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m CHRONKIE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy ond Relioble m If You Don't Read ' THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XL! Clinton, S. C^., Thursday, Jonuory 16, 1941 Number 3 CHUtCHES OF CIIY UffiE« WaCOME SBtYicE TO weEim . ' Union Service At First Presbyterion For New Poster ond Farewell To Dr. Woods. Bone-Dry Bill Offered In House Representative Martin Of This County One of Authors of Measure. PRESBYTERIAN MEET HERE NEXT TUESDAY A statewide stewardship meeting as announced by the P^byteriun Synod of South Carolina, will be held at the First Prcsbjrterian church of this city on next Tuesday, January 21st. Dr. D. J. Woods of this city, is stewardship chairman of the presby> tery charged with promoting the Columbia, Jan. 14.—A straight-out | meeting, with similar missions being *‘dry” bill bobbed up in the house as held during the period January 14-24 the 84th general^ assembly quickly i organized Tuesday by electing its The churches of the city joined to-|l«ad«r8 without opposition and clear throughout the synod. FoUowing the supper period at six ODDS ARE NOW ON BRITISH VICTORY, GEN. STRONG SAYS Omaha, Jan. 14. — Brigadier Gen.i George V. Strong, former chief of the j general staff’s war plans division, has | offered his “personal and private i opinion” that on Jan. 1,England stood: a 55-45 chance to win the war with' Germany. General Strong, now commander inadequate Road Funds Are Found Williamson Says Defense and Rural Needs-Enlarge Highway Demands. j Columbia, Jan. 14.—Needs created j by the national defense program and of the seventh corps area with head- demands for hard-surfaced rural j quarters here, explained in an inter-lmads have enlarged the state high-! view that his odds were 70-30 on j department’s field although j AVIrw^k’ tKA T^rinl nmmrskm ti/ill aeparuiicni s uria aiu ~ w* ~ } ing the decks to hear Governor Bur- «iv»n from 7’20 to fi o’tdork with June 1 but by Septem-1 for road construction "are frther Sunday eventaj >t th« g M.yb<uik'» wlnual m«u(e atlUrge r«prM.nt.tlon «>pect«l ad«iuate for carrying on th.! th. churdl*. of U.U area. 15. favortf ^21 c’SlierT’s '7 » pose of the mission. Dr. R. C. Long F„gyi»nH «« an Amgarinan oh- ■ lat noon Tuesday with STATE ASSEMBLY CONVENES FACING MANY PROBLEMS Money Matters and Liquor Offer Bottle- grounds. $3,500,000 In herited Deficit To Wrestle With. Maybank Presbyterian church in welcoming' i2:30 p. m.. tomorrow. new pastor, Rev. John K. Roberts, R^p. J. Curtis Moore of Cherokee, who entered upon the pastorate the an author of the bill—which would, lirst of January. A part of the pro-! beginning July 1, outlaw whiskey, gram was a fareweU service to thejbegr and wine—reminded newspa- retiring pastor. Dr.. D. J. Woods,! permen that the Democratic pi^imary Columbia, Jan. 14. — South Caro- which had been arranged by the lo^ cal Ministerial Union in his honor. The service was attended by a large ’ congregation. The pastors of ,the city were seated on the rostrum .and took part in Uie program. iBfev. C. Bynum Betts, pastor of the < Akiociate Reformed Presbyterian diurch, presided and offered the in vocation. The Scripture reading was gflven by Rev. L. P.*McGee, pastor of Hortti Broad Street Methodist churdi, followed with prayer by Rev. Le- Grande Mayer, pastor of St. Jc^’s Lutheran church. The address to the retiring pastor. Dr. Woods, was made by Dr. L. R. Lynn, president of Thomwell or phanage and pastor of Thomwell Memorial church, and the oldest min ister in the city in point of. service. He spoke of'Dr. Woods' 20 years of voters favored returning the state to its “dry” status by 60,000 votes in an advisory referendum last slimmer. Their expression, be declared, was “in a clear and unmistakable man ner, so overwhelmingly that to my mind it is a mandate to their legis lators to remove from the eyes and lips of our youth this curse that will jdo more than dictators to disrupt our standards of life.” The bill, co-authored by Moore, Lake W. Stroup of CheitAee, C. H. Gresham of Greenwood and Walter L. Martin of Laurens, was referred to the judiciary committee. The house reelected Speaker Sol Blatt of Barnwell, speaker pro tem pore J. D. W. 2^rhst of Charleston, of Greenwood,- synod’s chairman on stewardship states, is to correlate the evangelistic call of the church with Christian education and Christian stewardship. Members of the commission to make the synod tour will include Dr. Frank Brown, Dallas, Texas, moder ator of the Preslqrterian Church in the United States; Dr. ITiomas K. Young, Memphis, Tenn.; Dr. Hunter Blakely, president