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r-:. V-^ ■’^’^’i^-»'* ■ ;1i ' ft ■ • • , ' " ' / r. • -V ■?' fflECHRONCU Strives To Be A Cleon Newspoper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Reod THE CHRONiaE You Don't Get Hie News Volume XLI Clinton, S. C., Thursday, December 18, W1 Number 51 > % i- _ Is, J'.-ii'Sf-'' v-'^' t’ Chief in Far East Lieut. Qea. DoegiM MecArttar. tenner U. S. ehtef el etaff, end ■MM Mocntiy fteli MbmImI et ike PhllipiibM bleads, l» new cen* ■MadeivfaMMef ef ell the U. 8. •rmed feroee la the Far Best. m m powss GIVEN PNESBEHI U. S. Censorship Regu lations To Be Employed At Once. Price Named Censor Chief. WashingUm, Deo. 16. — Vast new powers for President Roosevelt to prosecute the war were voted unani mously bgr congress today and the diief executive announced he would promptly set up a censorship to pre vent all infonnati(m of valxie frcm reaching the oiemy. At the same time Postmaster Gen eral Walker disclosed that censorship of foreign mail, both outgoing and incoming, alrea^ was under way. He added that no details of its oper ations would be made public for the preaent. Hie president told a press confer- etjfce tiut he had selected BfTWt nice, executive editm* of the Associ ated Press, as director of censorshh;) and that Price, on leave of absence from the news organization, would take over his duties here as soon as congress completes action. Both senate and house passed sep arate bills almost simultaneously. They authorize the president not only to establish censorship but to redistribute government functions, revise defense contracts and exercise complete control over ali«i financial transactions and an estimated $7,- 000,000,000 of alien property in the United States. Since the senate added a few. re strictions to its text, a move was on foot t(mi^t to have the house sub-1 stitute the senate measure for its! own tomorrow so final enactment I miifiit be speeded. The house judici- j ary committee will meet tomorrow to study the parliunentary situation. < Chairman Van Nuys, Democrat, of Indiana, of the senate judiciary com mittee, in charge of the senate bill, told Senator Vandenberg, Republi can, of Michigan, that only censor ship of outgoing foreign communica tions was involved but the president said the machinery to be created would cover domestic publicaticm of ceiti^n information. The censorship, he said, would be partly voluntary and partly manda tory and would apply to the press, radio, cables, mail and other me diums. ' He added that the administrative setup would not be woiked out until Price took over. ‘'While all Americans abhor c«i- sor^ip, just at they abhor war,” the* president said in a formal statement, | “the experience of this afid of all' other nations has demonstrated that 8(H»e degree of cenaonfiilp is essen* tial in war time, and we are at war. “The impoft^t thing now is that such forms of Oe^rdi^ tm ut nec essary shall be admixiistered effec tively and in hhnnony wttii ttm best interests ot our fires Institution. *lt is necessary to tiis national se- curitir that military information which ndgbt be of aid to the enemy be scrupukiisly withheld at the source. “It is necessary t^ a watch be set upon our borders, so that no sudi information may .readi the enemy, inadvertently ^or officrwise, tiuough. f.tiie medhnn 9t fh§ nudls, radio or ;eable trandalssion or any other LOCAL CITIZENS URGE) TO REGISTR FOR DEFENSE DUTY Every citizen of this community, men and women, who are willing and able to serve his or her country in this period of national emergency is asked to register immediately with the H6me Council for Defense at the Chamber of Coaamerce office in the hotel lobby. H. L. Eichelberger is the j llodal chairman, with C. F. Fleming; I of Laurens, as the general county chairman. The response thus far has been I slow, it was learned yesterday, only 138 persons having registered, 50 of this number being the employees of Thomwell orphanage. The purpose of the registration is to set-up a defense unit throughout the county and state to meet any emergency which may come fn^ the present war. While