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Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, 30, 1941
Number 44
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11,200 Soldiers From Conjft (feigning, 6b.,
Expected To bivouac Here rridbv end Soturdoy
Enroute To Chester Areq for Field Troining.
Bctidmts of Clinton and thia aec-
tion will have an oi^tortunitjr this
wedE>end to see the mistiest war
machine ever assembled in an Amer>
lean division on the move when die
Second Armored divisiem from Fort
fanning, Qa^ bound for maneuvers
assembij areas near Chester, will
bivouac near the city on Friday, Oc>
tober 31, and Saturday, November 1.
As already announced, ^ ra'
campmeni lotions for the'soldiers
will be in front of Oxley’s Wholesale
company, in O. L. Copdiuid’s pasture
back of Five Points fining station,
and at die armory and to the rear of
the biiUding. The troqps arrive
about 8 o’clock fis ttw aftemocm.
Two rood ooharms of flie division,
each taking lAout ttuee and one-hall
hours to pins a given point knit oc
cupying 80 miles of roMl npace, will
leave the Camp Banning rasarvatioo
on Octlo. It wfil
early on Oct SO. It wUl spant the
nkfit In two echtioos at Monties,
Ga. The procession will enter South
Carolina Friday by way of Anderson,
Hones Path, ’Beltim, Princeton, Lau
rens and on to their Clinton csimptng
area eiiere it will spend the night.
On Sstmdsy die echelons will move
on to the maneuver area hy way of
Crocs Anchor, Union and Lockhart
The same itinerary will be follow
ed by a second column on November
2 and 3 traveling a day behind the
first group, 8to|K>ing for the ni^ts at
the same places as the first.
^ There will be 11,200 soldiers in the
■division traveling in 2,800 motor ve
hicles. Lieut CoL Redding S. Perry,
division supply officer, states that the
division will take 8,100 vehicles to
the war games—almost 88 per cent
at the peak strength authorized for
an armored division, and one of the
largest vehicular movements ever
undertaken by an American division.
New shipments, army officials state,
have brouidtt the vddcular past the
huge number it took to recent exei^
Cises in TifttiUiana-
The mtire dividon, with its 3,100
vehicles and nearly 12,000 men, will
be in the assemb]^ area near Ches
ter by '8 p Jn. NbN^Knber 2, ready to
Jinnp into the first i»:oblem poeed
by the First Army.
Bcaides tanks, the division has
nearly 200 armored scout cars, more
than 500 armored peraoonel carriers,
more than 500 motorcycles, about
iOO IMi'ton trucks, 880 quarter-ton
“Jeeps,” 280 H-ton cars and trucks
and hundreds of miscellaneous ve
hicles.
The maneuvers in the CaroUnas
will bring to a total of 18 weeks the
time spent in the field by die Sec
ond Amored division since ndd'June.
{bK:h unit will depart fnxn Clinton
kbout 8:30 a.m. for the Chester area.
Meals for the uniformed men will be
provided by the army at the loca
tions where they are o&camped.
CROFT SOLDIERS
INVADE CITY FOR
GRIDIRON GAME
Two hundred and twmity army
trucks transported 2,700 soldiers from
Camp Croft, Spartanburg, to Jc^uison
field here Friday night for the P. C.*r
Camp Croft football gamei six
o’clodc the kmg convoy of vwfcSss
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caadid tp fo* oolkw wliani ^
wave parised in cloae formation oh
foe pliu. The wddiera occupied one
of the OBtire grandstand sectkms. The
stand on the far side of foe field was
occupied by P. C. fans, foe game be
ing witnessed by a capacity crowd of
4JD00.
, The game, whkfo had a coknful
military acting, with bands playing
for both teiuns, was one of the best
played in years on foe local fidd
and resulted in a victory of 12 to ^8.
in favor of foe Blue Hoa^ A blocked
punt, recovered by Lloyd Evans in
foe Croft end zone, accounted for
foe game-winning touchdown In foe
third quarter.
Just before foe game, Col. P. H.
