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I ’ % . V •* IHE CHRONttE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete # Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News ^ Volume XUI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 13, 1942 Number 33 LITTLE REFUGEES REACH U. S. SANCTUARY CITY GENERAL ELECIIOII TUESDAY The city general election tor the purpose of electing a mayor and six aldermen for a two-year period be ginning in September, will be held on next Tuesday, Augtist 18. , The polls will open at the city hall building at 8 a.m., and close at 4 Campaign Opens Friday Night 'BOARD GETS CALI FOR n WHITE MEN County Candidates To Be Heard Here In First Of Two Meetings. < U. S. MARINES KEEP TOEHOLDS GAINS) AGAINST NIPPONS * Clinton draft board No. 50 has re ceived a call to send 72 white men 1 to Fort Jackson on Sept. 7 for physi- j cal examinations and possible induc- 1 tion into the army under the selec- 1 live service system. Laurens county's 1942 political j it was stated at the office yester- pjm John p. Davis, R. J. Copeland campaign leading up to the first day that the September quota will) and George Turner have been ap- Democratic primary August 25 will, be made up largely of 20-year old; pointed as managers of the election, (open in this city Friday night, at men who registered on June 30th. Nominees of the June primary to which time candidates for county of-1 Questionnaires were sent ten days be voted upon are: Aces will be heard. The Chronicle ago to this group and are now being in Australia, Aug. 11.—United States Mayor: P. S. Bailey. was unable yesterday t9 ascertain. returned to the office for consider- landing forces held their footholds in Aldermen: Ward one, Hugh C. Ray; where the speaking will be held, 1 ation in making up next month’s the Solomon Islands tonight despite —j a— r» n * j-.-- j s - -*♦- m»«♦«■. »s«iw *- —^ ‘ . the force of Japanese counter-attack, and the entire Allied striking force 1 was pictured by an official spokes man as outpunching the Japanese. Allied Action Pictured As Outpunching Japs In Terrific Battle For Solomon Islands. General MacArthur’s Headquarters ward two, P. B. Adair; ward three, i whether in the city or Clinton Mills quota, j J. F. Jacobs; ward four, F. M. Bo- J community, land; ward five, “Uncle Bud” Owens;! This year’s abbreviated itinerary. pD|f*rc calls for only two meetings. One j rvJkJU week following the Friday night i TO BE RAISED speaking a similar meeting will be qw rtOftCD held in Laurens. The schedule was OT VJrA iwfll/CIl cut down this year by the executive children. 48 ef when left parents behind In the ttf war refugees whs reached their ship docked at Baltimore, HC Some of the 48 youngsters are ptetarsd packing away a good American lunch rival of the by the of retribution being visited upln relatives ,” the children are known only by their initials. Largest Cotton Crop Since 1937 Forecast Washington, Aug. 8.— The largest cotton crop since 1937 now appears In prospect with a preliminary esti mate by the department of agricul ture that production would total 13,- 085,000 bales. SOLDIER IS FOUND SHOT IN CITY . ♦ Wounded Mon Given First Aid At Local Hospital apid Rushed To Camp Croft. A soldier, tentatively identified as;P*£y three quarters of a miman j partment Army of the United States, !j ward six, J. W. Hedspeth. Dr. Delmor Rhome, Jr. Denied Army Service Dr. Delmar O. Rhame, Jr., of this city, has been notified by the War department that in reference to his “recent application for commission in the Medical Corps, Army of the United States, it is regretted that the report of physical examination sub mitted therewith revealed that you are physically disqualified for ap pointment." The communication continued,. “In asmuch as you have probably been in communication with the Procure ment and Assignment Service in the | "We are holding our own.” said Prime Minister Curtin in the first ; word from an official source in Aus- committee upon recommendation* of Washington. Aug- ll- Widespread [he^^rategi^* island the candidates. “adjustments” in food prices which ^ a e " slve m lhe strate « lc ,sland Official Given •. reportedly may boost the nation's “J The candidates for