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\ • f CHRONICLE w To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, , Newsy and Reliable VoImm XLII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 5, 1942 If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Number 10 TO DOUBLE INCOME TAXES NEXT YEAH Morgenthau Urges ^ Heavy Rate Boosts To Hit 'Every Home' In America. Washinftoa, March S.—The treas ury asked today that the income tax SUMMER ROTC YEN APPROVAL The commandant’s office at Fres co liege has received this from the war department to the continuance of ROTC [courses during the summer: “ROTC summer camps having been ; discontinued, it is expected that. ROTC will operate in educational in stitutions open through the summer. You will be" informed of pertinent administrative decisions relating! thereto” • \ i JEFFERIES TAKES GOVERNOR'S OATH ; BEFORE FAMILY ♦— Colleton Senotor Sue- * ceeds HoHey. Simplicity Marks ^eremony. v RATIONING OF GAS LOOMS — ■ New York, March 3.—Fuel oil sup plies on the Eastern seaboard have County Mrs. David Copeland Heads Teachers Group \' —•—i The final meeting of the Laurens Walterboro, March 2. — Richard Manning Jefferies, 54-year-old vet- War department approval of the! eran senator from Colleton county, ... . summer training had been the last took the oath of office as governor payments of most citizens be doubled adoption of a plan of South Carolina Monday night in a I to operate the college on a 12-month simple, brief ceremony at his home, tme increase designed to raise * 9 . 610 .- ; enabling students to graduate Me succeeded J. E. Harley, who died in three years if they desired. The Friday. ; trustees at a recent meeting here an- Concluding a period of three days nounced their approval of the plan, and four hours in which the state was without a governor or lieuten- Teachers’ association was been reduced so sharply by tanker held in Laurens Saturday morning shortages* and torpedoing!, oil men with Fred W. Taylor, president, pre- Said today, that gasoline rationing, 1 siding. The program included a panel, even on a national scale, may be discussion of “Teacher Tenure and necessary within a few days. Retirement.” The committee in Members of the industry „id »,*> ! line ration in* might be needed to , J- th “i‘J’ allow tankers and tank cars to con- ri< * of Laure®*. and A - Aber- centrate on building up supplies of fuel oil in the East coast area from Georgia to Maine. DAIRY FARMING TO BE BIG INDUSTRY IN THIS SECTION — ^ Opening of Borden Plant At Chester Will Serve f Farmers of Several Counties. Chester, March 2.—The conference Mrs. J. B. Townsend ' Is 'Citizen Of the Year' Lions Chib Names Prominent Woman For Work With Red Cross. 000,000 “War is never cheap,” said Secre tary Morgenthau, presenting the pro gram to the house ways and means committee, “but ... it Is a million times ebaeper4o win than to lose” The “now said, would ‘%e severe” and their impact “felt In tvefThotofe* Obey contemplated ex tensive incamoas not only in individ ual inbema tax payments, but in cor poration iheoaee levies, together with new or higher excise taxes on a list of 15 such items as sOffa pop, candy and cigarettes; and increased levies on eftates and gifts. Also included was a $2,000,000,000 increase in so cial security taxes, details of which will be discloeed later. The new rates on individual in comes, as proposed by the treasury chief, would be so severe that a sin gle man earning $2,500 a year would turn more than seven weeks’ pay over to the government. His payment would be $240, as compared with $165, or about three and one-half weeks’ pay, under the present rates. . The tax bill of a married man with children would be raised from $90 to $175 from $138 to $285 from $249 to $536 on $4,000, and, dering ^ community. Mrs. J. Bennett Townsend, promi nent Clinton woman, was named as “the citizen of the year” at a meet ing of the Lions club Friday evening. The award, made annually by the club, is to select and honor a citizen ant-governor, JefferiCk took the oath from Associate Justice E. L. Fish- bume, his fellow-townsman, and the benediction was pronounced by his pastor, Or. J. A. Ward of the Wal terboro Baptist church, in the pres ence of only immediate members of his family. Harley was elevated from lieuten ant governor to governor last No vember 4 when Burnet R. Maybank resigned to become a U. S. senator. Thus Jefferies’ succession gave the state its third governor within bare ly less than four months. As presi dent pro tern of the senate, he was the next in line. The new governor issued a state- of Clinton who, during the year, has ment in which he said that he had service for performed outstanding the community. It