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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, February 20, 1941
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Clinton Battery 'B*
Now At Camp Stewart
_ Unit Left Tuesday for Yeor's Training At Firing
Center Near Savonnah. Big* Crowd Gathers At
Troin To Soy Good-Bye. ^
A telegram received by THE
CHRONICLE yesterday at
10:30 from Ueut. B. F. Wln-
gard<’ stated that the Battery
arrived at Camp Stewart at
7 ajm. (Wednesday). He also
stated that all the l^ys are well
and happy.
$3,000,000 Goes
In Road ^ogram
This Amount Spent On
Projects In Laurens
County In 23 Years.
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Columbia, Feb. 18. — The sum of
$2,962,328.67 has been spent on road
and bridge projects of the highway
department in Laurens county dur
ing the 23 years between the incep
tion of the department in 1917 and
the close of the fiscal year ending
last June 30.
The Laurens county expenditures
The spring meeting of the Laurens j compared with a high of $5,613,837.57
Baptist association will be heldijn Greenville county, a low of $1,-
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SPRING MEETING
FOR BAPTISTS
BE HELD FEB. 27
The local unit of the National
Guard, Battery “B,” 107th Coast Ar
tillery, Anti-Aircraft, left Tuesday at
6' pm. for Camp Stewart near Sa
vannah, Ga., to enter upon a year’s
training at this new army camp. The
trip was made via Columbia to Sa
vannah, over the Atlantic Coast Line
railway.
Long before the train pulled up to
the station a crowd of several hvm-
dre<f friends and relatives had gath
ered to say good-bye to the battery.
The college and public schools bhn^
were on hand to play patriotic tunes
as a part of the farewelL Parents,
relatives and frienSs of the men
crowded near the train as the final
roll call was made, and while smiles
were much in evidence it was noted
also that many relatives and moth
ers could not hold back their tOaA
as they said “Goodrbye” to their
sons.
The Battery consists of five oflS
cers and 87 enlisted men from Clin-
tem and Goldvllle. Ten members of
the unit were turned down during
the physical examination period last
week at the armory.
At Camp Stewart tiie local unit
will Join companies of the 107th from
Dillon, Newberry, Hampton and Co-
lumbia. In the anti-aircraft division
they will be trained in the use of
37-nun. guns firing a 1% inch shell
at the rate of 120 per minute. The
local boys were reported by officers
ag in excellent jeonditioBt.. am'
equipped, andwe expe^ to gl^ a
fine account of themselves as they
have done in past years at their
summer training at Fort Moultrie.
Major Walter A. Johnson, execu
tive with Headquarters Third Battal
ion, left Sunday for Camp Stewart
where he is now a part of the (AA)
unit.
Personnel of Unit
Members of the battery who left
Tuesday evening were as follows:
Captain Jack H. Davis, Jr.
First Lieutenants Barringer F.
Wingard, Casper W. Hallman, .Will
ard L. Jones, Rufus T. Dunlap.
First Sergeant Jesse D. Owens.
Staff Sergeant Ezra T. Spires.
Sergeants Sebeski L. Bond, Ray P.
Cannon, Harvey L. Foster, Artamas
J. Harvey, George M. Hill, Fred L:
Ross, Thomas A. Sanders, Vernon A.
Trammell, James N. Warren.
Corporals Darrold E. Abrams,
William G. Duvall, Lloyd R. Foster,
Ernest B. Hawkins, C. B; Kirkley,
Ralph N. Riddle, Charles W. Robert
son, Alvin B. Stone, Alvin E. Tram
mell, Wilbur O. Weir.
Privates First Class Xilharlton D.
Benjamin, Jr., Lawrence E. Bigbee,
Carolus B. Davis, Epps B. Davis, Jo-
sejA E. DeYoung, James L. Ficklin,
Robert D. Holliday, Howard W.
Jackson, Willie F. Lawson, Victor W.
Mattox, James M. Meadors, William
P. Nabors, Talmadge V. Sanders,
Walter G. Somerville, William D.
Terry, Oscar W. Vincent, Edgar M.
Young, James H. Young.
> Privates Joseph W. Akins, Leonard
B. Bishop, Luther E. Boyett, Forest
Thursday, February 27, with the
First Baptist churdi of Laumis, ac
cording to Rev. J. H. Kyzar, the host
pastmr. The meeting mil be ina{^
atlonal in nature, especially during
the morning session; the afternoon
session being given to an informal
discussion of the eoopenitive pro
gram which suppcffis all phases of
missionary effort.
