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I t \ V V s THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If Yoa Don't Read - THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the Newi Volume XLIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 28,1943 Number 4 Supplies Arrive at Malta In spite ef mil that the Axis can do, the British manage te keep their base ait Malta supplied with food, ammunition, and other necessi ties. Here native stevedores are shown carrying ashore supplies taken twi k twiwiy by a barge. ; , Ferguson Re-elected Boy Scout Head Local Scout Leader Gets Silver Beaver Award. MoorheachNamed Vice-President. R. E. Ferguson, well known busi ness man of the city, was on Tues- I day night re-elected president of (Blue Ridge Boy Scout council at the annual meeting held in Greenville. Mr. Ferguson, long active in Scout work, was presented the silver bea ver award for “noteworthy service of exceptional character to boyhood by registered scouters.” R. C. McCall, of Easley, was again named vice-president and W. A. Moorhead, of Goldville, was also elected vice-president. Dr. Roswell C. Long and J. A. Gresham, of Greenwood, and W. A. Merritt, of Greenville, were named BULK OF ARMY RESERVES TO BE CALLED UP SOON Washington, Jan. 25.—The bulk of the army’s enlisted reservists in col leges throughout the United States will be ordered to active_duty in the near future, war department officials said /today. An order was sent Saturday by Maj.-Gen. James A. Ulio, the adju tant general, to the commanding generals of the nine service , com mands reminding them that the spec ialized training program announced $5,994,623 WAGES PAID TO WORKERS .Labor Commissioner's Report Lists 26 Indus trial Plants In Laurens County. The seventh annual report of the Department of Labor to the South | Carolina general assembly shows] wages paid to textile workers in Lau- ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL HOLD PARLEY IN AFRICA Leaders Agree On Plans To Bring About Uncon ditional Surrender of Axis Powers. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF CLINTON By the Late Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, D.D., In New Literary and Biographical Book of His Life, Edited by Thornwell Jacobs. (Editor’s note: The Chronicle will publish several chapters pertaining to Clinton’s early history as written by the late Dr. Jacobs and just publish ed in book form for the first time. These installments will be of especial interest to the elder families of the community). This little article is not an auto biography. But it will necessarily t> een ever since, have to use the first personal pro- time, Mr. Henry Clinton Young, a venerable citizen of Laurens' a law yer, and sometime member of the legislature who always caught the Clinton vote, happening to pass by on his way to Newberry, some one proposed to honor him with the name and called the place Clinton after him. The choice went by acclamation and the name stuck. Clinton it has noun very often, else it would not be possible to impress upon my readers that these are personal recollections. Neither is it a history. My recollec tions are along one line, my own pont of view, and there is much in the annals of this city that I will nec essarily have to omit because they did not come within mv observation. My first visit to Clinton, my very first knowledge of it was in 1662. At that time, according to all accounts, it was nine years old. It had been or ganized as a town in 1853, the Lau rens railroad having reached this point and little wooden shanties (called stores) and dwellings having begun to sprout up in various locali ties. As late as 1864 there were only a half dozen good dwellings and one brick store building in the place. • The first building stood where the, Seaboard Air Line depot now stands I Union. They were great times for the and bore the ensign, bar-room. The merchants and lively times for ev- brick of the chimney of that old'embody. But the growth was mainly bulding is now a part of the writer’s ^ number of little shanty stores Clinton had at the very outset and for a long time afterward a very un savor y reputation. Horse-racing, chicken fighting, gander pulling, gambling and drinking, rowdyism, brawling and other little disorders like the above, were the distinguish ing features of the place. It was said in the days when I first knew the place, that ladies did not like to pass through the town in coming from the lower part of the county to the coun ty seat, took care to leave the town off their line of travel. The place was just like many West ern railroad camps, it was growing rapidly, did a big business in cotton, probably