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4 > THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Slip (Elmtmt (ttlmmirlp If You Don't Read THE CHIKMiaE You Don't Get the News - f Volume XU 11 Clinton, S. C, Thursdoy, February 4, 1943 Number 5 * -* 1 rf PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS Of CUNTON By the Late Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, D.D., In New Literary and Biographical Book of His Life, Edited by Thornwell Jacobs. . "I (Editor’s note: The Chronicle is publishing several chapters pertain ing to Clinton’s early history as writ ten by the late Dr. Jacobs and just published in book form for the first time. These installments will be of especial interest to the elder families of the community). months later, I moved the paper and publishing department from the log house in the rear of my dwelling, III. When I was a boy I was very fond of types. Even at an early age of life, I had pondered over the question as Kiwanians Pig Project Begin Club Will Help Ambi- tious Farm Boys To Grow Registered Stock. Boy Scout Week The Clinton Kiwanis club has where it first saw the light, to the ^ i aunc h e d another important enter- northeast comor of Pitts and North, prise under the direction of its com- Broad in what was then known as m ittee on agriculture, the Craig building and there it con-1 The club has purchased ten regis _ tinued until 1867. On the first tered Poland China pigs which have July ISfi 7 , the True WUness came to,^ distributed among ambitious an ^d,Toi: it was too extensive a job farm boys in this community . ^ for the publisher, and Our Monthly. boys are tQ raise j ^der a re _ for the Fireside and Garden, a 16-' al agreement with the club . page magazine, took its place. Later ^ purpose of th e proj ect is to en- - j u . OI )ribe words Farm and ar en *^ ourage an d assist farm boys to raise to how books were made, though I, were dropped and the little magazine more meat the acquisition and d is-I had never seen a press in operation!sailed out under the heading of Our tribution o{ pur e bre d livestock, both; or even a printer set type. But that'.Monthly simply and solely. The as breeding stock and food supply, was not a deterrent. I determined to start a paper, to do all the type-set ting myself, to make a press and print a book. To get the type, I visit- ^^1 cif aaAPipp t.ho ThomWGll ttvJ vxltr tx doxx (/lit; d |/l illvilig vrlltv^ vxxv. a ixv* t* wv-xx v_/» and gathered in all the old type that had been swept out by the printer’s devil. When I had several bags full (small bags of course), I made a type case, and later on a printing press. I used the old printer’s balls for printing; then I wrote the book and printed it. Indeed, I printed only one copy, for I had to make the ink I used, and I thought too much of that to put it on the market. College and Seminary put a stop to my zeal to be a printer, but after I had settled down in Clinton, in the first year of my residence here, I bought a 25 lb. font of “pica” and the same of “long primer,” half a dozen fonts of dis play type and a little Cottage press. These were the very first type and first press ever brought to Clinton and in May, 1866, I printed the first number of the “True Witness.” It was a little three column folio, four pages, printed on the quarto medium Cottage press, one page at a time. The intention was to serve as a me dium with my congregation. It was a very ineffective sheet, however, its work being that of a tyro in editorial work. I did all the type-setting, printing and mailing myself. A few magazine has been improved from time to time until now it is a 68-page magazine, well printed and illustrat ed. It has become the property of as yet the orphanage has never paid a dollar of the thousand promised for the plant. Of cqurse, before it was and the launching of the group in a fundamentally sound enterprise 35 White Men Called For Army Board To Send Selectees To Fort Jackson Febru- ary 9th. , / Thirty-five white men from Clin ton draft board No. 50 will go to Fort Jackson, Columbia, on next Tuesday, February 9th, for physical examina tions preparatory to army induction. 'The list as released yesterday, fol- 1 lows: Irvin Arrowood, Rt. 1,1 ORA TO BEGIN I0NING OF ITS MARCH I Strict Ration Program Slated. Consumers Must Get Coupons Before Goods Available. Washington, Feb. 2.