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If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, August 14, 1941 Number 3B License Low Drive Storts August 17 ■ Enforcement of the automobile driven’ license law will begin Au* gust 17, it was announced yesterday by Dirwtor A. W. Bohlen of the highway department’s motor vdiicle division. “Instructions are going out to high* way patrolmen in every county to start checking on driven’ licenses, effective next Monday morning, and to prosecute all violations,’’ Mr. Boh len said. The department’s license section i HOUSE PJUSES iUmy EXTBisioli Bill, 2(BT0J02, Chamber In Uproar . As Breath-Taking Administration Test Is Brought To Close. Washington, Aug. 12.—In an at- COTTON CROP SEEN SMALLEST SINCE 1878 Columbia, August 13. — Frank O. Black, statistician with the^U. S. de partment of agriculture, said today “conditions on August 1 indicated the smallest cotton crop in South Carolina since 1878,’’ predicting a crop of 428,101 bales compared with 966,111 bales made last year, and 1930-39 average of 824^011 bales. “The most unfavorable weather and heaviest weevil infestation since RBillKMIS WITH FRUtE m BE SEVEtH) By U. S. Some Senafors See Need To Toke Over Martinique To Check mate Germans. Washington, Aug. 12.—A major uvMuuiia «uu *'* . . h t ' ^*'^**® developed tonight in Franco- approximately 445.000 new Pennits j ing with clamorous uproar, the houM : «^f^r^cen^^as ,mu<^^^^^^ as j American_jelations, and^p^ ine aeparunenv S ucense se^CUUHI xa.. xaa wa* «aa fnr thg» nutlnnlr nf nnlv hu cleared up all appUcationa Mid; moaphere of huahed tenaion alternat-! ■»“ » u B. Solilera af tfca FUal Maileal Vnlt ai fV gi|i a leaiOM fai awtaundag with fall anny yaek. They are *ewa hie JghiptM eir a 4oek aa part af their mew tralelBg te aveld ‘hi leinfiernri It's we eiach earrylag M Ibe ef ■wiferm, betaaei, aad anay bragaaa thraagh the water. F Farm Electric Show Coming Big Demonstration To Be At Lourens September 22*23. The big two-day REA farm'elec tric equii»nent show is coming to this county September 22-23, accord ing to an ahnouncement made yes terday by H. M. Faris of Laurens, manager of the county rural electric system. Working with REA and the department of agriculture, the 2,160 members of the system are bringing the show to tfaia area so that they and their neighbors may see the lat est developlMnts In electric farming. Tiie REA traveling exhibit carriea two huge tents, smaller tent^ tratt- and home ^duipment. It has vlsi more than 400 rural electric systems In 25 states in the largest widescale demonstration of this type ever un dertaken. The South Carolina exten sion service and manufacturers of farm equipment, plumbing, home ap pliances and lii^ting fixtures, are cooperating with REA and local rural electric systems in bringing the cara van of equipment to this county, which is free, with all farm family invited. COUNTY SHIK 122 outs PEACHES, PIHCES AfiE low . I^urens county commercial' peach growers finished harvesting their El- berta peach crop last week. From the coimty 122 cars ifere shipped, according^to County Agent C. B. Caimon Hundreds of bushels of peaches were never harvested due to the low market price. The government bought 17 cars in th' coimty to aid growers duiing the distressed prices, Mr. Can non stated. In further discussing the peach situation he pointed out that only 4S per cent of the trees planted in South Carolina are.now bearing. Thera are, approximately 1000 acres planted in this county with apinroxi matcly 500 acres now In production. .JUjliJy ttHtemplgllng out new oranrds riiould take in consideration the large peach pro- duotiem within the next three to five years vdiMi all orchards are bearing, Mr. Cannon fv&ther added. The 122 cars shipped from the county were divided as follows: S. C. Gambrel, Owings, live cars; have been issued. Starting next Mon- ' passed the army service extention biy year, mac^^u. j ^^^e heard on Capiitol Hill that the yesterday by a single vote—203 to i ^ “The forecast assumes average! United States would break off dip- 202. i weather conditions during the re- i lomatic links with Vichy and per- By that narrow margin it saved! influ-'haps take