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:: "V I f THE CHRONICLE Sl’iwes To Be A Cleon •Newspoper, Complete, ible He^ ond Retiol ffihrnitirlp If You Don't Reod THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News j. ■' ■ " y tf;" * ■ ■ ■■*' I ■ ^: t ti... % sums Viohme XL Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, September 19, 1940 Number 38 REeiSTRATlON SET FOR OCTOBER 46 Presjcki^ Sl|i» IlMf CAg 16^,000 Aiitericans E« tear's %Mg To Honor Dean ol Southern Coaches Saturday Asserts U. S. To Avert Terrible fate of Notions Whose Weokness In vited Attack. Washington, Sept. If. — President Boosevelt signed the draft act Mon- ,iday, fixed October 16 as registration ,day for 16,500,000 young Ameriems now subject to compulsory* military training, and asserted the Un|ted States was marshalling its strength to avert “the terrible fate of nations whose weakness invited atthek.** In addition, the chief executive called upon the governors of the .states to provide suitable places for the registration, urged local election officials “and oUier patriotic citizens” to man the registration boards and asked «nployers to idve their affect ed employees “mifficient time off” to present themselves and fill out the forms. Mr. Roosevelt, moreover, empha- . sized a section of the act and a phase of the building up of the army which received much discussion in congress — the voluntary enlistment system. All between 18 and 35, inclusive, he said in a formal statement, will be offered an opportunity to volunteer lor a one-year period of service and training, and those who offer them selves—provided they are suitable— .are to b« accepted before any others are .selected. Thus, an influx of vojimters from any particular area would reduce the {Quota of men conscripted from that area. The new law itself requires that IHECHRONIEmN NEW HEAD DRESS WITH THIS ISSUE Two New Jype Foces Recently Added To Linotype Equipment. The Chronicle tdday comes to its readers with a new head dress, em bracing two new type faces used in a variety of head styles. These faces, together with th^ news type which you are now reading, recently pur chased, gives The Chronicle an en tirely new appearance compared to that used up until the past few weeks. - - _ These type faces, products of the Mergenthaler Lintotype Co,, are up- to-date in every respect and were purchased by The Chronicle to give its readers a more modem-looking and readable paper. The type faces now used in making The Chronicle are the equal in design and reada bility of any used by metropolitan newspapers. ^ A new series of type also has been purchased for use in advertising ap pearing in The Cnronicle, which, it is ej^pected, will gscBtly enhance the typographical 4Q>peai;ance. A feature of the headings for news stories employed in today’s issue is that all begin at the left side of the coliunn.. Where sub-headings are "JOHNSON DAY" HERE SATURDAY Elaborate Cerenionies Planned To Honor P. C. Coach On Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Of Service CHURCHILL URGES BRITISH PEOPLE TO CONTINUE VIGILANCE Hosemen Will Ploy Clemson Before Huge Crowd At 3 O'clock. Prime Minister Soys Strength Growing Doily But Warns of Menace. «... .... ««« .. indented at the left all who on October 16 have attained j th. llrt mniverwry ot their birth f' ^ and have not p.»ed the 3»th yearl^ ”T* mutrt regtatv- An^n.1 drawing hyi"2^5SK^ .TT tot wUl drtermiiM^iK ordCT hi i 1 ■Z~' quMtionoeim wiil be mail^ to thej^.."“*^ styKj oied Lk {..atlujv ■wariBur men. On the basis of these question-1 naires, local boards will place thej men in various classifications—those; WILSON ^AMED available for immediate service,] szii iir APy \ACC|CTAkiT those deferred because of depend-1• A-v ■ ■ AOOl^lArtl ents, and so forth. • ’ Walter A. Johnson • Saturday has been designated as “Walter Jahnsan Day” in Clinton in houar af Presbyterian ooUega’s athletic dtrectM*, who Is eelebrating his S5th anoiveraary at the Institution. LBvreDce Ferfuson Wins Scout Award first Clinton Boy To The local boards will select suf ficient men from among those avail- able for immediate service to fill the quota for the area. Those so selected will undergo physical examinations and, if they pass, will be inducted into service for one year. “In the military service,” Mr. Roosevelt said, “they will be intelli gently led, comfortably clothed, well fed, and adequately armed and equipped for basic training. By thej -4j*ne- they get physically hardened, mentally trained in AT TH€ COLLEGE Announcement has been made that Lieutenant Henry M.