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Volume XL
Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, December 5, 1940/
Number 49
SANTA CLAUS ARRIVES FRIDAY. 5:30 P. M.
7
COUNTY FARMERS
VOTE SATURDAY
IN REFERENDUM
Cotton Growers To Pass
On Marketing Quotas
For 1941. Voting Places
Listed.
Laurens county cotton farmers,
along with those throughout the cot
ton belt of the United States, will be
given an opportunity Saturday, De
cember 7th, to vote in the 1941 cot-
tc h marxeting quotas referendum.
Jack H. Davis, Sr., of Clinton, chair
man of the county AAA committee,
announced yesterday that the polls
will open at 8:30 a.m. and close at
5:00 p.m.
Chairman Davis urges that all who
had an interest in producing cotton
this yeax go to the polls and vote as
they desire. He further pointed out
that of the 4,479 eligible voters of
the county, 52.7 voted in 1938, in
1939 49.6 per cent, and in 1940, 39
per cent. The vote cast, however, Mr.
Davis stated, was 94 per cent or bet
ter in favor of the marketing quota.
The referendum has been author
ized by the federal farm act and will
be conducted by the AAA throughout
the cotton belt. The election will de
termine whether cotton marketing
quotas will be in effect on the 1941
crop. Marketing quotas are appli
cable to all cotton except that with
a staple length of one and a half
inches or more.
County Agent C. B, Cannon urges
county farmers to consider the quo
tas provisions and present cotton sit
uation closely, and to vote their own'
convictions. He emphasizes that, re-
gai-dless of how they vote, all eligible]
growers should cast their ballots to
make the vote as representative as
possible.
A committee of three farmers will
serve as managers at each voting
precinct. The following headquarters
for voting have been announced by
Mr. Cannon, with the chairmen
named who will jse in charge of the
election:
Sullivan township: Hickory Tavern
school, James D. Wasson, chairman.
Dials township: Abercrombie-Ow-
ings store, Tom W, Barksdale, chair
man.
Youngs township: Robert A. Har
ris’ store, James T. Manly, chairman.
Waterloo townships Center Point
school, Chester L. Phillips, chairman.
Laurens township: Agricultiural
building, Earle R. Blakely, chairman.
Scuff letown township: Sandy
Springs school, Bryan' A. Gbodwin,
chairman.
Jacks township: Bell’s store, John
L. Adair, chairman.
Hunter township: Vacant store on
Musgrove street, Clinton, Thomas R.
Davis, chairman.
Cross Hill township (White): L. £.
Martin’s store, John F. Griffin, chair
man; (colored) Cross Hill colored
school, William O. Noffz, chairman.
Te Elect Committeemeii
County Agent Cannon stated yes
terday ^at he is in receipt of in-!
structions from state headquarters |
calling for the election of AA county >
and community committeemen for
1941. The schedule and hqur set!
for the meetings for this purpose,!
Christmas Parade
For Famous Guest
Thousands To Welcome St. Nick and Witness
Turning On Of Vori-Colored Bulbs To Moke City
Like Toyland. Aerial Fireworks Display.
Presbyterians Plan
Meetings Over-State—
Stewardship Preaching
Group To Visit First
Church Here Jon. 21.
From his ico-covered palace in the
snowy northland, Santa Claus wiil
make his annual flight to Clint«m
Friday ahd \vill p'rrMde in inyal jol
lity Gvor the Christmas parade sched
uled to start promptly at 5.30 p.m.
Many thousands of his young sub-
ject.s will greet him, and their dads
and mothers will be ju.st as excited
a.s the young>ters when the glittering
lights are turned on at the stroke of
The Presbyterian .'ynod of 5>outh
.. . a.oO and the parade move.s up S<juth
Carolina has announced a statewide ^ , . ,
stewardship preaching mission cov-
Broad street to the business section.
Cheery St. Nicholas comes to Clin-
Thousands are expected to
arrival. Wires
! ering all of the presbyteries to be „ ■ . . ,
.held January 14-24. The program an- .V., ...
