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(HECHtOWOE Strives To fee A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ms (tthnmtrlf If You Don't Read THE CHRONICIE ' You Don't Get the N^wi ss= Volume XMI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 3, 1942 • Number 36 Dl AIK rAMDICim rLAnj vUrlrlLTuf EN NEW YEAR’S WORN AT COUEGE New Session Begins Next Wednesday. Four Changes In Faculty. ^ Kiwanis Club ToM Of Child Work Miss Miljer of State Department Heard, and Mrs. Stone of This City. - . • The regular Kiwanis club meeting was held Thursday evening at Hotel Clinton with President Harry Wilkes Presbyterian college will start its presiding, new faU tenn next Wednesday. Sep-j club had as itg guest, Mrs. E. tember when new students ^ L. Stone, local manager ot the South- matriculated. Upper classmen will ern gell Telephone company, who re register on the 11th The usual orientation program for quested of the club, as well as all ine usual onemaxion program busin e ss mfn 0 f the city, that they freshmen will begin Wednesday «ve-j cut down long distance calls be- ning with the serving of supper, fol-1 cause 0 { war demands which are lowed by a “welcome” meeting in the! producing congested lines. Speaking chapel. Organization work fqr the | ^ ber company, she asked that only first year men and upper classmen will continue through Friday. On Saturday evening a reception Will be given at 8 o’clock by the Christian association and College Dames in honor of new students. At 6:30 Sun day afternoon open-air vesper ser vices will be held on the campus with an address by the Rev. J. K. Roberts, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city. Officials of the college state that the largest freshman class in the in stitution’s history is expected. Prof. Jean Autret and Prof. Jack Boone will not be members of the Mrg Mabe i Little director of the faculty for the coming year. New members are Dr. J. R. Nielson of Atchison, Kansas, graduate of Iowa State university, in the department of romance languages; Dr. E. F. No lan, Princeton graduate and former member of Presbyterian Junior col lege faculty, Maxton, N. C., in the English department, and Prof. Harold Seymour of Ithaca, N. Y., graduate of Cornell, in the department of his tory. B. E. Park, Auburn graduate, is the new assistant football coach. Members of the faculty and offi cers for the year follow: President—Dr. W. P. Jacobs. Greek and French—Dr. A. E. Spen cer. Bible and Religion — Dr. D. J. Brimm. Bible—Prof. Bernard H. Boyd. Economics—Dr. J. B. Kennedy. Commerce—Prof. Kenneth Baker. Chemistry—Dr. H. E. Sturgeon. Psychology and PbUoeophy —- Dr. Dudley Jones. History and Dean — Dr. M. W. Brown. Romance Languages the most necessary long distance calls be made, that they be placed before^ 9 am., between noon and 2 p.m.,; 5 and 7 pm., or after 9 pm. Both on long distance and local calls, users are urged to be brief in order that the lines may be kept open as far as possible for government use during! the present emergency. Mrs. Stone, also pointed out that the congestion! cannot be relieved by adding to their 1 facilities because the materials need ed are now being used in the manu facture of weapons of war. The club also had as its guests. Laurens County Public Welfare de partment, and Miss Celestine Miller, child consultant of the state depart ment. Miss Miller spoke of the work of her department which is primarily the development and care of needy children. We study these child prob lems, she said, and strive to provide a remedy to solve each individual case. Child placement is a long, slow j process she said, because of the indi vidual investigation that must be made of each case, its environments and needs if the child is to be saved 1 for the future. During the summer the Kiwanis club sent three boys of this commu nity, Carlos Caldwell, Billy Ross and Pee Wee Gregory, to the underprivi leged child’s camp near Cheraw. The three lads were present and thanked toe club for making it