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' -X ■■ ■' tj. / Thursdoy, August 14,1941 : -yp': r: - ■ -r - • . . Y THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. / Poge Seven y i Ik ■ H. B. HUMBERT DIES FROM INJURIES Teteratt Bm4 Eacla^ At Lmumm H—»H>I F»ltoirlar AccMeai. Not»~-An item on the front pace of today’s paper ngoritd H. B. Oim- bert in a critical condition foQowiitf ttie overturning of hia ear late Mon day afternoon in the tqpper part the county. Later yesterday ha died at the Laurens county hospitaL THE NATIONAL SCENE As Washington Sees It I Laurens, Aug. 13.—B. Humbeit, 74>year-old Mountville road engin eer, who suffered a qiinal injury Monday night when his car want out of control and overtumld near Ekom, 10 miles from here, died at 0 aon. yesterday (Wednesday) in the Lau rens county hoq;>itaL In recent years a consulting, en gineer, Mr. Humbert was for It years supervisor of Laurens county and later highway engineer far Abbe ville and then Spartanbulff counties. During the last war he was active in construction projects at Camps Se vier and Bragg. He was a native of Aiicansas, the son of the late Joseph B. and Emma PooserVumbert, who lived for many years at Princeton. He spent most of his life in Laurens county. /Survivors inchide his wjfe, Mrs. Julia Smith Humbert of Mountville; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Sex ton of Spartanburg, and Miss Doro- hy Hximbert ol Dallas, Texas, who arrived in Greenville by plane early yesterday and immediately came to Laurens; one brother, John B. Hum-hAi,.* .n , Allan J. SulUvan of Due West an4|*K.ii- . Mrs. R. F. Nash of OrmviUt. - Funeral'services, tonducted by the Rev. R. F. Morris of Greenville, wiR be held at 11 eon. ddr moiming (Thursday) .id Kennedy’s |nQrtuary,.|^ ^th interment following in the L«u*' rens cemetery. WICKARD SHOWN BOLL WEEVIL Athens, Ga., Aug. 18.—Secretary of Agricxilture Claude R. Wickard knows now what a conon boll wee vil looks like. He told Farm and Home Wedc of ficials during his visit here yesterday that he had never seen one. They promptly husttad him out to a nearby cotton^fleld and let him have a lo(A at the crop’s wbiet enemy. PKSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS OF GOLDYILLE MRS. 1. O. KASr. SPECIAL NOTICE T<^ Lome DISTANCE TELEPHONE USERS Never before bi History hevo our' long distaneo switeb- boifds boon so busy. Lonf * distaneo calls this yosr bsvo slrea^ far txcoodW 1940's roeop^blbaklng svorsgOfSnd tho volemo grows grostor overy day;. Indttstrlos wltb vital do* fens# ordors and booming Army and Navy goats ard ro- lyhig boavUy on long' dls- tanco sonrkik In addition, calls from tfiogenoral gubUe ksvo Incroaaod by losgt and .bonipda. Oosgite ogf ^aH-onf" of- fort to moot tboao ragidly oxganding damandt, ovr fa- eilltios arc atAbnos oporatod at noar capacity. Occasional dolays may bo oxgoctod m somo long distaneo calls, "Hold-tha-IIno, gloaso" sorvico la not alwsya gos- siblo. ^ Tn relievo tbe sitnation wo a^e ongagod in an oxgan- slon gmnrsni costing mil lions of mlan. AAany tbon- sawds of mllos of, nfw long, distaneo cbenlts bavo bMn glacod In ogoraflon tbit , yoar, and moro^ire on Mm F wav. Additions to many ; switebbnards bavo boen bii- ataiUd. OHmrs ate boingoof ng as fast as Mmy.can bo so- ^ curod and onf nmn can glaen tbom In operation. 9nt mannlactnra and In- ' staHatlon’^nf fnlagbonn agvignmnt takas Ibne, agd dofenst griosiMat ara mak ing it' ineraaslngly difflculf ♦o soenra issantml matorials. Lmm distaneo Salankaaa ’ nsars can da tknir part In no ^ • ^ M/MidiM JMtilkIc ^ jladni caMi dnrliig Mm gnak rant ftjaiii IdM of 9 In ^ 11 a.£^Edr7 iw P-m. Tkt widiniMdIig and r anogoratinn nf Mrans wn •arvo win ke Oraal litigfni and wni kt > graciatad. . . a ' StiTiEiD BoitamtiE IN TEUGRNI tiflpnv S^liccisl to The Chronicle. Weshlngtcm, D. C., August 12.— Wotnen standing six deep at the Stocking coimters in department stores indicates that the war really hit home when American women were informed by defense authori- ties'here that they may soon be un able to buy any silk stockings at all. Although the protests were few, since most American women otiose doing bt^lncss with Japan even U it does mean ihe end of silk hosiery, the buying pank taught even cloaer the day when the supply will be ex hausted. Cutting off our $100,000,000 an nual purdiase of raw silk from Ja pan, phn the great use for silk in paradiutea and other defense items, probably means that silk stodclngs will be unavailable by falL There will also ba a major scarcity of ny lon hosiery, since nylon production equipment is not able to fill more then a small portion of our nation’s demand for