! j » u * .u ■* 4U« city and Chamber of Commerce
I nounced for each of the cities in the k., t r o u
itinerary will include a relic,wship “ P’'''""
supper arranged at 6 p^. by thei
.host and stewardship chairman m have reached CHRONICLE that
each pre.sbytery. From ,.30 to 9 an distinguished visitor, attired m
mspiraticjnal meeting will be held to Ifight red suit trimmed With
whKh a l men. women and young , ^ 1., headeti toward Clin-
people of the presbytery are invited. j ^
^ . ton from toe snowbound regions
One of the group meetings will be the North Pole. Ho
i-ex peeling the
held January 21st at the First Pres- b^ys and girls of this entire section
j byterian church of this city with Dr. to turn out en masse to greet him.
ID. J. Woods as chairman. Dr. Ros- Santa’s arrival marks the official
well C. I>mg of Greenwood, is the inauguration in Clinton of the Christ-
• stewardship chairman for South Car- mas .season. In preparation for the
.olina presbytery which includes Lau-,event, merchants have stocked their
rens county. ■ shelves with Christmas goods and
Composing the team of speakers decorated their windows-and busi-
to cover the state will be Dr. Frank! ness establishments in a manner be-
^C» Brown of Dallas, Texas, moder- fitting the season al joy and good
ator of the Presbyterian assembly; vv-ill.
Dr. T. R. Young, pastor of the Idle-
wild church, Memphis, Tenn.; Dr.
Cattle Business
In County Grows
iCLINTON NATIONAL
GUARD UNIT TO BE
{CALLED JANUARY 13
About so Herds Found
In County, Farm Agent
Asserts.
The Clinton National Guard unit j
will be inducted into service at Fort j
Stewart, near Savannah. Gai, Janu
ary 13, 1941, it has been announced '
from the adjutant general’s office in
Columbia'. '
Laurens, Dec. 3.—In line with i The company, a former unit of the .
the general development of Laur- 263^*^,artillery, has been de-
J tached from that regiment to form
ens county s agricultural and other new and separate No. 107lh di-
resources, a large number of farm- vision, known as a “mobile unit.’’ It
ers and business men have gone j will go into active service as an anti-
into beef cattle raising dh. an im-1 aircraft battalion, each battery con-
portant scale, some last year, others j sisting of eight anti-aircraft guns
in recent weeks, with from 16 to 20 automobiles and
Big Parade At 5:30
. Crowds are expected to start col-
, William P. Jacobs, president of Pres- lecting along the line of march long
: byterian college. Clinton; Dr. Hunter before the parade begins. As Santa
(B. Blakely, president of Queens col- rides up North Bniad street. Cliri-
{lege. Charlotte; Dr. J. McD. Richards, ton’s lovely lights will sparkle forth
I president of Columbia Theological g welcome to the famous guest, and
i seminary, Decatur, Ga., and chair- fi^,^ the city’s business section with
men of stewardship, education and the lights of thousands of softly-
! evangelism of synod and presbyter-; incarKlescents for the holl
ies. The purpose of the preaching ^ jay season. Several lovely trees in
mission, the directors state, is to pre- the center of the town brilliantly il-
sent the interrelation of stewardship, luminated will cbmplete the perfect
Christian education and evangelism
Jn keeping with the present empha-, Yu{^‘^
^is of the Presbyterian church in line state
(With stewardship which is being ob- a number of school and commer-
Local Building and Loan '"®*^'^^ Protestant
Association Declares >
Usual 4 Per Cenl*
Citizens Federal
Dividend
Pays
churches of America.
A dividend for the six months pe
riod, June 30th to December 31, on
DISTRICTfRESS
MEET AT LAURENS
cial floats will lake part in the color
ful parade. Music will be furnished
by the college and school bands, and
the Laurem school . band, ha;* ..also,
been- invited to participate in the
parade. Others taking part will be
the CCC tKiys from the camp near"
Altogether, there are 25 to 30
special herds, consisting of Here
ford and Black Angus beef types in
trucks.
The batteries here, at Newberry, I
Lancaster and Hampton county, just
various parts of the county, which [ organized, will make up the new
means that more attention is being division,
given to suitable pasture areas and
follow:
Sullivan township: 9:30 a.m.,. Mon-'
day, December 9, Hickory Tavern ■
\ school. (
Dials township: 2.j0 p.m., Monday,:
December Gray Court-Owinffis
high school.