possible for their attendance at the camp. r J. Isaac Copeland, member and di rector of the Greenville Khranis club, who has recently returned to the city to make his home, was received and welcomed into toe club as a member during toe evening. Dr. J. R. Nielson. Psysics—Dr. Neill G. Whitelaw. Education—Dr. John G. Barden. Mathematics—Dr. H. E. Spencer. Director of Radio and Public Re lations—Hugh Holman. English—Dr. E. F. Nolan. * History—Prof. Harold Seymour. English—Dr. John W. Harris. Biology—Dr. John W. Forsyth. German—Dr. J. William Frey. Director of Athletics — Lonnie S. McMillian. Assistant Coach in Football — B. E. Park. Baseball Coaich—C. E. Galloway. Tennis Coach—William C. Lufler. Professor Military Science and Tactics—Lieut. Col Paul D. Strong. Assistant Professor of Military Sci-, several weeks ago. ence yid Tactics—Major W. C. Guy. | Miss Mattie Senn of Newberry, Assistant in Military Science and graduate of Newberry college, has CITY SCHOOLS OPENED MONDAY The Clinton city schools began their new session’s work on Tuesday morning. Two vacancies in the faculty have been filled during the past week, it was learned yesterday from the office SCHOOL DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN Safeguard Our Future By Protecting Our Children a With the com inanity’s schools now Open again, THE CHRONICLE considers it a public service to remind the driving public that once again street crossings and highways become the pathway to learning and play for the children of this community. Protecting them is one of our major lines of defense. Let us all remember to DRIVE CARE FULLY and think of our CHILDREN FIRST. CHILDREN should bo SEEN — BUT NOT HURT! BOARD DEIS CAU FOR 90 WHITE AW OCTOBER QUOTA inton draft board No. 50 yester- received a call to send 90 men Fort Jackson on October 2 for cal examinations and possible rtion into the army under the [ective service system, t was stated at the office that the! October quota is the largest yet re u. s. mm, FLIERS FIGHT AXIS IN DESERT Seven GeHnan Bombers Shot Down In Egypt By Americon Airmen Witthout Losses. l 1 _ j —j- — -- - - Cairo, Sdpt. 1.—United States land «lv«l, Rxc^din* U.. 72 September ( and air forMS (ou([h , tonight ‘alongside Britain’s army of the Nile" I against a new and perhaps the su preme German offensive to wrest Alexandria, Egypt and the Suez from i Allied hands. . Preceded by the heavy dive-bomb- j Official returns from the first Dem-! ing attacks typical of German at- ; ocratic primary announced from Co-; tacks, the Axis forces under General lumbia Tuesday by the state execu- j Erwin Rommel opened the new drive tive committee duplicated the earUer; just north of the Quattara Depres- unofficial compilation. flank of the El Alamein line at The returns showed that Burnet R. i dawn yesterday.. Maybank was returned to the United j Tank columns of Rommel’s African FINAl RETURNS IN TWO STATE RACES States senate by a 6,460 vote margin land former Governor Olin D. John- corps, supported by Elite light infan try, soon thrust forward and made ston named to the governor’s office some initial penetrations into the by 8,452 above his opponent. British mine fields about Quattara. Maybank received 120,701 ballots but a push in the center by the Ital- to 114,241 for his opponent, Eugene ians was stopped almost as it started. S. Blease of Newberry. Johnston piled up 121,465 votes to U. S. fighter planes were in the thick of battle, routing two flights of 113,014 for Wyndham M: Manning; Stuka dive-bombers which were of Sumter. forced to jettison their bombs. At • | least seven were shot down without Allied loss. The 8-25 bombers, of the .type which other Americans used to | bomb Tokyo, continued their cease less attacks upon the long and tenu- ous communication lines through the i desert sands. The Laurens county Democratic But this was the first time that executive committee met at the U. S. land forces had come to grips courthouse last Thursday and de- with the enemy in Egypt, and the clared