more each season, in those early years* -than ever it did after wards, that is after the line from Charleston to Spartanburg was built. Cotton was brought to Clinton for sale from beyond Spartanburg and national council representatives. Members of the executive committee were also elected, John H. Hunter, of this city, being named as a mem ber of the board at large. A report of the council’s work for the past year was given, showing a total of 106 courts of honor held, 2,448 merit badges awarded, 31 boys made eagles, 81 lifers and 135 stars. A total of 3,256 boys and men are engaged in the Boy Scout program in this district including Clinton, the report showed. The financial report showed that a total of $15,402.34 was received dur ing the year and $14,461.40 spent, leaving a bank balance of $940.94. Eighteen new troops were organ ized during the year. lanzea training program annuuucru ^ cQ fQr the {od July j December 17 called for induction ofj 1Q41 Qr ^ anAina -in iQ42 tntal- most reservists at the conclusion of the first college term ending after December 31, 1942. ’ That, officials pointed . out, means that students will be called on vary ing dates, depending on whether a college has six-month terms, four- month semesters, or operates on the quarterly plan. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) ton. The report showed that 26 Indus- KENNETH BAKER TAKEN BY DEATH AT GREENWOOD Kenneth Baker of Greenwood, 73, father of Prof. Kenneth Baker of this Casablanca, French Morocco, Jan. 26. — President Roosevelt and Prime 1941 and ending June 30, 1942, total,- ( Minister Churchill, in the mo<un- ing $5,434,880. This amount was paid, precedented affd momentous meexvig to an. average of 4,573 workers em-, of the century, have reached “cbm- ployed during the^ year, an increase plete agreement On war plans^ for of $680,686 over the previous year. 1943 designed to bring about the un- The five textile mills in Laurens, i surrender" of Germany. Clinton and Goldville have 276,560 - and Japan, it was disclosed spindles: T,704 looms, a capital i n -; Tuesday night. vestment of $7,671,115 annual pro-: Defying every tradition, the presi- duct valuation amounting to $26,-'d® 0 * of the United States flew across 748,869, and used 67,092 bales of cot-t 5,000 miles of the Atlantic ocean for a 10-day meeting with Churchill which saw the leaders ef the two na- tria! to county were di-& e b ™,? ^“SUSVo'no" ol! Their i" ue wee ptoced aulo.m.U' r a “ d , "® alh ' r “ .... . * ono oon little villa just outside this city. capital investments *9.803 289, tota . virtuall J the e „ tlre war staffs 0( nU l ,s <£,. e,? P y 5 ' 2 ' t0tl ‘ 1 both nations participated in day and wages $5,994,623. ! night discussions which ended Sun- , The industrial establishments in- "yay afternoon with a press confer- Period four fuel oil eluded in the report by classification, : ence bef ore a group of war corre- ration stamps will be valid January are as follows: spondents flown secretly from Allied 30. Meanwhile period three stamps. - Bakeries (1), Ideal Bakery, Clin- headquarters halfway across North which became valid December 23 are, ton Africa good for the purchase of nine gallons] Fertilizer plants (2), The Southern through January 29. Cotton Oil company, Laurens; C-W-S GASOLINE—Coupon No. 4 in “A” ;Guano CO t Inc f Clinton. (Compiled for information of The Chronicle’s readers). COFFEE—Stamp No. 28 in war ra tion book No. 1 noW good until mid- nght February 7 for one pound. FUEL OIL These are the high spots of the conference, which Roosevelt and i Churchill agreed was unprecedented of “B” and “C” gasoline cards must have their automobile tires inspected by February 28; holders of “A” cards must have their tires inspected by March 31. Thereafter “A” card hold- ...... . a , .ers must have a tire inspection every city, died Sunday afternoon at his six m0 nths; “B” card holders, every gasoline books now good for three] Feed and Grist mils (1), Babb’s in history and may decide the fate of gallons until March 22. Mill Laurens. TIRES Final date for initial in- j ce pia^ (3) f Colonial Ice com- spection of tires on trucks, taxicabs p an y ( Laurens and Clinton; City Ice and other commercial vehicles has, c 0 Laurens. been extended to Feb. 28. Thereafter] Mineral and Soda Water plants (3), tires on these vehicles must be in-, Dixie Beverages, Inc.; Clinton; Nehi spected every 60 days or every 5,000 ] B ott ^ n g Co., Laurens; Laurens Coca- miles, whichever comes first. Holders i C ola Bottling company. * * XU * ^ r\ *> 8-4 r* 11 r\ rs 11 r»4 _ _. __ . , . — Miscellaneous industries (1), Lau- home where he had been ill the past ten days. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon from the late resi dence, being conducted by his pastor, Rev. M. R. Wingard and Rev. E. Z. Pentz of Greenville. Mr. Baker was a native of Adairs- ville, Ky., a son of Leander Baker, four months; “C” card holders, every three months. SUGAR—Stamp No. 10 in war ra tion book 1 good for three pounds until January 31. WAR BOOK NO. 2—The date when Clinton residents will register for war ration book No. 2, which will be used in the “point” purchase of rens Glass Works, Inc. Printing and Publishing (3), Ad vertiser .Printing company, Laurens; Chronicle Publishing company, Clin ton; Jacobs Press, Clinton. Clothing factories (1), The Hall mark Shirt company, Clinton. Cotton, Silk, Woolen mills (8), Clinton Cotton Mills (plants 1 and 2); Joanna Textile Mills company the world for generations to xuune. 1. The leaders of America and Britain, both military and civil, have agreed on a war plan for 1943 de signed to maintain the initiative in every theater of the war. 2. Churchill and Roosevelt agreed that peace can come only, through “unconditional surrender” of Ger many, Italy, and Japan. 3. Generals Giraud and de Gaulle, meeting for the first time under spon sorship of the president and prime minister, are negotiating for a Unit ed French movement designed to put French armies,, a navy and an air force again into the field against the Axis. 4. Premior Joseph Stalin of Russia (plants 1 and 2), Goldville; Laurens was kept informed of the results of residence, capping off his chimney, Mrs. J. T. Foster (Aunt Lucindy be ing the name by which she was gen erally known) claimed to be the first lady that was ever a resident of the incorporation. Mr. Henry Young, a valued citizen, is now the oldest liv ing resident, born and living within the town limits uninterruptedly to the present time. The story of the naming of the place is unique. A dispute was in progress on that point, some advocat ing the name of Five Points because of the roads going out of the town, in five different directions, and in honor of one of the most unfavor ably known sections of New York City; others wanted it named Round Jacket after one of the favorite citi zens of the place, who always wore a round jacket. But just about that and in the number of families and public buildings. As early as 1855, the Presbyterians, under the leadership of Rev. Z. L. native of Ohio, and Mrs. Martha Ep- many products heretofore unrationed, ley Baker of Augusta. He spent his' has not yet been fixed. early days at Gaffney and was a j * prominent business men in Green- ! DVRH TO ^PPAIf AT wood more than 40 years, retiring !,' , ^ about 10 years ago. He was promi-jCOLLEGE CLOSING nent in Masonic circles and was a, ♦ former potentate of Hejaz Temple. | ' Announcement is made that H. C. i Mr. Baker served his city as mayor Byrd, president of the University of ] for several terms and was an active Maryland, has been secured as the! and loyal member of the Lutheran, commencement speaker at Presbyte- church. He served as a member of, rian college for the graduation exer- the state highway department for Vises on March 8. Cotton Mills; Lydia Cotton' Mills, Clinton; Watts Mills, Laurens; Lau rens Hosiery Mill, Laurens. Electric generatin gplants (3), Clin ton Cotton Mills; Duke Power Co. I (Boyd’s Mill), Laurens (Charlotte), jDuke Power Co. (Tumbling Shoals plant), Laurens (Charlotte). wys Holmes, had built a church and or- moters of the Winton-Greenwood several years and ^s one of the pro- Announcement of other speakers the- conferences. In fact, Churclrll and Roosevelt offered to meet Stai n “very much farther to the east,” b it the Russian chief was unable to leave the LL.S, S. R» due to the need of his directing the present Red army of fensives. The president and prime minister also have been in communication I wtft Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek i and “have appraised him of the measures which they are taking to ! assist him in China’s magnificent “Ration coupon banking,” a new! and unrelaxing struggle for the corn- type of banking service for retailers | mon cause.” RATION BANKING PROGRAM BEGINS 4. Maximum material aid to Russia and China will be one of the prime ganized it on July 28th, but even a little earlier, in 1854, the Methodists had moved in a church (named Mount Zion) from the country, a lit tle north of Clinton. Mr. James Wright, a good Methodist steward Calhoun highway. He had a number of friends and acquaintances here who will regret his passing. In addition to hs wife, Mr. Baker is survived by five children: Dr. Stanley C. Baker of Greenwood, who was a leader in every good work, j Ralph B. and Richard Leonard Bak- was