over such strategic French the administration from a devastating i ^ould | pws.sessions as the Island of Mar- defeat and apparently assured the prove bett« toan usual, final out- tinique. day, he said ,a driveq must be able ‘ to show either a new license or a post (^ice .money order or patrol receipt for a Ucense. Persons who have not renewed their licenses by Monday will be re quired to stand the new examina tions,” the director said. HoJtTo • Farmer Group Maybank Addresses Meeting On Farm Conditions and Notionol Defense. The Clinton Lions club was host to a large number of farmers of this section lart Friday evening at their Happy Acres den near here* wh^ it held its annual “farmers flight” meeting. A delightful dinner was served imder the supervision of Mrs. Henry M. Young. The program was presided over by the club president. Heath Copeland, who extended cordial words of wel come to all present. , Tom Addison, head of the horse £ow committee, ^ reported satisfac tory progress being made in arrange ments for the event on the evening of August 22. The guest speaker for the occasion was Goveimor Burnet R. Maybank, who was introduced to the audience by P. S. Bailey, a member of the club and mayor of ClinUm. Dw mw goeawwr^a address was given to a discussion of agricultuial conditions in the state, which he described as not altogether rosy due largely to the season’s weather conditiozis. He voiced his op position to farm price ceilings unless ultimate enactment of the legislation, perhaps by the end of the week. Twenty-one Republicans joined 182 Dmocrats in votmg for the bill. The opposition votes wer cast by 65 Dinocrats, 133- Republicans and four miimr party members. The measure had already received senate iqiproval in different language but with principal provisions exactly the same: The president is empowred to keep darftees, militiiamen, reserv ists and army enlisted men in the service for a maximum period of eighteen months beyond the term for which they were inducted. All will receive a raise of ten dol lars a month after they have com pleted one year in the army. (The {present basic army pay is $30 a month.) The previous restrictions limiting the number of draftees simultan eously in the army to 900,000 is re moved. Just before the close final vote, administration leaders had beaten a motion to send the legislation back to the millatry committee, 215 to 190. They had been in command of the situation throughout a long ,day of voting on amendments. They thou^t it was all over. However, as the final roll call pro ceeded, they came to alert. Republi can leaders anxiously kept tab on the voting, but all that anyone ex cept the tally clerk know for certain was that the ballot was hreath- takhqOy IfloM^T, Afer the last name had been called, Representative Somers (D-NY) an nounced that he wished to change his vote from favoring the bill to one opposing it. Representative Suti^in (D-NJ) asserted thab he had not teard his name called and wanted turn could be larger .. . --c-i Secretary of State Hull clearly The indicated yield per acre of 168 hinted that his worst fears had been pounds compares with 375 made last year, and is the loWest since 1922 when only 140 pounds was made, Black said. similar ceilings were placed on all L J Blakelv Ora seven* E J Poole i fommoditles. He spoke of toe lack of j jjg coulcf not Li. j. BiaKeiy, ora, seven, jl. j. Pooie, improper marketing facilities m toe Enoree, 29; W. G. McDaniel, Lau rens, 11; Rex Lanford, Waterloo, eight; C. W. Madden, Laurens, 18; Craig orchards. Ora, 31; IL W. Coftf- Farm machinery powered by elec- three; Jack H. Davis, trie from pne-q\iarter up to^*"** Clinton, seven; A. D. Gr^j Lau- 7% horsepower will be demonstrated j by D, W. Teare, show manager and agricultural engineer, and represen tatives of the extension service. Much of the e^pment has been deseed for tiutomatic operation, is smaller and costs less than equipment using other types of ppwer,^ _Mr, Paris statii». ^ Home equipmept demonstrations will be Of special-interest fb farm women. New, labor-liightenlng home appliances will be put through their paces by toe show home economist Humbert h Hurt Ib'Auto Accent I- I !■ Laurms, Aug. 12.