to day. The report provided for: ^d school superintendents, teacher^,! Doubling the wine tax and the li- woman’s auxiliary officers and other cense fees charged wholesalers of ^e conference is to be attended by' pastors, elders, deacons, church leaders in local churches. Highway Inspection Unit To Stay Here Until Middle of May Supervisor Requests Vehicle Owners Jo Bring Cars Early For Compulsory Inspection. Supervisor John K. Bradley of the and Mrs. G. C. Ro^er,'mem^rsTf highway department motor vfe- the Laurens county council of farml^^'® inspection unit now lasted m women which body has been actively i announced y^terday that campaigning for the market. I the unit will remain here through for final approval before, sending it on tp Washington authorities, he said. The county’s part in the program would be provided either through a loan or an amendment to the an nual suiH>Iy bill, the senator said. Dr. Smith Again On Stete Board Dr. Felder Smith has recently been reappointed by Gov. Maybank for another term on the state board of examiners in optometry. The ap pointment was made on the recom mendation of the South Carolina Op- tometiic association at its annual meeting held in ColunU)ia in March. Dr. Smith has just competed four years of service as secretary and ^asurer of the state board of exam iners. Groups Of Visit Thornwell Members of thie William Elliott Bible class of the Druid Hills Pres byterian chim:h, Atlanta, and mon- ben of the T. B. Frazer Bible class of the First Presbyterian church of Sumter, were guests at fhe orphanage the past week-end. T^ group attended services at Thofny^ Memorial churdi Sunday and had dinner with Thomwell fam ily. The Atlanta and Sumter churches are generous supporter* of the woilc at the local inatittrtion. Joanna lifiUs Givm BcamsTo EngJoye# A bonus, based on individual eam- JBii, .will be distributed to employes of Joaspa Texi^le Mills compmiy oo May R has been announced by W. ‘ A. Mrmlltisd, local agent of theanade cloth mSBufieturini concern, located at GoldvlBa. Tha bonus is made available trom earnings of Vtm company during die past year Is paid to employea who have bain coanectojl with toe mm conttouatedy lot’ at least one IN FRATERNITY AT COKER Alpha chapter of Kappa Mu Epsi lon, professicmal mathematics frater nity, installed at Coker college, Hartsville, on April 5, incldfded among the charter members Miss El sie Neighbors of this city, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Neighbors. Miss Neighbors is a member of the senior cIm. Machinery for this summer’s Dem ocratic primary, when state and county officers are to be nominated, was set in motion last week by Coun ty Chairman Ralph T. Wilson, of Liaitfens, when he issued a call for meetings of precinct clubs to be held Satu^ay aftefhoon, April 27, at 3 o’clock, for the purpose of reorganiz ing and electing various dub officers. Offfcem to bn nlnctnd nm _ one or more vice-presidents, ex tive committeeman, and* del^ates to the county c<mventkm to be held in Laurens May 8. Delegates to the number of 403 are to be elected to the county conven tion, according to Chairman Wilson’s announcement, each club being en titled to one delegate for each 25 votes or major fraction thereof, based on the number of votes polled in the^i^ first primary two years ago. The Clinton City club will hold its meeting at the Masonic Temple building. R. W. Wade is president of the club, and R. L. Plaxico, executive yoygmitf^man. A new vice-presiddit and a new secretary will have to be elected; since these two offices are vacant. J. C. McMillan, former vice- president, died several months ago, and the former secretary. Miss Fran ces Roper, no longer lives in Clinton. The Hopewell club will meet at the Wadsworth school house. Officers are: J. L. Dickert, president; Ryan Lawson, secretary; G. F. Buford, ex ecutive committeemar. The Lydia Mill club wiU meet at the Providence school house. Officers are J. D. Hairston, president; H. W. Williams, secretary; J. R. Cobb, ex ecutive committeeman. The Clintoh Mill club will meet at Academy Street school. Officeri are: Joe Campbell, president; J. C. Can non, executive committeeman. The Romo club, W. E. Bell, presi dent; Mrs. Nannie Ray Bell, secre tary, and John H. Bell, executive committeeman, will meet at the Ren no school. The Shady Grove club, it is pre sumed will meet at the usual place. It was impossible to secure names of officers. Hie Goldville club, with J. J. Clark as president, and Glenn Franklin, secretary, will meet at the old school house in Goldville. The county club market, as now I? ,, , , ^ , South Carolina laws provide for a compulsory inspection of brakes, ;hom, lights, and