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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News / Volume XLII Clinton, S. C., Thursday, October 22,1942 Number 43 i.;., „ <• - • Skippers of U. S. Ships Lost in Solomons >:0%m HEAVY MAIL TO CONGRESS URGES YOUTH PROTECTION Many Mot Year Olds and Vice v of 18,19 test Liquor und Camps. Former Clinton Resident Passes / - ■ i— Services Held In Green- • ville for James McCarley . Barksdale. j. PASSENGER CAR TIRE INSPECTION BEGINS .DEC. 1 Friends and acquaintances here of James McCarley Barksdal4, better known to them as “Carl” Barksdale, Washington, Oct W.-An influx of; learned with genuine regnet of his lc#ai Wlll ^ U1C , liaA protest mail a death which occurred at his home in of flve certified for each pri among senators today to surround the, Greenville early last Friday mom-! vate car| pi^ any ac q U ired through Washington, Oct. 16. — The Office of P^ice Administration announced i today a nation-wide program for pe riodic inspection of tires, designed to ! keep casings in good repair and to prevent illegal use or sale of them. ! (Possession oil,, tires not “legally ac-[ ROOSEVELT GIVEN BILL THAT LEVIES RECORD U. S. TAXES quired” will result in loss of gasoline rations, OPA said. Only “legal” tires will be the max- l among senators today to surround tne i Greenville early last Friday mom i proposed military draft of 18 and 19 ^ i rationing certificates I year old men with protective restric-; rallon,ng cen,ncales „ [tions from their schooling, training|I^morrow to make higher excise levies ' •ties. mileage ^rat»omng, on a , ong list of ltems effective No- Nearly Seven Billion Added To Seventeen; Still Insufficient, Morgenthau Soys. Washington, Oct. 20. — Congress sent its biggest tax bill in history to the White House today and President. Roosevelt said he would sign it to- jand off-duty activities. j by his pastorf the Rev. C. T. Squires w hi c h goes into effect November. 22.! ° n a . ‘° n ? J . Letters from mothers protesting 0 f the Fourth Presbyterian church. I , .. .. vember 1. against the induction of their youth-1 Mr Barltsdale was a native o(| n eSer prfvate nor c™ m memal ve'' L'npr«edcn, e d Pictured la these three efllcial U. 8. nary photos are the captains of the three U. 8. cruisers which were reported lest In the early stages of the Solomon Islands battle. At left Is Capt. Samuel N. Moore of the U88 Quincy; Capt. William Q. Greenman of the US8 Astoria (center), and Capt. Frederick C. Riefkohl (right), skipper of the US8 Vincennes. Captain Moore of the Quincy was lost. 43 MILLION AMERICANS TO PAY HUGE TAX Bill OUT OMHCOME EMNED IN 1942 Married Persons With No Dependents Who Earn $1,700 This Year Will Pay $107.32; Married, With Two Dependents, Only Victory Tax of $53.80. The nation’s first wartime tax bill applying to 1942 incomes as proposed by the senate will add between 24 and 26 billion dollars to the treas ury, besides reaching down into the pockets of 18,000,000 new taxpayers. One of the outstanding sections of the bill provides for a 5 per cent “victory tax.” This tax will have to be paid by all those making $12 or more per week, plus the regular in come tax if one has to be paid. Up until this tax bill, the fedreal rate has been 4 per cent. This has been raised to 6 per cent and will apply to 43 million Americans. Other provisio'ns of the bill cut personal exemptions from $1,500 to $1,200 for married couples, and from $750 to $500 for single persons. Cred its for dependents have been reduced from $500 to $400. The following figures give an idea as to how much taxes would have to be paid by an individual making $1,700 a year: A single person would have to pay $186.52 in income taxes plus $53.80 in victory taxes. This would total $240.32. A post war credit provision in the victory tax payment of $13.45 would reduce this amount to $226.87. A married person with no depend ents would have to pay $53.52 in in come taxes plus $53.80 in victory taxes which would amount to $107.32 they now pay, while the senate' ver sion lowered this bill to not* quite two billion dollars. The house, in its original bill, would have extracted $2,872,300,000 more from individuals than they now pay, while the senate boosted this to $5,081,000,000. A spokesman for the treasury de partment, commenting on the tax bill, said that the purpose of the tax system as offered is to be severe enough to prevent too great a pur chasing power from breaking price ceilings, yet sensitive enough to al low for individual needs and abili ties. He further stated such a tax pro gram as this which combines