the county of- food bill about one and one-half per' He interpreted Admiral Ernest J. Office for Emergency Management, vyharton. fices are: r House of Representatives Walter L. Martin, C. L. Milam, James H. Sullivan, Chas. F. Brooks. Auditor Robert C. Wasson, Miss Jennie V. Culbertson. Treasurer T. Lane Monroe, Sam M. Leaman. Supervisor Robert L. Teague, Lander B. Stod dard, ! Bennie B. Blakely, John H. Washington, D. C., it was deemed ap propriate by this office to inform the Executive Officer of that agency of your fehysical disqualification for! duty with the Army. Your patriotic! Immediate effect of the forecast,' offer to serve with the Medical De- Private Walter D. Holcombe, 29, was found Tuesday at noon lying on the roadside near the armory suffering from a pistol bullet wound. He was rushed to Hays hospital where he bales above expecUtions In New ^ sincerely appreciated and has been York trade quarters, was to send fu-! ma de a matter of record,’ the letter) tures prices at New York and New'from the Surgeon General’s office' Orleans down nearly $2 a bale. I concluded. Shortly after announcement of the Judge of Prebate J. Hewlette Wasson. Supt. of Education J. Leroy Burns. ‘ County Commissioner E. F. Anderson, J. Herman Power, A. Guthrie. Game Warden cent will be authorized for retailers King’s preliminary announcement in and wholesalers by mid-September, Washington yesterday of losses on Price Administrator Leon Henderson both sides in the developing land, announced today. i** a an <J a * r flfcbt as indicating that However, he w.med. until the new Al "^ **' ns 50 1,1 had <‘ rea,1 r ,)ut - OPA formula is worked out to relieve i we, « nea 1 °** e *- a price “squeeze” on hundreds of! It was disclosed, meanwhile, that food items, prices must remain at American troops exclusively were in- the March levels fixed by the gen- j volved in the landings and the fight eral maximum price regulation. , ashore for control of the vital area * Some pricing method, as an alter- around Tulagi harbor, best fleet native to the general maximum re- massing anchorage in the archi- quirements, was necessary to avert P^lago. any disturbances in the nation’s food Australian naval units took part distribution system, Henderson de- alongside the United States naval dared. The advance announcement force directed by Vice Admiral Rob- of OPA’s plans will permit distribu- ert L. Ghormley, supreme command- tors to contract with food processors er of Allied naval forces in the South immediately for next year’s mer- Pacific area. chandise. ( Australian planes, too, were tak- Officials pointed out that the use ing part along with American air was given first aid and then removed estimate, 2,341,000 bales, or 22 P* 1 " 1 WdforC GfOlltS by ambulance to the Camp Croft sta- cent more than 1941 production and c , . tion hospital where his condition was a fraction less than the 1931-40 av- jnOW I nCTCOSG reported yesterday as serious. He was erage of 13,109,000 bales, the Com- said to be suffering from a pistol modity Credit corporation announced its 1942 ^cotton loan program. The new loan rate was based bullet in the left chest The young soldier, who was be lieved to be stationed at Fort Jack-. - . . son, Columbia, was from Greenville, j dlm g- ^ two-cent A resident on the lower end of Sot— • 1IH1 Broad street stated that about 11 o’clock he saw the young man walk ing up and . down the street in that section. About an hour later he walk based upon 85 per cent of the parity 18.85 cents on August 1, A. B. Jacks, W. M. Burt* f M. -A. • of March as OPA’s “ceiling price forces of General MacArthur’s com- Cannon, W. R. Moore. - j month" caught food distributors with mand in a deadly battering of the .. .. many selling prices based on costs of whole system of Japanese concen- Magistrate at Laurens — R. M. stocks bought months before. Mean- tration points stretching southeast- Brownlee. , while, replacement costs had risen ward into the mountainous Solomons. Magistrate at Clinton—J H. Seay, for many items and distributors could A communique today said Rabaul, C. H. McCrary. jnot re-stock except at the risk of,big Japanese base in New Britain at Magistrate at Mountville — J. L. cash loss. ' i the flank of the Solomon Operations, Dickert. } Unless this “squeeze” were reliev- had been pounded for the third con- Magistrate Cross Hill—J. H. Bry-[ed, low price distributors, wholesale secutive day. The war bulletin also son, J. C Wells. 