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VOLUME XL
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1940
BELGRADE—Bumania cal>inet re
ported to have persuaded King Carol
not to abdicate despite pressure from
various factions which blame him for
loss* of Bessarabia.
LONDON—At least 12 British kiU-
ed and 123 wounded in day and
.TE Shows
GAIN
itoi^ikiD No. 1 City of
Cttnton Drops From
ISirtHsee To 20tlK Only Two
In 38 CUiis Fail To Incrcasei
/Columbia, July 2.—In the first
ranking 38 cities and towns of South in»#ht German air raids; British heav-
Carolina the IMO census has shown I battl^ip &ham.
, - „ ^ . , ihorst in attack on Kiel naval base;
increases for all but two places, a member of parliament tells commons
survey yesterday revealed. |it is U. S. duty to send fleet to re-
One city, Gaffney,^ which ranked move British women and children.
13th in the 1930 census, has not yet BERLIN—Germany reckons own
reported but is expected to show an total casualties in western blitzkrieg
\ which crushed low countries and
France at 156,492 men.
Columbia’s gain of 9,000 iir the
preliminary census report (now be
ing further increased through sev
eral thoiisand names added by the
junior chamber of commerce) is the
largest for any one city.
Sumter, with a. 37 per cent in
crease, showed the largest percent
age gain for any city in the list of
the first 24 municipalities.
Conway, with a 63 per cent gain,
was chief gainer from a percentage
standpoint in the state’s first 38
ranking population centers.
Laurens County
Pi^Nilation Gains
Laurens Townsh^ First, Hunter
Second, In Final Fourth Dis
trict OMtttt.
(Myrtle Beach in Horry county, of
which Conway is county seat, in
creased from 200 to 1,600—or 800
per cent, a record unapproached by
any other place in the state.)
Anderson* and Sumter jumped, re
spectively, from sixth and seventh
cities to fifth and sixth places—both
passing Florence.
Laurens—which had a 22 per cent
gain—went from 19th to 14th city.
Chester went from 17th to 15th;
Maricm from 22nd to 18th; Conway
from 34th to 26th; Eau Claire from I
Laurens county’s population^ in
creased 2*177 from 1930 to 1940Vac-
* cording to final census figures re
leased during the week by Director
Walter S. Wingo of Spartanburg.
The figures are 44,271 against 42,094
ten years ago.
Figures By Townships
The townships gaining in popula
tion during the past 10 years, as
shown by the 1940 figures, were
Dials, Laurens, Scuffletown, Water
loo, Sullivan and Jacks. The largest
increase was recorded in Laurens
township.
The townships losing population
35th to 29th; Woodruff from 31st were Hunt-
— -- gj.^ Cross Hill and Youngs. Hunter
showed the largest total loss.
The 1940 figures announced by
Wingo are compared by townships
with the 1930 figures, as follows:
Township ^ lflf40 1930
Hunter 11,749
Dials 4,826
Laurms 13,175
30th; Mullins from 32nd to 28th and
Whitmire from 39th to 34th.
Other places whose increased
brought them into prominence in
Uie 3,000 class—all of which were
higher than a decade ago—included
Walterboro, Winnsboro, Summer
ville and Bamberg. (Bamberg had a
22 per cent gain.)
State Census Director Lade L.
Bonner reported as early as June 15
tiuit the state as a whole had sur
passed its 1930 census figure of I,-
'I36|765. .1. ■ ■
Most of the increase came through
the larger populations or in urban
areas. Strictly agricultural counties
have in general declined. ~
Subuurban areas in such places as
Charleston, Columbia, Greenville,
Spartanburg, etc., also increased.
Charleston’s poiiulation of 70,869
retained fcHT that city first pllice in
the state.
the following list shows how the
ranking cities and towns stand with
the census practically completed.
1930 1940
1. Charleston 62,265 70,859
2. Columbia 51.581 60,505
3. Greenville 29,154 34,743
4. Spartanburg .... 28,723. 32,521
NUMBER 27
ENTRIES CLOSE
COUNTY RACES
Large Number of Candidatea
Qualify, With Several IjlsI-
Mlnute Entries. Seven In Race
For House, Three for Senate.
Scuffletown
Cross Hill
Youngs ....
Waterloo
Suffix .
Jacks ....
1,633
2,041
3,111
2,700
2,Mb
2,396
12,544
3,846
11,603
1.452
2,162
3,578
2,681
1,705
Total
44,271 42,094
Jotuma Enq;doyes
Given Vacation
5. Anderson 14,385
'6. Sumter 11,780
7. Florence 14,774
19,414
16,166
16J)98
14,868
13,018
10,510
8,181
-.7,511
When the time for the entry of
candidates closed Tuesday at noon,
a large number had qualified to en
ter the August primary.
