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u ■ . ^ , ’■■ / - L, v‘ '' / .' :¥.jQ’^>-*'S^-WT/''. " ,' IHECHRONiaE Strives To ^ A Cleon Newspaper, Complete/ Newsy and Reliohle Eht Ollttttntt Olbrontrlp If You Don't Rood THE CHRONIQE You Don't Get the News Volume XU Clinton, S. C., Thursday, December 4, 1941 Number 49 / V, % t I r COMING! SANTA WRITES THE CHRONICLE ... TeU An tbe CkUdren I‘wni Arrive I» CLINTON THURSDAY, DEC. 11 At 5 P. M. . . . For My Aanwl Yblt. I Hope Evorjrbeiy Wffl Be On Hand TP.Weloeaie Me. LUTHERAN PASTOR DECLINES CALL TO FLORIDA CHURCH The Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer, pas tor of St. J(^’s Lutheran church of this city, has declined a call recently extended him to the pastorate of the First United Evangelical Lutheran chinch at West Palm Beach, Fla. The call was ext^uied Mr. Mayer with an invitation to visit the church and look over the field. Following his visit, at which time he occupied the pulpit of the church, he an- 'noimced to his congregation his de cision to remain in Clinton. Mr. Mayer came here two and a half years ago fn»n Elloree. Under his pastorate the local diurch has gone forward in all of its work. With his congregatkm, and in the city gen erally, Mr. Mayer has many Mends who will learn with interest and pleasure that he is to remain here. Two Trainmen In Locomotive Killed Blast UNION SERVICE FOR New pastor A city union welcmne service has been annoimced for Sunday evening by the Ministerial union in honor of the Rev. J. H. Kohler, new pastor of North Broad street Methodist church. Mr. Kohler came here last week fktun Edgefield, and was replaced there by Rev. L. P. McGee, ^who served the church here two years be fore being transferred by the con ference. The special service will be held at ' North Broad Street church at 7:30. Membeti of all ch^hes in the city have been invited to unite in the service. _ Miss Westmorland Resigns Positjon ' Miss Rachel Westmorland, nurse at the Lesh Infirmary, Thomwell orphanage, for the past year, has re sided the position to return to her fMmer position as a member of the nurses’ staff at State Park, Columbia. Mrs. Richard B. Ferguson of this I dty, has been employed by the in- atttutioa to succeed Misf Westmor land and entered upon her new worii Saturday. Citizens Federal Pays Dividend Locol Building and Loan Associotion Declares Usual 4 Per Cent. Engineer Fuller and Fireman Hannah Die As Boiler of Train Engine Explodes Four Miles South of City. A dividend for the six months period, June SOth to December 31, on the basis of 4 per cent per annum, was authorized by the board of di rectors of the Citizens Federal Sav ings and Loan association at their numthly meeting held Tuesday night, and is announced in the advertising columns of today’s paper, payable December 31. The dividend applies on all classes'of shares, investment and savings. The Citizens association has serv ed this community for the past 32 years and throu^ this long i)eriod has enjoyed a lai^e volume of busi ness and xnade it possible for hun dreds of people to become home- owners. Two years ago it had total assets of $354,758.72. Today its assets total $507,909.59. It is a home-owned and operated association with aU ac« The boiler of a Seaboard Air Line railway frei^t engine exploded Monday morning at 7:10 and killed Ebigineer Ralph W. Fuller and Fire man Thomas M. Hannah. The brake- man, Elmer R. Southard, was injured, and is now a patient in Hays hos pital. The accident occurred at Puller’s siding four miles south of Clinton, about halfway between here and Mountville. ’The train, an extra, left Abbeville at 5:30 headed for Mon roe. Ei^teen cars were derailed in the explosicm and telegraidi wires put but of commission for several hours. Conductor Fuller Reese and Flag man H. S. Hagan riding in the cab, escaped injury in the blast. Conduc tor Reese walked a mile to get to the nearest telephone and reported the accident to the Seaboard office here which rushed an ambulance to the scene. The terrific explosion overturned the huge locomotive, one of the late Mikado types and hurled it slant wise across the tracks. Sixteen cars piled up and created such a mass of debris that wrecking crews rushed here from Monroe worked all day and until early morning trying to open the line. 