ade quacy with equity will be a major contribution toward, a successful prosecution of the war, and satisfac tory readjustment, afterwards. RUFUS H. STEWART TAKEN BY DEATH ful sons and complaining about in terruptions in their studies were re- p e 5 ruary 7 ported piling up on legislators’ desks, y ’ as welt as petitions from organiza tions urging that army camps be in sulated against liquor and vice. _ : ' — r -- neuner private nor commercial ve- , w ;ti u- Laurens county, where ha was bom hicles wiU ^ certified for continued' 1883, a son tion Thursday of the draft legisla tion, already passed overwhelmingly by the house, and Senator Lee, Dem ocrat, of Oklahoma, announced he would demand a record vote on an amendment to ban sale-df intoxicants and to enforce anti^vice regulations j ^ * or , ^ r e Officers Training on and near militant posts. Lee told reporters he believed that individual income levied on this, year’s of the late I 41" J ... .. , -—incomes and payments will start A B and Elizabeth (Coneland) ! OP ^ rat, ° n tires need re " January 1 with payroll deductions Rark^ale EUzabeth | pairs or mechanical faults cause un- for the .. victory tax/ . Harksnaip necessary tire wear. OPA* added that j . • if a passenger car owner attempts to federal reve * keep and use a tire in excess of the,^l.^^at a mmimum flve permitted under the regulations, the violation will be disclosed by the inspection system. First inspection for all passenger, 0 cars must be made between Decern- ^ re / ary Morgenthau recently her 1 and Januarv 31 next with called for anolher tax bl11 *> y»*ld an commercial ™h“7ins^ction U000.«>0.«*. Congees mg November 15. Alter the origin^ “”?*>" wh ™ inspection, passenger car owm . rs wonld b marie on the new b.ll but it Barksdale. As a young man he came to Clin- _ . . . , , , ., 'ton where he was associated for 12 The_aenat» has acbednled contlder- years the late c „ Bajley „ secretary of the Lydia Cotton Mills. He was one oif the most popular young men in this city during the period he made his home here. In the spring of 1917 he volunteer- camp of World War No. 1, being one of the first three volunteers to go but disputed estimate, the measure nevertheless went to the White House labelled “inadequate" by the treasury. — was generally thought that action commission as a second lieutenant boog will be required to have their would ^ de fe*r«i untiP after Janu- there, being assigned to headquar-1 tires inspected every four months at ar ^ *’ ters of the 81st division, with which official OPA stations. I Tbe present bill, molded to corn- unit he saw service in France. By a 0wners with rationventitling them P 1 ‘ om ‘ se f J orm b y con,ere « . ^ consistent devotion to duty and an ' to more mileage must be inspected bouse and senate, received its final aptitude in service, he won steady ! every two months. Commercial ve _: congressional approval in short order if he could obtain a roll vote the from Clinton. He soon received his holding the minimum “A” ration amendment would be adopted, a re sult conceded likely by several sena tors who have opposed any revision of the measure as approved by their military committee. The house bill would allow high school and college students to finish|P ro, ™ tio ?’. a " d * tta !“« d the rank of; hicle tires must ^ impeded every'P 1 * hous * bussed the measure .. . 1 loiiton on t I a I Haivw* . . w nrtAflv nnH ar\rtrr\\/&r1 it* hv o ctsirk/i — Rufus H. Stewart, 45, member of a well known Laurens county family, died at his home Monday afternoon after a brief illness. Mr. Stewart was the son of the late Hastings D. and Alice Martin | perance, Stewart, and a member of the Gold-1 service.” ville Baptist church. He was bom in their academic year, a provision sev eral senators said might be written into the senate measure. As the lat ter stood, only high school students would be deferred and then only when called up during the last half of the school year. Also before the senate, as a sepa rate resolution, was a proposed con stitutional amendment by Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michi gan, to give all citizens of ,18 or older the right to vote. There would be a long legal road ahead of this proposal, however, since it would require ratification by three-fourths of the states, even if approved by congress. Thfre was little outspoken senate opposition to the general proposal to lower the draft age and most con troversy was expected to center around the* Lee amendment, which is similar to the Sheppard bill which was pigeonholed after Secretary of War Stimson opposed it on the