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. F-i,- ?<S*'l2r z41 'IWXiV '"i" ’■’ ■ ■ ^IK CHRONICU - . Shtat T> h .A Chon * 1* wil^ii^psi wPf * VrfOnipwB*®# tii^ iun^- ■ I ..fe- v 7 ■VM—iXLI CHntpn, S. C, Tlranday, S«ptamb«r 25, 1941 Red Acti(m fa U. S. War Maneavets ttafnn'ls Heading for Ship-Anning Prcsidaiit To Ask Ghi- gross To topool Or 'KOYise N'oufrolity Act. Washinct<m, Sept. 21. — Pretklent Roowvelt said today that the coun try was probddy hcadinf toward the arming of its merchant ships to pro tect them from the attadcs of Axis wnships. JOjWttWIHM FHSailKS Strong GoMville Teom Coptiiros Chompionship of MitkCorolmo Looguo. The Joanna baseball team ckiaed its season in a whirlwind flnidi against the strong Newberry team in Goldvllle Saturday afternoon by the score (tf 14 to 8. A godd crowd turned out to witness the last play- At the same time, he disclosed that iO<f fM«« ©< ^le ae^ and to chw i'V gt Oaafa^. U. S. BeatfKMIEtD I Schadules for Clinton Teoms for Rtmoinder Of 3toson. A' GMpleg BDgh Sept 2S»-Or6nville at Greenville. Oct 1—llhlon at Union. Oet 10--lJHirens at Clinton. 'Oct 17 Greenwood at Greenwood. Oct ri- liNlagr at Clinton, it—GdBkMr at Gaffney. a •■iffOwwWDBwTy |W JPIwWM®rTy* ^fh at CUnton. swell at CUnton. at Gbear. i~>WoaOtuff at CUnton. li Otaanwood at Greenwood. Oct |7—lAWiepa at Lawena. Oet U—Unfan at Unton. Oet il I tpwttlU at Columbia. ' JfVTe 8m)t 27—OgleOiorpe at Atlanta Oet 10—The Citadel at Sumter. ' Oa 17—NewbeirX at Clinton. Oet 24—Oglatfanpe at Clinton. Nov. 1—Mercer at Maeon, Ga. Nbv. 7—Erdcine sd Bock HUL" Nov. lO-.^WoftiAnd at Spartaidmrg. Nov. 22—RdBtoa at Wlntar Pi^ Fla. .Launiiit T» EHteftoin 900Sbrdieirs Plans are nndarway by ttie city of Laursu for furnishing recreetloo to aoktters from the Cheater onanauver area wbb wiU be«anveyed there on wedc-ends during the months of Oc tober and November. Arrangements f or handling the man will be under 2lie direction of ttie Laurens Becre- atton DeCenaa eonunittee headed by C. K. Wright The oommittee voted to invite 500 mte for the ffrst week-end in Octo ber in addition to 400 who are ex pected to be dattooed at flwLanrios akxtort wiUi the air corps. IHECHRONKIEIO NEPSIttVY BECMiina SFon The attention of The Chntokle’s large family of readers is directed to a apedal saries of advertfsements by Uie United Statee Navy beginning in today’s psper and oontinui^ tor the nmct seve^ weeks. This, newspaper, along with a number of others, tags been dioeen to tAU the story to the young men of Uds sectkm. The Navy ia ntw leaking a Umitod mimbar of addtttrfa aaaa between Uw I of IT and 50 to mm in the Navy (w Naval Naaerva^ wbi^ offan a wUa «iM»ioa of ttodiif and voca- tiena. The Chroaiela'ia gfa^ eo- optrattag in thia campaign tor aa- listmenti *^*4 especially «‘«n« tfie at tention of young OMD to the advar- Ueeasenti the next aavtted weeks set ting tortti the opportunitlea now of- tai^ tor MocDofiold 4s Editor The Blue Stockmg / m • The first iss\M of The Blue Stock-^ ing, Presbyterian eoUegs student publication, tor Uie coming session appeared from the press Friday. The, paper, which is published weekly, fa headed as e^tor by Charles MacDonald of-Little Rock, In DiUen county; BiU Culp of Rock Hill, n^Mgar; Pfaiiw Tfanberlska of Daytona Beadi, Fla., managing ed itor, and Ben Hammett df Allendale, qpo^ editor. 120 MHKon Spmt InStatttyWrA wcoks prolict adminfatratoo has spent $120,822,517 an $ varied program in South Carolina sinee July 1, 1836. ^wrsnce M. Plndtoap,. state ad- mmfatrator, said cmptoymant bad bean provfaM for tfaouimndi and that muoii hid bean added to toe phytoesl sf toa state. WCONI TO PAYMENT OSnifW UW ML K 6MMIY SCHUD tiUa toe diarply increaeed will have to pay next year under bUL *'‘w Watoingtoo, ^Sapt 24.r—the • ttasaa toattoUlkiis of toawtw (B) «■ — ., , facepm^ means a jpijUlfa toli^ kMome altar <toductl0ns tor eon- MbuttonsTmTsst paid. ttTddbth. ate. *ft fa the fifiile rapafning before the natftenal anaMtoonfa iOBtrdelad. Tdpfatoart iSStoHnnl^ Iw only toil isr