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HBB ■HEMB TKursdoy, Moy 14,1942 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE; CLINtON, S. C. Page Sever LYDIA MILLS NEWS FOR THE WEEK Ed Fuller Is spending s few dajs in Greenville With relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Broome and ed Mrs. Evelyn Webb and Mrs. Sallie Smith in Dublin, Ga., Sunday. Miss Evelyn Caldwell was the week-end guest of Miss Mary Bag- well in Mountville. Romie McLendon was the week end guest»of his sister in Mt Vernon, Ga. Mrs. Sam Hairston and Mrs. Louise HIGH COURT BARS SANTEE-COOPER PURCHASE PUN children of Whitmire, visited Mr. and 1 Columbia, May 12>-The state su- vfra a km RKnmat* RnnHa* i Wn^it visited their parents, Mr. and preme court granted a permanent in daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Griffin, . in sanlee-Cooper hydroelectric hnd nav^Xchildren and he has 11. his old lady Mrs. A. M. Shumate Sunday. Alvin Williams of Norfolk, Va., is spending a few days with Mr. and Mm. T. a Williams. Mrs- Alma Harvey, Miss Maude Harvey, and Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Hr- .ris visited Mac Davenport in Fount- . ain Inn Sunday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Milton King of Greenville, visited Mr.' and Mrs. Grover Jackson Sunday. Mr. and Mm. R. E. Whitmire spent Sunday in Fountain Inn with rela tives. Miss Beatrice Wilson of Clinton, was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Blackwell. Mr. and Mm. Clyde Trammell vis ited relatives in Whitmire Sunday. Mrs. Grover Jackson visited her mother, Mrs. J. H. Roberts, in Union Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Davis on Sunday visited Mr. and Brown. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Clark visited Mrs. Clark’s mother, Mrs. Lou Clark, in Loris on Sunday. Mr. and Mm. Walt Kirby were Sunday guests of John Kirby in Lau rens. Mm. Virginia Greer visited Mm. Ben Richey in Clinton Sunday. Roy, Grady, and Ralph McKittrick and Lumas Lyda visited Misses Stella and Sallie Ann Duckett on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Duckett and| children visited Mr. and Mm. For rest Benjamin Sunday in Laurens. Mr. and Mm. S. W. Rowell and children of Anderson, were Sunday guests of Mr, and Mm. S.*J. Hunter. Mr. and Mm. G. W. Stewart and family visited Mr. and Mm. Otto Stewart in Clinton Sunday. Ithiel Harvey of Shepherd Field, Texas, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harvey, during the week. Mr. and Mm. Paul Wilson of Lau rens, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. McManus of NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE SUGAR TROUBLE mr. henry morgan thaw, seeker-terry of the treassure, Washington, d. c. Mm. L. V. Marsh, in Lake City the; junction, today restraining the South pa f^ w^k-end. ^ [Carolina public service authority deer *i r: Mm. Dorroh Hairston and daugh- > from buying the approximately $40,- < when we registered for sugar a few ter, Miss Gaynelle Hairston, visited 000,000,000 properties of the South d*7* ago, mr. slim chance, M*** R* T. Hellams, in OrMnwood Carolina Electric and Gas company out 2 of his children and I / „ -. „ „ j and the Lexington Water Power com- Misses Annie Huff and Gadys Sat- nahy. terfield visited MisfTIuffs aunt in, i n a 8RIEFS.. ABOUT KOPU YOU KNOW Week-End Trips Visitors with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe {Burgesa. Also visiting Mr. and Mrs. ; Burgess were Mr. and Mm. Roy Bur gess and son, Roy, of Panama City, Fla., and Mr. and Mm. J. T. Brown of Greenville. Friends of Robert McLees will be interested to know he has been called by the Columbia draft board for mili tary service and reported yesterday Mr. and Mm. Olin Shealy, Jr., andiat Fort Jackson. Mm. O. I. Sheely, were visitors ini Miss Elizabeth Barnes had Greenville four-to-one decision, the court •r~, t left he wants . _. - v . HP as her Tu^***!