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* % X THE CMCIE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ms (ttltrmurle If You Don't Read IHE CHRONICIE You Don't Get the News Volumfe XLII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 26, 1942 Number 48 THOMAS R. OWENS, LIFELONG CITIZEN, CLAIMED BY DEATH TURKEY PAY TO BE OUlETJjOUDAY City To Rouse for Thanksgiving. Union Service At First Baptist Church. A day of rest and quiet, a day of family reunions, will be observed to day by Clintonians in observance of! Thomas Richard Owens, 83, affec- i Thanksgiving which has been pushed! tionately known to hundreds of ’ back a week this year by proclama-1 friends as “Uncle Tommy,” died at tion of the President of the United his residence early Monday morning after a critical illness of a few weeks. One of Communify's 'Grand Old MenJ Passes At Home. Last Rites Held Tuesday. // States. | Today being a legal holiday, stores,! The funeral services were held banks and business establishments Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the residence, the services being in charge of his pastor, Rev. J. H. Koh ler, assisted by a former pastor, Rev. L. E. Wiggins of Anderson. Inter- THE CHRONICLE Extends To Its Large Family of Readers, Best of Wishes for Joy and Contentment On This Happy Family Day. will be closed, and there will be no mail deliveries, city or rural. The Thomwell orphanage schools will close for one day only. The city schools will have two days, today and Friday, while Pres byterian college closed their fall quarter yesterday to re-open for the winter session on December 1. There will be no football, the col- lege, high school and orphanage teams having completed their sched ules. k A city-wide union Thanksgiving service has been arranged by the Ministerial union for 9:30 this morn ing at the First Baptist church. The speaker will be the Rev. Walter N. Long, pastor of the church. Many families have planned re unions, turkeys are dressed and! Egypt. Before entering the army in ready to go in the ovens, with many 1940 Sgt. Leaman had for a number relatives coming “back home” for the 0 f years lived in Whiteville and Ral- holiday period. ; e igh, N. C. Business will be at a standstill,! Leaman received his training though the textile mills here and m : in T F1 at McDm field and Goldville wdl not close down. The, was statloned ^fore being sent state bird huntmg season will open; to forei service His wife makes today, with many expected to sally | her home in T at the nt forth with guns and dogs to the| time URGES PRAYERS ON HOLIDAYS President Asks Nation To Observe Thanksgiv ing and New Year Solemnly. Days of prayer: Thanksgiving day and New' Year’s day PRODUCING FOOD FIRST FIRMING NEED IN NATION By the President of the States of America A Proclamation United THOMAS R. OWENS Former Clinton Boy Is Cited Sgt. James Henry Lea- man Commended Tor Gallantry In Action. Staff Sergeant James Henry Lea man, who for a number of years made his home in Clinton, has been commended for bravery in action in the Mediterranean area, according to information received here. He is sta tioned with U. S. army air forces in Board Calls Thirty For Army Duty Selectees To Be Sent To Fort Jackson Dec. 12 For Induction. Clinton draft board No. 50 yester day released a list of 30 white men : who will go to Fort Jackson, Colum bia, December 12 for physical exami nations and possible induction into the army. The list follows: Oscar Edmonds, Greenwood. Robert Lindsay O’Sullivan, Lydia Mill, Clinton. Director Watkins of Extension Work, Urges Hard Work. I Clemson, Nov. 22. — “There never was a time when more careful thought should be given to producing all the main food supplies required “It is a good thing to give thanks on the farm," says Director D. W. unto the Lor^.” Across the uncer-1 Watkins of the Clemson Extension tain ways of space and time our service, in speaking of the conditions hearts echo those words, for the, facing South Carolina farmers in days are with us again when, at 1943 and the future. "Purchased foods ef every sort will be very expensive because of short age of transportation and high cost The final months of this year [of processing,” Director Watkins ex- are the gathering of the harvest, we solemnly express our dependence