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IHE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable (Slip (Eliutmt (Ehrnntrle If You Don't Read THE CHROWCLE You Don't Get the New* Volume XLIII ON TEFRk'NEWS FRONT POINT RATIONING SYSTEM OF FOOD ASSURES EQUITABLE SHARE FOR ALL Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 7, 1943 Number 1 THE RED CROSS NEEDS YOU A war isn’t won at card tables! A war isn’t won across well-supplied dihner tables or by warm fires! A war'is won by prayer and work—hard work! When you refuse to help the Red Cross in its efforts to win the war, you Because of the increasing foodstuff; least one and a half million volun-| are not only letting your country down but some mother’s son. needs of the ever armed! teers will be needed put it in growing forces, Food Administrator Claude service Wickard told the nation that the 46! The point rationing system, if it is pound average consumption of can-! to be put into effect, would be simi- ned, frozen or dried foods will be cut lar to the system that nas been used to 33 pounds, or 13 pounds less per in England for some time. The OPA person, per year. j has announced that the new so-called be prepared and time to be given. o He further showed that during 1942 universal rationing book is designed) Every lady in Clinton is needed ini this work! one-third of the nation’s production | to handle two or three ration pro-1 Let’s get going! ' of canned, frozen or dried fruits was! grams simultaneously, used by the armed services. But dur- j j Book coupons are numbered to per- i ing 1943 this amount will be increas-)mit the rationing of consumer items i . f\ • ed to nearly one-half. 'by the expenditure of an allotted I PC||P 0111111011 The new rationing program will number of points by each individual,; MUIIIIwll cut approximately one-third of the rather than the simple coupon system |/*|| J I usual, everyday foodstuffs from the! in effect for sugar and coffee. The!^|||0Q ||1 \,|JY diet of the American people. For the point system of rationing, OPA of- j _ * duration of the war, and perhaps for - ficias say, provides an equitable j some time afterwards, there won’t share for everyone, and permits free- I Discard those worn-out excuses—saboteurs of good work—and let’s all pull together. i You ladies of Clinton! Come to the aid of our fighting boys and their) families. There is knitting to be done, garments to be made, surgical dressings to, 78TH CONGRESS WILL REVOLT ON BUREAUCRATS < Rayburn To Lead Fight and Reassert Preroga tives. To Reject Bills < Sent In By Them. Washington, Jan. 5.—Speaker Ray burn (Democrat) of Texas, was re- ! ported authoritatively tonight to have ' told house Democrats, in executive session, that Congress no longer would bow to the demands of “bu reaucrats” and that the legislative branch of government “must reassert l-ttseU. be as much pleasure in eating as heretofore, Secretary Wickard said. But there will still be .plenty of foodstuffs to maintain a healthy life, he added. Processed foods which are to be ratoned include canned and bottled fruit juices; canned and bottled veg- tables and vegetable juices; all types and varieties of soups; dried and de hydrated fruits; frozen fruits and frozen vegetables. Price Administrator Leon Hender son, OYI director Elmer Davis, and Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, dom of choice for the consumer. Different commodities will have i different point values. Using meat as | an example, a pound of one kind of meat might be valued at ten points, and a pound of another kind of meat, slightly more plentiful, might be val- James Osborne Held In County Jail Charged With Slaying. Leslie Holmes Quinton, of this city, was shot to death Saturday night at eight o’clock, and James Osborne, Jr., County Officials Begin New Terms Several Officers Take Oaths. Sullivan New Member of House. Laurens county officials nominated i and elected last summer and fall, ! with several exceptions, assumed section, assumed office Tuesday that Rayburn served blunt notice LANDER B. STODDARD Owingsl The speaker’s message—amount ing, some of its listeners said, to a “declaration of independence”—was delivered at the house Democratic caucus on the eve of the opening session yesterday of the 78th con gress. •Some of those who heard him said ued at eight points. A suppy and de-, 6 !