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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable j 3hf tEUntmi If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XU I Ginton, S. C., Thursday, July 2, 1942 Number 27 ENTRIES CUBED TUESDAY NOON ‘ FOR COUNTY RACES I THE WAR TODAY List of Candidates Smaller Than Two fears Ago. Five for House. To Arrange Itinerary. When the time for the entry of candidate! cloaed Tuesday at noon, a smaller number than usual had qualified to enter the August pri mary. In the house race there are five candidates, C. L. Milam and Walter Martin of die present delegation, of fering for re-election. Charles 7. Brooks of Gray Court, and John M. Ross of Goldville were last-minute entries. Probate Judge J. Hewlette Wasson and County Superintendent of Edu cation J. Leroy Burns are without opposition. Following is the complete county ticket as it stood when the entry list Slashing attacks by Japanese in vaders gain more ground in Eastern Kiangsi province; Chinese expect as sault on Fulien. closed: Joseph R. Bryson. ' House of Representatives Walter L. Martin, C. L. Milam, James H. Sullivan, Chas. F. Brooks, John M. Ross. Auditor Robert C. Wasson, Miss Jennie V. Culbertson. T. Lane Monroe, Sam M. Lea man. Robert L. Teague, Lander B. Stod dard,* Bennie B. Blakely, John H. Wharton. • Judge of Probate J. Hewlette Wasson. S9t. of Education J Leroy Burns County E. 7. Anderson, J. Herman Power, J. A. Guthrie. Game Warden A. B. Jacks, W. M. Burts, M. A. Cannon, W. R. Moore. Magistrate Magistrate at Laurens — R. M. Brownlee. Magistrate at Clinton—J. H. Seay, C. H. McCrary. Magistrate at Mountville — J. L. Dickert. Magistrate Jacks township — A. I. Dixon. Magistrate Cross Hill—J. H. Bry son, J. C. Wells. Magistrate Scuffletown—W.. P. Ab ercrombie, Roy L. Harris, Henry Lawson. ^ Magistrate Youngs — J. H. Aber crombie. Magistrate Dials—R. A. Hellams. Magistrate Sullivan — J. R. Buz- hardt Magistrate Waterloo — C. Y. Cul bertson. The county executive committee is expected to meet within the next few days with the qualified candidates and arrange a speaking itinerary pre ceding the August primary. Swift Nazi units press forward in Egypt to within 100 miles of Alex andria; U. S., Tree Trench, New Zealand reinforcements stiffen Brit ish resistance. 4_ Quarter million Axis siege / and shocktroops beaten back by defend ers of Sevastopol; German offensive bogs down on Kursk front RAT again dumps tons of bombs on Bremen, North Sea U-boat base which London says no Yd in same plastered condition as Cologne, Em- den and Rostock. Congress approves $42,820,000,000 war expenditures bill for U. S. GOLDVILLE BOY , TAKES PART IN CHURCHILL SHOW A Goldville boy, Lieut. Alex Craw ford, took a prominent part in the big “army show” at Tort Jackson last Wednesday staged for Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Eng land who slipped to Columbia from Washington to view some of Ameri ca’s growing military might at close range. During the hour Churchill was present for the .spectacular demon stration, Lieut. Crawford dropped twenty-one paratroops from his 12- ton plane. He carries with him a co pilot, navigator, engineer, and ma chine gunner. Lieut. Crawford, who recently re ceived his “wings” was immediately assigned to Kellogg field. Battle Creek, Michigan, in the air transport command. He is now constantly on the “wing” and has no particular destination. Mrs. Belle M. Crawford, mother of the young aviator, and sister, Miss Margie Crawford of Goldville, spent two hours with their son and broth er at the home of a sister, Mrs. C. E. Breitinger, in Columbia, following the big show. The Flog That Democracy Unfurled Waves A Challenge To the Axis On This Fourth of July. JOANNA EMPLOYES GIVEN PAY FOR VACATION WEEK The 1,000 employes of Joanna Tex tile Mills, Goldville, will observe Sat urday, July 4, as a holiday. The plant will close Triday afternoon at S o’clock to resume operation Monday morning. The Joanna Mills, as last year, will not follow the usual custom of clos ing their plants next week to give all employes a week’s vacation with pay, Manager W. A. Moorhead stated yes terday. , . TAXES FOR WAR MAY POSTPONE PRIVATE DEBTS Budget for New Year To Require/ 77 Billions. 19 Billion Deficit for Past Year. Washington, June 30.