'Seaboard traffic was routed over the C. and W. C. railroad from Greenwood to Laurois and over the C. N. & L. from Laurens to Clin ton while the main line was tom ito and blocked by the accident. It was the ficst big accident the Seitooard has had in this section in several years. Brakeman Southard, who received severe bums said that he heard a terrific blast and instantly the cab of the locomotive, in which he was sta tioned with the mgineer and fire- counts insured up to $5,000, and is became filled with st^. He headed by the following officers ami directors: M. J. McFadden, president; J. P. Prather, vice-president; B. H. Boyd, secretaiy-treasurer; B. Hubert Boyd, assistant secretary. Board of direc tors: M. J. McFadden, B. H. Boyd, S. W. Sumerel, J. P. Prather, W. W. Harris, W. A. Mooiiiead, D. C. Heus- tess, T. D. Copeland and Heath Cope land. Autret Nomed \ Officer Of Group Jean Autret, professor of French and Spanish at Presbyterian college, Bouth. was elected swretary for file Frmch and Italian section pf the South At lantic Modem Language association meeting in Columbia in Novwnber, 1$42. Profesatxr Autret’s election came «t the annual meeting of the associ ation, held recently at Ikiory univer- sitir in Atlanta, Ga. * More Fish Placed In Loke Greenwood Lake Greenwood (Buzzards lloost) got another supply of fish Tuesday when 7,600 two-inch breem were placed in the lake, after being brought 250 miles-by towk frmxr a federal hatchery at Cohutta, Ga. West Jacocks of the bureau of fish eries drove up from Columbia to su pervise the planting, with several Greenwood sportsmen aiding in the work. The big lake has been extensively stocked with braam, bass and crap- pie by the government since toe lake was completed. Leesville Church Has New Pastor The Rev. Joseph Caldwell of Lin- colnton, N. C., has moved to toe city to accept toe pastorate of the Lees ville tourch, Methodist Episcopal, Mr. Caldwell succeeds Rev. M. T. Haynes, who is now a Jimior diap- lain in toe air corps. The new pastor in addition to the Leesville church near here, will pas tor Bethlehem church in* Chester county, and Morris ChaQsl at Po- maria, in Newberry county. MR.MB)CHAM- ' CHHSnttS IS AUWST HBIEI Ctoristmas is Just around the ctamar. There are thousands of Christ- mss dK»»ers in your trade area etoo are starting their holiday buy ing, aad'v^ be attracted by your messages in THI CHRC^CUS every Thuzadv mnming. Now is the time to start and go after your tfiare of tids Quistmas muiness. Our advertising department is ready to assist ytix with helpful holiday Uhatrattoos. The * end most effective advertising known is Newspapm: Aduertisiiig. Placed in the home nevrqpaper, your store message is read by mmsmbers of the family. Newspspera from other cities coming into Clinton daily are filled with advertisements seeking the patronage of your prospective cus tomers. If you dqnt get your toare of Christmas tram your competi tor wqL ' Begin now and talk each week to the p^le of Clinton Mills, Lydia Ocldvilla and toe rural sectiona of tois community through— THE CHRONICLE XlMliB ■VC- - ■ still alive, moaning for help. He managed to pull toe fireman out of toe cab and he was rushed to toe local hospital where he died about 1 o’clock. The body of Engineer Fuller was later recovered pinned in toe twisted wreckage. The scene of toe wreck, in a rather inacessable hollow, was visited dur ing toe day by thousands of specta tors, cars coming for miles to view the si^t. In the afternoon Coroner R. I. Burgess empaneled a Jury to view toe bodies of toe' two victims and then announced that an _ inquest would be held later. Railroad offi cials soon gathered here and began their investigation, though no public statement has been made as to toe cause of toe explosion. Parts of a large injector of the Locomotive were foimd several hundred yards from toe scene of the blast. The fire box and bottom of the cab were com pletely blown out The demolished box can were loaded with acid, ce ment pipe, machinery, cotton and other freight which toe crew imme- jdiately began removing to be loaded in other cars. Engineer Fuller, 45, was a native of Laurens county, the son of Frank lin M. and Emma Wharton Fuller, and was reared in toe MountviUe