—The Office of i Price Administration announced to day that rationing of canned and frozen fruits and vegetables and 'dried fruits will start March 1. Eugene Henderson, Ware ^ ! Grocery store sale of these com- ; modities will stop at midnight Feb- Everett Shelton, Green-' ruar y 20, and will not be resumed During Boy Scout week, February backed bv the best breedine stock 6-12 > the nati on will pause to salute ki I i ^V^'the organization which has contnb- obtamable. The boys, in accepting, " n ^ ^ n F the club will receive a quota as spec- sold, its plant had improved Jrestly ifled , , he agreementi and these wi ij and was worth at least $1500, while the magazine itself has increased to some 4000 subscribers at $1.00 each. The town, of .course, felt the need of a weekly paper and sometime about the year 1875, The Clinton En terprise was started by the Enterprise Co. It did not pay, however, from the very start, and after a struggling ex istence of a year or two, its plant was bought by Messrs. Parrott, now of Gaffney, and again had a brief ex istence, when the plant was sold to Wade Dendy who, entirely ignorant of typography or the editorial art, nevertheless made himself quite a success at both, and sent out for many years Clinton’s only weekly paper. He afterwards sold out, but the paper now under the name of the Clinton Gazette is still alive and is doing many a good turn for the town of Clinton. In 1886, a joint stock company was organized with a capital of $6,000 with which was bought from Dr. CContinued on page eight) be furnished without cost to .addition al boys who are interested in the project. The agricultural committee in charge of the new pig venture consists of B. H. Boyd, chairman, I. M. Smith and Walter Dunlap. The committee in the selection of the boys composing the club has the assistipg of the county agent’s office and of C. L. Vaughn, instructor of agriculture in the local high school. 40,000 pledges for the purchase of $3,010,691 in war bonds and stamps each month. Photo shows a busy Boy Scout engaged in this work. Boy Scout Week To Be Observed Con Collection Begins In City l COUNTY FARMERS TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING FEB. 17 The annual outlook for Laurens county farmers and business men is being arranged for February 17 at the agricultural building in Laurens, it is announced by County Agent C. B. Cannon. H. A. Woodle, extension agrono mist, and O. M. Clark, economist of Clemson college, will be on the pro gram for discussion of the 1943 out look and the question of crop ferti lizers. At the same meeting 122 better farm living certificates and seals will tioning division will be present to jbe delivered to eligible farmers who address the meeting, answer ques- j produced at least 75 per cent of their tions and furnish desired informa-j food and feed requirements for 1942. tion. I • All merchants, business men and, ——————————— interested citizens are invited andiQN THE WAR FRONTS urged to attend. The meeting will' MERCHANTS MEETING TO BE GELD TONIGHT ON^OINTRATIONING' The Chamber of Commerce, in co operation with the Distributive Edu- lina Department bf Education, is sponsoring a mass meeting this eve ning (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the high school auditorium. The object of the meeting is to discuss point rationing soon to be come effective, curtailment of service and ration banking. An OPA representative of the ra- afford merchants an opportunity to| ,f apanese and American sea and interpret the new regulations and 1 air f orces j n new ma j or struggle for help them chart their merchandising 1 Sol losses ted on both and operating course for the dura- sides inclu d ing a Japanese cargo ship Local Troops To Partici pate In National Cele bration Next Week. Clinton, along with thousands of t other towns and cities, will join in | A city-wide campaign for the col-: the observance of Boy Scout week, 1 lection of tin cans began yesterday, | February 6-12, officials of the local with a group of Boy Scouts making j council have announced. This organi- the house-to-house canvass. The cam paign is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Housewives are asked to place their prepared cans in a container in front of their residences where trucks will pick them up. The cans colle'-ted here will be added to a Grenville col lection to be shipped to a de-tinnmg plant. Workers Needed To Make Surgical Dressings Mrs. S. C. Hays, who is in charge of