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'!nr" ■} 1 THE affiONiaE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspoper, Complete, Newsy ond RelioUe ibf ffiUntatt ffibronirb If You Don't Reed THE CHROHKIE ^ - You Don't Get the News Volame XLI Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, August 7,1941 Number 32 Beauty and the Peach TO MAKE DRIVE FOR CHURCH SCHOOLS The Presbyterian synod of South Carolina has authorized a finaheial campaign this fall for the institu tions of higher education under its care, Presbyterian college, Queens college at Charlotte, and Columbia Theological seminary of Decabu' Ga. The synod’s advisory committee on Christian education to direct the campaign consists of D. W. Robinson, Jr., Columbia, chairman; Hall T. Mc- Ge^ Charleston; R. E Henry, Green- villfe; Dr. R. C. Long, Greenwood, and Dr A. W. Dick of Spartanburg. The presidents of the three insti tutions, Drs. Jacobs, Blakely Cotton Stamps To Be Issu^ Formers To Receive Stomp Books Next Week. August 14-23 Soles Week Event. The AAA department of the Lau rens county agent’s office is making GOYKNOR MAYBANK LIONS CLUB GUEST FRIDAY H|GH1[ The annual “farmers night’’ of the Clinton Lions club will be held Fri day evening at 8:30 at their “Happy Acres’* clubhouse near here, when the club will be host to a large num ber of Laurens county farmers. President Heath Copeland President Heath Copeland an- plans to coinplete the meMuremwt,^^^^^ yesterday that Burnet R. of all farms m the co^ty during the f next few days. County Agent C. B.,.. Cannon occMion. *““|are being mailed this week to those' Richar^, are acting as special ed-i fanners yhose work sheets entitle visors oh policy XoT-the-group,^ It lias ffiem to receive cotton stamps mid' guest speaker on this MENMUSFOliH TO BE KB>T 12 18 MOUTHS MOM Leaders Seek 18 As Senate Rejects Taft Plan for 6 Months. been announced. Pretty M ■urii, stotatt at ft* Mary^ fdioel far Cttrb at rigK R Cn Ihmi a* nUla aa raircahiac aa faaali faaahaaVaraaaa I lataaatra iihrai, laA hy tka aatfaa’a ciMtai ta ■artat a haaliil paaali mm, f par aaat graalar ' yaar, far tha «a—try*i grawata. DaPa kaapiac pa sya aa aa tlwy raU apa aaavaytr halt la aHpa^iiaaTg»1^ Ch A DRECTOR OF STATE EnBTSKM SBiVICE URGES YEAR-ROUND BAIANCED PROGRAM Wotkins lit Talk At ExhlEit Tram, Dikusses Problems Confronting Formers and Gtes Progress Mode In Recent Yeors. Several hundred Laurens county farmers and hiany townspeople ob served and studied the latest^ and most effective practices for the con- 4rol of erosion, when the four-car soil conservation exhibit train, spon sored by the Soil Conservation Ser vice, in cooperation with the State Extension Service and the Seaboard Air Line Railway, stopped here -Sat»' urday from 9 am. to 4 pm. Oinciiria of the Soil Service and the Seaboard agricultural deparbnent expressed themselves as being well pleased with the lairge number of ting akmg better than on the aver age farm. What we found out can serve as a neiihboring example of how to handle that most difficult of our farm problems—the tenant prob lem. The answers are to be found among ourselves and not 1000 miles away. In this year_of llMl,_^ still have mghy 'larm famiUe^ wlm'am too de pendent on being, fumhriied food ediile growing a cotton or tobacco crop. Changes come slowly and arc hard to make. But 22,705 farm fami lies who last year grew either none people who viewed the exhibits!or less than half enough of certain white the train was 'here, and stated foods have ^is year pledged and are producing additional acres of foods ir' 4 that it indicated an increasing int^ est in soil conservation. In sound moving pictures, color fully lighted- displays, model farms, and many other varied exhibits, oh-1 servers saw tiie complete story of soil, woodland, and wildlife conaa-- vatioo, and how they can aid .in the preservation of these resources. Farm machinery and tools especially use ful in trostOn control, and nioving pictures, were also inchided in the display. The principal address of the day was (Mivered by Dr. D. W. Watkins of Clemson college, director of South Carolina Extension service. Dr. Wat kins diacussed agricultural progress in the state, marketing problems and the need of a “live at home’* i»t>- gram, the balancing and diversify ing ef farms, and. the importance of conserving eoill. In revimNrinff agri cultural eondltions, he Said: and heed of livestock as follows: Com, 22,945 acres; gardens, 4,687 acres; sweet potatoes, 5,709 acres; , 2,620 acres; improved pastures. As the'gatherine atsnas of world- 12,072 acres; hogs, 17,100; milk cows, 4,027; poultry, 217,646. We have Just harvested the most widely dittributed wheat crop ever made. This may be the hardest yeer for cadh income since 1922, but more people have the knowtedge, aelf- tellanct and ability to *fead them- aalvea by their own tSatis than aiime _ ^ the first World war. This state of Evans, affairs .has not come out quickly nor easily. It has been acoompanM by hard timea on the farm and by die expenditure of millions of dollars through faderal, stdte, and county govemmenta. It la no, accident that our cotton crop has Imjwovcd ao that Instead of 10% of the crop be- iiW one-inch sOpte tength.-over 70% is now one indi w better. It Is not an aocklent that tobacco yields per injuries Falal „ To L. M. Evans Well Known Citizen Foils From Automobile Troiler At Hinety Six. ' - Lawrence Monroe Evans, 69, died last Thursday riiortly after one o’clock in the Greenwood hospital from injuries received the day be fore when he fell from an automo bile trailer in which he was riding. Funeral services were held here Saturday afternoon from Bailey Me morial M. £. church with Rev. R. D. Hughes in charge, assisted by Rev. C. N. Sproles and Rev. W. D. Quinn. Burial was in Roaemont cemetery. Active pallbearrers Yyere: Grady Arnold, J. G. Cannon, Clarence Oak ley, A. H. Hughes, R. T. Trammell and Joe Terry. The honorary escort consisted of the deacons of Calvary Baptist church and additional friends of the family. The church was filled to ovo’-flow- ing for«the services and the many beautiful flpral tributes at the grave gave evidence of the general popu larity of .Mr. Evans and the hi^ es teem in which he was held by those who knew him. The accident that claimed Mr. Ev ans’ life occurred last Wednesday at one j^cteck at Ninety Six, where he ISid gont~fbt^i ,load of lumber with a tratier attached to the car. In some way he fell frrom the trailer and was badly injured and crushed. He was rushed to the Greenwood hospital where his condition was described as critical, death following the next day. Quincy Smith and Joe Guest of the Cross Hill section, and Paul Ar nold, I4-year-old grandson of this city, were with Mr. Evans at the time, but were i^urt. Mr.'Evans was a native of Oconee county but had been a resident of the Clint^.^C^tSb.JUUi^k.C(^ for the past 29 years. .About three months ago he bought a small place at Cross Hill where he and his wile were residing at the time of his death- He was a devoted member of Calvary Baptist church and served it as deacon and Sunday school super intendent for a number of years. He was the son of the late William and Susan Emory Evans. A man of uinight character, pos sessing a kind disposition and many admirable traits of character, he made and held a wide circle of frittods and acquaintances vdio learm- ad of his tragic death with genuine regret. Ifr. Evans is survived by his wi dow, Mrs. Mattie Cooper Evans; one son, William L. Evans; four daugh ters, Mrs. -C. C. Abbott, Mrs. J. L. Arnold, Mrs. Joe Campbell and Miss all of Clinton MiUa; two brothers, S. B. Evans of Spar^burg, and B. M. Evans of Graenville; five sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Dean of Greenville, Mis. Sallie Sim mons of Laurens, Mrs. Julia Gallo way of Roaman, N. C., Mrs. Betty HamA of Iva, and Mrs. Mattie BroUni of .^indcr^; 17 grandchildren and five grMt-grandchildr«:i. that the work will be completed as rapidly as possible. The issuing of stamps will begin next Monday, August M according fo' Mr. Cannon, in ample time for those who are eligible to participate in the State Cotton Sales Week, Aug ust 14-23. During this period the participating merchants will offer special cotton manufactured goods values. 