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meCHRONKlE Strives To Be A Cleon Newtpoper, Complete, Newsy ond RelkiDle '‘\ r>4 ; X - ,■■. - ■ ■•■' ■'■ ■ ■> .■-■ ^j'. ; /■ ■'-;'''' ./■ •' '-■■■ \ ■ L ■: I ‘ “ - * ^ ^ , . ■■ ■'S ^ ■ [ :'l Qlhromrlp ■ I If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News VokmeXU Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, Februory 13, 1941 Number 7 FAIW-XOUr MMUEimEJS UiiGay AiiBiDfl) " I ^ Annual Event At Troin< inaSchool Is Highlight of Locol 'Scout Wed|c' Observance. Clinton, along with thousands of other towns and cities, is joining this week in the observance 'Of the thlrty- ^ first anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. , The highlight of the celebration ivas the Father-Scout banquet given at the State Training school Monday evening and attended by more than 200 boys and their da^. A deli^t- ful dinner was served the large group by the. school under the direc tion of Miss Norma Hallett, Miss Georgia Brooker, Scoutmaster E. J. Bohan, and a number of teachers and officers of the institution. Hie auditorium was ai^ropriately deco rated with American flags and in a setting suggestive of scout activities. John Hunter^ the new district chairman for Clinton,* acted as toast master. The group singing was in charge of Bruce Galloway, of Gold- ville. An impressive entertainm«it was presented by several scouts de picting the development of scout boys into manhood. The after-dinner speaker vras King Thackston of Greenville, active in Boy Scout work for many years. Mr. Thackston, in directing his address principally ,to the large group of Court Convenes Next Monday Grand Jurymen and • Petit Veniremen Drawn For February Term. The February term of general ses sions court will convene in Laurens next Monday, February 17. Twelve new grand jurors to serve this year and a petit venire have been drawn by the iury commission ers for the term.* The new grand jury list follows: Lawrence C. Taylor, Sullivan township; S. Everett Martin, Dials; Clarence Martin, Laurens; Clyde Curry, Dials; E. V. Shealy, Hunter; J. C. Cannon, Hunter; Calhoun M. Pinson, Cross Hill; F. B. Roper, Lau rens; Grady. Adair, Hunter; George W. Washington, Sullivan; Tan M. Ray, Jacks; Plato Remits, Laurens. Hold-over members ftom 1940 are: Irby Richards, W. H. Gosnell, J. M. Adams, O. M. Sitgreayes, aU of Lau rens; C. M. Gray and R. N. Jackson, both of Dials township. Petit jurymen by townships: Laurens: Maricm Hiers, L. V. Wal- drep, Tom Coleman, Herman Med- lock, Henry Mills, J. R. Setzler, Joe Moore, H, LeRoy Rushton and Hugh Blakely., ~ I Hunter: T. V: Croft, O. J. Lewis, Joe L. Carter, Robert Y. Copeland, R. L. Francis, John Rdss, W. G. Lyles, R. G. Carr and T. M. Boyce. Dials: W. B. Payne, R.'S. Temple ton, Rdbert L. Cook, W. Earl Knight, R. A. Stoddard, Zeb Vance and Sam Curry. Youngs: John Irving Owens, Ezell Knight and W. A. Stephens. Sctiffletown: J. E. Mims, Crawford E. Brown. Sullivan: R. L. Ramage and W Redden. Waterloo: John A. Hill. COUNTY'S DEFENSE BOARD NAMED boys, used as his subject, “The Job That Dad Has Done.” He spoke ofj M. Godfrey and G been preserved up to the present time and the precious principles handed down to dad and passed on to their sons. Boy Scouts set forth certain laws, he said, and scouting brings out and develops ideals that are the direct opposite to the terrible things now happening in the world of which the public reads in the newspapers. He imged the scouts to make these ideals a reality in their lives and to dedicate themselves to the development of those qualities of character and citiasnshiih upon whkdi the future of democracy must rest He praised the scouts for their work and extolled the principles up on which their organization was founded. Roberj F. Black of Greenville, as sistant scout executive, brought D. Farm May Give Industry Sinews Extension Head Says Future of Agriculture Lies In Research. Tomorrow’s farm may supply theji raw materials from which are fabri cated automobile bodies, airplane wings and a large part of residential building supplies, L. F. Livingston, WIUKIE WANTS U. S. DESTROYKS 10 AID Sees Immediate War For U. S. Should Great Britoin Collapse. Washington, Feb. U.