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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
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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. '
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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