is expected that Mrs. Townsend will be invited to be a guest of the I wouia DC raxsea irora .presented a specially-prepared 18 !plaque stating the high value of the if h« e ara* 43,000; | service ghe has rendered and is ren- ents would pay $32 (instead of $12) on a $2,500 income; $11$ (instead of $5$) on a $3,000 income; $333 (in stead Of $154) on $4,000, and $587 (instead of $271) on $$,$00. The average ihcreass was reckoned at $0 par cent by the treasury. How ever, it starts «t more t%an 100 per pent In Qui * it is incomes, of which the already taking a larger than is pajd bp the “little while toe married individual mts would fellow” fern «75 to ^ >w|mJ „„ ^ ln . reMsii . A married mm with two depehd^^ of u,, ouUtuxUn( work Mr, Townsend hf done rantinuos to do in connection with Red Crocs ac tivities in the city. She heads the work being done by women of toe eemmunity in sewing and knitting garments, tint for “Bundle for Brit ain” and now for too nun in toe of toe United States. Thus with two dependents would pay $32j gous program and takes rank instead of $12 on a $2,500 income,1 any in the state in its accomplish- the tax to be collected on an income 1 ment * ^ ^ Mrs. Townsend is the former Miss -921,884 t° $4.478,215 or an Increase j^djer, daughter of Mr. and of about 14 per cent The man whoj Mrg B R Fuller, former residents SS* * ^:° £ ^ ^ but now Hving in Day- ‘Sf * to ^® ep , tona Beach, Fla. Besides her hus- ab ? T ut14 for band, her fa&ily consists of 4wo simply upping the rates. Pressnt per sonal exemption figures $750 if sin gle, and $1,500 if married—would be retained, and toe allowance for de pendents-^ each—-would n<* bei ^ board o{ Khool ^ a l^! d - 1 However - the J l ® P”; cent sion Monday night, voted to open credit given on earned incofoe, as ^ city gchools at 8:30 beginning hesitated to accept the position “un ill arrangements for the perform ance of certain evident duties could be made ” club at an early meeting at which'] Jefferies said that he was “con- time she will be publicly honored scious that the acceptance of the po sition entails many personal sacri fices” but that “these are times that try the souls of men and test their patriotism and loyalty to their coun try. For material considerations 1 could not refuse the plain path of duty ...” He paid tribute to Harley. He said that he would likely address the gen eral assembly shortly. Witnessing the ceremony were the Judge, the minister, Jefferies’ wile, toe former Miss Annie K. Savage of Walterboro; his son, R. M. Jefferies, ‘Jr, a Unhffrsibr -ef SoBrih -Carolina student; his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. WaynJ Unger of Walterboro; his granddaughter, Keith Jefferies Unger, and his law partner, W. J. McLeod, Jr., and Mrs. McLeod. Jefferies said that while many friends had expressed a desire to at tend the servkx, “I regret that the occasion is such that a public cere mony could not have been held.” The times, he said, demanded that he forego any “pageantry.” He said that he hoped “Mrs. Har- the higher her time and efforts during year in keeping toe work underway, frequently at a personal sacrifice. Under her leadenhip the Clinton Red Crass chapter has pursued a tremen- with tary-treasurer. crombie of Mountville. Mrs. J. David Copeland, principal . of the Renno school, was elected While h£S llne ,t ° C £ l * >n ***: H!*C.*jSmson, n principal t ° Ur # he " with "P"** 1 * em seaboard were below those of ^ Ford hi£h was vice _ tatives of the Soil Conservation ser- ™ 52 k £J*£ ^ tb<lr <*•?»»»* 1. Leroy Bum,, county • vice. Farm Security administration, ST mperinteodent of eduction, Mere- Pyrn Credit .Imintotretion. Agrlcul- growing steadily smaller. Eastern home owners already have been rationed by companies supply ing them with fuel oil, with each purchaser allowed no refills until his furnace tank is four-fifths empty and none given more than 75 per cent of capacity. Explaining that one tanker can carry about as much oil as 200 tank care and that 05 per cent of all oil brought into the Eastern area in or dinary times was moved by ship, one oil man said: “Many tankers have diverted to war use and at least 16 others have been torpedoed. I would not be sur prised to see rationing go into effect within 48 hours. “Such rationing might not be nec- after mid-April when the To Make Campaign For Bonds, Stamps tural Adjustment administration, ClCmson College Extension service from Chester and the neighboring tier of counties making a first-hand study of the dairy development In this county, will serve to give the movement an additional impetus, it is generally believed. Included in the crowd of more 100 were representatives of several newspapers. The meeting was called County Divided Into Districts By Chairman Gray for Intensive Effort.! 