*’^ new "terms of office on Tuesday, Jan- morning as county supervisor for a that he would prevent legislation mand bafis wm be used b?the gov-1 flavmg P 5th. • ! four-year term. He succeeds Robert from being laid upon his desk by emment to determine the point value . . , , ■ , <Th 1 Lander B. Stoddard became county, L - Tea | ue , fp U p!f UC n r H t 'l a of each commodity. As the supply or footing took place in The four-year term, sue- 1 Mr - Stoddard is a well known and ferred and gained the cooperation of demand of a certain commodity flue- Shack” lunch stand on North Broad ^ J highly regarded citizen of his com- the leadership and the “proper com- tuates the point value could b e street where Osborne was employed.- * Commissioners E Frank ! "runity, a son of Mrs. Robert L. Stod- mittees.” changed accordingly. ) Quinton was rushed to the local hos-, County Commissioners E. frank dard and the late Mr. Stoddard. For, Rayburn was .quoted as saying that occrcvary ui /vgneunure wicitara, The stamps in the new universal P'tal but was dead when he arrived. themselves for a two-vear ten- ^ yo^rs he has held the of- department heads may come and go, all emphasized the danger of hoard- j ration books are designated as worth Osborne was immediately arrested ^ ^ ‘ flee of elder in the New Harmony, but congress will live on long after ing before the plan goes ipto effect. “If you want to help the Axis, one of the best ways is to hoard,” Wick ard said. Vastness of the rationing set-up can be noted from the fact that at eight, five, two or one points. By us-! by city officer J. C. McMillan and ure ' | Presbyterian church and has been their departure"—that the depart ing combinations of these stamps, lodged in city police headquarters. | J. Hewlette Wasson will succeed actively identified with the civic, re- ment heads are not elected officials virtually any point value can be ! Later he was removed to the Laurens, himself for a four-year term. ligious and educational life of the and do not represent the people, as computed and the appropriate stamps ! county jail where he is now held, | Game Warden-elect W. R. (Bully) ‘ commun ity where his entire life has do members of the house and senate. turned in to the dealer when the charged with the killing Moore will take up his work later, been spent. purchase is made. He was reported to have said that FARMERS URGED TO GROW, COHSERVE FOOD DURIHG 1943 Clemson, Jan. 5.—“Home produc tion and preservation of food is a necessary part of the 1943 food pro gram,” says E. H. Rawl, Clemson ex tension horticulturist. “By conserving food on the farm we make more supplies available to the armed forces and allies as well as to war workers in our own country,” he, BLALOCK WILL FILED FOR PROBATE I Coroner R. I. Burgess empaneled succeeding M. A. (Gus) Cannon of For a four-year term, 1936-40, he un j ike the "bureaucrats," President ja jury which viewed the body ofr ^ s ^ c lon- ; served the county .as a commissioner, j ma de a practice of consult- Quinton. Dr. F. K. Shealy, county' ^ ^ Bums county superin-, physician, said that Quinton came ^ ndent education, and T ; Lane , ADDU AII ATE PI fiCCC iwoun^m^he^r 1111 ^ 3 g unshot j^S^e™*wTrin^ ORPHANAGE CLOSES The will of the late L. W. C. Bla- j . lock, of Goldville, was probated in int 4 ues ‘ -V o ., ’ T . . „• here this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 the Laurens county probate office 1 December 29, and under its terms the bulk of the estate will go to mem bers of his family. Frank M. Boland of this city, and J. B. Speake of Kinards, are named executprs of the will with codicil, dated May 28, 1940, and witnessed by Dr. W. T. Martin, J. J. Clark and R. T. Wilson. Mr. Blalock died at his Goldville Coroner Burgess' announced that! new “"til July 1. at the begin- rYffl I CIJT VFAD , inquest in the case will be held ; n,I }f of , the ^ y ear - . ... LAIlLLLIII I tAK ing congressional leaders weekly on all legislation he is seeking. To illustrate his point, he said that the chief executive planned another conference with the house and senate leaders before delivering his state . „ , ., of the union report to a joint con- Financially speaking, the year 1942 ..i " tKo gressional session Thursday. Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, auditor- o’clock | nominate, will also follow the cus- At the time of the trouble several' Procedure by waiting until was one of the most gratifying in the persons were in the lunch room. Ac-i Jul y to take over the office in her! history of Thomwell orphanage, the| The speaker^ conference statement cording to officers’ investigation, 0 ^. ^ Meanwhile, she is com- executive cominittee reported yester- was mterpreted in some quarters on there were several eye witnesses to !£*?