! Clerk of Court Vic R. Fleming is
the only court hou.se official without
opposition.
Three candidates are qualified for
the senate post.
j In the race for the hou.se there are
! seven aspirants.
The official list follows:
I
Congress
Joseph R. Bryson, Vir>*i'. Evun.^.
Circuit Solicitor
. Hugh B’easley, W. T. Bolt.
Sheriff •
Tom D. Abrams, F. L. Riddle. C.
W. Wier.
Clerk of Court
Vic R. FTeming: ~
Supervisor
Bennie B. Blakeley, J. A. Guthrie,
J. Ben Hunter, Lander B. Stoddard,
R. L. Teague, John H. Wharton.
Senator
Chas. A. Cromer, incumbent. O.
L. Long, Carroll D. Nance. ^
House of Rept^esehURIveaT'
Chas. F. Brooks. Phil D. Huff. Wal
ter L. Martin. C. L. Milam, James P-
Sloan James H. Sullivan, Robert C-
Was.son.
County Commissioner
E. F'rank Anderson, Everett W.
Brown, Archie F.' Cook, J. Y. Martin,
A. H. Moore, Archie C.. Owens. J.
Herman Power.
Coroner
R. I. (Bob) Burgess, J. A. Thoma
son,
Game Warden
W. M. (Bill) Burts. M. A. tGus)
Cannon, J. D. W. Watts.
Magistrates
Magistrate at Laurens—R. M.
Brownlee, George N. Franks.
New York, July 1.—Wendell L Former Superintendent of Clin-! Magistrate at Clinton—B. R. FuU-
Willkie rid himself of busijiess con-, Schools For Five-YeariSeay.
WUlkie Resigns jHall Rites Held
$75,000 Position At Great Falls
Pietdioff Begins
Thomw^ Work
Son of Institution Takes Up
As Gweral^isUnt undoubtedly
To Dr, L. R. Lynn* President, j would campaign from one «fhd of
I the country to the other and ex- _
Mr. Roosevelt is EUibtt Holmes Hall,' 61, superin-
w,, Tif^e to Beattendent of the Greit Falls schools
June as assistant to Dr. L. R. Lynn, j him.” in Chester county, died Friday night
president of Thomwell orphanage. Republican presidential nom- ^o^o^ing a three mont^
arrived in the city early this week ^eld a press confereBce in the The funeral servic^ was held
Period* Passes At Home.
Rev. Clartnee E* Piephoff, elecWdj inrcsafd ^ hope “Mr. Roosevelj i
by tiie board of trustees early in; re-fl^ln^bd becai2% I*anie to tea
to begin his new ^ties ^e- rather plainly decorated board Sunday afternow in the Great Falls
diately before accepting the Thom- commonwealth Southern sch^l auditori^. with inter-
well position, Mr. Piei^off was pas-' * " ■“
tor of Pryor Street Presbsrterian
church in 'Atlanta.
Magistrate Jacks Township—A. L
Dixon.
Magistrate Hunter—J. L. Dickeri. —
Magistrj^ Cross Hill—J. HL Bry- •
son;"JShn*WT'Ropp,irf. M. Turner.
Magistrate Scuffletown—W. P. Ab
ercrombie, M. M. Podle.
' Magistrate Youngs—J. H. Aber
crombie, Claude A. Patton.
Magistrate Dials—R. A. Hellams.
corpbraUon at 20 Pine street, in "t;»e ment foltewing in Evergreen ceme- Magistrate Sullivan - D. Todd
financial district. jtery m Chester. , .Knight.
Mr. Hall is pleasantly remember-j Magistrate Waterloo—C. Y. Cui-
ed here by friends and former pu-|bertson.
6. Rock HiU 11,322
9. Greenwood 11,020
10. Orangeburg 8,776
11. Union 7,419
12. Newberry 7,2^
13. Gaffney JHfill
14. Laurens 5,443 6,838
.15. Chester 5,528 6^83
16. Darlington ...‘ 5,556 6,235
17. Aiken ....>^. 6,033 5,918
18. Marion 4,921 5,749
19. Camden 5,183 5,734
20. CLINTON 5,643 5,680
21. Georgetown 5,082 5,552
22. Hartsville 5,067 5,370
23. Easley 4,846 5,180
24. Cheraw 3,573 5,182
25. Abbeville 4,414 4,927
The 1940 populations for the next
12 ranking towns of the state follow:
26. Conway 4,915
27. Bennettsville 4,861
28. Mullins 4,395
29. Eau Claire 3,499
30. Woodruff 3,478
31. Walterboro 3,372
32. York 3^44
33. ¥fhitmire 3,272
84. Winnsboro 8,174
35. Beaufort 3,163
M. Clover 3,066
87. Bennettsville 3,063
St. Bamberg ; 8,004
(Unreceived are census returns
from Gaffney, Pelxer, Ware Shoals,
and Batesburg.)