lieutenant-colonel before being re-_ jtwo months or ^ 5 000 mil tired from the army. While in France j whichever comes flrst he received a citation for meritorious services because of his exceptional; i a %a/ ij \a/i . executive ability. i/VirS. YV, il. TvnOrTOn Upon receiving his discharge from! Dies At Waterloo the army, Mr. Barksdale located oni —♦ the Barksdale farm near Laurens. Mrs. Virginia Lee Fuller Wharton, Later he accepted a position in 8 0, wife of W. H. Wharton of Water- Greenville with Norris Brothers in j loo, died early Monday morning at the textile supply business. About!her home after a period of declining six years ago, because of declining I health, health, he retired from active busi ness. On February 17, 1921, he was mar ried to Miss Lois Sample of Pom pano, Fla., and Chester, and she sur vives him. B. Clyde Barksdale of High Point, N. C., and N. F. Barksdale of Colum bia; and one sister, Mrs. Rudolf An derson of Greenville. Funeral services were held from the home Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock by the Rev. G. H. Hughes, with burial following in the Water loo cemetery. Mrs. Wharton was the daughter of Also surviving are three brothers. a ., s * w ,“ arlon ^ a * aaugnter oi To that is added a graduated surtax A. D. L. Barked ale of Green vilTe/l Tttman S. Fuller and Mary starting at 1$ per* cent and increasing w J Jurors Drawn For ground that the war department had I /n * l y “its own and more effective methods UCtODGr I GriTI of attaining temperance and of deal ing with those who, through intem- bring discredit upon the briefly and approved it- by a stand ing vote of 130 to 2. The two dissent er^ were Representatives Hinshaw. Republican, of California, and Rob- sion. Republican, of Kentucky. Hin shaw disliked the victory tax and Robsion thought several items could have been improved. The senate talked the measure over for an hour, heard some sharp criticism of the three per cent tax on freight bills, and then approved the bill by a voice vote which sound ed unanimous. The measure raises income tax rates to their highest level yet. The normal individual income tax rate is increased from four to six per cent to 82. At present the surtax ranges from six to 77 pr cent. Personal ex emptions have been lowered. The result is that the taxpayer will pay 19 per cent on his first dol- A post war credit of $21.52 would be this caunty where he spent due him after the successful comple tion of the war. For a married person with two de pendents there would be no income tax, but there would be a victory tax of $53.80. The post war credit on this tax amounts to $23.67, which makes a total payment of $30.13. In addition to the above changes in the tax bill on 1942 incomes, sur taxes ranging from 6 per cent on the first $2,000 of taxable income, to 77 per cent on income above $5,000,000 have been increased to 13 and 82 per cent, respectively. Excise (hidden) taxes have been - increased on liquor, beer, wines, cig arettes, cigars, lubricating oil, slot machines, photographic apparatus, train, bus and plane fares. The new tax bill also includes a provision for a joint congressional study of compulsory savings According to r estimates by entire life. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Inez Darnell Stewart; a son, Billie; one sister, Mrs. Hugh L. Cunningham of this city; and two brothers, Watts Kay Stewart of Laurens, and R. C. Stewart of this city. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Bailey Memorial Methodist church. Rev. W. N. Long and Rev. W. R. Quinn officiated. Interment was Rosemont cemetery. his Baptists Re-elect Long As Moderator in Churthes Ask For Purge Of Vice A resolution asking President Roosevelt to “order the immediate abatement” of “vice, gambling, drink ing and kindred evils” in and about the {military and naval posts and war treasury, the original house tax bill Production enterprises was adopted would have yielded over two billion! at the closing meeting here last dollars more from corporations than 1 Thursday of the South Carolina Syn od of the Presbyterian church. The synod also approved a resolu- The Laurens Baptist associatidn at its closing session last week, selected Friendship and Rabun Creek church es as the next meeting places. The Rev. W. N. Long, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, was! H. Ann Babb, pioneer citizens of this county. Her,husband is a highly re garded citizen of the Waterloo com munity. Besides her husband, Mrs. Whar ton is survived by two daughters,! lar of taxable income, with the total Mrs. J. R. Nickles and Miss Lillian percentage to be paid rising sharply 'Nelson of Abbeville; one son, Connor.as income increases. |F. Nelson of Atlanta, and two grand-! 