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/ . h _.. l ■ f THE CHKOmaE Strives To Be k Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable (ilhf fllltnlnn Glhromrlp If You Don'^ Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLI Clinton, S. C., Thursday, March 27, 1941 Number 13 Tv f VIRGINIA PUN IN HANDLING LIQUOR URGED IN SENATE State Store Proposal Would Set Up Alcoholic Control Board of Three Members. 19 STUDENTS ON DEAN'S LIST AT THE COLLEGE " ■ Nineteen Presbyterian college stu dents are included on the dean’s scholastic honor list for the first se mester Just announced. To be eli-' gible for the honor, students mustj possess a cumulative average of 2.501 or above for the period during which they have been students at the insti tution. Eleanor Fleming of Laurens, won Regional Seoul Meet In Atlanta Social Workers To Hold Meet Here Blue Ridge Council Wins Flag. Four From Clinton Attends /I Piedmont Conference Program At College On April'IOth. ..I VYif Vi P t Columbia, March 25.—new angle j was added today to the legislative i prohibition battle with the introduc tion by Senators McEachin of Flor ence, and Warren of Hampton, of a long-rumored state liquor store bill. The measure arrived on the sen ate scene at a moment when that body awaited the beginning of debate on proposed finwee committee amendments ta the house-approved dry bill. Ibese were not reached, however, before jidjoumment and were left pending. The McEachih-Warren bill, similar to the one they tried hard to have passed a srear ago, would set up an alcoholic beverage control board of three members appointed for five- year terms by the governor “by and with the advice and consent of the senate.” The board would be author- Blue Ridge council won the at- The Piedmont Conference of So- tendance flag at the regional meet-icial Work comprising the counties of ing of the Boy Scouts, given to the' Abbeville, Anderson, Pickens, Mc- uc.uaClio, wu.., ,, ... on t u • - Cormick, Laurcns, Newberry, Spar- the distinction* of ranking at the head | ta^burg, Greenville, Greenwood, Un- of the roll. Others besides her on the list are; Frances Farrell of Wilkes- _ . _ , Barre, Pa., Felton Moore of Rome, i represented Blue Ridge council, the'10 in Presbyterian college 1 a a • a «• ^ m . . I CLINTON GIRL SERIOUSLY HURT i IN AUTO WRECK Miss Virginia Sadler of this city, member of the sophomore cla.ss at Coker college, is in a serious condi- j tion at Columbia hospital suffering I from injuries received in an auto-^ mobile accident last Saturday after noon at 3:30. i Reports yesterday stated that her condition was slightly improved. When the accident occurred. Miss Sadler with two other Coker stu- UNCLE SAM AND MERCHANTS IN MONEY SCRAMBLE Both Going After Flood of Extra Dollars Being Scattered By Defense Projects. New York. March 25.—Merchants I the best attendance at the Atlanta ! meeting last Friday. A total of 55 Edgefield, ion Cherokee Oconee Saluda andl*^®”!* Hartsville boys were and the federal government began a ' will meet here on April from Camden to Columbia, scramble this week for the flood of Ga., Edward Selfe of Huntington, Clinton district sending four repre- W.Va., Hoyt Crenshaw of Martin, gehtatives, rfugh Eargle, Shirley Ga., Ware Madden of Laurens, Flor-' Timmons, Bruce Galloway and R. E. ence Blakely of Clinto^, ^l^ce Fergvison, president of the council. Thirty-six councils compose region six, from the states of Florida, Geor gia, North and South Carolina. Over 400 attended the meeting, presided over by C. L. Emerson, regional Wells of Mount Holly, N. C., Walker 1 Rivers of Aiken, David Martin of Easicy, Qnily Martin of Clinton. Bessie Fortner of Clinton, Donald Draper of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Miles H. Ferguson of West Point, Ga., Ge- nair Goodyear of Mullins, Mary Mitchell of Clinton, Walter G. Som erville of McConnellsville, Charles Franks of Ooldville, Paul Turner of Atlanta. Receiving honorable mention be cause their averages for the first se mester are 2.50 or above but whose . . . . ... cumulative grades are not sufficient- ized to moke sovenung tor honor Urt eUgibllity are: Tench Owens of Clinton, Robert Wysor of College Park, Md., John Weldon of Bishopville, Edward Over cash of Charlotte, N. C.,. Elizabeth Tucker of Clinton, Jimmie Freeman of Clinton, Vivian Dukes of Laurens, audito- ^ where she planned to take a bus to extra dollars destined to flow into j her home here for the spring holi- workers’ pockets before snow flies m,. va A a au « days, The young man driving in somc next winter. ' . conference will ^ control of the car about 20 . the income of individuals this be to initiate and foster movements ,, ^ mitimhia in itt ' me inc« me oi inai\inuai.s mis for social progress in the state and'exnected by some observers m to coordinate the activities of social I i aggregate upwards of $85,000,000,000. the manufacture, bottling, sale, dis tribution, transportation and adver tising of liquor and other alcoholic beverages and to determine the num ber and location of liquor stores and warehouses. 