Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CHROMCI.E. Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy ond Relioole /i^ ■,*■■■. j: > •■;’■■■/" ik Olknttitlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XL Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, November 28, 1940 iNumber 48 EfllMAIteiVEII ON STATE'S MCOME NEXT TIStAl TEAR Query. Estirndtes Million Dollar fitoredse In Gos Tox Yi Columbia, Nov. 27.-^hainnan W. G. Query Uie itate tax commit- Bion estimated yesterday that the state's “special taxes” would pro- dude $1,005,000 adxiitional in the next fiscal year, but all but $5,000 was anticipated fronv 'the gasoline tax, revenue, from whiefi is available only for road construction and main tenance. . < The taxes should brin^ in $29,810,- 000 during the year starting next July 1, Query said, compared with his estimate of $29305,000 for the current fiscal year. He predicted that the six-cent gasoline tax (five cents of which goes to the state and one‘ cent to counties) would raise $14,- 000,00(rTiext"year, compared witli the - $13,000,000 calculated for this year. Query handed the figiures to the budget commission, as is cxistomary, to permit that body to have the an ticipated revenue bftfore it in pre paring financial recommendations to the general assembly. Senator S. M. Ward of 'George town, a commission member, ,told Query he favored recommending an appropriation for an executive as sistant for the tax commission in view of the increased work during recent years. The commission took under con sideration a request from President £. R. Crow of the South Carolina Education association that the state CHRISTMAS PARADE DATE CHANGED TO FRIDAY, DEC, 6 The Chamber of Commerce an nounce yesterday that CUnlon’s iliila Christmas partiitti^ HA fbr XMeen^r 5th has been Cfiinged to Friday, De cember 6th. Th6 ijDall^ Was Made, President L. E. Uwop states, to af ford the citr WateC tod iight ddpart- The Newspaper—Free Symbol of Free America meet dddlilbnal time to complete for By W. E. nSKEN General Sales Manager, Chevrolet • Motor Division, General Motors Sales Corporation. Sometimes it is a genuine pleasure to lift our eyes momentarily from our own individual fields of effort and pay frank tribute to other hard working people vdio are doing an outstandingly able and worthwhile job in another and totally different field of effort. , . * . ^ ^ ^ , That is exactly what this wiiter rtrlnrirrgolwmmanddecoratloniforj^nts to do here and now, to the the eiMtr^l disp^. his ability, in this brief ap- A TOkM^lJarade includtag^a^^- the newsppaers and the ^ of attra^vV flxWte wiU^ ***®‘*^ ^ newspaper profession oi America, in honor of Santa Claus w^ comes j to salute the men and wo- to Clinton on the above date for his annual visit. Also, with die arrival of the distinguished North Pole guest, Clinton's famed lights will be tun^ on to bathe the business section wim ^^ing of gathering, editing and in men of the press — the editors and publishers, reporters and photograph ers, and all other newspaper work ers—for the marvelous job you are an impressive brilliance for .the holi day season. ( Puir details of the big Christmu celebration will appear next week in the news and advertising columns of The Chronicle. terpreting the news of our own coun try and the rest of the world in these fast-moving and critical times. I want to salute you and say, “Well done!” and I am thoroughly convinc ed that the great majority of the peo ple in"HitT»arts of the land are«iiial»|- We applaud you "for Ttfrihese ,ooli- ly eager to pay you this same tribute. All the more so because newspa- ipers and newspaper men, who print faithful, and efficient service to us and to all America THORNWELL PUYS HILLCREST TODAY ' One olj the few remaining high school football games in the state CiUtion—For your consta;»t effortelwill be played today in Sumter be- to report all the legitimate news of the day fairly, accurately, completely. 