- week-end guests the following girl* Mm. Irby Hipp on Sunday visited who attended the Pan-Hellenic danc- her sister. Mm. Mary ODonell, who er at the college: Misses Rhett Stev- is a patient at a Columbia hospital, ens. Bennettsvilie; Nelle Mayes, Wal- Ue. N. them corrected, he failed to count his son, tookjes, and his darter, hadda,! Mr Mr _ w j Cnw% mnt halla; Helen Hawkins, and unless you come to their aid, theyj Sund ; y ^ Spartanburg with Mrs. C.; Gwendolyn Barnes, A ^ r | mmm mm — —— — ^ i ouncisy in opartanDurE with Mr*. Vr • , ^ r Elberton, Ga., during the week-end. held that the authority, created by will have to go without sugar endpr- Crewi » parents, Mr and Mm Frank S* 1 " 1 * Swink, Seneca; M Mm. J. A. Mills visited her grand- the state ta supervise the $57,000,000 ing the duration, he put in only 9 |Bobo , % man, Walhalla, all studen iucrht»r Mrs IViT-nthv firifftn in a.. a-< i a t a_j- a okil/lawn on/i Vta Via. 11 kl* nlW ToaIw Mr. and Mix. Robert Dugan and f 011 ***. Greenwood, and igation project in lower South Caro- ‘ is raving mad about him overlooking son| Robert, of Columbia, Mr. and beth Avinger of Holly Hi: Laurens Sunday. Mr. and Mm. Charles Tathan and hn*' not empowered under the the two above named. Ed Godfrey of Greenwood, visited enabling act of 1934 to purchase ort Mr. and Mm. Matt Davis on Sunday, acquire the plants and facilities” of' plese take this up with the o.pm. Mr. and Mm. Leroy Davis and | the companies, which included the J and the w.p.b. and have them all put children were week-end guests tfjbig Lake Murray power plant, pow- on notis that mr. chance must have Mr. and Mm. Blaim Grogens in er generating and distributing facili- 2 more tickets for his kids, he hopes ties in Columbia and the city bus you all don’t think they should dojents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Vaughn,'Sr., land! the past week-end. . ' v I Mr. (tiHMTflto. it c. Mr. ami.Mm. J. H. Robinson and franchise here. .without sugar, mm. art square has daughter, of Greer, visted Mr. and) Mayor F. B. Creech of Sumter, lat- 1 100 lb. in her corn-crib and 50 lb. Mm. David Bledsoe and son, Carroll, at Columbia college, of Greenwdod, were Sunday guests > Capt. and Mm. John Wallace Cope- of Mr. and Mm. Dennis Sowers and land of Turner field and /Albany, Ga., Mm. L. M. -Dugan. spent a few days this wkek with the Mr. and Mm. Raymond Clary of former’s mother. Mm. Dave W. Cope- Spartanburg, visited the latter’s par- land, and sister, Min Elizabeth Cope- Mr. and Mm. F. E. Brown and family visited Mr and Mm. Boyd Grant in Whitmire‘Sunday. Mr. and Mm. Cecil Glenn and son, Conway, of Greenwood, and Johnny Surratt of Panama City, Fla Whitmire, Egu-l Jeanette Bridwell, and Mr. and Mm. Barbee visited - Mr. and Mm. M. C. Smith on Sunday. Miss Lillian Thomas, Mrs. Velma Wilkes and Mm. Ruby Thomas visit- W. J. Dabbs Sunday. Mr. and Mm. Roy Sanders were week-end guests of relative* Ja Pick ens. Mr. and Mm. Chatfie James visit ed Mm. James’ mother in Lowndes- ville on Sunday. We. the nndemigned. hereby notmee ourselves as candidates for Kw offioes over onr names and pledge ourselves to abide by the ratee and of the city FOR MAYOR P. 8. BAILEY Mr. and Mm. Claude Willard. Mm. J. A. Robinson on Sunday. . > er joined by counties, school districts under her bed and she got tickets fon spent Sunday in Concord, N. C., with Mr- ^Mra A. C. Caldwell and and individuals, had asked the courts all of her younguns and included her j the former’s parents, Mr. and Mm. "" ™ to forbid the proposed sale. grampaw and grammaw who stays, r. v. Blackwelder. Chief Justice Milledge L. Bonham,with them off and on. is that fair to; MissLurlie Bonham in a dissenting opinion held that “a permanent injunction should be de nied,” but the majority opinion of Justice E. L. Fishbume