upon Almighty God. now almost spent, find our republic and the nations joined with it wag ing a battle op many fronts for the preservation of liberty. plained. Hence, the importance of having every farmer consider and act upon these conditions which he names re- Ih giving thanks for the greatest the prodwtwm t+f ftwd ftn* harvest in the history of our nation,; home use and war needs . we who plant and reap can well re-i M j solve that in the year to come we Most farm famil,es that not will do all in our power to pass that, 8ro\y their own home gardens will in milestone; for by our labors in the all probability suffer in more or less PRICE CEILINGS ON FERTILIZER TO BE RAISED woods, while others will enjoy other recreations so far as tires, and, gas wUr permit. ment followed at Rosemont ceme tery. Active pallbearers were: C. L. Vaughn, Jr., Albert D. Owens, Posey Watts Copeland, San) Young, Jodie C. McMillian, B. Davidson, Otis Dim- can and Raymond Clary. The honor- Existing price ceilings on fertilizer ary escort consisted of a number of ma y raised by approximately lifelong friends of the family. eight per cent shortly to cover in- The services, both at the home and creased costs of nitrogen and trahs- grave, were attended by a large con- portation, it has been announced by course of friends from this commu- the state Office of Price Administra- nity and elsewhere who gathered to tion. Fertilizer prices were frozen at pay their last respects. The floral of- levels prevailing February 16-20, ferings, beautiful and varied, were 1942, and the projected increases are indicative of the love and esteem in designed to cover costs which have which he was held. ‘ increased since that base period. Mr. Owens was bom in Jacks! A new price regulation, effecting 1 mission mentioned in the citation township on April 19, 1859, a son of this adjustment by fertilizer produc- .will receive the Silver Star medal. Thomas Richard and Susie Jacks, tion areas according to the increased Sgt. leaman received his citation on Owens. As a young man he moved to; costs in each area, probably will be 1 September 23, being one of 10 to re Clinton in 1890 and became a resi- issued within the next four to five tho dent of Musgrove street, where his j weeks, OPA officials said, family always resided. In 1887 he Allocation of low-priced sources of The citation follows: “Staff Sgt. James H. Leaman is herewith cited for gallantry in action with the enemy. On June 15, 1942, while acting as aerial gunner, he took part in an attack on the Italian fleet operating in the Mediterranean sea, made by a formtion of U. S. Army air force heavy bombers. This attack was so successful that the fleet was forced to withdraw, permitting safe passage of a British convoy bound for Malta, On the return flight to base he manned his machine guns with such precision and in such per fect coordination with the remainder of the formation that intercepting enemy fighters were driven off with two casualties.” All the crews on the particular ceive the honor. In writing to a 'relative ii\ White- __ _ ville, he stated his cohorts were drop- was married” to Miss Mattie David- chemical nitrogen to war industries;ing “a few -firecracker^; on the ment of pastures through the use of in mind this great psalm: “He maketh me d »« n “. lime and in K,me case, phoaphates ia f^uTwa^ ^ me P- “He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the Cheap roughage, such as comes from pearl millet, kudzu, lespedeza, peavine and other types of quality valley of the shadow of death, I will! Jj?* .^® basic to be€{ «nd milk pro fear no evil: for Thou art with me: son, the devoted couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on October 13, 1937. Upon moving here Mr. Owens was employed as a clerk by L. H. David son. Later he opened a store for him subjects the fertilizer industry to ad- j enemy.” v ditional expense in turning to substi- Sgt. Leaman is the son of the late tutes, such as oilseed meals, for es-!Mr. and Mrs. James William Leaman sential nitrogen. Advance disclosure i of this city, and grandson of Mrs. of the proposed price adjustment, is | Bigie Leaman of Cross Hill. His made, OPA officials said, to encour- mother before marriage was Miss self and operated it for several years age fertilizer