«* •PPoiftment me unex-; day lolht ^ o( ^^.The re-, Capitol « «id^_th.t ha^pUn- the shooting, who will be called up on to testify at today’s inquest. Funeral services for Quinton were conducted from the Church of. God in the Clinton Mills community Mon day afternoon at 3 o’clock, with in terment following in Rosemont ceme tery. says- i home on December 24. Transportation facilities will allow ( The will provides bequests to Mr. only the hauling of necessary food. Blalock’s sister, Mrs. M. E. Brown- Machinery, labor to process and j n g ; a niece, Mrs. Mattie Ban Dicus;; and Mrs. M. G. Quinton, formerly of transport food, tin, and other normal a nephew, James L. Browning, and'Laurens, now of Pelzer, who survive, supplies are short. Every bit of food ^ wo grand-nieces, Mrs. Lillian Bums | together with his wife, Mrs. Eula produced for home use frees that Browning Taylor and Mrs. Medora Quinton; two sons, Wayne, 3, much food for the armies, allies, and Browning Piper. war-populated cities. Mrs. Grace Trexler, who cared for “Year-round gardens, wherever Mr. Blalock the latter years of his possible, should be planted so the| life, and a grand-nephew, George, farm family will have adequate Blalock Browning, were given all (Mrs. Frank Scott of this city, and amounts of health-giving vegetables i household furniture and car; the lat-i Mrs. Frank Walker of Laurens. pired term of the late auditor, Sam ceipts beginning at the Thanksgiving n*d to take the intiative in holding R. Dorroh. i a^on a nd continuing for the re- together the reduced Democratic ma- James H. Sullivan, Laurens attor- ma i n der of the year showed a con Jonty by eliminating some of its ney and former legislator, will again sjderable increase over the previous members over policies of some ad join the lower house delegation, along' year from churches, Sunday schools' m * n » <rtrat i oto departments and bu- with Representatives Charley L. Mi- anc j individuals. ireaus. Quinton was the son of the Rev. and Tracy, 2; one daughter, Shirley, four weeks old; two brothers, Mar vin Quinton of Pelzer, and Gene Quinton of this city; and two sisters, lam and Walter L. Martin when the general assembly meets January 12. O. L. Long, Laurens attorney, is the county’s hold-over senator. As a result of the enlarged fall re ceipts, the institution was able to pay ON THE WAR FRONTS The killing was the first homicide of the new year in the county. so essential in the diet of every one ter also received his two watches, producing for Victory,” Mr. Rawlj All the rest and residue of the advises. > property which may not already have A good program for every South j been conveyed by way of deed, is Carolina farm family in 1943 is to devised unto the said executors to preserve and store as much nutri- be held in trust, the said funds to be tious food as possible for home use., used for the education of designated Special emphasis should be put on grand-nieces and grand-nephews, raising at home the family’s poultry,] The will further provides that af- eggs, milk, butter, cheese, dry beans | ter the youngest child reaches the and peas, as well as fresh and stored i age of 23 years and certain stipulated vegetables and fruits, and at least all i provisions have been carried out, then the meat allowed the family under, the trust shall cease and the trustees rationing. j shall be discharged from their duty Town and city dwellers can help and all property, real and personal, to serve their country by producing including accumulated interest and food where good plots of land are income, shall belong absolute and in available and where such persons are fee simple to the following seven skilled. However, the seed, fertilizer, children: George A. Browning, May and insecticide supplies are such that Dicus, W. A. Deus, Jr., James Brown- they must not be wasted on infertile i n 6 Dicus, Katherine Justus Dicus, ground or by neglect. .George Blalock Browning and Violetji ons . All possible home food production Br o wn ‘ n f The latter upon reaching) MEAX __ Rationing RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) (Compiled for information of The Chronicle’s readers). COFFEE—Stamp No. 28 in war ra tion book No. 1 now good until mid night February 7 for one pound. FUEL OIL—Coupons marked “pe riod 2" still valid for 10 gallons; good until January 23. GASOLINE—Gasoline coupon No. 3 in “A" books good for three gallons until January 22. Value of “B” and “C" coupons still three gallons. “T-l" and "T-2” coupons good for five gal- The 78th congress, which may help determine the course of the woidd n , history for countless years to come, all notes outstanding and accounts -.u n * , convenes tomorrow with all factions due on the last day of the year, and , . u ♦ io io ’t pledged