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\ <* * 0 Is ! f *< 4 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, ‘ ible Newsy and Relial QUintmt If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLII Clinton, S. O, Thursday, October 8,1942 Number 41 Top-Ranking Marines Cook Grief for Japs PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD TO CONVENE HERE TUESDAY FOR ANNUAL MEETING It Will Sink Sessions To Be Held At First Presbyterian Church With Several Important Matters Before Body. Entertainment To Be Provided In Homes of Gty. . —— The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina wlU convene here for its eeting Five high-ranking marine efflcers are shewn at a staff be- -1 an on-named transport, peeking np mere grief fer Nippon In the Southwest Pacific. Shortly after this meeting, MaJ. Gen. Vandergrlft (shewn) was congratulated by his superior officer* for the “remarkable performance of his fighters la destroying SS enemy aircraft In attacks hy the Japanese on Guadalcanal (la the Solomons) on September 27 and 2S without the loss of a single United States fighter/' The officers shown are. left to right, MaJ. Gen. Alexander A. Vandergrlft. Lieut. Col. Gerald C. Thomas. Lient. Col. Randolph McPste. Col. Frank Goettge. and Col. William C. Js<r.*s. Colonel Goettge Is “missing In action/' annual meeting on next Tuesday eve ning at 8 o’clock with the First Pres byterian church as the host church. The opening sermon will be preached by the retiring moderator, Rev. G. G. Mayes, D.D., of Winnsboro. Entertainment for the delegates will be provided in the homes of the congregation and on the orphanage campus. It is expected that due to the tire and gas situation the at tendance will not be as large as usual. Announcement is made by Rev. J. K. Roberts, pastor of the host church, that members of the synod will be dinner guests of Presbyterian college on Wednesday and of Thom- well orphanage on Thursday. Supper for both Tuesday and Wednesday will be served at the church by the ladies organizations. BYRNES IS NAMED INFLATION CZAR Resigns From Supreme Court To Accept High Wor Post. Washington, Oct. 3. — President Roosevelt Saturday named Associate Justice James F. Byrnes of $he su preme court director of economic stabilization, with broad policy-mak ing powers to control the nation's cost of living. SGI. DAVID G. DIXON KILLED IN ACTION IN PACIFIC AREA - Renno Youth Dies In Plone Crash, Probably In New Guinea Sector. “Died in plane crash due to enemy ' action,” was the content of a message Japaa, captured by U. 8. during the raid uu Makln to the President by PRIZES OFFERED FOR LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF SCRAP MATERIAL Supt. of Education Burns Soys Teachers And Children ofCounty To Respond. Supt. of Education J. Leroy Bums has stated that school teachers and school children of Laurens county will respond enthusiastically to the campaign being launched nationally to collect scrap metal, rubber and rags in view of the vital need for such materials in promoting the war effort Mr. Burns explained the plans at the recent meeting of the county teachers and said that he had been pledged the fullest support from all sections of the county. Columbia, Oct. 5.—Newspapers of South Carolina, responding to the ur gent‘call of WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson, have announced an in tensive campaign to round up the remaining scrap in South Carolina. The drive will be coincident to, and in cooperation with, the nation wide search to be made by school children. Prizes to be offered will go to pupils or to schools, these to be paid for by the South Carolina Press association, and the papers to donate, in addition, more than $20,000 in ad vertising space. The drive opened October 5 and closes October 17.‘ Details were an nounced by J. M. Blalock, vice-presi dent of The State, who recently was named salvage chairman for the as sociation. 