making surgical dressings for the Red Cross, yesterday stated that more workers are needed. The dressings.are made four after noons a week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, from 2 until 5, at the Red Cross room in the city li- Samuel Clinton. Charles Shoals. Charles ville. Clarence Dickerson, .Whitmirfe. William Eugene Crain, Rt. C, Clin- j ton. Lucis Edward Roark, Ware Shoals. James Henry Smith, Clinton. James Melvin Turner, Clintbfi. Donats on Vance Wright, Jr., Rt. 1, Clinton. Paul Wesley Morgan, Rt. 2, Clin- ; ton. Royce Wilson Bedenbaugh, Gold- ville. Jack Scurry Golding, Waterloo. Henry Reed Etters, Rt. 2, Clinton. Odus Levi Young, Rt. 2, Clinton. Carroll Louis Davis, Ware Shoals. Norman Lindsey Turner, Rt. 2, Clinton. Ray Eugene Bridges, Rt. 1, Clinton. | Walter Earl Payne, Clinton. James Eddie Lollis, Laurens. George Dewey Brazill, Clinton. Thomas Paul Smith, Clinton. Troy Lee Ellis, Jr., Goldville. Alex Augustus Harris, Olinton. Williafn Guy Copeland, Rt. 1, Clin- 1 ton. Capers Walter Knight, Honea Path. J.'C. Strickland, Clinton. Doff Franklin Nelson, Honea Path. John Henry Oxner, Waterloo. _ Roy Brooks Patterson, Clinton. Grady Eugene Walker, Ware Shoals. ration, which has now reached its 33rd birthday, will celebrate the oc casion by devoting the week to the. Charles Butler Sharpton Jr Clin _ beginning of a year s hard work to 1 ton until the ration date. This “freeze” was set by officials for the purpose of allowing grocers to stock .up, to arrange and mark merchamj^s^and undertake other preparjpfeTCT for the complicated “point raftiomng” sys tem. Beginning February 22 and stretch ing over six days, the entire civilian population of the country will be registered in school houses and else where for this hew type of rationing, in a manner similar to-the nation wide registration for sugar rationing nearly a year ago. At this registration, everyone who i can show that he has war ration book No. 1, the coupon sheet for sugar and coffee, will be entitled to receive war ration book No. 2, which will be used both for canned goods beginning March 1 and will also be used about a month later for meat rationing. Before getting the new ration book, however, each family will have to declare how many cans the family 1 had on hand on February- 21. From | this number will be torn out for any cans in excess of ffve per person. However, this count of cans will ex clude home canned goods and certain types of non-rationed cans such as canned olives or jellies, and all cans containing less than eight ounces (Siostly small cans of baby food). Kenneth Orin Buchanan, Goldville. William Nathan Brazel, Goldville. Curtis Tiller Morris, Clinton. Maurice Jerome Davenport, Gold ville. Eighteen Farmers help win the war. A special Scout chapel program will be given in the high school audi torium on the morning of February 11 at 11 o’clock. The Goldville troop, headed by Scoutmaster Bruce Gallo way, will be in charge. The city troop, headed by Scout master Hugh Eargle will place a ni~ 1 -p miniature camp display on exhibit at ; riant Many I TCCS the post office for the entire week. | '♦ All Scouts of the community arei Eighteen farmers, cooperating with asked to wear their uniforms for the! the Laurens county soil conservation week. For Sunday, the 14th, Scout service is being arranged, the the end of February, it has ben an place of meeting and program to be! nounced from the county agent's announced later. , office. The annual Father-Son banquet It was pointed out in the statement will be staged at the State Training by County Agent C. B. Cannon that ! district directors will have planted a special 81,000 loblolly pine tree seedlings by Red Cross Makes Shipment of Garments tion. The Chamber of Commerce has been advised from OPA state head quarters that cars may be used to attend the meeting. State Income Tax Agent Coming damaged and five American planes apparently lost. Russians claim 330,000 German troops liquidated at Stalingrad; 100,- 000 slain and 91,000 captured since January 1; Nazi Lieutenant-General Streicher, 11th army corps command er, and staff taken today. U. S. and Britain to rush modem A field agent of the income division o( the South Carolina Tax convmis-, wea to North Africa [or a French V' 11 ^ ln clm ton on February, ^ ot „ under G 20th for the purpose of aiding tax- 1 A shipment of articles, including 36 mufflers, 67 boys overalls and 66 children’s bed jackets made at the local Red Cross sewing room, was shipped on Monday, according to Mrs. H. Earl Spencer, chairman of the production committee. The mufflers were sent to Atlanta j Townsend at once. for redistribution and will be used | m by the armed forces. The other cloth- j . 