The general theme of the meeting
will be “The Gospel, the Hope of the
World.” The program as outlined by
the committee follows:
10:30—Devotions—Rev. W. N. Long,
Clinton.
11:00 —The Objective — Dr. Alva B.
^jangston, Laurens.
11:15—Song of Praise.
11:20—^Address—Rev. J. H. Kyzar,
Laurens.
12:05—Open Discussion.
12:30—Lunch.
1:30—Budget Consideration.
February Term
Court Opens
Man Loses Case, Pays
Fine, Shakes Hands
WiHi Judge.
Laurens, Feb. 17. — The February
term of general sessions court opened
Monday morning at 10 o’clock with
Judge C. C. Featherstone of Green-
Frank B. Roper, of Laurens, was
' named as foreman of the grand Jiury,
and dxu-ing the day the batch of in
dictments considered included a true
bill against Robert Watts, 30-year-
old Negro charged with murder in
connection with the recent fatal
Farewell Dinner
Given Soldiers
Five Organizations
Honor National Guard
Before Going to Camp.
Members, of Battery “B,” 107th
Coast Artillery, Anti-Aircraft, local*
National Guard were honored Mon-1
day evening at Young’s spring nearj
here with a farewell chicken supper.}
Organizations participating to makej
the happy event possible were thel
Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis j
club. Lions club, American Legion,
and American Legion auxiliary. |
The hall was filled with the boys!
of ’18 and the boys of ’41 who left!
the city Tuesday afternoon for a!
year’s military training with the U. S.
army at Camp Stewart, Ga. The oc
casion was one of good foods, good
sentiments, and sincere good wishes.
John H. Hunter served as toastmas-
WELCOME
the local Legion post.
A talk in vdiich he expressed the
community’s interest in the young
263,163.67 in Calhoun county, and a
total of $133,662,237.13 for all 46
counties in South Carolina, according
to the hi^way department’s annual
report.
The figures included the costs of
all highway department road and
bridge projects completed during the
28-year ^riod, but not additional
projects that were still in progress
last June 30 and not finished.
Slightly laM than a third of the'
total Laurens county road and bridge
project costs were financed by the
issue of highway bonds. State high
way funds provided $649,966.60 of
the cost.
The county reimbursement plan,
whereby the hljdiway department
agrees to reimburse the county for
both principal and interest payments
on road and bridge bemds to be is
sued by the counfy, financed $344,-
000 worth of Laiurens covuity pro
jects.
In addition, however, the depart-,
ment assumed the reimbursement of
$343,786.30 to Laurens county for
cert^ roads and bridges taken into< raaio waf.prs
the state highway system after they | by Carlton FpWinn, funds for the
had been built with the proceeds gifi having been provided by a niun
ber of business men of the city. Capt.
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HOUSE DBAR
OH MONEY 811
Appropriation Measure
Given Right-of-Way
Over Biennial Sessions.
Columbia, Feb. 18.—Biennial legis
lative session debate flowed again in
the house of representatives today
but the stream of talk was shut off
for a third time when members set
11 a.m. ye.sterday , for con.sideration
of the state appronriation bilL
The $13,195,026 money measure,
exceeding the current act by $24,000,
carried no revenue, but members had
j agreed previously to take up the bill
■ on the floor and propose there any
j sources of revenue. It was set for
special consideration immediately af-
Out-of-town visitors are always means ways
ter, while the group singing was led welcome at Thomwell orphanage by
by Bnic* Gallows-o( GoldvUle. Fol- the rtidl worker, and chUdren^
lowln* the aindtx of a venw of above picture taken at a highway 1 I'*’meeaire
“America,” the invocation was of- (sign at the entrance of the institu-
fered by F. M. Stutts, a member of tion shows one of the girls, Polly
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McLeod of Atlanta, a member of the
senior class. Polly is saying to friends
from this state, Florida, Georgia, and
men of the battery was'made by «l8ewhere—when in Clinton “STOP
“ « « — ♦at THORNWELL.”
Mayor P. S. Bailey. W. A. Moor
head, representing the Kiwanis club,
W. H. Simpson the Chamber of Com
merce, H. L. Eichelberger the Lions
club, and G. W. Hollingsworth the
American Legipn, made ^mrt talks |
expressing sincere best wishes to!
the young men on behalf of their j
organizations and the general pub-1
lie. Everything that was said was ap
parently enjoyed and appreciated by
the members of the unit.
A radio was^prsented the battery
from coimty bond sales.