—M. B. Humbert, widely known highway ^engineer, is in serious condition at Ihe Lauma county hospital here suffering from fri^tilTg of the spinal vertebra near the neck, as* shewn by X-ray ex amination. The injiuy. whidi has cauaad a paralysis from shoulder down was received late ICimday afternoon when hla car overt|imeg near Ekom 10 miles from this city. He was super vising a road conaruction project in toe Poplar Spejx^ section, and is .supposed to have been on his way home at MountviUe when the accident occurred. Plans were to place him in a ida^r cast yesterday. Mr. Humbert, a Laurens county native, formerly waa supervisor here and hidbeway engineer for Spartan burg county. Vtfergns Endgrsa f^igil Foiiqif ilembers of Jeton J. MeSwain cntop, united Spanish War veterans, at toeir montt^ meeting held re- oqnUy, went on record as en^oraing UM ^foreign policy and also the con> diet of tot pteparednesa program and aalectiva drnt’system of toe pieatdent,” according to a copy of toi resojuUcB fumiahed The Chron- by It C. Connar, adjutant of the V Adjutant Oennw ,aaid thaf toe amp discuMid toa extension of Se lective-Senriee and incktdad the prasident^ policy on to*t question In its cndoramanL *^a wish Id ki it ba known that wf wish in whalavar way wa can, to do cur pert,** the rasMiiUen notatfat- ued. Biyson To Speak ' Here Saturday Announcement is made in today’s paper that Representative Joseph R. Bryson of the Fourth Congressional district, now a candi^te for 1)m United States senate, will speak here opposite the p(M office building on Saturday cveiiing, August 16, at 6:30. Earlier in the day he will speak in toe Laurens courthouse at 5:30 pan., and following his engagetnoit here will speak in the Union courthouse at 8 pjn. Congresnnan Bryson, k well known hei«, .has served this district as repreaentative for the past three years. ^ state, of toe need of canneries to help save bumper crops of fruits and vegetables, and of his support of rural electrification development. The speaker went into a detailed diseu8Bk»~ -o^ toe-national defense program beginning with the selective draft act and his setting up of draft boards to serve the state. The classi fying of young men called into army service, he said, revealed the need of better health and better education in the state. -Governor Maybank was warmly received by the group and heartily thanked by President Copeland for his address. confirmed by the elevation of Vice- Admiral Jean Darlan to supreme conunand of France’s armed forces and other indications of French col laboration with Hitler. The subsequent broadcast of Chief of State Henri Petain, despite reas suring words directed to toe United the impression here that far-reaching States^, served mainly to strengthen decisioiis had been taken to fit France into Adolf Hitler’s “new order” in^ Europe. Senator George (Democrat) of Georgia, who until recently was chairman of the senate foreign rela tions committee, told reporters that the partnership between Germany and France might mean that the United States would find it necessary to occupy such French territories as Martinique in order to forestall any move by Germany. He said the United States and the other^ Western hemisphere republics would refuse to rcognize any right of Germany to exercise Joint control over such territories. George also remarked that the Franco-German collaboration policy might provide Germany with free will;use of the French fleet. i Two members of toe senate for- relations committee—Senators of Iowa, and Cotton Stomps Go To County Farmen Cotton Sales Week Begins Today. Many Farmers Participating. ' The cotton stamp program with its threefold purpose, in which 40 Lau rens county merchants are partici pating, will *get underway with the opening today of a statewide cotton sales week for the period August 14-23. According to Coun^ Agent C. B. Cannon, stamps of approximately $30,000 have been delivered to farm ers of toe county. Mr. Caimon said that 1,697 farmers affecting 2,746 farms had filled out the “intention sheets” and that present indications are that a majority of them qualify for the stamps. The stamps, redeema|>le for 100! eign per cent American cotton goods at I