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/ / s ■ -i V J > t IHECHRONiaE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, \ Newsy and Reliable ®bp Qlltnton Qlbrnntrlp If You Don't Read THE CHUONIOE You Don't Get the News Volume XLI Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, November 20, 1941 Number 47 COUNTY FARM IS WELLMANA6ED \ Intelligent Effort Has Worked Wonders In Improving Home For Indigent. Laurens, Nov. -8. —The Laurens countj home and farm, located sev eral miles east of the city, can no longer be listed as the “poor house”, for the indigent as it was known many years ago before the name was cibnged. The farm tract of S50 acres, with 170 in cultivation, offers a fair ex ample of what can be d(me throu^ the applicaticm of soil conservation methods, plus intelligent manage ment. It is a worthwhile demonstra tion of the better farm living formu la sponsor^ by the agriculture de partment, local and national .Fall maturing crops consisting of 850 budiels of com, sweet potatoes and Aunrtant yields of peavina and lespedeza hay, an fc^ home use, have bam harvested. No cotton is grown on the place. I^ast si»ing and sum mer 387 bushels of wheat, 633 budi- els of oats and a large yield of win ter barley were housed, enough to suiq;>ly the needs of the home col ony, with an average of about 20 inmates per month, with some to be shared by the primn camp contin gent. Special attention ie given to producing meat supplies, milk and butter. ExceUent breeds of hogs are raised, twelve of which wUl soon be c<mverted into pork. J. O. Stribling, superintendent, who has managed the institutlmi for toe last four years, lives in a com fortable cottage near the inmates' home, which is also well arranged for toe purpose. Separate houstog fedlffies are provided for Negro ^uirges. The superintendent is as sisted by his wife and some of toe home colony in looking after toe welfare of the inmates. Mr. Stribling holds religious services with them at intervals, apd when there is a funeral he conducts the rites at the local graveya^ if other ptaas ere not provided Without waiting longpr for rain, toe auperintaodsst had 16 acres sown, to whi^ toariey'endfO acres to osto latt we^ In addition to preparing fbr bk erbeet quota. A 24-diac harrow and tractor from the road de|>ertinent was used in preparing land. A grain and fertilizer drill, mule drawn, finished off the Job. The fields here referred to, for the most part, were redeemed frmn a bad state of erosion and a growth of scrub, trees and the like. Fifteen of terraces, run up by CCC authorities, is toe answer, plus a sys tem of crop rotation. Superintendent Stribling operates the place on a budget provided by tiie legislative delegation, and usual ly turns in a portion of this at the end of the year. FINE SHOWING IN ROLL CALL DRIVE The annual Red Cross Roll Call for ' the Clinton-Ctoldvllle chapter is off to a fine start with all workers in toe ftehl receiving an enthusiastic re sponse everywhere. The chapter’s quota has been set at v^to indications that it wQl be seetoed within the next few days. Up to yegterday more than $600 had been turned in to Treasurer W. H. Simpson, practically all of vtokto i represents member^ps in toe city proper. This^amount does not include reports from toe Lydia and CUnton mIUs, Joanna Textile Mills, Qold- vilto, toe rural sections, sdiools and institutions. The committees at wmk in these areas are meeting with a generous response and when all re ports are *10 it is expected tiiat an excellent showing will have been made. The drive this year is sponsored by the local Kiwanis club wito J. H. Pitts, Jr., as general chairman, as sisted by a large group of interested assn a^ women. Chairman Pitts urges all \iyorlMCT. to push to^ work to a completion as soon as possible in tiie hope that the set goal for toe community win be oversubscribed by a large margin. You am invited, if yot have not already 'dtme so—to Join the Red Cross through yom local chepter. LOCAL BOAKD TO SEND FIVE MEN TO FORT JACKSON Clinton draft board No. 50 has re- .esieed a caU for five white rsgiB- trsmts to rq>ort to Fort Jadcson, somy induction station, <» Wednes day, November 16. No call tor No vember had b(Mn expected until this mxler was received a few days ago. The men sdected by the bpenl are: Ithie Wayne Harvey, Clinton. Lewis Edward Timley, Kinards. James Lewis Wblls, Ware Shoals. Frederick Imeto Boiter, Honea PattL David KirkssF Snelgrove^ Clinton. NEW KIWANIS'HEAD HISrOltY OF HOPEWEL METHODIST CHUOCH E. HARRY WILKES E. Harry Wilkes, manager of Max- weU