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■ • - the CHSOKICIE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Ollttitott (Hbtanxdt V if You Don't Reod THE CHIiOMaE You Don't Get the News Volume XLI Clinton, S. C., Thursday, January 2, 1941 Number 1 NEW YEAR FINDS MUCH OF WORLD IN STRIFE AND MISERY 1941 Slated for Gigantic War Drive In Europe. Britoin Defiant Agoinst Germony. Washington, Jan. 1. — A world at ^ ^ war today quit a year of unparalleled conquest and devastation and sacri- lice and grimly heard its leaders’ promises of a “Happy New Year”— of conquest and devastation and sac rifice. Reichsfurtirer Adolf Htiler, suc cessful in 1940 in conquering Nor way, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, and in consolidating his posi tion in previously beaten, countries, greeted Nari party -followers with a promise that in 1941 he would com plete “the greatest victory in his tory.” British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, reviewiiig unprecedented destruction in London, scoffed at the Moorhead Assumes I Helm Of Kiwanis i New President and Offi cers Instolled. Organi zation for Year Given. ^ William A. Moorhead, manager of the Joanna Textile Mills company, j Goldville, on Thursday evenii)g was | installed as president of the Clinton j Kiwanis club for the coming year,! succeeding F. C. Pinson. | Dr. A. E. Spencer, a past president, • presided, and inducted the newly-, elected officers into office. A vote of | thanks and appreciation was extend- < ed F. C. Pinson, the retiring presi-j dent, for his faithful and aggressive i leadership during the past year. [ Mr. Moorhead, the new president, j who has been active in Kiwanis work j for several years, outlined his plans j for the coming year and invited thCj cooperation and help of the member-! ship. He then announced the com-! plete organization of his club for \ 1941, together with committee ap pointments. F. C. Pinson, retiring president, will serve as vice-president, and W. Write A Letter, Win $5.00 THE CHRONICLE will award $5.00 Free to the man or woman, boy or girl, who writes us the best letter during the month of Janu ary on this subject; "YYhy I Read The Chiooicle" Send your letter in before the last day of the month setting forth why you are a reader of The Chronicle. The publisher Will select what is considered the best letter, award $5.00 to the author, and publish the winning communication. Get busy today. Send your letter in any time during the month. THE CHRONICLE, from time to time during the year, will offer similar prizes. For February another subject will be announced and a similar prize awarded. Presbyterian Pastor To Enter Upon Work i. K. Roberts and Family Arrive From Greensboro. To Occupy Pulpit Sunday. The Rev. J. K. Roberts. Mrs. Rob erts and two small boys, are to ar rive in the city today and will occupy j the Wysor home on Maple street. j MONEY WORRIES FACE LEGISLATURE SOON TO CONVENE f Lawmakers To Find ^,500,000 Deficit Star ing Them In the Face As Big Financiol Problem. Columbia, Jan. I.—Busines.s i.s bet- ^ -Iter and state revenue is increasing Mr^ Roberts as the nevv pastor of financial worries will be upper- the First Presbyterian church, will ! occupy his pulpit fdt the first time t Sunday morning, succeeding Dr. D. , J. Woods, whose resignation became ! effective the first of January. Idea ol pew until "we have beaten j,. Simpson has been re-eiected as them,” and he promised Germany ’*flomething back.” Premier Mussolini, experiencing military reverses on the Albanian and African fronts, maintained si lence, but his controlled press con tinued its attacks on democracies. Chief of State Philippe Petain told Prance that “we will go hungry in 1941, urged workers not to become discouraged if “some industries come to a dead halt” during the new year md resigned hiansclf and his nation _ to a continued blockade, which “does! not depend on us.” ! Boys and The United States, sobered byjQ p^y President Roosevelt’s determination gloan secretary-treasurer. In addition to the officers, the fol lowing will compose the board of di rectors: L. E. Bishop, Dennis Q. Sow ers, James P. Sloan, R. T. Dunlap, W. E. Monts, Ratchford W. Boland and J. A. Cheatham. The committees as appointed by the president are as follows; Agriculture: B. H. Boyd, R. T. Dun-1 iuncss. She was the widow of Attendanc^House and Reception: W- H. Wallace who preceded her to most just the same when ScYuth Car olina’s eighty-fourth general a.ssem- bly convenes January 14. The lawmakers will find .staring j them in the face an anticipated j Mr. Roberts is not a stranger in j $3,500,000 deficit — born principally j Clinton, having graduated from Pres-j through the supreme court’s invali- I byterian college in 1928. He then en-i Nation of two legislative attempts to tered Union seminary. Richmond, | use state highway fvinds for general Va., where he received his theologi^ | expenses. leal training. Following his graduation! in