of Queens col lege; Charlotte; Dr. W. P. Jacobs, president of Presbyterian college, Clinton, and Dr. J. M. Richards, pres ident of Colionbia Theological semi nary, Decatur, Ga. EDGAR TEMPLETON DIES SUDDENLY was in England as an American ob- liamson said today, server for several months last fall. William Edgar Templeton, 66, gen- Clerk James F. Hunter, Jr., Read-' erally known as “Ed,” died suddenly ing Clerk Frank Thornton of Clov-|in Laurens Saturday afternoon. He . g^ier. Sargeant-at-arms, W. Martin j was found dead shortly before six faithi^ service m Pendleton and the Rev. I o’clock at a rooming house where He in fh. ! R-1- of Columbia, chaplain. was staying. teem by the ministers that the com-' R- J«tte«'ies ofj Funeral services were held here m..nitv«nnrpriat*.«anH Without opposition, to be Sunday afternoon at 3:30 from the He predicted that a balance of military factors shifting toward the British, plus a possible critical short age of German oil and gasoline sup plies, will cause Germany to try des perately for a knockout by summer. Possibility of an Italian collapse, he aaid, cannot be excluded. “The plain fact is that they (the Italians) have no guts for fighting,” the general asserted. “They do not like the punishment that fighting means. They are fine when the bands | are playing and the sun is shining. But when they have to go up against the. tilings they found in Albania, or a first-class military force as in Egypt, they do not do well.” HILL TO ADDRESS MEN-OF-THE-CHURCH In a statement—his first discussing the road setup since he recently suc ceeded the late Ben M. Sawyer—the commissoner said also that existing roads and bridges would have to be widened and straightened. “The necessity and demand for highway construction are on the in crease in South Carolina. Never be fore have we experienced such heavy use of roads for all purposes as at present. "In addition to the regular needs, especially farm - to - market roads. many new j faces among the 170 members, but the chief problems will be old ones inherited from former sessions. Confronted with a deficit expected to approximate $3,500,000 at the end of the fiscal year, the assembly will have to wrestle mainly with finances. ^ The solution is going to be harder to find because of the supreme court’s invalidation of the 1940 act inspired and spon.sored by Governor Burnet R. Maybank to divert $2,000,000 of highway funds to the state treasury for general purposes. there are a number of emergency! ^ ’This legislation, incorporated In Jrojicte which Till‘be''VeiuT^''‘‘S4^* general appropriati^ act, wm the extraordinary concentration of[**^‘*“y carefully drafted with I national defense activities in thisJf" ex* toward getting around the I state. With the movement of troops obstacle thrown up by the Ifrom place to place and the increased j mvalidated an act of i weights of loads, existing roads andj^^® ®*° which had a similar ' bridges will have to be widened and I ^ same fate as straightened, this being particularly I* measure, however, ^ ause highway revenue is specifically ear- munity appreciates and recognizes his 7 Ivited to brine euests from other ^ them to better market their produce Christian character. In telling of the i ^rtJS I ' churches if they desire | under the program of diversified SSfon‘“o?'’5rr"*i<^le“'n*: -d. ^^keem-.t- i„ Springs church c.™.ery I noted au^or lj«ur.^ The first meeting for the year oflt’-ue with regard to bridges, the Men-of-the-Church of the First* “Motor;vehicle owners and oper- Presbyterian church will be held this;®tors living in rural sections (and evening at 7:30 at the church. The they ^mprise two-thirds of the ^ committee in charge is arranging for st®te s total) need and are demanding! expended in some other a large attendancerwith member, in- hood surface roads so ^ to onable: “™ol “e expended ,n some other 1...-*. « I them to better market their Droducei,*"'*^- . . . .. Increasing revenue receipts should help out somewhat, but the state’s in- marked for road construction and maintenance and bond pasnfnents and because the constitution says money raised by a tax levy for one purp«>se church edifice, Dr. Lynn said that such accomplishments evidence a quality of leadership by the pastor that is unusual. The sincerity of the man is recognized by all who know him, Dt. Lynn said, as well as his courage, together with a spirit of cesses and expressed the hope that he would carry with him always t>)easant, satisfying memories. Dr. Woods, replied briefly^ Ztatinf that it has been a genuine joy to serve God in this community. “I love , every member of this churdi,” he ssdd, “and as I retire from the pas torate my i* that as you have help^ me, you will stand by your arms Zed Hope. The Rev. C. F. near here. ’ ' recently became a resident lecturer Wim^ly, p^tor of the OUver ^-| Templeton was a son of the'!” Hm «uh' pel Mission^re WM elwt^ g“P" Ute Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Templeton,! in lam to succeed the ^v. R. C. BetU.Lf this section. He was well known ini|!