Bros. & Kinard Furniture store of this city, was elected president of the Clinton Kiwanis club for toe coming year at the club’s regidar meeting held Thursday evening. Mr. Wilkes, popularly known to the club as “Harry,” has been an active mem ber of the organization for several years. The retiring president, William A. Moorhead of Goldville, under whose i leadership the club is closing a suc cessful year, automatically becomes! vice-president and a member of the board of directors. The folloMFing board of directors was elected to serve with the officers: Dr. J(dm G. Bardm, Ratcfatord W. Boland, Joe Delaney, Robert D. Lynn, Dennis Q. Sowers, J. Hubert Todd, and Rev. J. K. Roberts. A sec retary-treasurer will be elected by the new board. This position the past year has been capably filled by W. H. Simpson. The new officers will assume of fice after the annual otiebration of “ladies ni^t,” to be held on the eve ning oi December Uth in the form ol fE’banquet and etiteriainment pro- giasn in the attractive naw chib house of the Joama Textile MiUSi, CkM^. . (Prepared by Members of the Congregation). The first written record we have of Hopewell Methodist church is the deed recorded in Laurens county clerk of court's office, April 12, 1803, when Thomas Johnson deeded two acres of land as Well as the timber oh the said acres and the use of a certain spring to the following trus tees: Charles Hewit, Hugh O’Neal, John Sascon ‘and William Wilson. This deed was witnessed by Matthew Jones, Thomas and Mikell Dalrym- ple. The transaction was made for ten shilling, amouinting to about $2.00 in our money. The timber was to be used to erect a church building and was to be called the Johnson meeting house. Charles Hewit, one of the above mentioned trustees, was buried inj the Johnson cemeteiy, now known as the Hopewell cemetery, in 1816. The Dalrymples mentioned as wit nesses were great-grand parents of T. T. Henderson, whose family is stiU connected with toe diurch. The first record we have of mem bership was whan, Miss Margaret Miller, bettet: known as “Aiint Mar garet Boyd,” a sister of Messrs. John and Jim Bfiller, mother of W. D. Boyd and grandmother bf Rev. J. W. Speake, Joined the Johnson society sometime around 1825. lliere being no church at that time, services were conducted xmder an arbor. According to records found, the presmt build ing was constructed between 1835-j 1840. The money was raised for the! building by contribution of farm produce turned over to a treasurer, vdio is thought to have been Coleman Carlisle. Mr. Carlisle is buried at Salem church near “Young’s Cross Roads.” The building stood as erect ed imtil remodeled in 1025 under Rev. W. S. Pettus’ pastorate. Between 1840-1877 we have no record. The district was dumged sev eral times during this period and it is thought that maybe the records were lost. It was first known^as the Bush River district, next Cokttbury, and now it is the Greenwood district. But we do Imow that during tiiat time services were conducted here. There tire marks in the diurch shoaring the pirt set gside for the E. Turkey Day To Be Quiet Holiday City To Pause For Thanksgiving. Union Service Thjs Mip^ning At First Presbyterion. A day of reat and quet, a day of feasting and family )re\mi<ms will be observed today by Clintonians in ob servance of toe uniquely American holiday of Thanksgiving whidi has been pushed forward a wedt by proclamation of toe President of the United States. Today being a legal ^liday, stores, banks, and business establidiments will be closed, and there will be no mail deliveries, dty or ruraL The Thomwell orphanage schools will close tor one day only. The city schools will have two days, today and FHday, while Pres byterian college closed yesterday not to return to classes unto Monday. There will be no football in toe city today. The college team has gone to Orlando, Fla., to meet Rollins col lege Friday night in the last game of toe season. A city-wide imion Thanksgiving service has been arranged by the ministerial tmion for 8:30 this morn ing at toe First Presbyterian cj^urch. 