prevailed. Mrs Bud Misses Mary Williams and Virginia Sharpton visited Mr. and Mm. E. W. Shirley in Seneca on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Hamm and Mm. Mattie Taylor of Goldville vis ited Mr. and Mm. Paul Taylor Sun day. * Mr. and Mm. Leslie Austin and son, Bruce, and Mm. Pauline Law-,^ stakes and Circuit Judge L. son visited relatives in Cross Keysiude acting associate justice. Sunday. i ^ Mm. G. A. Wilson and children of j —i.. '.n Bath, and Theron McCrary of Chest-' a Private CHisen Speaks His Mind er, visited Mm. Hallie Campbell the past week-end. • Mr. and Mm. J. B. Reeder and the chances? mm. chance has benn pulling her and Mm. H. H. Anderson of R. N. Blackwelder pnd son. Buddy, Dillon, were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ellis and Mm. Dill B. Ellis. Mr. and Mm W. B. Lynn and sons have returned from Bradenton, Fla, where they spent the past few months. Mrs. Bob Duckett of Whitmire, was Shealy spent the week end at her home in Newberry. Friends of Miss Clyde Smith will regret to know she is a patient at the hair ewer since slim returned back; orphanage Lesh infirmary. Mm. Helen the guest Monday of Miss Sallie Concurring with Fishbume were Jus-!from the schoU house with 2 tickets Dorroh ot Kershaw, is substituting, Wright and Mm. Zee McLees. tices D. Gordon Baker and Taylor; short, she newer could put much de- as matron of the HoUingsworth home Mr. and Mm. W. H. Shands have Spectator Comments family visited relatives in Newberry On MGR Cind THinOS Sunday. pendence in slim: he forgets to do jeverthing except eat and smoke and sleep and loaf, sb^has thought sev- | veral times of getting a divorce but McCormick, in Orangeburg’ ishe thinks mebbe it would hurt the {standing of her childrens, but this sugar thing is the last straw, she will newer depend on him* again for an- nything. during Miss Smith’s illness. | returned from a few days’ visit with Mm. J. C. Pace spent the week-end their daughter, Mrs. T. P. P. Carson, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. and Mr. ^Carson in Greenville. Mm. Shands was the guest of Henry J. Mr. and Mm. E. P. Little and Winn Tuesday at the annual Rotary daughter, Miss Margaret Little, of luncheon honoring mothers. Greenwood, were guests of relatives, Mr. and Mrs. T. Y. Harris of Ste- here Sunday. phens, Ga.*, are visiting Miss Maude, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Shealy spent Pearson. Sunday in Columbia with the for- Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Holland of De- do what you can to get cards for mer ' s s i s ter, Mrs. J. M. Doster, and troit, Mich., spent a few days last the above childrens, they are kind of ^j r Doster. . *! week with the former’s grandpar- as it is and without sugar,, Friends of Mrs. John Norris, who ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Holland, and I picked up a hitch-hiker recently. He was a bit down at the heels and was standing by the road appealing weekly _____ for a rkie. The bu* was due to pass; mm. charfee says their Wood.streamsTCtotr^s"ii«e: A.‘'c.*Hoi£nc[ of and the fare was about seventy-three will soon dry up and they will see j or several weeks, will be glad to Trenton, also visited his parents dur- were|cents. As we rode he told me that he spots in front of their eyeballs, they know she is improving ing the week Sunday guests of Mrs. HaUie Camp-j had been making more than $57 a are strong new-dealers: if you don’t: Miss Frances Leonard spent the Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bethea-have beU. ;week in Florida and had received do something for them at once, mn. week-end with her parents, Mr. and returned to their home in Winston- Mr. and Mm Mansell BndweU of,$175 for the previous three weeks, chance will go oyer yore head to mm. Mr ^ A w Leonardi m Reidville. Salem. N. C. after a visit to Mrs. Honea Path, visited their dauirhter. 