1 and retail, would have been com- reported attacks on Japanese ship- , Magistrate Scuffletown—W. P. Ab-' pelled to drop important lines of food ping south of Timor, more than 2,000 a pound increase for the same month last year, accord- ercrombie, Roy L. Harris, Henry products, and food would have mov- miles to the west, in which a heavy ir"4fc» 4«ttre was ing-io.fl#tfes released by Mrs. Mabel L<WBOn ed to consum at The average grant to cases admin istered to by the Laurens county welfare office in July of this year 10.02 cent$ a pound on i-8 inch mid-, was $10.79 as compared with $9.96 Little, county welfare director. price 1942. Premiums and discounts for grade ed into the shrubbeiY squarcTat tha!* 1 ^ staple wiU be calculated hi re- intersection of the highways in front I kVPJV 10 the ! oan ra A e ° n l^ 5 ’ 6 i ” ch 1 — of the armory. A few minutes later middUng, which will be 0.2 cent a blind was reduced from $11.33 to lbertson . several Negroes residing close-by.P 0 ^ above ^ basic rate for 7-8, $8.50, withthe same number ofcas-i _ heard the report of a shot and wenti^**! 1 * i es - ^ he aid to dependent children to the scene. City police officers were summoned, and finding the young man in a semi-conscious condition, Lawson. Magistrate Youngs The average grant this July for old crombie age assistance was $10.17 against! Magistrate Dials-R. A. Hellams. $8.60 last July although the num-| Magi8 t r ate Sullivan - J. R. Buz her of. cases had increased from 6331 jj ardt to 796. The average aid to needy' Magistrate Waterloo-C. Y. Cul- Joanna, 5-4 consumers through distributors destroyer and two Japanese mer- H. Aber-; who had relatively high ceilings, they chantmen were knocked out. said. ' | In the jungle-cloaked interior of • i New Guinea, too, Allied forces were ClintOfl Defeats said to have lashed out with attacks 1 in the Kododa sector yesterday, strongly engaging Japanese forces and driving them back. Clinton Cotton Mills , evened . a Fresh supplies to keep the offen- rushed him to the local hospital A citizen of that section who was quickly on the scene after the dis covery was made, inquired “Soldier, what’s the matter?” The only reply he received from the wounded man was “I’m sick.” A 32-calibre revol ver—not an army service gun—was reported found lying under his body. The young man’s Identification tags were missing and tentative iden Madden Leads In Peach Shipments. an increase from 132 to 138 cases. General relief decreased from $10.42 to $9.75, with an increase from 12 to three-out-of-five game Series with sive moving were poured into Aus- decreased from $16.21 to $14.28 with _ W_ _ P® ^Joanna at Goldville Saturday after- tralia. An Australian spokesman said 'noon in the Mid-Carolida league the new shipments were of “highest ! play-off at one game each by win--possible value” and would “revolu- It was learned yesterday from the ning 5„ to 4. ! tionize offensive operations in the For Two Schools C. W. Madden, of the Cold Point 16 cases, j ! office of Supt. Pat H. Hobson of thei Davis led the victors at the plate north." The total amount distributed i n c ity schools, that Ellis L. Stockman with two for five and C. Farmer col- There has been on official state- community, led the county’s com-j Ju Iy> 1®*?, was $10,390.92 as com-j 0 f Newberry, and a graduate of New-jiected three for four for the losers, ment here of Allied losses or of loss- pared with $7,924.85 in the same;5^ rr y college, has been elected by A Goldville error, the .only one of es inflicted upon the enemy in the - Uhe board of trustees as principal of j the game, proved theimargin of vie-; Solomon battle since Admiral King's , , number of cases did not rep - Florida Street school for the coming tory for the winners. Washington announcement that an approximately six cars were early j 1- ® 1 * 11 * number of beneficiaries,, session. He will succeed Miss Irene The two teams meet here Satur-| Allied cruiser was. sunk and two varieties. * i“* e figures showed. For