Mpgto perioha and $1JM B wtto dapiilhMli weald pap tower , taxes than they are far tadidutendant ‘ iHMig-~tbalJfa toidft eoaoes tooni a wabea inrlwii are dartvad in BVwl^Se tor married toown in the . Thatabto rtlaiitTB. ttousa whole or in plat iad)|he fa some American-owned toips—former Danish vessels Ytdiidi have been tranxterred to Panamanian registry— have already been equipped with guna. The Pink Star, the prcaident said, was sunk by a submarine last Friday night, at a position 275 miles north east ci Cape FarewMl, the soutoer- moet tip of Greenland. The state ^department received word from toe American consul In Beyfcjavik, loMand, tonight that 21 of the 14 man in toa Pink Star’s craw had arrived toare.in good cendttioo. The report gave no jMaSln of toclr reeeue and did not identify toem. The Pink Star could be armed be cause, altoough American-owned, toe fiew the flag df Panama. The neu trality act forbids toe arming of American veasels. The iMresident, who made hfa announcements at a press conference, was asked whether U was intended that the law should be amended pieemneal pr repealed in its entirety. That subject, Mr. Roosevelt re plied, was under study st the mo^ ment and a determination would be made some time next week as to how mudi repeal toe administration would request Whatever the extent of the Admin- istration’a ultimate proposal, it waa certain to arouaa a bitter row in although admlnfatratiflb confidant tost tosp could obtain eoogrcstomal approval. Mr. Roowvett started today’s pram ooofaraoca off abruptly wttobut walW ing tor a quaatioo, by .amxainctng toe detaito of toa^inhfag «f toe Pink Star. A subraarlna sank h«r at 11:25 pan., Greenwich Mean Ttma^ (5:25 pjn.. toeir team on to the championship of the Mid-Carolina textile league. It was the tolrd straight victory tor Bruce Galloway and his team. Before the crowd had acarcely set tled comfortably in (heir seats, Jo anna waa off to a fine start, racking up four runs In the first Boling led off with a single, L. Farmer got a life, toen Galloway poled a single, Boling seoring^the first run of the game. Morse then came to bat and prompt ly parked the bell over toe rfaht f^ srall tor a homer, scoring Farmer and Galloway ahead sf htan. In the fifth Mono again polad a homer over toe same tense, end in the sfactfa he did it agafo, each time with two men on. He esme up again in the eighth with two on. Hfa first cut at the was a vicious foul, then he was intentionally walked. He drove in nine runs. In .the fifth inning Joanna batted around with L. Farmer batting twice. Five runs crossed the plate. In the next frame three more were added. With the score 14 to 2 in toe eighth, Guy Prater either weakened or be gan to coast on hfa strong lead. New berry quidcly hung up toree runs and R. Prater relieved hfa brother on the mound. He was unable to hold back toe visitors once they tasted blood end toey sent two more across in tol ninth. J. liviagriOta got a freak home ran in the elghto, toe bell bouncing over toe ri^ field walL Taylor, playing center for the oppositioo, was a big raafi at bat, fsttbig two homa rant and a aingle and scoring torse runs oat of four trfae to the plate. New berry ,afao batted around in the eightli. They used three pitdiers to two for Joanna. team waa credited with 14 e« rana, toe hero of toe day. MAYBANK DECUXED PARTY nominee FOR SENATE SEAT In the second senatorial primary held September 1$, Burnet R. May bank carried 83 of the counties in toe state while hfa / opponent, Olin ,D. Johnston, of Spartanburg, led in 13 counties. The state Democratic executive icmninittee meeting in Columbia ,Tuesday declared officially toe re sults of toe lurimary, and also de clared Governor Maybank toe party nominee for the seat in'the United States senate now held by Senator t Roger C. Peace, publisher of The< Greenville News and Piedmoht. From an enrollment of 438,360, 162,787 votes were cast, Maybank receiving 92,100; Johnston 70,687. The thirteen counties which gave a majority to Johnston were Anderson, Chester, Chesterfield, Florence, Ker shaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lee, Lex ington, Newberry, Saluda, Spartan burg, York. The other counties gave a majority to Maybank. STARVATION OF WEEVILS IS ADVOCATED Florence, Sept. 21.