'Citation — For your willingness to' aid and support all sound programs for civic and social betterment. Citation—For your policy of doing everything possible to promote busi ness activity, employment and gen eral prosperity. Citation — For your interest in tween Thomwell orphanage high and Hillcrest of Dalzell. The game will decide the state class C champion ship. GREEK BAYONETS SCAHER FASCin CHOICE REGIMENT Fresh Italian Troops Moved To Front To Holt Retreat Toward Seo. Athens. Greece, Nov Both teams have splendid records | for the season. Thomwell has de-| feated several class A and B teams ^ in the upper part of , the state, while ) Hillci^t has an undRjfeated season U> dec lared its credit. youdi and its problems; in education; The Thomwell boys lost to the' ^ in healthful sports, hobbies and rec- strong Epworth orphanage team Fri- reatlon. iday by the score of 13-7. Citation — For your sympathetic I ^ treatment of rel^ious news and your! constant protection of religious free dom fm* all sects and all creeds. Citation—For your policy of pre senting the news and views of both major political parties while reserv ing the right to champion the party of your choice. Citation—For your deep and abid ing allegiance to America and Amer ica’s principles first, last, and all the time. pol cies and programs . . . and for a great many additional services too numer ous to mention here and we want Presbyterians Call Roberts As Pastor Bayonct- to- to have scattered fresh Italian 1 troops—“a choice regunent of Ri>m- jans” the Greeks called them--thrown into action in a desperate attempt to •bolster the center of the sagging Al- I banian line. TTicre was no stopping their forces here or anywhere else among front. the the I rambling mountainous •Greeks reported. ' In the north, they .said, Greek ; fighters pushed steadily beyond Pop- A & ■ A ‘a C igradetz. Italian stron^old 30 miles Accepts rasrorare, JUC- j inside Albania, and in the south they ceedino Dr D J Woods tattered Italians battlmg ceeuing yr. W. J. fiercely to hold Argirocastra. the sec ond and last major (a.sci.st “invasion ’ , ba.se, and keep open their path to Greensboro Minister Resigned: The congregation of the First Pres- t the Adriatic sea. byterian church of this city voted' Greek high command > com^ W. Watts Davis Dies Af Home Of Sister Final Rites For Esteemed Farmer Held Monday. Interment At Presbyte- rion Cemetery. ^ All the more so because newspa- us on to our objectives . . . .. — „ ^ W. Watts Davis, 68, well known ip^rs and-newspaper men, who wield'the way. (' the first of the coming year. the Greeks. u u farmer of the Rock Bridge section,'such great power and influence in the! You are meeting all these respon-' Mr. Ferguson said yesterday that confirmed reptirts that Greek thb you and them every step of the way. special meeting to call the Rev. J. abandoned Italian You, the newspapers and the news-; Roberts of Greensboro, N. C., to be-. among other material, papermen of America, have great and;come pastonof the church. . Greeks, growing responsibilities to all the | The action was taken following the fleeing troops, the government people in view of the conditions* the j report and recommendation of the • declared, were abandon- nation is facing today,. {special committee on securing a pas- nearly all their vehicles. He add- We look to you to stand guard over, tor, headed by R. E. Ferguson asj^ ^ the bank of a lake near our liberties ... to keep us informed chairman. Mr. Roberts will succeed K^’^itza the Italians had buried ’ im- . to warn us of dangers . . . to urge Dr. D. f. Woods, who resigned sev-1quantitie.s of munition.s and to point'eral months ago to become effectivematerials which had been dug millions of words every day about you to know we are backing both [unanimously Sunday morning at [the rest of the world, seldom bother Ito say anything at all about them- ’ selves, j All the more so because newspa- [pers and newspaper men, who per- jform so many varied and valuable 1 services for other branches of society, seldonx if ever ask society to per form any particular service for them. All the more so because newspa- aid for teachers be increased $10 a'Broad street where he had been ertt '{ically ill lor the past two weeks. month from the present graduated scale of $75 to $90. “The teachera are now working for a net income of hardly more than that of a private soldier,” Crow said. “It’s up to the counties to come across,” said Ward. “We (Geprge- died Sunday morning at the home of j community, make it a point of honor his sister, Mrs. R. E. Jones, on South {]^0yer to abuse that power and never -X X ._..x misuse it for their own selfish in terests. town) are a poor county but we pay The services were ‘in charge of his a minimum of $100 to teadiers.” The funeral services were held Monday-afternoon at 3 'o’clock from t)ie home of Mrs. Jones, attended by a large fathering of friends from here and elsewhere. Interment fol lowed in the Presbyterian cemetery. pastor, Dr. D. J. Woods, assisted by > The education department asked)Dr. Dudley Jon5s. Many beautiful for a 1941-42 appropriation of $9,- floral offerings were banked upon his Lidina earmarked rave- othiF deparfitientfl kiso $16,000. ioclud trto. Several presented