instance, for 1 \^ or ) C m an| wbo declined to accept the day afternoon in the third game of J cruisers, two destroyers and a trans- The county shipped more than 70 j *be 796 cases of old age assistance in principalship another year. The new the series. port were damaged. He spoke of “a cars of Elberta peaches, all of good' IM2, there were 1,216 listed j principal has been teaching in the — mercial growers by shipping 24% cars of fine quality fruit during the season just closed. Of his shipments. tifleation was established by means'Qunhty and grade and inspected by “ of insurance and other .papers found | government inspectors total* ship- j in his pocket He was a steamfltter ment. Growers as a whole, it It re-jJh®”*^ in Greenville before entering the ser-'Ported, made some money fromtheir J®^ cases o^^to ^dependent vice, it was reported. this year’s crop after suffering heavy When Holcombe was removed to! 1 '*** U » t ^“ r d” ^ low P rlc *' and Camp Croft, the closest government 1 * I 1 * 001 ’ marKel - hospital to Clinton, an immediate in large number" of enemy planes de stroyed and Japanese surface units put out of action. Neorly 5,000 vestigation was begun there and SuQOr Applications an effort made to definitely es- - - - - - - tablish his identity. It was supposed that he was away from camp bn leave, but why he was here was not known, since so far as could be es tablished, he had no relatives or ac quaintances in the city. STATE EXCEEDS WAR BOND QUOTA According to the county rationing board, applications for sugar in July reached the total of 4,735. Of this number, it was said, 4,667 were granted, representing a total of 137,- Speciol Services At The annual summer revival ser- r • • ■ ivices at Rocky Springs Presbyterian • 01FVICW dlUTCn Newberry city schools. c___• | c_ R. E. Mabry of Pendleton, was also ^PCCIQI > OOrVICeS announced as the new principal of iAt Rocky Springs .Academy Street school, succeeding' 1 r 9 children there were 614 in the bud-jD. S. Templeton, resigned, to accept get group, and in the 16 cases of gen-1 a high school position in Bennetts- eral relief there were 26 in the thud-, vilie Mr Mabry is a graduate ofi’C—J’ Z' vui«. mr. a gimiuoi* church near b ere began Sunday eve- EriKinc college. , ning a t g:30, an( i w iu continue Revival services at Fairview Bap- m i through the week. itist church will bfgin next Sunday, Weevil Reported The Rev. j. E. Ratchford of Cross it was announced yesterday by the ▲ I In Tn Dn* ' Hil1, is P® 5101, of th « church. The Rev. James Mitchell of Goldville. ADOlir Up 10 For preaching for the week is being done Two services will •by the Rev. Raymond Ratchford of at 12:00 and 2:30, get group. Gas Books Must Lost For Period 128 pounds. Si Columbia. Aug. 11—That hard-;Stanton, N. C., with the public cor-;at 11 o’clock *•« «•»» •* cotton f.n«r,:<|i.uy invited’ 1 ’ be held Sunday, ith Sunday school GRIER COMING SUNDAY Dr. R. XI. Grier, president of Er- fact that motorists who exhaust toeir ( weevil, is about up to par! M suppl®m®nUry gasoline coupon books in his ac t iv i ties in South Carolina! 111717^7777^ before the expiration date marked flelds 60 NEGROES CALLED I on the cover can not expect to get q prank Black, federal-state farm CftD A OKAY HI ITY more gas. statistician, reported that August 1 j ■ Vl\ AIUVII l/U I T Columbia, Aug. 8.-South Carolina atthe William P. Bowers, state bond ad-1 18 >way on ac tto ministrator, said today. The books have been issued for indications pointed to a 12 per cent be the d ®^ n *^ e periods and must be o^d 6 j oss j n yield, compared with 11 per The Clinton draft board h^s re- All former me j in the Fairview c! vited to come a; since dinher will • o’clock intermissio held each night ’ Mr. Mitchell bers and friends mmunity are in- d bring baskets, served at the 1 Services will be xt week at 8:30. announces, with the to last during that time, the officials cent av e r age for 1931-40. Damage ^ived calls for 60 Negroes under the reminded. last year amounted to 28 per cent. sel ®ctive service system for army Goldville public cordially jinvited. Fairview about five miles east of For instance, A books must be used Black ^ that recen { we ather prob- service. Thirty will