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■3 THE CHReNICLE Strives To Bt a Cletii Nowspspor, Coikplcti^ Nesvsy, aod HsIMils. VOLUME XL CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1940 NUMBER 30 BBS TO GO m PRIMARY ]fo«^iye Commiti^ Uiuiiii- ■UNisSy Votfis To Re-open Ea- ti4ce.'lloiif«^ Aipeinte^ By MnjrlMnkt Tikes Over for Rest 6t FiiM Tear. f [/ * Farm Payinents Wm&Reduced COMiervntfoil. AlkNraiiees To Be 10 Per C^t Lower As Fands Not Adoqnnte. ’ LaureiM. July 23.*—It was announc ed Tim£w by County Chairman R. , T, Wi|nn that the executive commit tee'bid voted unanimously to open the {urimary list for die admisdem of candidates for a two-year term, be ginning July 1, 1941, to complete the unexpired tenure of the late D. Roy Simpsont county treasurer, who had served one year of a new four-year term at the time of his death two weeks ago. Entries m^y be made up to 12 o’clock noon, August 2. As set by the committee, the.fee is $50. The reguter Iffing time for various offices to be flUM in die summer primary had expired early this memth. The treasurer’s office had an off yeaf, like that of the county auditor’s. Meantime, T. Lane Monroe was ap- pbinted by Governor Maybank for the unexpired Simpson term and is ibday preparing to take over the du ties of the office. He has atmounced -that Miss Vivian 'Blakely will be re tained as an office assistant. In a statement ^sued soon after his appointment, Mr. Monroe said •4hat~-whito>~he-4M4~«ac«iv«d an ap pointment for the full unexpired term and had no understanding with the goVemor about retiring from the office at any specified time, he had nevertheless decided to resign at the end of the current fiscal year, that is, June 30, 1941, and thus abide by the propos^ action of the executive committee in providing for the nomi nation in the primary of a treasurer for the remaining two years of the Simpson tenure. He also announced he would be a candidate for election to the post in the coming primary, if authorized by the committee. Action on the matter by the execu tive conmittee had been requested by Senator C. A. Cromer, who ex pressed the opinion that, 'inasmuch as'so much of the unexpired term remains, the people should have a voice in selecting some one for the balance of the term, due to begin Frank WiJdrep Out For Treasury Port Washington, July 22.—Rates esUb- liahed for corporatioo in the 1940 agriculturad conservation program were cut 10 per cent today. Announcing this action, the agri cultural adjustment administration said it was necessitated by a decrease in anticipated funds and a larger participation in the program. The amount available for the pro gram, officials explained, wm reduced by cfmgress’ order that final pay ments under the 1939 program be made from the $500,000,000 appro priated for 1940. The conservation payments go to farmers limiting their acreage of soil-depletiiig ^rinps in accordance wiffi the netional goals established by the AAA. They are distinct from the farm parity payments which are not affect^ by tray’s decision. The 10 per cent reduction is the maximum that the AAA can make. When enacting the soil conservatimi act, congress authorized the AAA to raise ot lower the announced an nual rates by as much as 10 per cent to adjust them to available funds. This authorization was first exer cised in 1937 when the rates were increased 10 per cent. In 1939 rates were decreased 10 per cent on some crops. The 1940 rates, announced last fall, were in most cases smaller than for 1939. An exception was com which was increased from 9 to 10 cents a bushel. Today’s ruling will have the effect of returning the rate on the feed grain to 91 cents. Sometof the other rates, all sub ject to the 10 per cent reduction, in clude: wheat, 9 cents a bushel; cot ton, 1.6 cents a pound; rice, 6.5 cents p«r lOO pounds; peanuts, $2.50 a ton; potatoes, 3 cents a bushel; tobacco, a pound, flue-cured, one cent; burley, one cent; fire and dark air-cured, 1.2 cents. '' The 10 per cent cut applies also to the range conservation and naval stores programs. • Laurens High School Coach and Presbyterian College Gradu ate Enters Race For Two Yean of Unex|rirtd Terai. Frank B. Waldrep, member of the teaching staff and athletic coach at Laurens hi|^ school, today announces Ddhurs Offered Latin America Hull Pledges Latins Leadership To Meet Economic Fight. Pro tectorate Sanctioned. Havana, July 22. — The United States offered Latin America its lead ership and dollars today in a bold fight against the totalitarian system Hard Fight Ahead To Beat Governors Maybank and Hoey, However, See Victory for Par ty In November. REVISED DRAFT BDl APPROVED Asheville, July 20.