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Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, October 3, 1940
Number 40
M. T. 1. W. BAIUY,
DUN OF aiNTON
PHYSICIANS. PASSES
Life-Long end Beloved
Citizen Succumbs To
Illness. Funerol Held
Here Mondoy.
WAR BUllHIN BOARD
Late Developments
On the Battle Fronts
CALL FOR 263RD
FOR YEAR'S PERIOD
EXPECTED JAN. 1
Local Appeal For
Bundles For Britain
BETTY HUNTER NEW
EDITOR HIGH PAPER
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FOR COMING YEAR
WAR AND PREPARATIONS: Adjutant GeneralJamesC. Dozier
Britain digs in for a toi^ winter,.“‘d, Monday that South Carolina’s
.setting up food Venters for the home-1««»rd coast artille^
less, removing mothers and children probably
Ifrom embattled London, naming al^o^^W
i “dictator" to make air raW shelters | ]^ould be a^Kned to Fort Moultrie
Isafe and warm sleeping places. New year’s active service.
Dr. Thomas LaFayette Walker
Bailey, 70, dean of Clinton physi
cians, died Sunday afternoon at State
Park, Columbia, where he hadd been
a patient for the past sixteen
General Dozier said when contact-
Lions Club Auxiliary
Sponsors Drive To Help
Victims of Nazi Bombs.
The recently organized
Lions club adxiliary headed by Mrs.
Heath Copeland as president, has
adopted as their first objective the
sponsorship of local “Bundles for
The first issue of The Sentinel, |
Clinton high school student publics-.
tion, appeared from the press Mon
day. '
The paper, which is published j
monthly, is headed ai editor this
Clinton: y*®*" Betty Hunter, talented.
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John Hol
land Hunter. Other members of thej
editorial and business staffs are
LONDON PREPARES
FOR HER FIERCEST
WARTIME WINTER
!,
Emergency Feeding
Centers Set Up. 5,(XX
Killed In Septeml>er.
London, Oct. 1.—London summon-
Associate editor, Marcia Galloway; up tonight the best defenses of
defense method promised soon. aL**T** . sponsorsnip oi ioc4Ai au* TrvKn m ' brains and olanes steel and concrete
_ . , ^ ^ . 4 ^ from Charleston, that althou^ Britain Inc’’ an effort in which they editor, John H. Cranford,j“rains pianes, sieei ana ccmt.reie
Submarine warfare hite pirns had not yet been com- the invest and suooort.sports assistant. Claude Crocker; fea- against the pros^t.vely worst war-
I^ce with near^ 1(10.000 tons of.
shipping admittedly sunk In one; # ♦k- ..»«* -* 1 general puoiic.
ture editor, Marjorie Miller; society tirne winter in its 20 centurie^
week, but British say warehouses
months. Following a recent stroke
his condition had been critical for
the past month, the sad end coming
noi unexpected to his family and
friends.
Funeral services were conducted
from the residence Monday afternoon
by Rev. Walter N. Long, pastor of
the First Baptist church, of which
already crammed with essentials.
mobilization of the unit at the be-» RArHovI®^**o*'« Mary Bailey Owens; assist-,' Even as these preparations went
A# *w.. ! Mrs, copeiana staiea yesiero Y feature editor, James Von Hoi- forward the Nazis launched their
CinninS of the new vear. i. * J »ni cunoi, o<iiiie» vuu nvn- luiwaiu uir lauiiL'iicu iiicir
The Clinton national guard unit photographer, Copeland 125th consecutive nightly raid but it
German air assaults maintained
with avowed intention' of keeping I
London from “catching its breath” j
and of ruining wartime production
and blockading nation’s necessities.
Counter-offensive on Germany and
German-held territory continues
with new heavy British air blows!
a part of the 263rd regiment.
Grand Jnry Told
To Stand For Law
Dr. Baitey war a d«roted member. *"
DIPLOMATIC FRONT: Spain de
lays formal' alliance with the axis
but lion-belligerency "leaves no doiRif
of sympathies, with ultimate thrust
at Gibraltar considered likely.