®'’. Clinton where he spent much of his'”® “ in William Jennings Bryan Dorn was jti^g ^ familiar figure on the'*"**"*^" organization are in- seated as senator from Greenwood i |q|. deceased is survived by two sisters,! Dl«.^. M. Martin of C!hap- pells, and Mrs. W. J. Sloan of An derson. organization Ivited to hear him. new pastor and that God will bless ^ him and you. „ ♦k* the people of this state.” Rev. Walter N. Long, pastor of the| ^ rst Baptist church, welcomed Mr.|^ .. A J J Roberts in behalf of the "unisters. 1 UQsItipAy nMl0|'0#| To Army Diriy Lieut Colonel To Spend Yeor in Army Service At Fort Bragg Beginning Jonuory 27.' Lieut.-Colonel Ansel B. G<^frey, Commander 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery, has been ordered to a year of duty in the army, effective Janu ary 27. He will be stationed at Spar tanburg for a period of ten days, after which he will be transferred to .ltithou$^ he will not reach the con- sttetttianal agk oi i& yeasa until April 14. Senator WiUlaiiM of Greenville moved that the fonner house member be seated since, “despite the fact that he had two able men opposed to him in the election contest, the people of Greenwood county made their selec tion.” Commenting further on his “dry” j . ^ ^^ _ bill. Rep. Moore said “the legislautrei . ® ®®R^ meetii^ of South Caro- has a duty to perform, one that we ’ loww is going to be a hard one— ROBERTS TO BE INSTALLED SUNDAY The U. S. Public Health Service gives the following suggestions against influenza: 1. At the first sign of a cold, es pecially if you have a fever, go to 'bed and follow the doctor’s oilers. 2. Cover all coughs and come outside of gasoline tax and mo tor vehicle license collections is ex- are available for highway construction are hardly ade- . , x,. . x. . quate for carrying on the work rapidly as desired, necessitating the j8®^ J^® af«mbly will, therefore, postponing of a number of desirable 1 expenditures or projects until a future date.” find new revenue sources and neither of these alternatives could be easily favoring diversion may - Williamson, state highway engin- « ^ ^ eer until last month, said that while i ®"®®'®® the department’s revenue had in- . .... creased* 2,000 milas of county roads; ® attorn^ to raid the were added last year to the state system “and just Jrior to that date 1,200 miles were added.” In addition, 8®''® laun^ First Baptist church, welcomed Mr. Roberts in behalf of the ministers. *T welcome you to the city, to the| ministerial association, to our hearts] and homes, as a minister, as one in terested in all phases of the commu nity, and as a friend,” he, said in addressing the minister. , Mr. .Roberts, in reply, expressed his profound gratitude for the fra ternal spirit shown him, and pledged his hearty support and loyalty in be half of tile unified life and endeavors of the whole community. Mr. Roberts announced as his text, Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus CThrist the same yesterday, and today, and forevep.” He developed his sermon along three general lines, saying first that Christ is the same t^ause the needs of men are the same. Man has made progress and science has banished drudgery, noon in the First Presbyterian church * handkerchief or paper tissue, of Greenwood, the Rev. John K. Rob-j "• Do not encourage visitors, erts, new pastor of the First Presby-t Cures. The service says to “con- terian church of this city, was re-! ^^^or and do indulge ceived into the presbytery and an ♦ order taken for his installation next Sunday morning at 11:15 The commission to install Mr. Rob erts is composed of Dr. Roswell C. Long of Greenwood, who will preach the sermon. Dr. D. J. Woods, retiring pastmr, who will preside and pro pound the constitutional questions. Dr. L. R. Lynn to charge the con- pegation, A. C. Todd of Greenwood, in self-diagnosis or self-treatment How To Avoid It These instructions were issued as the best steps to take in avoiding the germ: 1. Avoid needless contact with oth ers, especially persons who are coughing, sneezing or sniveling. those parts of the system running . .. through the forty municipalities of j more than 2J)00 population were added to the department’s mainten ance which, he said, “added consider able to the maintenance expendi- sneezes|tures.” Only 8 per cent of road construc tion money came from current reve nue, the remainder coming from fed eral aid and loans, he said. “We have recently received advice (Continued on page seven) such an elTort and asserted that he legal means could be ment during toe wwk by the ch^'i At The Orphanage man of the state bank board. The. ^ - . ? Fort Bragg, N. C., where the 178th but underneath life today are the;Field Artillery regiment will be sta- same old questions, sorrows and sins, j tioned for a year of active training. COTtinuing. he said, P?