Youngi; township: 3:00 pan., Mon
day, December 9, Youngs school.
Laurens township: 9:30 ajn., Tues-,
day, December 10, Agricultural
building.
Waterloo township; 3:00 p. m.,
Tuesday, December 10, Center Point'
school.
. Scuffletown township: 3:00 p.’^m.,.
Tuesday, Dec. 10, Sandy Springs!
schooL I
Hunter and Jacks township: 9:301
ajn., Wednesday, December 11, Clin-i
ton high schooL ' I
Cross Hill township: 2:30 p.m.,'
Wednesday, December 11, Cross HlRl
high school (for white), and 3:001
pjn., Cross Hill colored school (tori
colored). j
“’' THIRTY-ONE MORE
Latest ventures in the cattle I ON NYA ROLLS
growing industry are currently be-j
ing made by R. H. Roper, Laurens, A total of 31 persons were added
' who has bought a 700-acre tradt, to NYA rolls for regular out-of-
known as the Wieters place, a few-school projects in Laurens county
miles south of the city, on which al-j during the month of October, while j
ready there are commodious barns 115 were dropped in favor of private'
and some fence inclosures, construct- ] employment or for other reasons, ac-
ed by a former owner, Albert Na-j cording to Mrs. Mamie Summer of
bers, who continues to operate a siz-' Newberry, area supervisor. This in-
able beef and dairy cow business ^ indicates, she said, the beginning of
between Laurens and Clinton; also'a large expansion in NYA through-
E. D. Easterby, Frank Dial, D. F.jout this state for national defense,
Patterson, Laurens; J. D.' Wasson, < which will bring about an increase
near Hickory. Tavern, and G. P.1 in NYA employment of about 40 per
Wenck, near Fountain Inn. icent.
^ . The first meeting of publishers of Goldville. local National Guard unit,
the basis of 4 i^r cent per annum,, the 4th and 5th districts of the Pal- the college R.O.T.C. unit, and chil-
was authorized by the board of direc- metto Weekly Press association was d,-en on bicycles. dres.sed in gay cos-
tors of the Citizens Federal Savings held in Laurens Friday evening, ar- tumes.
and Loan asswiation at its monthly rangements for the gathering being Cash prizes amounting to S50 will
meeting held Tuesday night, and is, charge of Allie Lee, publisher of j be presented the three floats entered
Laurens AdvertLser. in the parade selcted as the most at-
Laurens tractive. $25 for first place. $15 for
31. The div idend applies on all classes hotel, after which an informal ses- second and $10 for third
of shares, investment and savings. was held presided over by W. . »__i„| ,-1, iti i
The Citizens which is the city’s W. Smoak of Walterboro, president a„ ***i*?^ . .
olde.st building and loan as.sociation.! of the a.ssociation. Various phases of .l- . tV, c ce e
was organized 31 years ago and' w-eekly new'spaper makmg were dis-. ,
through the years has enjoyed a large, cu.s.sed by several speakers including !,,.«• ivimh hrii*^
^ u.fi/r-...._i. C . 4- bombshells, machine gun sheiks.
volume of business. Three and a half Frank So.ssamon of Gaffney, presi- „4,. mt gun shelk>,
years ago it had total assets of $97,-tdent of the State Pj-ess association.L.t .f n ‘
000.39. Todav its assets total $465.- .Simil.-ir aronn
000.39. Today its assets total $465,- Similar group meetings are-being]
260.43. It is a home-owned and oper-: held in the state at this time. j
mg a wonderful bombardment that
ated association with all accounts in-' The address of welcome was given’ h4>'*y!ven*
sured up to $5,000, and is headed by by J. Leroy Burns, covinty supenn- r ‘*"1 propirty ^vt .he
the following officers and directors:! tendent of education. ^
M. J. McFadden, president; J. P. i —
Prather, vice-president; B. H. Boyd,'^' ' '
secretary-treasurer; B. Hubert Boyd, ACCEPTS CALL HERE
assistant secretary. Board of direc- ^
tors: M. J. McFadden, B. H. Boyd,
S. W. Sumerel, J. P.'’‘I^ather, W. W.
Harris, W, A. Moorhead, D. C. Heus-
tess, T. D. Copeland and Heath Cope
land. ' t
Other producers roentiltned by Ihe j those added to toe rolls in this
farm agent, with one or more years county, 10 were white boys and 9:
ahead in the business Include Dial were girls. A total of ^2 Negro boys
Gray, W. F. Byers,' R^. Roper, J. C. and girls were added during the
McCall, J. B. Humbert and S. Gary month.