Fike, editor of The Spartanburg
Jouinal and honorary cai^ain of the
Choft team, presented Miss Agnes
Fuller, Presbyterian college fresh
man, voted ta honecoming queei,
wifo a bouqud pf flowers on behalf
of the Crusaddr teem.
COUNTY FARMERS
NbW RECEIVING
PARITY CHECKS
Cotton parity payments amounting
to $80,788.00 have been received at
the AAA office and are being dis-
tritaifod to fanners. County Agent
. B. Canno
C. B. Cannon announced yesterday.
In foe foipment were 2,020 checks
Awyokhnately IJKIO more sfipUca-
tioM and 2,600 dieda amounthig to
$110,000 are yet to be received from
the Atlanta office, Mr. Cannon states.
Completion of compliance work
will get imderway about foe first of
November at which time iqiplications
for soil conservation checks will be
taken, according to Mr. Cannon.
Farmm vfoo are to seed winter le
gumes or spread agricultural lime-
sU»e must finish foe woik by No
vember 30, wfaidi is the closing data
for 1841 compliance^ Mr. Cannon
states.
TO WYITE SOLDIERS
m NEXT WEEK
At a meeting ministers, church
reinvsentatives, chamber of com
merce and other club officials held
Monday ni^t, it was decided to in
vite a group of soldiers to the city
for the we^-end of November 8th
frmn the Chester maneuver area.
The conunittee decided that before
the invitation is extended, a canvass
of all residents of the city, street by
street, will be made by the women
of the church circles. When it is as-
mi AfiissMBns
FOR COUNTY SHOW
SMAU NKRtASE
Auditor's Report Indi
cate^ Increose In Pro|>-
erty Values, Decrease
In Farm Lands.
Laurens, Oct. 28. — Real and per
sonal property in Laurens county
certained how many homes will be. have been' assessed at a value of
opened to the service men, the Invi- $8^01,875 for the purpose of 1941
tation will be extended for the num-1 taxation, an increase of $117,865 over
ber entertainment can be provided j that of last year, according to a re-
' port issued during the past week by
While no soldiers are invited here j Miss Jennie V. Culbertson of the
this week-end, several thousand will j county auditor’s office,
be encamped near the city while en
route to the Chester reservation from
Camp Benning, Ga.
Depositors Got
Final Papont
Commercial Bank Pays
Last Dividend, Bringing
Total To 98V4%.
Announcement is made in today’s
paper by H. D. Henry, conservator
of the Commercial Bank, of a final
dividend of 4% per cent to be paid
depositors beginning November 5th.
This announced dividend brings
the total up to 96 H per cent since the
bank went into liquidation in 1934.
The distribution represents all avail
able funds remaining from the assets
PUBLIC IS TOLD
TO START SAVING
year’s Ball Call ■HWitswilili anpeal ta be taada ta CBataa awl CMivflle
Naveasher 11-88. The paalar eanlaa a asttaeal defeae
the aetlve pari betag takea by the Bed Cnm bi aarriag the
ObMvilto CCC
Camp To Closo
Fbrido Synod To
Meet Here In 1942
Washington Order Lists
Unit To Go With Seven
Others In State.
Washington, Oct 25. — Sacratary
llorgenthau, saving that the public
did not yet realize how stiff federal
The Presbyterian synod of norida
in session the part wedc at Miami,
officially accepted a pending invita
tion of Thomvrell orphanage to hold
its 1942 uMeting bn the campus of
the institution beginning October 18.
The invitation Was axtaoded last yaar
but bald over until this year be-
cattse of previous plahs to bold a
joint meeting with the Northern
'diurch in Florida.
income taxes are going to ^ next
year, urged everyone today to Start
savi^ immediate fo^ foe bills 1m
Is going to sand them.
TThe job has to be done to get it
oyer to foe people efoat their taxes
•re,” the treasuiry head declared. ”1
4^*t foink foey have any eooetp~
tion.”