'The speaker will be the Rev. John B. Cunningham of Cascade, Va., who is conducting special sendees this week at this church. Many families have planned reun- iems, turkeys are dres^ and ready to go in toe ovens, with many rela tives “eotoing back home” for the holiday A large ■npnber of students and teachei^ returiMd to the city yesterday. Bittiness will be at a standstill, though textile miUs will not close down. The state bird hunting season will open today wito many expected to sally forth wito guns and dogs to toe woods, while others will go oa pleasure Jaunts in the state and else- vdiere. November Court Term Completed Wito the final grand Jury present ment, the Novei^ber term ^ court ndjoumed last Tuesday afternoon in Laurena. Judge P. H. Stoll, prssid- ing, praked the Jury for an exhaus tive report of counte aff ai^ declar ing it one of the meet praUlwmihy he had seest Preceding adjournment, six 1842 hold-over Jurors were drawn from the group by the Jiuy commission as follows: C. C. Curry, F. B. |UH»er, L. C. Taador M. C. Pinson, J. C. Canmm and Grady Adair, toe latter two bel^ retedants ot thk dty. came here to worshto owe a moBito. Some tf tiMMS faaaflies have mem bers livteg adio attended in thoae days. 1840-1877 —W. W. Jones, George M. Boyd, J. J. Clarkson, W. H. Whit taker, M. H. Poorer, W. T. Gilbert, A. J. Gibson, M. C.-Banks, W. H. Ligette, W. H. Ariel, R. R. Dagnal. 1877—A. C.,LeGette, 3 years. 1880—C. H.'Pritchard, 2 years. 1887— T. P. PhilUp, 2 years. 1888— E. P. Taylor, 2 years. 1890— E. A. Wilkes, 1 year. 1891— O. N. Roundtree, 1 year. 1892— P. B. Ingraham, 2 years. 1895—C. H. Pritchard ahd W. j^arre, 1 year. 'i 1896—AV. E. Barr (died), 1 year. 1897—D. P. Boyd, one-half year. 1897—J. J. Stevenson, 2 years. 1899—^A. S. Lesley. 1901— J. F. Gibson, 1 year. 1902— W. H. Thrower, 1 year. 1903— J. R. Copeland, 1 year. 1904— J. N. Wright, 2 years. 1905— J. T. Miller, 2 years. 1907—D. P. Boyd, 4 years. 1911—W. R. Bauknight, 4 years. 1915—W. H. Murry, 4 years. 1918—P. R. Kilgo, 2 years. 1920—L. W. Shealy, 4 years. — 1925—W. S. Pettus, 4 years. 1929—H. E. BuUington, 3 years. 1932—M. K. Medlock, 4 years. 1936—^E. S. Jones, 3 years. 1939—T. B. Wilkes (now serving). Hopewell is more than proud of toe two preachers that went out and proved themselves worthy of toe name. Rev. W. P .Meadors, reared under the shadow of this church, was a successful preacher for years, fill ing numerous charges until over come by ill health and died a few years ago. Rev. J. W. Speake, who died recently after serving Lander college as president. Also Collier Winn. Hopewell has maintained a Sun day school around 55 or 60 years. The first we know positi^^ly about k is when (Charlie Worlwan was superintendent for five years. Mr. Workman was followed by John Miller. Mr. Miller was followed by John Smith. Mr. Smith was followed by W. D. Boyd, who served between 25 and 30 years. J. M. Monroe was toe next si4>erintendent. Then D. R. Crawford. (3ur present superintend- tni, J. L. Dickert, has been serving for 15 years. Some of our past and present of ficers who served vmtiringly de serve mention: W. D. Boyd, steward lor 45 years; H. B. Workman, stew ard for 35 years, also district stew- art 30 years, as well as secretary- treasurer of thk church; George T. Brown, steward tor 10 years. Mrs. Alice Boyd Williams was the fleet pteiajEMB* church ever Omd. Her wock was taken vipjjy our pres ent irfankl, Mrs. C it Workman, who has served fat‘',30 years. Present stewards: C. R. Worionan, J. F. Bedenbaugh, G. F. Buford, J. L. Dickert Trustees: C. V. Monroe, C. R. Workman. Officers: J. L. Dickert superin tendent Sunday school; Frank Brown, secretary-treasiirer Of^ Sun day school. Coming December 11th Atlanta Presbyterians Visit Thomwell A number of friends from Gordon Street Presbytndan church, Atlanta, spent Saturday and Sunday on toe orphanage camptu as guests of toe children and staff workers. The party came over to gain first hand infor mation pertaining to the institution and its work preparatory to their annual Thanksgiving drive in its be half. The visitors worshipped with toe Thomwell Memorial church congre gation Sunday morning at which time toe guest minister was Dr. W. H. Hudson of Greenville, Presbyterian mkrionary to Ctoina now at home on furlough. Special Services At Presbyterian Church Special services are being held each evening thk week at 7:30 at toe First Presbyterian church to which tiw public k cordially invited. The guest pfeacher for the week k toe Rev. John B. Cunninri^am, pas tor of toe Presbyterian chunto at Cascade, Va. Mr. Cunnin^am k de livering a series of earnest and help ful Go^l messages and has made a fine impression upon hk audiences. Two Negroes Held In Killing U^re A coroner’s inquest held here last Wednesday night held Obie Lauden, Negro, for grand Jury investigation in connection wito his alleged pistol slaying of Rosa Lee Richey on toe night of November 10 in front of toe Birdsey Flour Mill store on Musgrove street. The woman, it was said by of- ficiak, was in a parked car wito Lauden’s