1 R.»t h* was hitrh-hik.n*' How much Elinor rnsov-velt she has childrens Mrs R M Crooks spent Sunday Bethea s mother, Mrs. J. Rhett Cope- should a, man earn in order to be willing to pay his way? He was an agreeable man to have on the ride. He talked continuously and became somewhat revealing. Said he “I’d ruther have $20 or $25 a week j at home than $60 a long way off on and she knows what sugar means to j n Newben-y with her parents, Mr. land. them, rite or foam yores trulie mike lark, rfd, constituent. THE GOVERNMENT IS ASKED TO COME ACROSS special contract jobs. After paying Friends of Mm. Dora Harris will board it goes like the wind.” Why? mr. henry morgan thaw, be interested to know she was pre- Board may be high; I know of single seeker-terry of the treassure, sented a vase of flowers Sunday at men who pay as high as $42 a month Washington, d. c. the Baptist church for being the old- for a room—ordinary room at that, deer sir: est mother present. Mm. Lucille McMinn of Spartan- and Mm. L. F. Fischer. } Mm. Guy C. Pitts has returned from a several weeks’ visit with her sons, Joe V. Pitts in Porterdale, Ga, and Guy C. Pitts in Atlanta. J Friends of Mrs, W. E. Monts will regret to know she is ill at the home will visit Clinton Saturday, May 16, of her brother. Dr. O. L. Miller, in to interview young men who are in* Army Mobile Station Coming Saturday — 1 ^ ‘ An army mobile recnRting station Charlotte, N. C. Mm. Allie Hamilton FOR ALDERMAN Ward One HUGH RAY POSEY W. COPELAND Ward Two PET B. ADAIR Ward Four P. BL BOLAND W. L. EVANS JOHN H. CRANFORD PERRY Lb WILBURN W. T. GREGORY “UNCLE BUD” OWENS BENNIE LEE SUMERAL Ward Six THEODORE QUEEN J. W. HEDSPETH ROY L. TRAMMEL terested in aviation as a career. Th* of Abbeville, U. S. army now needs thousands of _ . . . . .. ’ spent the week-end with relatives at young men for the world’s finest avi- But that is only $10 a week, though mr. slim chance, jr, insured his ^ orphanage. ation training as cadets. Young men k i w . high enough “in all conscience. Al- cotton crop with the go/verment. ho j. D r r ^ Pool of Birmingham, who have reached their 18th birthday bur«, visited Mr. Kid Mn. J. A.jtowint *10 a weekfor meete. thrt » now reddy to colMct he won t mrte Au wa , ^ , , lrw d and ^ who U jfS MiU, on Sunday leaves this men $37 a week - tor anny crop a-tall rt ia not hla fault. 0l hls ^ Mrs R s Qw- good physical cond tlon. married or Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Mason of At-,what? And at the end of the job he he fixed up his land, he planted his M n—l > sinele ar# WMt ; eod.guesU 0f + h*a .nothing. He J«;i coming back.cottonmeds early, her fertylized the, ^ riend , 0( Mn. May D. Frowein.' Xpptk^o Zdu lor aviation cw- with money in his pocket to help sod his cotton come up o.k. and the kitchen matr0 n at Thomwell orphan- det and regular army training may those who have ‘carried on here, frost killed it bythc time it poked ^ f or jb e p^t six yearn, will.be in- be obtained from the station \ On the contrary, he is coming back to its buds out of the ground, he had live on them until something turns nothing to do with the frost, up Candidates Announcements We, the undemlgned. Hereby an- slves aa candidates for the offices over oar names aad pledge ourselves to abide by the rules and results of the Democratic Mm. Furman Holcombe of Camden, had her tonsils removed at Hays hos pital Monday. 