their requests. Among departments scheduled to be heard Thursday are; public wel fare, state board of health, state pen itentiary, state sanatorium, public service coimnusion, game warden, and the state industrial commission. gravN Volun Stale jeei Dra n Fin ft Quota ve indicative of tiie m in whidb be j was he! and in the community. Active pallbearers were: A. A. Ramage, Sr.. Jack H. Davis, Jr., Lon nie S. McMillito, James R. Davis, Jr., Frank Young, Jesse Young, Cald well W* Wler, and J. Roy Crawford. A number of family friends acted the honorary escort Mr. Davis was a native* of this county AAdiere his entire life was spent. He was a son of the late John C. Davis and Emily Watts Davis, a widely connected and beloved family of the Rock Bridge section. His wife, And so, if you will permit the great silent majority of your newspaper readers to become newspaper writ ers for a little while, here are a few of the things you are doing that we’d like to “write up” for you ... a few of the things that have aroused our deep interest and admiration ... a few of the things that inspire our wholehearted appreciation. Here are. our citatic^ for your sibilities fully and faithfully today—,Mr. Roberts has stated he wiil accept!had been landed on the Al- we believe you will continue to meet [the call and is expected to enter up>on coast opposite Corfu and de- them fully and faithfully tomorrow, ihis ministry here the first Sunday in claims that they were Do this to the best of your ability, January. .annihilated or captured, and neither you nor we will have! Mr. Roberts is a native of Green-: (Authoritative military sources m any cause to regret the great trust iviUe county, a son of a. Presbyterian reported ^me Greek umt3 that is reposed in you. i minister. He graduated from Presby- .^" beyond me Greek town of Do this to the best of your ability, {terian college in 1928. Following his ■ near the Albanian border and you will continue to enjoy the respect and the confidence and the esteem of the entire nation in the future as in the past. graduation he entered Union Theo-• ethers, landed from logical seminary,* Richmond, Va.,!^'P*> severed Italian commuM- from which he graduated. His firsti*^®^*®*'® from the rear. The Greeks pastorate was in Point Pleasant,! ^*®^**^Y®* have reported the capture So for our sake as well as for 'jW. Va. which he held until 1937. your own sake on. ‘keep on going^ Three years ago he went from that I i charge to GreensboA), where he is of Konispolls, Albanian town just north of Philiataes. (The Italian high exanmand report- GREENWOOD FRIENDS IMISS IRENE WORKMAN GIVE TO THORNWEIL |NAMED PRINCIPAL Following a custom of long stand ing, Sunday was Thomwell orphan age day with the Sunday school of the First Presbyterian church of Greenwood headed by Henry Rey-- no Ids as superintendent. A collection ;of the school year. Miss Workman 'I No Draftees Will Be Colled Next Month, Governor Soys. Columbia, Nov. 24.—So many se lective service registrants have vpl- uateer^ for tEieir jrear’s military training that “we are not going to have to draft a single man from South Carollha,” whan the state’s initial quota of 195 men is called to duty next month. Governor Burnet R. Maybank announced. He uid that more than 650 Sbuth Carolihians who registered for the draft* had signified their willingness to go into the army now and that 195 of them would be selected. “Therefore,” the governor said. was taken at the service amounting to $658.96, which added to the amount appropriated in the church budget made a total of $1,032.21 as Mrs. Laurens Glenn Davis, daughterlthe churdi’s Thanksgiving contribu- of Dr. George Washingtem and Mar tha Wier Glenn of Newberry, pre ceded him to the grave in 1921. Mr. Davis was highly esteemed by a wide circle of friends and acquaint ances. A gentleman of strong convic tions, of integrity and Christian char acter be was honored and respected by all who knew him. An upright citizen, a man of kindly and culti vated graces, he will be missed in 4his community'where his honorable life was spent. The deceased is surviv^ by one daughter, Mrs. Mar^ wier Aber nathy, of Pensacola, Fla.; five sons, Glenn tod John Davis of the home place, Wier Davis of Pineville, James Davis of Richmond, Va., and Harry Davis of the Santee-Cooper project; tion to ThorawelL The Greenwood Presbyterians are ^mong the most devoted and liberal friends of the institution. Dr. L. R. Lynn, president, and assistant pastor of the First Presby- . however, Greek troops whkA terian church. He has a wife and two **nded on the Epirus coast were “in small