Japan-Russian non-aggression pact
being fosteredTy German diplomacy.
Goldville Churches To
Be Dedicated
Judge Bellinger Hits
.Toitdst Compt ond -
Gambling In Charge.
Sunday
Judge G. Duncan Bellinger of Co
lumbia, in his charge last week to the
Laurens county grand jury at the
September session of criminal court,
attacked illegally operated tourist
camps and commercialized gambling.
Opening his remarks with a few
in ^e vac^t store room news editor, Ha Curry;'receded—so far as visible and audi-
Mclntoshs Shoe Shop where contri- exchange editor, Bobbie Jean Carr;^blc sign.s indicated—before midnight.
copy reader, Virginia Sumerel; re-j Some Londoners left the air raid
porters: John Pitts, Lindy Harris, I shelters and hurried homeward but
John Coker, Robbie King, Pegiy: others, unwilling to believe that
Johnson, Amelia Payne, Rosl3m Ca-Uhere would not be a resumption of
son, Ann Blakely, Byrd McMillan, j the attack before dawn, remained
Betty Tribble, Margaret Caroline j under cover,
Hipp; typists, Mildred Arnold, Agnes} They were right, for just on mid-
butions io clothing and money will
be received to provide England with
sorely-needed medical supplies and
equipment and with clothing for both
civilians and fighting men.
“We here in the Clinton chapter
are going to do everything in our
power to further this humanitarian
work,” Mrs. Copeland declared.
Fuller, Kat Howard.
Business staff: Business manager.
We’ll knit aird-'we’ll raise fundx^ Jane Tilttle; assistant business mariSP
to equip base and field hospitals
rapidly being filled in England with
victims of Nazi war-machines.
“Like other Americans in this
drive, we’re convinced that the best
way to defend democracy is to help
Britain cairy on against the axis
powers. I hope all other persons in
this area who feel as we do will rush j
support to us at local headquarters
ger, David Boland; circulation man
ager, Mayer Johnson.
Battle Likely Over
Supervisor's Office
A complimentary references to the re- on Musgrove street.'
•Methodist and Boptist
Dedicatory Exercises For
Morning ond Evening.
Two handsome new houses of wor
ship, Epworth Methodist church and jtate.
cently remodeled court room. Judge
Bellinger entered into a forceful
Mrs. Capeland further called at-|
tention to the urgent plea of Mrs.
discussion of lawlessness. He. de-! Wales Latham, national president,'
dared that he was not familiar with|t^3t every moment counts and that!
conditions within Laurens .county, j assistance in ever increasing am- i
Reported That Guthrie
May Refuse To Give Up
Office To Teague.
night a new wave of raiders ap
proached from the east and the
anti-aircraft "barrSi^e ”~wa.s resumed
with a mighty roar. Shell splinters
fell in the streets of East London.
Then, the Nazis withdrew toward
the southwest, instead of continu
ing on the accustomed route to Cen
tral London.
The raiders in their brief a.ssault
had dropped bombs in a North Lon
don suburb, but no casualties were
! reported. A few had come in by
the northwestern route; most of them
I had entered over the Southeast and
! Southwest coasts.
I Official estimates of 5,(100 persons
■ killed and 8,000 wounded in London
That Robert L. September--c<^p8red with 1,075
DE. T. L. W. BAILET
The paktor was assisted by a former
piastor and close friend of the fam
ily, Rev. Edward Long of Greenville,
who paid tribute to the fine quali
ties xind > Christian character of the
deceased.
The services at the home
the GoldvlUe Baptist church, are to
be dedicated Sunday with appro
priate exercises to which the public
is invited. Former pastors have also
been invited for the occasion, as
well as Rev. W. B. Garrett, superin
tendent of the Greenwood district.
The Methodist church is headed
by Rev. T. B. Wilkes as pastor. Their
dadicatcMry exercises will take place
beginning at 7 o’clock in the evening.