manufacturers to pro- 1 Mae Sowers, daughter of O. A. Sow- until he sold out to the late E. C. jceed with mixing operations, using ers, and sister of Dennis Q. Sowers Briggs. He then gave his attention to all available sources of nitrogen, of this city, cotton weighing until Jan. 3, 1903,1 Thus the 1943 output of essential when he joined the J. M. Pitts Arm. For an unbroken period of 32 years, until he retired in 1935, he retained his connection with this Arm, and during that long time lost only a few days from his work. Always cour teous and considerate of the public, he made hundreds of friends among both white and colored in this po sition. food, feed and fiber crops will not be limited by a fertilizer shortage. MUST RATIONING DATES LISTED fields we can share some part of the < ^ e 8 re€ from malnutrition in 1943. sacrifice with our brothers and sons There is, no reason for farm people who wear the uniform of the United to go withoiH plenty of sweets, since States. sweets can be provided from sor- It is fitting that we recall now ghum, sugar cane and honey, the reverent words of George Waslw There will pe a continued demand ington: for all of the pork, meat, milk, eggs “Almighty God, we make our ear- and poultry than can be produced nest prayer that thou wilt keep the and assembled in marketable quanti- . LUnited States in Thy holy protec- ties. Joe Denny Rodgers, Rt. 3, Clinton, tion,” and that every American in h.s There ig a demand fop ^ Henry Lee Lewis, Lydia Mill Store, own way lift his voice to heaven yond the imrnediate capacity to C ^ nt , 0n r , r , r * • 1 . a l US it, and in this state the develop- Glles Lawson, Rt. 1, Clinton. •" thio oraat rvcalm- v Ernest Caldwell Graham, Clinton. Joe Brady Compton, Rt. 3, Laurens. Charles Wyatt Elmore, Rt. 1, Wa terloo. Charlie Ray Hazel, Cross Hill. Nathan Walker Stroud, Spartan- burg. James Wilson Younginer, West Co lumbia. Gonzalee Roe, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. Scott Bible, Rt. 1, Laurens. Loyd Eubanks, Rt. 1, Clinton. Jack Victor Hunt, Greenville. Ben j amine Richard Heatherly, Clinton. Wilburn Lollis, Rt. 2, Honea Path. Claud Luther Strickland, Laurens. Newton Oscar Nabors, Waterloo. DeWhitt Lathen, Gray Court. Andrew Huston Ellis, Lydia Mills, Clinton. William B. F. Fuller, Goldville. Carl O’Dell Norris, Goldville. Oral Duke Dyer, Portland, Oregon. Robert Tyler Thompson,. Lydia Mill, Clinton. Joseph Warren Calvert, Goldville. Joseph William Sheffeild, Jr., Clin- vice to the nation; and in our homes, ton. Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Oscar Vandiver Harrison, Rt. 3, Roosevelt, President of the United Laurens. i State’s of America, do hereby invite Isaac Cleveland Craven, Goldville. ! the attention of the people to the John Allen Abercrombie, Rt. 1,1 joint resolution of Congress, ap- 1 self an “Unreconstructed Rebel,” pray Court. proved December 26, 1941, which Circuit Judge J. Henry Johnson of Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me. “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil: My cup runneth over. “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.” Inspired with faith and courage Auction. There is more reason than ever for producing home supplies of such crops as com, oats, wheat and rice. There will be a demand for all the livestock and livestock products that can be produced on the basis of lo cally produced feed grains, hay, pas tures and forage. We have not in many years pro duced sufficient quantity of high quality U. S. No. 1 Porto Rico sweet by these words, let us turn again to although „ rdinary run _ ot _ the work that confronts us in this, the _ fieldt nond e Scr ip t , ungraded va- time of national emergency. In the rieties are alwa a d on the mar . armed services and the merchant ke ^ marines; in factories and offices;! ^ on farms and in the mines; on high ways; in other places of public ser JUDGE JOHNSON FLAYS POLITICS —" IN WAR EFFORT Gaffney, Nov.'16. — Terming him- Youth To Register During December designates the fourth Thursday in Allendale today opened a week’s November of each year, as Thanks-; term of general sessions court here Several important, “must” ration- Mr. Owens was a lifelong member : ing dates to fall within the next thir- of the Methodist church and always ty days