As a step toward foat end, he an-
pmuMad that ha was arranging to
^tataibuta—chh^ throu^ tMnka—
wi^lllmas of pafiiphlefs showing the
apiaroxtanate tax on anyone wifo an
a^ual inooma from $750 to $85,000.
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^ttOB Guiniiigs
A total of $401 Met of cotton
were ghined hr LburaSe bounty prior
to octdMT 1$, m spedai «|font of
foe department of cenantaToa bureau
of the cetwita rq^wtod yesterday.
This eoafoued wifo 20A8S from
foa IMF crap for the same period, a
ficT^ of 18,804 balasL This jmr^
iefop |i ^ smaHaat for foe oounty
in mtau years.
The ministers and elders attending
foe sessions here will be entertained
by the institution.
Licenso Platts Tima
Expires October 31
In an advwtisement in today’s pa
per by foe state highway department,
notice is given that motor vdiicle 11-
oansef for l$41-42 “niuat be pui>
dmaad bef^ October 31.” New
plates Shan be displayed on Novem
ber i, 1841. fowdal attention is di-
rectod to foa requirement that foe
school district number in vfoich foe
owner resides must be entered in foe
Qtaep iwovided.
Young Pooplo To
yo|Ung peoiple from
Laursvig’iid Bfut adjoiidng oouaties
will PMat It the First PreriiytsriaB
rinirdb In Laurens Saturday, Novem
ber I, for foe faU rafor of South
Carolina Breahytary's Youth leagua.
The meeting Will convene at 10
am. with adteiirninant tiik^ plaep
a|bout 3 pm Lui^ wiU .be served
at noen for • esmmlltaa from the
roman's auxiliary of foa hoet
Woman'
ciNirch.
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LAURENS COUNTY
Lit*g Striv# To Malta
1941 a Safa Yaar On
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Information received from Wash-
ingt<m states that the CCC camp near
Goldville, occupied by Negro enroU-
ees and known as Company 8486,
win be closed at once. The order
stated foat foe Civilian Conservation
corps is preparing tb close at least
600 of its 1,500 camps throughout the
county. Seven camps, in addition to
Goddv^, are included in foe order.
Lieut. Edmund R. Manfleld, com-
Launcli Drive
For Endowment
Roily Hald Here Fridoy
“Pit
To Plan $1,000,000
Gimpoign For Three
Schools.
mender of foe camp, is now busy
carryfog out foe clodng instructions.
The Negro ermrllees, along with foe
camp pbrnmnel, is expected to be
tramfrired to s<»ne other camp in
Approximately 175 men and wo
men of foe South CaroliiuA synod
gathered at Presbyterian college last-
Friday for a rally of workers to
lauiNch a campaign for $1,000,000 for
the synod’s ttuee church institutions,
Presbyterian college. Queens college
at Charlotte, N. C., and Columbia
Thaological seminary, Decatur, Ga.
The meeting was held at 3 o’clc^ in
the afternoon, after Mrhich those at-
tmding were dinner and football
guests of foe college.
The meeting was presided over by
D. W. Robinson of Columbia, chair
man of foe special committee, and
bx th. toad, of th. I^tu-
completed within the jjj. p. Jacobs, Dr. Hunter
next few <tay*-
Vehicle InspecHcm
Dates Announced'
Semi-annual inspection of automo
biles and trucks will start in Lau
rens on Wednesday, November 5, at
8 am., it haa been aimounced by E.
L. Fly, auperviaor of this infection
(Sticict. Thv atatkm will be set up
foe state hi^way department
maintenance ihc^ in foe same loca-
tktt it uBBd yuA iqy.
' The Inepecticm station will remain
in 'Liurens four weeks, or until
Tnasdiy, Decaifoer 8. It will move
to ftamtaln oo that date, whare
it win be In qwratlon for one weric.
It will foMm move to GkddviUe da
Deowaber • for one week of oper-
atioQ, wad on Decenober 18 will moye
to Cttntoo.
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Coroiyn Haniy Heads
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High Senior
Carolyn Hnry, daughtfr of Mr.
xnd Mri. WQUam J. Rcofy, lup been
elected praaidant of foa Clinton high
admol asnlor class for foe
yaar.