—The Democrat ic party will have a long, tough fight ahead of it before Wendell Will- kie is subdued, but President Rooee- Senate Military Committee Fa vors Compulsory Military Training for Conscription of 1.500,000 Between 21 and 30. his candidacy in TTie Chronicle forint self-sufficient economy, and calledjvclt will be reelected president for a county treasurer following the re-t^o*' Jo*”* imy„Euro-1 third term, the governors of the two opening of the lists for that off ire P®®*' colonies in the Western Hemls-i Carolines said as they arrived here hrthe county executive committee. Phere threatened with transfer to py train from the Democratic na-;viding for registration of 42,000.000 ' ■“*— tional convention in Chicagor Washington, July 23.—Compulsory military training moved a long step nearer reality today when the sen ate military committee appro\ed a revised Burke-Wadsworth bill pro- Mr. Waldrep is naming for the twol**'^ other European powers. I tional convention in Chicago: men, of whom 1,500,000 would be years of the unexpired term of the I Secretary of State Cordell Hull,| North Carolina’s Goyernor Hoey drafted in the first year, late D. Roy Simpson which would|defining the program of his country)said that while many of the, dele-j Details remained to be worked out. begin next July. j before the second conference of Mr. Waldrep is a son of C. L. and'American foreign ministers, put the Uly Johnsem Waldrep of Lanford | plan on a cooperative basis but clear- Station, and is a graduate of Laurens I ly indicated the United States was high school *and Presbyterian college, ready to, throw its full resources be next Juhr K vfider tentative jjrqpqmd m the deefiioto plans, contingant upon of the committee, if and vriten called on by the chairtnan. Chairman Wil son acted prmnptly, as did the com mittee members who were asked in an individual poll to indicate their desire by a “yre” or “no” answer to the questionairf submitted. 1940 Campaign To Be D^reeitit While at P. C. he was outstanding as a mepiber of the football team, wjn-^ ning homotible mentiem as an end on the all-state aggregation. hind its execution. In his speech, expected to assume the status of a policy-guiding decla- i ration for the conference, Hull sharp- FoUowing his graduation, he served ly condemned “forces of ruthless c<m- as assistant under Coach Walter I quest which shrink from no means of Johnson for .two years ‘ and then attaining their ends.” moved to North Carolina where for two years be waa manager of the Burlington office of Poole Transpor tation. He returned to Laurens high school in 1939 and turned out a top- notch gridiron aggregation there last season. Mr. Waldrep lives in Laurens. He married the former Miss ^ara Fran ces Terry, daughter of the late R. B. Terry Pointedly, he served notice that tile United -States would not counte nance any effort to “modify the ex isting status” of European posses sions in the western world, “whether gates had preterred other possibili ties for vice-president, Henry A. Wallace would make a strong candi date. Governor Burnet R. Maybank, of Soutit^ Carolina, was emphatic in bis but in the main the measure calls for: 1. Registration of all males between 18 and 64. Actual conscription of about 1,500,- .000 men between 21 and 30 during by cession, by transfer, or by any who is vice-president. opinion tbat*‘the fight ahead would be “tough,” adding that the war con ditions in Europe would overshadow everything else, to an even greater extent than is now apparent. As to the vice-presidency. Gover nor Maybank said he would havjt 'pefeiri^ another man, but voted for Wallace, adding that “with the war like it’s going to be, I don’t think it will make any particle of difference the first yeaV, starting 6ctober 1, 1940...There are 4m estimated 11.500,- 000 between these ages. A training priod of one year for those selected. 4. Base pay equal to that of the lower grades of the regular armed, forces starting at $21 a month. impairment whatsoever in the con trol, heretofore exercised. It would be “suicidal,” he said, for the American republics to fail to recognize in time and not to pre- The utmost efficiency of which I'pare to meet fully and decisively am capable and a progressive admin- j the dangers confronting them. istration of thb office for the best interests of the county and state is my pledge,” Mr, Waldrep declared. 