Rev,. C. C., VatJghn is pastmr of
andi^* Baptist* chvirth where the sperial
exercises will be held in the morning
at 11 o’clock. f
Both of the congregations have a
^ IjSuroris li
but that he had certain convletions j punts cannot be rushed across the'Teague, nominated in the E^mMrat- wounded in Augiust
which had been gained through his ocean too quickly. Time is all im-iic primary for county supervisor,' ^ urgency to the gigan-
observations and experiences overlportant in this emergency hour of)may yet have another battle on hisj^'*^ task of defense which must be
need. hands before he can secure , the of-1 .
“A single gauze bandage may be flee has been indicated by recent' parts were fitted into the
the means of saving a child’s or a reports that J. A. Guthrie, incum-j of London s defenses to-
fighting man’s life,” said Mrs. Cope-,bent, may attempt to keep his seat,^®f' . . . , j ... . ,•>*
land. - under an appointment by Former!^’-Admira S.ir Edward Ratchffe
Experienced knitters who wish to'Governor Johnston. 1 Garth Russell Evans—noted for quirk
grave were attended by a large gath
ering of friends frenn here and,else-
the convic-
“1 am dominated by Ui
ti<m that the majority of our citi
zens believe in the enforcement of
law and order,” he said, “not spor
adic enforcement or ,the enforce
ment of certain laws, but the en~
forcement of all laws.
“The minority. group is engage
in the violation of law for the sole
purpose of enriching themselves in
practically every county.”
Lawles«ie« begets lawlessness, he
continued. If we say that laws
can’t be enforced, we admit' that
we are incapable of governing our
selves and become subject to be
ing the slaves of others. |
’The English people are the most}
When interviewel last week, Mr. j f j*.”*^*”* ,fquick action w^ "'If'!*
Guthrie said that he had “no com-} Londons air raid shel-
for Britain headquarters or withjment to make as yet,” but promised Sleeping accommodations and
members of the organization who that “I shall make a statement later, j principal pi^blems.
volunteer their services are asked
to get in touch with the local Bundles
will tell them in what way they earn
law-abiding nation because the
masses are taught love for law and
hi,h .bout hi,
$18,000. Of this amount
which he was he d in ^n^ity Lio 000 was given by W. H. Beg
in which his ent re I f s nery of the Joanna Textile MiiUs j justice from chil^tiod.
AcUve pallbearers wer^ S ML j company, in addition to a kite for the .<1 am not condemning all tour-
remaindeY-bf the camps,” he told the-jurors.
^^® “Those operating within the law
and W. R. Anderiw , , ... (hershi^. ishould be protected from those
n^. Honoraryj^llbearere, with, The Baptist church cost $20.000,Uhich serve as gambling houses,
the active paUl^arers, men^rs oL^th Mr. Regnery also contributing j asgignaUon points, or permit the
the family and other friends made up|i0ooo the nmount and the Iock-, gale of liquor”
the funeral proce^ion were: deacons tion. The congregation raised the Turning to the so-caUed number^
of the First Baptist church, city and additional $10,000. t?
be>of assistance.
Officers of the sponsoring ebapter
besides Mrs. Copeland are, Mrs.
John Otentry, vice-president, Mrs.
Roy Gasque, secretary, Mrs. R. G.
Watson, treasurer.
presenting my position in detail.’
Clinton High Opens
Home Season Friday
He neither denied or confirmed the
reporto that he would seek to hold
the office.
Mr. Guthrie was appointed su
pervisor following the death of the
late A. Rhett Martin. The question
of whether the appointment was to
last until the next primary or dur-
2. The mother-and-child removal
plan was extended to the 14 Lon
don boroughs hardest hit by the
German attacks.
3. All adults with no vital reasons
for remaining were urged by Spe
cial Hopsing Commissioner Harry
Willink to leave.