Avery Bridges was elected vice-
praaidant, and Carolyn Freeman, sec-
retaory-traasurer.
j6nior daas cfficers elected are:
Tteteny Cox, praaidsot; Julta Taylor,
it; Edna Earle Workman,
B. Blakely, and Dr. McDowell Rich
ards, who spoke of the need of en
dowment for foe schools.
Under the proposal, 70 per cent of
the funds raised will be allocated to
Presbyterian college and 15 par cent
each to Queens and foe seminary.
On next Sunday, November 2,
Presbyterian pastors of foe state will
be a^ed to exchange pulpits and
preach sermons devoted to Christian
education, and between foat data and
foe 18fo, foe soliciting campaign will
be carried out
and stockholders liabilities, and spells
fln^ to foe winding up of the affairs|y^ir. "th^report sho^^''.
Based on this assessment, together
with poll taxes, dog tax and those
for the support of the Public Service
commission, the total tax to be col
lected in Laurens county for 1941
will be $393,241.04, an increase of
$3,934.33 over foe amount set for
last year.
The increase in the assessed value
of property may be attributed, Mias
Culbertson said, to the increase in
foe number of cars, buildings, cows,
farm implements, horses and mer
chandise. The greatest decrease was
in the value of farm lands, furniture,
mules and corporations, she pointed
out.
Hunter school district No. 5, in
cluding the city of Clinton, was said
to have the largest increase in foe
value of buildings with an increase
of ■ $48,410. Laurens school district
No. 11 was second with an increase
of $32,855 for the year.
Real property in foe incorporated,
areas of the county was assessed at
$1,748,085, an increase of $26,440
of foe bank.
The state bank board, under whose
direction foe liquidation was made,
spoke in foe hig^t terms of Conser
vator Henry’s work and the excel
lent showing made. The 98\i per
cent distribution to depositors was
much higher than foe board expect
ed, officials stated. The board for
th^ commended foe Conservator on
foe neatness and accuracy of his
bo(du and records, and upon the vol
untary sacrifices made of hi$ own
ki fon Uquidatam
procedure.
Wifo The Commercial paying its
depositors 98H per cent, and foe
Fi^ National Bank 105 per cent
when its liquidation was completed,
is a record foat has not been sur
passed by. any closed banks in foe
state.
FeaHierstone
Goyernment Gone
Crazy Spending
Greenville, Oct. 28.—Circuit Judge
C. C. Feafoerstone says foat more is
being done “right now to create trif
ling. no-account people than any
time I ever lived in.”
The Greenwood jurist,, presiding
at a session of Greenville county
court, said government had “gone
wild” on spending money.
He struck out at foe government’s
handling of labor disputes as com
pared wifo foe positive conscription
of men for the army. i
“If we don’t call a halt,” foe judge
told the Greenville grand jury, ‘Hhe
whole country’s going to foe deviL”
School Council
Is Completed
Harohf PuHy Held
In Negro's Deatli
Laurens, Oct 2S.»Harold PuUy,
young vfoMe asan oT the Martin's
cross roads seetkm, is being held in
foa Laurens jail on a rsddass homi-
eMt dterga tar foe death of Hanri-
•an Frisaffy, a Nagro, vfoila walking
along foa highway two milaa oaat of
Gray Court late Saturday aftamoon.
A corona's jury ratumad Iba rock-
Isss honUcida vardlet, and aaid
Prisstly wm run ovor by PuUy white
hs drova intoxicated.
Sheriff C. W. Wter and Gray Court
officers made foe arrest
DB. WOODS TO 8FBAK
Dr. D. J. Woods of this city, will
be foe guest mi olster at foe Thom-
well Mamorial diurch Sunday morn
ing at foa 11 o’clock worship hour.
The pubUe is invited to ahsnd the
sarvka.