some instances legislators have I his first pastorate was in Point Pleas-! suggested that the deficit be retired ant. W. Va., wheih he held until 1937.'over a period of several years, point- I Since that time he has served as as-' ing to the growing revenue. Some sistant pastor of the First Presbyte-j said that taxpayers would be hostile J rian church at Greensboro, N. C. The i to new taxes, since they were aware committee on securing a pastor unan- that the national defense expendi- imously recommended Mr. Roberts j tures would require the federal gov- and he was elected at a congrega-j ^mment to tap some new sources of tional meeting held on the morning' money: of November 24th. j Biennial legislative se.ssions — ap- 70, beloved resident of Jalapa, and ’ ^^y ^lUnisterial association an-' proved by the general election voters , I eliminating grade crossing hazards nounced yesterday that a union wel- in November—will join with the wet- < V. I during the fiscal year beginning next'come service for the new pastor will i dry question in adding to the prob- this city, died at the home of her ^ ^ ^ announced today John M Sunday evening, January ilems inevitably to confront the legis- 12th. 'lature. Dr. D. J. Woods, the retiring pas-j. The voters a.sked the lawmakers to Mrs. W. H. Wallace Passes At Jalapa Beloved Woman Suc cumbs To Extended Ill ness. Interment At Bush River Cemetery. Mrs. Elizabeth Cleland Wallace, daughter, Mrs. S. P. Harris on Mon day afternoon, December 23, after a State To Receive U. S. Highway Aid Roods Needed In Na tional Defense To Be Improved. Washington, Dec. 30. — Appwrtion- ment of $134,062,500 as federal aid to states in improving highways and L. B. Dillard, D. Q. Sowers, R. W. the grave several years ago. Funeral services were held Tues- Carmody, federal works administra tor. The administrator urged that pri ority and expedition be given to roads needed in national defense. Carmody later will submit to the tor, preached his last sermon Sunday ratify their action in order to change ' legislative sessions from an annual to ^ riric WnrV- w V vi«ntc aftemoon at 3 o’clock from the president a survey showing the high-l“*^ ' •o T d I residence of S. P. Harris with the way needs from the standpoint ofjb^re , R. L. Plaxico, James McKittrick in charge, national defense. Si«>ce of Japan. Crman/ and;SS Italy, nevertheless woke up today' -- ----- . anH n^ii^hhnrs eath#r.»H tn nav a last nrovement of th#* f*^eral-aiH system: land under his leadership the church with the same old headache from . anme old causes. And thanked heaven; tt was nothing r - ' With business wader the nation charge. Bush River morning, using as his text, John 3; 16, the same text he used for his first sermon when he assumed the pastor ate early in 1921. Dr. Woods came from Covington, Va., and for twenty years has been a faithful and ThrmonerSportioned today wasljfarle^ expounder of the Word of a biennial basi.s. In the Democratic referendum, they recommended by a 60,000-vote margin the state’s return to the dry .status that prevailed until 1935. “With our nation in the midst of a ana (ana grave a large numoer oi inenos oer. ii is aiviaea aiw.wu.uw lor iiii-1 •- day' anil Vitcir T M Roianri 'neighbors gathered to pay a last provement of the federal-aid system; 1 unc^r his leadership the church thel T r ^rri«n r N Fnv » ^*‘**'^'*^ ^ loved foT | $17,500,000 for improvements of sec- *** ven Christian character and sweet jondary roads and $20,000,000 for I'^o^k. When Dr. Woods assumed the ing worse. i Vocational rtuiHanoP A F gentle personality. The efteem I eliminating grade crossings. A pro- iness beginning to boomL-_ t r Lvnn J h Hunter which she was held in the com-t portion of each division, totaling nation’s insatiable hunger) ijnriernriviiafferi rhiin- V h where her life ht^ been an more than $4,000,000 goes to adminis- . --i...-:-!.- ... JJnderpriviieged cniid. £. ri. A.ratT,r.i« uibc kw frotivn rwKtc defense m^rials; money kndi^ r j B onzts! wme flowed copiously over the coun-! tjj, j y^, ’ ' '' J*'" w ■ . r KiWWgg"Bqptuiloa: J. L. Delaney, Ht-at P*^the nation’s battle Iy^ir g Ferguson, D. C. Heustess, F. L. Wna centered m a half-dozen football webb. *^And around the world with the sun I —from international date line to temational date line—rang an “Auld j E. Bishop, Lang Syne” — perhaps for happier T’ Business Standards—H. D. Hairy, W. D. Copeland, F. C. Pinson, J. A. Cheatham. years than 1941 promises to be Parties Over Natien New Year celebrants tooted the . f^rps of dilemma across the nation '^luaday ni(^t. They didiVt < know whether they were cheering that 1940 was gone or 1941 was coming in. Americans could at leaat rejoice that they were at peace in a warring \ Miss Christina Derrick of John- world. They made the best of it while i ston, has been elected by the board Londoners sang “Auld Lang Syne” in | of school trustees as a sixth grade bomb shelters and Berlin residents teacher in Florida street acbooL