40 brii y ** combined influ ' _ I ence of all these agencies in support ! of the program that has been under way for some time in this section, and is now beginning to take more definite shape. The Borden plant here, which is being greatly enlarged, the Carna tion plants in Norto Carolina, and the receiving plant of the Borden company at Newberry make it pos sible for well nigh every farmer in , this area to have an easily accessible A county-wide canvass is to be; market, made, Chairman Gray states, except-1 Th* crowd gathered at the court ing farmers, to take pledges for pur- house, and after a few ann chase of bonds and stamps on a founts from C. G. Cushman, pi monthly payment progr am. | ed to the Borden plant, where The county has been divided into Vaughn, the manager, explain i five general districts with Mr. Gray workings of the plant, the c e Vic R. Fleming, Laurens country, as general chairman. B. H. Boyd has that will be made when the i ?w clerk of court, has been appointed as [been appointed chaixman for this city, plant is completed, and the larg • c - explosives licensing agent for Lau- W. A. Moorhead at Goldville, Sam portion of the money expend •> rens county with the power to issue ‘ M. Leaman at Cross Hill, R. L. Gray 1 the company that goes to the H. Douglas Gray, well known Lau rens business man, has been appoint ed Laurens county chairman for the sale of defense bonds and stamps. A similar drive is to be made in every section of the United States, ^ the date to be announced later. It is wwth«r i, "waninCT* "and ,h ** th * c * n, P i,i « n . wU ‘ In* become, lee. neeemuy mid new i|“ ld “* r ' :h u P° n ■"Action, tankers may be put into service.” from Washington Fleming Appointed Explosives Licensing Agent For County vendor’s, purchaser’s and foreman’s of Laurens at Gray Court, and Rev. authorizing the purchase, I j. W. Mathis of Laurens, chairman for toe colored people. sate, possession and use of explosives. Appointment of Mr. Fleming was made by the director of the bureau of mines, department of toe Interior, under the terms of the federal explo sives act of Darainber 28, 1941. Mr. Ftefning stated that tot sej re quired th» licensing of bU persons and establishments handling explo sives, with the exception of small arms and shotgun cartridges. Among producers. The present plant began receiving milk August 12, 1940, and its success is measured by the fact Members of the local committee that the Borden company is spend- were called to meet a few nights ago by Chairman Boyd at which time plans were formulated to make the city-wide drive. The campaign is to be .made by members of the wid change from the manufacture of ing around $200,000 in buildings and equipment that will quadruple the present set-up. Around May 1st the new plant will be completed, and cheese to evaporated milk. Leaving the Borden plant the par ty’s next stop was at W. P. Carpen ter’s farm at Lewis Turnout. Mr. Carpenter’s development of his herd, box silo, temporary grazing, and soil. ber of Commerce, Kiwanis club, Lions club, American Legion, and American Legion auxiliary. A large , number of men and women from the the explosives for which licenses are j five sponsoring organizations have required, be said, are dynamite, volunteered their services. Each flashlight powder, caps, piric acid,[street in the city is to be assigned to[conservation were some of the topics smokeless powder (cartridges except-j a group of canvassers. The period in discussed at Mr. Carpenter’s. «d). Both buyers and sellers must'which the nation-wide solicitation is Rodgers M. Reid’s and R. A. Oli- have Ucenses, Mr. Fleming empha-' to be made will be announced by the Plant's farms were next visited, and sized. Vendors of fireworks must also treasury department. j the rqany signs of progress and in- ^ telligent fanning noted. Mr. Reid has many fine cattle, and Mr. Oliphant Change In School Opening Hour distinct from income derived from investments and other sources, would be abolished. next Monday instead of the present opening hour of 9:30. Since the new „ . _ _ j , war time went into effect early in the Morgenthau asked congress to per- ^ the schools, upon the action of the board, have been opening at the late 9:30 hour. mit him to collect income taxes “from the source” if that were deem ed necessary, tinder this plan, the government could call on employers to deduct up to 10 per cent of em ployes’ pay checks kfter making al lowances for credits for dependents. Morgenthau also revived an old issue by asking that Congress re-< SPENCER LOSES FATHER Friends of Carroll M. Spencer will regret to know he was called to