Nell Buchanan, Virginia Gray, and
Buddy Carr have bem elected mem
bers of foe high school student coun
cil as representatives of foe eighth
grade. ~
In addition to the freshman mem
bers, the council is composed of Mil-
ton Milam, Ha Cxirry, Viola HaU,
Cope Blackwell, Peggy Johnson, An
ita Cassanova, Amelia Payne, Ann
McMiUian, Betty. Ann Boland and
Leaman Jones. To be eligible for the
and real property in foe rural areas
at $3,200,475, a decrease of $2,780.
Miss Culbertson stated foat the de
crease shown in foe rural section was
attributed to foe land forfeited for
taxes and maxiced off foe books.
’-Real property in foe incorporated
areas consisted of 3286 lots valued at
$435,150 and 3,276 buildings with a
value of $1,310,943. The report show
ed foat foore is an incrcaae of 113
lots and.165 buikUngs ever last year.
Real property in foa rural area com-
prteteB 4S0JM acres rtfmd st |BI,-
179,480 and 8447 buildings vahied
at $1,021,015 showed a decrease of
1,197 acres and an increase of 68
buildings over last year’s report
The largest decrease in personal
property was a decrease of $22,145
on corporations which were this year
valued at $2,495475. Decreases were
also shown in the number of mules,
hogs, wagons and furniture. Accord
ing to the report there was only one
watch in Laurens county returned
for taxation.
The largest increase in personal
property was in automobiles, an in
crease of $83,820. Other increases
were shown in foe number of horses,
cows, musical instruments, office fur
niture, farm implements and mer
chandise.
The personal property listings and
their assessed value is as follows:
4497 mules, $128,160; 381 horses.
$10,125; 5,743 cows. $57,480; 479 hogs,
$900; 1,127 wagons, $8,785; 5,247 au
tos, $527,650; 1 watch, $5; furniture.
$194,615; musical instruments, $200;
office furniture, $8,645; farm imple
ments, $18,365; merchandise, $404,-
600; and corporations, $2,495,575.
The amount of taxes to be collect
ed will be $393,241.04. Of this
amount, $383,872.04 is assessed on
real and personal property, $7,358
for poll tax and $2,011 for dog tax.
The sum of $82.50 will be collected
for the support of the Public Service
commission.
ship and conduct
HALLOWEEN CABNIVAL
AT LONG BBANCH i
The pubUc is invited to a Hallo
ween carnival efoich is to be given
at the Long Branch school Friday
Ladies Dress Shoppe
To Hold Opening
Moore’s Dress Shoppe, headed by
Mrs. Perry M. Moore as proprietor,
and catering to the feminine buyers
of the community, announce their
er«r01 on both
niri>t October 31.
Fun has beoi planned for every
one. There will be no admission
charge but hot dogs and ofoar re
freshments will be sokL
this time their new stock of merchan
dise will be on display, wifo foe firm
opening for busing ^esday morn
ing, foe 4fo. Souvenirs will be given
foe ladies attending foe opening Mon
day evening.
Mrs. MoOre, who has had several
in ready-to-wear.
Grid Games This Week
jhas just returned from New York
markets where she purchased a eesn-
piete Upe of Isdtee’ coats, suits, dress
es, blouses, skirts, and accessories.
The new store will occupy the
building recently vacated by J. &
Frontis, which has been painted and
remodeled for new occupants.
Cfitelsn Htek
Oct 31, Friday—Gaffney at Gaff
ney (night). Vx
Therawell Rlifo
Oct. 31, Friday — ^worfo at Co
lumbia.
Pieabyterfaui Celtege (Varsity)
Nov. 1, Saturday—^Mercer at Ma
con, Ga.
Kiwanis Club To
Elect Officers
Chnton High 0, Easley 50.
ThormweD 25, Union 8. n
P. C. 12, Camp Croft
The Clint Kiwanis club at its
maeting Thv >day, November 13, will
elect officer and directors for foe
coming year. V A. Moorhead, mana
ger of Joamu fextile Mills, Gold-
viUe, is the ret aing presidHit.
Lt. Francis Blalock of Fort Jack-
son, spent foe week-end at his home
here.
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