there is no im mediate indicati(m that this will be needed in South Carolina, there can be nothing lost by preparing for it, Mr. Ftoning states. Those who vol unteer their services do so solely for local civilian defense, it is pointed out There are thirteen different kinds of woriE that civilians can register for. They are: auxiliary police, bomb' squads, auxilia^ firemen, the medi cal corps, rescue squads, nursing aides corps, messengers, drivers corps, emergency food and housing corps, decontamination corps, demo lition and clearance crews, and road repaiTi crews. All interested citizens are invited to enroll at once. Battle Stations of the Pacific Farmers To Vole For CommiHeemen Schedule of Voting Places Given To Serve AAA Program for '42. County Agent C. B. Cannon stated yesterday that AAA regulations call for the election of 1942 community and 'countiF coamlttietnsti between December 15th and Slst. Any person, white or colored, who had an interest in cotton production this year or who expresses his inten tion to have an interest in cotton pro duction during ’42^ is eligible to vote This, Mr. Canfion states With the efeataif et the Japaaeae bUta oa the Uaited Statea the ■petDaht at aews swaap te this sectlea at the werM. Abeve are sbewa the battle statlOM at the PaelAe. First Maw, a bembtag attach, was aimed at the cbtef aaval base at Pearl Barber la the Hawallaa Islands. Several pelato la the PhOlppiaes were bembed. Gaam was attacked toy plaaea. The British port at SlapapSM was bombed aad Japanese troops made a laadlag ea the Malay poalasais aortb of Singapore. MANGLED BODY FOUND NEAR TRACKS AT RENNO An unknown person (Negro) came to his death “from causes unknown to us,” was the verdict of a coroner's jury Monday in the case of the man whose mangled body was found Sun day night along tracks of the Sea board Air Line railroad near Rmino. The engineer testified he did not see any one but detected something MAY NEVER DRAFT MEN BEYOND PRESENT 21 TO 35 AGE LIMITS SANTA WELCOMED HERE THURSDAY BY BIG CROWD Santa Claus came to Clinton last Thursday afternoon at five o’clock for his annual visit. The distinguish ed visitor, seated high on a beautiful float, was greeted by hundreds of children and grown folks, too, who crowded the streets to extend him a welcome and to view the impressive parade. . The parade was headed by city, Chamber of Commerce and highway officials, followed by the college, i Clinton and Laurens high school bands. Several decorated floats were entered in the line of march. In Raping with the power-saving policy throughout the nation, much of the street lighting effect was omitted this year. Three adorned trees and the monument decorated in many vari-colored lights, how ever, furnish a scene of beauty for the holiday season. Fanners Vote For '42 Crop Control . County Tabulation Shows 1,942 for Quotas Program, 24 Against. Heads Asiatic fleet Atoilral IWmas C. Bart. cm»- maader la cMef at tbe United Statea Aalatio deet since Jaly Z5. ItW. apen wbem falls maob at tbe bardea at carrylag tbe war te Japaa la tbe Far East. Washington, Dec. 14—War depart- BUNDS HOID KEY TO WAN IN PKClfIC Clashing Fleets Will Pivot Upon Tiny Specks Of Land Because of Vost Seo. Laurens county’s cotton farmers voted overwhelmingly Saturday in favor of cotton marketing quotas for !1942. I The vote, according to County ment officials made clear today thatjxgent C. B. Canncm, ran similar to week on the long-awaited, it would be a long time — perhaps!referendums in past years. The'historic tragedy of the Pacific war. never—before any men outside the' pgj.ggQtage in favor of the quotas I'The stage is the surface of the 21-35 age group are drafted for the j follows: 1938—93.5 per cent, 1939—'world’s largest ocean, and upon it Washington, Dec. 17.