®J’Sto F. A. will P^ibi^ 'i'lo^ "iS'dwiTs^eTT yearn Artillery Brigade,, entering the hands of a fame Saviour offering to those of this U. S. Army, century the release and power and 2. Avoid exposure to inclement weather but take advantage of as much air and sunshine as you can. to charge the pastor, and W. W, Har-f .R® th^ your ho^ is well ris to complete the commission. ventilated at all times but avoid • drafts. 4. Eat a well balanced diet; drink plenty of water, 5. Guard against fatigue; get jplent of rest and sleep. _ _ . . « , - XL. -x I Wear clothing suitable to the The Commercial Bank of tins city,! liquidating, with H. D. Henry as con-1 ^ servator, will wind up its affairs im- j ng- I g| - mediately, according to an announce-Vi«aS€S inrIUCnza LIQUIDATING BANK TO CLOSE UP SOON About thirty-five cases of influ enza were reported last night at the hope which He provided for the first disciples. We see Christ the same, yefterday, today and forever on the principal of the high school of that cross. In a real sense Calvary re-{city. Upon returning to Clintcxi he mains eternally the same. Christ on = was principal of Florida^ Street school the cross is toe hope of the world. {for two years, after which he resigto- * Though the cr^ is still an offense. ed the position. For the past three to men and a 'stumbling block to years he has been manager of the many of today, he said, Christ is still I local office. South Carolina Employ- tbare condanmigg the sins of the! ment Service. His successor has not work! and actions of men without a baen announced, word; proclaiming with all the pas- ^bn that mortal man can bear the fact that Ck>d loves us with a love which will never let us go.” Mr. (Godfrey for several years was• 1 orphanage Lesh infirmary, none of mr. vjwiirey iw iwvcrai years amounting to 94 per cent. _ u an officer of toe National Guard unit, esw banks in th® state are inriuHed 1 ® severe type, it was stated. .X XLL. L 1 bix banks m toe state are included, p Wilder of this city, is serving as substitute nurse at the in- at A^ille during the time he was the termination order. A battle over liquor which would be tied in with the financial problem appeared to be brewing. Although taxes on whisky, beer and wme net the state about $3,000,000 a year, a bill to return toe state to the prohi bition status it left in 1935 was re garded as almost sure to be intro duced. Militant temperance and prohibi tion froces won a great victory last summer when they piled up a ma jority In an advisory referendum on the question of continuance or dis continuance of the legal sale of al coholic beverages. By a margin of almost 62,000, the voters even fa vored new taxes to replace revenue that would be lost if liquor, beer and wine were outlawed again. # w 1 leaders have announced that Shows Progress for Yeor, the referendum carried no force of law they regarded the out come as a “mandate" and would ex pect the legislature to act according ly. Several legislators whose constit uencies piled up big dry majorities have declared they expected to vote as their counties went in the refer endum. A passible compromise could be Depository Holds Annual Meeting Directors and Officers Reelected. Stotement The Commercial Depository of Clinton held its annual stockholders meeting Tuesday afternoon at which time* all members of its board of di rectors were re-elected to serve for another year.' Members of the board are: Jack H. Young, C. W. Stone, S, G. Dillard,. u j u .l W. W. Harris, H. D. Henry, F. M.if®“®^*^ by the enactment of a coun- Boland, O. 1. Sheely, John T. Young and W. D. Copeland. There have been singular^ few ■HI#* Tax Collections Show Increase At a subsequent meeting of the P*’o'’‘^uncements of what the coming board of directors, the following offi-1 may bring forth, but there cers were re-elected for 1941: Jack H.i straws in the Young, president; H. D. Henry, vice- ^ which would establish a president and cashier; F. M. Boland,' *^*^® Iwurs law for work firmary during the absence of