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/ Jfe' A' JiW'-L ■. tHi.MiJU i J / ■ / / THE GHBOWaE Strives To Be A Cleon I^Ulwspaptr, Complete, Hmny and RefioDie If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Clinton, S. C., Thursday, April 17, 1941 Number 16 OPa BUBUUl YEAR UIURDAY Mid-Carolino CircW Ta Launch 1941 Season. Cunton-Lydio and ^ Joanna In the Loop. The' Mid-Carolina textile league seaaon will open next Saturd^, ac cording to the achedule tj^leas^ by Pi:esident John J. Clark of Goldville. The league is composed of CUnton- Lydia, Watts Mills, Rogers Hosiery, Mollobon, Joanna and Newberry. Each team is slated to pUy 20 games during the coming season which will end August 16th. The leaders will ^engage in Shaughnessy playoffs at the close of the campaign. Mid-Car olina, as in the past, is eiq;>ected to be (me of the fastest leagues In this section this year. The Clinton-Lydia team will be headed by Joe Davaiport as mana ger. &uce Galloway will again head &e Joanna team of Goldv^. OpenlBg Day's Oaaase Opening games announced fbr Sat urday afternoon will see Clinton- Lydia lined up against Watts at Laurens, Newberry at MoUohooi and Rogers vs. Joanna at Goldville. The schedule for the remainder of the season follows: '' April 26 Watts at Rogers MoUohon at Clinton Joanna at Newberry May t Clinton id Joanna . Watts at MoUcdion Newberry at Refers May 16 Newberry at Clinton Rogers at MoUohon Joanna at Watts May 17 Clinton at Rogers Watts at Newberry MoUohon at Joanna . May 24 Newberry at Watts R(^ei;a Clinton Joanna at MoUedwn May tl ;; Clinton at Mewbacry- Watts at Joanna MoUoh<m at Rogmrs Jane 7 MoUohon at Watts Rogers at Newbehy Joanna at Clintoli Jane 14 Clinton at MoUohon Newberry at Joanna Rogers at Watts Jane U Watts at Clinton MoUohon at Newberry Joanna at Rogers Jane 28 Clinton at Joanna Watts at MoUohon Newberry at Rogers Jaly 6 • Newberry at Clinton Rogm at MolkdiOD Joanna at Watts Jaly 12 Clinton at Rogers Watts at Newberry* MoUohon at Joanni ' Jaly 16 Newberry at Watts Rogers at Clinton Joanna at Molkdion Jaly 2d_ , CUnton at Newberry Watts at Jbaxma - • MoUcdxon at Rogers Aagast 2 ' MoU(^ii ab Watts - Rogers ai Newberry Joanna at Cunton IHlay, Aagnst • ClinUm. at MoUohon Newberry at Joaima Rogers at Joanna Remers at Watts kvgM • Watts tk Clinton Mollphon %t Newiyerry Joanna ai 6ogf»s FrMpy, AagM tg Watts at Renters Molkdum at CSlAtoa' Joanna, at Newberry OinlSrS Watts Newberry at BIMlolion Rogni at Joanna LAURENS COUNTY , ONE OF STATE'S BIG PEACH AREAS Laurens YPras listed as one of toe ei^t most important peach growing eounties in South Carolina recently by E. H.JEtowl, Clenoson college ex- t^ion horticulturist, who said that if the present heavy plantings of c(»nmercial orchards cemtinues it wiU be only a short time ut^U “South Carolina wiU be the most important peach producing state in toe South, sms ms (OUMY aiPPlY lU RASES HOUSE AHU SEW 10 SEHATE FOR APRROVAl 1941 Measure Carries Net Total of ^5,157.09 To Be Roised By Taxation. Auditor To Fix Levy. if not in the nation, for freto con- sumption." Spartanburg, with 51 per cent of toe total trees, was raniked as, toe mcMt important peach-growing coun ty in toe states Others listed, in ad- Carrying a total appropriation of |156,JB57.(W, the Laurens county sup ply biU has pasMd the lower house and is now in the senate for approv al or amending by Senator O. L. The gross appropriation in Section 1 amounts to $156,857,09, from which is deducted $71,700.00, leaving a net total of $85,157.09 to be raised by ‘taxation, compared with $77,947.44 tions of previous supply bills from year to year. Appropriations of the bill foUow: Item 1. For maintenance DID YOU KNOW? THAT—^The 11 oldest business es tablishments in Clinton have been in business for a combined total of 482 years. To Bailey’s Bank, Young’s Pharmacy and George A. Copeland & Son goes the distinction of being the oldest Concerns. The firms with the year each en tered business follow: M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, 1886. Young's Pharmacy, 1887, George A. Copeland & Son (for- of chaingang, roads* and , , „ ~ j t « bridges, estimated $38,000.00 J- H. Phinny, and J. H. Phm- dition to Laurens, were York, Green- estimated revenue of viUe, Chesterfield. Cherokee, Saluda 671,700.00 U