—F. F. Boody, Peedee experiment station entomolo gist, advocated a starvation prograxn today for boll weevils |o they will die of hunger this winter, If You Dofi^ Rood fHECMIOSCU , You Don't Get Hie News Number 39. COHMITTSS . ENTBtTAINMm^ 6UEST SQipiHg Orgonizotion Perfected • To Core for 500 Men Coming Here for Week- . Ends During October ond Noyember. A group of men and women rep resenting the churches of the city, gathered at the First Baptist church Monday evening to formulate plana for the entertainment of 500 soldiers expected here for the week-ends of October uid November from' the Chester maneuver area. The meeting wBs presided over by Dr. L. E. Bishop, president of toe Chamber of Commerce, who ex plained toe proposal and urged the united support of the community in providiag ilteping quarters. rest roooss and entertakunent for fibe men in unifnrm. The msettng fol lowed a recent confarsnee here of Chamber of Commerce officials witti Rickard P. Corrigan, field recreation representative of the Federal Secur ity agency. Mr. Corrigan stated that there would be approximately 400,- 000 soldiers taking part in the ma neuvers. Of this number 100,000 will _ _ . .. , . . stationed near Chester, and it fa Bottdy described the starvation i from this latter group that the men pUm M one of tl« oldest knownj^^1 be sent to ClSton in government methods of controlling weevlfa and trucks and under supervision of army military policemen Esstera »a»iard Tkne) last Friday»,^^ ^ ^Wi(Br1E«3r«iailitag home The Piidc Star, he continued, was part of a cemvoy escmicd by (fana- dian warships, end was bound for Iceland with s general cargo. (Pre vious repdrts had bar beaded for the' United Kingdom). Asked how Wash ington had received word of the in cident, the president declined to say. The press conference discuss^ swung at once to the question of arming ahips 'and a reports aaked whether measures of self-defense tor (he veasels toOuld not be tideen. That, the president replied, was a pending question. Cotton Ginnings W In Stote Watoihgton, Sept 23.—Cbtton gin- nings nearly 50 per cent below last year’s total were reported lor South the departmoaLof General Election Set For Sept. 30 A q;Mcial general election for Unit ed StMsa aenator will be hrid at the voting precincta of the county on Tuesday, September 30to. Burnet R. Maybank, governor <4 the state and winner in the recent primary, has been declared by tiae state executive committee as the nominee. Qualifications for voting and tiie prednci managers appear in today's pq>er. Commiationsrs of riection for the county are C. A. promer, C. G. Hipp ancLW. Adger Babb. ' ”'7 ■ mm Tkornwwll Family. To Got Holidoy FoBowli^ a custom of long stand ing, next Monday, the 29to. wUl be obaented at the orphtagt aa a holi day wBh a reamtiiMi fipsm aD a^ool work. TTbe eeiebration wiU be ‘TOunderfa day* of the home, whidi tgMoed'lte 4poa-tor the admleeion of dtildran dk October 1, 1875. The wMdi win be ft yean old next Wednamnr. hae (Caroline today as agriculture’s first cotton quality esti mate revealed a kmger staple but lower grade cottoh this year than last. Through September 15, cotton gin nings in South Carolina totaled.but 87,814 bales as compered with 154.886 bales on toe same date a year ago; and a total of 312,588 balsa on Sep tember 15, 1889. Desidte the sharp one of the easiest, cheapest and most practical ways the average farmer” can control the pest. The process is simple: All toe fanners have to do is cut and de stroy the old cotton stalks. Experiments conducted at the Pee dee station show that the odds are twenty-five to one that a boll weevil that foes into hibernatiM on an ipty stomach won’t swvive tin winter. ”0011 weevlfa continue to toed as late in tha fall, aa thnre fa