'The cotton stamp books will be issued at Mr. Cannon’s office only to the heads of families and when issued to them each book will have written on it the ]>ame of the person to whom issued. Cotton merchants when accepting stamps from a farm er are required to look inside of the front cover of each book and see if the farmer has signed his name as this provides a form of guarantee Washington, Aug. 5.—With a ma jority of the senate apparently fa voring an extension of service for all men now in army uniforms, a dis- Th. affair ia an annual evant, andl'"" <>'velop«i late today aa to mediunurf contact and! additional duty should serves as a fellowship between members of the club and farmers of this section and is looked forward to with interest each year. Henderson Pleads For Price Conirol Inflation Certoin Unless Curbed, He Soys At Hearing. Washington, Aug. 2.—An assertion that a “most pronounced increase in the cost of living’’ was inevitabte even if the administration’s price- that the proper owner of the books j control bill were enacted immediate- is presenting them in exchange lor | ly ^as made to congress today by cotton goods. Farmers and merchants generally understand that cotton stamps can only be exchanged for 100 per cent cottpn goods and that violations of this will be prosecuted by the U. S. government. Merchants qualifying to handle cotton stamps are required to file written forms in the county agent’s office and to secure standard decals, or stickers, which must be on display to toeir windows before they can accept any cotton stampa to ex change for cotton, goods. In other wonU, farmers can not present their cotton stamps to a store that does not have the sticker in the window. Another feature of the supplemen tary cotton program ia that eveiry farm family that qualifies for cotton staims aiajr ^ao eam lJLaartpi ■hnw the regular AAA farm progiem pa^*- ment for producing and saving a minimum amoimt of food stuffs to 1941. Families that did not qualify Leon Henderson, head of the Office of Price Administration. Opening hearings on the measure before the house banking committee, Henderson declared that a backlog of increased wholesale prices had been built up adiich had not yet been re- ficcted in retail prices but made it certain that American consumers soon would have to pay more for many commodities. For instance, he said, the whole sale price of butter had increased 50 per cent since the European war be- gati but its retail price thus far had risen only 36 per cent. Coffee pre sented a much more glartog discrep ancy, he said, having Jumped 52 per cent whotetale but only 2.7 per cent retaU. -Pectering Ifaat^ha Bttea toon thOr! “brink of tofiation,” Henderson urged passage of the price control bill. He told the committee that we could very easily ignore what is going on for co^n stampa cm j at present and take the risk of tragic P lood I defiation after, or “we can do what foM and feed p^uction ^yr^t doing, and take will be made to eligible famiUM that | ^ piDduce at least three of the foUow- wide economic c<«fiiGt throughout acre have ineraaaad 24% to re6Mt the decade of the lMMfr#xteoded it- aelf witti growtSC aoutonem through the '20’a into ectoal war and the breakdown of our foreign trade, no part of the United Statca was more severely affected then the Southeest. Cotton and tobacco, both cropa be ing non-^cofisumabte on the farm, drcqiped in form priot imtU Ibay Were ugsalabte and but for govern ment sgbeidtes and loans the disas ter would have bemi ttit worst ainee 1265, As It was, our s^ wart ex ploited and owners by the ^j^Mfondsi became tenants. Fortunately, ttierel ia sndi a thing as a ribtoff tide of, toteuigsnee abroad today and ttm major changes nscamsry in our ag- ricoltura art being made more rap idly at any prevloai ttme to American history. Last yaar 2860 form fomfllas wart given recognition beesRiae they pro duced 75% more of an adequate food sitopiy according to a, cwcafully woriesd out food standard. This yaar over 16,000 families to this state are enrolled in this program. . Two years ago 100 foms to all parta of the state ware carefully sur veyed to find out the truth as to why owners —4 eroppars both were gal- (Oonttoaed on page ttx) DmVS CAREFULLY BAYt A LIFE 80 FAB THU TEAR TBIRB BAFB UIN \ 8, •FATALltfES AUrOAfOBILE' AOCmENTS ip LAURENS COUNTY L«t*g Strtrt T# Makg IMl A Safi Yanr On tkt Hltliwtyi. This data tost yaar, U Lost