—Wendell L. Willkie backed the lease-lend bill to- free people. Millions of them wilf die before they give up that island. When the going gets tough they’ll Rural Carriers A lyurens county council for na tional defense and hew industries has be«r appointed by Governor May- bank. The five named to the board Charles F. Floning of Laurens, chair- 111 RecinBriB man; G. MUler McCuen, E. D. Eas- ■■viv terby and L. C. Barksdale, all of Laurens, and Dr. D. O. Rhame, Jr., of this city. The council will serve as a co ordinating unit between Laurens NOW AN INSTRUCTOR Blue Bid*. <»uncll md spoke brirfly oJ Koute’ adiieve- “J,. ' "'3™'“™ MMon ol l.ree«i ments the past year, which, he said, represented a lot of hard work and fun. R. E. Ferguson, newly elected pres ident of the Blue Ridge council, was introduced. Others asked to stand lor recognition and warmly applaud ed by the scouts were Scoutmaster Bruce Galloway and his assistant, Juliah A. Hunnicutt of tlM Goldville troop; Rev. LeGrande Mayef, Hugh Eargle and Shirley Timmons, new Clinton Scoutmasters; Mit of the Clinttm Mills troop; E. .L B^ian of the Training school gre^, and Tom Plaxico, head of cub scouting in the community. During the evening promotions and merit badge awards were made to the following scouts: Promotions to second class: Harold Gardner and Maurice Davenport, of troop T5, and Jim Croft and Lonnie Ballard, of troop* 77. Promotions to first class: Virlyn Davenpmrt, troop 75. Promotions to star: Fred Bragg, R. L. Boyce, Harmon Murrah, Avery Bridge and Roy Hawkins, all of troop 75. * Promotions to life: Olga,Hair, John Gaskin, Wendell Hair, J. A. Huimi- cutt, assistant scoutmaster, all of troop 75. Merit Badges ' The following members of troop 75 received merit badges for various activities in scout work: « Virlyn Davenport: swimming. * Marion Chandler: first aid, public health, woodwork, woodcarving. Roy Hawkins: personal health, public health, coohUig, bird stialy, civics, woodcarving. Woidell Hair: athletics. Avery Bridges: persooal health. J. A. Hunnicutt, assistant scout master: athletics, civics, safety, path finding first akU R. L. Boyce: personal health, bird stu^, first aid, voodwock. Fred Bragg: woodcarvingi Hrst aid, perscmal health, woodwork. John Gaskin: bird study, first aid, safety, athletics, dvics. Olga Hair: atl^letics, first aid to animals, pathflndmg, first aid, civics. Opening Scout Wedc last Sunday, a special service was held at the first Presbyterian chu^ at five o'clodc with the pastor. Rev. jedm K, Bbb- Bot Seeuts thronghont the country celelnrate the 31st anniver sary of the movement in America daring the week of Feb. 7-13. While the slogan en the poster above enpluuiscs the fact *that “Scouting strengthens and invigorates demqpraey” all America agrees tlmt Scout membcrdiif is in itself the essence if democracy. Fourth District Conven tion At Broad Street Church Feb. 22. The annual meeting of the Rural Letter Carriers’ association and La dies’ Auxiliary of the Fourth Con gressional district will be held in this dty on Saturday, February 22, it was announced yesterday by officers of the association. The meeting will be held in Broad Street Methodist church beginning at 10 am. After being called to order by the president, M. O. McGee of Fountain Inn, “America” will be sung and the invocation offered by [Rev. L. P. McGee. Welcome to the t manager of the Agricultural Exten-'day—with a call for some modifica- 1 sion division of E. I. du Pont de Ne- tionsi—and told the senate foreign j mours & company, said in an address' relations committee that if Britain delivered here at^the college last Fri-| falls, America inevitably will be at day morning. {war a month or two later. Upon the invitation of Prof. H. E.. The United States should send all Sturgeon, head of the college chem- its bombers—except those needed for istry department, Mr. Livingston training—and fiv'e or ten destroyers spoke to the students and others, tell- a month, he said, adding that if we ing his audience that the future of! sit back and withdraw within our- agriOilture lies in research to devel-! selves there is no telling where the op new crops, and to find new Indus- ("mad men who are loose in the ! trial uses for old crops. | world” may strike next, j Mr. Livingston’s visit to Clinton j But with American assistance Eng- I was arranged by J. N. McBride, gen-1 land can and will win, he said. Just eral agricultural agent of the Sea- back from a flying tour of Great board Ak* Line railway, who has also Britain, he testified: arranged for him to lecture before | "The 'people of Britain are united groups of student, farmers and bus- almost beyond belief. They aro a iness men at a number of other im portant centers in the Southeast, for i the purpose of developing closer re- _ lations between industry ar\d agricul- ■ force ^hat bunch of robbers to give ture, and to demonstrate the possi- yp» bilities in farm crops as raw mate- . . j .u _ - nal «,urces tor th, factor,,, ot U« greslvo, unyielding battler that he Intr;,duced by J. C. Bennett, Sea- •>* •'> 'I-' board agricultui-al ap-nt, Mr. Living-1’’j'"' ston exhibited aamplea of a number' f‘“>“p* ot articles ot Industry manufactured “ 'y"- '"’"‘"A* from agricultural preiucts, and stat- 1"“. ture has ever known bes in the de- ZTei velopment ot "industrial crops” . committee members. through research. j Repeatedly he found himself at As an exampe of what has been odds with Senator Clark, Democrat, accomplished by research in other ^ of Missouri, who insisted upon going fields, Mr. Livingston cUed coal. “At over'the speeches Willkie made dur- the beginning of the century virtual- 'og the campaign