Washington, D. C, this week on ac- __ count of toe sudden death of his juire married couples to file a joint j father, Carroll B. Spencer, which oc- truwim rev reftirw x*HTwg Tn-1 curTcd Sunday night. Funeral rites / come of husband and wife were held Tuesday from St. Thomas for tax purposes often pushes the Episcopal church in Washington, total farther into the surtax brack- — 11 * • ets and results in a. larger total tax UBRARY TRUCK CURTAILED payment for Jhe pair. Such a pro- j * Mrs. M. L. Copeland of Laurens, posal was defeated in Congress last' chairman of the board of trustees of year. (However, officials said Mor-! the Laurens county library, has an- genthau’s plain contained a special nounced that the library trucks which Sac C. Cook, R. W. Jones, provision under which a wOrkingj&ave been covering the county twice ley will remain at the mansion until she can move comfortably and con veniently.” As governor, Jefferies will be ex- officio chairman of many state agen cies, including the advisory board of the Santee-Cooper authority. A native of Gaffney, he taught school at Ridgeland and later edited a newspaper at Walterboro. Hig sen ate service was continuous from 1927. 36 JUftORS DRAWN — FOR CIVIL TERM Thirty-six petit jurors for the civil term of court to convene in Laurens March 9 were drawn last week by the jury commissioners in the office of Clerk of Court V. R. Fleming. They are as follows: Hunter: J. F. Fanner, C. D. Blake have them, he stated, but buyers of Chinese and American firecrackers, toy torpedoes, serpents, sparklers, toy paper caps are exempted when the fireworks cost no more than 10c per package. Other requirements of the law, he said, .include that no sale can be M OTORISTS ARE ARNED TO LOCK PARKED AUTOS has recently replaced his beef cattle with grade Guernseys, and is receiv ing the sum of $31.07 per month as his share of the Borden miDc check with the tenants receiving a like A warning has been issued by the iS u m Next was the farm of the late made unless the license is shown, aU; *tate highway patrol for motorists j. Edw. Orr in charge of Lindsay accidents caused by the explosives to lock their cars when they are not^orr. The late J. Edw. Orr was one of Chester county’s pioneer dairy cattle men, and had converted his planta tion into a model dairy farm. He must be reported, Ucenses are non- being used, to prevent the theft of transferable and explosives must be federal stamps, tires or parts, locked up with signs placed around “Many car owners in the state have the storage place containing the reported the theft of their federal j signed up with the Borden plant words “Explosives—Keep Off.” ! a uto tax stamps and it is possible' W hen it opened in August, 1940, and Where blasting is being carried on'that you may be approached by some for the first fifteen days in Febru ary the Orr farm’s Borden check was $91.63 from eleven cows, Mr. Orr had introduced many modern meth ods and devices and the party found much of interest. , / The stop at the farm of Jim Chis- in a mine, quarry, or other work, the! person offering to sell these stamps Ucense may be issued to the foreman ^ the explanation that two such on the job and is not required by each individual workman, he>said. Missionory Speaks la Laurens Friday stickers had been purchased for the car through a misunderstanding,” it was explained. Chances are, such stamps offered for sale have been removed from windshields and a holm colored^ who lives'^? foe new new coating a mucilage appUed, pa- 1 road leading off from Afford Ferry : trol officials pointed out. | road about four miles south of Ches- On Friday, March 6, a conference The rationing of retreaded and rer ter, had, to ha 0 f the muddy condition of the road. A very remarkable piece of work has been accomplished by this thrifty colored farmer, who was paid the lyrW. C. Crane, J. L.. Daviasbh, John jTor W. M. U. leaders will be held in' capped tires as well as new tires and Broadus Boyce, C. J. Craig, L. L. the First Baptist church in Laurens tubes is likely to increase the activi- Copeland, P. J. Fuller. ~ [at 4:30 o’clock. The conference will' ties ot tire high-jackers, better Dials: J. M. Willis, M. L. Knight, be led by state W. M. U. officers: known as thieves. It i* therefore wise John Adair* W. R. Peden, R. R. Hill, [Misses Vonnie Lance, Ruth Provence to see that all doors and rear com-, SU m of $40865 last year by the Bor- N. C. Bryson, Roy H. Armstrong. ,and Clara Lane of Columbia. Mrs. ; partments are locked before leaving’dim company for milk He makes his Sullivan: W. P. Knight, J. F. j. L. Culbertson, Northern division y our car, officials said. O’Dell, John L. King, Grover Davis,isuperintendent, o^Chester, will pre-' side. Supper will Be served at 6:30. Laurens: H. T. Causby, Arthur F.