section. He had been connected with the Seaboard for 19 yean, ten yean of which he had been an en gineer. Funeral services fbr Fuller were held yesterday afternoon at CASH PRIZES TO BE AWARDED FOR WINDOWS, FLOATS C. C. Giles, general chairman of the city’s Christmas celebration De cember 11th, sponsored by the Cham ber of Commerce, has announced the following cash prizes for the event: Best Window Exhibits: First prize, $10.00; second. $5.00; third. $2.50. Floats—Fint prize, $25.00; second, $17.50; third, $10.00; fourth, $5.00., The committee in charge announc es that no distinction will be made between commercial and school floats. The entry for school floats, however, is county-wide. The parade will form at the rear of the high school building and be gin its line of march to the business square promptly at 5 o’clock. County Fanners Vole December 13 Cotton Growef^ToTdM On Marketing Quotas. Voting Places Listed. Laurens county cotton farmers, along with those throughout toe cot ton belt of the United States, will be given an opportunity Saturday, De cember 13, to vote in toe 1942 cotton maiketing quotas referendum! The polls will be open from 8:30 am. to | teachers’ 5 pjii.. County Agent C. B. Cannon has announced. If more than one-third of toe cot ton farmers vote in the referendiun opposing toe marketing quotas; the quotas will not be in effect in 1942. If quotas are not in effect next ytar, according to Mr. Cannon, there will be no government loans on cotton. Mr. Cannon has made toe follow- Mrs. Arthur Copeland Dies Suddenly Beloved Woman and Well-Known School Teacher Passes. Rifes Held Sofurdoy. Mrs. Rosa Moore Copeland, widow of H. Arthur Copeland, did sudden ly Thursday night, her unexpected death coming as a great shock to the community. The funeral services / were held Saturday morning at 10:30 from toe graveside in the First Presbjrterian church cemetery with her pastor. Rev. J. K. Roberts, in charge, assist ed by Dr. Dudley Jones. A large concourse of friends from here and elsewhere gathered for the last rites. The many beautiful fl^l tributes banked upon the grave gave evidence of the general popu- larity and high esteem in which Mrs. Copeland was held. Active pallbearers were: H. D. Henry, W. E. Monts, T. D. Copeland, John T. Young, Marcellus Renwick,/ and Hope Wilson of Newberry. The news of Mrs. Copeland’s pass ing came as a surprise to her friends and family. On the day of her death she/had performed her school duties as usual in the morning, and' in the afternoon attended a county meeting ih Laurens. In stated that he was blown from the engine high into the air by tl\e ex plosion. He got back to toe scene where he found Fireman Hannah __ ing statement as to toe eligibility Of ^ o“cl^'froii''toe ilrsT Bi'ptlit church of Abbeville, with burial fol lowing at Beaverdam Baptist churdi cemetery near Mountville. Firemsm Hannah, a resident of Ab- toe evening the teachers of Provi dence school gave a dinner party at the Clinton Tea room for a member of their staff. At the concluskm of the dinner Mrs. Copeland was returning by automobile with friends Lo her home when she suddenly became ilL She was immediately driven from her home to Hays hoa- pital but died before she amid be given medical attention. Mrs. Copeland had bem a resi dent of this city for a number of years, her husband preceding her to the grave 10 years ago. For the past 18 years she had beaded Provi dence school (Lydia) as principal THORNWELL IS CLASS C STATE CHAMP Thomwell orphanage captured the class C football championship at Pinewood last Friday afternoon by defeating a fighting Pinewood eleven, 20 to 6. The lads rrom Clinton cashed in on every break of toe game to run up 20 points before Pinewood found pay dirt. In toe opening minutes of in toe production df cotton in 1941 as owner, operator, cash tenant, standing rent or fixed rent tenant or landlord of a share tenant, or a share beville, was 20 years of age and at or sharecropper are eUgible• toe time of the accident was makina ^ote, stated Mr. Cannon. There “d ranked as one of the capable S. ftW T rJJ? —a b* BO votln* b7 proxy or Uod ^ services for him were held Tester- or any manner except toe eligible She was a devoted member “a7SJ^mtog afll o^lockfr^m toe voter personally