The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 18, 1941, Image 1
THE CHRONICLE
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Volnmo XLI
Clinton, S. C., Thurtdoy, September IS, 1941
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Number 38
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3 BROTHEtlS
HELD tN DEATH
OF CANTRELL
A coroner's inquest held here Sat
urday morning, held three brothers
for grand Jury action in the death of
i Willard Cantrell, 27, who was fatally
shot Sunday, S<^. 7th in what was
described as a pUtol-shotgun duel in
Cantrell’s yara at his home north of.
Clinton. CantreU, Who formerly lived
in Spartanburg coimty, died at the
local hospital on Monday niidit fol
lowing the homicide.
The inquest was conducted at the
city police station by Coroner R. I.
Burgess, who on the basis of the ver-
issued warrants against Mack
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Thta piotva shews sM sf the
Iferwmy*s arotte Iriani sf
BrItWi.aai Msewoflan tessws
the Barthora hreh^Dalage's valaahis oeal adaes amM far Oer-
Native jalae werkers aai fasadlles were hreaght te Kaglaad.
JOHNSrON QUtIMES
uomcounY
Incomplete Returns
Give Former Governor
Johnston 433 Leod
Over Maybank.
Laurens county gave former Gov.
Olin D. Johnston a majority of votes
over Gov. Burnet R. Maybank in the
second and deciding senatorial pri
mary held Tuesday.
I^ct, issued warrants against Mack ^ith 35 precincts reported out of!
; Taylor, charging him with murder, ^ jg when The Chronicle went to press, ‘
t and p. B. Taylor and Edgar Taylor Johnston had a majority of 433 votes
' ^ Mii^ accessories before and alter over his opponent, the incomplete
count standing: Johnston 2,104, May-
bank 1,67L-
The four unreported boxes
A\AYBANK WINS
IN SENATE RACE
Maneuvers In
State Begun
First Army Begins
Movement Into Concen-
trotion AreOs.
• Camden, Sept. 17. — Lieutenant-
General Hugh A. Drum’s rirst Army
today began its movement into con
centration areas in North and. South
Carolina for war games designed to
provide joint training for the sepa-
Farmer Killed As
Bus And Wagon Hit
Williom Casey Meets
Instant Deoth In Col
lision. Others Hurt.
William “Uncle Billy’’ Casey, 70,
who resided about midway on the
Clinton-GoldviUe hi^way, and was
employed on the Copeland-Stone
company farms, was killed early Sat
urday night wh^ thg farm wagon
rate components oJ thin far-flung ^ which he and nine others were
command.^ along the Atlantic ^ h(«ewmd-bound, was in . collision
board, iroih Maine to Georgia, ad
vance detachments of the 300,000 of>
with a Greyhound bus enroute to Co
lumbia. The wagon in which the
fleers and men of the First Army!Casey family and nei^bors were
who will take part in the maneuvers * traveling, was moving in the same
have left theirbase sUtions. This dimtion as the bus. The accident oc-
mass movement of and guns ^ ot the Grover C. Na-
the fact.
and loaded trudes will contimie for
the next three wedcs, readdng a peak
from September 37 to October 8,
bon piece.
Funeral services for Mr. Casey
were held Monday afternoon at An*
when the principal untts will arrive^g®** new En<^
in the Carolina maneuV^ 5**“*®*
w^they wmr«nainunUlHovem-i*®*5>V^^ta Jhe^i^ ceme^. A
I native of Spartamburg county, Mr.
puipoee of ^e maneuvers is '^*®**^ hnH. ibOLIn saetioo lor,
trahufeg.” Gcbwal Drum laid today.,™ P*** _
“By this training,’’ he continued, “we* Cmoner R. t Burgem- empayled a
hope to fuae the hitherto aeparated J^^y Simdv to ^ tpA
units of the First Army into a *5* d«to for the in-
ordinaied combat team, and all the b«^ mter.
problema vwiU be planned with that! Sl«^
end In view. While we strive lor Mrs. J^ Crocker, wife of the driv
er of the wagon, and four of their
children were injured in toe crash.