30th Division Goes To Jackson When* U. S. Calls , ^ Lky wyiffiMTtn^ ..Thw jivengMc woulk not comtnefn on wbm this Washington, July 20. —This year, the campaign is going to be “differ ent,” Wendell L. Willkle, the Republican presidential nominee may follow the traditional routine andv..stunxp the country. But Franklin D. Roosevelt, on the basis of present plans, will divide most of his time this summer and fall between Washington and his Wyde Park, N: Y., home. And what the chief executive has to,say to the voters* will be trans mitted, according to existing sched ules, more throui^ the press and ra dio than from/the rear platform of a campaign train or in public audito riums. New Orleans, La., July 20. — A spokesman for Louisiana’s $150,000,- 000 sugar indmtry joined the state’s national Democratic delegates and its “reform” governor today in a revolt against Secretary Wallace as the Democratic vice-presidential candi date. Charles A. Farwell, spokesman for th^ American Sugar Cane league and a lifelcmg Democrat, pinned on a “Wlllkie for President” button, pro testing that Wallace did “all in his power to destroy” the sugar industry. He declared the “Republicans are IxHiisiana sug%’s only hope.” llte state’s delegates to the nati<m- al Democratic* convention deserted Wallace because of the agricultural secretary’s sugar quota restriction program and plow-up campaign. TRj^ cast thetf^ Twenty vbt<» for Speaker Bankhead. Charleston, July 23. — Governor Burnet R. Maybank said today that the 30th division, if mobilized, will be trained at Camp Jackson, accord ing to information he has received. This division, composed of Nation al Guardsmen of the Southeast, likely will be called out in the neat' future Nine Planes At Laurens Airport 'with the recent purchase of two cubs by L., P. Speth, instructor, for use in the government training pro gram at the Laurens airport, the number of planes permanently sta tioned there was increas^ to nine. Thm of the planes were listed as belonging to Speth, three to Robert Rkhardson of Laurens, one to C. C. Gff^ of Clinton, one to A. E. Cadle, and one to the Laurens Flying club, an orfutisstion of tiiree members. AdEcEtimu Approved For Court House Extensii6na^to the north and soutii aides of tite Laurens county court IJbuBe, sMUhrai providing more rooin fbr th$ offlbts of superintendent of d^atton and sheriff, have bakn ap- glovad by the WPA, accortUng to i^mmation givan out during the Swt week. )lie sum of $700. tt Is, stated, haa pledged by et^ty ai ita under a ooopmitiv agraameat F. C. RATES SECOND Presbyterian college’s Reserve Of ficers’ Training corps unit rated sec ond in general proficiency for the award of the general proficiency cup at the annual sionmer training camp for units of the senior divjsi<m R. O. T. C. in competition in the Fourth Corps area covering the states of North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missi^ip- pi, Louisiana, Tennessee. Wofford college was first in the rating, winning over P. C. by nine one-hundredths of a point. BREAKS HER HIP Friends of Mrs. J. W. Turner of Newberry, formerly of this city, will be sorry to learn that rtie fell and broke her hip Monday morning at h^r home. ) would be, explaining that this infor mation must come from the war de partment. Ihe 8th division, of the regular army, already is mobilized at Camp Jackson, near Columbia. Governor Maybank predicted fiurther expansion of the camp. An estimated 30,0(jb men will be there if the National Guardsmen are called, he said. Governor Maybank talked by long distance telephone with Adjutant General James C. Dozier, who re cently conferred with army officers in Atlanta. • Decisive remedial action” is im perative, the tall, grey s^rretary de clared, to combat subversive activi ties he termed “an attempt to acquire Both Governor Maybank and Gov emor Hoey expressed a preference 5. Later draftees to be chosen from the 21 to 45 age groups. Senator Sheppard, Donocrat, of Texas, chairman of the committee, predicted that the measure would be ready for senate^ consideration next for Senator James F. Byrnes of South j week. Sheppard did not announce Carolina as Democratic national the committee vote, but said there chairman to succeed Postmaster Gen- were “few dis.senting’’ votes. In explaining the measure to re porters, Brig. Gen. W. E. Shedd. as sistant chief of staff, said that the eral James A. Farley.^ who will re tire on August 17, but Governor Maybank said “I don’t know wheth er he will take it” and Governor men would be classified for e\emp- Hoey said he believed either Frank'tion by local boards, similar to the C. Walker, of New York,, or Joseph i World war draft boards. Men with domination of the American republics I p, Kennedy, United States ambas-1 families, he said, or men employed by foreign governments in their own*sador to England, would be selected.! in national defense work would be interests. He gave the United States’ en dorsement for a prqtective by all the Americas over any threatened Euro pean holdings on this side of the At lantic and pledged its cooperation “should the occasion arise, in its exe cution.” Hull counselled that such a trus teeship should be free of any idea of “special interests by any American