depositing his bal-iof the First Presbyterian church, a Hodges Presbyterian church of which mariced by him in the ballot box, j woman of many fine traits of Chris- he wSV^S^r but a duly authorized officer of ajtian character. Always kind, and corporation firm, association or duly i thoughttol of others, she had a tov- autoorized mem^r of a partnership! ®ble disposition that drew to her may cast its vote. There shall be no niany friends. In the church, school niav ft rvBT4iftU» KwirftA ramt .ft* scHool and, aftcf complctlng that,® expression at the polls. It is a course; was assigned to duty on toe duty of toe farmers to express their a score. Wham caught a pass and raced ten yards for toe score. Hill place-kicked toe extra point. A few minutes later Thomwell backed Pinewood deep into their own territory and blocked a kick for the second tally. Pinewood held toe champions scoreless in toe second and third quarters. Late in toe final quarter, Rion’s attempt to pass out fnxn behind his goal line resulted in an interception by Hill, who scored standing up. Wham added toe extra point Pinewood scored her lone touch down on a beautifully executed play. Keels lateraled to Rion, who faded back and shot Fisher a 30-yard pass. Fisher raced toe remaining 20 yards. STATE TRAINING SCHOOL BOY SEES AXIS LINER CAPTURE Recently, Dr. B. O. Whitten, su perintendent of the State Training school, received a letter from Cor nelius Willard, who enlisted in the navy while a student of toe insti tution. Young Willard, from Union county,"entered toe navy last Feb ruary. He was sent to Norfolk Train voting by. mail except that any eli gible farmer who will not be present in the county in which he was en- or any community activity she un dertook, she showed ability and did the task well. She leaves numerous gaged in the production of cotton in,friends who are deeply saddened by 1941 on the date of the referendum ber passing. may obtain a ballot in the county in which he is located and cast his bal lot by mailing it to the county office of the county in which he was a cot ton producer in 1941 in time to reach that office before the polls are closed. All eligible voters are urg^ to cast their vote as the government wi*h»s cruiser, Omaha. His ship was sent tolopbiJon, Mr. Cannon said . South Atlantic waters almost imme- Headquarters under the direettm diately and has been docking at ports j chairman of each township in Brazil, Vmezuela, Puero Rica, etc. In his letter to Dr. Whitten, WUl- ard gave a graphic account of the manner in which the Omaha became suspicious of the German liner flying toe American flag and how it was finally saved from destruction at the hands of toe Nazi sailors and taken into port at Puerto Rica. The letter was mailed in Puerto Rica just af ter toe captured liner was brought there but reached Dr. Whitten only in the past few days. In one para graph, Willard states, “Early morning pf November 6, we were all stationed at our guns and spotted a ship flying Vfhm and Fisher were toe out-' American flag and started to pass standing players. Wham played ex ceptionally good both on defense and offense. Fisher’s all-round play was notable. Wham, Allen, Hill, Dellin ger, Gamble and McDonald starred for Thomwell, while HaU, Fisher, Keels and Rion stood out for Pine wood. Men's Bible Class Ghres To Tho'fnwell ^ An item in The Chronicle last week stated tiiat the Thanksgiving offering oi t^ Men’s Bible elan of the First l^resbytrian church to Thomwrii orphaiuige amounted to $454. Since than the c<mtribution has been in- creseed $56.00, bringing toe total to $510.00. The once a month offering of the clan for the year totaled $110, n total contribution for the year to the orphanage of $700. HollingsworHi Deatb Hold Accidantol was that James Truman HoUingS' worth, 15, came to his death by ac- eidenUd discharge of a .22 rifle while holding toe fan between his legs. The youto, son of Mr. and Mrs. Malv ion HoUingswortb of Mount Galla- |toer aeeti^ dltsd Sunday in a Ckeanwood bomdtsd. Laurens, Dec. 1.—^Finding of a cor oner's Jury at an inquest Monday! -•“*'» **,*’Y^“ WM that JamiM Tniman Hnllinsa- » speclal sale in to# adver- her up. However, because of her failure to repty to our code and later conversation of some of the sailors, we knew there was something unus ual about toon and a party v(tts sent aboard to investigate. 