17x6 grand award will be a trip to Washington for the child in South Carolina reporting the most scrap during the period. There will be a $25 war bond for the pupil in each county doing the best job, and a handsome United States flag to the leading school in ENROLLMENT AT COLLEGE REACHES NEW HIGH MARK Presbyteran college’s enrollment of 355 students for the 1942-43 school year is the largest in the history of the institution, according to figures released by Mrs. Lillian G. Brown, registrar. The previous all-time high for en rollment was in 1937 when 337 ma triculated at the opening of the Sep tember session. Approximately one-half of the stu dent body is composed of new stu dents, including both freshmen and transfer students. They number 177. The freshman class is greatly in excess of all other classes, amount ing to a total of 150 students. Of these, 144 are new men, while 18 others transferred from other colleg es. Six are repeating the first-year class. A total of 49 Students exhibited discontent for their former alma maters and transferred to Presbyte rian college. Thirty-one of these *re enrolled as upperclassmen. The co-ed attendance, too, is on the increase. Forty-seven misses make themselves present and on duty during class time. Roily Day Observed At Presbyterian Church Rally Day exercises were present ed Sunday at the First Presbyterian church Sunday school. A special program on “Reach Ev ery Person With Christian Teaching,” under the direction of Mrs. T. Heath Copeland, was given in an effort to enlist the interest of the entire con gregation in Sunday school work. The following young people were promoted at the exercises: Primary department: Helen Ander son, Roy Benjamin, Bill Roberts, Lawrence Young. Junior,department: William Domi nick, Catherine Eichelberger, Man- •f the U. 8. marine , The President leaked at the 8m I bet refused to teach It, directtog . . . . that It he placed to the archives At the same time he accepted ^ the Irathrmnrlr* The Presldeat’a Byrnes’ resignation from the cpurt, J eldest sea, James the president issued a sweeping -or-' helped captere the 8ag. der directing the National War La- S ; The Religious Education Advance bor board to limit wages and salaries, program and - the Home Mission Price Administrator Leon Henderson Emergency campaign are two of the | to put ceilings on rents and prices, most important matters that will come before the synod for consider ation. The Religious Educational Advance program is a concerted move being projected by 40 Protestant denomina tions in this country in an effort to strengthen the religious life in the home, in the church relationship and in the Christian relation to the com munity. The first year will be given to an emphasis on the importance of religion in the home — religious in struction, developing the devotional and Secretary of Agriculture Wick- ard and Henderson to limit farm prices as of September 15, as far as practicable. The order, issued soon after the president signed the anti-inflation bill last night, created an office of economic stabilization in the office of emergency management with Byrnes at the head as director. „ Also created was an economic sta bilization board with which .the di rector will consult in fixing policies. On this board are the secretaries MAJOR MAHON SAYS CAU MEN IS TOSS IF THEY ARE NEEDED ! received Sunday by the parents of Sergeant David Geer Dixon, 22, of i Renno, six miles northeast of Clin- i ton, who had been in combat with i United States forces in the southwest | Pacific. Dixon was a technical sergeant with the army air forces, and it is thought that his death occurred in New Guina, since he wrote' of Aus tralia and its people in his recent letters home. The nearest action to Australia reported recently is the defense of Port ’ Moresby, the big United Nations base in New Guinea, northeast of Australia. Dixon’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. I. DixOn, received the fpllowing mess age Sunday from the war depart ment: ^ “Secretary of War desires me to express his deepest regrets that your 'son. Technical Sergeant David G. , Dixon, died September 29 in south west Pacific area in plane crash due to enemy action. No remains can be transported to U. S. until after ter- , mination of hostilities. Then quarter- Is Principal Speaker At master general, Washington, D. C„ Patriotic Rally Here Last Thursday Night. Featured by a forceful address by Major G. Heyward Mahon of Green- will, if possible, and upon written re quest of next of km. bring remains to U. S. for finals. Letter follows. “Adjutant General.” Dixon enlisted in the coast artil lery in October, 1935, when he was 16 years old, after graduating from life, and the cultivation of Christian ' of ^‘treasuryT^agricuItu're, rommerce 1 vil ? e ’. 