—A new fts- — . .... ... ... _ ,,cal year began tonight with a war interruption, with the employe, 1 bu ^«' t ” hu *' *“* th * tr “’ ur * being paid for their week’s work, | r * lse< ! Possibility that citizens and in addition given full pay for may have to ** r iven a moratorium the usual week’s vacation which is omitted. The distribution amounting to $20,000, will be made week after next and will go to all employes who have been connected with the mills continuously To? the' past twelve months beginning with the first Mon day in July of last year. SPARTANBURG RITES FOR E. D. BYERS Brooks Announces For Legislature Sullivan Announces For Legislature James H. Sullivan, well known Laurens attorney and former mem ber of the legislature, today announc es his candidacy for the legislature in the primaries to be run off this summer. Mr. Sullivan served three terms in the legislature, retiring in 1930 to offer for attorney general of the state. “The only platform I offer right now," he said, “is to support the war effort I have a desire to serve my county in the legislature and hope that ! shall be elected.” Chas. F. Brooks, former superin tendent of education, announces his candidacy for the legislature in to day’s paper. Mr. Brooks ran for the legislature four years ago and was in the second race. He was in the race again two years ago and missed the second race by a narrow margin. Mr. Brooks said that he will stand for economy this year as he has done in the past “This is a time,” he said, “when state and county taxes should be watched because of the heavy federal taxes. The war must be won and it will take sacrifices to do it” “With my past experience in busi ness and public affairs, I feel that I am well qualified to be of service to the county and state,” Mr. Brooks said. Funeral services for Edward Davis Byers, Sr., 74, of Spartanburg, father of Mrs. J. Henderson Pitts, Jr., of this city, were conducted Monday afternoon in that city. Mr. Byers, who has visited in Clinton on many occasions, was pleasantly known here by a number CUMMINGS ORDERED TO WEST COAST Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hill Cummings, professor of military sci ence and tactics at Presbyterian col lege, left yesterday for the West coast where he was ordered to report for active troop duty. The place of his assignment was not announced. Lieutenant Colonel Paul D. Strong STORES TO OBSERVE NEXT MONDAY AS FOURTH HOLIDAY A large majority of the stores and business houses of the city will close Monday, July 6th, for the celebra tion of Independence day, according to a petition circulated by the Cham ber of Commerce and freely signed. Because of the Monday closing, announcement is made that business firms will remain open all day on lead 6f the Wednesday, the 8th, instead usual half-holiday. The Lydia and Clinton Cotton Mills of this city, will close Saturday for the Fourth. The Joanna plants at Goldville, will also close for the day’ The post office, under a special order of the postmaster general, will ^ . of Savannah, Qa., who recently was of friends and acquaintances. He. sen t here by the war department, was bom April 21, 1868, in Union j w jij become commanding officer of county and for the past 50 years had the R.O.T.C. unit. been a resident oi Spartanburg^ For. Colonel Cummings came to the col-1 remain open all day on the Fourth, 25 yeare he was state * lege in 1937 as assistant to Col. Rob- with only rural deliveries omitted. tJn ?° P . ..m.Tw’** E. Wysor. In th, summer o! 1»38| No special celebratien in the city company, but had been ^ he was promoted to the position of {has been planned. Several nearby W u S %v! er ^ r commandant, and in the fall of 1940, barbecues have been announced and Methodist church, Chi Phi frater nity, Masonic order, and was edu- was promoted to the rank of lieu-! large crowds are expected to spend — - j .. ...... . TT ■ tenant-colonel. Several months ago|both Saturday and Monday on ftsh- cated in the public schools at Umon jhe volunteered his irvices to the ing trips and other recreational out- and Wofford college. jwcr department for active duty.- lings. Mr. Byers is survived by three j Mrs. Qummings and children will; For the Fourth a <|puble-header daughters, Mrs. Pitts of this city,' remain in the city and will occupy baseball schedule has been announc- Mrs. James D. Nelson of Inglewood, their handsome new home now un- California, and Mrs. S. N. Connally of Miami, Fla.; three sons, W. Mag- ness Byers of Miami, Edward D. Byers, Jr., of Columbia, and Kenneth G. Byers of Freeport, New York; and der construction on Maple street as soon as it is completed. Presbyterians Omit Evening Services Local School Trains Pilots For Air Corps The session of the First Presbyte rian church last week decided to discontinue Sunday evening services until the first of September. • Open air Sunday vespers at Pres byterian college have been announc ed for the summer at 6:30, with the Tint Presbyterian congregation in vited to attend the services. Chronicle Office To Charles C. Giles, operator of Giles Flying Service at the local airport, yesterday received official notice CIOSO J lily, 4th from the government that his school is among those selected by the army for enrollment and training of stu dents preparatory to entering the army air corps. Mr. Giles is assisted in the school by Leon Cnftnp. Presbyterian collage will act as sponsor where , ground school will be held. Enrollment, ground and flight school YvilT begin immediately-, Mr. Giles states. The Chronicle will observe Satur day, July 4th, as a national holiday. The plant will be closed for the day. Miss Workman Resigns As School Principal Miss Irene Workman, principal of orkla Street sdhool the past two art and a seventh grade instructor, is resigned the nrincipalship for e coming year, it is understood, but in continue as a member of the venth grade staff. Miss Workman has been connected ith Florida Street school for several ars and is recognized by patrons, one of the most capable teachers, the school system. No announcement as the principal th\ school for the year has been ade oy the Dr.’ L. Roes Lynn left Tuesday lor Montreat, N. C„ to spend several days with Ms family. i DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE SO TAR THIS TEAR THERE HAS BEEN 1 FATALITY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’S Strive To Make 1942 s Safe Year On ike fiighwajn. This data jeer, 7 Dr. Blalock Mode 6ne brother, J. Gunning Byers of| Army Medical Major Lane in this state. • _ • His wife, Mrs. Sallie Magness By ers, preceded him to the grave on March 15, 1939. 513 Youths Registered Local Board By The local draft board had a total of 513 of its younger male popula tion registered for selective service when the fifth registration day closed Tuesday night Included in the group are the 18- Walter Local friends will rearm with in terest that Dr. George R. Blalock of this city has been promoted from the rank of cajptaii^ to major in the U. S. army. Major Btalock is attached to the 178th Field! Artillery, Camp Blanding, ed in the Mid-Carolina textile league. In the morning Clinton Mills will play Joanna at Goldville, and River- dale will meet Buffalo at Union. In the afternoon at 4 o’clock Joanna will play Clinton Mills on the local diamond, and Buffalo will match Riyerdale at Enoree. AUTOISTS TO SIGN Uf ON JULY 9-11 Columbia, July 1. — The state of- _ , ... Ace of price administration said to- FTa. He enteredvservice in January, day South Carolina automobile own- 1941, and \mtil^ recently was sta- e rs would register for basic A gaso- M ' ““ “ line ration cards July 9-11 at school sites. tioned at member of partment de Iragg, N. C., as a le \l78th medical de chmRnt. year-olds bom on or before June 30, 1924, and after January 1, 1922. No national lottery will immedi ately be held for these youths, na tional selective service headquarters mi Goes To Novol School Walter Beems the Thomwell I i, superintendent of or] Manage poultry has announced, since the selective plant, left yestprdaflj fofj New York service act only calls for 20-year-olds to be inducted into military service. Large Sugar Users Can Get Blanks Here In announcing the new dates — twice previously other dates had been announced — the office urged motorists to form car pools to con serve gasoline and tires. Persons applying after the initial registration dates for basic or addi tional allotments will be required to show that they either are in a pool, or are getting the maximum possible benefit from their cars. Local rationing boards may deny on their private debts so that they will be able to pay commensurate taxes. . ’ - The budget for the new year calls for the spending of $67,000,000,000 for direct war activities; about $8,- 000,000,000 more for other govern mental programs, and $4,000,000,000 for financing governmental corpor ations primarily engaged ia supple menting the war effort. Against this proposed cash outlay of approximately $77,000,000,000, tax receipts from existing statutes would provide anly about $17,000,000,000. A new tax bill now pending in the house ways and means committee is designed to raise about $6,000,000,000 a year. At the turn of the fiscal year, Ran dolph E. Paul, tax advisor to the treasury, made public a memoran dum to congress in which he said that the problem of drastic tax in creases upon persons who- spend a large part of their income to pay debts, particularly to buy homes, “could be dealt with from a wider point of view by some sort of more or less general moratorium on debt payments, at least for home awners.” Paul explained that this was not a recommendation, and he wrote the memorandum merely in response to congressional requests for suggestions on possible means of granting relief to persons with heavy private debts. The size of the budget for the new fiscal year overshadowed the fact that the old year, which ended to night, set a new record for expendi tures, revenues, deficit, fcnd debt. Exact figures will not be available until later in the week, but the treas ury revealed that from July 1, 1941, through June 27, 1942, it spent $31,- 941,675,387 for all governmental pur poses, including $25,586,462,338 for direct war activities. Taxes and other revenues in the same period totaled $12,696,936,089, leaving a deficit of $19,244,739,298. The deficit was made up through the sale of about $6,006,000,000 of war bonds and about $14,000,000,000 of regular treasury securities, all adding to the public debt. On June 27, the treasury owed both for itself and governmental corporations a rec ord total of $76,586,076,103. By this time next year, the treasury expects to owe about $125,000,000,000—which is the current sUtutory debt limit. House debate on the measure