to an all-out war effort but entered 1943 without a dollar of in- . , ... , ■ . • . dehtedness sharply divided on domestic issues. Preliminaries were cleared away | addition to meeting all outstand- today. In a pre-session caucus. Red army units capture five more n on hgatl °i nS ’ ba l ai ? ce ° f Democrats unanimously nominated key cities in Don river loop and the 510,000 was brought forward for the Sam R ay b U m of Texas for another Caucasus in their massiv e smash ^ n ^'/f ar * and / f 26 ’ 000 term 85 speiiker of fhe toward Rostov, whose seizure would added to the endowment during the reelected John W. McCormack,^ trap entire German Southern army year just closed t ^ Massachussetts as their floor leader, in Russia. Remnants of 22 Nazi di-). Tbe meeting of the president. Dr. The house Republican conference visions before Stalingrad encircled. L - R - Byn n , and members of the lo- nominated Joseph W. Martin, Jr, _ : cal executive committee a few nights of Massachusetts as their candidate U. S. Fifth army is activated in ago was on , e o{ thanksgiving for the j or speaker ,but Rayburn’s reelec- North Africa with Lieut. Gen. Mark unusuall y f ’ me receipts and increasing t j on was deemed virtually a foregone D. Clark in command, indicating i spird of interest and lo \f I ” an,feste< * j conclusion, because the Democrats progress in organization of huge Al- in the institution by the Presbyte- st jn held a 14-vote majority, 222 lied force being geared for attack on nans of thls state > Georgia and Flor- bouse seats to 108 for the Republi- Bizerte and Tunis. .. lda - the three controlling synods. cans ♦ ! ' : 1 Democrats and Republicans alike RAF bombers send explosives Maids PlQC6d Oil called for a holiday on politics in roaring into targets in Germany’s - , J T ‘ Ruhr industrial center for second bCODOaid I 1011)5 dealing with legislation necessary to win the war. The Democrats emerged from their bombers lost. consecutive night, starting fires and | damaging many buildings. Two Maids are being added to the crews 1 caucus jubilant over a show of har- j of Seaboard Airline railway trains mony, one member describing it as as quickly as they can be trained for i “a very happy, harmonious caucus; In an effort to unite armed forces the positions. At Seaboard headquar- there was ho trouble at all, and we of Fightjng French and Giraud gov- ters, it was said, they are to augment are going to win the 1944 elections.” ernment, Gen. Charles de Gaulle may the porter service now provided, and ’ Martin, former chairman of the offer to postpone political considera- are required, due to increased traffic, Republican national committee and lions if he can discuss military prob- to care for the comfort of passengers, house minority leader in the 77th lems with Gen. Henri Giraudv Such | This innovation is being made on a Congress, issued a statement out- . . . , of meat is discussion considered likely. system-wide basis, instead of porter ( lining a platform for house Repub is not only a patriotic duty but a a stipulated age is also bequeathed 45 | schedu j ed t0 s t art SO on. War ration! ! service being enlarged, as part of the licans in the new Congress. Pnnei-. necessary insurance that national acr ^ s la nd held in trust and known, book No 2 wjll ^ used to ration lhis Nazi forces, which made supreme . Seaboard’s program to employ wo- pally it called Tor: health will be kept up to par for the as R 0 °k field. j and ot bp r commodities. In order to thrust in southeastern sector of men for the duration of the war in Preservation of constitutional gov- arduous war tasks farm and city folks alike must perform. Culbertson Re-elected Clerk Of Board jget book Y, it will be absolutely nec- Tunisia Sunday, lost between 12 and positions normally filled by men. i essary for you to have book 1 in 15 tanks when they ran into Ameri- ROBERT LYNN IN HOSPITAL ' ° f th K S C1 ! y i n a | your’possession. If you do not have can-made anti-tank-guns and U. S. 1 • . ; patient in Providence hospital, Co-; book ^ ap pi y for it at your loca i ra _ airforce. American bombers and MCKNCIQCi LlCCnSC eration 'orf^Saturda^^His ^an" tioning board by • Ianuar > r 15 - Book fighlers in several sweeps over area Sales Decrease ^ "fends wm be glad to y know he - ! t N h “, ^ b ' a, Ka.rouan,; At the organization meeting held P orted to be doing nicely and wish; Tuesday of the newly elected super-j^ or a speedy recovery visor and county commissioners, B. Y. Culbertson was unanimously re elected as clerk of the board. Mr. Culbertdftn, a popular and fa miliar figure in the courthouse, has served the board as office