'To finance the inauguration of such a plan, modeled, on that oper ated by the'state ot Virginia, the state finance committee would be authorized to sell up to $1,500,000 pf short-term notes. Revenue from the plan, which the authors have repeatedly contended would amount to $5,000,000 a year, would be allocated to the special school fund, to counties and to cities and towns on a 75 per cent, 15 per cent and 10 per cent basis, respec tively. Another feature of the bill was a provision for a court ban on the sale of Qquor to persons convicted of driving while intoxicated or to any- **wha has shown hteiaelf as an improper person to be allowed to purchase borages.” workers, public officials and other interested citizens to that end, offi cers state. _ _ An interesting program has been chairman of Atlanta, with Walter W. ‘ planned for the day. "nie morning Head, president' of the Boy Scouts of! session at the college will be follow- America, present. Mr. Head is a vol- ^ dutch luncheon (50c) served unteer leader, who gives liberally of i Thomwell orphanage dinmg his time to the scouts, although / a (Round table group discussions business man with large responsibili-, 8^ the State Training school in the, o, . ^ a ties. ' 1 afternoon will conclude the meeting.; The meeting opened with a break- j ^ fast for the council presidents, at AaIc which each council gave a report of > PlUUfllvflil Vvlj its outstanding achievements. The morning session was held at the At- * lanta Biltmore hotel, where various phases of scouting were discussed. turning over, with all occupants ex cept Miss Sadler escaping with mi-, a figure $10,000,000,000 above la.st nor injuries. An emergency ambu- ' year and at least $3,000,000,000 great- lance call was made and the young |er than in the “boom year” 1920. rec- woman rushed to Columbia hospital i ing sales of consumer goods where examinations by attending I of all kinds are held "just around physicians and surgeons revealed she j the corner.” had received serious back injuries in the mishap. Miss Sadler has a wide circle of friends here and elsewhere who are Call To Army and T. O. McKeown of Blackstock. CLINTON WOMAN LOSES BROTHER COUNTY GINNINGS SHOW 8,000 JUMR Robert Norriy, 65, of Washington, D. C., and Columbia, brother of'Mrs. O. A. Sowers of this city, died Sat urday morning in a. hospital at Lake City, Fla., after an extended illness. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon in Newberry by Dr. J. W. Jackson of Columbia, with interment following in Rosemont cemetery. Mr. Norris was an honor graduate of Newberry college and for several years taught lii-the puMie schools ot^Mr. Head this state. Later he became promi nent in the insurance business in Newberry, and later in Roanoke, Va., and Washington. He was never mar ried. In addition to Mrs. Sowers, he is I surt'ived by a second sister, Mrs. and were W. E. Lawrence, assistant national i director, health and safety service, i and E. Umer Goodman, national di- | rector, division of program. Boy Scouts of America, were the princi pal speakers at the luncheon. The afternoon meeting consisted of i William H. Moorhead of San group conferences, followed by the j Antonio, Texas, a lieutenant in election of officers and closing with ' > • . Young Physician To Spend Year In Medical Corps At Jacksonville. a banquet. Awards were given to sea scout ships for special achieve ments. Mell R. Wilkinson, father of scouting in Atlanta, and already holder of the silver buffalo, the high est award in scouting, was given a silver beaver award, and the flag was presented to Blue Ridge council. “The i the medical corps. United States re serve officers, has been ordered to active army duty effective April 10, to be stationed at Camp Blanding, near Jacksonville, Fla. Dr. Moorhead, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moorhead of Goldville, has been locat^ in San Antonio since last August where he has been as- and unite in wishing for her a per manent recovery, though she is ex- The government this week was counting up the $1,000,000,000 it gathered this month in individual income tax collections, an amount far larger than the $665,000,000 yielded by income levies in March last year. On the other hand, retailers were pected to remain at the hospital for i think more seriously several weeks before she can be Te moved to her home. She is a popular and outstanding student at (Toker where she has made an enviable rec ord and taken a leading part in all campus activities. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sadler, have been at her bedside since the accident occurred. Eight Ages of a Scout” was drama-1 foc»ated with Dr. Merton M. Minter tized by troop No. 5 of Atlanta, and the final address, “Building the America of Tomorrow,” was made by Laurens county tanners produced I 32,Ml boles ot cotton during the sea-1™* broker, W. C. Noma, of New son of 1940, a gain of 8,011 bales', _ over the previous year. it was Marvin for the ar^ W. de nounced yesterday by Sanders, special agent partment of commerce. The report as of March first re veals that the crop last ygar was one of the largest produced in the county in the past decade. The figure for 1939 was 24,970. GOLDVILLE CHURCH GETS NEW PASTOR / The Rev. James MitchelL pastor of Eastside Baptist church at New berry, has resigned and accepted a call to the Goldville Baptist church, succeeding the: late Rev. C. C. Vaughan. Mr. Mitchell has been pastor of the Newberry church for the past four years. Farewell services were held for him Sunday hi^t and he has already entered upon his new work. PITTS MOTOR CO. IN NEW LOCATION THORNWELL SHARES IN DUKE FUND Trustees of the Duke Endowment in session Tuesday in New York, ap propriated $1,023,346 to 122 hospitals and 42 orphan homes in the Caro lines. Of the amount $896,439 went to hospitals and $126,^7 to orphan ages. Thorwell orphanage of this city, in the distribution, will receive $6,697.80 against $6,874.74 last year. The Baptist orphanage, Connie Maxwell at Greenwood, will receive $6,744.47; Epworth orphanage, the Methodist institution at Columbia, $8,428.55. Eleven other small orphan homes in the state are included in the distribution. SUMMER S^OOL OPENS JUNE 9 A. A. A. Payments Come To Farmers ChecKS To Dote Total in the practice of internal medicine. He is a graduate of the medical school of Tulane imiversity, after wirieh he interned at Research -hos pital, Kansas, City, Mo. He then took high school. FINAL TEACHERS MEETING TODAY The final meeting of the Laurens county teachers’ association will be held this afternoon at 3:30 in the Laurens high school auditorium. Invocation will be made by Rev. E. P. Moye, pastor of Watts Mills Presbyterian church. Panel discus sion, “Need of Physical Education In the School,” will be led by J. B. Ouzts of this city. The entertainment feature will be provided by the Gray Court-Owingi a year’s special training at the grad uate school of the University of Pennsylvania, and a similar course under Dr. Schindler at the Univer sity of Chicago before locating in I San Antonio. j Dr. and Mrs. Moorhead arrived j yesterday for a few days’ stay with his parents after a short visit to Mrs. Officers for be elected. the coming year will ONE DEAD AND ONE IN JAIL ers Yet To Arrive. Pitts Motor company, headed by S. A. Pitts, has moved from their i <)irector, former location on East Carolina I courses, avenue into the vacant building pnj in addition Annotmeement has been made that the annual summer school at Pres byterian college will open on June 9 and close on July 18. The school will be headed by Dr. John G. Barden as and will offer Cotton parity and soil conserva tion payments for Laurens county farmers for 1940 were swelled dur ing the past week to $160,223.35, County Agent C. B. Cannon said yes terday. To date 2,929 Checks on 1,879 applications have been received. ~Mr. Cannon stated that approxi mately $65,000 is yet to be received on last year’s conservation payment. Last fall farmers received $207,000 parity payment, making approxi mately $432,000 from the program. In further discussing the benefit payments, Mr. Cannon states that farmers of the county have received $2,621,362 since 1933 to October 31, 1940, through the AAA office. Laurens, March 24.