food tor Bandy axplatoad. “In 8ap- tember fnost cotton flekfa put on a sdeond growth of squares wMeh fur- nito an abundance of food and per mits toe weevils to go into hlh^na- tion in a strongs vigorous condition. Statistics sh^ that Soi^. Caro- Hna ftefafai's "ioef asllBons at dol lars worth of cotton this year be- cauae of peak ws^il activifa^.” Automobile Dealers Meet Here^Tonight A meeting of the Piedmont Auto mobile Dealers association will be held at the Lions Dep this evening Clinton is not in the combat are% it was pointed out, but is in the rec reational center in which the citice and towns would be allotted a num ber of men each week-end during the two.months. Under toe plan, the first contingent of soldiers will ar rive here in trucks about 5 pjn. oo Saturday, October 4th. Ixxigliig and sumter'for Saturday night dod break- taat and dinner on Sunday will be needad for the aokUers who will be convoyed beck to thrir paste of dufy late Sunday afternoon. It waa Bm concensus of the meeting, in whlcti a number of soen and women ex pressed themselves, that lodging and meals should ha furnished free so far as possible by the people of tola eity. ”W% WMstto 4»-«fae Jafa well,’* one of the speekers said. ”We want the aokliers to feel when they leave that they have been among friends and have been properly entertained and welcomed.” The ministers of the city churches attended the meeting and expressed their desire to have the churches take part in toe program to ba arranged for the guests. The problem of en- . - ]itertaininent will be presented to the A ^ 1 congregations of the city Sunday and place from Hotel Clinton was made to avoid a conflict with the regular Kiwanis chib meeting...—. — The association embraces the Pied mont area and it fa expected that fully 100 dealers will be present this evening. The first part of the pro gram will be given over to business and a discussion of the probfams now confronting ‘automobile dealers. The Arop in South Carolina )>rod^tion, {conclude with an add- ginninga in the entire country are NO during fftie kxig period by only taro priri$fa|fa, BtelateDr. W. P. Jacobs, 1JM8 1,8«0 1,808 2,888 8,868 ' Qfo 4!!8 Kbfft 15,080 30,800 >M00 asaaaa m 80,000 lOOjDOO mjo^' 1T1J8 . mto , 242J0 4ajo fiSiJO 008A0 1478Z0 2,I08A8 Ajifien 8,0e2J0 14,7Q8Z0 10,884.00 01,481 JO 44J88.40 147J7fA0 2I0JS2J0 888,41838 718,484.48 l«8i7J88J8 tjPO 11.10 21J0 88 JO 17J0 117.00 188J0 280J8 1JMJ8 1,M8.W «48l50 7J24.00 8,721J0 20J81J0 28J88J0 28.728J0 52J14J8 150481J0 245.0i4ja- 828,148J0 733,118.00 Baa halolBw poaltion tor tha nast 28 NOMteork. w iWim uae pwt ee ^ ' tha church ia ahead (d a year ago, totaling 2,093,414 bales as compared arito 1J05,025 in 1940. Only Georgia and Texas exceeded South Carolina in tha amount of cot ton ginned aa of thfa date last year, but todayfa dapartment of commerce report ^ws that the Palmetto state now raitos behind Alabama, Arkan sas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mimissippi, Missouri, Tennessee end Texas. Braod Streoi'MoHiodist Cliurcli Ropojnted On next Sunday morning, the. con gregation ot Broad Street Methodist church will hold services in a newly- painted auditorium, arhidi has bean repainted in cream and white. The pipes of the organ, radiators, and other metal work have also been re- daomwted. '' Thfa fa the third project completed by the eotogregatk^ the committee in diarge stated yesterday, the first two having been the repafaing of the roof and painting of all outside I 11J8 I8J8 78.40 118J0 14ij0fi‘ 22828 I18J0 41848 52800 ^1J88.40 '’2J28,40 tJ43.40 5.81840 14,12840 18M.40 8^.40 48476A0 140J8tJ0 220,155JO SAlJlfJO 717J82J0 2J18J47J8 I 800 42J0 •8J0 128J0 2^ S21J8 887J0 87800 i,mjo lJ8iJ8 8188.00 4J1800 8J84J0 8J89J0 20488.00 28J08.00 39JI8.00 58781.00 157.818.00 i480e4J0 827J8i.44 718554J0 ^8J28IMJ0 ClintoR HM Los«s OpwMse Caf In tisebr opentog game of the BOO liMfay Mght at Johnaoo fiekE Cttntner high mm detoeiad by BeMoo h|t tio NQio iC • to 8 Mfora a farga [g op a safety end touchdgteo