- Wilsonr Jew former personnel director for Pres byterian college and managing editor of the P. C. Press, has been named by United States army officials as assistant professor of military science and tactics at the college. He will assist Major Alexander H. Cum- jmings, commandant. Wilscm'is a graduate of the collie, dT^tolinlS*"“and t^e-'dass of 1936, with toe bache- fundamentals, toe flow ot\\Z3! lege s critical mimitions from factory to, combat units will meet the full re-:. Reserve Officers’ Training with the rank of cadet cap- itain. He served in toe army for one quirement. tor their advanced tram-|y^,^ from all walks ot Ute, rich and pootT®"®^ Cllliluii, Ift holds a rwerve country-bred and city-raised, farmer, student, manual laborer and white collar worker, will learn to live side by side, to depend upon each other in military drills and maneuvers, and to appreciate eac];i other’s dignity as American citizens. “Universal service will bring not only greater preparedness to meet toe threat of war, but a wider dif-^ tribution of tolerance and under- i commission as first lieutenant in toe U. S. army. DRAFT PROGRAM IN A NUTSHELL standing to enjoy toe blessings of October. Sixteen million five hundred thou san^l men 21 to 35 years old, inclu sive must register on a day to be i fixed by the* president, perhaps in Eorn Cogte Ronk. Has -One Lawrence FerguBon,r8on of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ferguson of this city, re ceived the distinctive honor last Thursday evening of becoming Clin ton’s first Eagle Scout at an impres sive ceremony held at the close of a picnic and social outing by the local To Declare Holiday For Registration Event Estimoted Thot 250,OC South Coroikiions Af- Tctcnfif ff Drofr BilL Saturday, September 21, will be “Johnson Day” at Presbyterian col lege both literally and figurative. The entire city of Clinton is joining hands in making it Johnson Day for Ihe tovim as well. ’The" big football game between toe Clemson Tigers i and the Presbyterian college Blue London, Sept. 17.—Prime Minister | stockings—the game that marks the Winston Churchill today called upon! beginning of toe 25to season John- toe people to maintain constant vigi-tson has served as gridiron mentor of lance against the continued threat of!Calvinist teams—is rapidly beenm- German invasion, but declared that ing just one of the many attractions Britain’s strength was growing while* toat the day will hold for sports* “crushing inroads” were being made | fans from all parts of the southern on “toe enemy’s enormous superior-1 seaboard. ity of numbers.” ' There’s the luncheon that the “We may await toe decision of this Walter Johnson club,' organized last air battle with sober but incre<uing, fall to honor anH assist the coach.. confidence,” the prime minister said, will give in the college dining hall while admitting about 10,000 civilian and to which club members, sports casualties—including 2,000 dead—as wrriters, and Johnson fans are being a result of German bombings in the invited, and at which appropriate first two weeks of September. ceremonies honoring the veteran, “Serious injury nas been done to mentor will be conducted. Adolf Hitler’s ships and barges con-. There’s the big parade complete centrated for invasion of Great Brit- with floats, marching bands and the ain And Ireland, Churchill said, while j usual accounterments that accom- “our own strength develops steadily; pany toe hailing of a hero, thirt by land, sea and, above all, in