wife when the shooting af fray occurred. The mans wife^ was also shot in the fray, receiving a wound in the arm. The inquest also held Fred Hill, colored, as an accessory in toe case, it being alleged that Hill furnished the pktol wito which Lauden did the shooting- The two Negroes are now held in the county jail. j wx i MIHBtS STRIKE HOW SPREKDIII6 Roosevelt Scolds Lewis And Soys He Is Ready To 'Crock-Down'. Washington, Nov. 18. — A work stoppage by thousand.s of commer cial coal miners in sympathy with the strike of their fellow unionists in the captive pits became imminent tonight after a day which saw a fur ther rebuke by President Roosevelt to John L. Lewis but no specific gov ernment action. William Blizzard, district vice- president of the CIO-United Mine Santa Claus will arrive in Clinton j Virginia, pr^ict^ for his annual visit on Thursday af- i tiiat all the 550 mines in that state, temoon, December 11th, it was an- men would nounced yesterday by C. C. Giles, i *^^^**ti within 48 hours. Already 4,000 general chairman of toe Christmas j celebration committee. The event ® sjrmpathy strike and again thk year, k being sponsored by toe Chamber of Commerce. As in the past, a colorful < Christ mas. parade will be staged in honor of the dktinguished guest. Commit tees have been named and plana are now under way for toe gala occasion which will officially open toe city’s pre-Chrktmas shopping season. Methodists Get New Pastor Rev. J. H. Kohler of ' Edgefield, and Rev. L. P. McGee Change Pastorates. The Rev. L. P. McGee, for toe past two years pastor of North Broad Street Methodkt church of thk city, was transferred to Edgefield-Tr«iton in the reading Sunday of assignments at toe closing session of toe Upper South Carolina Methodist conference in Gre«ivil]e. The Rev. J. H. Kohler, for toe past two years pastor of toe ESdgtflcld- Trenton chiuehes, will come here to sttoeeed Mr. McGee. Rev. B. S. White was transferred from Cambridge church, Ninety Six, to the Kiaards charge, succeeding Rev. T. B. Wilkes, who was assigned to Toxaway-Gluck, Anderson, after serving toe Kinards charge toe past three years. Members of Broad Street church will be interested in toe assignment of several former pastors. The Rev. O. M. Abney of the Columbia dis trict, and Rev. W. A. Fairey of toe Spartanburg district, were retired; Rev. H. O. Chambers was returned to Central church, Newberry; Dr. J. C. Roper was returned to Buford Street, Gaffney, for the fourth year; Rev. W. R. Bauknight was returned to Memorial church, Greer, for a third year. The Rev. L. E. Wiggins, another former pastor, who has served Main tonight three mines in another coun ty employing 1,500 men, were re ported idle. From Kentucky came an announce ment by E^ar Reynolds, union field representative, that 6,000 miners in the 32 pits of the Hazard coal field, all commercial mines, would stage a sympathy walkout tmnorrow. Mr. Roosevelt challenged toe val idity of Lewis’ position in demanding a union ship for the captive mines but said he had no news as to what steps he might be planning to take to get toe mines back in production. At a press conference, toe chief executive disagreed wito Lewis’ con tention that to accept an open shop in toe captive mines would invalidate toe United Mine Workers’ contract with toe commercial mines of the Appalachian area. Lewis replied im mediately, saying in effect that he had made a true statement of the sit uation. Meanwhile, expectation of govern ment actiom was whette<i bj state ments from^ftfioM cloii^ly associated with toe president that he was of toe opinion that the time to “crack down” on Lewis, and on all inter ruptions in defense production, had arrived. At toe same time, the houae labw committee decided to begin tomorrow the conaideration of tefklation to prevent such strikes. Chairman Nor ton, Democrat, of New Jersey, intro duced a bill which, she said, would strengtoen toe defense mediation board 'and authorize it to impose a 30-day cooling off period, until the expiration of which a threatened strike could not lawfully materialize. Adding to the urgency of toe situ ation was the announcement that an impending coal shortage made it probable that six blast furnaces must be closed within 48 hours. The cap tive mines are mines owned by the steel companies and produce fuel for their blast furnaces, not for the com mercial coal market. The day also brought disorder at a captive mine near Gary, W. Va., where gimfire wounded two mon- bers of an independent union who were seeking to enter the pits. Mem bers of toe union wired the presi- protection.’ Street church. Greenwood, for the past five years, was assigned to the' dent that they needed Anderson district as superintendent, j They had, they said, been “cut, stab- The Rev. E. R. Mason was made | bed, shot, maimed, bombed and fel- superintendent of the Greenwood onously assaulted for no reason ex- Moorhead Addresses Woodruff Rotarions W. A. Mooibead, general manager of the Joanna Textile M^ .Gold- ville, and retiring president 6t toe ClinW Kiwank club, was toe guest speaker at the Woodruff Rotary club meeting yesterday at noon, speaking on toe subject, “Are You toe Gen eral Manager?” MR.MERCHANT- CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE! $ Christmas k Jqst around the corner. There are thousands of Christ mas shonpera In your trade area who are starting their holiday buy ing, and will be attracted by your messages In THE CHRONICXJE every Thunday morning. Now k the time to start and go after your toare of thk Christmas business. Our advertising department k ready to aaskt you wito helpful holiday llhutrations. The cheapest and moat effective advertkiiqf known k Newspaper Advertising. Placed in the home newspaper, your store message k read by all members of the family. Newspapers from other cities coming into Clinton daily are filled with advcrtiaemsnts seeing the patronage of your prospective cus tomers. If you d<m*t get your share of Christmas trade your competi tor wiU. Begin now and talk each week to the people of Clinton Milk, Lydia Milk, Goldville and the rural sections of thk community through— THE CHRONiaE TIm Fapar Thai Is Raa4 By T< district, succeeding Rev. W. B. Gar rett, who was. transferred to the First church at Lancaster. Greenwood District Assignments for toe Greenwood dktrlct, in which toe Clinton church k located, follow: Greenwood district: E. R. Mason, superintendent. Asbury mission: to be suppiled. Butler: T. A. Inabinet. Clinton: Broad Street, J. H. Koh ler. Cambridge: M. M. Brooks. Edgefleld-'teenton: L. P. McGee. Graniteville: E. W. Hardin. Greenwood: Galloway Memorial, B. H. Harvey; Lowell Street, W. F. Gault; Main Street, F. C. Beaclj; Matthews, L. D. Bolt. Greenwood circuit: T. L. Bryson. Honea Path: J. S. Edwards. Kinards: S. B. White. ^ Langley: D. R. Dickson. ^ McCormick: W. M. Owings. Newberry: Central, H. O. Cham- Edgefleld, Nov. 18.—The death at 7:20 o’clock thk morning of Deputy _ _ Sheriff W. L. Clark in University be‘rsyEitoi-Lewk,’VH.llaTchett;i^^P»^f^ broj^ht toe 0*N6&1 Str6€t N K Polk I fataliti68 in the Log^e-Tunmer* Newberry circuit:’C. w! Brockwell. Beginning wito toe Ninety Six: J. W. Lewk. North Augusta: E. S. Jones. Phoenix: J. H. Manly. Saluda: J. D. Kilgore. Ware Shoak-Hodges: F. C. Owen. Warrenville: P. B. Bobo. Waterloo: K. T. Hughes. President, Lander college, J. M. Raat. Professor, Lander college, J. P. Patton. Chaplain, U. S. army, H. R. Jor dan, Itooenbc quarterly conference. District missionary secretary, H. O. Chambers. t \ Mark Todd Goei To Argentine Mark Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Larry Todd of toe Long Branch community, left thk week for Buenoa i the arrest of ^Clarence Bslgwell and cept that we want to work.” Lewis’ contention regarding his union’s agreement wito the Appa lachian commercial mines was ad vanced yesterday in a letter to the president rejwrting on his unsuc cessful negotiations with the steel companies owning the captive mines. He said the union’s contract with the commercial mines contained a clause which would make it inoper ative in the event that the uniod should agree to mine coal on “more favorable” wage or working condi tions anywhere within the Appala chian region. CURK DIEsT fifth FATALITY IN THE EDGEFIELD CASE death of Wallace Logue, September 30, 1940, followed by toe death of Davis W. Timmerman, September 17, 1941, toe death of Sheriff W. D. Al len and Fred Dom Sunday. Deputy Clark was carried to toe hospital Sunday after suffering two bullet wounds, one said to have been inflicted by (^rge Logue and the other by Fred Dom after Sheriff Allen had been mortally wounded when toe sheriff and deputy went to toe Logue home in toe Meeting Street community to make arrests. Clark shot down Logue and Dora be fore leaving toe house and getting a ride to Edgefield when the tragedy was reported. Judge J. Strom Thurmond > an nounced Sunday the appointment of Bheriff Davis of Saluda as special investigator in toe case. I^etriff D4- vis has lent valuable assktance since Airce, Argentine, where he will en gage in Ctorktian emvice work. Joe Frank Logue in Spartanburg* November 6.