fat tofaBnl period vdildk tile hooMi lono waa never^able to overcotoa. AlCfod, Borratt aod Stridi- tor gw vfaiton, while aiM Baatorti toatured tdt At a raeent meeting of the board of etfunty commfaeiooors, J. Q. Strib- ling was re elteled as svqperintendent of the Laureos coonlly home, a poaL- tioo ho has bdd for a number of e* 1700 has been qmt ky tha reoovatiim pro gram, and ttw Improvements add grtedly to the attractiveness and coaatort of the building. • Intar^City KKrams Mwt At GoldWIle ' ' 4* Aji totor-dty Kiwanfa chib maei- ing has boen annoupcad lor Oetobar 8th to ba haid in m attractiva naw raertation buUdtog at Goktvilla. Tha nwating l^o baan arrangad by W. A. Moorhaad, realdant "**»**§■»• of tiw Joanna Taxtila Mi^ and prasklant of tho Clinton Kiwanfa club. ClulM invited to take part In the n^ing are Clinton, Newbarry, Lau rens, l^wrtanburg, GraenvlUe, An derson and Greenwood, with an at- teodanca of 175 Rliwanians expactod. Tha epadal program and $pmijK for avaning wm ba announced later, tiw committee in dwrga stated terday* dress by Napoleon Hill of this city. A (telightful dinner will be served preceding the,business session. Opens Plumbing Business In City Wyman Shealy announces in to day’s paper that he haa opened a plumbing and heating business in the city, his shop locaiion being 105 E. Ferguson street Mr. Shealy, who fa well known in the city,'has had 18 years experience at hia trade and imtil opening hfa new bustaMw held a positkm wim the State Training •chooL KlWANIfi TO MBBT The regular meeting of the Kiwanfa chib win be held this evening at 7:30 at Hotel Clinton. The program will include a report from the dclegatea all families urged to open their homes to help provide accommoda- tkms. The result of this appeal will be turned over to the special housing committee which wUl continue tiie. solicitation until the required accom modations are secured. It is expected that about 200 aoldiers will be pro vided sleeping quarters in the arm ory, while the other three hundred will be accommodated in private homes and other places in the city. Church club centers will be provided in the First Presbyterian, Fi^ Bap tist, Broad Street Methodist, and Bai ley Memorial churches. The churches plan to hold mother-daughter enter tainments St these centers On Satur day nights and Sunday afternoons. Arrangements for handling the men will be under the direction of the following committees: Executive—Dr. L. E. Bishop, chair man, with directors and officers of (Chamber of Commerce and chairmen of Six sub-committees. Church and home hospitality—Rev. J. L. Mayer, chairman, assisted by the ministers of the cHy and’Ctintoii Mill, J. H. Hunter, sad presidents ot each woman’s church society of the city. Comfort and facilities—^L. H. Bag- well, and police department. Clubs and centers — Mrs. B. O. to the recent annual' 'convention of i Whitten, chairman, Mrs.* R. J. Pitts, the Carolinas district held at Myrtle Mrs. Frank Miller, Mrs. W. G. King Beach. BSivs SAYS A UFB 80 FAB TBS TKAB TMBBB BATB BBBN 10 FATALITIES AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS fai LAURENS COUNTY Ltt*g StriTt To Mako 1941 a Safe Tear On tile Highways. Thfa date lari year, 12 and Mn. B. C. BlackweU. Commercial hitereate and extension of public servtee — HMth Ctopeland, chainnan,—— Entertainmaat James P. Sloan, chairman, Taytor Martin, Mrs. Heath CopahHad. Mrs. Gary DUlard, Mrs. C. B. GaUoway, Mrs. Jrim Holland Hunter, Mrs. Jot Trirry, Claik Mea dors, Mfae Halak Connolly. Miss Mary Frances Fraaks. latocssatkifa end pnhlklty—Carkon F. WlBD, chairmniy B. P. Chapman. F. If. Btutti, Shisiey Tfanmom, John B. Oeaitry. Houring committee to he nemad. Revnrol Services At Pentecostal Church Special evangelistic services have been announced by Pentecostal Holi ness church beginning next Sunday, the 28. The services will be con ducted by the pastor, Rev. A. W. Herndon, each evening at 7:30, with the public invited. The Haknes Sisters of Greenwood, will render qmelal music at service. ■/ U' .V