All were admitted to Hays hospital
for treatment and with the cxcep-
teamwoik, we shall encourage in
every way possible individual and
groiq> initiative, and emphasia will be
plac^ 'on the development of lead-i„ . „ , _ .
ership in all ranks. After We have!**®® ®^ Miss Hasel Crocker, 17, have
completed our two months of train-! T®tmned to their
Ing in the Carolinas, I hope we aUjJ®»* M« Crocker suffered a frac-
shall have learned much more about i ®^ ®®™ *®**' '
our J(^’’ 1 'Hte deceased is survived • by his
m {widow, Mrs. Lixzie Crocker Casey;
one daughter, Mrs. Ellen Shearfleld;
one sister, Mrs. Peggy Sloan, and a
number of nephews and nieces.
Soldiers InvHed
To Visit CHy
Several Hundred On
Maneuver Training
Expected Here for
Week-Ends.
^ j
The Chamber of Commerce and
ministers of the city have invited 500
soldiers to spend the week-ends in
Clinton during the maneuvers set for
October and November. The men in
service, to be stationed in the Ches
ter area, will be convoyed here in
trucks and entertained in Clinton
homes during their stay. A military
police escort will be sent with the
young men to woric with the city
police force in the matter of traffic
and other arrangements.
Similar wedc-end visitations for
wldiers will be arranged in a num
ber of towns and cities, in this sec
tion.
The following committee chairmen
have been ai^wintod to arrange for
the coming of toe visiton:
Executive—^Dr. L. E. Bishop, board
of directors and officers of Chanber
of Commerce and dtoirmcn of sub-
committoas.
Church and koma hospitality—Hev.
4J>
Comfort facilltka Chief of Poliee
L. H. BegwelL
Clubs and canters — Mrs. H. E.
Sturgson.
Commercial interests, extensioo of
public service—Heath Copeland.
Entertainment — Hugh Eichelber-
ger.
Information and publicity — C. F.
Winn.
are
Langston, Mt. Olive, Princeton and
Stewart’s Store. In the fflrst primary
they cast 130 votes.
Johnston’s three largest votes were
at Goldville 306, Watto Mills 264,
Laur«M City 258. Maybanl^s heavi
est boxes were Laurens City 426,
Clinton City 346, Goldville 106. John
ston’s heaviest strength was with the
textile and rural vote, while May-
bank’s was in the towns and cities.
Voting was light throughout the
dbunty. In the flrst election 3,420
votes were cast against 3,775 in Tues
day’s primary, a gain of 355 over the
first primary.
Following is the unofficial report
by precinept:
Clinton, Belton Play
Here Friday Nigiit
— Opening Gome of Sea
son On Johnson Field
At 8:30 (DST).
In toeir first home game of the
1941 season, Clinton high’s “Red
Devils” win meet Belton hi^ school
at 8'JO (dayli^t saving time) on
Friday evening at Johnson field.
There will be five home gsmes, all
to bs played at night, school officials
luive announced.
Other teams to mast the local hiifli
boys here include Laurens, Easley,
Hones Path, and TbomwelL Tickets
for the games will remain at last saa-
aon’s price of gScr'With season tideets
availabla for $1.50. Tideets are on
sale today at Sadler-Owtns Phar
macy, Young’s Pharmacy and Smith’s
FhsrmacF. They also will be on sale
St the tideet bopto at the fleld.
Coach Ti^ylor Martin’s 1041 editiem
of the Rad Devils will be than
teams of the past few yegrs, but can
be counted upon to give a good ac
count of thamaelves. The have
bean working hard the past two
wadu and art ready for the opening
Piedmont Automobile
Deolers To Meet Here
A meeting o< toie Piedmont Auto
mobile Dealert associition win be
hiM nsxt Thundm^ evmdng, ffaptani-
bai<89, at 8 o’clodt at Hustel CttMon.
This Is to# quarterfy msetiag of
the amociatfoo and about 100 dealars
from cities in the upper pwrt of toe
state art axpactad to attend, wito
oftlears of lading flnanca companisa
at toeir guests. The q>eaker for toe
occasiem wiU be Napoleon Hill of this
Cltjs
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ATTEND SCHOOL MEET
W. E. Monts of this dty, and F.
W. Thytor and J. Leroy Bums of
Laurens, reprssented the county at
a Joint educational masting of coun
ty and otote aasodations bald Satur-
^ in Columbia.
BURTON NAMED
SCHOOL TRUSTEE
It was learned yesterday that G. A.