the local merchants and service organi- air.” zations will participate in. The speech, delivered to the house There’s toe big military parade of commons during a day of air raid that the Clinton unit Of toe National alarms, was regarded as the mostt^Guard Battery G, of the 263rd Coa^ optimistic yet made by ChurchilfJ but Artillery, will hold to honor John- he bitterly accused toe Germans of son, a former captain of the unit and “indiscriminate” bombing of civilians now a major in the National Guard, and of “deliberate repeated attacks! There’s toe big'between-the-haives on Buckingham palace and upon toe celebrations with speeches and pre persons of our beloved king and i sentations to Walter Johnson —an queen.” i elaborate ceremony in which the These attacks he said, “apart from'members of Johnson’s first Presby;;- their general barbarity are intended terian college football team will to have an unsettling effect on pub- take part as a unit, at which the Kc opinion.” governor of toe state will have a The German raiders not only have part, and the alumni association and failed to terrorize Britons Churchill the Walter Johnson club will par- said, but their bombing atta6ks have ticipate. “had the opposite effect,” Thase are a portion of toe rcasou Furthermore, he declared, Britain why thousands of football fans and Columbia, Sept. 16. — Registration of an estimated 250,000 South Caro linians under the peace time draft will *^^ld^ to^r'lTrtous^^^h^l-h^ ^n able despite almost constant lovjrs of toe spirit of sportsmanship V. in iKie ctafa tuith srhool 1 bombings to mamtam increases in'and fair play which Johnson so per- to hTln to production and thus frustrate fectly symbolizes will gather here iBtrantc fill out a rather “detailed • aerial blows intended to destroy Saturday and fill its streets with gala istrants fill i British morale and British ability to, celebrations to be topped by a foot- resist. ball game that bids fair tn be a In all lines, he said, Britain is be- Palmetto classic. ocouis oi America, is in recognuion i.. m'nncion olnns for thi«; coming stronger. Reserve seat tickets to the big of outstanding work Lawrence has! noiictration anH' Churchill said toat the effect of football game are now on sale at the KTwwiis club tor their families and. ^ a number of invited friends. This' . . -„nniin/'AH award, the highest made by the wavhank an, Scouts of America, is m recognition Governor Maybank announced at i.j€»wiciictj 4 cfafo’c VianHItncy tKp rpffi^stration snd C-nurcniii ssiu uidi done in scouting and the way . . armv trainins «*lieible German bombing was shown by office of the secretary of the Clinton which he has lived in accordance!^ ^ ^ the fact that there had been only 250 Chamber of Commerce in the Clinttm with toe high principles of scouting . thirtv-five ^ | casualties in the fighting services Hotel. In anticipation of the over- as expressed in the scout oath and ® September compared with flow crowd, toe college has in law. ' .. caiH “T want it dnneJ ‘^‘'^‘^an casualUes. creased its stadium seating capacity Lawrence becam?“.a scouFbh Octo-; . . * ^ with- Churchill and Lord Calde- to 7,Ot)0 m an effort toJwwe aH space ber 15, 1936, and since that time has' f ^ th*. h#.ct intoroct dominions secretary who spoke available possible for the biggest resided steadily along the trail ‘"“'^“^in the house ol lords. «id the iov- and nuat colorful football classic to progressed sieauoy a,o,.g u.e o. advancement by becoming P*'®Lcient!p ,. „ jernment was moving vigorously to Clintons history, in the various skills of scouting. To! „ j, , ralline on South refugees and hoirjM^ in A “welcome” page advertisement bec^e an Eagle a scout m^t earn! “ ^ ^^0 school teachers to|^ ^ V [^‘'•^aining to toe big celebraUon and at least 21 merit badges after Lrst . „ . . . out the blanks ' government has asked a^um- bearing the names of local busines* advancing to the rank oF-ftrat gta^ifavinfr "*^TWlS is a national emer-'boroughs to reguisi- firms will be found in ttxiay’s paper, scout. The subjects