1 Friends of Mm. Clee Satterfield will regret to know she underwent an operation on Wednesday at Hays hospital. Births Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Grant of Whit mire, announce the birth of a son, Charles Boyd, May 6. Mm. Grant is the former Miss Nina Brown of this community. Mr. and Mm. Howard Barnes an nounce the birth of a son, William •Ahthony, Saturday, May 9. Mm. Barnes before marriage was Miss Sybil Shumate. Birthdays Mm. J. A. Black, Jr, observed her birthday May 5. • Friday was the birthday^ of Mm. a fter yearn. Twenty yearn from now J. A. Black, Sr. Bobby Dawton which the public terested to know she has resigned her will be located here on position and leaves today for Spar- square all day Saturday. , ..... tanburg where she will make her —— —■ as soon as mr. chance saw that the futu ^* home - SUBSCRIBE TO THB CHRONICLB cold weather had killed his cotton, | Lt Tench p of Cam p Croft 1 —■ - ' . ■ ■ is spending a ten-day furlough with I met a one-armed man recently We talked about the war. He said, he borried some cottonseeds and „ _ _ “You know. I’d like to get into the planted it over it has not come uP| his *£ 1 £2 f Mr and J M m. Robert S. . —_ « . - .v >—>• »--• yet and the seeds died of old age in 0 1T 0 T , ih« ground. . feller who need to work . at the county .agent’s offia examined J his crop, and he said that he mought ,Dn! “ Shaw r '“ d ' Sun ' ter - as well quit and advised mr. chance to throw up the sponge and ask for a settlement, it is too late now to do anny thing. war; I could do a lot of things.” And of course he could. He is making a living now in outdoor work. After paying his respects to the Japs, he said something which appeals to ev ery man: “I’d like to be able to tell my kids what I did in the war.” And then he added, “Of course I guCss I’d add to it, you know, but it would now, mr. morgan thaw, i hate to Mm. Josephine Goodson Powers and small son of New York, were guests at the orphanage the past week-end. Mm. Joe Carter of Shelby, N. C, and Miss Ida Turner of Greenville, till next fall to pay mr. chance flr,^ 8 * Wri * ht and other be worth something to me, and they d h "IT ’ KuTuTere is no use to wait were guests Monday of Mrs. Zee Mc- be awful proud of me. I m sure they nurry you, out mere is no use 10 wau IT W1 __ c_ n ;_ , would. This war will bring about a great comradeship. Once a man has become a part of the service he feels the kin- his loss, he has done his part and he friends here. his celebrated birthday Sunday, May lO. A. C. Clark celebrated his birth day May 7. Birthday Dinner A birthday dinner was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Mills in honor of Charlie Estes, who had made a failure, he is insured on ‘[f™ 1 Duskin of Atlanta. Ga De- 9 akers at 197 lb. per aker on the *f itt Dusk * n ot Danville, Va, and Miss narritv nlan hi* rental rheck - Frances of Greenwood, were ship of the same aims and endeavors. pp , his 1 9 42 rental week-end guests of the former's sis- The greatest satisfaction comes in amicn. was ms, pms ms ishz reniai the lads of today wiU be the men of ! s 10 ge \^° 0 * normal produc- middle age and will teU their little boys .bout the w.r. Looking back ^ ' #7 *?• °* “S* 2 . T ^ : fl 88 er « out i h « Il » <l no pone' 1 when J"' “ """7 nu " , "« cor P s ' ' or ; ^ T to see the undersigned, and Br »“’ N - C ’ 'P*" 1 th « week-end fellowship, of rich companionship, | th ,_ ft no bil , that would be cherished beyond all thereroar left no toll, other considerations. mr . chance has Freddy turned his mule back to the libberty stable, allso check which ought to be 24$, and he Mrs - J’*’ _ ' Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McCrary and J. C. Mobley, spent Sunday in Union with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mobley. Miss O. B. Burgess, second lieuten- 1 ant in the army nursing corps, Fort Motion Picture Entertainment . . has been designated as a war necessity. Come of ten . . relax . . forget your troubles. ‘TAKE A MOVIE VACATION” ...at the CASINO and BROADWAY THEATRES (See Prognun mi Page 2) You have known old Confederate celebrating birthday. Thirty-two friends relatives enjoyed the occasion. sixty-eighth! and Union soldi . ers to ask that th *y his govverment cow, and as