Burton of this ci^ has been appoint
ed by the county board of education
as a member of the board of trustees
of Hunter school district No. 5, suc
ceeding Walter A* Johnson, who re
signed several weeks ago. Mr. Burton
is employed by the Arm ot G. A.
O^land A Son.
Besides Mr. Burton, other mem
bers of the board are: W. C. Baldwin,
chairman, R. L. Plaxico, secretary,
C. N. Mauney and C. E. Galloway.
Renno CoHon Gin,
Dostroytd 8y Fire
The cotton'^nory at Renno, own
ed by Swift St company, was omq-
pletely destroyed by Are Saturday
at noon. The gin bad Just opened the
fall, season wito A. L Dixon ss gia-
ner, and Mrs. J. H. Ball in charge of
the office.
COURT CONVENES-
NEXT MONDAY ^
The Septeml^r term of criminal
court will convene in Laurens on the
22nd with Judge Philip H. Stoll of
Kingstree, as the presiding Judge.
The following petit jurors have
been drawn by the Jury commission
to serve:
Dials township: R. M. Gray, W. R.
Peden, E. J. Evatt, Raymond Cook,
Z. C. Reeves, Martin Butler, L. R.
Brooks, Eugene Hughes.
Youngs: Charles Barnett, L. R.
Henderson, John G. Smith, W.. D.
Stewart.
Waterloo: J. N. Jones, T. E. Cole
man.
Sullivan: B. E. Crawford, James
F. Davis, A. W. Sharp, Roy Pitts,
H. B. Turner.
Laurens: B<4rce Craig, J. W. Coates,
Clifton Glenn Bishop, Clyde Jones,
Jaa. R. Owens, Charlie Crews, F. B.
Waldrep.
CrOM Hill: A. A. Workman, Sam
Leaman. _
Hunter: Boyce T. Little, Ralph
Riddle, .Mancell Bridwell, Grady jCr-
nold, Louie Thomley, James Addi
son, Cleveland Watts, Joe McDaniel.^
Prdcincts
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Barksdale-Namie
59
9
Clinton City ....
73
346
Clinton Mill ...'.
211
27
Cook’s Store
17^
11
Crom HRl
33
67
Daniels’ Store ,
27
18
Dials —
2
18
IDccmeq !>■■» ***•
45
6
Goldville
306
106
Cray’s .... .._
19
3
Gray Court .... ....
8$
84
Hbpcwall —
11
29
History Tavern .... _ ....
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Lanford .... _
u
16
Laurens City ....
258
426
Laurros Mill
139
27
Lydia MUl -
133
87
Long Branch — —
20
3
Merna
24
5
MountviUe
27
35
Mt. Pleasant
26
1
Orjfc ••••
15
26
Owings
27
73
Pleasant Mound
22
7
Poplar Springs y
65
38
Renno
1
22
Shiloh
13
17
Shady Grove ....
, 8
8
Tip Top ....
9
1
Trinity Ridge
12
29
Waterloo
19
41
Watts Mills
264
43
WoodviUe
31
25
Youngs -
26
25
ToUl ...2104
1671
Goyernor Named By
Majority of Neoiiy
22,000 Over Johnston
On Face of Incomplete
Returns.
Columbia, Sept. 17. — Governor
Burnet R. Maybank was headed for
the U. Si senate yesterday (Wednes
day) as a result of his decisive defeat
of former Governor Olih D. Johnston
in Tuesday’s runoff Democratic pri
mary.
Return* from 1,379 of the state’s
1,520 precincts showed the 42-year-
old Charleston business man and for
mer mayor of the state’s largest city
leading his predecessor in office by a
vote of 89,605 to 67,934, a margin of
21.671. It was established that the
outstanding 149 boxes would not con
tain more than 10,000 to 12,000 votes.
Johnston, 45-year-old Spartanburg
lawyer, conceded victory to his op- •
ponent early Tuesday night. It was
his second defeat in an effort to go
to the senate, Senator E. D. Smith
having beaten him in 1938.
The perfunctory general election
will be held September 30 and May-
bank will take his senate seat about
October 15. He will relieve Roger C.
Peace, Greenville publisher, who has
been serving by gubernatorial ap
pointment since shortly after the
death early in August of Senator
At a meeting held in Laurens 1 Alva M. Lumpkin, originally named
BURNET R. MAYBANK '
Rural AulhorHy
Holds Meeting
, •
1 ^-County Group Sets
Wheels In Motion. To
Nome Director Oct. 8th.