2500 Clinton high school „the previous attitudes in the home. The second year will be devoted to strengthening relationship between the Christian and his church. The third year of the program will be devoted to an effort to make the Christian more conscious of his responsibilities and relations to his community. The Home Mission Emergency campaign is an effort to equip the home mission agencies of the Pres byterian church in order that they more effectively meet the problems that have arisen because of the de velopment of war industries and the movement of large numbers of the population due to such development. The synod will begin its sessions at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening at which and labor, the chairman of the Fed eral Reserve board, the price admin istrator, the chairman of the War Labor board and two representatives each of labor, management and farm ers still to be appointed. The order with respect to wages and salaries declared that no increas es or decreases shall be authorized unless notice of them is filed with the war labor board and the board [htm approved such changes. The board was ordered not to ap prove any increases in wage rates prevailing on September 15 unless such increase was necessary to “cor rect maladjustments or inequities, to pated in a patriotic rally last Thurs day night in honor of the men and women of this community who are in the armed services of the nation. The rally was held at the Presby terian college stadium, where a pa rade of the college Reserve Officers’ Training corps unit was made before the assembly, and reviewed by Ma jor Mahon; Dr. William P. Jacobs, president of the college; Rev. J. Le- Grande Mayer, commander of the Clinton Civilian Defense corps, spon sor of the exercises, and who pre sided; Hugh L. Eichelberger, chair man of the local Civilian Defense committee; P. S. Bailey, mayor; Lt. Col. Paul D. Strong, commandant of eliminate sub-standards of living, or the cadet corps at the college; Rev. time the retiring moderator, Rev. G. corre i t * ross ^equities, or to aid in ;j. K. Roberts, pastor of the First ^ tm r*\ am* • 4 * am a# 4a a *9 *■> 1 A. * .1— . l_ . . . _ 1 a 4 A each county. Also, there will be a ning Jacobs, Elizabeth Townsend, certificate of merit for the child in each school that has the largest total. These prizes will be separate from governmental awards to be made. Blalock represented the South Car olina Press association at the con ference of newspapermen called re cently by Nelson. Upon his return he appeared before the association’s ex ecutive committee and was asked to head the salvage committee. Later there was a meeting of dailies. Drive Not Independent Namejl to serve with him were George A. Buchanan, Jr., N. E. Brown and S. L. Latimer, Jr., of Co lumbia, and Harold C. Booker of Lancaster. The campaign will not be kn inde pendent one. It will be conducted in full cooperation with the regular sal vage committees—state, county and city. Rex. Enright, state chairman, and T. E. LaGrone, executive secre tary, sat in at the press meeting. Schools aj^e being organized under the direction-of State Superintendent of Education James H. Hope. The press is to furnish the prizes and the promotion. The children will take the scrap to school. If the scrap is tdo heavy, a report is to be made to the teacher, who will arrange for trans portation. The county transportation chairman will' respond to the call of the school principal 1 (In Clinton the Lions club pen on the square has been designated as the depository for scrap collected in this area. Clyde S. Lankford is chairr man of the salvage committee and he is to be contacted when transpor tation is needed to get material to the pen.) Rales Sent to Schools Every school in South Carolina is being furnished with the official rules of the contest, -the purpose of which is to entourage the collection, (Continued on ru »— six! Gene Wilkes, Frances Winn. Intermediate department: Alberta Baldwin, Peggy Copeland, Anne Ow ens, Barrie Jean Wingard. Senior department: Norma Ander son, Edna Baldwin, Anne McMillian, Betty Taylor, James Austin Chand ler, John Pitts, Ed Sadler, Richard Stutts, Clinkie Winn. Moyer To Attend Lutheran Conference Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church, will leave Monday to attend the biennial synod of the United Lutheran Church of America in Louisville, Ky. Mr. Mayer will be away about twelve days and stated that he would endeavor to secure someone to occu py the pulpit of the church in his absence so that services could be conducted as usual CLOSING NOTICE Attention of the. public is called to the fact that our busi ness office closes on Saturday at 1:00 pm. The mechanical plant will continue to close at 12 noon as in the past. We ask our customers and the general public to bear the new closing hour in mind. Your cooperation will be appreci ated. Chronicle Publishing Compony Phone 74 G. Mayes, D.D., of Winnsboro, will preach. The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated, a brief memorial service