Miss who coud afford it crowded the West Derrick who will enter upon her NEW TEACHER AT FLORIDA STREET vqiright example, was evidenced by the beautiful floral offerings banked about her grave. Mrs. Wallace is survived by six jsons and three daughters as follows: J. W. Wallace of Central. C. C. Wal lace of Jalapa, Mrs. Hunter of this city, D. R. Wallace of Allentown, Pa., F. H. Wallace of Seneca, Mrs. S. P. Harris of Jalapa, Mrs. J. L. Epps of Charleston, Rel^ Wallace of West £>k1, N. C., L. A. Wallace of Columbia; four brothers, A. A. Cle> land of Newberry, Sam Cleland of Mountville, J. S. Cleland of Texas, and R. X. Cleland of Mountville; four sisters, Mrs. Torn Davis of near Clinton, Mrs. Tom Hatton of High l^int. N. C., Miss Dolly Cleland of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Maggie Boyd of Mountville. Snd cafes and beer gardens. As the New Year moved westward at hourly intervals through the time belts. New Yorkers jammed Times | occurred during the holidays Square, Chicagoans packed the loop, work Monday, sucemris Miss Ruby Norris of Newberry, vdiose marriage to William Lee Morgan of Pickens, trative costs. The money goes to states in pro portion to populatioR, area and mile^ age of rural post roads. Grade crosa- ing hands are divided, one-half ac cording to population, one-fourth on the basis of mileage of the federal aid system and one-fourth according to railroad mileage. The states select the projects, let the contracts and pastorate the church had a member ship of 330. In the April report to Presbytery the membership is given as 451. During the years he has served the congregation it has con tributed for local expenses, including the new church building, $196,354.46. Contributions during the same period for benevolent causes amounted to $227,529.00. The many friends of Dr. and Mrs. Woods will be glad to know they will continue to reside in Clinton could do no better thing than to cut Out a lot of the usual run of contro versial bills and have a short session in 1941,” Rep. Chadwich of Saluda, said. “Business and industry are tired and sick of annual seuions of the legislature. And if yoU had an ex- prmskm from v the. ntaJorttF the legislators, my guess is that they too are opposed to spending so many tiresome, unnecessary hours away from their homes and business, not to mention the additioiuil expense to both the legislators and the state.” Representative Paul M. Alien, of Spartanburg, said that approximatebf and San Franciscans throng^ MONTS TO EETURN HOME ket street. , j W. E. Monts, superintendent of In every large city hotel and night ^ expected to re club reservations were at premiums home today after being 18 LOCALITIES IN STATE SEND MEN TO JACKSON siiDcrvifl^ confltm^ion subiset to' both &rc bold in hiKb federal annrovaL ' I The historic First church to date 1^1 P®r cent of the tax income ot the Carmo^ also announced appor- ,^ ^ad o^^thrw i^tor^ The late'^fe was expended by the highway tionment of $lji0e.000 to be spent in I ” he ..id the 13 public land states for roads!«»« pastor and served in this. It is true, he said, through public Unds and federal res-I «P«c»ty for forty-seven years ervations. ^The opportionment by ® ^ ^ ^ ^ i resigning the charge to accept j that reason the highway department South Carolina Reeular federal i* professorship at Presbyterian col-: claims that all income taken from the aid^S4LJS!^^n<I-^ or Dr. Woods, as the third P«tor. | motomta^rtj^be in the that this in- The come is derived fitHn the motorists ; second pastor was Rev. Frank Dudley s t a t e s i Jones, DJJ., who served for eight of South Carolina seem perfect ly willing to continue to pqy—and tor Toads, $134,787; grade crossings, $297,944; total, $1,874,371. North Carolina: Regular federal has served the church for twenty I interest of the motorists. years. Mr. Roberts, who now enters upon his ministry here, will be the aid, ^,87t.f88; secondary or feeder P^^r ol the church during I Its long and noble history of service i in this community. roads, $418,297; grade $515,536; total, $3,310,673. crossings. ARCHIE ADAIR TO SCHOOL BELLS TO RING MONDAY Eighteen South Carolina towns and cities will send 25 selectees to Fort | Jackson for induction into the army' oET AIR t^INGS of the United States on Friday, Jan- wnging from $30 a couple down-1 | uary 3. officials at the ward. Spending was on a scale com-'y,^^j uj herel®^ilP" announced. Rantin of this city, is ... nu * i. i .4 .... ...4 mensurate with or in anticipation of cLi ^Jhire iiil be rfLi to selectees wiU include 19 white (South Carolina cadets in a class of, holiday period • - ■ ~ -- ^ t ”’5? """i his iUnecs I augurate the 1941 induction activities pitte their basic flight training at imew. j at Fort Jackson. j Randolph Field, Texas, the “'West, . I An extensive induction program | Point of the Aiir,” during Christmas | ^ vacation for the remainder of the month will week That being the cam, then the in come derived from