Monday, the 18 county representa
tives of the upper state rural hous
ing authority named a committee to
investigate applications for toe post
of project executive director, and
d^ided to name the director and
project architects at the next mcet-
by Maybank to succeed Associate
Justice James F. Byrnes, who was
elevated to the supreme court last
July.
As governor, Maybank will be suc
ceeded by the lieutenant governor,
J. E. Harley. Bamweil lawyer. Har-
i^'to be held at the same place on 1*7 wUl be the first UeuUnant gover-
Wednesday night, October 8th. Chair- n®r to step up since the late Wilson
man C. F. Fleming of Laurens, an-lG- Harvey of Charleaton took over
nounced that the committee includes
five members.
Formal application for $900,000
was made at toe meeting and Mr.
Fleming said it was expected to be
approved'in tooit order.
The fends axe expected to provide
•spaiUSb MW and modira hotoes—at
an average cost of $2,000 each—i<xr
a total of 1,100 rural families in
South Carolinia, or 35 families in
each of 44 counties covered by the
original $2,200,000 allotment
The program, lor which the fed
eral government bears the entire cost,
is primarily for tenant farmers, day
the <Mee when Governor Robert A.
Coeper resigned to accept a federal
office about 30 years ago.
Both Maybank and Johxuton is
sued statements thanking toeir con
stituents. Johnaon made it ckter
he WM “still ia politics and wiU con-
tknie ilgbliag for the printifiis I
so firmly believe in.”
' The governor said toe returns
“prove there arc no sectional lines
in the state and that we are all (me
people interested in promoting our
common welfare.
Both candidates" launched strong
drives for votes alter the first pri
mary, in which Rep. Joseph Bryson
laborers, part-time workers, share-1 eliminated, and the runoff bal-
DRIVS CARSTUIXT
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FATALITIES
AirrOMOBILE
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LAURENS COUNTY
Let*! StriTe T» Makt^
mi R 8bI« Ymr Ob
^UiR Highwayi.’
This dale leal year. 1$
Local Kiwanians
Hear Burgess ^
croppers and small landowners.
Regional Housing Authority No. 1,
with Laurens as headquarters, in
cludes the following counties:
Oconee, Anderson, Pickens, Green
ville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, York,
Abbeville, Laurens, Union, Chester,
Lancaster, Edgefield, Saluda, McCor
mick, Newberry, Greenwood and
Fairfield. * ' ^
loting was considerably heavier.
RUSSIANS CLAIM
NAZIS REPULSED
The Kiwanis club meeting Thurs
day evening was featured with an
address by^Dr. Rembert B. Burgess,
president of Textile Institute, Spar-
ianburg.
Dr. Burgess spoke interestingly of
the school and its work since it was
founded in 1911, The latter part of
his address wak supplemented with a
series of technicolored motion pic
tures depicting the life and activity
of the s(dMX)l which has 350 students,
all engaged on a part time program
of work andsdiKly. The speaker, who
is also president of toe Spartanburg
Kiwanis club, was heard with inter
est by the club membership.
Livestock Sale
At Union Slated
Unton, Sept 17. — Union county
farmers and breeders arc supple
menting thMr cotton crop by 9 live
stock profrmn and toe flrst annual
llvaitodc sale of native beef and
dairy cattle, aa wall as hogs, win be
hald September 2$ at the new $15,000 ^ officers to discuss toe'question
barn here. ’ I with state officials.
The third annual livestock show 'Hw matter will be taken up with
will be held beforo the sale on Sep-;I>«xter C. Martin, director of aero-
tamber 34 and IS. j nautics; E. F. Markwood, Jr., assist-
Fliers Ask Ploce
As Defense Unit
Laurens, Sept 14.—The South Car
olina Aviation associatiem voted
unanimously today- to seek official
recognition %s a flying unit of the
state home defense corps ajnd autocar-
n >$1 ■ fEi ■ » 9Re ■ ‘ m e ■ ■ Mfil n —
BALLOT TABLE
IN SENATE RACE
U79 Preclacts Beported Out of
1,524 In State.