Red Devils To Meet
4. Food Mini.ster Lord Wooltoa
ing the remainder of the unexpired' emergency feed-
j portion of Mr. Martin’s term wasj^ '’®
brought up last summer and thei®'^^® homeless,
“Onicial assurance.s ’ were
new defense system
ctjmbut the
5.
county physicians, and several life
long friends of the family.
Dr. Bailey was bom on August 9,
activities.
“The greatest
Mr. Regnery of Chicago, whose
gmerosity made possible the erection
of the new buildings, will be present
1870, in the Rock Bridge section near I sm^ffay gt the opening services of
here. His parents, were William,both churches toigipE a shorijnEUad*
Franklin and Agatha’Fraitces Waike‘r|^3ge pf congratulations and encour-
Bailey. As a lad he attended the pri-!agement. W. A. Moorhead, local
mary school in this city and his in-, will also have a part on
termediate and high school educa-jthe programs.
tion was obtained at Clinton academy Charles W. Fant, architect, And-
and Waterloo high school. lerson, and Walter Guest of C. M.
Arriving at the age of young man-[Quest and Sons, contractors, are al-fof 3 ‘big shot’,
hood. Dr. Bailey matriculated in theigo expected to be pre^nt for the
medical department of Grant univer-jspeeigi occasion.
sity, Chattanooga, Tenn., from which ^
he graduated in 1893 as president of| kjij 4 I OCPC IKI
hill clM*. Later he oursued five Dost-1 LWCO Iri
racket, slot machines, and tip boards]
he remarked
that grahd jurors in
his class. Later he pursued five post
graduate courses in Philadelphia,
Baltimore and New York.
At the conclusion of his medical
other counties had sponsored the ac
tion which in numerous cases af-
coward,” he de
clared, “is the man who willfully
and to' enrich himself violates the
law—operating under the cover of
darkness until he feels that he
developed into and has the power
! county executive committee a.sked, .
Attorney-General Daniel for a ruling ] ^
jin the matter. Following the receiptbemg developed to c
,, , ,, , — tof a letter from the atlorney-gcn-1 night attack.s.
Union Undor Floodliont'S eral and a conference between Mr.i During daylight today four Ger-
■ ‘ — - - - Daniel and .J„5u!t?-cpmn\ittee of the,®"’’^'} plane.s were reported ofliciaUy
county executive committee, that '^'’ been shot down in what the
body voted to place the office in'^^ home security ministers
The Clinton high school Red Dev-j the recent primarie.s, .calleci several abortive attacks on
Six candidates for the office en-i'^*^.® England. Three Brit-
Johnson Field.
ils, after two straight defeats by
Parker, 8-6, and Greenville high, jtered the primary in which, along plane.s were acknowledged mis.s-
39-0, are awaiting the invasion of I with three others, Mr. Guthrie was|'"f.
fwted their removal or curbed their ion high’s Yellow Jackets Friday! eliminated., on the firiit -tiaiint mi,
— - how(
[the run-off Teague was nominated'®*®’"'®''®'’
admittedly
by over'®^*^®* ^®*®^ ® point near
; coast, causing some
'There has been considierable j
speculation among jxilitically mn-1 New intensity of the German war
reached Lon-
the Welsh
injurie.s and
mghT'at JohnsonlTeTd at 7:36.
The Devils will be out for revenge, i over Lander B. Stoddard
while the 'Jackets will try for their 200 votes,
third straight victory. Rumors drift
over from the Jackets’ camp that „ ,
they are stronger this year than in scious local residents recently as to ®®® disclosed, meanwhile,
years past. Be Moore, who graduated i what the outcome of such a situa '
con-!
, from Presbyterian college last spring, I tion would be.
If only one person suffered in|is m his first year as coach of the)
such cases, he added, it might be Union team. IklCU/ DATDrtl iiCivI
all right but the wives and chil-1 The local boys, coached by Bob‘~tVv rAI KwLMtlN
DECIDING TILT
dren from whom bread and meat wilder, will be ready and waiting
is taken must be protected. j when the Jackets roll into town.