to be derived as foUows and Edgefield. Rawl expects the state’s commer cial orchards this year to show a to^ tal of 4,500,000 trees, representing an increase of about four million since' 1931. “Only 40 per cent of the trees were of bearing age in 1940,” be said. Ransom W. CMney Claimed ^ Dealh Retired Farmer Passes At Home of Daughter, Mrs. R. F. Sumere^ l^ansom Willis Chaney, 79, died at toe home of his dau^ter^ Mrs. Ry- land F. Sumerel, early Sunday morn ing after an extended illness. Funeral services were conductod from Padgett’s Creek Baptist church in Union county at 3 o’clock Mon day afternoon with the Rev. J. R. Moore of that community, and toe Rev. W. N. Long of this city, offici ating. Interment followed in toe church cemettry. The final rites were attended by a number of friends and acquaintances, and toe many beautiful floral offerings bank ed upon his mound were indicative of toe hiito regard in which he was held by all adio knew hiln. Mr. Chaney was » hi^ily regarded farmer of tlm SedaUa section where ^he resld^ uigi^s^irears sgio when 6fhe""ttov«d h«^^nake his home Yvito his dauid^ter and Mr. Sumerel. He was a eon of Ransom Chaney and Mattie Holder Chaney.'. His wife, Mrs. Addle Bobo Chaney, preceded him to the grave in 1933. In addition to his daughter, Mrs. Sumerel, the deceased is survived by twot sons,.W. Brooks Chaney of At lanta, and L. J. Chaney of SedaUa. The B. R. fullers Move To Florida Fees from county officers, $11,000; fines and f(Nrfeitures, $5,500; insur ance licenses, $4,000; gasoline tax, $46,000; beer, wine and liquor tax, $5,200. The millage is left blank. Section 1 specifying that a tax of a sufficient number of mills be levied, less the estimated revenue for the year from all sburcetu the amoimt of such mill- age to be determined later by toe county au(litor in consultaticm and with toe consent of the county dele gation. Several salary increases were pro vided as follows: Clerk of court, from $2,100 to $2,600; superintendent of educati(m, from $1,500 to $1,800 (with a reduction in traveling ex penses from $400 to $300); sheriff, $2,000 to $2,400; tax collector, $1,380 to $1,500. The number of mill deputies is to be increased from three to five, vdth an^ additional one at Watts Mills, Laurens, and another at Joanna Mills, cioI^Ville, making a total of two at each place. Lydia Mills will retain' its one deputy. A $4,000 appropriation lor the pur chase, of steel filing equipment for the county court house is provided for. It was the same amount provid ed last year for the repair re modeling of the court house itself. The following is the fiscal part of toe bill as passed in toe house by Representatives Milam, Martin and Sloan. Portions carried in sections containing toe provisions and rules governing apiotipriations authorised an omittod far laak the reason they are largely repeti- Item 2. Special funds to build and repair bridges 10,000.00 Item 3. New machinery and trucks to be bought bjr Supervisor and Board of County Commissioners, as needed 6,000.00 Item 4. Salaries: Clerk of Court 2,600.00 Assistant Clerk of Court 1,080.00 Provided, that all extra clerical help for Clerk of Court’s office shall be paid by Clerk of Court • out of said Clerk’s salary. j Auditor 794.401 Clerical help for County I Auditor 300.00 j County Treasurer 794.40 ' Clerical help lor Coimty Treasurer 840.00 Superintendent of l^uca- tion 1,800.00 Traveling expenses lor Su- | ’ perintendent of Education 300.00 I Assistant Superintendent of Education 960.00 S. C. SURREY BU IK EAST STA6E OF lEGISUFIVE ROW Each House Has Own Ideos On Taxes, Each Rejects Other's Finan cial Proposals. ny & Company), 1888. D. E Tribble Company, 1894, 1 J. 1. Copeland & Bro., 1894. # , j o .u I A. B. Blakely 8c Bro., (formerly adjournment of the South Car- !A B.. Blakely), 1899. iolma general assembly always hing- i • The Clinton Chronicle, 1900. I Copeland-Stone Company, 1902 j R. J. Pitts (formerly J. M. Pitts),! the representatives reject- 1'1903. I ed senate amendments to the meas- L. B. Dillard (formerly Dillard dtjure. Dill^d), 1907. j iTje. action of the house followed Citizen Federal Savings and Loan; wide-sweeping amendments of the Columbia, April 18. — The pivotal general appropriatiorw bill, on which j es’, headed for a six-man free con- i ference committee yesterday when Association, 1909. Lutherans To Meet Here Tuesday Piedmont Conference To Be Held At St. John's Church. The Piedmont conference of the Judge of Probate":;:;."'