—Following an <M nr- r— (inquest Monday in a Negro homicide, $160,223.35, With 0th- i Moorhead’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.j Coroner Robert I. Burgess issued a L. Moody, in Shreveport, La. j warrant charging Thomas C. Work man with murder Jesse Ray Suber. I The shooting occurred late Sunday 'afternoon in Hunter township at the home of Sam Workman as a result The Fountain Inn Presbsrterian Keller Is Colled To Fountain Inn Church church and the New Harmony Pres byterian church near Fountain Inn, voted Stmday tb call the Rev. Ches ter Keller as pastor. The congrega- of a 75 cents debt dispute, investi gating officers reported. Suber sought to escape but was brought low by a _ rifle shot at a measured distance of 75 yards, ac tional meeting was presided over by I cording to Deputy Sheriff George L. Dr. L. Ross Lynn of this city. Mr. Keller, who is pastor of the Presbyterian church at Batesburg- Leesville, has indicated he will ac cept the call, probably asuming his duties within the next 30 days. Mr. Keller is a graduate of. Pres byterian college. He married Miss Ridgeway. Kiwanians To Have Sextet As Guests The Kiwanis club will hold its reg- , ^ ^ ular meeting this evening at Hotel | higher taxes being Suella Denson, daughter of Mr. and! Clinton, the program being in charge' every side. about delivery problems and store purchase? of staple goods as whole sale markets broadened. Two months ago statisticians were talking about the possibility of total retail sales of $.50,000,000,000 for 1941, contrasted with ab<nit $45,500,- 000,000 last year. Now they are es timating the aggregate may be an other billion, or two, or three, above the $50,000,000,000 earlier forecast. Industrial executives in many lines began shaping production sched ules to fit “outflow unlimited” of federal funds for defense. On top of the original $28,500,000,000 defense program^and the more recent $7,000,- 000,000 for aid to Grt^at Bntain. The senate this week approved outlay of $3,950,000,000, principally for naval and air bases, and other related items and the end of authorizations was not in sight. The contest of merchants and the government for the extra payroll dollars became more clear-cut as plans were unfolded for government sale of its securities—from lO-cent savings stamps up to $10,000 bond.s —directly to the public, beginning May 1. The securities sale, patterned along the line of the World war Liberty loan and war savings stamp subscrip tion, will seek to gather into the treasury the “savings” part of work ers ’pay to help finance defense costs. Thus, develops .this "squirrel cage” m the death the government pays the ' arms producer money for arma ments; (2) the arms producer passes out 30 per cent or so of the govern ment money to his workers jn wag-, es; (3) the worker buys government securities,—he gets a bond, and the government gets defense dollars back to spend over again fp_r_ additional armaments. Through bond sales directly to the public, the government hopes to trim increasing purchasing power a little, too, to lessen demand for consumer goods, and thus restrain price rises among the everyday items making up the cost of living. Destined to trim purchasing pow- the YOUNG CO. PLANS TO MOVE SOON John T. Young, owner of Young Mrs. W. S. Denson of this city. Monts Elected On School Committee of the music committee and the club’s i The merchant, however, is laying pianist, Mrs. William Brooks Owens. I P future, too. He sees the A special musical program will be i money flowing from factory given by a sextet composed of Miss I P^y^j^'^t^rs windows, and he is Lois Blakely, Miss Alice Gaines, Miss, stocks and broadening ad- Coilette Griffin, Mrs. Heath Cope-j"^^^re of rising land, Mrs, Henderson Pitts and Mrs. Leila Johnson, with Mrs. Owens as accompanist. North Broad street adjoining Blake ly Bros. Seed store. The building has been worked over and arranged for a show room. Mr. Pitts extends a cordial invitation to the public to visit him in his new location. A colorful display of Hudson mod els are now on display, Mr. Pitts states. - The rear of the bfiilding has be«i converted into a service repair de partment in charge of Hawk^ Bros, of Goldville, experienced mechanics. "Lost" Registrants Problem With Board J. D. Jeanes, clerk of Clinton Board No. 50 (draft) stated yesterday that the office is -experiencing consider-' able trouble atx^ “lost” registrants' who have changed their addresses, since they were registered without; notifying the board. Registrants are' xe<iuired to notify the local (^ice when they change their addresses and are urged to give their cooper ation in ffiis and every other way; with selective eervice. IN ATLANTA HOSmAL rriends oi Brosufus Smifh will be sorry to know he left zor Atlanta yosiprday where he U a hospital pa tient. to Dr. Barden the teaching staff will include: Prof. H. E. Sturgeon, Prof. H. E. Spencer, Prof. Bothwell Graham, Prof. Ken neth Baker, and Prof. B. H. Boyd. A professor for the course in E^lish will be announced later, the director stated. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE SO FAR TEDS TEAR THERE HAS BEEN 1 FATALITY from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS LAUREI«{S COUNTY Let’s Strive To Make 1941 s Safe Year On the Highways. Thia data Iasi yaar, 1 W. E. Monts, superintendent of the company on South Broad street, has;Clinton public schools, was elected to begyn the construction of a brick j membership on the executive corn- store room on the Clinton-Grrenwood i mittee of the South Carolina Edu- i * fourteen highway near the intersection ap- cational association at a meeting last I Sf 11 raeon To Head proaching what is kifown as “Grif-;w'eek in Columbia. Mr. Monts willjai * r ^ fins Woods.” The buildmg will be .serve as committeeman frewn the Mcn-Ot”CnUrch GrOUD completed in a few weeks, Mr. Young (Fourth Congressional district com-I * states, at which time he will move j prising Laurens, Greenville, Spartan-; The March meeting of the Men- his stock of merchandise from its 1 burg and Union counties, for the of-the-Church of the First Presbyte- coming three years. He was also' rian church was held Tuesday eve- elected a delegate to the National ning, with J. H. Hunter in charge of business. BAPTISTS TO HEAR GUEST MINISTERS present location into the new build ing which will be nearer the center of his farming interests. County Medicos Hold Meet Here The March meeting of the Laurens County Medical association was held Tuesday evening at Hotel Clinton. Dinner was served the members and a number of ladies of the Medi cal auxiliary who were invited to meet with the physicians. James H. SulUvao, Laurens attorney, who was the guest speaker, discussed Jurisprudence of Medicine.” The president, Dr. W. T. Pace, of Gray Court, prided. Education association c<;^nvention to the program, be held in Boston the latter part of j Th^ guest speaker was Dr. L. June. There are seven delegates from Lynn, president of Thomwell this state, one for each congressional! phanage. -district and a delegate-at-large. George L. Pitts ill. In Texas Hospital , Upon the nominating committee’s! hear report the following officers were hour elected for the coming year; Prof. H. E. Sturgeon, president; H. L. Eichel- berger, vice-president; Irby S. Hipp, secretary-treasurer. In the absence of the pastor, the ■services at the First Baptist church on Sunday will be conducted by Rev. R. H. F'alwell, state Baptist Union secretary, and Dr. Alva B. Langston, for 22 years a missionary in Brazil, and now moderator of the Laurens R.! association. All Baptist students of or-1 the college are particularly urged to 1 be present at the morning hour to Friends of George L. Pitts of Tyler, Texas, formerly of this city, will re gret to know he is confined to the.piQ YOU KNOW^ Bryant Clinic at Tyler for medical i i * " <'1^1 treatment. The hfformation was re-| THAT—J. I. Copeland 8c Bro. has jeeived by The Mr. Falwell. At the evening Dr. Langston will bring the message, and all who have heard him will be pleased with the pros pect of hearing him again. The pub- ' lie is invited to these services. The pastor. Rev. W. N. Long, is a.s- sisting Rev. J. G. Wood and the Boil ing Springs church in a ten-day re vival meeting. Miss Rosa Mahaffey Honored By Group Miss Rosa Mahaffey, instructor in English at Clinton hl^ sdiool, was elected president of the Englii^ de partment of the South Carolina Edu cation association at a mae^ing hald in Columbia laat wa«dc durtaif tha annual maating of tha State Taadi- an’ aaaoeiaftlon. Chronicle yesterday; been selling hardware in Clinton for TPAIKIIKIA VHOftl through Mrs. John Garrett Hart of 47 years, the firm having opened in j ' Laurens, who has been on a visit to11894 with G. L. and J. I. Copeland| GcT5 WPA FUND her parents in T^ler, her family-be-1 as owners. Two years thereafter, the inf close friends of Mr number of years. Pitts for a name was changed to J. I. Copeland. | Announcement was made from Later it became J. I. Copeland 8c Washington yesterday of the approv- Barden Head Of * Teachers' Group Dr. John G. Barden, professor of education at Presbyterian college, was elected president of South Caro lina College Teachers of Education at a meetiitf held Friday at the Uni- veraity of South CaroU^ Bro. In 1929, following the death of the founder, J. Isaac Copeland, the busi ness was purchased by his brother ahd partner, W. D. Copeland, who has continued to operate it under the same name, and at the same location on North Broad street This is one of the largest and most successful hardware concerns^ in South Carolina. ^ f aLof a WPA allotment for improve ments at the State Training schqui near here. A total of.$14,953 was earmarked for the work which includes the con struction of dormitory and storage buildings and areaway drainage fa cilities; excavating, grading and ter racing the grounds, buildmg walks and steps,- and installing heating, plumbing and electrical facilities.