will be held for the ministers of the synod who have died this year, and the election of a new moderator will take place. The ses sions will continue through Wednes day and Thursday. Other important matters that will claim the attention of the synod will be recommendations of the commit tee on Stewardship of Which Rev. R. C. Long, D.D., of Greenwood, is chairman, assigning the amounts to the presbyteries to be raised for be nevolences during the coming year. Foreign missions, the educational in stitutions of the church, evangelism and women’s work will have impor tant places on the docket, as well as other activities of the church. The synod is composed of eight presbyteries within the bounds of the state of South Carolina. There are 277 churches and 177 ministers with in the synod. Each minister within the synod is a member of the synod and each church is expected to be represented by a ruling elder. It is (expected that 200 ministers and el ders will be present. The synod last met in Clinton in 1933, at the college and orphanage, Officers of the synod are Rev. G. G. Mayes, D.D., Winnsboro, moderator; Rev. D. McL. McDonald, Columbia, stated clerk, and Rev. H. A. Knox, Andrews, permanent clerk. The following recommended dock et has been announced for' the ap proaching meeting: Tuesday, S P. M. .Opening exercises. Sermon by the moderator, Rev. G. G. Mayes, D.D. Communion service. Brief memorials for deceased June. He served in the Panama Ca nal zone until December, 1937, when he returned home for two yean. He re-enlisted in August, 1939, in the air corps .and was sent immediately to the Hawaiian Islands, and was at Hickam field when the Japanese at tacked on December 7, 1941. Besides his parents, Dixon is sur vived by his maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mn. H. M. Geer, Sr., of this city; ten brothers and sisters: Joe Dixon of the U. S. army, now in England, Archie Dixon of Alturas, Calif.; Arnold Dixon of this city, Amy, • Patsy, Mary Alice, Lilliat., Tony, Polly and Deborah Dixon, of Renno. Young Dixon was a member of the Hurricane Baptist church and at tended Sunday school at the First the effective prosecution of the war.”, Presbyterian church, who led the The board also was ordered not to i prayer for the safety of the members Baptist church of this city. Rev. W approve any decreases in wages be-,of the armed services and the nation;iN. Long, pastor, said a memorial ser- low the highest paid between Janu-, and Bruce Galloway, of Goldville, vice will be held at an early date, ary 1 and September 15, 1942, unless;who left the company in singihg| r "~" ~ 1 to correct gross inequities and to aid "America” and “The Star-Spangled, Control Committee in the successful prosecution of the'Banner. war. No increases in salaries now in ex cess of $5,000 a year shall be granted until “otherwise determined by the Preceding the rally at the stadium, Appointed For County a parade, beginning at the monument on the public square, led by the col lege military band, and participated director (Byrnes),” except in instan- in by numerous local groups, march ces in which an individual “has beenl®^ stadium, assigned to more difficult or more re- j Relatives of men and women in sponsible work.” Also, the order said no salary shall A price control committee for Lau rens county has been appointed by the county defense council, with Rob ert H. Roper as chairman. Other members of the committee are Mrs. the services of the nation were asked, B* Jones and Mrs. George Shep- to stand for recognition. • | P ar< i» Laurens. hp ai!thnri7*ri in «os non A loud-speaker system had been committee has a copy of all after the navment nf tax**! althninrh set U P on and accoustics | lists 0 * "cost of living" commodities after the payment of taxes, although were » j filed by merchants when price ce.l- make due'aHowanoo^for navments^n 1 Mr - Mayer, who presided, stated m & s became effective. It is compul- life insurance premiums JTpolicies! 