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THE CHMKHCU Strives To le A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable li You Don't Read THE CHSOMOE You Don't Get the News Vttl*a» XL It Clinton, S. C., Thursday, February 19, >942 Number t COHWnS tEHRMS smoratTiON bu Gmference Report Colls for State Finance Measure Totaling $14,675,883. W. Taylor Adair Passes Al Home Last Rites Yesterday For Esteemed Citizen of Community. W. Taylor Adair, *%S; died early Tuesday morning at his home after being in declining he several weeks. Funeral services were conducted ealth for the pest Columbia, Feb. 17.—The six-man general appropriation bill free con- . , ^ ....... fereyace committee estimated today I yf*terday *?*™ 00 * ^ 1 o?™**™* that tty state would have a balance of $300,000 in the treasury by the end of the next fiscal year if the general assembly adopted its recom mended money bill calling for ex penditures of $14,675,883 and ear^ marking 9500,000 more from income tax revenues for school purposes. Debate on the measure which con tains a prohibition measure contin gent upon the legislators finding a ■enrri , of revenue to r^lact the 94,7t0iWk9 which would be lost return of the state to pro ves scheduled in the house 11:30 tomorrow morning. The senate will take up the measure in its normal course of business tomor row, but fixed no specific time for its considamtfcm. House and senate conferees com promised on a senate-approved plan for the state to take over operation of the school bus system at a cost of 9M00,M0. The report recommended an outlay of 9675,000 which repre sented an increase of 9876,000 Over the appropriation for the current yghr. The conferees said “this figure was agreed tgxxi because it will al ios* an average one-milte reduction in the tax on property in the coun- ti4s and school districts of the state without involving any increase in the The original money bill passed by the house totalwl sad tpe senate bill, including the entire cost o£> transporting school children, to taled $19^44,979. The committee said it believed its total approprinttaia of 91447 5483 during the ensuing fiscal lieved sui eliminate Xa connection wth the half-million dollars ear-madnd for the school the committee said it be- such action would “tend to school deficits which have rather constantly occurred and which have made necessity large deficiency appropriations . . . almost evert the graveside in Rosemont cemetery by the Rev. J. H. Kohler and the Rev. W. N. Long. The large number of friends and relatives present and the many beautifur floral tributes at the grave gave evidence of the high esteem in which he was held. Active pallbearers were: Keith Adair, Hugh Denson, James Allen Coleman, Gillette Simpson, John Henry Nabors and Wreford Nabors. Mr. Adair was a native of this community, wncrc ms ctsurs uxu was spent, • sen at the late Wil liam and Nannie Ropp Adah. He was a ateabsr of North Broad Street Methodist church. Her a number of years past he had bean associated with hie brother, P. B. Adair, in the furniture business. Mr. Adair was a modest gentle man of the highest integrity, a first rate citixen of the community who was admired for his excellent quali ties and true worth. Quiet and un assuming, kind and considerate of all with whom he came in contact, he made and held friends in aU walks of Ufa, and leaves behind many who are saddened by his passing. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Pearl Nabors Adair; tvfa> daughters, Mrs. Fred W. Oxley and Miss Florence Adair; one son, Grady Adair; one brother, P. B. Adair; one sister, Mrs. J. A. Coleman, and two grandchildren. yeay.” The NEW YORK FIRE CHIEF HEARD IN ADDRESS HERE crowd of 200 heard department, deliver an address last Friday evening at six o’clock in the armory building. The meeting was presided over by H. L. Wchelberger, local charman of the Civilian Defense committee. Chief Deesy spent four months re cently in England viewing the dam- ags done by German air raiders and studying the situation with reference Open New Baptist Church Sunday County Registration Monday Totals 2,187 Men In Designated , Draft Age Limit Regis ter At Schoolhouses In Third Call. CHUKHtl EASES BRITISH UNREST OVER DISASTERS Prime Minister Soys Escape of Nazi War ships Helped Empire Defense Plans. London, Feb. 17.—Far from being worsened, the British position in the Atlantic has in fact been “definitely eased” by the dash of important Ger man fleet units through the Dover strait, Winston Churchill told parlia- calvaky mam emmem The handsome new Calvary Bap tist church lust completed In the Clinton Cotton Mills community will be used for worship Sunday morning for the first time, the pastor and of ficers have announced. The formal opening will be held at 11 o’clock with the pastor, Rev. Ralph D. Hughes, in charge of the exercis es. Several visiting ministers and laymen will also have a part on the program. Special services will also be held in the evening at 7:30, with the residents of the community and friends in the city invited to be pres ent. Calvary Baptist church was or ganized in 1911 as a mission of the First Baptist