From the federal government came
$342,155.85 in national recovery
Jack H. Davis, Jr., the commanding
officer, extended the sincere thanks
County Draftees
To Leave For Camp
Third Call In State
Requires Local Board To
Send 7 Men Friday.
funds and $199,104.36 in emergency, of men in return and said all
federal, aid funds.
kindnesses shown were appreciated
by the officers and entire personnel
of the battery.
Lieuts. B. F. Wingard and C. W.
Hallman also voiced their
na l«ii mmt fMy-~ orgMU«t—Sergemr^wl" Gwou l»i
NEW GRAND JURY
NAMES COMMITTEES
Monday with Frank B. Roper of Lau
rens as foreman. In their first pre
in a constitutional refer
endum the question of increasing
terms of senators from four to six
years. O^er speakers used the bill
as a springboard for arguments that
the legislature should first- enact
three other bills ratifying the consti
tutional amendments approved in the
last general election to create bien
nial sessions in 1943.
Vemer said he felt “if you hate
biennial sessions the house should
have four-year terms,” adding, how
ever, that he favored biennial meet
ings regardless.
He and Representatives Gamble
and Davis, of Anderson, were auth
ors of the six-year term measure.
Another'bill by these authors to pro
pose four-year house terms was not
reached.
Arguing that “four and six-year
terms are being used by enemies to
Represen'
and their ad-
fifteen rahs for everybody contrib-
sentment to the court standingT com- ^ supper and get-together
mittees to investigate and keep in
formed on coimty affairs, were ap
pointed as follows:
Committee on education: W. H.
shooting of another Negro, Lamar GomeR^ chairman; Plato Roberts and
Grigsby, of the Belfast section of ” ~
Cross Hill township. However, trial
of the case was postponed until the
June term. This was the only homi
cide case on the docket for the cur
rent term of court.
Order
Laurens, REJO.,
Cases heard on the opening day in-
M. G. Pinson.
County chaingang: O. M. Sit-
greaves, chairman; F. B. Roper and
Irby Richards.
Coimty home: S. E. Martin, chair
man; Grady Adair and C. W. Gray.
Roads and bridges: R. N. Jackson,
eluded a liquor law violation count chairman; J. M. Adams and V. E.
against Kirk Malone, white man,
found guilty by a jury, after the de
fendant had essayed to conduct his
own case, but declined to take the
witness stand. On being given sen
tence of two months or a fine of
$100, he brought forth a large roll,
‘paid the assessment, shook hands
with the judge and departed as the
court admonished in earnest tones,
“Quit this liquor business, now, quit
it!”
Henry Sanders, 23-year-old Negro,
was found guilty of assault and bat
tery with intent to kill, as charged,
in the alleged critical shooting of his
wife, Louise, near their home in
Cross Hill township last January 7.
Apparently recovered from wounds
in arm, neck and back, Louise was
placed on the witness stand by the
state, whereupon the court advised
that she did not have to testify
against her husband unless she so
desired. “Yes, sir,” she replied, “I’s
willin’ and ready to tell it all.” And
G. Brawley, Jewie L. Brawley, Ben-j Qjjg ^j. other witnesses
jamin O. C^pbell, Jewe J. Camp- enough to send Henry to prison
beU, Joe S. Caughman, Cecil A. Car- jg months.
michael, After hearing a number of minor
■ liam K. Crawford, Willis T. Curry, ] cases, court adjourned sine die dur-
m ing the Tuesday morning session.
Charles W. Galloway, .Tommy W. ^
Galloway, James A. Gann, Charles
R. Griffin, Alfred C. Hogans, Robert
B. Holland, Boyd W. Holtzclaw,
Jam^s O. Hunt, JuUan A. Hunnicutt,
William Y. Jacks, Herman S. Jen
kins, Ralph E. Johnson, Oscar B.
Kinard, Amon A. Knight, Coley L.
Lowery, Horace M. Lowery, John
F. Mattox, Sam H. McCrary, Blufford
M. Nabors, Winfred H. Norris, Lee
R. Owens, M. P. Petty, Ral|^ C. Pra
ter, Charles C. Ray, Sidney L. Riser,
Dewey D. Samples, Melvin A. Seay,
William A. Smith, Artber C. Starnes,
Joseph P. Terry, Jr., George H.
Baptists Hear
Missionary Tolks
Miss Pearl Jidmson, lor 16 years a
missionary to China, now on fur
lough, spoke Sunday morning at the
First Baptist church. Sunday evming
she addressed the Baptist Young
People’s union and Monday after
noon at a meeting of the Missionary
society she gave an interesting talk
on “Woman’s Work in China.”