Miss' secretary-treasurer; Miss Margaret! ®''’* covered by existing legisla- Rachael Westmorland, who is now, Holland, bookkeei^r. The meeting i ^ likely to be introduced and BURROUGHS PROMOTED ^ Corporal Hoyt -L. Burroughs, son | recuperating in Columbia after a se- ^as pmided ow^jy W,*"w. Hards i^®'^® s*''ong labor backing, while of Mrs, T. B. Biirroughs, Route l,|rious illness at the Baptist hospital. temporary chairman in the ab-* ^®‘^ doubt will be a determined Clinton, has been promoted recently I isence of President Jack H Young practee of award- to toe grade of Weant in Battery j TO LEAD 8ERWE8 , , I who was unable to be present. A res-1 damages in dvil suits. "A” of toe 7()to Coast Artillery now I Dr. S. Hugh Bradley, pastor of the!oi^tion of general regret over his, legislators and those who located at Camp Stewart, the new]Second Presbyterian church of Char anti-aircraft training ~cehter near.leston, has been announced as the Savannah, Ga. So’geant Burroughs I speaker for toe annual religious em- jmove in legislative circles express continued illness was adopted by toe! ^ . . board. ^*'® P^f'^ate opinion that the session 4 1. « annual financial report sub-i''f‘\* ^ fkian- arrived at his new station from Fortjitoasls week services at Presbyterian! fitted showed that the depository! ®‘®^ problem will be prmcipally re Moultrie a short while before his j college during the week February promotion. ! 21-28. SHERIFF WIER KEEPS ALL AIDES Sheriff C. W. Wier in entering up on hit second four-year term of of- I Tax collections for state, county | and school district purposes to Jan- iuaiy in Laurens county show an lincreM of about $30,000 over col-' lections to the same date last year, according to information released flc .»«««» h. wa. the servioes of the same deputies, all of whom have been on hlaitaff etoce epptoximately IMS.OOO. ihcnlly after taking office In Jaqu-1. . . , . aiy, 1M7. They are; iMornOOt LiCensa R. A. Babb, bookkeeper; Hicks 1(1^^ (isin Owings, Homer R. Jones, R. -Mason y*" Langston. George L. Ridgeway, out-j side officers; J. Wesley Fowler, of- UM Mrttant, mi R. 8. Wl«. Jjllor,!“®V ^ , Ictte Wasson, who said that his office ; dispqped 633 of the certificates prior to January 1 as.compared tO‘6M on JUmCIABT OOliMlTTlIB Senator O. L. Lonf of ttUa eo«pitr,fduriaf 1' In the ocganlzeition o( the ataSe ten- the year ate ca Monday nitfit, waa placed on Bia judidaqr eqaetittge of that body, last asonth. Despite tilt iacTiaei for me yeer, X>w«nber sales showed a decrease of 10 from In 1818, to 88 t Write A Leteer, Win $5.00 THE CHRONICLE will award V.OO Free to the tom or woman, boy or girl, who writes us the best letter during the month of Janu ary on this subject: “Why 1 Read The Chronicle” Send your letter in before the last day of the month setting forth ediy you are a reader of The Chronicle. The publkiier will select what is ccmsidcred the best letter, award $5.00 to the author, and publish the winning communlcatkm. Oct busy today. Send your letter in any time during the iponth. THE ^CHRONICLE, from time to time during the yeer^will offer shnilar piriass. For Fatenuury aifother subject will he announced and a prise awarded. had enjoyed a satisfactory and sue- they believe, although it cessful year. The board recently add- If *<^me that another ed $1,000 from undivided profits to '■®^” .® ‘®?.8 session the surplus fund, increasing this fig-' ^ ^ mexperience of so many ure to $10,000, and ordered an an-J Qwal 6 per cent dividend payment toj • stockholders. Each depositors’ ec-i BOARD RF FI Pr^TC count is insured up to $5,000. The'^ statement as of December 31, 1940,|CULBERTSON CLERK showed deposits of $313,238.27, with I toUl asixets of $324,175.67. Hugli Monson Cloimed By Death County Supervisor R. L. Teague held his first meeting^ last week with the new county commissioners, J. Herman Power and E. Frank Ander son. *The board announced the re-elec- Hugh Manson died in Swainsboro,. tion of B. Y. Chilbertson as office Ga., last Tuesday whMC he had spent' clerk, a position he has capably held the greeter part of his life. The fu-, for the past ten years. At its initial neral service was held on Wednesday'meeting toe board discuiised tenta tive plans for the year and went Into a study of financial sheets submitted by the clerk pertaining to toe oper ation of the office. A few changes were also announced effective at once relative to chaingang eemp guards. I I and attended by G. F. and Hugh Bu- jford. Mr. Manson is survived by three Isistets, Mrs. O. F. Buford of near Clinton, Mrs. Sula Fields. Miami. ] Fla., and Mrs. Ruth Power of Abhe- 'vlBa. V fxi^'Lskr. i 4 ..J