boys. ' destroyed and in part captured The historic Fiikt church which their aims. ) Mr. Roberts will serve, has a mem-! ^vices reaching Salonika from Supt. W. E. Monts of the cltyjbership of 450 with an annual budgetP^ris of the front indicated schools, announced yesterday that the|of $15,000 for local expenses and be- Italian units were seeking to turn board of triistees has elected Mlssjnevolences; It pays a pastor’s salary (Continued on page six) Irene Workmftn as principal of Flor- of $3,300 and a nanse. ida Street school for the remainder NED SPRUNT HAYS will fill the vacancy caused by Prin cipal J." A. Cheatham having been! AT KFI I Y FIELD called to one year of military service) effective December 5th. Grades will be consolidated and no additional teacher added, Mr. Monts stated. Brilain Near End Of Financial Read ^ight children from the home were p«:|COUNTY GINNINGS gram. • “we will have no draftees at ^isj three sisters, Mrs. R. E. Jones of this lime.” He expressed the belief that city, Mrs. Sarah D. Akerman of Ma this might be the only state with jeon, Ga., and Mrs. Chris A. Walker such a record. |ol Atlanta; and two brothers, Jack “I am very proud of South Caro-jH. Davis of near here, and James R. Una’s showing,” he added. j Davis of Laurens. • Those volunteers not select^ un-; ■ ' ^der the first •quota will have to! — —' i . , ■, , . ' await the next call which will ^me'm • ■ ^ TL** til I '"'"iwMl panics Hus Week itial quota figures for the various; November 30 — Oglethorpe at At- countiea. ^ Of the 126 white menyout of the! CUnton-llioniwell total quote of 195, the Aral 42 will) Dec, 4~Clinton High and Thom- be inducted into scrrice Dec. 4. The well in Clinton (ni^t). next 42 will follow December 5 and the final 42 December 6. Thirty- five negroes will be inducted Di^ cember 9 . tod the other 3| the fol lowing d^. ' All those selected will be sent to Port Jackson, Columbia. PUNS GO FORWARD FOR TROPHY BANQUET Plans are being completed for the annual banquet here on the evening of Tuesday, December 10, at which the W. P., Jacobs blocking trophies will be awarded. The dinner will be served in the coUege dining haU with a large attendance expected and sev eral entertaining speakers on the program. This is the thirteenth year that the award has been made in ^this state, the eighth year in the Southern con ference, and the sixth in the South eastern conference. The awards will Ned Sprunf'Hays of this city, isr one of nine South Carolina flying ,, i.r 1. ,.1. cadets included among 266 embryo Miss WonmM hM b^ a i pilots who completed the basic phase ber of the norida Street facuiy for. , | several yean as a seventh grade in-!field, Texas ^e “West! Point of the Air." Lothian, On Return To U. S., Predicts Difficult Year As Gold Dwindles. structor. MAKE BIG JUMP air corps reserve. Cotton glnnings in Laurens county prior to November 14 from the 1940 crop totaled 29,130 bales, it was re ported yesterday by Marvin W. San ders, special agent of the bureau cf the census of the department ofj^^nKiTw ai i ^-rxrrrx commerce, CUUN I Y ALLUTT tU This compared with 24,611 bales 14^748 ACRES ginned from the 19.39 crop for the { same period last year, an increase of 4,519 bales. New York. Nov. 23.—Lord Lothian. Agfiys will noNv xo < ^ ^ ^ the advancto flvine school at KeHv' ambassador to the Lmted I States, has returned from his bomb- field, Texas, for a final ten weeks . .. j u • j xi. . aerial trainink in formation tlyinj'5“ ''T.f f n o • and cross ^try navigation, both ifmamial day and night. 4fore winning his P^'"" “''I!"''- •■wings” and shouider bars c.riy in^ His country, he said, was hegin- Janiii^ as second iieutenant m the was one of fourteen CHEATHAM CALLED IN ARMY FOR YEAR J. A. Cheatham, principal of Flori da Street school for the past three go to the best football blockers in: years and first lieutenant in the army the three divisions. j reserves, has been called to one year Announcement has been made that [of military service, effective Decem- Ithe event is to be sponsored this year!ber 5th, to be stationed at Fort' tby the local Chamber of Commerce. Bragg, N. C, Mr. Cheatham is now assigned REFERENDUM ON COTTON DEC. 7 All Laurens county farmers who imxhiced cotton last yaar will be eli-i 'glble to vote December 7 on wheth er cotUm marketing quotes will be -in effect on the 1941 crop. 