republic” and that “ax soon as con ditions permit, the region should be Fastoi:^.tp..ite,jgdtebMLaQya or be demred faidcpendent when able to ertablish and maintain stable self- government.” His words, gravely spoken, gave further emflhasis to an alredy for mally presented note warning Ger many and Italy the United States Credit Groups' Hold Meeting placed in deferred group.s. -,The war department contempIate.s that youths between 18 and 21 and men between 45 and 64 would be available for home defense service, j Legislation providing thi.s probably j would be submitted to congress later. The job of training the draftees. RepMts Show Progress for Year. Clinton Association Loansjshedd said, probably would require I $296,000. I the services of the entire National ♦ (Guard. He added, however, that mo Returning from a conference of Production Credit Association direc- -Ai Msnate W. Stone, president ot ti»e Clinton Pro duction Credit association, said that the reports indicated that all of the associations were continuing to make progress. Associations represented at the bilization of the guard would require other legislation. Tha cfioamiklee waaaui’e would not interfere with voluntary enlistments in the armj^, navy and marine corps. Men eligible for the draft also would yolunteer for the one-year training period. If world conditions become worse. Would resist/ alone if necessary, any. Columbia, Kershaw and Sumter, in conference were Charleston, Clinton, General Shedd said, “We might have to train more.' Litde Girl Dies At Saluda Hospital Barbara Ann Nabors, eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mr»« Rush Na- bbr^ who reside hear here, died in a Saluda, N. C., hospital Monday ni|^t following an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at three o’clock fr«n the home with the Rev. W. N. Long of this city, officiating. In- tennent followed here in Rosemont cemetery. Surviving are the parents, four sis ters, Eula Evelyn, Helen, Mamie Sue Nabors, and Mrs. J. B. Davis, and one brother, Haskell Nabors. The president would have author ity under the measure to determine attempt to lay hands on French, South Carolina; Statesville, Wades- British or Netherlands colonies in the boro, and Winston-Salem in North new world. I Carolina; and Savannah in Georgia.! the age groups to be registered and Hull spoke at an open afterno<m Efficient operating methods were I the ages and numbers of men to be session in Cuba’s great marble capi tal following a closed morning ses- discussed at the conference, Mr. actually trained. After a year of Stone said and there was a general training, a drafter would be assigned sion at which commissions were set i exchange of ideas that will prove to a reserve unit for 10 years, or un- up to deal with vital problems of mutually helpful. The discussions on hemisphere defense and economy. [operating methods were led by At the morning session the United George L., Griffeth, vice-president States took a place on the important Revival Services At Little Rivo'-D. Friends of Mias Emma Adams will be glad to know she is recuperating from a jrccent illness. ^ with the federal ageDcy for the work. or Trahliig Lieutenairt tiffl B. JDlk, soB Hr. and Mn. (^. H. ERja of Rfb «%. has been ordeaed by .the war de partment to Alabama Institute of Aenmautics at Tuscaloosa, for fly- iug training effoettye August first Lieut nils is a recent graduate ^ oi W«R vtm DUVB CAKBrULLT SITE A LIEE- So Ert TMi YcRr Hcib HiF9 Bedn to -vf FAhtunss AOimfOBILB AGanttNTB III LAURENS COUNTY ]>t*g Strlro Tu Ibi&o B SBft T«Rr Or tho HiffiiwiQr** » Special evangelistic services will begin at Little River-Dominick Pres byterian church on Sunday, July 28, the pastor. Rev. C. J. Matthews an nounces. Two services will be held daily at 11 a. ih. and 8 p. m., with the Rev. Leonard T. Gill of Page- land, former evangelist for the Synod pf North Carolina, as the guest speaker. The public is cordially in vited. peace commission'xvhich is to can vass the whole question of continen tal defense as well as the future sta tus of European colonies in the Americas. _ Cfe thiT erohomic side, Hull pre sented a program designed to relieve existing distress and to set up long- range preparations to meet post-war world conditions. Describing the war’s dislocation of normal trade and the growth of op posite trading methods, he reaffirmed his faith in liberal trade principles and uiged the republics to develop these. But he recognized the need for a transition to methods themselves bor dering on barter and a restrictive -system to bulwark the hemisphere’s economy against regimented devices. Disposition of stagnant surpluses piling up in all American countries axul ..treasurer of the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia, and