brought a renewal of attacks on Leon Henderson, the price administrator, his methods. Administration and Cafes, hotels, boarding houses, candy makers, institutions and other bulk sugar users may obtain blanks the service for July by calling on C. W. Ander- where he was ordeifd tjb report to day to enter the nai ’ fel reserve train ing school for ^ special bourse. E, R. Knox of thp city, formerly | additional motor fuel to any appli- connected with; the orphanage, has cant who has neglected to take ad- been secured bjr the executive com-(vantage of ride-sharing possibilities, mittee to take ovet the supervision; the OPA said. of the dairy and poultry plant due' to the entering of Mr. Beeman into XUI aiuij UJ calling VII V*. - j son, member of the county ration 56 White Mel To </ 4 4Wtc« fj T- ; Til >. ft i I board, he stated yesterday. By this arrangement it will not be necessary for those included on this list to go to Laurens to file their applications. Mr. Anderson further stated that those filing application with him must furnish a copy of their last allotment blanks. Be Galled In Lakeside Club Elects Officers local for/56 white BANKS TAKE FOURTH M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, and the Commercial Depository will ob serve Saturday, July 4, as a holiday. Il as of fo forces, however, successfully staved off an effort to make a further cut in Henderson’s appropriation. He origi- nllly requested $200,000,000, which was reduced to $75,000,000 by the time the house appropriations com mittee had acted on the measure. It’wtfs estimated that since Janu ary, congress had appropriated a to tal of $133,852,000,000, not counting the agricultural'department bill and the supplemental defense appropri ation measure, far and away the big gest total for a like period in the nation's history. RATION SIGN-UP FOR CAR OWNERS The dates of the second gasoline rationing registrations in this county and elsewhere, have been fl*ed as July 9, 10 and 11, the county Ration ing board has announced. On these three days registration will take place at the schools of the AS PROPHET PREDICTS E AS PROPHEt PREDCTS D OF EN At the annual business meeting of Lakeside Country club held last t Wednesday evening at the clubhouse, hai; received. J. H. Inman of Laurens, was elected trants during president for the coming year. The July/ forfinduction into new president succeeds H. L, Eich- elberger of this city. H. D. Payne of . 18, Will in- this city, was elected vice-president. (roVin^v ^ « . imilar caU for The new officers and the following; istrat iL. In £der to secure gas 21 * \ compose the new board of directors: i non- car owners » 5 J , for the tWo C. W. Anderson, H. L Eichelberger . 5 ed f ral been completed, it and R. C. Adair of this city, C. T. draft headquarters; Tleming and R. H. Roper, both of Laurens. *At a subsequent meeting of the board of directors, Carl Davis of Laurens, was re-elected secretary- treasurer and Trank Templeton su-, perintendent of grounds. Statisticians have used figures for now a prophet comes forward with his point Itt predicting the end of the become true or not is not so much interesting. FIGURES AND If you are a good mathematician its of arguments and deductions to prove aether his predictions but these figures are lout following table may The Gentrys Move To Colhoun Foils < mean the end of the war in 1$42: j FDJt Chi irehii •sL» Mussolini Hitler Date of birth 1882 i 3 873 1879 1883 1889 Year came Into power .... 1933 ] 94&I 1924 1922 1933 Number years in power .... .... • 1 2 18 20 9 Aen mm*m •••« •••• »•••' •••• •••• — 60 69 63 99 53 ■■■ '■ —— —— ." ... __ •••• *••• •••• 5884 » 3884 3884 3894 3884 Divided by 1 — .... — — — 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 Mr. and Mrs. John B. Gentry, Jr., left Tuesday for Calhoim Falls in Abbeville county, where they will make their future home. Mr. Gentry has been glrincipal of the loc^i high school for the past three years. In April he resigned the position to become superintendent of the Calhoun Falls schools effec tive July first. ' , During their stay here the Gentrys have made many friends whose best wishes will follow than as they leave the city. . . * . stickers purchased from b post office and state highway department regis tration cards. , * C. W. Anderson, a member of the board, stated yesterday that the reg istration centers at the schoolhouses will be open from 9 to 1, and 2 to 6 p.m. All teachers, regardless of where they teach, and other interested citi zens who will volunteer their services, are asked to meet at the local, high school next Tuesday afternoon, July 7, at 5 o’clock, to familiarize them selves with the new regulations. Schools in this community where gas users may register are Lydia. Academy Street, Clinton high school and Joanna at Goldville. County Bond Quota $93,400 For July The July quota of war bond and stamp sales for Laurens county, an nounced yesterday, was placed at $93,400, a. substantial increase over the quota set for June. v .• .