silk, and nylon is also being used in defense industries._ Although this is in the nature of a minor tragedy to fashionable women, a real tragedy faced the 175,000 workers in the siUc weaving indus try in this country who were threat ened with loss of their Jobs. To pro tect them, the Office of Price Admin istration issued an em«gency order producers set stock and of ;ffirir daily output for a government ,pool which will suiq^ly the matarial iio silk mills so that they may make ayon stockings eusd' dresses to re^ Flece their silk production. This order, however, is creating i scarcity of rayon in the factoriea whidi DOW make rayon goods, whidi will call for fiuther adjusting and a future scarcity of rayon. It also is likely to lead to major increases in the price of silk, nylon and.raymi stockings, unless piicet->.sre ciirbed by government contxoL T^ many complications caused by a sudden scarcity at one matwial are well iUustrated by this crisis in the hoskry industry. It is, however, only (me of many dcxnestic taidustries which is being disrupted by similar scarcities, including such necessary dMansa materials as aluminumi steel, rubber, tin, copper, etc. Another example is the situatiem in' the automobile industry which was brought into the limelight edicn the United Automobile Woricers of America asked that a program be woriced out by the government to copt with the possible lots of Jobs by hundreds of thousands of automo bile workers. Most of us thought | daughter of Camden, ware week- Mr. and Mrs. >T. L. Mitchell and Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Miller of New berry, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Beckham. Blr. and Mrs. Hayttard Satter- whita and daughter, Judith Anne, motored through the mountains of Western Nortti CaroUna over ^ the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mills and chil dren of Whitmire, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Holaonback. Mr. and Mrs. Hoxla Bridges and children and Bomie Levar spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baxter in Genelle, Ga. Mrs. Randolph Darby and dauidi- tw, Anne, of Pelzcr, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Rubin Rowe. Mr. and Mr. Rayon MitdMll of Newberry, spent Sunday wiith Mr. Mitchell’s parents, Mr. s^ Mrs. Har mon Murrah. Mrs. Ida Davis of Ninety-Six, is spending the week with her daugh ter, Mrs. W. O. Stewart, and Mr. Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. George Morse and family spent the week-end with Mrs. Morse’s parents in Jalape. Mr. and Mrs. Roy O’Dell and son, Harold, Misses Sybil Byars, Agnes Tinsley, and Sara Oabome spent sev eral days last week at Myrtle Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Cacil Tilman and riUldren ot Nvwaric, Ni__J» hOM«e guests of Mr. and Mrs. Luthfr Little, spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Bryce, LitUe. Miss Margaret Hughes has re turned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Louis‘Strfbling in Woodruff. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jones and Mrs. Roy Boyce enjoyed a trip through tbe Great Smokey mountaiins last week-end. Ralph Prater of Camp Stewart, Ga., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Prater. Miss Claudia Mae Boyce, student nurse at General hospital, Greenville, is spending a vacation with her par ents, Mr. and Birs. J. E. Boyce. Mrs. Boyd Patterson and dau^ter, Omira, (ff Whitmire, spent the week end with Mrs. LJla Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wertz and Mr. and Mrs. James Cooley spent the week-end in KnoxvilUe, Tran. Mr. and Mrs. £. C. Brown, James and Henry Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Mack Brown spent Sunday in Roys- ton, Ga. Bin. Shady Hawkins, Nora add Jim Hawkins visited in Saluda Sunday. Mr. and Bfrs. L. A. BfeCurry and childrra spent Sunday in Greenville with relatives. ^ Bir. and Mrs. Judson Whitmire and Bln. L. H. WeMD attended die Beech Springs camp meeting recently. BCr. rad Bln. G. A. Gaskin and enjoyed a picnic at Curry’s Lake last Saturday evening. Mr. and Mn. J. R. Hall were chaperraes. Those en joying this occasion were: Bruce Ab- raius, Ge^ys Attaway, Juanita | Fribiks, Vada Dickey, Namni, Viola, and Sara Ruth HaU. Scenta At Caara Fifteen memben of Goldville Boy i Scouts, with A. B. Galloway aa scout master, are spending the week at Camp Old Indian near Greenville. Party fegJjMTen Chlkbra Twraty-l^Celi^ frirads of Mimi and Joan Barron ot Fort Lawn, met at Joanna club house last Wednes day for a party for the little girls who are spendhig a few daya here with their father. Misses Fay and Blary Fiancii, Gladys Willingham and Evelyn Gardner had