George N. Burnett, assistant treas urer. The Clinton Production Credit, association-serves Laurens and New<^ berry counties, and this year has made 580 loans for a total of $296,- 000. Attending the conference from the Clinton association in addition tot til he reached 45, and would be sub ject to additional training. It was apparent that the legislation would encounter some opposition in the senate. President Roosevelt and ranking army men have endorsed se lective service, but a number of sen ators have voiced objection. Gray Court Woman k Badly Bunied Mr. stone were directors J. T. Me-j Jar Bursts While Being Remov Crackm, J. F. Hawkins, and Jack H. ^ . r> ^ Davis, Sr., and Rex Lanford, secre-' ^ From Pressure Cooker. tary-treasurer. Revival At Holly Grove Gray Court, July 22.—Mrs. Ethel Weathers was burned at her home near Gray Court on July 17 while doing some canning. As she was re moving a jar from a pressure cook er, the jar burst, throwing scalding water and steam over her face and right side of her (ace is viUe Junior college, is condiKting revival services this week at Holly' as a result of the loss of European,Grove Baptist church between Clin- markets was described as the most ton and Laurens. The services began BACK PROM CAMF Thirty*aaven members of Prertiy- teriah colltete’s rising siskior class wix) attended tbe annual camp train- nig of the Reekrve OfflMfs* Training corps at Fort McClellan at Anniston, Ala.,, have returned to their respec tive homes, after six weeks of mili ary training. Mi^r Alexander H. Cutnniings, profeseor of military sci ence and twtlcs at the college, alao attended. Rising senior Hoyt Crenshaw, of Martin, Ga., returned from six weeks of training in the chemical warfare (tepartment of the United States Moty at Edgewood Arsenal, Mary land. Clinton boys in the Anniston group ware Jhnmy Frsrtnan, Ernest Hipp, Huj^ Jacobs, Elbert Jones, Robert Jones, and William Lightfoot. pressing problem. The delegates greeted warmly President Roosevelt’s recommenda tion to congress for aid in disposition of Latin American surplus commodi ties throu^ the export-import bank. Dr. Leo & Rowe, director-general of the Pan-American union, described as “good naiWs which comes at the ri^t psyt^logical monoent” Mr. Roosevelt’a^ction Jn seeking a half- billim dollu increase in the bank’s' tending capacity for this purpose. Sunday and will continue each eve ning through Friday, beginning at 8 o’clock. Rev. W. N. Long, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, is also pastor of this church. arm and side are also badly burned. Jerry, a small son, was in the kitchen at the time but escaped in juries except for a very small burn on one cheek. Roper To Audit County Books Miss Adeline Boland returned yes- tefday to C^iarlotta after spending a wltii her father, F. M. Botand. At a meeting of the county dele- gatkm the past wertc^ R. B. Roper, public aecoimtant of Laurens, was employed to make an audit df the county books for the fiscal year end ing June 30. He was also instructed to bring the treasurer’s books up to the time that the new appointee to succeed the late D. R.‘ Simpson as sumes his duties. The announcement of Mr. Roper’s employment was made by Senator C. A. Cromer following the delegation meeting. . GETS COMMISSION Samuel Andersem, of tiie orphan^ age, and a recent graduate of. Pres byterian collage, has received a re serve commission in tbe infantry. WHO WORKS WHERE? BUCHANAN*S Drr CteuRcrs and Laundry W. A. BUCHANAN, Prop. MRS W. A. BUCHANAN MRS. R. L. LONGSHORE SAM MeCRART JA^ HOLLAND WIUJAM WUR U>NN1B T1N8LKT IRTIN STROUD JAMES COLSMAN W. T. SPIVET Catered Bavteyca—19 This fkas nnpteys 29 Seveaty-sevea prevteosly re ported fines employed ... 698 Total <37 k^Riqrs To Trade IN CLINTON William C. Byrd Dies At Rock Hill ! William Cathcart Byrd, 46, died at i his home in Rock Hill Saturday night after being in ill health for an ex tendi period. The funeral serivees were held from the Kennedy mortuary in Laur ens Monday morning at 11 o’clock, with burial following in the Laurens cemetery. The services were in charge of Rev. Julian Lake. Mr. BirdL was bom and reared in this county, a son of the late William Downs Byrd and Mrs. Carrie Cath cart Byrd. For a number of years he had been engaged in road con struction work. Both in Laurens and Clinton Mr. Byrd had a wide circle ;of friends and acquaintances who [will regret to learn of hk pas.Hing. I The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kathryne Little Byrd of I Rock Hill, and the following three I sons, H. D. Byrd of Red Springs, N. jC.: W, C., Jr., and Douglas C. Byrd of this city. Miss Mary Caldwell has gone to Colorado Springs, Col., to spend the remainder of the sununM with rela tives. --J#..