The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 19, 1942, Image 1
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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-