John-
Counties ston
AbbeviUe 829
Aiken 1778
Allendale .... 130
Anderson 5436
Bamberg .... 368
Barnwell 448
Beaufort 198
Berkley 148
Calhoun 306
Charleston 8!l0
Cherokee .... 1618
Chester 1737
Chesterfield 3097
Clarendon 380
Colleton 489
Darlington 489
Dillon 559
Dorchester 686
Edgefield 344
Fairfield 669
Floxence 286
Georgetown 187
Moscow, S^t. 17.—The Red army
in a smashing counter-attack only
30 miles northeast of Smolensk has
thrown German forces back west
ward in an eight-day battle in which
more than 10,000 Germans were kill
ed and wounded Russian 'dispatches
from the front said today.
The battle occurred in the direc
tion of Yartsevo wjiich iis on Uve
main highway between Smolensk
May- Moscow. Vast quantities of arms
bank ammunition were seized, ac-
1028 I cording to the army newspaper Red
2592 j Star.
5g8j Another dispatch reported the re-
3103 capture by Leningrad’s army de-
1103 I fenders of a strategically important
crossraods village lying on one of
the approaches to the city—a man
euver declared by the Russians to
have wrecked German plans fur a
new thr\ist against Leningrad itself.
Trusfeos Fill
Teacher Vacancy
MIm WUlto Eariu Dhvidson of this
dty, has been elueted by toe board
of trustees as a msmber of toe Acad-
rony Street sdKiol faculty, succead-
ing Miss Martha Davidson, udio re-
crotly married and moved to Sum-
iter,
Miss Davidsem is a recent graduate
of Presbyterian college and toe
daughter of Mrs. Lula Finney Da-
vldstm.
Maxwell Ferguson has resumed his
po4hioo aa prlndpal and coach at
the CampobeEo hUto aehooL
ant director oA toe aeronautics com-
Greenville
OreeiLirQQd
Hampton ...
Horry
Jasper
Kc^aw
LaiKaster ..
Laurens ....
SbIW •••■ >•
Lexington
5773
1714
416
852
215
1929
2800
2104
1111
2028
Dosier and Governor Maybank.
Plants of toe association presum
ably would be uaed in hoenc defense
and possibly for such duties as coast
al patrol if the group wins a place
with the defrost corps.
Brock Named On*^.
LocatDraft Board.
fr
Luther J. Brock of Goldville, has
been appointed a member of Clinton
draft board No. 50, succeeding R. G.
Carr, refilled, also of Goldville.
Other members of the board are
R. J. Pitts, ebairman, of this dty, obd
L C. Tpylor of Ware Shoals.
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Marion
.... 780
Marlboro ....
.... M9
McCormick
.... 100
Newberry
.... 1879
Oconee
.... 783
Orangeburg
.... 1893
Pkkena
.... 1135
Richland
.... 3149
Saluda
.... 629
Spartanburg ,
.... 8421
Sumter
.... 386
Union
.... 1759
Williamsburg .. ...
.'.... 619
York
.... 3363
Totals
...67,934
2328
647
1004
556
13095
1836
IJUiP. C.-CLEMSON
j»}!MEET SATURDAY
Presbyterian college’s Blue Stock-
i^^ilng football team will open its 1941
season Saturday aftern(X)n with the
so* i ^^**®*®® Tigen? at Clemson. The
whistle for the opening game will
sound promptly at 3 p .m, Eastren
Standard Time with a large number
•u** 0* college sto^nts j^Jtafial-Jtana-
planning to witness the game.
The Blue Hose under the direction
of Coach Lonnie McMilUan have been
hard at work for the past two weeks
and are now looking better in scrim
mage. They hope to have the kinks
ironed out before they meet the
strong Clemson eleven for a good
fight
2194'
2950
6436
1281
U50
275
1405
1271
1671
1103
1589
1035
1303
411
1861
1969
2054
1410
4836
572
6095
Cjinton Man Is
Injured In Wreck
J. C. Myers of this city, is in the
Greenwood hospital suffering from a
ruptured lung received in an auto
mobile accident Saturday night. His
1192 j condition is reported as improving.
21131 Mr. Myers was hurt when his car
1049! overturned about 9:30 Saturday night
1786
89,605
Mrs. H. H. Harris of Columbia, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Tcm Ad-
'dison, and Mr. Addison.
a short distance from Saluda river
in this <x>unty.
Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Lewis of Co
lumbia, were guests a few days this
weA ol Dr. Lewis’ sister, Mrs. J. H.
Stone, and Mr. Stone.