^ . Laurens defeated Joanna here Sat-
preparation toe young physician re- aftembon in the Mid-Carolina
turned to Clintim for the practice of | jpggue baseball championship by
kis profession. For a perl^ of flvejtj^g 10.3 purman Braa's
There are many other phases of
law enforcement, the judge said,
and that it was his 'duty, and that
of toe solicitor and officers, to see
that all laws were enforced justly
years he WM associated with toe 1^ I ninth broke up an ridi or poor.
‘O'd. thre. men tor all-et.te berth,: !*> p”"*" I'’"'
thb^'c^'1"«»><»“<>»» “ ym* Uin Charles Burnett, a speedy tt-iple^
'deciding game of toe play-off se- them. It does not end with threat back: Rufus Kina.^lar end.IBn
to all people, whether white, black, will be out about four weeks.'
Clinton will be without the services
of Harvey Foster, star end, who
broke a bone in his ankle last week
in practice. Foster, one of the out
standing defensive ends in the state,
ASSIGNED COUNTY
with the admiralty’s announce-
I ment that merchant shipping losses
in the week ending September 23
.were 19 Briti.sh, three allied and
[five neutral ve-ssels of 159,288 tons,
.about three times the weekly aver-
»:
i^ge.
I , rr u Speculating oh thi.s sudden spurt,
Laurens. Oct. 1.-Two new high- informed sources said it might be
way patrolmen have been aligned pure luck or the use of French and
to the Laurens county area, thus m-^Italian submarines as commerce
creasing the forces to three, headed} raiders.
by D. E. Reilly, who has operated] Nevertheless, they said, “We must
This year the Devils are
boosting prepared tor these ihings.- and
w: J'^"*''!lr'eclared that, in view of the pre-
lous success of* convoys m filling
munity. Being of a kind imd s]rm-.fj|^
pathetic nature, he bound people to
himself by his personality and un-
, selfish devotion to toe duties ^of hfs
profession
, , [threat back; Rufus King, stellar end, i warehoues to overflowiiit
handing’ down indictments to the — nuevei.,,.’IOfficer Reilly, while i
Dr. Bailey was a public spirited ber of Commerce will be held Tues-
cltizen, always interested In his ng-,4gy evening at 7:30 at Hotel
tive community. His contributions of|t(m with aU members invited to be
hseful citixenship were diversified pi^esent
and valuable, toiutoing the educa-
, ' ~ court. You must see that all laws
Club MeeH Tuesdoy 1 art administered, also.”
The October meeting of the Cham- criminal. Judge Bellinger
concluded, must be made to real-
and Alternate Captain James Rhodes,|p“7roukan Pace
outstanding guard. — - ”
^4ered serious.
f» «
Along with these three boys ®*'*l2!^ens ^atrof April, 1917, when U-boats took
eight ottier toughie, including "Hor-jR,;,^^ 3..
'f by 1 their heaviest toll of British drip-
:t that traffic ac-
ney” Cranford, halfback, and John to this "'®'-
n,,Dyf«,>K.e.ir rh.«ne> 1 ®f. *" area show a compar- j-hanforien, representing 600.000 tom^
tienal, religious and commercial wel
fare of toe people whom he loved to <
serve. He was a charter member of
Clintim Lodgei. No. 84, Knights of i
Pythias, and a member of the local*
Masonic fraternity. Fdr more than*
twenty years he served as a member
Of the board of trustees of the Clih-|
ton public schools and UberaUy gave
' of his time and interast to tois work;
ior the community*s children. He'
/ aerved as a member of toe board of ^
^ b«Blth fpr twenty yeaxs. Be was also
an active member of tlM» La«i«ns':
County Medical society and the state
aaedleal association which he served
district councillor. Duiring his alr !j
most half century of ministry. o2.
healing he gave freely of his services,
to the needy and suffering and help-)
ed brighten many sick rooma with,
words of ’cheer and happy encour-j
agemeni.