Miss Johnson, a native of Jones-
Trumnell, Henry W. Trammell, O. Z.i ville, is making her home in Union
Thrasher, Warren O. White. ! with relatives since her return from
Chefoo, China. While here rtie was
the guest of Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Webb
and Rev. and- Mrs. W. N. Long.
PLAXICO CALLED
TO ARMY DUTY
Tom Plaxico, a second lieutenant
in the officers’ reserve quartermas
ter corps, was ordered yesterday to
active duty effective March 6, to be Dr. Robert P. Jeanes of Easley, son
stationed at Camp Blandlng, Starke, i of Mrs. P. S. Jeanes of this city, has
JEANES GETS
CALL TO DUTY
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Mr. Plaxico, who is a urell known
young business man of the city, has
been connected with the State Train-
;ing school tm: the past four and a
" half years as busmess ixianager. ^
been ordered, effective March 5. to
begin a year of active duty as a first
lieutenant in the army medical corps,
to be stationed at a Tennessee camp.
Dr. Jeaqes is attadied to the Green
ville medical unit.
Shealy.
Jail and courthouse: L. C. Taylor,
chairman; Tan M. Ray and C. M.
Curry.
Auditing: Clarence Martin, chair
man; G. W. Washington and J. C.
Cannon.
RURAL CARRIERS
MEET SATURDAY
The annual meeting of the Rural
Letter Carriers’ association and La
dies’ Auxiliary of the Fourth Con
gressional district will be conducted
jointly at Broad Street Methodist
church Saturday morning beginning
at 10 o’clock. I
The two organizations will hear
an address in the morning by Con
gressman Joseph R. Bryson of this
district., Following the dinner hour
M. B. Camak, superintendent of the
Ware Shoals schools, will. be the
guest speaker. The full program for
the meeting appeared in The Chron
icle last week.
draft act.
The list released
dresses, follow:
James Bledsoe, Goldville,
thanka I No. 131.
Hillard J. Hitt.
Order
Henry Wade Milam, Mountville,
Order No. 144.
°*^^*°”* L .r . , Grady Holland, Ware Shoals,
Durmg the speeches Legionnaires r.f.D. Order No. 174.
served the artillerymen cigars, cig- V.’ ’ - «-•
arettes, candy and chewing gum. ' r r \
The tables were decorated with j
groups of American flags in the cen
ter and in red, white and blue col-|
ors. The appropriate decorating for |
the occasion was the work of Mrs. i
Raymond ' Pitts and*^ Mrs. Thomas'
Seven white rygirtrants from Clin
ton Board No. 50 will leave Friday]
10 o clock forjdef^ai biennial sessions,
Fort Jackson and induction inti*) the i tative Brailsford of Orangeburg ap-
^^5 * yearts service under the p)ealed to the house to “defeat these
resolutions and we’ll take the strong
Heath Copeland. ^
With the singing of “God Bless
America” the farewell party came to
an end.
JOINT KIWANIS
MEETING HERE
est weapon out of the hands of the
enemies of biennial sessions.”
He and some other speakers ex
pressed confidence that the voters
would overwhelmingly vote down the
four-year and six-year terms.
While being questioned by Repre
sentative Taylor of Spartanburg.
Brailsford told him:
“You’re aiming at killing biennial
sessions and I’m aiming at passing
biennial sessions.”
; “That’s a matter of opinion,” Tay-
Laurens,,lor shot back.
“Be ye judged by your acts,” the
Orangeburg man said.
Taylor then told Brailsford “you
have no right to accuse me of sub-
of Chester
Virgil William Barnes,
R.FJD., Order No. 197. (
Willie Fuller Motes, Mountville,
Order No. 199.
Substitutes Also Named
The board has named the follow-1 terfuge.
ing four for replacements in case any; Representative Grant
of the selectees are turned down on said “I don’t think this resolution
physical examinations: , j should be used to hold up ratifica-
Andrew Franklin Fee, Ware tion of biennial sessions and finally
Shoals, R.F.D., Order No. 240.
Ben Tillman Brooks, Mountville,
1 Order No. 254.
The Laurens and Clinton Kiwanis
clubs united in an inter-city meet
ing Thursday evening at Hotel Clin-
..ioa. , — .
President-W. A. Moorhead extend
ed greetings of welcome to the visit
ors. The response for the Laurens
club was by D. F. Patterson, vice-
president.