results in Tuesday’s primary. ! Americans and British were ready. ; The results were practically the same j The attack in the southern sector j as those carried in The Chronicle’s of the El Alamein line, 75 miles west RESULTS ANNOUNCED FIRST PRIMARY— T. J. Davenport Passes At Home Newberry, Aug. 31. — Thomas J Davenport, 76, died suddenly at his Red Cross Moves To New Location tables last week. Declared nominated were: House of Representatives, Walter L. Mar tin, C. L. Milam and James H. Sulli van; for auditor, Miss Jennie V. Cul- of Alexandria, had been expected and the German armor was shelled hea vily by artillery and bombed from the air as it pushed ahead. (Reuters reported from,Cairo that residence in toe Little River-Domi-i cation nick section early Monday morning, building across the street formerly He was the son of the late Jeff Dav- occupied by Young company: enport and Mrs. Betty Chandler Dav- j An officer of the Clinton division enport and was bom and reared in 0 f. the county chapter stated yester- Newberry county. iday that the building bad been rent- Mr. Davenport was a prominent ed at a nominal charge from the and prosperous farmer and also has owners of the John H. Young prop- operated a general mercantile busi- erty. ness for the past 55 years. He was a 1 A more extensive program of work devoted and faithful member of Lit-1 has been planned for the chapter in tie River - Dominick Presbyterian the new quarters and a telephone in church. stalled as a convenience for those as- Funeral services were held at 5 sisting with the sewing. Two new The Red Cross chapter has moved 1 4 rens , t0 ^ ns . hip . ; C. H. McCrarr, Hun- beca the sewing room from its former lo- te r. at Mount " and cation on South Broad street to the! v ?V e: ® w ^ ardt, ^ u ? livan .} 0> fr - , bertson; treasurer, T. Lane Monroe; the Germans had advanced eight superintendent of education, J. Le-1 miles into the southern mine fields, roy Burns; probate judge, J. Hewlette London estimated the Axis strength Wasson; county commissioners, E. at 141,000 troops). Frank Anderson and J. Herman Rommel’s 90th light infantry north Power. | of the impassable salt marches tried Magistrates: R. M. Brownlee, Lau- to push ahead simultaneously but’ H. McCrary, Hun- [ became tangled in another mine filed was shelled heavily by British artillery. Then Allied forces attacked, ship; Ralph Hellams, Dials; J. H. Ab- That was a signal for action along ercrombie, Youngs; Carl Y. Culbert- the entire 30-mile front extending son, Waterloo. A run-off was ordered from the depression to the Mediter- in Scuffletown township between W. ranean. P. Abercrombie and Henry Lawson, j Rommel had shifted his armored Second races were also ordered for ( forces and many of his best troops to the south flank for a major con centrated attack. j The two German armored divisions had been moved 14 miles to the south during Sunday night and they rum bled into battle after great artillery barrages and bombing attacks were directed against the Allied lines. supervisor and game warden. SECOND PRIMARY NEXT TUESDAY Tactics—Sgt. Sterlin Young. Registrar — Mrs. Lillian Gross Brown. Acting Librarian — J. Isaac Cope land. Assistant Librarian — Mrs. B. B. Ballard. College Physicians—Dr. S. C. Hays and Dr. D. O. Rhame. Bursar—Mrs. Narcissa Gray'Adair. Assistant to Bursar—Mrs. Geo. W. Taylor. Dietitian—Mrs. Myrtle Hunter. Infirmary Matron — Mrs. J. W. Spoon. Supt. Buildings and Grounds — C. K. Brown. SOLON DRAFTS BILL TO INDUCT 18-19 YEAR OLDS ■ ♦ • Washington, Sept. 1.—Senator Gur ney, Republican, of South Dakota,’ been added to the Academy Street school faculty to fill a vacancy. GRID SCHEDULE The following ’42 football schedule for Presbyterian college has been an nounced: Sept. 19—Clemson at Clemson. Sept: 26—Rollins at Orlando, Fla. Oct. 3—The Citadel at Charleston. Oct. 9—Newberry at Newberry. Oct. 16—Wofford at Sumter. Kinards, L. F. Davenport of Char lotte, Mrs. William H. Wicker of Knoxville, and Dr. J. Frank Daven port of Timmonsville. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. M. D. Smith of Laurens, and one brother, James W. Davenport of Kinards. Vacancies Filled In Joanna School of production. of Supt. Pat H. Hobson. Miss Mildred „ „ _ _ Gardner of Kershaw, graduate of!o’clock Tuesday afternoon from Lit- 1 machine * have heen added to take, . Winthrop coUege, has been selected |Ue River Dominick church wjth thei care ot ***« extra sewing since larger , a Liu as science teacher in the high school. Rev, C. J. Matthews conducting toe^jiU* material have been or- |da J *’ replying Jo. W. Wrv. who resignad service. Interment loUowed in the ^Sh^ artefe? rf 1 **"* ward '"- **•« the^e rac« we41 ^-The Texas pilot oYone~( ule'TK church cemetenr. creasJd Q^nUt M and mvone Jho 1 n °> ■" Ihc first primary o( U. S, army „r corps bombers He is survived by his widow, Mrs. creasea quanmies ana anyone who to attack the advancina German col- Fannie Smith Davenport and U* Mm 1 J B TowieVw^m Run-over races wiU be held aslumns in the Egyptian desert saTd following children, Mrs. S. J. Turner|Mrs. j. a. lownsend or Mrs. f n [tersely tonight: “We enjoyed it.” 01 Columbia, T. J. Davenport, Jr., ol H ; E» r } Spenc«r. who are in charge roI,ows - He is Captain Hopkms ot Palestine, Texas. The target, he said, “seemed pretty good.” His bombadier scored at least two direct hits and some near misses, he added. The pilots of the other two planes in this first U. S. daylight bombing action over the Egyptian desert were Captains Whiting of Boston, and Kil lian of Spokane, Wash. The officer commanding the units. Col. C. J. Goodrich, of Augusta, Ga., said: “It was just a start, but we are William D. Adair Called Into Service William D. Adair of the D. E. Tribble company firm of this city, has been called into the U. S. army and notified to report for duty at Camp Tyson, Tenn., on Sept. 10. He will enter with the rank of second lieutenant, coast artillery, in the bar rage balloon service. Mr. Adair applied for navy enlist- Run-over races will be held as follows: . Supervisor Lander B. Stoddard. Robert L. Teague. Game Warden M. A. Cannon. W. R. Moore. Township Race Magistrate Scuffletown township— W. P. Abercrombie and Henry Law- son. Two State Races Lieutenant Governor — George K. Laney, Ransome J. Williams. Comptroller General—E. C. Rhodes, D. A. Smith. Get. 23 — Catawba at SaUsbury, T vacancies in the Joanna <*t. 30 Wofford at Clinton. hive ^Ln fll!«£, it Nov. 6—Camp Devi, (near Wil- "“ r s "^7” , " da , y hir b . y “ ^^ ment some Um7a # o but upon re^eiv-* - . . . u • mingtonJN. C.) YiHr.^n d mg orders yesterday was manned Synod Meets Here Nov. 13—Daniel Air field of Au- J^^^^Jf^rarian wU! be fllied ti* 4 he,had been assigned to the Ortohpr 13 gufta, Ga., at Clinton. nf irinr army - He formerly held a commis- UCr0Der 13 Nov. 21—University of Tampa at' Mlss Marguerite Ramwater of Flor- slon m the reserve officers corps Tampa, Fla. ^ence, ji recent graduato of Coker coK which had lapsed Now that his C0I £ satisfied with it.” Bed Cross Sends Millions In Supplies To Orgonize Bond said today he was drafting for intro- j A a. u:_L C/.L-X-J duction in toe senate Thur«l|y an nigil Jv—Wi amendment to the selectivdQwrvice „ _ Kay F. Mills, of this city, has been gtructor in violin, employed by toe board of trustees to I* L 'direct a band at the high school for act which would make 18 and 19 year old registrants liable foi; induc- ^DecJariitg*thirt'actionTf this na- 1 ^* coming year. It wm stated yes- Monroe Re-elected tore should have been taken by con-! t«d>y that toe band will soon be or-1« r.. ki - gross long ago, Gurney said he would re * ular V™*™ work By 301011 Margin press for early consideration of the betfun- legislation. " j • “We ought to induct them now so a graduate of Winthrop, has been se- LA cured as fifth grade teacher and in-jMOyDOOK, Manning Lead In County tost they can have an opportunity to get toe training they need' end be able to protect themselves when we have to send them Into