steering mechanism 'operated, is located on the ground floor of the court house and is op en every Saturday. i , ,, The money for the new' building passenger motor vehic les, and also for inspection of com mercial vehicles, and 1940 second pe- would be provided through an i amendment to the county supply bill, delegation members said, adding that they expected such an amendment to be offered in the house of repre sentatives this week. Reason For Many His riod stickers are now being issued. The inspection station, located on North Broad street, is not scheduled to return to Clinton during the pres ent period, it was stated, and Mr. Bradley urged owners to bring their cars to the inspection lane sui soon as poeslbte te‘~avewt ruair during Rte last few days of inspectiem. The unit is capable of inspecting more than 500 cars daily, it was said. After completing the period of in beer and wine. Authorization for the sinking fund commission to write liability insur ance under provisions of the work men’s compensation act, the profit from the business to go into the state treasury. Imposition of a six-cents a gallon tax on fuel oil. Authorization for the state high way department to increase its total ! debt limit to $80,000,000 which is approximately $18,000,000 higher than the present limit. The free conference report carried a total of only $11,673,336 but the real total was $2,000,000 more than that since it did not show the ear marked revenue which would be ob tained from the gas tax and liquor profits. The total compared with $13,135,- 792 approved by the house and $14,- 126,022 voted by the senate. Hughs told the house the meas ure with its new revenue proposals, would provide a balanced budget. One hduse conferee. Representative Winchester Smith of Barnwell, chair man of the ways and means commit tee, refused to sign the report and a senate conferee. L M. Gressette of Calhoun, signed with reservations. Gressette ol^tected to the increase in highway bonds because there w'as “no provision in said Item providing for a vote by the people on the sub stantial increase” and “for the fur- High Rate of ‘intestinal Dis eases” Attributed To Lack from May 2^ to June 15 Home Sanitation. The absence of proper home sani tation facilities, as shown iq a survey of eight communities conducted by the Laurens county health depart ment, was cited by Dr. H. R. Per kins, director, yesterday as the reason! members of the Reck Hill and Ches- for what he described as the high-;4«Hp..«4uJ;>s will-be guests of local Lions. spection here the station will be j ther reason that it does not contain moved^ t(^L*^urens, where it^ will re- [ adequate provision Tor fhe payment » .. retirement of the bonds. I “More emphasis should be placed Vlftlfmor I I r* P®y day and less thought to in- V LalUIlS I U I creasing the bonded indebtedness of the people who, after all, must pay the bill,’’ Gressette wrote. Smith told a reporter he refused to A zone meeting of Lions clubs will sign, because of the provision for state be held here Friday evening when, handling of wholesale liquor transac- Meet Here Friday beginning at 7:30. A feature of the gathering will be rate of typhoid, dysentery and other intestinal diseases in this county. Sanitary surveys were conducted in the Cross Hill, Waterloo, Mount-[the showing of moving pictures of ville, Hickory Tavern, Gray Court, j the Santee-Cooper hydro-electric and Owings, Lanford and Ora communi-1 navigation project, ties over a period of the past sev-j Among prominent guests expected tions. ‘The* governor told me yesterday The meeting will be at Hotel ClintottTTievening he was going to ‘A^iSto it,’’ DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A UPB- So Far Hit Tear Tbcra Haa BeeR s FATAUTT ^ AUTOMOBILE ACCHHENTS la LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strhre To Make 1$40 a Safe Taar Oh tlw Higlii^ajra. TUt itte ImI mr, t Evans To Run In Ward Six A new entry in the aldermanic race from ward six, W. L. (Bill) Ev an*, tf li*ted In the'eandidates* col umn of today** paper. Mr. Evans has keen a resident of the Clint<»i Cotton |Mfllt community for the past twenty- seven years where he has many friends who will be interested in his race. is Ned Gregory of Lancaster, district governor. LEAGUE NAMED MEMBER OF HONOR FRATERNITY Smith said. “I thought the bill stood a better chance without it than with it. It would be one less evil in it I did not see any u.se putting it in there when it was going to be vetoed anyway.” There was no material changes from house and senate versions in appropriations carried m the report except in the allotments for public welfare and education. Each was re duced by approximately $1,000,000, Paul S. League, of this city, stu- amount would be made up dent at the University of South Caro- j earmarked funds provided for lina, was this week initiated as a • toem. member of Blue Key fraternity, lead- I administer the wholesale liquor ership organization at the university. [ business the governor, chairman of Mr. League, a junior, has beenp^® commission (W. G.