criticizing Mr. ly all coal was used in its natural Roosevelt’s activities in the foreign state,and it was regarded valuable, field. Willkie said his views were still only as a fuel,” he said. “Today same, but ^at he was striving chemical conversion accounts for 15, ^or national unity and saw no good to 20 per cent of the consumption of purpose in “raking over old coals.” ^ coal, and the production is growing.; “They were campaign speeches,” For.Jnstance, one chemical plant be observed at one point. , jMiike'iBoamiMu g -millkm to*Mi i And he set the throng of spectators coal a year in the making of more in4o s frenzy of applause with an as- than 100'products. Those include sertion that he fought hard during anti-freeze, fertilizer, plastics, refri-, the campaign, pulled no punches, the gerants, and solvents. This signifi- American people decided against cant change has come about through;him, and: chemical research I “He (President Roosevelt) is my “America has more than 32,000 in-ipresi^t now.” dustrial research scientists, and a Winkie took the stand alter Mayor chemical industry that, measured' La Guardia of New York urged pass- Laurens, Feb. 12.—Rev. A. C. Hoi- either by tons or dollars, produces ag® of the bill to give America time ler, pastor of the First Methodist I more goods than the aggregate clwm-j to prepare^ ^and Jwnes B^ Con^L Holier To Head ■'tBRUffWive Methodists To Assist 'Emergency Crusade' For Three Appeols. church here, has been named as chairman of a county campaign known as “Methodist Emergency * Million” crusade, national in scope and designed to raise $1,000,000 to meet three war-caused appeals. An offering will be taken in all the Methodist churches of this couhty simultaneously with more than 43,- 000 congregations in the nation Sun day, March 2, described as “Meth- delegates will be extended by H. D. odism’s Day of Compassion.” One- Rantin of the associatiem, And R. L. half of the proceeds will be used to Plaxico, Clinton postmaster. The re-' supplement the Methodist church sponse will be given by V. E. Bentley i overseas reliei now in progress, and of Kelton, and Mrs. C. W. GoUghtly of Inman. The morning address will be made by Congressman Joseph R. Bryson’ of the Fourth district. The business session will include reports of committees, election of of ficers and a national de^esste, and the selection of meeting place for 1942. Dinner will be served at one o’clock hi the church by a group of ladies of the church. .Following the dinner hour the two organizations will be addressed by BTED 8PRUNT tiATS Ned Sprunt Hasrs, of this city,,jv^- ^ g-aduated at Kelly Field, Texas, | February 7 when he received hig coveted silver wings and commission as a second lieutenant. The class con sisted of 190 flying cadets. Upon the day of his graduati<m, Lieut. Hays was made an Instructor . ... u i : j Md orde^ to Rudolph FleM, San C'intOT high school Junior and Antonio. Tha distinctiorcame to as one of the highest rated cadets in of the Ware Shoals schools^ Hi-Boys and Girls To Ploy Tonight the other half to be allocated equal ly to religious and social well-being of men in U. S. army camps and navy yards and to the mother church in England to temporarily ease situ ations growing out of the bombing of 150 English churches. Mr. Holler said all pastors and boards of stewards had been named to the committee to promote observ ance of the day in their respective churches. Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, retired, Washin^on, is leading the move ment, supported by all bishops and a representative number of la]nnen and ministers from all six jurisdic- Jtions. 0 ical industries ’of Germany, Eng- \ president of Harvard university, had land, France, Russia. lUly, and Ja-'not only backed the measure, but pan. It is an industry that is still in J said that as a “last resort” he favored the youth of its achievement, accord ing to the best scientific opinion. More than 200,000 compounds. sending troops to Europe to defend the democratic way of life. As modifications of the bill, Will- hia clan. Friend* here of Lieut. Hays will learn with interest of his rapid pro motion in the air corps. KIWANIS CLUBS HOLD INTER-CITY MEETING TONIGHT night in basketball tilts in the college gym beginning at 7 p.m. A small ad- misskm oi. lOc and 25c will be charg ed, the proceeds to be divided be tween the classes. I TO INSPECT UNIT The annual federal government in spection of the college unit of the Reserve Officers’ Training corps will be jnade on May 6, Lieut. Col. A. H. Cummings, professor of military sci ence and tactics at the institution, has announced. wholly new to man, have emerged ikie proposed that it stipulate that from the'labofatory in less than a j American assistance should go only quarter of a century! The utilization, to Great Britain, the British empire, of only a few hundred of these com-[Greece and China, with congress re- pounds has revolutionized the