church of this city. The land upon which the wooden build ing was erected was donated by the late M. S. Bailey, then president of the Clihton Mills, to be held in trus teeship by the First Baptist church for church property. The building erected largely from lumber sal vaged from the old First Baptist building when it wsortom down for thg ettchon of their prteant build ing. The new church is oa the sanx removed and during the building pe riod the congregation has been hold ing its services in the nearby Acad emy Street school auditorium. Construction of the new building In the nation’s third selective ser vice registration held Monday at the schoolhouses of the county, 2,187 men between the ages of 20 and 44 i were signed up with the assistance of School teachers. The registration was divided be tween the two draft boards: Clinton, draft board, ! I"*" 1 O'* * IU * d worid tod y “> will begin the alignment of aerial moat reaaauring me»a«e of all numbers immediately, at least as. ttoe recent blac * w * eiu soon as registration cards have been! Appearing before commons for the sorted and each registrant assigned 1 ®Yit time since the fall of Singapore; a number. The over-sized fish bowl)the prime minister presented a side at Washington will likely be put to to the affair of the Dover strait which use again next month in the draw ing of order numbers, those which decide tbe time a man is called. It has been announced from draft headquarters in Washington that those who registered Monday will be held in reserve until the supply of men already signed in previous drafts for possible mlitary service have been inducted. Hffl Hymn Choir and Congregation Scripture Pastor Morning Prayer Pastor Special Music — High School Octet Offertory Prayer and Offering committee said it had numer ous requests from state departments and state employes for salary in creases but dadded that “no such in crease would be allowed except" in cases where “adjustments were deemed necessary." However, the committee rubbed out a house pro posal which would have reduced the salaries of ail state employes earning more than 93,400 a year by 10 per cent The conferees said the latest re vised estimates of revenue anticipat ed for the 1942-43 fiscal year was $15440,099. The estimate represented an increase of 9153,000 more than, the amount anticipated when the senate finance committee made its report, on the appropriation bill three weeks ago. Subtracting the 9500,000 which would bt ear-marked for the school fund, the net estimated general fund income would be $14,922,000. Of this amount, the committee estimated $310,118 would not be expended and would provide “sufficent margin to gjsysii - sss nishings that have Just been installed. I ' am*; 1 to precautions this country ought to j Towards its erection the Baptist Mis take to deal with similar raids should slon board contributed $800; W. J. they occur here. He gave a number of Interesting facts and first-hand in formation of the study he made while abroad. The Germans, he said, show fiendish ingenuity in the various kinds of bombs they have devised to make their bombardment effective. He related stories to show that the British people d^fplfy a splendid form of heroism in holding up under such terrific attacks by the invaders. Mayor P. S. Bailey thanked the speaker for his informative and time ly address. 6:30 7:30 BAPTISTS MEET IN LAURENS TODAY — Dr. Harry Clark of the University .South Carolina will be the princl at the spring meeting of iau/ens Baptist association luled to be held this morning in at the-First Baptist church _ at 10:30. The one-day pro- haa been arranged by Rev. W. N. Long, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, new moderator of the association. Mr. Long will discuss Sunday school work, while the Woman’s Mis sionary union will be represented by Mfcs AUeene Franks of Laurens, and work fay tt>a ~ r aa we em ipnp* C. H. BOOZER RETURNS TO COUNTYPASTORATES The Rev. D. E. Boozer has accept ed a call as pastor of Todd Memo rial and Watts Mills Presbyterian churches in Laurens, and will enter upon his new work the first of March. Mr. Boozer is pleasantly known Postlude Bailey, president of the Clinton Mills, R T TT 818,000, with the additional funds £ V., ’ r.i*d br th« congregation. Th. Hour , building is modem in design and well C™“* arranged to serve the n«*l. of the “<* Congregation fast growing congregation. The mem- ^ bership of theThurch is now 335, v“i” “ d Congregation with morning and evening services cujTic^ Choir li w Special Music — — - Choir State Registers 19S.6M Columbia, Feb. 17.