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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Qecm Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE' You Don't Get the News Volume XLII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 19, 1942 Number 12 * ! ' . . y ; : ' . ■ - „ - • Commanders of ‘Streamlined’ Army ■ MRS. TOWNSEND RECEIVES PLAQUE FROM LIONS CLUB Mrs. J. B. Townsend, who recently received the Lions club award as “the citizen of the year,” was a guest of the club at its meeting Friday eve ning at which time a specially drawn plaque suitable for framing and signed by all members of the club, was presented to her. The presentation was made by Dr. H. E. Sturgeon, who reviewed her activities in the community through out the years and especially those for which the award was made, her GOVERNOR DOT 10 CALL SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE BAPTISTS HAVE TRAINING COURSE Jefferies Signs Defici- Rev./W. N. Long, pastor of .the First Baptist church, has announced | a training course for the coming week in connection with similar • schools that are being held in church- ency Bill. Not Accorded i' s thr °;* h ° u ‘ the / # w ; convention during this month and Right of Veto. jApru. I Mr. Long will lead the study *from Columbia March 16-Gov R^M.^ booklet ..Baptist Faith,’^y Mul- Jeffenes said today (fiat he had been . . . , 4. “advised by the clerk of the senate,Unhand Tjibble beginning Monday (James H. Fowles) that all acts”!^ at 8 0 clock and contmung of the geeneral assemblly “were rati- j through Friday. All members of the fied before the official adjuornment^ongfegation who are interested are hour” which was set at midnight mvi ted to take advantage of the The plaque is incribed as Saturday night The hoyse adjourn- opportunity, especially Presented to Mrs. J. B. Townsend ^ at 12; i4 a . m . an d the senate at; teachers ^ workers in the Sunday ORDER NUMBERS GIVEN 9.000.000 MEN N THIRD PRATT Will Provide Nation With Strength for Total ' Victory Against Axis. excellent I work as leader Cross endeavors. of Red (J. S. chief «f staff aai hta MWty —si stiss phstatrs>hsi far the ttaM at the war isjarhnsta hi Wsshtajta* Seated, left te right, Ota. H. H. ArasM, ehlsf ef the air ferees; Oea. George C. Mar shall, chief of staff; aad Usta. Gssu Lesley 1. McNair, chief ef gravid farces. (Blindtag) MaJ. Gas. 1, O. MeNaraey, deputy chief of staff, aa 1 Maj. Gen. ■rehen B. Semerrell, chief ef eappHeo, U. g. A. Arnold, McNair and Semerrell heed np the haste nnlta ef the newly stream- »y. 1,000 TO 1,400 U. S. LIVES LOST IN JAVA BATTLE That Many On Two Destroyers Sunk By Japs. Deaths Mounting. W, AUSTIN LEAMAN, CROSS KILL, PASSES Funeral services for W. Austin Leaman, widely known salesman, by the Lions club of Clinton, S. C. f in appreciation of her loyal and un selfish service rendered to the com munity for the year 1941,” Men Of Presbytery To Meet In Cross Hill Presbyterian Laymen To Hear Addresses and Discuss Work of Church. A laymen’s rally for the men of South Carolina Presbytery will be held at Liberty Hill Presbyterian church at Cross Hill on March 23, beginning at 5 p. m., according' to announcement by Dr. Roswell C. 12:47 a. m. Sunday. * Jefferies signed the $575,000 de ficiency appropriation bill late this afternoon. Some time after the house adjourn ed Representative Poag of Greenville reported to the house that “the gov ernor has additional messages to send to the two bodies of the general assembly and therefore cannot recog nize adjournment. “Further, the governor has not been provided with bills which have been regularly adopted and are ready for ratification. “Under the constitution no ratifi cation session can be held after the adqoumment of either body. “The governor received the com mittee from the house at 12:20 a. m., which in itself is illegal and very dis courteous. ^ However, the governor said today school departments. Scout Honor Court In Goldville Tonight ♦ Promotions and Merit Badaes To Be Awarded By Council Executive. * A court of hdnor for the Clinton district Boy Scouts, composed of the Clinton, Clinton Mill, Goldville and State Training school troops, will be held at 7:30 this evening at the community house in Goldvillte. Promotions and merit badges will be awarded, with an Eagle badge to be presented to Edmunds Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Young, of the highest rank organization and is the FIRST FIVE FROM LOiCAL BOARD Men registered with Clinton draft board No. 50 holding the first five serial numbers drawn in the draft lottery Tuesday night were: James Henry Blackwell, Rt. I, Gray Court, whose serial number was 441. He was there fore given order No. 1 on the records of the local board, which means that he will be the first to be called for phy sical examination unless he is deferred. Order No. 2.—Alfred Cart Hogans, Rt. 2, Clinton, whose serial number was 176. Order No. 3.—Eugene Frank lin Smith, Rt. 3, Laurens, whose serial number was 6W. Order No. 4.