Rites Here For Dr. J. W. Speoke Funeral aervices for Dr. John W. Speake, president emeritus of Lan- det oollege, who died at the home of his dauifiiter, Mrs. Craig Ruaiell, at Aiken, last Wednewday afternoon, were eooductid at the Aiken Metho dist church Ihuiaday afternoon at three o’clock. The Rev. W. F. Hams, pastor of the churdi, Dr. J(ton Mar vin Rast, toe* Rev. C. E. Peele the Rev. B.' R. Maaon officiated. Interment followed .to Rosemont cemetery here at six o’riock with large number of friends from Aiken, Greenwood, Clinton and elsewhere present for the latt rites. Forestry Train Coming August 23 tog requirements: (1) produce and store 100 quarts of canned or frozen food stuff, (2) p^VMce and store 20 bushels of potatoes or other loot crops, (3) produce and store 3 bush- els of dried peas or beans, (4r~pro-{ Ke Seaboard forestry train, oper duce aqd store 5 bushels of unshelled ated by the Seaboard Air Line rail- *" way in connection with state and U. S. forest services, will be in Clin ton on Saturday, August 23, from peanuts, (5) produce and store 15 gallcms of syrup, (6) produce and store 10 bushels of wheat. If the family chooses it may meet this re quirement by producing hall of each of the above six items. UST RITES FOR SENATOR LUMPKIN Columbia, Aug. 3. — Funeral ser vices for Senator Alva Moore Lump kin, who died Friday at Washington after serving eleven days of his ap pointed term to office, were conduct ed here Sunday afternoon at Trinity Protestant Episcopal church. Final rites for the South Carolina senator, who took office July 22 to serve until ^Decemter 8 following appointment by Governor Burnet R. Maybank, were conducted to the presence of federal and local digni taries by the Rev. Louis C. Melcher, rector. The former federal district Judge, who resigned shortly before receiv ing the senatorial appointment, was taken 111 last Wednesday. SERVICE STATIONS ON NEW HOURS 9 am. to 5 pm.,^ it was announced yesterday. The demonstration will show the importance of forests and the neces sity of protecting them from the rav ages of forest fire. Two cars will be devoted to exhibits and the third to fi'ee motion .pictures and lecture pur-that failure be 12 or 18 months. Both Majority Leader Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky, and Senator Thomas, Democrat, Utah, told an at tentive senate, crowded with gallery visitors, that they expected passage of the bill permitting the president to'iceep the men in service 18 months after their original one year of train ing. Earlier the administration forces had beaten the attempt of Senator Taft, Republican. Ohio, to limit the additional service for drafted men to six months, cmd for army reserves and the National Guard to one year. The vote was 50 to 27. The proposal to limit serv’ice to 12 months came from/ Senator Burton of Ohio, Republican, after Senator Thomas had proposed an 18-month extension in lieu of the earlier mili tary committee provi.sion for an un limited period of service. Barkley took the floor for an im passioned appeal to congress to show Hitler and all other “aggressors’’ that toisjcountry was “willing to take any necessary steps’’ to defend itself. Thomas and Senator Hill, Demo crat, Alabama, had recounted that the war department had opposed any specific limit on the service period for drafted men, the National Guard, or regular army men, but finally had acquiesced to urn “outside limit’’ of 30 months on the training period. The original 12-month period for draf tees plus the proposed 18-month ex tension would m^e possible the 30- month tratoing. Late to the afternoon the senate interrupted debate to complete con- presskmal action on tegi^tion grant- ng maMafoi’y/defermeht to who were 28 years old prior to last July 1. The measure also provides that, consistent with national defense requirements, the secretary of war shall release men 28 years old and above who already are in training. Senator Tydings, Democrat, Mary land, told the senate that the war department planned release of Na- ^onal Guardsmen 28 years and old er on the same basis as selectees. Originally the senate had attached plant seiiure-pfcvtsions-torthtS'lfigas-^' ure, in an effort to end national de fense stoppages arising from