for South Carolinians have Special Services Closed Sunday The revival services in progress last week at the First Baptist church came to a close Sunday evening. The services, which grew daily in inter est and attendance, were conducted ! The ’teen-age draft bill is being set in motion by the two draft boards of the county with the receiving of giving day; and I request that both 1942, and New Year’s day, January 1, 1943, be observed in prayer, pub licly and privately. In witness whereof, I have here with scathing denunciations of poli tics in the war effort. He laid respon sibility for political machinations up on the government in Washington and upon the people who send men unto set my hand and caused the to Washington to represent them instructions to mail questionnaires to | seal of the United States of America Addressing the grand jury he bit- all youths 18 and 19 years of age who have already registered.. Following the passage of the legis lation lowering the minimum draft age, President Roosevelt provided three registration dates. Those who became eighteen in July and August to be affixed terly criticized the anti-poll tax bill. seventh. by »Dr. J. Elwood Welsh, pastor of , the First Baptist church of Orange- are to agister during the week of, burg. Dr. Welsh delivered a series 0 f; December ^ Those whose birthdays By the President: loyal to its interests. He was one ofibeen announced from the office of!helpful 'messages' and made many were ' n September and October are; ROOSEVELT the “grand old men” of Clinton, an ; war information. These dates, in | friends during his stay here. ! t0 register during the week of De- j CORDELL HULL, outstanding example of a Christian ] brief, follow: ! ~ cember 18. And those becoming gentleman. As a citizen, it was al- Noveipber 29—Coffee rationing be-’ n^jy|igl|4 A I. nrj|| eighteen in November and December ways easy to know where he stood gins. Vl j | are to register between December 26 on any question and to count on hisi December 1—Certificates for wariLQSt InUrsdoy and.31, inclusive. After January 1, influence on the side of rightebusness. necessity for commercial vehicles. j ;men becoming eighteen will register He was a member of the old school, December 12—Tire inspection rec-l An unannounced daylight air raid| on their blrthda y s - Done at the City of/Washington, ced j ng pr j ces 0 f [ arm products, ine- this eleventh day of November m | quality of freight rates between the the year of our Lord nineteen hun-15^ and the North> the general ./e iv ^r re ^ an< i1‘ ,d * scr munation against the Southern (Seal) United States of America s t a t es have been treated as a the one hundred and sixty-! “conquered province” since the Con- unassuming and reserved. His char acter was marked by the highest ord. December 15—Sugar stamp No. w 1 drill was held here last Thursday 9 morning at 11:22 and the all-clear moral courage, integrity and sincer- expires. “ 1 signal followed 18 minutes later, at ity, and unfailing gentleness and' January 31, 1943—^Tires must have 11:40. courtesy. His death has caused much, been inspected. j The test was ordered by the Co sorrow and the community has lost! . ;lumbia area for 11 counties including an exceHent citizen. Kiwonis Leaders To Laurens. Besides his widow, the deceased is, . . . /* •«i survived by two daughters, Mrs. C- Meet 111 Careen Ville L. Vaughn and Miss Mary Lizzie Ow-1 ens; three sons, T. P. Owens, J. Hu- j DuPre Rhame, of Greenville, new- bert Owens and L. Roy Owens now ly elected lieutenant governor of the in the U. S. army in foreign service; ninth division of the Carolinas dis- i IQ grandchildren $ and one great-1 trlct of Kiwanis International, has grandchild; and a sister, Mrs. Ella set a meeting of the presidents, vice- Duncan,, of Whitmire. {presidents and secretaries of the nine • clubs comprising the division at Ginnino Fioures .Greenville, Thursday, December 3. > vsuiiiiiiy "ywiwa j At tfie meeting, which will be held ContinilO To GliniD late in the afternoon and at night, j plans for the 1943 club year, as work- 1 A total of 20,95,1 bales of cotton ed out at a district meeting in Char- were ginned in Laurens county prior lotte recently, will be discussed, to November 14, as compared with 1 The Clinton club will be rep re- 10,510 bales for the