—James Hubert Owens, Clinton, whose serial number was 359. Order Noi 5 —George Thom as Palmer, Rt. 1, Waterloo, whose seVial number was 129. ford and S. J. L. Crouch of.fo r Clemson, officiating. Interment fol lowed in Liberty Springs Presbyte rian cemetery in the Family plot. Washington, Man* 16.—Somewhat J ^ death of Kt Leaman occurred obscured in the stark drama of the 1 a t eight o’clock yesterday morning in navy's preliminary report on the battle of Java is the likelihood that from 1,000 to 1,400 American offi cers and men met death in the des truction of the cruiser Houston and the destroyer Pope alone. St Joseph’s hospital in Savannah, Ga., where he underwent a major operation last Monday. Mr. Leaman was born and reared in Cross Hill, a son of two of the best known families of the county. T , His tether was W. H. Leaman, who After the shockedtaNarl*: Hart>or, died Sep*' If, 1939 and tea mother, Mrs. Olive Austin Leaman, who sur vives him. Mr. Leaman was a member of the Presbyterian church. Surviving are his wife, the former the grim tidings are a sobering new reminder of the prospective increas ing American share in the tragic toll of war. Already in a little more than three Annie Jacobs of Newberry, his months of a conflict waged thus far Southern church, the Rev. LeRoy Burney of Augusta, Ga., director of religious education in South Carolina and Georgia, and round-table discussions of the work of the men of the church. The Rev. J L E. Ratchford, pastor of the hostess church, will be in charge of arrangements for the pic nic supper, with each man bringing . , . . . , — first Eagle badge •IKci.1 session or for . request from: wa! nted fo tawrence FeriUKin. me to the members of the generel p resentstion of thi3 award ^ Washington, March 17.—The 1942 received by a Clin- draft lottery to provide the nation's armed forces with strength for total victory over the Axis was sipt in ,. . . . . . . ,. vr» H ,w crcuu t,... ^ motion at 6:05 O’clock Tuesday made by H. S. Williamson of Green- night when Secretary of War Henry connection with^ the^busineaS of. the ^ vi || e) the new scout executive of, L. Stimson reached into a goldfish ‘M* wao Bluc Rid * e council. After the | bowl and extracted a little green The governor said it was most i awarding o{ hono „ and badfe8 Mr . capsule. Williamson will address the group. R. L. Plaxico is chairman of the advancement committee for this dis tils own lunch for the occasion, to be supplemented by drinks and a des sert. One of the laymen of the BEARDS FORK for presbytery Is composed of the Rev. J. K. Roberts and T. D. Cope land of Clinton, together with Mr. Ratchford. The men expected to at tend will come from the counties of Laurens, Newberry, Abbeville, and mother, one sister, Mrs. S. L. Major, | Greenwood. largely at sea and in the air thous-! Cross Hill, one brother, Hugh Lea- j This will be the first meeting ands of miles from home shores,‘man, Columbia, a niece Miss Annl 0 f its fci nd held for the men of the unusual for the general assembly to adjuora without fixe governor having a chance to consider the sup plementary (deficiency) appropria- . tion act In order that the governor trlct - m might be accorded his constitutional) . . prerogative of vetoing the entire act MOTOR STOLEN could make final disposition of ap propriations before adjournment.” The governor said he did not re- PUMPING STATION American casualties have.mounted Major, Winthrop college, Rock HilL toward the total of the battle deaths suffered by the United States troops in France in 1918. Compared to the bloody sacrifices of Russia and China and to the losses of the British, this country of course, has been virtually unscathed. As a quarter century ago, it may be also that our contribution to victory will continue to be most substantial, but inevitably there must be increasing contributions as well in blood and tears. From a national standpoint, a compensation to be expected is a shrinking basis for the complaints which some times are heard noW that the Ainericap peopte...gfill have only a spectator point of view to ward the conflict. To that attitudfe, insofar as it ex ists, the government itself may have LOCAL MEN ON SPEAKERS' BUREAU Included as members of the speak ers’ bureau of the State Council of Defense, and available for addresses before patriotic or other rallies in prosecution of the war, are three Clinton men. They are Professor Bernard H. Boyd, Dr. F. Dudley Jones and Dr. Marshall W. Baown, all members of the Presbyterian col lege faculty. Laurens speakers are Senator O. L. Long and Ralph T. Wilson, attorneys. Opening Game of PC Baseball Team March 31 presbytery in which the whole matter of a man’s relation to his church and the causes of the church will be pre sented. There have been meetings in the interest of particular causes of the church. This one will present opportunity for the men to ask and discuss their questions and problems. Beginning promptly at 5 p. m., it is expected the rjdly will adjourn at 9 p. m., with the supper recess at 6:30 to 7:30 p. m. For the conser vation of tires the men are asked to ‘gang up’ and fill each car from the local churches with its passenger limit. • - Culp President Of P. C. Student Body Bill Culp, rising senior from Rock Hill, has been elected president of Grim and blindfolded Stimson stepped back two paces and handed the pellet to an attendant who with drew from it a slip of paper. He paused momentarily and then called out: “3485.” It was the first of 7,000 capsules to bo withdrawn front the famous receptacle which was used during the World war drafts and during the call on the Nation's manpower in 1940 and 1941 when this country was at peace. Each pellet contained a number , , , , , Some time during the early part of u?,\ Ve ^ ?o ef ,o ienCy ap Pro pna V°" the week a motor weighing several bill until 12.12 p. m. today, 36 hundred pounds was stolen from the hours after the legislature adjourn-! 0 i d c ity water pumping station on ed -’ ' • Beard’s Fork creek several miles which wd l determine in what order The result, he said, is that if fro hi town, and several days later 9,000,000 men—1,,650,000 in the the governor has any objections t° w hat was left of it was found some'20-21 age group and 7,350,00 be any portion of the act to exercise' distance up the creek. i tween the ages of 35 and 44, inclus- his constitutional prerogative to failj The thief or theives had stripped ive—who registered on February 16, to approve them would cause the ^ motor of ajj valuable parts, evi- entire act tOf remain inoperative un til the meeting of the legislature in January, 1943, because in the consti tution the governor must return any act that he does not approve to the body of the general assembly in which it originated.” Tne governor said there were many items in the act which ‘‘ are ;At Methodist Church clearly essential to the operation | m of the government. Among them i Beginning Monday evening, March dently to be sold to a junk dealer. The Beard’s Fork plant is now used j only in emergenpy and was not in operation at the time the motor was stolen. * — i ■ . Pre-Easter Services will be called up for military ser vice. , , Those holding the first numbers drawn will receive questionnaires in May and inductions will begin in June., Little pomp or ceremony attended tonight’s drawing in the high-ceil- inged blue and gilt interdepartment al auditorium before an audience of 1,000 persons. TAX PENALTIES DELAYED BY ACT Columbia, March 16.—Governor Jefferies signed into law today an act justification had been decided that such lists might betray information of value to the enemy. February Traffic Deaths Show Large Decrease he listed the $222 722 appropriation 30i and cont i n ui n g through April 3, to care for the deficiency in school a series of Pas8ion week services teacher salary funds all extra leg- will ^ held each evening at Broad islatiye expenses, $79,726 for extra street Me thodist church. The ser- mamtenance costs at the state hos- i m0na by the pastor Rev j H Koh _ pital, and the preparedness for peace ler> wiI1 deal with the events of the ’ last week of Christ’s Life. The j?ub- . , , “The deficiency act does contam bc ^ we n ^ members of the to extend the tJme * or payment of some items which I could not have conpregation, is invited [delinquent state and county proper- supported if I had been a member j ’ m ty taxes. Under the existing statute a pen- ' j alty of one per cent is added after ! January l, two per cent on Febru ary 1 and three per-cent on March ! 1. The three per cent penalty r-nn- and Wilmington, Delaware (Class B professionals) at Rock Hill on April February traffic accident deaths in South Carolina showed the Jargeat decrease that has been recorded since compulsory accident reporting was put into effect in 1937, announced C. R. McMillan, state highway en- 7 for two added games gineer. Thirty deaths have been reported from traffic accidents in February, 1942, as compared wtth BO in the same month last year. This tevpr-) able record is not entirely due to' lack of travel, as gasoline tax reve nue figures are not anpoctOd to ft compftrfttive end^ traffic volumes-on rural state which ai FATALITIES placing in jeopardy i _ . .. . _ _ „ , Named as vice-president was Paul; ab solutely necessary provisions x x.”, wm'be 7 !Turner of^ Atlanta, Ga., and Tom I The governor signed the deficiency ^ «““-jine tmra senior represemauve io me n0 on because, he said, “to do other- ^ aru -; and the delinquent taxes go into exe- ford college the season-opener on student government organization. w ise would call for either a special lina chapt " °f the American Asso- |Cution on Ap rii. 15 ‘ 8 The second game with j^ck Dent, rising junior, from St. session of the general assembly or to Matthews, Was elected secretary of the student body, and David Allen, of Darlington, and Bill Shields, of Prof. Jean Auto* ^ ieui^ Ttr Qn h A ?« ] 1 il? r1 l nt ? 