| At 8 o’clock Miss Neal Voting of couple who derived all their income * month will be able to make toe rDennis, T. D: Abrams, R. R. Barnett, Ede, Nigeria, West Africa, will be the from salaries or wages would not circuits in the future only once * ^ Brown have to pay more under toe joint month due to the tire shortage. ~ ~ ” return system tfoat-Under senaratoj J ' The increased income tax rates would jump from toe present six Hi Grid Teams To Play Today per cent bh toe first dollar of tax able income to 1$ par cent At ent the maxifoum rata—applied on unes of more than $5,000,000— It would be raised incomes is $1 per oent to 80 percent The present foul* per cent flat “normal” income tax on individuals would be unchanged, but toe sur-i would be boosted from toe rainhsuim rate of six per e minimum of IS per cent! since the secretary askad for elimination of toe earned; incense credit toe minimum tax rate on toe first dollar of taxable in- would be- toe auaft of toe nor- DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE 80 FAR THU YM1 TH1E- HAVE BERN O FATALITIES froai AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive Te Mike 1842 » Safe Year Ob ttoBiglNraya, Dan C. Briggs, Troy Barnes. Waterloo: John H. Wharton, Guy R. 5>mith Cross Hill: Edward G. Noffz, J. Harold Austin. ~ Iterested friends are cordially invited Youngs: S. W. Prince, J. J. Foster, to hear the noted missionary. W. P. Hudson. I guest speaker. Since 1920 Miss Young* The high school football. team is has been a missionary to Africa. By finishing spring practice and will car and trailer she travels through: Play a game with the members of the country districts reaching people the team who will graduate this who have never heard toe gospeL In-1 spring. The game will take place this afternoon at 4:30 on the Florida —Judge E. H. Henderson of Bam-. qpD A rjjlHg gyajpiyCT berg, will be the presiding Judge. « KAININlJ OlMUUL PROJECT APPROVED Song Service At Bailey Memorial A special song service has been an- ice has been evening‘at Street school grounds. The public is invited to attend the game and get its first chance to took over the prospects for next year’s team. Admission will be 11 and 22 cents. entire living on the farm, and receiv ed a certificate recently attesting that J^fact. The monthly cash income from milk has bFen a life-saver, and has enabled Chisholm to raise his stand ard of living considerably. A tew minutes before six o’clock the party returned to Chester, and gathered at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church for a digest of the day’s activities, following which a delightful supper was served in the social hall by the ladies of the church, and the nounced for Monday at Bailey Memorial M. E. Church, South. The program, which will Announcement was made from Washington during the week of pres idential approval of a $8,448 WPA grant for the construction of a rec SIGN-UP FOR ARMY Fourteen young men filled out ap- ™ , plications for service in the regular li? reatteoal center at toe State Train-!*™ “I » vi ** op ““g* when the army mobile recruiting unit was in Laurens. Included in the ing school. arid u* w.ar roiyir facllito. T*. public to attend toe service. TAKE SPECIAL COURSE Joseph Cooper and Larry Cogdill of Clinton, went to toe West Colum bia NYA resident center last weak • to take a course in shipflttiag. The boys will be prepared for anode In toe ’Charieston navy yard aftar fin- project is sponsored by toe board of regents of toe institution. OFF TO KENTUCKY Presbyterian college’s basketeers will leave this morning for Bowling Greek, Ky., and the annual S. L A. A. tourney. Their first game will be with Loutolene Teachers Friday TAX PENALTY APPLIED It is announced from the county auditor’s office that a 10 per cent penalty for failing to make tax re turns went into effect Monday, March 2nd. Friends of Mrs. J. Clarence Cope land will be interested to know she has returned home after.being a pa tient at Hays hospital tot past members of the party left for their respective homes. Laurens county is included in the eleven counties to be served by the Borden milk routes. Red Cross Room Open Two Doys Week Mrs. J. V B. Townsend, chairman of the production committee, announced yesterday that the Red Cross room will be open only on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 until 12, and from 2 until 5, until another shipment of material is received. She asks all ladies having garments to return to kindly do so on either of these days. LL Walter Todd of Camp Gordon, and Sloan Todd of Fort Bragg, N. C, spent the week sad with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Reed Todd.