His religious affiliation was with
the First Baptist church v^$ich ^
'served as chairman of the board
deacons. He was an earnest Chris-
(Coatiniiad m m» two)
DBIVB CAREFULLY
SAVE A LtPB-
So Far This Year Xl^ert
HaYf Been
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FATALITIES
fraoi
AUTOMOBILE
ACCIUENTS
fai
LAURENS COUNTY
LeCa StriTc To Makf
IM a Saf^ Yaap Oa
tlw Hlfliwaya.
lids date last year, IS
ize that law-abiding people are in|Mimnaugh, quarterback, the Devils’}:,^' torrea*#. tn iha i
—1 w .. ... . ... , aoie increase, according to the state-! bottom, j
control and not commercialiized backfield “twins" who are both first
vice. 'year men and doing a fine job run-
P. C. lows TO
ROLLINS ELEVEN
nine, blocking and tackling.
Eskew, halfback. Smith and Ross,
CNUlUl S!inCI .SAFETY CONFERENCE
tackles, Finney, center, Bridges, MFI D AT OVIl IF rKtODT lERIAN
guard, and Shaw, end. will be the ILLC
other starters Friday night.
The Rollins Tars of Winter Park,l_,
Fla. took the airtaiw. here Friday THORN WELL WINS
ildfht to overcome a hard-fighting
Ihesbyterian college eleven by 20 to
17. Making eleven first downs to
’five for. the Blue Hose, the Tars
I were in command most of the way
[and displayed a sparkling assort
ment of forward and lateral passes.
OVER WOODRUFF
The fast Thomwell orphanage hi^
team defeated Woodruff high in
•TKa. day exerci.se.'^ will be pre-
•1^*♦K**K^*^*i Sunday at’ the First
r ‘^^™5“''lPre,byteriao chui-ch aud a world-
conference Tue^ oonununion »!ivlcc held. The
m tee ijteool Mdltori^ at Gold- Sunday Khool exercises u ill begin at
•JL ™ .Uditu, urn, al U,ch
R f P"™'-' are Invited ic. present
'or baptLvm The exercise.
;sr-
freshments and special entertainment
Woodruff last Friday by the scorei!
of 20-18. In toe third period Mc-jIlli’J“„,?!..? .*il^®^®^’_^!:'PromotiofYs. Preceding the preach; i
Ervin Is Editor
I College Pa|>er
Donald, quarterback for Thornwell,'^^‘“7^X^"“J’*2^x\**'“*y‘^"^f“®,service the session will meet to i -
reeeivid a punt on the 50-yard line I ‘b' ceive mdnbers.
and behind. <ast-foming _interfer-,
The Blue Stocking, weekly student
ence, raced across the goal for the^j,:_-
local’s third and last* touchdown. i ^
Thomwell thus far has won both,
publication at Presbyterian college, games played. Greenwood and.
Woodruff high. Their next game wil
la headed as editor for the coming
year by Tucker Irvin of Washington,
Ga. Chariee MacDonald Little Rock,
and John Weldon of Biahopville, are
aaaociate nditora, Tendi Owens of
this city, sports editor, and Allen
Feiienden of Atlanta, Ga., busing
manager.
be with Greer in Greer on October
nth.
Grid Games Thi^Week
Doctors' Wives
Ordering Roses
.t
Presbyterian CeHege-^Varstty
October 5 — Western Kentucky
Lieut. Lykes Henderson of Fort
Benning, Ga., spent the week-end * Teachers at Bowling Green, Ky.
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S.I Clinten High ■
Henderson. | Oct. 4—^Unlon at Clinton.
The Women’s Auxiliary of the
Laurens County Medical Society
have launched again this year t'neir
sale of roses for the benefit of the
auxiliary’s student loan fund, ac
cording to an announcement by aux
iliary officers. A considerable sum,
it w’as stated,- wasr realized from
last year’s sale.
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