battle,” he said. BAILEY SCHOOL OPENS The Bailey s&tol near hero opened its new session Monday morning at 8:80. The teachers are Mrs. Carl Tay lor, principal, and Mrs. Byron BroWn. BANKS TO CLOSE M. S. Bailey and Son, Bankers, and the Commercial Depository will ob- Monday, September 7, Labor GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE OR TO TEACH? If you want toe Clinton news —have THE CHRONICLE fol low you. Its weekly visits will be “like a letter from home.” Special student’s and teacher’s rate of $1.00 for nine months. List your subscription today. THE CHRONICLE In the' first primary August 25, 6,379 votes were cast in Laurens county^from an enrollment of 10,996. The vote was divided in the sen- The final count in the treasurer’s at 5, and governor’s races: Biease race as declared Thursday by the Maybank 3,436; Johnston county executive committee, showed S ’ 040, Ma .? n ! n f, S.SIS, the final count that T. Lane Monroe, incumbent, was showing .that Maybank and Manning , re-elected over his opponent Sam M\, carried the county by small margins. Leaman of Cross Hill, by a margin • ^of wi. , , 4 ., :Long Bronch School In toe. tabulation in last week s pa- D . c . per only toe Brewerton box was, Bfiginji NCW ^OSSIOO missing. The vote there stood: Lea- The Long Branch school opened roan 21, Monroe 70, making a final , Monday with a good enrollment for tabulation for Leaman of 3,030} Mon- j the coming session. James H. Sulli- NO RETURNS ON SECOND PRIMARY I-—’ " 'T wnicn ftaa lapsea. wow mat bis com-' Th * . So , uth ? aro ! ina .® y ” od ° f P 1 * Washington, Sept. 1.—The Ameri- ! ege, has been selected to teach pub- mission has been re-issued, he will Presbyterian church will hold its fall can Red Cros8 reported tod that lie school music, piano, voice, folk enter the service as a second lieuten- s f ss, °u the F, ^ t Presbyt ,f n an in the thre * years since th ; war dancing, glee club and orchestra. an t. : church of this city beginning Tues- broke out in Eur0[>e Seotember 1 Mrs. T. E. Hearon, Jr., of Bethune,| — [day. October 13. The delegates will 1939 * $ 6o,OoS.OOO T rehJf supplies be entertained in Presbyterian homes. have been distributed in Europe, Asia of the community while here. and Africa to aid 20,000,000 sufferers. Aid to Russia has passed the $4,-- 000,000 mark, the agency reported, and included the dispatcb of 300,000 warm garments for women and chil dren refugees from the fighting areas and more than 2,500,000 pounds of toilet and laundry soap. More than half of the total ex penditure went to aid England, $33,- 000,000 having been spent for the most part to aid civilians bombed out of theii* homes in the battle of Britain. , - > Relief to China totaled $4,000,000 for aid to 4,245,000 persons, including 1,600,000 children. Food packages for prisoners of war I in Europe were reported to have con stituted a large item in the program. The Red Cites said it had sent 500,- 1000 food parcels to Geneva for dis tribution along with 15,750,000 cig arettes, 50,000 boxes of tobacco, 57,- roe 3,221. OAK GROVE SCHOOL QPENS , The Oak Grove school opened the jail term Monday morning. Teachers for toe year are Miss Clifton Nelson, principal, and Mrs. William Black- wall, primary work. van, of Laurens, newly elected mem ber of the house of representatives, made the opening address. Mrs. Rob ert Cain of Laurens, is principal of toe school and is assisted by Mrs. W. R. Brown. Trustees are G. W. Cun ningham, Claude Madden and John Holtzclaw. | Because of the small number of races, THE CHRONICLE will not broadcast the election returns of the second primary next Tuesday night. A complete tabulation for the county will appear in the paper Thursday morning. Managers of election in this section of the county are kindly asked to phone the results to the office* as soon as the polls are closed and the votes count ed. This cooperation on their part will be greatly appreci ated. > 130 pieces of underwear, 44,000 shoes, 320,800 bars of soap and 12,990 sweaters.