.".""';; I.600.00 Evangeucal Lutheran S^od of South Clerk for Judge of Probte 840.00 Ca^li^a St. Johns _ ^ Sheriff 2,400.00 colleges and for new and senate amendments but even^ then the changes were unacceptable. By a vote of 56-48 the house refused to concur in the amendments "as amended’’ and the bill went back to the senate, which will appoint its three conferees after insisting, as it ' was sure to do, on its version of the ' bill. House conferees will be appointed after the senate appointees are named. The measure came back from the senate at a figure $960,974 more than the house-approved total of $13,518.- 325. In addition, there were provis ions which increased tuition fees at expenses for Traveling l^eriff Office help for Sheriff.... Deputy Sheriffs, four (4) at $125.00 per month, each.. Travel expense for foUr (4) Deputy Sheriffs at $40.00 per month each County Supervisor, salary. Traveling expenses for Su pervisor 500.00 Jailor 12 months at $115.00 per month Tax Collector, 12 months at $125.00 per month 1,500.00 Two (2) County Commis sioners at $300.00 each.... 600.00 Traveling expenses Imr (Continued on page seven) Tuesday, April The o* ^ < increased taxes on incomes, cigarets, eoo.00 “»y- Mayer, staM .dmiaaiona and coin-operated 1 380 00! arrangements for {.hines ma’ 6,000.00 1,920.00 1,500.00 1,380.00 Last RHes For John W. Ropp Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Fuller left Sunday for Daytona Beach, Fla., where they will make their future home. Mr. Fuller will be as6(x:iated in business with his son, B. R. Fuller, Jr., vice-president and manager of a larg^ ch^n of bakeries in Florida and North Xarolina. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, who have heed residents of this city for a number of 'years, have a wide circle of friends here who will regret to learn of their departure. To Compete In Science Contest Leaman Jones, Ann Lee McMillan and Ruth Rumph, students at Clin ton high school; James Frank Dor- roh wad Charles Ernest McCossn of Thorawell hi^ are included in the representatives selected ttom Dis trict Number 2 to enter toe final General Science state contest to be held in Columbia during high ■cho<d week, S0-M|i^ 2. ATTEND PmESSTTBET Dr. D. J. Woods, Dri L. R. Lynn, Rev. J. K. Rofaftts, A. O’Daidcl and Ci F Wiim atte^ed the spring meet ing (^ South Carolina Presbytery hitfd Tuesday with toe First Presby- t^rten chi^em of "AblMviUe Kiwonidn% Joanno Progiam The Kiwahli meetihg ^Thursday,, evening was featuret), by d wdelily ~ musical program by a group of boys and girls from the Joiama sdiool, Goldville, under toe direction ot lHai Charlotte ODell,* musical lnetv\i4dr of toe scdiooL tile program oonsfstdd of severtl numbers most creditably rendered and greatly enjoyed by thsi members, ! Plans vMet announced Presi-I dent Moorfaeed for holding in inter-1 club meeting in the near future in' toe attractive new chib house just completed in the Joanna viUiote* Clubs to participate in the meet ere Laurens, Greenerood, Newberry wad Clinton. S. W. Sionerel was received land cordis^ welcomed into the club as a iiew.snember during the evening. DRIVK CAREFULLY 'Save a life m TEAR THERE HAVE BEEN Winners Named In jScliool Conlesis- District No. 2 Expres< sion and Declomotion Meet Here Monday. The annual high school expression and declamation contests for District No. 2 were held in .the high sch(X)l Well Known Cross Hill Citizen Fosses. Father , Of Mrs. Clifton Adair. Funeral services for John W. Ropp, 65, of Cross Hill, father of Mrs. Clif ton Adair of this city, were held from the home last Thursday after-1 and Academy Street school auditor! noon with the Rev. J. H. Byrd' of ficiating, asslsted 'by the Rev. J. E. Ratchford and the Rev. D. W. Keller. Interment followed in the Liberty Springs church cemetery. Mr. Ropp, wel>-known farmer and traveling sale^an of his jcqimnunlty*^ had' h^ in declining' health for some time. He was a member of the Cross Hill Baptist church, a son of the late William Harrison Ropp and Mrs. Virginia Mason Ropp of the Vaughan ville section of Newberry county. In addition to Mrs. Adair, he