5. he ° bj ^ °( the meeting, and intro- sory lor merchants to make a record - ^ duced Dr. Jacobs, chairman of the heretofore issued, and for payments on fixed obligations heretofore in curred, as well as make provision to “prevent undue hardship.” South Carolina Defense council, who, of this information. Those who have not done so or those making incor- in turn, presented Major Mahon. rec t reports will be forced to com- Major Mahon, executive director P^y with the rules, it was stated, of the State Defense council, minced Mrs. Ernest Bell, price clerk for ! no words in urging the people at I county committee, will be in home to give their unstinted cooper- ^^ nton Wednesday, October 14, from ation in the war effort, calling upon 9 to 5 o'clock at the branch Tat ion all men who are physically able tO''b° ard office on South Broad street, offer their services for combat duty, ( and will explain the price control Mr .and Mrs. Julian Bolick and "i-^gardless of any other consider- pl an assist merchants in any way, two children and Mrs. A. K. Dill, ‘ a tion.” * ~ ‘t was stated yesterday by committee mother of M r - Bolick, have moved | Not only was he in favor of calling officials. The Bolicks Move Here From Georgetown here from Georgetown and are now U p bo y S 0 f 18 and 19 years old, Ma- occupying the Moorhead residence on jor Mahon said, but also those 15 and THomwell Fodlilv the corner of Centennial and Wood- 85 if the country needs them. “This a- Li ^ is a time to get tough,” he said. "The VJlVCn MOlltfOy row streets. Mr. Bolick has accepted a position beople must make up their minds with the Joanna Textile Mills, Gold-!that they can lick the other fellow Following a custom of long stand- ville, as resident engineer and enter- and go ahead and do it.” , 'ng, Monday. October 5, was observ- ♦»— “Have no fear that the man in ser- cd at the orphanage as a holiday. ed upon his new work the first of the month. He succeeds George H. Ellis, resigned. Mrs. Bolick before marriage was Miss Margaret Moorhead and her Yesterday Was 'Cotton Picking Day' Here ministers. Organization, call to order, prayer, to make their home. Roll call J Election of moderator. Election of assistant clerk, j Report of steering committee. Spe cial orders for Thomwell orphanage, i Assembly’s Home Mission Emergency Fund campaign, Men’s Work. Announcements. Adjournment. I Wednesday. 9 A. M. i Devotional exercises. 1 Reading of minutes of previous day. * ‘ Enrollment of members. 1 Announcement of standing com mittees. , i Reports of treasurers read and re ferred. vice is not going to do his duty,” Ma- with a cessation from all school jor Mahon declared in calling upon work The celebration was "Found- the people to make the necessary er’s day" of the home, which opened " sacrifices back home. “There is no it* doors for the admission of chil- friends here and in Goldville will easy way,” he said, “there must be dren on October 1, 1875. The institu- j learn with interest that she is re-1 sacrifices and more sacrifices,” and tlon . which was 67 years old Thurs- turning to Clinton with her family recalled, the epic stand made by the day, has been headed during this American forces on Bataan and at long period by only two presidents. Corregidor. . * the late Dr. W. P. Jacobs, founder. Major Mahon said that about half and Dr. L. Ross Lynn, who has held the people in the world seek to de- the position for the past 24 years, stroy all that the Statue of Liberty ^ ^ " stand for, and are led by dictators Machine Rotioneii Grover C. Roper of Hickory Tav ern. G. Fair Buford of Clinton, and Communications. Reports of committees. Wetneaiay, t P. M.' Reports of Committees. (Continued on page seven) Stores in the city were closed yes- who would destroy religion, liberty, u . . terday afternoon and employers and an d all things we hold dear. INQITieO m V»OUnty employes were transported to vari- Major Mahon prefaced his princi- ous farms in this area to help the P®1 address by explaining the pur- farmers with cotton picking. Each P° se °f, th* Civilian Defense corps. ^ worker was paid prevailing prices "The responsibility of protecting T. Roy DeShields of Lanford. have for the work. Clinton in this wartime,” he said, “is been named to serve as the Laurens A number of school children are Clinton s own," and urged citizens to county farm machinery rationing also pickfhg each afternoon durfng °ff er services in some capacity, board, with W. E. Bell of Renno,. and the week. "The kind of setup you have Jiere C B Owmgs of Owings as alternate is entirely up to you. There is a place members, it is' announced by County Barnes At Young's* for everybody,’’ he said. , Agent C. B. Cannon.- Mr. Roper is _ . _ # L , , j chairman of the board. He is also Eric Barnes, for a number of years, Misses Arne Jacobs, Jean Layton, chairman of the AAA county corn- pharmacist at Kellers Drug store, is Marcia Galloway and Carolyn Henry, mittee. now occupying a similar position at freshmen at Winthrop coUege, Rock Members composing the machinery Youngs Pharmacy, where he began Hill, will spend the week-end at rationing board are farmers, repre work the first of the month.* ! their homes here. • renting a cross section of the county