the. leading member of that or-' er, business men of Newberry; Prof. and wholesalers of rationed com modities, designed to make the na tion’s ration program work more ef-! aims of the U. S. and Britain to have a part on the closing pro-1 fectively, was inaugurated yesterday 6. Roosevelt visited American gram are to be announced later. | by M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, and i troops in the field in North Africa, Forty-three students are listed by The Commercial Depository,-both of the first American president to visit the registrar as candidates to receive ] this city. degrees at this time, the March grad- ] This is a war service that the gov- uation to be the first since the col- 1 ernment has asked the banks to un- _ _ lege has been operating on the new 1 dertake and will be put into effect I ly guarded, barbed-wire-surrounded an active war theatre since Abraham Lincoln. The meetings were held in a close- accelerated system. ] as soon as the necessary supplies are inclosure at a hotel in Casablanca Immdiately following the gradu-; received. Local firms handling three under the greatest secrecy. . adon exercises 68 per cent of the rationed comnu ^ of the town had a very interesting Presbyterian college, and Miss Mary male seniors will receive orders to' gar and coffee ganization and very early in the life ( Kenneth N. Baker, of the faculty of ation exercises 68 per cent of the-rationed commodities — gasolne, su-i Prime Minister Churchill arrived union with the Sabbath school, which lasted until the War Between the States began. The citizens erected by Neal Baker, of the faculty of Green-| report for officers’ training, college wood high school. Also surviving are officials have announced, one sister, Mrs. Carolina Miller; a j M subscription a school buildng, on the brother, Floyd B. Baker, of Gaffney, 1 MERCHANTS MEETING HERE FEBRUARY 4 Merchants of Clinton and this community will be given an oppor tunity to learn details of the new “point rationing” program soon to become effective, from an OPA of ficial at a meeting to be held in the high school auditorium on Thursday night, February 4, at 8 o’clock. The planned meeting will be in charge’ of Mrs. Delle Putnam of the 4istributive education department. All merchants are urged to be pres and eight grandchildren. Cotton Ginning Figures Double Mrs. McSween Added Jo Orphanage Faculty lot now occupied by the city graded school, and Mr. Wright became its first teacher. The citizens took great pride in it and it was really the cen ter of the town life for at least -six or eight years. This subscription list has been preserved and formed the basis on which, in 1872, the organiza tion known as the Clinton High.. T ic . . . „ ,• .. T n School association was formed Ini to Januar y 16 > report showed as McSween s mother, Mrs. Larry B. released yesterday by the special, Dillard, is also a member of the or- county agent of the bureau of census, j phanage teaching staff. As of this date f941, 11,286 had i Mrs. McSween is here with her been ginned. This latest figure shows parents while Lieut. McSween, chap- that ginnings doubled over the pre- - lain in the army, is stationed at Camp vious year. | Stewart, Ga. Mrs. Allen McSween, with the , opening ^f a new semester, has ac- jeepted the position of Bible teacher foods (sugar and coffee at present may -open ration for the meeting first. When President checking accounts which will be'Roosevelt arrived by plane a few handled by regular tellers and in the hours later, he dispatched Harry same way regular checking accounts; (Continued on page four) « are handled. | ■ m Accounts may be opened only by y|ai /* A k J|\ A T/\ gasoline distributors, who will con- MN I AM|/A|llN 11) tfnue to take coupons from service, II fMwIl IW stations, and by firms included in the Dfpiy \A/Cf\llCCV\A V following: all retailers of rationed DLvIN fTLUnLjDAT that association every subscriber was given a vote for each $20 subscribed. There were only five or six streets laid off, and on a few of these some attempt to form sidewalks and to set out shade trees had been undertaken, I but as late as 1865 the town had a poverty - stricken appearance, the general opinion being that Clinton] had seen her best days; and very few] there were to prophesy otherwise. 