'In addition, the bill levies the new The October Term of civil court! chi l dre n. Marion Lee Nelson and victory tax. called by some a gross will convene in Laurens on next i Connor F. Nelson, Jr. Surviving also income tax. Under its terms, all in- Monday, the 26th, with Judge M. M. j ar e three stepsons, C. C. Wharton dividuals will be taxed a flat five per Mann, of St. Matthews, presiding.! and J° e p - Wharton of Greenwod, cent of income in excess of $12 a The following venire of 36 jurors has and John H. Wharton of Waterloo; week, or $624 a year. Some deduc- been drawn to serve Waterloo township: J. W. Drake, J. M. Anderson. Laurens township: W. H. Brown, J. W. Church, Luther Cox, Lester L. Davis, G. C. Dorman, Walter Edward [Cleveland, Mack Calvert. Huntet: C. D. Pitts, P. E. Riley, C. Smith, S. A. Timmons, F. D, and one step-daughter, Shealy of Cross Hill. re-elected moderator for the coming! Wicker, J. W. Vaughn, O .C. Wood year .Other officers re-elected with Mr. Long are: Rev. J. H. Kyzar, Lau rens, vice moderator; W. P. Culbert son, Cross Hill ,Clerk; B. Y. Culbert son, Laurens, assistant ejerk; R. E. Thompson, Laurens, treasurer. Ex ecutive board, W. N. Long, A. B. Langston, W. A. Moore, C. .B. Bobo, B. Y. Culbertson, J. H. Byrd, W. L. Taylor, J. H. Kyzar and J. A. Martin. SOLDIERS OVER 35 MAY BE DIRECTED TO DEFENSE JOBS Mrs. J. H. i tions are permitted for debt pay- jment, insurance premiums and war | bopd purchases, or a portion of the ! tax may be recovered after the war. A nine per cent tax increase for : corporations was provided, raising the levy from 31 to 40 per cent by a j combination of normal and surtax j rates. Excess profits will be taxed at 20.—President i 90 per cent, after a $5,000 exemption today that a The present excess profits tax is a Local Baptists Attend State W. M. U. Meeting The following Clinton people at tended the Northern Divisional meet ing of the South Carolina Woman’s Missionary union at the Baptist church in Laurens last Thursday: Mrs. Alec Henry, Mrs. T. L. Cooper, Mrs. R. ,W. Johnson, Mrs. Frank Cleveland, Mrs. T. L. W. Bailey, Mrs. Estelle Abrams, Mrs. John T. Little, Mrs. L. E. Cason, Mrs. Clark John son, Mrs. S. A.' Timmons, Mrs. R. M. League, Mrs. A. D. Connor, Jr„ Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs. J. K. Hasel- den, Mrs. W. T Putnam, and Mrs. W. N. Long; also Rev. W. N. Long and W. T. Putnam. 132 Pupils Complete Retailing Course A school of retailing at Clinton high school closed Friday with the presentation of certificates to 132 pu pils who completed the work. The course was taught by Mrs. Delle Put nam and Miss Elizabeth Lamb, under the direction of the state department of education, for the purpose of! training extra sales help for the i Christmas holidays. Similar classes are being conducted in a number ofi towns in the state. | Florida Synod Names Orphanage Trustees At the annual meeting of the Pres- Washington. Oct. ruff, H. C. White, W. R. Thomas,! Roosevelt disclosed iuu-j- mai a me present excess proms lax is _ John C. Martin. Inumber of soldiers over 35.years old graduated scale running from 35 to Sullivan: F. A. Knight, W. L.! would Probably be furloughed to, 60 per cent. Cheek, J. B. TumbUn, S. W. Wil-! take i° bs in munitions factories and, hams. production of luxury goods might. AS,- C* onp T n Tonrh Youngs: Frank M. Jones, Furman ** cut more drastically to help solve i * « O I COCn Balcombe, J. G. Harris, W. Fowler vital manpower problems. DlDlG Mudy Mere On his recent inspection tour of war plants and military establish-! Mrs. Ira T. Stone, of Greenwood, ments all over the country, Mr. will conduct Bible studies here at Roosevelt toltL a press conference. Broad Street Methodist church J.; he had seen uniformed, men who Thursday and Friday. October 29 Burns, J. E. Hunt. Dials: B C. Curry, L. F. Armstrong, Bryson Gray, I. D. Henry, Conway Knight, W. A. Green. Scuffletown: J. H. McClintock, 1L. Todd. Synod Grateful For would have been much better off in and 30. on Philippians The afternoon munitions factories than they were sessions will be held at 3.3)>jand oth- ening at uic diiiiucii meeting ui tne ^ icb*' C ^ ^ * * il byterian Synod of Florida, held* the, tntertQWment Mere a ‘i2f past week in Tampa, the Rev. John A. McMurray, pastor of the First „, r „ Just before adjournment tion to join the South Carolina Fel- • Presbyterian church at Ocala, was j Thursday afternoon, the Presbyte- plan, lowship of Churches when that or- elected a member of the board of rian synod in session here passed the ganization is effected. | trustees of Thomwell orphanage of; following resolution of thanks and to march 25 miles a day with full, er classes conducted [equipment. 