Gillette (Democrat) authorized stores, have been distrib-] Pepper (Democrat) of Florida, fore cast a break in dipiomatic relations between toe United States and France as a result of Petain’s an nouncement of toe collaboration poi nted to farmers in amounts up to $50 each through Mr. Caimoa’s office. ‘t'Fhe purpose of the program is to aid the farmer by increasing his income; to aid toe farmer and the nation by J icy. helping to reduce the cotton surplus; “It inevitably will cause a break to aid merchants by emphasizing and in diplomatic relations,” Gillette promoting the sale of cotton goods, jsaid. “This has been anticipated be- Authorized stores and merchants cause France has been subject to participating in toe sales week event irresistable pressure.” Meisky Resigns As fcliool Coach Richard Mei^, reeently electM aa Iwtball coach and instru^^r at Clinton high school, haii been^caRed hito umy aarvice and has resigned the poeltltm. He was sleeted to suc ceed R. P. Wilder, resigned. A successor to Meisl^, Who gradu ated frmn Presbyterian college in June, hi|s not yet been announced by the trusses. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE AUFB 90 FAB nm JBAM TBEMM HAVE StEN Home-Coming at Fpirview Church Sunday, Aiigust 17, will be Home coming for all former members and friends of'Fsirview Baptist church, Newberry county, five miles east of Goldville. There will be preaching at 11 o’clock and again in the af ternoon at 2:30, with, dizmer served on the grounds during the mid-day intermission. With Sunday’s program, revival services will begin to -continue through next Friday night, the hour being 7:30. All of toe services are E. S. T. The pastor. Rev. James B. Mitchell, extends a get recognition. There was a huddle about the speaker’s dias, another about the table at which toe Republican lead ership sits. Representative Short (R-Mo.), who had led the npposition to the bill demanded a recapitulation an unusual proceeding. But before it was granted. Speaker Rayburn an nounced toe result of the vote. “The yeas are 203 and toe nays are 202 and toe bill is passed,” he said in measured tones. There was a relieved outburst of applause and rebel yells frqm the Democratic side, and a little applause from the galleries. A dozen Repub licans were clamoring for recognit ion. Short got it. “Mr. Speaker, I demand a recap itulation,” he boomed. “The chair thinks that is a reason able request, in view of the close ness of the vote,” Rabum announced. Pepper said that the Vichy gov ernment had become a “dictatorship redeem toe stamps for their face value. Several Clinton firms in advertise- not from necessity, but. unhappily, ments in today's paper announce to from choice. We must deal with the farmers of this community that they Vichy dicatorship aligned wiith Hit- are now ready to trade goods made ler. There is no difference be- of . American cottons ior eotton tween Ptain and his dictatorship and stamps under the terms prescribed. Mussolini and his. Both are now by the U. S. department of agricul- part of the Axis orbit.’ ture. Joe C. McDoniel To Enter Service Joe C. McDaniel, proprietor of Geo. H. Ellis III In Spartanburg H^pital George H. Ellis of this city, is a pa tient in the Spartanburg General Wheeler Resigns School Position tion to toa public to attend the ser vices. R. F. Wheeler* elected three weeks ago as agricultural teacher at Clin ton high school to succeed F. M. King, resigned, has resigned toe po sition to enter army service. Supt. W. E. Monts aimounced yes terday that the trustees have elected H. J. Thomas, of Hodges, to succeed cordial inviU-1 Wheeler. • FATALITIES ' from Automobilb ACCIDENTS fai LAURENS COUNTY UCt Strirg To Miko INI t Salo Yoar On tkf Hifliwajni. This isle but yenr. It Lieut. Dunlap Wins High Honor Lieut. Rufus T. Dunlap of the 107 Sep. BAh <AA) now on duty^ at Camp Stuart, Ga., was last week adjudged the outstanding lieutenant in his battalion. Similar commen dations were made in every battal ion and regiment of the entire First army and are recognized as quite an honor for an army c^ficer to receive. The commendation covered the fotur months period ending July 31, 1941. The 107th Battalioo, of which Bat tery B is a