be called August, . The quota system was inaugurated, in May, and toe state exceeded it* goal then by 21 per cent, in June by 4 per cent, and in July by 3 per cent, for total purchases in the period of approximately $10,900,000. This is an average of more than $3,630,000 a month. Prior to estab-j lishing of quotas, the state’s average monthly purchases were approxi- ] mately $1,770,000. • , > Miss Blokoly Nomed ' Club Secretory -t-v II III — t • Miss Iona Blakely, of this city, has been selected as secretary of toe Chamber of Commerce, the board of directors announced yesterday. She succeeds Mrs. Clifton Adair, who re cently resigned to accept another po sition. *- The board announced that begin ning the 15th toe office in the lobby of Hotel Clinton will be open only in the afternoons nrito Mias Blakely in charge. Roberts, who , . or ,"i y !* r and only 5“™!* ably checked the insect. ’ A-l during the penod ending on Sep- m tember 21; B books last anywhere _ # from three to 12 months as marked, CondldOtCS AdVS DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE SO FAR THU YEAR THERE HAS BEEN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS Laurens coiJnty Let’s Strive To Make 1942 s Sofa Year On s the Highways. < This year, S and C books last fef three months. | n Popgf Kiwonis Picnic At Orphanage Today v I 26, and thirty Sept. 25 to be sent to Fort Jackson for examinations. The AllStin Wilbum j lists had not been prepared yester day, it was learned from the office. Several candidates’ messages will be found in today’s paper and will appear next week. The attention of The Chronicle’s readers ia directed ™e annua! Kiwanis club picnic for , to ^ litic>1 advertis e me nts their families and friends win be, SALVAGE DRIVE HERE CONTINUES Released On Bond In an item in last week’s paper it w-as stated that Austin Wilbum. of Uhis city, was placed under a peace bond following the alleged killing of his son-in-law, Robert D. Jennings, .bn the night of JulV24th. The local drive lor "Junk lor the ‘ ‘ H" C i ron ' War.” sponsored by the Clinton Lions ' l ’’ —LThLa " -n? ^ bon f' club continues this week, with resi- du „', a K ^ dents ol the city and country asked ~ a *„ made and to brin, in their scrap salvace lor 18 glad "> mak ' lhe held this evening at 7:30 on the or-j phanage campus, to® social outing ENROLLMENT OFF replacing, the regular meeting. [ Columbia, Aug. 11. — Party Secre- All families are asked to bring tary James E. Hunter said today to bring in their scrap salvage lunch and supper will be spread in Democratic enrollment figures from deposit in the bin provided on the the open-air opposite the office, four more counties received today pub ij c square building. The guests who desire to brought the total of 28 reported /A second advertisement emphasiz- . . kl do so have been invited to take a counties to 255,485, 10 per.c ? nt less ing the need of salvage appears-in Joins The Now iwed in 1&40 •_ . ..o u • ^ 7 Marshall Pock swim in the McKay swimming pool than those counties showed in 1940 later in the evening. j today's paper entitled, “Bomb 'em (With Junk,” to which the public’s at-| Marshall Pack has enlisted in the Wor Bdnd Quota For August >93,400 Laurens county has been given an August , quota of $93,$00 • in war state. SPORE IN UNION x , - Dr. L. Ross Lynn occupied the pul- Tha state’s quota for the month Is pit of toe First Presbyterian church $4^50,000. ( ,111 Union on Sunday morning. LIONS TO MEET FRIDAY |tention is directed. Scrap iron and navy with the signal-rc>rps, and is The Lions dub will hold a meet- steel, other metals, rubber and waste spending a few days at his home here ing Friday evening at 8:00 o’clock at materials are needed to help blast before his call into service. He was the clubhouse'near the city, officials Japan and Germany in the produc- connected with WSPA and WORD of tion of tanks, ships, planes and the Spartanburg Advertisement cothpany fighting weapons the Allies must as a commercial announcer, have at once. ^ His brother John William Pack, * You are asked to collect all junk enlisted in November of last year, on your premises and throw it into and has been in naval service in the fight (Iceland for the past four months.