is survived by his widow, the former Miss Mary Workman of Cross Hill; three sons, J. W. Ropp, Jr, Charles ton, W. H. Ropp, l^rence, C. W. Ropp, Calhoun Falls; and one sister, Mrs. 21. O. Whittle of Columbia. the spring meeting have been com pleted with a large attendance ex pected. The program will begin at 10 am.. The Service and Holy Commimion. The sermon will be preached by Rev. J. E. Stockman of Greenville. Litur- gists: Rev. C. J. Shealy of Spartan burg, and Mr. Mayer of this city; . The remainder of the program fol lows: 11:15—Address, Itev. Edgar Z. Pence, Little Mountain, president of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina Already on record against increas ed tuition and against the four-point revenue program, the representatives eliminate the former entirely and substituted a ways and means plan for an increased income tax rate scale for the senate revenue propos als. Other changes eliminated the provision for the highway depart ment to recommend payment of fees for attorneys in the litigaUon over the 1939 and 194QP highway diversion acts; restored the civil contingent fimd appropriation from $10,000 to $25J)0^ and inserted a prqvtidon to 11(46--iiewlnf reiweeeBtetlves otf jrahl "feBedy*^ students a M per cent institutions. 12:10—Presentation of parish edu cation pi^^gram — Rev. Erwin S. Specs, representing the Parish and Church Sch(x>l Board, Philadelphia, Pa. 1:0(1—Lunch. (After lunch, the women will con vene in the church, the men will meet at a place to *be designated later). 2:00 — Formal opening of confer ence. 2:10 — Discussion of parish educa tion activities—Rev. Eldwin S. Spees. 3:00 — “The Opportunities of an Army Chaplain’’ — Chaplains E. J. Mattson and A. E. Kalkwarf, Camp Croft, Spartanburg. 3:20—Business session. Formal closing of conference. urns on Monday evening at eight o’clock. R. C. Lake, superintendent of the Whitmire sdiools, presided over toe girls contest, and Price K. Harmon, principal of Newberry high,| HOME-DEFENSE UNIT h.d ch«*. j WILL BE ORGAN IZID IN UURENS first place; Anna Margaret Lomlnack of the Pomaria schiwl, second; Afal COUNTY TEACHERS ELECT OFFICERS At toe last meeting of toe Laurena County Teachers’ asaociadim for the year, Fred L. Taylor was elected president for toe ctxning year, suc ceeding G. M. Gray. Mr. Taylor is agriculture teacher in toe Laurens h^ school. Mrs. J. David Copeland, principal of the Renno adirol, was clceted vice-president J. Leroy Bums, coimty superin tendent of. educatiem, was re-elected secretary. Long of the Laurens school, .third; with Juanita Feagle of Little Moun tain, Kathleen Summerel of Fd^rd High, and Marjorie Saye of Silver- street, tied for fourth place. Other schools in addition to the winners repreMnted were: Mountville, Elizabeth Carter; Gray Court, Betty Jean Armstrong; Clin- tqn, Jean Copeland; Union, Mary Finney; Newberry, Isabel Nelson. The Boys Contest Laurens, April 15.—In line with a program set in motion by Governor B. R. Maybank and Adjutant Gen eral James C. Dozier, a Laurens rifle company will be organized here Fri day night, ApHl 18, it was announced by Captain W. R. Richey, World war veteran and commander of the Lau rens post of 'Veterans of Foreign tuition fee reduction at state col leges. By 94-7, the house tabled an amendment offered by Representa tive Peek of Charleston to eliminate the $500,000 senate increase for old- age assistance. When the bill was taken up, Rep resentative Wallace of York attempt ed to hav'e consideration "postponed indefinitely" but his motion was ta bled by a big oral vote. Indefinite postponement was the weapon the house used to kill the senate’s aepa- irate revenue bill several weeks ago. Representative Berry of Richland moved to strike out the senate’s four- point revenue program and substi tute the increased income tax scale and his amendment was adopted af ter considerable debate and after many other motions and amend ments were disposed of in various ways. Representative Grant of Ctoester oppo^ the Berry amendment be cause, he contended, that "increasing revenue’’ from existing taxes would be sufficient to balance the budget. Representative Zejrbst of Charleston said no new taxes should be levied or old taxes increased in view of impending hiitoer federal taxes. "Let’s not dump an extra load on your people at this time,’’ Tterbst pleaded. 