Prhicipal points of population as
shown by the 1930 censuus (in order)
were as foljkiws:
^Charleshm, Colinnbia, Greenville,
Spartanburg, Florence. Andersem,
f S^ter, Rock HUl, Greenwood* Or-
kanpehurg. Union* Newbarry.Gattney,
Chaater, Caatdfn, LMurens,'Oeorpe-
The Joanna Textile Mills at Gold-
ville, are closed down this week to
give their several hundred employes
a week’s vacation with full pay. W. Monaghan church, Greenville, where
A. Moorhead, manager of the mill, he was outstandingly successful. He
stated yesterday that the is the Greenville field for Atlanta
followed e8<di year'durhog “ttw Jaly^^hout 4wo-yeart agor-
Fourth period in appreciation of the
services of the people of their com
munity, with the usual pay envelope
for the week going to all workers
who have been in the empldyni^t
of the company for the past twelve
months.
The mills will resume full-time
operations on the morning of July
8th.
J A Later in the day the corporation
Mr. Piephoff, a i^duate of tl» i formally announced Will-
Ihomwell schools. P^i^ri^ «>!“ikie had resigned the $75.000-a-year * ^ * * *. ^,. * k i f r
directorship of the the Clinton school
pits where he served as superin
nary, was for fifteen years pastor ofj ^^^n, effective July 10. The an-
nouncement said also that Willkie
would resign all directorships and Ay cock. For period 1913-1917
^ ^ ”, Ka tiiQc* AnrrocyAH m rcii*TWkiv«0 nAor
offices he holds in other companies
Cotton Weigher Cross Hill—Jimmy
Coleman.
Campaign Opens Aug. IS
The county campaign itinerary be
gins at Center Point school house
he was engaged in farming near in Waterloo township on Tuesda,
August ja, and ends with the Laur-
dence at the comer of West Centen
nial and Thomwell streets, which is
to^' Haflivillg, Markm, .—My,
Jttiwvttle, Bemictteville, Great Falfab
%lliraw* undulR', Ware Sboalik
IHMr. Woodruff, Mullins, Clover,
ft |!au Claire, Batesburg, York,
'^Pkitmiie, Hcmea Path, and
Laurens Leads
Mid-Carolina
Poinant Race
Laurens lost its first game last
week, but the Admirals still domi
nate the Mid-Carolina. Petty was
passed for batting honors by B. Cran
ford of Clinton but still leads in
runs, 18, hits 18, two-base hits seven,
triples 4, and home runs, five.
Prater of Joanna has fanned 59.
How They Stand
Won.
Lost
. PcL
Laurens
.... 10
1
909
Joanna ....
.... 7
1
•36
Mollohon ...
.... 6
5
545
Newberry
.... 5
6
545
Lydia ....
.... 3
8
274
Clinton
.... 2
9
181
how oeing" renovated.
Mr. Piephoff is a native of Spar
tanburg, while Mrs. Piephoff is the
former Miss Jean Stenhouse of
Greenville.
Chambo* Publishes
Attractive Map
Mr. and Mrs. Piephoff and theirlem systems. Directors said meetings House of Representative from
year-old son will occupy the resi-,would be held within a few days Cheter county m 1917-18. He then
tn fill th# vnranriM became superintendent of the Great
^Comn..ntia« on hi. move. WiUiua,||H——
"I think I should dtvote all mj “ °"t °!
time to the camnaiim ’’ progressive public school
Willkie? retreiSXby his week-!
end aboard publisher Roy W. How-
ard’s yacht, bantered with report- j
ers but avoided specific statements'® '
on policy • i college in the class of 1896. ,
“I exp^t in my acceptance speech! dweas^ is surviv^ by his
(in Elwood, Ind.) to give my views Is^lle Shockley Hall.
• and interpret the platform as I see‘lister of Mrs. W. P. Jacobs of this
it.’’ I
ens meeting
August 23.
on Friday morning.
During the past few days
Chamber of Commerce published a
map of the city, showing all streets,
railroads, public buildings, and in
corporating other features of inter
est. The maps are avai^ble to mem- cated
bers of the chamber as a free ser-j
vice of the organization, and ^dljC|.j^|.^
be sold to the general public. jkJlCAiC
The maps are about two feet;
square. The reverse side carries at- j
tractive advertisements of Clinton
business firms and the Chamber of;
Commerce, including^ M. S. Bailey
and
Co.,
Martin To Make
. Race For House
Walter L. Martin, well known ciU-
zen of Laurens county, unnoimccs
his candidacy for the office of rep
resentative in the legislature from
Laurens county.