1 n 1°***. °* Edison, Ga., Was eTected as; appropdation bili' late in the after-; ? >llege - will be the sP^er at the is increasod u^set en p^r cent p 7 March 28, making Guil- the third senior representative to the n0 on because, he said, “to do other- Spnng luncheon of the South O'— ^ on)student government organization. w ise would call for either a special li . na . chapter oi * he American A - of the general assembly or to afthe Cofumbia 5Sd • The .act sign« by the governor Columbia, tmo™ w C « U ^ ,a o S tawever, limit, the penatty to three OI government to sutler in tneir . — per cent until May 1 when the seven operations for the next nine months , “ ~ per cent penalty will be applied and until the general assembly could, SdlWanebeck Heads the delinquent taxes will go into consi er e ve o any particular j yMCA At College execution. / March 31. Guilford, scheduled for April 1, has been cancelled. Coach CMck v Galloway’s Blue otQCKmgs wtu meet Ftedmont col lege at Demorest, Ga., on April 2 highways, which art expected to dhow the greateat change, teU only pw cent Adult School Course At Rewno Completed The adult educatianel school taught at Ranno by Mrs. Gillette Simpson wu completed on March 4. Fourteen residents of the commu nity were enrolled for the five weeks’ j course offered by the state depart-! meat of education with four having a perfect attendance. Much intereet wu shown in the community meet-, tap beta in connection with fee school and an average attendance of about ft wm „ t DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE SO FAR HAVE BEEN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS comm. Let’s Strive To Hake 1942 a Safa Year On the Highways. This data leal year • Atlanta, Ga., were named junior rep resentatives. Elected as sophomore representa tives were Pitts DeLorne, of Sumter, and Russell Park, of Lake City. City Democratic Club Meets March 26 J. J. Cornwall, secretary, announc ed yesterday that a meeting of the Jefferies said that “on Saturday » The governor said that bilk such night* I had received information Bobby Schwanebeck of Savannah, as on 5 J} e s '^ ned ext ^ ndin 8 the which led me to believe that some G a -> rising senior, has been elected dead , 1 , ne . °^ n fin niore harm than of the acts had not been ratified president of the Young Men’s Chris- i good ’ , * , ,aid h * slgned u ' e at the official hour of adjournment, tiaih association at Presbyterian col-1 ™®f sure J ,Jf 1 view ^ th* extremely but I have checked this matter care-1 lege in general student body elections. J >ad co . nditton ® °f farm crops and the fully during the day.’ I have been 1 Elected u vice-president was Ew-1 085 of cr pP« 1*^ year With that advised by the clerk of the cenate)lng Gibson, Jr., of Sumter, rising m mind ’ h e said, he felt justified that all acta were . ratified before 1 senior, and Martin Abbott, of Sene- in slgning measure, the official hour but that the en- ca, rising junior, wu elected inton Democratic will he h^d gRj^g^taent wureqSred torrtaryT Thursday evening, March 26, at 8 i’dSri the high ^ooi Off^m ^ ^ ^oumment . . “T 1 * “J,, hour in order to complete many de ter the coming two years will be elected at this time. H. L. Eichel- berger is president of the club. New Hours Announced By Service Stations complete many tails in connection with the large amount of work done on the last day.” Early Sunday morning Jefferies had gone to the engrossing depart ment and had found portions of the ERSKINE CHOIR TO SING HERE SUNDAY Ladies Night For Lions Club April. 10 The annual ladies night of Lions club will be staged at the the The Erskine college choir will give annory April 10, it has been an- a sacred concert of psalm anthems nounced by E. M. Timmerman, chair- at the Thorn we 11 Memorial church man °* committee on arrange- deficiency appropriation bill still in Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. The ments. He is assisted by Dr. Duncan At a meeting of service operators of the city Tuesday it was agreed to open from 7 am. to 7 pjifi Monday through Saturday and close all day Sunday in order to comply with the governrhent order to operate only 72 hours 4 week. In a commercial announcement in today's paper proprietors of the sta tions ask the cooperation of the pub lic In observing these hours. I some of the station writers. stenographers’ type- concert will be given under the aus- Felder ahd W. M. Walker. pices of the local Associate Reformed • ■» Jefferies said the house journal Presbyterian church. C'hrictmnc CaaI CmIa indicated that the acts were ratified The choir is a capable musical or- ! Z' JCai •KIlw at 11:45 p. m. “It therefore seems ganization, giving concerts each year ReOCHeS High FlQUrO that the ratifications were properly in Virginia, North and South Caro- * * m had in line with well established cus toms.” ; 4. Joe Donnan of Charleston, spent in its concerts, the week-end with his mother, Mrs. I The public is cordially invited to J. H. Donnan. ! | be present. Una and Georgia, and the rendition > Christinas Seal sales in Laurens Sunday is expected to measure up to county for 1941 reached $3,100, it has the high standard the choir has set been announced by Charles W. Coker, state chairman of the drive. Total sales for the $112,72836. state amounted to