Dillard of Clinton, the last named
Presbyterian Men
To Meet Tonight
o^ing one of the largest herds in ^fQ^es To Remain
— Open Friday Night
Until 9 O'clock
whittrn host to
COUNtY MEDICOS
Mein's Bible Clolss
Gives To Orphanoge
The Men’s Bible class of the First
Presbyterian church made a Thanks
giving offering of $476.00 to Thom-
well orpiianage. The class, which is
beaded by Dr. A. E. Spencer as
teadier, makes a liberal contribu
tion to the institution each year at
the Thanksgiving season.
I A majority of Clinton^ stores will
‘ remain open Friday night until 9
Dr. S. O. Whitten, superintendent j o’clock, -it was announced yesterday
of the State Training school was host ^ by the Chamber of Commerce. |
to toe Laurens County Medical asso- The change in the closing hour to- i
ciation for their November meeting, (morrow is made on account of the!
The meeting was presided over by big Christmas celebration to be stag-
The Men-of-the-Church of the i
First Presbyterian church will hold,
their December meeting this evening
at 7:30 at the church. The commit
tee in charge of the meeting is ex- j
pecting an unusually large attend-1
ance with an interesting program to;
follow the serving of supper by a la- j
dies group of the church. All Pres- i
byterian men in the community are'
cordially invited. j
Details of the big event, sponsored
by toe Chamber ul Cornnierte. will
bo found in a page advertisement .n
today's paper. Two >.pt‘cial messages
bearing the .-.ignature of practu-ally
all merchants and busuu'>s hrmses
of the city, also app**ar in today’s pa
per inviting the public to make their
places of busine.ss headtjuarters for
Christmas buying. Thcs<* attractive
aiivertisement-s should not lat*-uver-
looked.
In short. Friday will be a gala day
m Clinton, with everybody from ev
erywhere invited to be piesint for
the celebration.
TEACHERS HOLD
SECOND MEETING
toe president. Dr. J. W. Davis of this
city. Following the serving of a de-
Ughtfi^l turkey dinner, papers were
offered by Dr. J. D. Guess, Green
ville; Dr. C. J. Scurry, Greenwood;
Dr. E. A. Hines, Sen^; and Dr.
Whitten.
ed beginning at 5:30. Thousands of|
people, young and grown-ups, are i
expected in the city for the special
program and the later closing hour
will prove a convenience to shoppers
who desire to inspect Christmas dis
plays. ,
To Celebrate
Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Bluford B. Blakely,
who reside near Clinton, will com
memorate their golden wedding anni
versary Wednesday, December 18,
with a reception at the home between
the hours of 6 and 10 pjn.
The_second meeting of the year as
arranged by the Laurens County
Teachers a.ssoi'iatiun \^as held in the
Laurens high scho«.d auditorium last
Thursday afternoon with the presi
dent. G. M. Gray of Hickory Tavern,
presiding;
New pastor of the First Presbyte- J. K. Derrick, principal of the Lau-
rian church of this city. Mr. Roberts rens high schtnil, led the panel dis-
REY. J. K. ROBERTS
will enter upon his pastorate here
the first of January, succeeding Dr.
D. J. Woods, resigned.
For the past three years Mr. Rob
erts has b^n assistant pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Greens
boro, N, C.
cussion on “Guidance” in which sev
eral other speakers partk-ipatetl. The
Rev. J. H, Kyzar, pastor of toe Lau
rens First Baptist church, conducted
the devotional. Elntertainment tor the
hfternoon was provided by a group
from the Joanna school of GoUlville.
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