In making his announcement in
.today’s paper, Mr. Martin issued the
city; by three sons, Benjamin Shock-J statement:
"In announcing my candidacy for
Pay $13,117,313
Gas Tax In Year
Summer Union
Co.
OBlKHJiiaNG ROUSE '
. The two-8t^ frame houM to the
rear of the H. D. Payne home which
was recently diunaged tqr fire,"is
being tom down. It is stated that
Mr. Payne, the owner,, wUl replace
. it with .-a wad
' servants* (luartafi. j* " ■
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DRIVE CAREFULLY
SAVE A UFB-
&• Fir Ti«r Hun
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LAURENS COUNTY
Ltl’ii Striri T» Mifc^
1S40 a Safe Year Or
ilM Hitkwaja.
mo «a4a 1M$ year. iZ
The acceptance probably will be Nfv Ch-leans^., El-i
after the democratic convention Hnlh Hail^i House of Representatives from
'Sh co'^nty I do so fully realiz-
Ch.r>«.o„ snd . sis. , MrsJ., R-1
Groce of Hendersonville, N. C. ,
"I have lived in Laurens county
a.s a farmer and business man al
of|my life. I am aware of the stren-
Q • >,, J ‘ uous economic and social conditiuss
services iMrIlllilOCI! which now exist. In offering for a
j representative position it is my desire
Th- . to be of moi'c service to my county
merce, inciuaing. m. a. aaueyi ; The usual Sunday eveni^ *®r~* -md mv state
Son, Bankers, Industrial Supply Columbia June 29 The tax com- churches of the city held , a r w * a
w>d The Chronicle PubllAing,today th«
mission annuuncea luaay inai i gust, will be omitted this summer theicommon sense business methods of
local ministerial association has an-J handling county and state business,
nounced. Regular services will be . "I believe in the open door hand-
amount for the same previous period J" respective churches at. ling of county affairs The public
was SI 1965 000 ^ jtp. m. I has a right and should know what
* ’ ' »• I jjj going on in the county.
City To Have -
A Quiet Fourth
Clinton will observe today, Julyj
4th, as a holiday in celebration of!
Independence Day.
The banks, (^tton mills, post-
office, meit^iants imd business hous
es will enter into the obaervmice.
While no ^iegcial cekA>ration in ti^e
dtr^has bc^ planned, it is exfiaeted
that large ermi^ will spend the
oh itohint trlih aiM other recrea-
tfcmal ouimes. *
Laurens County
Has 6*048 Cars
Thw were 6,048 ngistered cars
in Laurens county on Apri) 1 of
this year, according to records of
the state highway Apartment. This
number compares with 5,401 at the
same date in 1939, or an increaae of
over 600 fbr the year’s pmtod.
Total registrationi in the state
were ViiJtf, m compared with
388,387 laal year.
nue from the state six-cent gasoline
tax totaled $13,117313.31 during the
fiscal year ending tomorrow. The
The revenue this month was $1,-;
152.207.
Eickdberger Heads
The Country Ckdb
Hugh ElcbelhcniBi’i Clintoq,
was elected preiditeQt of die Lai^
side couotyy club at the annual meet
ing hold lityt Wedineeday evening in
the club ho^ betwem Laurens and
Clinton. Chas. F. Fleming of Laur>
MU, was dected vice president
The board of dilators will bej
composed of the two major officers)
and the following: C. P. lUvar, R. |
H. Roper and M. S. Boyd, all of|
Laurens, and R. C. Adair and H. D.
Payne of Clinton.
At a subsequent meeting of the|
board of directors Carl. Davis of;
Latirens, was re-elected secretary
and treasurer of the club. |'
Nuel McDaniel of Augusta, is spmid-
ing some tiaie with his grandpaients,
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. McDaniel.
WHO WORKS
WHERE?
CITY SALES CO.
F. m, ABlAlR. M
W. T. ADAIR
M. R. CMHUOa
Thtofim
easployeg .... Ml
Telal
It Pays To Trade
IN CLINTON
“I favor making an adequate pro
vision for the aged, blind and other
physically handicapped groups.
“If elected I can only promise the
pepole that I will use the best of my
ability to give Laurens county and
th^ state an economical administrsh
tion of state and county affairs, with
a balanced budget in both. New
fields of taxation must not be invad'
ed at tids time of danger to the na
tion, because I believe the field of
taxation must be left open to our
national government fur defease.
“It is not my desire to nuke new
issues in this coming'campaign, hnt
!if they arise 1 shall meet them om
the stump, frankly, as the campaugn
progiesses.
“Again, if elected, I shall do ail
in my power to perform the dutka
of this office and to serve the peo
ple of Laurens county in such a
manner as to merit the esteem and
confidence placed in me by the peo
ple.
“On this basis I solicit yc»ur,vo4^
your influeiKre and g(,<>d will,”
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