8:00 o’clock. Gen. George C. Marshall, chief Mr9 - Stone is well known as a of staff of the army, previously had R lb le teacher throughout this section last said the army was studying such a 4 * The selection 6f the time and place'this city, succeeding Dr. L. E. Me-.appreciation: r the next meeting in 1943 was left Nair of Orlando, retired. "The Sync for with the moderator and stated clerk DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE SO FAR THIS YEAR THERK HAS BEEN 1 FATALITY from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let's Strive To Make 1942 a Safe Year On the Hifhways. Thk date but year, jL Orphanage Trustees Sym>d of South Carolina ex- Elected By Synod Other Florida trustees re-elected presses its deep appreciation to the I ♦ are: Dr. A. R. Larrick, Plant City; | pastor and to the people of the First At the annual meeting of the Pres- Charles M. Turney, Starke; Dr. John Presbyterian church of Clinton for byterian Synod of South Carolina D. Thomas, Pensacola, and Dr. James their many kindnesses, their Chris- held here last week, two new* mem- r ~' ** 1 tian courtesies, and their gracious en- hers were elected to the board of and previously has taught classes here. The studies are interdenomina tional and members of all congrega tions are cordially invited to hear her. > Scout Leaders Hold Meet Here V. Johnson, Miami. Wardlaw Accepts Whitmire Call Price Control Committee Announcement is made that the Rev. Hubert Wardlaw, pastor of the Franklin, N. C M Presbyterian church, ^ . j r ^ has accepted a call to the pastorate, Nomed rOr V«OUnty of the Presbyterian church at Whit-' _ _ Commissioners of the Clinton Boy tertainment of the Synod of South trustees of Thomwell orphanage, and Scout district held a meeting Tues- Carolina. Their hospiUlity and gen- one re-elected whose term had ex- day evening at 7:30 at the Clinton erosity are noted as the kind usually piped. * ' tearoom. Horace S. Williamson, of given td those who are engaged in The Rev p Ray R jddle d D pas- Greenville. Blue Ridge Council exec- promoting the Master’s kingdom ... .alive, had charge of the meeting. Which was attended by a number of succeed Dr. John McSween, who has ' eaders in this area. , moved out of the synod. I ^ P ro « nun consisted of a tram- tor of church. the Shandon Columbia. Presbyterian was elected „ ^ . . . mg course covering fundamentals of ...... , - , — ^f. v '.^ obn , ? ast 1 ? r of t lhe scooters. The Clinton district has mire and will enter upon his new . A price control committee to serve Pr ** by , r ' a ? church at Kingrtiee, wt ,jj or g an ired troops in the city, at work the first of the month. Mr., in connection with the county ration-0Jlf as ,, mes the Clinton Cotton mills. State Train- Wardlaw, who is a graduate of Pres- ing board has been announced by Ibornwe . ° r Harts ' l le * fos, * ned ing school and Goldville. byterian college, is pleasantly re-jChas. F. Fleming of Laurens, chaic-H Rev T. Ellison Simpson of Dar- ( —; membered here. Mrs. Wardlaw be- man of the Laurens County Council 'ington. was re-elected for a five- C|. aar StaiTID No 9 fore marriage was Miss Annie Lee;of Defense. It Is composed of the fol- year ‘ erm - Dr Simpson is chairman *1 ^ j .T - • Jackson of this city. Ilwing: RoWrt H. Roper, chairman, of the board, succeeding'M. F. Ansel CjCOO November I 1 Mrs. G. B. Sheppard and MrS. B. L.| of Greenville, retired. s \ j « Jones, all of Laurens. ' I 1 t " ! Ahnouncement has been made by ATTEND PRESBYTERY, Rev. J. K. Roberts, pastor of the TIME TO Bl'Y PLATES the county rationing board that sugar First Presbyterian church, Dr. D. J.. MEN-OF-THE-CHURCH TO MEET In an advertisement in today’s )Ja-'stamp No. 9 Will have a weight value Woods, A. O’Daniel and John M.j The -Men-of-the-Church of the per by the state highway department, of three pounds November l to De- Hudgens attended the fall meeting; First Presbyterian church will hold notice is given that motor vehicle li- ! cember 15 inclusive. The board wishes to advise con sumers that stamp No. 8 is nut good after October 31. of South Carolina Presbytery held at their October supper meeting Thurs-[ censes for 1942-43 must be purchased the Ware Shoals Presbyterian church day evening, the 28th, at 7:30. AH before Oct. 31 to avoid payment of Tuesday. ' members are invited to attend. * penalty. i ■HHHIHbhHHHBIIb I