meth-' serving the right to include other na- ods and products of more than a t tions. He asked, too, that certain score on industries, effected changes ^ phrases be eliminated and others in miUions of jobs, altered our food, more closely defined to reassure daily iiablts, given a new concept to’those who feared the measure would clothing and homes, transformed our' five the president excessive power, medical research, and wtablished Toward the close of his testimony the United States in the forefront he appeared to the majority to be of scientific advance, fortified it i tolerant when amendments were against war, and 'saved billions in | proposed, accept them if possible to money. ^ without hampering United “Industry is alert to agricultural States aid to EIngland, and thus build needs, eager to use agricultural pro- j up as big a vote for the measure ducts, and looking ever more to the | as possible. farm as a source of needed raw ma-1 In addition, he wanted the bill terials to transform into manufac-1 passed with all speed commensurate tured goods. It has been definitely with free parliamentary discussion, established that cellulose, which I Senator Johnson, Republican Cali- makes up the bulk of all plants. Is a fomia, assred him that there would raw material that ranks with the j be no obstruction, basic metals in importance. From itj The lease-lend bill. Willkie testi- is made all paper, all rayon, a fam-r^ied, offered the American people ily of plastics that is being put lit- \ ti'eir “only chance to defend liberty erally to thousands of uses, huge w'ithout themselves going to war.” quantities of building boards, ce ments for the leather industry, and (Continued on page six) He added; “If Britain were to collapse, we (Continued on page six) An inter-city meeting between the Laurens and CliBlon Kiwania clubs will be held this evening at 7:30 at Hotel Clinton. Early in February a ainilar masting was held in Laurens with the return meeting here desig nated for this e^fKiing. The program will be In charge of «rts, as tte sp^er. Tha Scouts in' ttte Laurens club and the meetl^ is uniform, occupied reserved seats in | expected to be attended by practi- 4he auditorium. This special service ceUy the entire membership ot the was a part of the week’s observance ; two organizations. The visiting club in the community to emphasize that has announced the Rev. McLeod “A scout is reverent. He is revwent Frampttm, Jr., of Greenville, as the •taiward God. He hT faithful to his re- Ugioua dutids and respects the con- ^nti<MU •ji others in matters of cus- Maa and reUglon.’* RavcraDca with Mnuts symbolizes the spirit and Waning of tilt 12th scout Isw. guest speaker for the occasion. Mr, Frampton is pastor of the Third Presbytmian church of Greenville, a member of the Kiwanis club of ttiat city, and a graduata of Prmbyterian coUtge. Write A Letter, Win $5.00 THE CHRONICLE will award $5.00 Free to the man or woman, boy or girl, who writes us die best letter during the month of FEB RUARY on this subject: "Why 1 Prefer To Trade With A Firm That Advertues” . Send your letter in before the last day of the month setting fcNrth why you are a reader of The Chronicle. The publisher will select what la 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 prizas. '-Q- CLINTON NATIONAL GUARDS ENTER FEDEWa SERVICE FOR YEAR Unit Was Mobilized Mondoy At Armory. Will Leove Februaiy ISth On Special Train for Comp Stewart Near Mvonnoh. Dovis Heads Battery. The local unit of the National Guard, now Battery “B," lQ7th Coast Artillery, Anti-Aircraft, was formal ly inducted into regular army ser vice at the armory on Monday morn ing at 6:30. Preliminary work is going forward this week in the matter of physical examinations, preparatory training, conditioning and hardening exercis es, and various phases of military instruction. * One half of the artillerymen are being served three meals each day at the Clinton Cafe, and the other half at Hotel Clinton. The men re port for duty each morning at 9:30 and end their day’s work at 5:30 p. m. There are now 97 men in the unit, a number of volunteers having been added during the week. It is expected that the battery will reach its full strength of enlisted men by the end of its mobilization period. After the training period here, the battery will go to Camp Stewart, a newly developed training camp near Savannah, Ga. The unit will leave on a special C. N. & L. train at 6 p. m., on the afternoon of Tuesday. February 18, officers stated yester day. From Columbia the trip to Savannah will be made over the At lantic Coast Line railway. The battery which is headed by Capt. Jack H. Davis, Jr., as com manding officer, will use 37-mm guns at Camp Stewart, firing a 1 1-4 inch shell at the rate of 120 per minute. When brought to full strength it will consist of five officers and 150 men. Besides Clinton, units of the 107th are located at Dillon, Newberry, Hampton and Columbia. i::'