'Two explosions were heard on toe ship and our men rushed in to save her from being lost. After toe Nazi crew was put on toe Omaha, they were brought into port along with the German ship.’’ Rogers Store Is Remodeled Throughout Rogers, one of the city’s popular food stoTM, has hem remodeled throughout and now presents a most attractive appearance. Modem fixtures have been install ed throughout the atore to add to the convenience of shoppers and bet ter display their large line of mer- rhsndiaa A meat market department has been added with'modem equipment. The market will handle a complete line of quality braiuled meats. Manager James F. Ellison has an tiling colunms of today’s paper and invites toe public to visit their com plete aiul modernized store. Roger Henry of Fort Bragg, N. C., is visitiiag hia parents. Dr. and Mrs. B. H. Hsnry. for holding toe referendum are as follows: Youngs: Robert A. Harris’ store; James T. Manty, chairman. Dials: Abercrombie-Owings store; Fred S. Stoddard, chairman. Sullivan: Hickory Tavern school; James D. Wasson, chairman. Laurens: Agricultural i building; Earle R. Blakely, chairman. Scuffletown: Sandy Springs school; Bryan A. Goodwin, chairman. Waterloo: Center Point school; Jo seph B. O’Dell, chairman. Cross Hill: City hall (white); Wil liam W. Watkins, chairman. Cross Hill: colored school; Charles R. Turner. Hunter: Second floor National Bank building, Clinton; Hugh B. Workman, chairman. Jacks: Bell’s store Renno; John L. Adair, chairman. MISS BUK^Y NAMED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Supt. W. E. Monts of the city schools announced yesterday that the board of trustees has elected Miss Margaret Blakely as pmicipal of Providence school for toe unexpired term of toe late Mrs. H. Arthur Copeland. MiBs Blakely, toe daughter of Mrs. R. F. Blakely and the late Mr. Blake ly has been a member of the Provi dence school faculty for several years. ^ Moyer Elected Kiwonis Secretory The newly elected board of direc tors of toe Clinton Kiwanis club yes terday announced toe election of the Rev. J. LeGrande Mtyer as secretary for the omiing year. H» suefeeds W. H. Simpson, who has capably flUfd the position the past several yean- Mr. Mayar, who is pastor'of St John’s Luthtran church, has been actively affiliated with tha club tinea ha bacame a resident of tois city. The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. T. F. Wallace of Co lumbia, Mrs. Harry Nettles of^this city, one son, Lieut H. Arthur Cbpe- land of Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas, and one brother, Charles Moore of Bay St. Louis, Miss. Lake Selected As Minister For Year Rock Hill Minister Honored By College The Ministerial club of Presbyte rian college held honorary services Sunday evening at the First Presby terian church, at which time the Rev*. Julian Lake, pastor of the Oakland Avenue Presbyterian church. Rock Hill, was presented a certificate of honorary lifetime membership in the organization. The exercises followed a custaom of several years at which time a minister from the. synod of South Carolina is chosen for the first semester and another fnxn Georgia the second smester for membership in the club. The exercises Sunday evening were presided over by R. G. Schwanebeck, president of the club, who also pre sented toe certificate to the honored minister. The invocation was offered by Rev. J. K. Roberts, pastor of toe church, with the sermon for the eve ning delivered by Bfr. Lake. Preeeo- tation of certificates to new mem- b«rs was made by Dr. D. J. Brimm. Special music at the morning ser vice was furnished by the colkge glee club under the direction of the director. Dr. John G. Barden. Lbns To^Join In Trophy" Bonquot ^The Lions club will Join forces with the Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis club in sponsoring the an nual blocking trophy banquet at Pretoyterian college Tuesday night, it is axmounced by officers of the club. The meeting will take the place of toe usual session scheduled for nex| Friday. At its gathering last Friday eve ning the club voted to purchase a $10 Christmas seal bond of the ht- berculosis association in Ha fight Ho eradicate the diaaaae. \