The speaker for the evening was
Rev. McLeod Frampton, Jr., pastor
of the Third Presbyterian church of
Greenville and a member of the Ki
wanis club of that city. This being
Mr. Frampton’s first appearance in
Clinton for such an occasion, his Ki
wanis address was greatly enjoyed;
by the two clubs. ’ I
kill it. ... I say a member fresh
from the people is better qualified
to pass upon matters the first year
George Truman Abrams, Ware i than when he has been down here^
Shoals, Order No. 266. 5 long enough to be taken in by the
Sam Charlie Hughes, Clinton, I various departments.”
R.F.D. 1, Order No. 285. j Of Verner’s measure. Grant said
Seven Fitwi Laurens ‘ similar porposals had been rejected
Latrfehs Board No. 49‘'wnr alsb^Tn other states ah3"^f““we submit
send the following seven men to Fort | this to the people they’ll kill it five,
Jackson today, February 20; jsix to one.
Chester Garfield Fulmer, Jr., Route' “Wl;iy not say six-year terms for
1, Laurens; Bartow Traxton Brown, the house and 12-year terms for
Route 1, Owings; John Lewis Ball,}senators?” Qrant asked. “Why not
Route 1, Laurens; James Robert say once in office we would never
FEDERAL TAX MAN COMING
A deputy collector from the office
of the collector of internal revenue
will be to Clinton Saturday, March
8, for tne purpose of assisting tax
payers with the preparation of fed
eral income tax rettums for the cal
endar year 1940. The agent while
here will have headquarters at the
post office bul^jiing.
Bobo, Route 1, Laurens; Sam Julian
Mack, Route 1, Cross Hill; Fred Gray
Gambrell, Route 1, Laurens; Rossie
Christopher Gahan, Laurens.
YOUNG NAMED TO
HEAD THEATRES
go out?”
Representative Horne of Richland
argued that longer experience, as
proposed for senators in the bill, was
“worthwhile in any line.”
“The people have voted for bien
nial sessions. I say give them bien
nial sessions but I say give it to
them the way, that will best suit
-J. Leland Young of this city, has them,” Home said,
been named as manager of the Ca-j Representative Morrah of Green-
jsino and Broadway theatres, sue- ville assert^ that “it seems to me
^ j ceeding 'the late O. I. Sheely. Since that too much emphasis is being
James P. Sloan, of this city, a!the latter’s death the theatres have placed on the legislative experience
member of the Laurens county dele-^been in charge of A. I. (Gus) Mason, in Columbia insteikl of what could
manager of the Laurens theatres. ■ happen with money under their
Sloan Named On
Special Committee
gation, has been appointed on a sub
committee of five from the social se
curity committee to study proposed
changes in the unemployment com
pensation law. Mr. Sloan, it will be
recalled, jidvocated several changes
in the law during his campaign for
election last summer.
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owned by the same interests.
Mr. Young, who has already en
tered upon his new position, is the
son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Lee Young
and is a well known and popular
young business man of the city. For
j the past few years he has been man-
'ager of Young-Copeland Poster Ad
vertising service.
In his former position Mr. Young
is succeeded by William Brooks Ow-
control back in the counties.” A
four-year term would make it “twice
the time to get rid of undesirable
legislators.”
RAIN MUCH NEEDED
IN COUNTY NOW
Laurens, Feb
forecasts for rain
16. — Almost daily
the past several
ens, another highly regarded young days have been disappointing to
business man of Clinton, who for [farmers and truckers in this area,
several years past has operated the because there were only very light
Carolina Service station on East Car-, showers—not enough to aid in ger-
loUna avenue.
I
;Rev. Moorhead
Leads Study Course
minating oats and other grains so\^'n
this month and last.
While a great deal of spring plow
ing has been done, the fields need
moisture now to facilitate further
preparation and to start off pasturage
Rev. Marion F. Moorhead, pastor areas. All water streams are report-
of the Lydia Baptist church, is this ed low because of the continued win-
week conducting the annual stiL»dyjter drought which is also affecting
course for the Baptist Training ,union, local and farm home wells and other
of the First Baptist church. sources of water supply. The situ-
The study coUrse book taught by'ation is not acute, of course, yet it is
Mr. Moorhead is “More Than Mon-[quite unusual for this section.
ey” by John B. Freeman, stale sec- ♦
retary of Tennessee. Other members TO CLOSE SATURDAY
of the church are Invited to attend
these helpful and inspiring lessons
which are being given at 7:30 each
evening this week through Friday.
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M. S. Bailey and Son. Bankers, and
the Commercial Depository will be
closed Saturday, February 22, in ob
servance of Washington’s birthday.
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