same period in sen ted by the president-elect for next 1941. This latest report was released year, Frank M. Boland, the retiring yesterday by M. M. Sanders, speciaL president, E. Harry Wilkes, and J. agent of the bureau of census. j LfGrande Mayer, secretary. . Thfe report shows a gain of 10,441 * bales over last year. ! MISS HALLETT ON TRIP i* ! Miss Norma Hallett, director of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Yeldell of training at the State Training school, Greenwood, spent the week-end with is spending two weeks in Philadel- the latter’s sister, Mrs. J. D. Jeans, phik and New York visiting similar and Mr. Jeans. institutions. BAPTISTS MAKE GIFT , , The Surtday school and congrega tion of the First Baptist church made an offering the past week of $350.54 for C on n i e Maxwell orphanage. Greenwood, as its Thanksgiving gift. Secretary of State. County Collects v 2,700 Tons Scrap X. X ; federate war, and the issuance of ; what he said were often “misleading communiques” of the progress of the I war in the Pacific. He urged South Carolinians to “think for yourselves.” He declared !“When the war is won, let us also win the peace.” He advocated the subjugation of Japan, Germany ami Italy” to not more than tenth-rate A total of 5,409,000 pounds of >erap powers after the war •• metal and rubber or more than 2,700 tons, has been collected and sold fromX “The quicker we put our senators Laurens county since January 1, ac- and congressmen and other high of- cording to figures released by — hclals u P° n notlce that the the salvage for victory committee, 0 f want a Quick termination of this war MR. MERCHANT- CHRI5TMAS IS ALMOST HERE! Christmas is Just around the comer. There are thousands of Christ mas shoppers in your trade area who are starting their holiday buy ing, and will be attracted by your messages in THE CHRONICLE every Thursday morning. Now is the time to start and go after your share of this Christmas business. Our advertising department is ready to assist you with helpful holiday illustrations. The cheapest and most effective advertising known is Newspaper Advertising. Placed in the home newspaper, your store message is read by all members of the family. - Newspapers from other cities coming into Clinton daily are filled ’ with advertisements seeking the patronage of your prospective cus tomers. If you don’t get your share of Christmas trade your competi tor will, “ „ Begin now and talk each week to the people of Clinton, Clinton and Lydia Mills, Goldville and the rural j section of this community through— THE CHRONICLE The Paper Thai Is Read By Your Proapective* Customers which Mrs. R. H. Roper, of Laurens, is chairman. Scrap metal was col- ! lected by dealers in Laurens and 'Clinton by Boy Scouts, school chil- ' dren, rural merchants and Negro sal vage workers over the county! , The total poundage of salvage rep- jfesents a per capita collection of 127 pounds. and a cessation of politics, the sooner we are going to win," he asserted, and‘there are A lot of politics being played in this war today.” Nance Hearing Is Postponed x Anderson Assigned To Leesville Church 7 I The preliminary hearing set for l Tuesday in Laurens in the case of C. i -r ,• D. Nance of Cross Hill, charged in a warrant with assault and battery with intent to kill, in connection with The South Carolina conference of t he shooting of Mrs. Jim Coleman the continuing Methodist E. Church, near Cross Hill on October 30, was South, which met at Bowman last postponed until a later date, accord- week assigned Rev. C.- R. Anderson mg to his attorney, W. L. Daniel, of ' to the Clinton circuit which includes Greenwood. Leesville church near here, and Mor- In announcing the postponement, ris chapel at Pomaria. Mr. Anderson Mr. Daniel sgid: is a former pastor of Leesville “Mr. Nance-has been in a low state church, serving thert for two years of health for some time, and upon about ten years ago, and also served iheXnrgent advice of his physicians Bailey Memorial church here two left two weeks ago for Hot Springs, years ago. Ark., to undergo treatment. Upon i Rev. Joseph Caldwell, formerly of learning that he was at Hot Springs the Clinton circuit, has been as- the magistrate postponed the hearing signed to Hemingway. 1 until some date after his return.**"