—The state se lective service board reported regis tration of more than 103,000 South Carolina men between the ages of 20 and 44, inclusive, in the nation’s third R-day Monday. The total, from 82 of the state’s 83 local boards, was 20,000 more than had been anticipated. A figure of 81,000 had been predicted. The board attributed the increase over expected registration to the in flux of workers on national defense projects oin the state. COLLEGE SPEEDUP TO GRADUATE 3-YEAR STUDENTS - Presbyterian college is definitely planning to OMHte OH S 13-month basis, enabling student* to finite a regular four-year course in three years, it is announced by Dr. W. P. Jacobs, president of the institution. Only the official approval of the War department to the plan of oper ating the college unit of the Reserve Officer/* Training corps through the summer months is needed to make the decision final, it is stated. held each Sunday and mid-week prayer meeting on Wednesday eve ning. Offertory Prayer and Offering Prayer Sermon Pastor Hymn ...Zrcioir Conr*g.tion pastor, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hughes of the West Clinton commu nity. After graduating from Spartan burg high school he attended Presby terian college. Five years ago he ac cepted a call to the pastorate of the church, succeeding the Rev. G. P. Invitation Hymn Choir and Congregation. Benediction Postlude Church Officers Officers of the churth are: KIWANIS OFFICIAL GUEST OF CLUB Han-? Daniel of Greer, new lieu tenant governor of the ninth Kiwanis until <*■ utterly the reverae to that which had been widely accepted ae e trophic defeat for He was able te time as tbe cmrsn had left the house, the subject of British rsTtrsss in the Orient. Although tilers wns hostility in the house, he was cheered as be entered and deported, and be gave up nothing of consequence to his critics. After the session a group of influ ential midland M. PU.’s at a private meeting adopted a resolution of “un abated confidence” in the prime min ister. At the same time, however, the group called Churchill’s attention to “the grave feeling of unrest and doubt” in the country and urged changes to obtain “effective coordi nation of defense services’ and re construction of the British cabinet to enable “entire energy and thought to be concentrated on the war ef fort” Churchill disekwed for the first time that the principal breachers of the strait—the 26,095-tesi battleahips Scharnhorst and Gneisenai^— had baen so heavily hit as to be out of action “for some time to come,” and almost as ha spoke there was evi- in other quarters that attack in their under in the North sea. This was suggested by an imaan- plifted communique from the RAF. reporting British raids overnight on certain unidentified ports in north west Germany; it was supported by a German communique stating flatly that there had been a bomb attack on Helgoland bight, the probable berth of the Scharnhorst and Gnebe- nau, although this attack was termed ineffectual by Berlin. / More important than all this, how ever, as coming from a former first lord of the admiralty and a political leader who has made it one of his division was the guest of^the local'chief functions to put no varnish on club at its regular meeting Thursday evening at which time he outlined the work of International and the Caro Unas district for the new year. bad news, was ChurchiU't expressed view that the whole incident had been “decidedly beneficial to our war situation," however gnawing the He officially met with the board of British disappointment that the directors at the close of the meeting. | whole pack had not been killed. here, having served the Goldville take care of neoessary deficiency ap Preshyterifm church before going to propriations” next year. Menlo, Ga., his present pastorate. He is a graduate of Newberry college and Columbia Theological seminary, Decatur, Ga., and a native of the Smyrna section of Newberry county. Lanier, now of Plum Branch. Dur- j P astor - R® 1 ** ing his pastorate all activities of the Treasurer - L- A. Hall church have grown as evidenced by; Clerk ......Miss ua Curry the determination of the group to meet their needs by providing an adequate house of worship. A fine Superintendent of Sunday School — Pruett Oakley Asst. Supt W. H. Adkins The club had as its guest speaker, Paul O. Sampson of St. Louis, Mo., whose speaking tour is sponsored by the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grow ers association of America. How to be healthy through proper eating was the subject of his interesting talk. MOORHEAD FLIES TO SAN FRANCISCO spirit of cooperation and of generous Miss living has made the accomplishment *“ As to this, he offered not only his own opinion but that of the British admiralty, a surprise though it might be to the house Of commons and the public. The main point of all, he said, was" 'that the Germans—the Scharnhorst, the Gneisenau, the. 10,000-ton cruiser Prinz Eugen and many smaller ves sels — had abandoned a t Brest. France, a much better position than they had gained. At Brest, he explained, the Ger man ships had lain on the flank of — ' e Lawson Called To Army Duty - Claude M. Lawson, son of Mrs. L, T. Lawson who resides, near Clinton, hat been called to active army duty and'left Wednesday for Fort Hen ning, Ga. Mr. Lawson, a graduate of Presbyterian college, holds a com mission as first lieutenant in the of ficers’ reserve corps. He was a mem ber of the school faculty at Inman. Mrs. Lawson, Miss Mary ^len Work man before marriage, is also a mem- possible, Mr. Hughes states. Program Sunday Morning Hie following program has been announced for the opening service at 11 o’clock: • * ^ Prelude ... Pianist Doxology .... Choir and Congregation Invocation .......... Rev. J. T. Lawrenoi William A. Moorhead, manager of Choirister J. R. McClain' Joanna Textile Mills, Goldville, has the British convoy route to the east Deacons—Chairman, J T. Lawrence,‘been spending several days In Chi- and.itt position to leap ai any” tune L. A, Hall, C. F. Oakley, E. A., ca *°. IH , on a business trip. v | both into the Atlantic or Mediter- Ealy, Henry King, J. P. Oakley, W.! Mr. Moorhead left Chicago by air- ranean, thus necessitating a costly H. Adams, D. V. Wright, E. D. Mc Cullough. CONDUCtlNG E SERVICES/ The Rev. William R. Turner, pae* tor of the First Presbyterian church of Florence, opened Religious Bn- ptewi* week in the Presbyterian col- legs chapel on Tuesday. Two ser vices were held yesterday to be fol lowed with two today, morning and The morning service is at the evening at 7 o’clock. TO OPEN LIBRARY BUILDING IN MARCH Announcement is made that the new Clinton public library, located on the Presbyterian college campui, will be ready for use about the mid dle of March. Construction of the building was begun early in 1939 as a WPA a pro ject, supplemented with a $25,i plane Monday night for San Fran- 10-months intermittent British bomb^- cisco, Cal., to visit his son, Lieut, ing campaign to keep them immobi- W.M.U. President.Mrs. R. D. Hughes William H. Moorhead, now stationed lized—a campaign that, however nec- Vice-President .... Mrs. Joe Campbell there with an army medical unit essary, was nevertheless somewhat Secretary . Mrs. R. N. Riddle!awaiting further orders. He arrived wasteful- drs. P. E. Howard in the “Golden Gate" Tuesday at Moreover, he added, it had beep 12:15 noon, where he will spend a necessary to go along with certain few days vacation with Dr. and Mrs. almost continual naval precautions. Treasurer : Mrs. P. E. Howard RED CROSS FUND CLIMBS DURING WEEK With contributions amounting to $1,435.15 reported durng the week Moorhead. LIEUTENANT JONES MADE CAPTAIN and to strongly reduce British bomb ings over Germany proper. “A threat to our convoy routes has been removed and the enemy has been driven from an advantageous position (this latter based op the view that the German command had longer been willing to let the lie at Brest' under British will continue bar teaching position until the end of the •^•bond iasue by fite town of Glee Club Plans For Music Festival , Preparations are being made by the Presbyterian college glee club, under the direction of Dr. J. Glenn Barden, of the college faculty, for their annual appearance at tbe South Carolina Music festival in Cohimhia on March 28. Ttk 0m dfib, aa a jpart of statewide college choros, will Qodpunof,' A special program is being planned for the formal opening of the build ing. ^ New Assistant Manager At Pcnnay's H. J. Baber, fdrmerly connected with the J. C. Penney company store in Murfreesboro, Term., arrived this week to accept the position of assist ant manager of the local storf, suc ceeding D. D. Haskett, who was re cently celled into military service. Mr. and Mrs. Baber will occupy an apartment in tbe home of Mro. .* Ijood Smith on West street. from the Watts Mills community. First Lieutenant Willard L. Jones Laurens, the Red Cross War Relief has recently been promoted to the no fund for the county has increased! rank of captain, the war department ships from the reported $7,267.00 last week has announced. Captain Jones has bombing). The diversion of our air to $8,800.80. been stationed for the past year at > bombing effort ... is over and a hea- ihm arpniint reported to.C^P Stewart, Ge.. where ha waa a r yicr scale of attack is possible in date, the Laurens area raised $4,- member of headquarters staff of Bat- which ai the near misses wil fall on 750.60,, the 94,050.00. Clin ton-Goldville area. Rod Cross Completes 3350 Garments tery B, 107th Separate Battalion, German and not on French dwe 11- Coast Artillery. His friends here will ings." be interested to know he left yester day tor Fort Leavenworth, Kaaim, where he will spend the next two months pursuing special training in the command and general school.* MEN TO JACKSON Mrs. J. B; Townsend, production i ||/\ AD ft CCKJ HC ‘7‘7 chairman, stated that a total of 3350 dClsUd AA garments had baen completed by the sewing room since October. Part of these have already been shipped with others now ready to send to war vic tims in various countries and to , sol diers find their funnies The chapter unOunoos it is ready to begin work on material for the Twenty-two registrants were sent yesterday to Fort Jackson, Columbia, by Clinton draft board No. 50 for in duction in the amiy under the selec tive service act The list of men mak ing up the quota appeared in The in* ud tr Chronicle W. C. Dobbins Called For Duty William C. Dobbins, of Goldville, a reserve officer holding the rank of second lieutenant has been called to army service and left Feb. 11 for Fort McClellan, Ala. Mr. Dobbins, a graduate of Clemson, held the posi tion of paymaster with the Joanna Textile Mill* in Goldville Mrs. Dob bins and children will spend some time with her parasite hi Laurens, af ter which they expect to go to An-