part, was also adjudged the outstanding unit in the 38th Coast ArtiUery Brigade. City Employes Chonge Positions Jobe D. Holland, for several years connected with the city water and light plant, has been traiuferred to the police department by dty coun- cite, effective August 11. C. D. Pitts, formerly a member of the force, has been anJgned the place at the power bouse formerly held by Mr. Bdland. Dr. O'DanieUoins Washington Hospitol Friends here of Dr. George R. O’Daniel of Hartsville, will be inter ested to know that he left yesterday for Washington, D> C., where he will be coimectcd with the Gaiffeld Me morial hospital as assistant resident in surgery. Dr.' O'Daniel, wn of Mr. and Mrs. A. .O’Daniel of thk ®it7> has been a practicing physician at Hartsville for the past several years. Joe’s Esso Service, has been called hospital where he underwent a major for army training under the selec- ! operation last Wednesday. His many tive servitte draft act, as will be not-, friends here and in Goldville, where ed from a commercial announcement. he is employed by toe Joanna Tex- in today’s paper. He expects to leave tile mills, will* be glad to learn that toe city August 25th. Mr. McDaniel announces that the management of his well known sta tion during his absence will be in.ing- charge of Walter Lee Hamm, who he stood the operation well and that yesterday he was resting comfortably and his condition reported as Improv- has been connected with the busi- BOLAND IN HOSPITAL ness for several years. ' Gardner Named To Succeed Emery Loyd Gardner of Spartanburg, has been named as Clinton motoi; route operator for the Spartanburg Herald- Joumal. He succeeds the late Guy' Emery who met a tragic death in an automobile accident near here two weeks ago. Mr. Gardner and wife expect to Jeff D. Boland, Sr., was carried yesterday to a Columbia hospital for treatment and examinations, after being ill for several days past. His rnany friends will regret to learn of his illness and wish for him an early recovery. RETURNS TO HOME W. D. Copeland, who has been a patient at Hays hospital for the past several weeks, was removed to hiS home Monday. His many friends will be glad to leam he is resting corn- move here within the next few days. * fortably. The Third Line ‘of Defense' Exeerpto frwa ,B««ktet PvMlahed by Moral Me-Anmememt A UNITED NATION America does not need to bo di vided and quarreling at homo Just to prove she is a democracy—any more TEMPLETON REUNION i J**"* husband an<l wife need to^ . 1 « argument Just to prove they Th. thW^ uinwl of h,v, ratadi of Owir own. tt* Trap^ CIMI wiU b« held .t| ^ ,^^.11 teun ton’t .U City <^«'HUe. on Sui^. ,u,rt„bKk,. every men Aufuet H, MKi eU Templeton, their „„ pert. Each depende on eU the deecendente end ln-U« ere urfed tol^u.^, go with the neUem. Unleee we attend and to bring thete* customary well-filled picnic baskets. An inter esting program is being planned. SERVICES AT EOURT SPRINGS Revival services will begin at Rocky Springs Presbyterian church next Sunday, officers have an nounced. A cordial invitation is ex tended the people of the community to attend the aervicee. have national teamwork someone is likely to take toe ball away from us. Nations in Europe have gone down because they were at war inside thMnselvea, Their people couldn’t get together. They refused to face facts. They were caught unprepared. Even as the storm l^ke, men fou^t to get more for themselves. National unity is toe heart of na tional defense. If a nation is united. qp fifth column can slip through and sabotage its strength. A united people will have the spirit which no disaster will shake and no danger will weaken. Unity is more than agreeing on what we like or whom we hate. Team-work cannot be built by high talking and low living; by fine ideals and selfish lives. “Team-work,” said Knute Rockne. “is a combination of self-sacrifice, brains and sweat.” It means working together for America. Honest team work between government and busi ness, labor and management, union and union. Republican and Dmocrat, city and farm. A united people wllljbulld the new America. A natiwTset free from fear, hate and greed. A nation that holds the secret of the new world.