strikes, but these provisionf were eliminated from the bill finally sent to the White House for expected approval of Pres ident Roosevelt. During debate on the service ex tension measure, Taft had proWsted that congress should “keep its obli gations to the draftees'* who general ly believed they must serve for only one year. The Ohio senator argued to rotate the men in poses. The exhibits are free, with farmers especially invited to visit the train. Local aarvice stations began ob serving new hours Sunday to com- pllance„with the request Issued by Harold Ickes, defense petroleum co ord toator: Clinton stations are now opening at 7 o’clock to the morning and cloa- tog at 7 pjn. Stations remaining open for the sate of grocerits will not of- ., fer gasoline for sale after the curfew “<*hour. A commercial announcement signed a numbar of stations, explaining new sdiedute to their customers and asking tha hearty cooperation of the public, appears in The Chronicle today. ®jhouj Boyd To Supply Greenwood Church Prof. Barnard H. BoFd of the col lege faculty, wHI be the guest minis ter at tha Flr«t Presbytman churdi of Greenwood for the aMnfb of Aug ust. and inraached his first sermon Sunday morning. Mr. Boyd supplied the church last August during the vacatioB period of the pastor. Locol Tlieatres On New Doylight Time The Casino and Broadway theatres went on the new Daylight Saving time Monday morning, Manager Le- land Young has announced. The starting time for all shows of both theatres appearing to The Chronkte each week are based on the new time. New Cooch Added To P. C. Staff Maurice Holgraf, former Vander- bite gridiron star, been employed as assistant football coach at Pm- byteriaq college for the coming year, and is expected to report for duty the latter part of this month. The announcement was made yesterday by Dr. H. E. Sturgeon, faculty ad visor of athletics. L. S. McMiUian is acting as head coadi and athletic director to the absence of Major Walter A. Johnaon, on duty at Camp Stewart, Ga. training would prevent the estab lishment of a proper reserve and asked why with millions of men reg istered for the draft “only 600,000 or 800,000 should bear all the burden.’’ New Postponement For 28‘Yeor>Olds R. J. Pitts, chairman of the local draft board, said yesterday that ho had received information from state draft headquarters that induction of men 28 years of^age into the army had been postponed indefinitely pending the outcome of legislation relative to men of that age now in' congress. A previous announcement had made the postponement effective only during the month of July. The Second Line of Defense Exeerpie from Boektel PxbUshed by Meral Be- TEAMWOBK IN INDU8TBT War to industry has cost Ameri cans three million dollars a day. It can saboUge a^ rearmament {hto- gram. It can cripple a nation before an army gets into the field. France failed in the factory before she failed et the front. Her people forgot how to pull together. Employ ers refused to sacrifice. Men refused to work. In her zero hour deaer ation was no substitute for prepara tion. She was lost. America must win the battle for industrial cooperation if she is to be secure. Every man has a part Every worker, every employer, every labor leader. “If we perspired more to timg of peace, we would bleed iess to time of war.” said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. Americans know how to work. We must work harder. Not every man for himself, but every man for his country, whatever his job. We must work with all we’ve got. America is like a car hitting on half its cylinders—and there is a steep hill ahead. Much of her power is wasted. Waste of money, waste of men. We must work together. Friction between men slows up work more than friction in machto^ If employ ers or workers destroy team-work by their selfishness, then America is in danger. And the gains each fought for will be swept away. The defense of the nation demands that all rise above self-interest. It means each facet up to his own mis takes. It means we join forces for the common good. ^ Then our todustrics will run at ca pacity. Our mail power will be put to work. Together we all Will pro duce the materials and morale to make Americt strong. L , x-u-'.. a ..