'Gounty Agent C. B. Cmnon and tbe AAA committee will be in dtaive of all arrangements for the' referen dum and the voting will be carried out in each community as in tee past .with three local farmers serving on tee cmnmittee for each precinct KIWAN18 MBIT TODAY The raguler meeting of the BSssto- jn chib win be bold teis rvwing at DRIYB CABEFULLT SAVE A UFB- So Far Tliig Year Hmto Hake Bom 14 FATALmBS ffMI * AIJTOlftOBlLB ACCmiNTB fai LAURENS COUNTY Ltt^ StiiTo Tit Make 1»40 61 Safa You Ob tilt ]9ifkwaya. with the 913th infantry with head quarters at Augusta, Ga. DEPENDENT STATUS FOR DRAFT BROADER Columbia, Nov. 25.—Support by a selective service registrant of his parents, grandparents, brothers or sisters will be considered as a basis for “dependency” deferment fromjhi|te*B backfield dazzlers, has been training in the same way as his care I picked on the honor squad from the BURNETT PICKED ON SHRINE SQUAD Charles Burnett, one qf Clinton of his wife or children, tee state draft 'headquarters said todaqr. i Officials said that local boards would “carefully weigh all questions two Carolinas for the fourth annual Sirine all-star game to be played in Charlotte on Decenteer 7te. This game will be tee rubber game of the of dependency and not confine thelcthonor aeries now deadlocked with a • investigations to the deptodent sta tus of wives or children” in consid ering the defermott of a registrant. 1 [YARBOROUGH MILL ROAD to BE LET The Yarborough Mill road, route SO, is Included in an advertisement of tee state hi^way department to be let for Improvements on Tuesday, December Srd. The contract for earth surfacing, which preceeds the contract for pav ing, includes a distance of 6.548 miles fnm U. S. route 211 at Watts Mill towari Craw Anchor. victory apiece for North and South Caroltoa and a tie. Fleming Resigns From Droft Board -- Charles F. Fleming, well known Laurens banker, resigned last week as chairman of the Laurens Selec-' tive Service board. * Announcement has been made by. Governor Burnett R. Maybank I. of the appointnoent of Mareus S. Boyd, farmer of the Trinity Ridge section, to fill the vacancy. Other members of the board are F. E. Boba, Gray Court, and J. L. Lewis of Lawaas. nanciai resources. The envoy passengers who came from Lisboji on : Pan American Airways’ .Atlantic !Clipper. Another clipper, the Dixie. , immediately followed with nine pas sengers. also from Lisbon. The 1941 AAA cotton allotment, Lothian foresaw “a difficult vear ’ for Laurens county is 46,248 acres, for the British and an emphatic need it has been announced from the of- of all kinds of war materials. incKid- fice of R. W. Hamilton, state AAA ing airplanes, munitions, ships and official, Columbia. - {“perhaps finance.’’ ■ He emphasized that England ‘ defi- ; nitely does not need men" a.s part of this country's assistance. The ambassador was optimi.stic of British success, however, and assert ed that “confideiK'e in ultimate vic- *tory is high.’’ Asked at a pr^s conference wheth er his statement regarding England's need of finance was intended to con vey the idea that his government might ask lor loans. Lord Lothian replied that since virtually all of Britain’s gold and securities, had Iwen exhausted, the fmal factor figvirod in discussions of next year’s w ar* effort. Lothian said that the Llmted States was increasing its already satisfac tory- assistesace to England and as serted that he wanted it understoiHi that there was no feeling in b '* homeland that American a.ssistan( (was not enough. I “No on in England is under ar Mllusion, and 1941 will be a hard ar [difficult year,” he said. “Anythu. you can send us we w ant, and it mav make a great deal of difference. * MR. MERCHANT CTirisjmas is just around the comer. There are thousands of Christmas shoppers in your trade area who are starting their holiday buying, and will be attracted by your mes.sages in THE CHRONICLE^ Now is the time to start and go after jrour share of this Christmas business. Our advertising de partment Is ready to assist you with helpful holiday illustra tions. The cheapest.and most effec tive advert^ing know is News paper Advertising. Placed in the home newspaper, your store message is read by all members of tbe family. Newipapers from other cities coming into Clinton are filled with advertisements seeking the patixmage of your proepec- tive customers. If you don’t get your share of Christmas trade your competitor will. Begin now and talk each week to the pepole of Clinton’s trade area through— The Chronicle nw Pavtr nat U lea* Br [LIONS TO ATTEND [zone MEETING I A zone meeting of Lions clubs will be held Monday evening Dec. 2, at the Cleveland hotel, Spartaifburg, at 8 o’clock, dubs participating will be Clinton, Newberry, Union, Gaflaey, t^>artanburg and Greer. Or. D. W. Duilel of C1«bqsob col lege, will be gaegi speaker, H has been announced. \