which Lawrence f teachers are patriotic, l unoccupied houses and make ^ose to develop a reasonable them available to thousands of P^- I cc ANNOUNCF^; edge of are: Swimming, photography, blanks I sons whose homes were destroyed, «-tC MlxlxVJUnv*C.j bookbinding, automobiling, beekeep-i He termed the questionaires “com- Lurd Caldecote said. HUNTING SEASONS ing, poultry keeping, first aid, ath-, ^ lengthy ”"'"™ ! Churchill said, amid laughter, that AiiDCfcdC letics, leathercraft, public health, regard to registration boards'^® government faced a heavy task IN LAURENS COUNTY perronal health, Mfety cooking, life- ; governor said, there will beij," maintaining a community of saving, civics, pathfinding, and 1 eighty-three in South Carolina. Some' Thames valley “un-i The 1940-41 hunting season for peace.” Mr. Roosevelt signed th^ bill seat ed at a table in the spacious cabinet! Seventy-five thousand are expect ed to be mustered into service in November for a year’s training. A mantoip. , ! counties, he said, will have but one. It IS exBhptary development of the, ^ 'character of a scout rather than the' skills which comes foremost consideration of scout leaders ^ ! population being the ruling factor, in me I instance added, “in mi Aiken county there will be two reg- der artificial conditions of scientific!thus county has been announced by civilization.” | Sidney A. Lee, state game depart- “I am glad to say, Churchill con-! ment representative, tinned, “that this heavy and intri-j Mr. Lee .said that the state law cate task is being efficiently and sue-! governing Zone 2, which mcludca room, its tall French windows open!total of 400,000 conscripts are due to toe breezes of g balmy September)to be* in training early in January, afternoon. *1041, others later. The bill places a At one point Ifr. Roosevelt could not recall tba date. An aide prompt ed hiaa antf^ha added that to his sig nature. Whin the ceremony had been completed, he lit a cigaret, tilted! 900,000 limit on tob number ol con scripts in the army at any one time. l^Mtiptions and deferments Vi be granted to men with dehendmts, ministers, \tbeol<^al students, men back in hia (toair and read for the to enential occupations, certain gov qfws reala the stotament he had giv-|emment officers, aliens, toe phyaical- en the laass. .The registration date was fixed by a proclamation. In national guard armory through out the land, meanwhile, adme 60,000 militiamen parUcipatad to the guard’s florst ladacal jnqbilization stoM the World war, niUed out for a year’s ly unfit and conaeientious objacton The latter are liable for non-combat- tant training. Draftees to receive $21 a month for the first four montos and $30 subae- ralses. gov ernment orders can be taken over on quently^ udth^ rapwtun^ for r Industries baUEing at filling awarding of an Eagle scout badge, ^tration districts; in Anderson, three; di^rged and our whole Laurens county, lists toe various *1.^ » ..— system of life and labor is being| sons as follows: Squirrels—October To r^iw the honor .scout mu.t,j^ Spartanburg, five; In Greenville, be highly recommended by his ri.riiAvt.. two; Orange- church, school and home ia addition to earning and receiving 21 merit badges, O. B. Gorman, of Greenville, director of Blue Ridge council, said In making toe presentation. Lawrence’s many friends in the city will be interested to know he has gone to Waynesboro, Va., atoere he has entered Fishbume military school as .fi student for toe coming year. four; in Darlington, burg, three.” Of those South Carolinians called upon to register, the governor es timated 140,000 will be white men, and 110,000 negroes. I Each registration board will be| • composed of three members and a' medical examiner. Announcement of the board members will be made Thursday. IS oeing j sons as adapted to conditions hitherto un-;l to February 1; o’possums Sap- known in modem society.” tember 1 to February 1; rabbits and These statements followed criti- quail—Thanksgiving day to Fabrvi- • cisrn of toe government’s alleged;ary 1 