--The curtain army despite the proposal to require pg s per cent, 1940—97.9 per cent, all aged 18 to 84, inclusive, to regis-jand 1941—97.05 per cent. f The tabulation by townships fol- ter Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, se- wrong when the locomotive passed lective service director, warning over an unusual object. The train | against any “hysteria,” in connection was stopped and tbe unidentified man’s Ix^ was discovered. Finger prints of the dead man were sent to the Federal Bureau of Identification at Wadiington by Chief L. H. Bagwell in the b<q)e of estab lishing his identification. MILLS HERE PAY OUT $30^)00 IN CHRISTMAS SAVINGS Approximately $30,000 in Christ mas club savings checks were dis- includes I tributed December 11 to employes of tiiare croppers,’share tenants, stand-‘the Clinton Cotton Mills and Lydia ing or cash rent tenants and land-1 Cotton Mills, it was stated yesterday lords. I by the president, W. J. Bailey. The with the draft extension, said there was no way of telling when it might be necessary to tap the reaei men outside the 21-35 group. age limits of 21 to 35,” Henfiiey said. Secretary of War Stimaon request ed congress laMaiaak ta enact lagia- lation for the registration of all ^en from 18 to 64, inclusive, and malting those from 19 to 44, inclusive, sub ject to military training and service. This registration, Hershey said, would apply to 41,000,000 men, in cluding the 17,500,000 Who already have registered. But the program as of today, Her lows: Yes No Sullivan — 89 3 Dials 232 7 Youngs 113 3 Waterloo 29 0 Laurens 210 7 Scuffletown 51 1 •••• •••• •••• 38 0 Hunter — — .... 190 3 Cross Hill (white) 40 1 Cross Hill (colored) 29 0 ... 1,942 24 NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS MOVED ^ It was unofficially reported yester- shST exilatoSrcalte for thr indue-j Jay a Part .^f (^Unton’s National ition of the remaining 1,000,000 in Guard unit, stationed at Camp Stew- The following schedule has been checks went to a large number oflf^^ 21 to 27 age brackets: then eli-la*'^’ followmg maneuvers, had announced for holding the election: Laurens township — Agricultural building, December 27, at 10 a.m. Scuffletown—Sandy Springs school, December 27, at 10 ajn. Jacks and Hunter townships—Clin ton high school, December 29, at 10 ajn. ^ 'Cross Hill—Cross Hill high school (white), December 29, at 2:30 pjn.; and at Cross Hill colored school at 3:30 pjn. Sullivan—^Hickory Tavern school, December 30, at 10 ajtn. Waterloo township—Center Point school, Dec«nber SO, at 10 azn. Youngs—Youngs sdiool, December 30, at 3:00 pjn. Dials—Gray Court-Owings school^ December 30, at 3:00 pjn. families in the two villages. | gibies in the group from 28 to 35 The savings were made during the i 5^ called up, and next the 1,000,- lar through cooperation of the miU aqo who become 21 each vear. year management, the employes in the plants setting apart each: week share of their ea^ngs. HURRICANE SCHOOL TO PRESENT FLAT The public is cordially invited to attend the musical play, “The Ar rival of Santa,” and the community Christmas tree at the Hurricane school Friday ni^t, December 19, at 7:80. It was aMo npiBMary. he oootin- ued. to set HP xigkUy enforced bens against domaetic publication ot aoine types of infoinuitidb. Pointing out that the prtaa end radio already had ‘ ^luntarily agreed to abstain from lonlng tnxv and ship move^ enta, the chief executive aaid tbe tae to ttto govenonent’s request _ that line had “Indicated a mti- versal desire to dooperate.” In order that the new powers may be carried forward under a uniform .poll^, be said, he had made Price ^Mpooslblt diioetly to Float Winners > In Santa Parade A number of floata were en tered in Clinton’s big Santa Claus parade celebration last Thursday evening sponsored by the Chamber of Commmee. Prizes aggregating $75.00 were (^ered for tiM best exhibits. The following were srisetsd by the judges as ednnm: ■ State Training • Clinton hlidi First place — schooL 1^00. Second place eriiool, I17A0. Third place—Clinton Btiwan- is elub.'