-Query), active in student affairs at the uni- state auditor (J. M. Smith) eral weeks. Dr. Perkins said, dur ing which a total of 475 homes werfs inspected. Of that total, 375, or 70 per cent were white, and 140, or 30 per cent, were colored, he said. Of the white homes, only 139^ or 41 per cent, had “protected” water supplies and 146, or 43 per cent, had sanitary sewage disposal facilities. Of the colored homes, only eight or 5 per cent, had protected water supplies and 14, or 10 per cent, had sewage facilities. j versity He is manaaina*^ edlto^* of i under the report, constitute Until the present unsatisfactory L5 managing eaiior oi|^,^ t. .. ... . ... . . AT VttQlNIA MEET W. A. Mooriiead and Allan D. E(ar- ron of Goldville, and R. E. Ferguson of this city, left today for White Sul-, phur Springs, W. 'Va., wltore toey will attend the annual meeting of the Southern Cotton Manufacturers’ as sociation. Hie program Is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, and the party expects to re turn Sunday. ^ Mrs. Ansel Oodhrey visited her sis ter, Mrs. John C. Henry, in Green ville duilni the wash. The Gamecock, campus weekly I ^uth Carolina Liquor Control newspaper, having formerly served iwould purpehase direct from TkI Tn/ii1 sports editor. Hc is manager of*^* distillers or jobbers for the low- the individual regularly secure forl^^ member of the obtainable and shall .sell to M. C. A. cabinet, and member ofi^*^ retailer at such price as will m- the Euphradian literary society. ! revenue to the state over League is a son of Mr. and Mrs ' the, amount now collected R. M. League of this city, and is a' ‘‘ren.se tax ” graduate of Clinton high school. 1 Members of the “Control” would -— ^ [draw $1,200 yearly m addition to KfWANlS MEET TODAY I Present salaries. They would The Kiwanis club will hold ite us- ' "‘’San'ze “n administrative force ual meeting this evening at the reg. I ® director and three ular hour at Hotel Clinton. managers, in charge of distributing [warehouses at Greenville. Charleston i and Columbia. Of the revenue from whiskey sales. sanitation conditions can be correct ed, Dr. Perkins recommended that himself the typhoid vaccine as a mat ter of protection. “One can hardly expect to permanently escape de veloping the diseases that are caused by unsanitary borne conditions, un less those conditions are remedied,” the health director commented. Miss Coleman To Library Project Miss Eva Coleman, oae of the local 'WPA recreational workers, has been transferred to the library project and will serve under Mrs. Nancy Jemes of Clinton, library aide, who has dtarge of the distribution of books Cram the county htomry to points over the rural sections, it has been announced. Miss Coteman was ex pected to assume her new duties next wedc. ——P— Ill TENNIS TEAM’S IITH WIN Presbyterian’s tennis team won its 18th consecutive match of the season Tuesday by defeating the University of South Carolina, 7-0. Summary: Boykin defeated Baker, 6-3, 6-4. Farmer defeated Brose, 6-0, 6-3. Larson defeated DuPre, 6-2, 6-1. GUckert defeated Hill. 6-0, 6-0. Fraser defeated Dennis, 6-0, 6-2. Boykin and Farmer defeated Baker and Broae, 6-4, 8-6, $-3. Larson and GUckert defeated Du Pre Mkl Hill, 6-0, 6-2. WHO WORKS WHERE? GULF OIL CORPORATION This firm easpleys 3 Sixty-seven previeealy re ported ftanms ensplsyed Telal MO 572 It Pa]rt To Trade IN CLINTON 16 cents a gallon would go to coun ties in which the liquor was sold at retail and 12 cents would go to muni cipalities, with the remainder going to the “special school account” of the state treasury. The state finance committee would be authorized to borrow $1,250,000 “to inaugurate the activities of the South Carolina Liquor Control under the terms of this act.” Liquor stock held by wholesalers June 30. 1940, could be bought by the Control oi disposed of under its orders. The bill called for $200-a-year [licenses on wholesalers of wine and the same for wholesalers of beer. Hie figure is double the present license. Hw wine tax, fixed at 60 cents a gal lon, was also dpubled. Concerns coming under the work mens’ compensation act would be directed to obtam their liability in surance from the state sinking fund commission at rates “which shall wR exceed the rates charged and requte- (Contoraad m page rip)