2!;erbst and Chairman Smith of the ways and means committee both s FA'EAbIrTtES automobile ACCIPBNTS- in LAURENS COUNTY Let*f Strive .To Blake IMl a Safe Year On the Highways. » . This iate laal year, 5 Local Officers Given Federal Recognition A latge number of South Carolina national guard officers within the past week have been extended fed eral recognition by the War Depart ment after passing fRiiets testa con ducted by toe boarda of the regular army, lauded in toe list are the following from Clinton: Maj. Walter A. JohiuKm, Ueul R. T. Dunlap, lieut. Wilb^ L. Jones, Mid Lieut C. W. Hallman, all now stationed at Camp Stewart ney Savannah, Ga. TO MEET IN GEBENVnXE The Piedmont district conference of Social Workers at their annual session here last Thursday, accepted an invitation to hold toeiil 1942 meeting in GreenvUte next A|>riL Wendell Ballentine of the Little I Mountain school, won first place in _.^ 6Ksa K^evei ^ aiKi 35 DOt likely to 06 drafted the boys contest^ Thomas Scott ofi j « t—a a._s 4^ •• aiiQ 811 otheiTS ixiterested up to 55 Captain ni&er erts of Laurens, fourth piset. Other entries in toe contes't were: Meuptville, Hugh Bryson; Gray Court-Owings, James Campbell; Clinton, Milton Milam. Wars. Captain Richey is being assist- ^ in the prelindn^ plans for the tri^' to'table Bend’s‘motion but defense unit by F, E. Gaulden, com- failed, mander of the Lake-Garrett post, Students To Enter Typing Contests winners in the state preliminary typing contests have been announced to compete in the finals at th® Uni versity of South CaroUaa to m held during high school week April 80- May 2. High-scoring students from here vtoo will ccunpete in the final tests are: Eleanor Margaret Barnett' and Chloe McClure of Thomwell company will include a captain, a first lieutenant, two second lieuten ants and non-conunissioned officers. Richey said the strength of each company would not be Ids than 40 no more than 92 men, the first 40 to be selected from the ranks of the able-bodied men betwenm 21 and 35, and the remainder from ex-service ranks. WAR BULLETIN BOARD high, Virginia Carolyn Sumerel and j yea*" last July 1 Carolyn Shannon Young of Clinton high. SCHOOL OmOPF ELECTS At an executive meeting of high .schctol league of district No. 2 held here Monday, the following new of ficers were elects: President, S. C. Gambrell, super intendent Gray Court-Owings school. Vice-president, Price K. Harmon, princip^ of Newberry high school. Secretary-treasurer, C. M. Riser, superintendent Pomaria school. en the German encirclement of To bruk in Libya, Berry was the author also of the amendment to eliminate the tuition increase proposals and Representa tive Leppard of Chesterfield was the author of the amendment to admit . . .. “needy” students for one-half the to attend the organizational meeting. | regular tuition fee. Laurens. Greenwood, Abbeville i m—. and Newb^, formi^ this district.} Sr Senator Sawyer of George- expected to provide at least one,^wn and others, to mcrease toe battalion of fiw rorapanies Each sute-aid for salaries of holders of first grade teachers’ certificates to $800 a year. By Representative Hawkins of Greenville and others, to set up a "tourist camp board" in eac hcouaty. PUBLIC DEBT SET AT PER CAPITA . Washington, April 12.—Public debt amounted to $480 per capita or $1.$13 for the average family in the United [States at the start of the current fis- 50 miles within Greece, ap-i » _ ... .. parently heading into easier country . Reporting this today, the census beyond; Allied left and center grave- $3,505.- ly breached, but right appears govern- tact; officials in Nazi-dominated ^ Hungary report that Yugoslavia goven^ent $42,971,000,000. wants an armistice; Italians in dual State and local government debts thrusts against the Greeks to recap- accounted for a per capita obligation ture Albania. of nearly $154, a decline of $3 since Germans send their "west wall" 16^* expert to inspect their “east wall” The federal debt on July 1 was against Soviet Russia. equal to $326 per capita. However, it British battle Axis forces bitterly , now stands at $47,167,000,000, or in Salum, Egypt; claim to have brok-' about $356 per capita, and defense expenditures will add billions to the toUd.