$iD.M. Jburth plaie Thomwell or- pbanaia, MJ)0. Beil WlhisNir Bxbibllf Hw judgM made ths follow ing awards for the most attrac tively decorated Christmas etin- dows: First place — Blakely Bros. Seed store, $10JK). Second place — The Ladies’ Ready-to-Waar ffiosqpe, $5.00. Third place —IfaxweU Bras, ft Klnard, $2A0. DuRANT ACCEPTS FLOKiDA CALL -- The Rev. M. A. DuRant, for 11 jrears pastor of Upper Long Cane Presbyterian church near Abbeville, has tendered his resignation and ac cepted a call to the pastorate of the Pnsbyterian church In Mariana, Fla. He will go to his new field the first of the year. The annoimcement is of interest here where Mr. DuRant has a num ber of friends and acquaintances, having graduated from I^esbyterian college. Mrs. DuRant, before mar riage, was Miss Maude Ellis, dauj^- ter of Bfr. and Mrs. George H. IQlis of . this city. CANTATA RENDERED BY CHURCH CHOIR The chpir of the First Presbyterian church gave their annual Christmas cantata Sunday evening with “Holy Niitot” as the subject of the rendi tion The seating capacity of tha church, both tite galley and auditorium, was filled to capacity for the special pro gram. ,The'choir loft and chancel was beautiful in a|q>ropriate Christmas decorations and'MfMtive lighting. Tha lovely cantata was given un- I der the direction of Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, 'organist of the church, with perfect eomdlngtion as p fitting introduction to the celebraticm of Christmas. • CITY LICENSES DUE IN JANUARY , According to an ordinance appear ing in today’s paper, the time for the payment of ci^ bualnesa licenses for 1941 has bean set on or before Janu ary 19, wKB a penalty of 10 per cent applied if not paid on titis date, and 'with Frit>ruary IS set as the flnpl 'paymani date atitbout action being brought by tiie city imder section 5 of tbe ordinance. The businesi fee 1942 for all forma of enterprisas in tiie city will be anprbxiinat^ tbe same as for the pa^ year, it was announced re- c«)it^ folios^ passage by city ooun^ the new oidinance. 000 who become 21 each year. “Having done that, you ought to have a full year’s supply of men,” Hershey said. In the meantime, there will be a continuing re-examination of men deferred because of dependency, em ployment in vital defen^ industries 5^4^^. and minor physical disabilities. GORMAN LEAVES SCOUT DISTRICT ard ur , Ga., received sealed orders to be trans ferred to an undesignated post. The remaining members of the company are expected to be moved elsewhere at once. Majors W. A. Johnson, assigned at Camp Stewart, has been transferred to Camp Crowder, Missouri. First Lieut. B. F. Wingard has been assigned to the new air base, Shaw Clinton citizens interested in Boy^ Scout work, will regret to learn that Hallman First Lieut. R. T. Dunlap has been transferred to the air base at Tampa, Fla. Capt. Jack H. Davis, Jr., is on a ten weeks’ training course at Fort [Monroe, Va. First Lieuts. W. L. Jones and C. W. untold numbers of men will die fighting for the possession of a few great bases and thousands of small islands. The clashing fleets will pivot upon these specks of land, because of the vastness of the watery arena and the limited radius on which warships can operate. ’The islands aim are nesting places for warplanes. Naval strate gists agree that no major fleet en gagement should take pUce more than 2,000 to 3,000 miles from repair docks, into which crippled vessels can limp aftn* battle. Yet it is 6,000 miles between Alaska and New 2toa- land; 8,000 miles between San Fran cisco and Singapore. , This country’s Pacific mainland bases are at San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. Its outlying bases are at Sitka, Kikiak, Anchorage and Dutch harbor, in Alaska; in Hawaii; in the Philippines and on a dozen or so is lands as far south as Samoa. The home bases of the enemy are at Yokosuka, Maizuru, Kure and Sasebo; and his outposts are at For mosa, Bonin, Camrahh bay in Indo china, and it is believed on many of the mandated islands, which lie between Hawaii and the Philippines. To the south are the bases of this country’s allies in New Zealand, Aus tralia and in the Netherlands East Indies. At the extreme west is Brit ain’s mighty island base of Singa pore, almost touching the southern tip of the Malay peninsula. Outside of Japan and the United States inainland, the only major re pair bases on the Pacific are at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Singapore. There the largest capital ships