1 u 1/ LI ing, for war refugees, went to the MrS. J. H. KOmCF Red Cross warehouse in New Jersey, Mother brary building. Anyone who ca " ^ school on the evening of February 19 the planting and growing of these sist any of the afternoons is asked to e> - J ' get in touch with Mrs. Hays. Addi tional help is needed in order to pre pare the required number of dress ings for the local chapter, the chair man states. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) (Compiled for information of Th-* Chronicle’s readers). COFFEE—Stamp No. 2 in war ra tion book one good for one pound until midnight February 7. FUEL OIL—Coupons marked “Pe riod 4” became valid January 30; good for nine gallons until April 6. Coupons marked “Period 3" good for nine gallons until February 19. GASOLINE—Coupon No. 4 in “A” gasoline books good for three gallons until March 22. Value of “B” and “C” coupons still three gallons. “T-l” and “T-2” coupons good-for five gallons. MEAT—War ration book two, to be at 7:30. At this time a court of honor trees is an important step in carry-j „ .... and a miniature merit badge show' ing forward a complete soil conser-| ti ‘ . H . 800 'l’ wl . e UMf ^ ra * will be held, with all Scouts and Ration program. ' ri™ T* r and K ° the " com ^t.es. j Cooperating larmers who are mak-' [1° re f nc # t, 1 ons hav ? betn P taced on i *ng the largest planting of trees this 1 ^ e mea f TIRES — Motorists who apply to fathers invited. Applicants Wanted For Horpe Nursing Classes season include: W. C. Knight of the Piedmont area, R. A. Babb of Lau- irens, John T. Young of Clinton, and their local rationing boards f^r tires or recaps, or for new or renewal Mrs. J. B. Townsend of the local Long Branch community. C. D. Waldrep, whose farm is in the!f esoline ratio " s - mus t have had their tires examined at an official OPA in- Red Cross chapter, yesterday stated! Those who have placed orders for)^ 1 ™ theJrTocal'boards their offt- that the organization has made plans seedlings through the county agent’s for a course in home nursing and is:°^i ce since Jan. 1 are listed as J. R.lS^.-V^ inspection records. Present seeking applications. Mrs. William Holliday of Clinton, Robert E. Tay- 1 ‘^P^Lon—Febm- Milam will teach the classes. 'lor of Honea Path, J. Mell Willis of!/* “ . f , dnd r ra !. K ’ 1 ?, Anyone interested in taking the fountain Inn, Mrs. Lizzie Jones of kJ d ’ a d March , 3 1 for _. A b . ,,ok instructions, which are helpful in Ware Shoals, Mrs. Victoria Freeman ! b< ’ dt 'T s ' re r iain in for o e - Thereafter, emergencies, is asked to contact Mrs., of Waterloo, J. B. Pinson, Cora' C. . A b t t>ok holders, must have a tire Pinson and Charles R. Turner of^ 1 ?*? 1 ™ every six months; “B ’ Cross Hill, totalirig 30,000 trees holders ’ every four months; “C” payers, without cost, in the prepara- tipn of their 1942 tax returns. The, representative while here will have Churchill visits Cyprus, renews promise of arms and assistance to from which point it will be shipped. Friends of Mrs. J. H. Kohler will BOND SALES REPORT sympathize with her in the death of Total “E" bond sales in Laurens her mother, Mrs. A. .S. Hutchinson, county for the half month ending Kiwanians Observe Anniversary Week More than 200 RAF fighter planes sweep over occupied Europe, virtual- $7,237.50; Laurens, $16,031.25 ly unresisted. headquarters at the Commercial De-! Turke y and deliverance of Greece, pository. Individuals receiving ah income of $1,000 net, if single, or $1,800 married, are required to file returns. In addition to the returns of in come, every person, firm, or corpor ation making payments of salaries, p ■ LALJ’ wages, rents, commissions, etc., ini^OUnty MCdICOS excess of $1,000, or interest or divi dends, or both, in excess of $100, is required to make returns of infon- January ‘15 were $54,881.25. Of this sum $34,218.75 was sold during the second quarter, distributed as fol lows: Miscellaneous, $10,950; Clinton, book holders, every three months. Fi nal date for initial inspection of tires on trucks, taxicabs and other com mercial motor vehicles has been ex tended to February 28. Thereafter, .tires on these vehicles must be in- •The Clinton Kiwanis club at its speeded every 60 days or every 5,000 ..... , ....... reRid? 