1 The Civil war had taken off every man of enterprise, closed every store, ent to gain information on the new, even to the post office, destroyed the regulations and learn how to chart ] railroad and had given a sickening A total of 22,083 bales of cotton in the orphanage schools and entered an< f later the processed foods) whose a city-wide campaign for the col- were ginned in Laurens county prior upon her work the past week. Mrs. ] sales °f a H food merchandises were 1 lection of tin cans in which all house- $$,000 or more during December, wives are asked to participate, will 1942; chain stores, and all food begin next Wednesday, February 3, wholesalers and other food distribu- under the auspices of the Chamber of tors back of the retail level. Commerce, as previously announced The banking service will not cost anc j explained in The Chronicle, persons using the system a cent, since! Housewives are asked to assist in OPA is paying the banks. ] the collection by placing their box of "prepared” cans on the street curb in front of their homes for the truck collectors who will start on thrs date, with the Boy Scouts making the can vass. r ■ ^ John Hunter will sene - as th-» scouts’ senior patrol leader, with Lonnie McMillian, David Tribble and their merchandising and operating course for the duration. Mrs. Whitlock Named County TB Worker blow to the town and everything in it. II I came to the town of Clinton to make my home in 1864, having it in my heart to become pastor of the ; Clinton Presbyterian church, joined In a pastorate with the neighboring, churches of Shady Grove and Dun-! can’s Creek. The Clinton church was 1 organized on July 28, 1855; the Shady | Grove church in 1859, while the Dun-1 can’s Creek church belonged to the Mrs. W. A. Whitlock, of Laurens, has been named to succeed Mrs. R. C. Bohlen, resigned, as field worker of the county anti-tuberculosis asso ciation. J. Leroy Burns, treasurer, report-1 regime of the early settlers and was ed a total of $4,884-41 from the 1942: first set up as a preaching place in 1 Christmas sea! campaign, comparedf 1755, or thereabouts, if any official/ to $3,107 in 1941. The goal for 1942 account of its organization could be was set at $3,500. The annual open meeting of the association drill be held in Lpurens March 22, and all who have given financial support te the seal aale are entitled to ^attend j found. When I reached the town, if town it could be called (for it could be called so only by courtesy), its only public edifices were the Presby- and Methodist church, both ef New Subscriber Regulations For Soldiers Overseas New postal regulations are now in effect governing mail to sol diers overseas. Subscriptions to THE CHRONICLE for men in foreign service can only be accepted when specifically requested in writing by the ad dressee. Parents wishing to send THE CHRONICLE to their sons or relatives overseas should advise them to send a written request for the paper to be sent. - Subscriptions which are now in effect are not affected by this ruling, but if allowed to lapse a written request for renewal must be made. THE CHRONICLE does not send expiration notices to men in the service for the reason that such subscriptions are usually paid for by local relatives and friends. Under the new postal ruing, no subscriptions will be continued after expiration. It is important, therefore, that the date on the label be watched and the renewal in the office before the expiration date. If this is net done, all papers in arrears will be stopped. Ratchford Resigns Cross Hill Pastorate The Rev. J. E. Ratchford has an nounced his resignation as pastor of Liberty Springs Presbyterian church at Cross Hill to accept a call to the ]Bobbie Paxico as group leaders Elise Presbyterian church at Hemp, ] In view of the forthcoming rations N. C., effective in February. j ing of canned foods, all tin cans Mr. Ratchford has served the Cross available now should be salvaged for Hill, Lisbon, Mountville and Rocky ] the tin, as well as the steel contained Springs churches in this county for jin them. The government is asking the past three years. He is a native i for this salvage and housewives of Waxhaw, N. C., a graduate of should consider this one of their pa- Presbyterian college and is pleasant- trlotic duties. ly known here by a number of i The War Production board has is- friends. jsued the following instructions as to [ <) how to “prepare" cans for salvage. Mann ResignsI First: Wash cans thoroughly (they * - - must be clean). Second: Remove paper label (pa per weakens detinning fluid).. Third: Open bottom as well as top tion, *in shipping and in detinning inside as well as outside). Fourth: Flattan can (step on it heavily—don’t hammer—saves stor age space in your home, in collec tion. in shipping and in detuning Orphanage Position Robert A. Mann, for the past three years shop superintendent at Thom- well orphanage, has resigned to ac cept a defense position in Clio, Ala bama. Mr. and Mrs. Mann and chil dren left Tuesday for their new home and their friends here will regret to