he had ^ " I Wa 1 A wt A A 4 W A * • Pa AAA 41% AW A A __ X A. 1 _ X _ X and Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Black, Jr, cele brated their fourth wedding anniver sary yesterday, May 13. W. TAYLOR ADAIR W. Taylor Adair was long an ar dent member of the Men’s Wesley Class of Broad Street Methodist Church and when his health permit-. tad was alwarp present at the San dy morning sessions. While he was of a quiet nature and more or less reserved, he was always willing to do his part in any class or church work. He was a true Christian, a loyal church member, a loving husband be laid away in the uniform they wore forty or fifty years before. It was the thrill of a recollection of hardship, long marches, hunger, suf fering, danger—endured with a great company of men in their young man hood. The memory of it will lift every man from the dreary routine of com monplace living and make him feel anew the exhilirating pulsations of youthful spirit. T. B. Committee Announces Program For 1942-43 < The program committee ot^the Lau rens County Tuberculosis association has announced the program, to be carried out during the calendar year April 1942-43, in cooperation with not used the plow utinsels and crop implements to anny extent, he has left them under the shed on the e.ra. farm and'he now lives- on “e” street at the county seat, p.o. box 23. you may send his check direct to him and he will pay the undersigned his com mission. i am willing to trust him. yores trulie mike lark, rfd, new dealer, etc. God, in His wisdom, saw fit to re- 1 the county health department, as fol- love Taj Taylor Adair from his earthly lows: existence on February IT, 1942, and to call him to his everlasting heaven ly home. Therefore be it resolved by the class: First, that we bow to the will of God in his passing and promise to live better lives because we knew Mr. Adair in this life. Resolved also, that we devote a page in our records to the memory of Taylor Adair, that we send a copy of this tribute to his family, and that we submit a copy to The Clinton Chronicle for publication. W. H. Simpson, Joe W. Leake, J. Griffith, Committee. To carry oot a program of case work: Home visits to active cases, suspicious cases, contacts to active cases and any requests from doctors. Visits to patients in sanitorium so as to increase number of discharges, and help with problems, social and economic, work with the state voca tional rehabilitation service in ar ranging for vocational training after discharge. To continue monthly X-ray clinics if the hospital is able to maintain adequate personnel. To continue bi-monthly pneuotho- rax clinics. To off er every student in the senior classes, colored and white, a tubercu lin test, and arrange for the X-raying of all positive reactors. To visit as nearly as possible all schools at least once during the year,! making this an educational visit as wgll as a clinical one. To carry out an educational pro gram in schools, civic clubs and or ganizations. # * To offer to as many industries as possible, a tuberculin testing or masx X-raying program. t to cooperate with the health de partment in following up rejectees from the army due to lung envolv- ment. To cooperate with all agencies in terested in community improvement. * To cooperate in coordinating all groups health and welfare, in estab lishing a defense program. SAY. T SAW IT IN THE CHRON ICLE.-* THANK YOU. - BUYER MEETS SELLER JUST ARRIVED MILITARY and VICTORY STATIONERY />* ' JUST THE THING FOR THE MEN IN SERVICE Beautifully engraved in goM with Vetted States Army, Navy and Air Corps insignia. - 50 SHEETS AND 50 ENVELOPES —— $1.00 IN GIFT BOXES Victory Stationery for Men and Women. Sirtgle or Folded Sheet Truly a Handsome Gift! CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. 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