with guns; Rabbits with dogs • failure to provide adequate accom-ifrom September 1 to Thanksgiving modations for the homeless. Mrs. Tom Addison was the guest of friends in Rock Hill a few days the past week. training order. by a previoua presktentlalN^ntel basis. JAMES HTTS NAMED SCHOOL TRUSTEE R. E. Sadler, of this city, a mem- ' ber of the county board of education, at)rtcd yesterday that James PKts has been ,apfx>inted a -member of toe board of trustees of Hunter school district No. 5, succeeding the late W. C. Oxley. passed away several aoontbs jgp. 4ir. Pitte, who is well known in the.irity, is engaged in toe Men-of-Ckurch To Meet This evening at 7:30 the first fall meeting of the Men-of-the-Oiurch of toe First Preri>yterian church will be held in toe men’s room of the church, at whirii time sui^r will be aerved. President 3. A. Cheatham extends' a cordial invitation to all PTettqrte-i rian men of the city to be present. To Moy Porker Frkioy The Cunton high grid team Bealdca Mr. Pitou other asembers of the toe baud are C. N. tlgauflMKjaflt-, ciiiti«an.^W. SalhrK^. A. eoi|i^son pod ft. Gidloway. . -' ■■V"’ high grid team will go to GraenviUt Friday night to mast toe Puker hi^ eleven in toe iP***frf*'rrT* ^ saeimn. A num ber ol rtudenia end locid, tens are planninj$ to accenqpany tAs teem. Goisg Away To C<d^e or To If you want toe Clinton news —have THE CHRONICLE fol low you. Its weekly virits will be “like a letter from home.** Special student’s and teadher’s rate of $1.00 for nine months. List your subscription today. The Outmide JOANNA, LAURENS IN TITLE SERIES CRAIG RITES HELD AT ORA SUNDAY Joanna, trailing two games to none ' in toe seven-game Mid-Carolina championship series, was scheduled i day. The bag limit for quail anH I squirrels is 10 each per day, Mr. said. ! The dove season, which he pointed I out was governed by federal law, • will qpoi on Ss^tember 15 and con- l^urens. Sept. 14.—S. J. Craig, 71,^tinue through October 15. who died Satimlay night at his home! , Violations of the squirrel huntk^ neu Ora, aras a former hanker herelseason have been reported in the and for about 30 years had engaged j county already this year, Mr. Lae in peach ontoard cultiure, having be-i said, adding that most such incidata come'the largest producer and ship-[were probably through a misundo^ per in this county. j standing of the law. “However.T jto meet the Laurens Admirals yes Funeral rites were conducted from | declared, *T toall be forced to prtwe- !the late residance at 3 pjn. Sunday i cute violators.” terday afternoon at Goldville. The fourth game of the series will be played in Laurens Friday after noon. Originally*" scheduled for Sat urday, it was changed to avoid con-! by Rev. John J. Hayes ol toe First | *T shall appreciate the cooperation FY^sbyterian church of Laurens. Bur- of the county’s sportsmen in scaioc ial followed at toe family plot in'that all game laws are upheld,” Mr. Old Fields church cemetery at Onu {Lee said. Surviving are’ two sisters Missmj flict with the P. C.-Clemson game to be played here at 3 pm STATE POPUUTION Belle aiMi Elizabeth Craig. Mr. Craig was a brother of th. COUNTY TO GET ut. J. s. Grit tar. ••'MORE REA FUNDS GAINS 9.6 PERCENT years president of toe First National Bank of Clinton. Washington, Sept. 14.—South Car olina acored a population increase <4 9.6 per cent between 1030 apd 1940. Preliminary returns from the 1940 bureau, aimwad that 6k>uto'Carolina incraaasd Iran 1.79$.7t0 to 1,995,810. Service Hour Changes At a xneatoig oi toe cl^ Mlnb- r terial unk» Monday morning it was decided to hold Sunday evcAiog ser vices and Wednesday prayer-aseei- ccMua, as reported py the census tog at 7:30 instead of 8 pm. as in toa suBunor. The new acksdsiL will ■bceome affective* next Simday. According to an announcement from Washington during the $106,000 has been alloted toe rens Electric co<H>eraiive, of to build 345 miles of lines in the lower part of Spartanburg and &eenvilla ties. Ihe Une extension wffi 1,035 mesnbara, the rural tion administration stated.