charge of the games. birthday Saturday, the 1 Charlie B. Dickey observes his birthday August 20. Mrs. Guy Streetman has a birtL* day August 19. George Morse will observe a birth day the 20. Mrs. Madge Simmons has a birth day August 20. Mrs. Lillie Prater celebrated a birffiday August 7th. NO SHORTAGE OF SUGAR IS SEEN IN UNITED STATES Washington, Aug. 13. — American housewives need have no fear of a s«^-shortage or prices much hi^er than at present, agriculture depart mtat officials said today. Qxiotas for domestic sugar produc ers and impcNTters have been raked to assure consumers 7,627,436 tons of sugar this year, more ffum 1,000,000 tons above consumption last year. Officiak said the action of the of fice of price administration and ci- Mrs. Johnston, Of Anderson, Passes Anderaon, Aug. 12.— Funeral vices were held at 6 o’clock Wed nesday at the First Baptist church of Belton for BCrs. Emma Willi nghs— Johnston, 65, who died Tuesday morning at the General hoeirital. Greenvilk, after a serious illness of th# past four weeks. Interment fol lowed in the Belton cemetery. Bfix. Johnston was the widow of E. A, J<^nston, well known furnituro menJuint of Anderson, who dkd some seven years ago, and steiK moiher of OUn D. Johnston, of Spar« tfnburg, and Bfayor William C. John ston of Anderaon. She is survived by one son, four step-sons, three daughters, two step- dauid^ters, two brothers, and four sisters, including Mrs. John Lokep of Clinton. p SALES BOOKS—In duplicate willa eaibon. Just what you need for s permanent charging record. Phono fvor.««t. guest. After an hour of fun, the j 5,5 cents a pound on raw sugar prob- hostesses served ice cream and cake, ably will mean that consumer prices / . INSDaPOaATED the|e w(H*ker8 wquld be absorbed in Rw defense work if toe threatened 80 per cent cut in autoroobfI]e'‘pro- ductom goes torou^. But they pelt ed out that the defense business would not absorb their workers, since the reason for a drastic cut in automobik production would be a scarcity of material rather than manufacturing facilities and man power and that they understood it would lead to the closing of many big automobile factories. Curbs on gasoline in the East also are expected to cause major disrup tion^, due to need for leas workers in service stations and in delivery woric. The seven o’clock closing idea is not expected to cut gasoline con- sumptira enough rad it k now an ticipated that ratieming may go into effect after Labor dey* Becauae of sudi situations as these, a flood of control orders are being ksued here and legislation 4a being sought to protect the' inter&ts of both workers and consumers. One of the major piecea> of legisla tion which has been heatedly debat ed is a measure making It possible j to put ceiUngs on prices'and on rents. ‘ The president has warned that such kgisktion is needed to prevent pric es from spiraling upwa^ oa every thing fnxn automobiles to food pro ducts. The majority in both houses of congress immedktely taw the need fen* such legislation, as analysis show- ad prices on many products already have gone up considerably. Ctoief op- ■poaition came frexn the farm bloc in congresa, whidi didn't object to ceil ings on prices but also wanted a floor on farm prices — a guarantee that prices wouldn’t go below a cer tain kveL Tbe suggested ceiling on farm prices was 110 per cent of parity, whidbi wm aatkfactory to most farm groupa. ^ Another major objection to toe measure adikh k being given serious consideration, k that it dots not call icH* any flxing of wages. It is evident toat major wage increases would force pri^ up ot force a lots to the mraufactuibr or producer. The tax bill changea suggested by toe president, which included reduc ing toe incotne tax base to include singk persons with an inccane of $750 a^ married couples with an faMome of $14MN), were rejected by toe house ways and means conunlt- tea, which aheady had prasratad a complete measufe, but hk suggastian will'Undoubtedly influence tbe sen ate bill: Congresanen face a difficult Job in pleasing their oonstiturats ovra both the price fixing biU and the tax bin, but b^use of toe emergency it is expectra toat both measures adll be put through with a minimum of delay. When they ere signed by the president {he consumers and business men of the nation will have a much easier J6b of making toeir plans for the future. ^ . AV . SAT, *1 RAW n IN nm chron ic’* THANK TOU. WB DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —BXCBPT BAD CHRONICLB PUBU8H1N0 Ca end gviests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gaskin. ICr.' and Mrs. BufUhl WHP qwnt Sunday with B4r. and Mrs. S. L. Wkr in Newberry. -• 1 Miss Mary Calvert of Were Shoels,| is spending the week with Bliss No- ! veils McCurry. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Willingham spent Sunday in Columbia. Mrs. Alma Q’Dell spent several days last week with her parents in Laurens. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Boyce visited their son, Bobby, at Camp Old Indian near Greenvilk, recently. Mrs. C. C. Vaughn of Florence, is sprading a few days with hra sis ter,-Mrs. Belk Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Franklin and dau^ter, Margaret, spent Saturday in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Baucom and Blr. and Mrs. Bruce Baucom and •on. Tommy, of Charlotte, N. C., Mr. and Bfrs. Pink Hawkins of Clinton, rad Miss Laurence Hicks of Green wood, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Streetman Sunday. * Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Echols and dau^ter, Doris, Mn. Fred Wheelra and children. Bin. W. W. Hair and Sigsbee, Wendell and Olga Hair were dinner guests of Br. and Mn. Lester Hair last Friday and attend ed the theater in Clinton later. Mr. and Bln. R. C. Abrams and sons spent Sunday with relatives in Calhoun Falls. Mimi and Joan Barron of Fort Lawn, are visiting their father,, A. D. Barron, for a few days. Mr. and Mn. Krat Chapman and son, Bobby, and Miss Margarat Kay of Pfizer, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Kay over the wedc-rad. Miss Blary Chapman is spending the week' with her sister, Bln. John Miss Joy Surratt visited Mr. and Boswell in Columbia^ * Blr. rad Mn. Elvin Stevens and Mn. I. G. Gunter 'at their summra cabin the past week-end and at Mt. Toxaway Lodge. They motored through toe Great Smoky mountains and Newfound Gap. Blr. and Mn.,J. L. Delano and daughtar, Kitty,* are spending tb^ir vacation with Blr. Delaney’s mother in Lowell, Blass; Blr. and Bln. Harmon Murrah spent Saturday in Newberry. ^ Bln. J. J. Abrams and family sprat Sunday with rdatives in Lyman. Mr. and Bln. Homer Jacks and aoB, Dsrrill, acccxnpanied Mr. and Mr*. Vernon Jacks home to Newark, N. J., lor a tew days’ vktt. Bln. Gus Barrstt, Herbert Owen*, Jeanette Barrett and Bln. Leila Bob attended a birthday dinner given in hraor of Mrs. Biurrett’s sister in Spartanburg recently. J. E. Hoisonback and Earl Holson- back spent the week-end with rela tives in GraniteviUe ab|i Augusta, Ga. Mn. W. J. Long' and Marjorie Crawford of Coluntok, sprat Sunday with Mn. Belle Cra^brd. Epwartb Leagne Flenle The Intermedkte Epworth .League Next Mohday ni^t Mimi and Joan will be honored with a dinner, thea ter, and overnight party at Joanna qjub house. Whh toe Sick Eldon and Shirlene Tucker,'children of Mr. and Mn. White Tucker, are -improving .iloUowing a tonsiketomy in Greenwood last Saturday. Miss Emma Kate Oxner is resting comfortably following an eye opera tion in Spartanburg recently. Maurice Davenport is out again after several days illness. G. A. Barrett returned to his home from Newberry hospital and is rest ing comfortably. Mn. E. H. Hunnicutt has been ill several dasrs. Roy O’Dell has been ill several days. Birthdays J. L. Bedenbaugh has a birthday August 17. Gene Bragg observes his birthday the 19. Mn. Wiillk Mae Flow has a birth day August 18. D. W. Moody observes his birth day Tuesday, August 19. P. B. MitdieU has a birdthay today. T. W. Spires will observe hk birth day Auguri 18. Carolina Poag has a birthday Aug. 20. ^Bob Blakely, son of Mr. and Mn. C. D. Blakely, has a birthday the 13. Curtis Bart)ee will observe his birthday Simday. Lee Add ^Tucker, son of Mr. and Mn. Cliff Tucker, has a birthday August 19. Annie Laura Meeks, daughter of Mr. and Mn. Kelly Meeks, has a will not go above 5.8 crats a pound for refined sugar. WB DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCRPTBAD CHRONICUh4>UBUSHING Ca MOVIE VACATIONS Are Good For ■ Your Children end You j You out ketp yo«r cbildren from becoming fretful and botlramme by sending them on an in expensive movie *tyacation.** At the movies, in a healthful, refreshing atmosphere, theyll get the advantages of snperb story-telling, of adventure^ of the romance of strange pbteto and interesting people. Send your children *on short movie vacations of ten. Not far away from yon, their favorite stars and the theater managers are waiiing to take care of them well—to give you time tor rest and other things. And when yon can, go off on movie vaca tions yourself. You can sandwich them into the busiest days. Read in THE CHRONICLE each week tke list- ingrof the offerings of Clinton's two theaters. Fine Our theme since we have been in business, and wiU continue to be... 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