1 " meeting Thursday evening | m ii es whichever comes first. which occurred early Saturday mom- observed the 28th anniversary of thei SUGAR—Stamp No. 10 in war ra- Ga. The Rev. Mr. f° un ding of Kiwanis International, j tion book one Dr. Shealy Heads Dr. F. K. Shealy, of this city, was elected president of the Laurens mathm thereon, giving the names and County Medical society for the com- addresses of those to whom payments j ing year, at their annual meeting held are made and the amounts so paid, last week in Laurens. Dr. D. O. and by whom paid. MR. CLINTON MERCHANT THE CHRONICLE is read each week by thousands of peo ple throughout the city’s trade area where your prospective customers reside. Using THE CHRONICLE’S advertising columns regularly will increase your sales and make new customers. Why let your advertising competitor take business from you? Rhame, Jr., also of this city, was elected vice-president. Dr. J. L. Fen nel of Waterloo, was re-elected sec retary-treasurer. Dr. Shealy and Dr. R. H. Ariail of Laurens, were appointed as delegates to the annual session of the South Carolina Medical association to be held in May. Roberts Attending Sprunt Lectures The Rev. J. K. Roberts, pastor of, the First Presbyterian church, is: spending several days in Richmond,; iVa., attending the Sprunt lectures at. Union Theological seminary. He ex-j ‘pects to return'to the city today. ing in Atlanta, Ga. The Rev. Mr. “'““““*5 rw.wums unemauunai. • tion book one expired at midnight Kohler and son,, John, returned to ?t lvv ! anis was f° unde d in Detroit, j unuar y 31 stamp No. 11 good for the city Tuesday while Mrs. Kohler cb i’ 1 0I 1 danuar y 21, ,1915, and now three pounds, will be valid from Feb- and daughter, Ann, are remaining _f s , clubs, with a membership ruary 1 to March 15. HOW TO CUT BREAD — For the housewife who is having difficulty in slicing bread smoothly, here is a tip with her father for several weeks. New Subscriber Regulations For Men In Army Overseas New postal regulations are now in effect governing mail to sol diers overseas in army service. The' order does not apply to the navy personnel abroad. Subscriptions to TH ECHRONICLE for men in this branch , 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 ruling, no subscriptions will be continued after expiration. It is important, therefore, that the date on the label be watched and the renewal in then office before the expiration {late. If this is net done, all papers in arrears will be stopped. of 112,000 in the United States and Canada. Of this number 7,500 Ki wanians are in the military service. A special message was received j from''the Office ofWar InfomaUon from Fred G. McAlister, London, On- ^ Heat the blade of the knife until tano president of Kiwanis Interna- i t ’ s a little too hot to touch, then tlo i| a1 ' , - I slice the loaf of bread. It is surpris- The program was in charge of the !in g how smoothly the blade will glide commffteeon Kiwanis Education and | through the loaf, slicing cleanly and c ^ sed . wltb an impressive New Year evenly, leaving no crumbs to litter rededication pledge to th© principles ; up the table. and objectives of the organization. 1 Kinards Youth Lost In Action Forsythe Resigns Work At College Dr. John W. Forsythe, professor of Mrs. J. Ben Bouknight, of Kinards, biology at Presbyterian college, has received word last Saturday night resigned to enter the army air corps from the war department that her and will be commissioned next month son, Clarence O. Bouknight, was as- a second lieutenant. After six missing in action, in the South Pacific weeks of basic training at kandolph area - Field, Texas, Dr. Forsythe will as- The telegram from the war depart- sume teaching duties in a school of ment read: “The secretary of war de- aviation medicine. He will report for sires to express his deep regret that duty at Randolph* Field on February the. commanding general United 8th. States Army forces in the South Pa- j Dr. Forsythe, a native of Texas, cific, has reported your son, Private joined the college faculty in Septem- Clarence O. Bouknight, is missing in ber,'l941, as head of the department action since January 11. Additional | of biology. His successor has not yet information will be sent you when been secured. Dean M. W. Browa received.” stated. ' .