clerk for a number of years. By his courteous manner, faithfulness to duty and conscientious work!, he has rendered the county invaluable service. His many friends will learn with interest of his continuance in this position for the next two years. Blakely Quits Grocery Business , John T. Blakely, long identified with the retail grocery business in this city, has retired from business, his store on Pitts street having been closed the first of the year. Mr. Blakely’s action, he states, is due to his advancing age. Through the long number of years he served the public he made many friends by his courteous manner and honest dealings who will regret to learn of his retirement. TIRES—Tires on trucks, taxicabs SCOUT COUNCIL _ land other commercial vehicles must TONIGHT DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAS BEEN O FATALITY from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive To Make 1943 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, 0 be inspected by OPA-licensed inspec tor by January 15. Tires on passenger automobiles must be inspected in same way by January 31. ! ernment; discarding of partisan poli- ;tics in the war effort; no “special ! privileges” for any group; restoration of "the prerogatives of the Congress." curbing of "the reckless granting of blanket powers and blank checks," elimination of unnecessary bureaus; revision of the tax system to embrace riage licenses during the month of lhe "pay-as-we-go principle. , December as compared with 92 for President Roosevelt personally will the same month the year before. The P res ^ n t the administration s program J. Hewlette Wasson. Laurens coun ty judge of probate, issued 72 mar- The annual meeting of Blue Ridge; total num ber for 1942 fell below the' in his state of the union report to a Boy Scout council will be held in prev i ous year b y 63, the record J oint session ot the house and senate SUGAR Stamp No 10 in war ra-, p r ^ envdBe tbi ^ in ^ showing 619 certificates as c$npared Thursday - Robert Sherwood play- until January 31. , ! | ia ‘ mson , council executive, about 250 scouters expected with RASOR CLEMENCY APPEAL DENIED Immediately before the banquet a meeting will be held of district and finance committee chairmen at which time the council budget, program and The South Carolina probation and finance drive for the coming year parole board, meeting Tuesday in Co- w in be planned. lumbia, rejected appeals fqr recom-’ The principal address of the eve- mendations for clemency for five n ing will be made by Dr. A. W. Dick, convicts, under life sentences in the pastor of the First Presbyterian state penitentiary. church of Spartanburg, i Dr. Young M. Brown, chairman of R. E. Ferguson of this city, long the board, said the petitions for clem- i active in scout work, is president of ency had been considered and had the council. He will speak on "Scout- been rejected in each instance. ) ing in 1942." Included in the group were Jamec. Troops in Clinton, the State Train- 1 Henry Rasor, Robert Lathan Crisp ing school and Goldville are mem- and Eugene Crisp, all of Cross Hill, serving life terms in connection with sentences growing out of the death of W. C. Rasor, the father of Jameti Henry Rasor, killed in 1931. hers of the Blue Ridge council. ! Miss Dorothy Stutts was the week- 1 end guest of Rev. and Mrs. Hubert (Wardlaw in Whitmire. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS THE CHRONICLE dow not send expiration notices to men in the service because of the constant changes in address (many of the men now being in foreign service), and for the reason that such subscriptions are usually paid for by local relatives and friends. » Therefore, in cases where the paper is to be continued after expiration, the renewal sub scription should be in the of fice on or before the expira tion date. office of war information, is helping the president prepare the address. The White House said today the president would confer with congress* sional leaders before delivering hid address. A number of influential Capitol Hill Democrats already had indicated they would urge the presi dent to omit social seturity revision or expansion from his legislative pro gram, to avert what they said might be an “unnecessary fight that might disrupt -the entire congressional pro- gram." . •. Mr. Roosevelt gave pewsmen no indication what subjects his’ speech might embrace, but it was deemed likely he would deal with problems of the peace that might come,dur ing the lif.e of this congress. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Blalock of Au gusta, Ga„ visited friends and rela lives here Sunday.