can be docked and put in order. Some of O. B. Gorman of Greenville, execu tive of the Blue Ridge Scout council with headquarters ih Greenville, has been appointed executive of the Wy oming Valley coimcll of Boy Scouts with headquarters at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The announcement was made in were expected to leave other bases have repair facilities. Stewart this week for new posts. MILLS TO CLOSE FOR CHRISTMAS but their capacity is limited. Pearl Harbor is at the apex of the United States’ inner defense line in the Pacific, which runs from the Aleutian islands to Hawaii to Samoa to Panama. Within this “area of pre- The lydia Cotton Mills and Clin- dominance” the American forces are ton Cotton Mills will close next Wed- reasonably free to operate. Is Wilkes-Barre by E. B. Wagner, pres-1 nesday, Decemb^ 24th, at 2:30 pjn.,1 Pearl Harbor, 2,400 miles from San idmt of the Boy Scout council there,jfM* Christmas. Operation of the mills Francisco, is a constant, menace to who said Mr. Gorman would assume will be resumed on regular schedules any force seeking to make raids on his new post about Janukry 5th. R. E. Ferguson of this city, presi dent of the Blue Ridge counjcil, stat ed yesterday that the appointment of Mr. Gorman’s successor will be a matter for the national Boy S^ut personnel department, subject to the approval of the council’s executive committee. COUNTY GINNINGS DROP 20,4(B BALES The report of the special agent of the Department of Cmnmerce, bu reau of the census, Bioars that 11,064 bales of cotton wwe ginned in Lah- raos^oounty’prior to December Ist, compared adth 31,467 for the 1940 crop of the same data. This heavy drop of 20,403 bales shows that tha county’s crop this,year will be the smallest Ih many jraars. Ex-Servico Men To Meet Friday Night the following Monday morning. the west coast or the Panama canal; The Joanna Textile Mills, Gold- and it is unlikely that the Japanese ville, will close at noon on the same will attempt a large-scale attack on date, to resume work Monday mom-. the American mainland as long as ing. 'the fleet in Pearl Harbor is at its ' • back. Chrkfmos Pronram - ^ I The history of United States mili- ^nrisrmas rr^rom acUviues in the phii- At LOOSVillO CnilCCn llpplnes epitomizes this nation’s atti- ♦ ■■ tude toward the whole western Pa- A Christmas program will be pre-'cific defense problem: Repeated de- sented at the.LeesviUe M. E. Church, I termination to fortify them as strong South, on Sunday evening at 7:30. The pastor. Rev. Joseph Caldwell, extends a cordial invitation to the public to be preaent for-the special aervice. Pacific outposts; then, with the growth of pacifism and isolationism in the 1920’s,and lEIO’s, a tendency to relinquish all thought of taking a (Continued on i»ge seven) ns CHRONiaE wiu BE miao NEXT WEEK ON WHINEgAYFOR CHRISIMAS THE CHRONICLE will go to our large family of readers next Wednes day morning instead of Thursday as usual. The paper arill be printed Tues day night for distribution early Wednesday morning in the dty, mill vill ages and rural sections. The change is made in order that all subscribers may have the paper in their homes for Christmas Day. This will be an appropriate Christmas Edition to be read in hundreds of homes on the glad day. Its advertising columns will be filled with “Merry There will be an emergency meet-1 ing of all ex-service men and all; others interested in the defense of i ^ „ our country, at the Clinton armory j Christmas and Happy New Year Greetings” from local merchants and busi- Friday night, December 19, at fitness firms as a means of publicly expressing their thanks to their friends o’clock. j and customers for the patronage given them during the year now drawing We have emergency instructions , close, and to pledge their best efforts to please during 1942. and urge a full attendance. G. W. Hollingsworth, Comnander Local American Legioa Post ReeervaUons for space have already been made by a number of firms. All adio desire a Christmas message in the Edition are urged to notify us at once because of the change in the day of publication.