tobneep, liquor, wine and beer should by the same rule be expended in the interests of I the smokers and drinkers in this I state,” 1 Reprcecntattve J. Curtis Moore, of ! Cherokee county, referring to the $3,000,000 derived by the state an nually from alcoholic beverage sales, said that some revenue measure defense boom prosperity. Champagne scarcities sent prices on better grades sharply upward but many found do mestic bubbles just as lively. Hotel reservations in Manhattan | were 50 per cent higher than last! year. Only transportation companies' seemed disappointed. Railroads and airlines found traffic “fairly heavy” ^ but business broke no records. i DEPOSITORY PAYS YEAR'S DIVIDEND The board of directors of The Com-1 mercial Depository at a meeting on Triday afternoon, voted the payment] of a 6 per cent dividend to its stock- Iders as of December 31. | The directors at the same time au-1 rized an increase of $1,000 to the ius fund from the undivided its account, bringing the capital j surplus account to $10,000. I depository, since its organiza- in 1934, has enjoyed a steadily powing business. Its statement as of I December 30 shews total assets ofj $330,000, with deposits of $313,709.69. The annual stockholders meeting of the corporation will be held on Tuesday. January 14, at 4 pjn. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LtFE So Far This Year There Have Been o FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let*s Strive To Make 19il a Snfe Year On the Hijliways. This date last year, 0. be announced in the near future. This i the field’s history, program will cover the induction of; Cadet Adair is being transferred Archie S. Adair, son of Mrs. H. D. i Clinton city schools will re- i would be enacted to produce money Rantin of this city, is one of sixteen next Monday morning after the j to temporarily, he said, by re- hristmas holiday period. of “this ’rottra pillar’ that has Presbyterian college will resume, ironically been considered a support classwork today. The Thom well or- 1 jo the structure of our state govern- phanage schools began work Tuesday ment. He and Representative J. Kess The class was the largest in South Carolina boys who will be a part of the '6,000 white selectees to be designated to the 30th division during January. Included in the selectees will be i two volunteers frem Clinton Board j ] No. 50, John Robert W(-ods, Lau- irens R.FJD..N0. 3, and Roy Jennings 1 McPherson,'Waterloo R.F.D. to the advanced flying school at Kelly Field for a final ten weeks instruction before receiving his wings and commission as a second lieuten ant. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ARE TAKEN DOWN The lovely Christmas lights in the business section of the city were lak- Citizens Federal Mails Out Dividends A dividend for the six months pe- rio<l ending December 31, on the basis of 4 per cent per annum, was paid Tuesday by the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan association on all classes of shares, investment and sav- en down Monday by the water and light department after burning every j night since December 6, to add to the j beauty and impressiveness of the I Yuletide season. The decorations j were a source of pleasure to visitore j as well as Clinton people, and brought forth many complimentary I expressions. The Citizens is the oldest and larg- , est building and loan association in ^ the county, having been organized 31 j years ago. Mrs, Agnes Kem is visiting her. daughter, Mr*. P. S. McElhinney, and Mr. McElhinney in Atlanta, Ga. ' Tell It To The World The first rule of salesman ship is that if you have any thing to sell, don’t keep it a se cret. Tell it to the world! That, in Clinton s trade area, means to adverti.se it in THE CHRON ICLE. Every week this paper goes into the homes of this community where your pros pective ISMl cu.?tomers reside. The More People You Tell, the More You Will Sell! The most successful Clinton firms in !94I will be those who through effective advertising tell the buyinx public each week what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, the service they are prepared to give. Derrick, of Newberry county, were among legislators favoring refinanc- ' ing the deficit. i Representative M. O. Gardner, of I Charleston, predicted that the ses sion would be “one of the most try- ' ing sessions sinc-e the World war,i’ citing its “two-fold job” as a solu- I tion for the “present financial dilem- 1 ma” and “planning a sound economi- jcal footing for the future.” ICOUNTY GINNINGS 'SHOW BIG ^IN A substantial increa.se m cotton ginnings for Laurens county prior to December 13 over the same period I last year was reported yesterday by I Marvin W. Sanders, special agent for the bureau of census of the depart ment of commerce. 'The report shows that 32.165 bales of cotton were ginned in the county I prior to this date from the crop of 1940 as compared with 24,693 bales for the same crop of 1939, an in crease of 7,272 bales.