The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 18, 1943, Image 7
Thursday, February 18, 1943
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C
Page Seven
‘Can’t Win in ’43’
Sgt. Owens Writes
Of Battery B, 107th Bn. ^
The Chronicle is in receipt of the
following appreciated letter from 1st
Sgt. Jesse D. Owens, of the supply
division, transportation branch, at
Camp Stewart, Ga.
THE NATIONAL SCENE
As Washington Sees It
Special to The Chronicle.
Washington, Feb. 16 —The launch
ing of the point system for buying
groceries, the new shoe rationing pro
gram, the manpower regulations re-
Ed i tor, The Chronicle:
In recent weeks I have r ® ad 4 many quiring that young men either do
j letters in The Chronicle about men nece#sary wor k or be drafted into the
. jin the far-flung corners of the world
plied to the U. S. employment ser
vice for essential jobs. It is possible
that this regulation regarding men
with dependents will be revised by
congress, but there is no question but
that men in non-essential industries
even if they are not drafted for the
armed forces, will at least be drafted
for necessary civilian work.
It is expected that new products
will be added to the ration lists each
month, as soon as it is apparent that
shortages are in the offing. As with
shoe rationing, future products to be
There is a general feeling here that
the new price administrator, has re
ceived many compliments for the
way he handled shoe rationing—this
tribution of the shoe supply to every-! finally enacted, there is no qu
one in the country. This indicates a! but that the taxes we pay this
new policy, which will probably be | will be more, rather than less
followed on many other items, or ra-1 we anticipated,
tioning to prevent shortages instead
of because shortages already exist.
The tax question has become pret
ty much of a muddle, but when the
smoke clears there is little doubt that
we will have taxes deducted from
our wages for the last six months of
1943 and possibly beginning March
15. There is no doubt that we all will
be required to pay regular income
taxes on 1942 incomes on March 15,
however. Possibly during the last two
quarters of the year we will have to
pay taxes on both 1942 and 1943 in
comes at the same time.
The Ruml plan for forgiving 1942
on 1943 in
comes is pot likely to be accepted,
although the pay-as-you-go idea will
KEROSENE...
12 c per Gallon
in me lar-nung corners oi me army, and the new plans for increas- kTo.
recei^in* their copies of the local taxation are ample e&ence
per. Each emphaized the fact that it .. tough” attitude whith is be-! * ime ’ preventing buying rush-
£ .uch . pleasure to read .bout th. £
folks from home—just like a letter * nries thp npw nrlM * administrator has re-
from home, they call it. Well, I am'
them—in fact, I am right where I requests for voluntary cooperation of being the first important regulation taxes and paying now
started, but my appreciation of The people have not been^too success-1 he has put through and the first ra-
Chronicle is just as great as that of I ful^-that there are millions of Ameri- tioning order which had not been an- 1
^ J ° .. /■•one urVin will mn canrin/'AC ll/nAVl i -i i _it a sai —
Davtos, farmer O.
ibaasador to Baaala, Is shewn ss
made a few predictions. He
the war will ge Into 1944,
that oaee Germany Is
beaten "well easily take care of
Japan.” Davies believes France as
a power will net be able to redeem
herself for generations. '* *
Court Postpones
Osborne Case
The case of James Osborne, Jr.,
charged with murder of Leslie
Holmes Quinton, also of this city, was
continued until the next term of
criminal court* in June, at the gen
eral sessions court in Laurens on
Monday.
Osborne was held by a coroner’s
jury in the fatal shoting of Quinton
which took place in the business sec
tion of the city on the night of Jan
uary 2. Later he was released on
SI,500 bond. Several eye witnesses
testified at the inquest, their state
ments varying widely as to what
happened before and at the time of
the killing.
Osborne is represented, it is under
stood, by James H. Sullivan, Laurens
attorney.
any of the boys “Over There.” cans who will make sacrifices when nounce d ahead of time. Although
It is chiefly because of the boys forced ^ to do so but wiU not other-i some people, were tipped off about
“Over There” that I write this. I ^ se ^ ct of comforts-as-usual. shoe rationing by grapevine meth-
will menUon a few things that Therefore, during 1943, mandatory no publicity was given to it ex-
win be of interest to all the original regulations will increase greatly and ce pt for a radio “hint” given to the
members of Battery B, 107th Sep. for voluntary co-operation people in New York by Mayor La
Bn., CA. AA, as well as intereating I will be kept to a minimum,
to most of the others and to you peo- ,^ s a resu !^ of the regulation pro-
pie who are there at home. For when I viding for the drafting of married
toe next issue of The chronicle | between toe ages of 18 and 38,
comes off toe press and goes into toe whether they have dependents or not,
homes of toe folks at home toe day unless they get in essential war in-
YARBOROUGH OIL
COMPANY
WEST MAIL' STREET
MRS. JULIA SIMMONS
PASSES AT HOME
Mrs. Julia E. Simmons, 64, i^ife of
H. A. Simmons, died Friday at her
home near Renno after a brief illness.
will be Thursday, Feb. 18. That is
the date of the second anniversary of
the departure of “<3ur Outfit” from
home. *r •
Our outfit is now “Over There.”
True it is that I am no logger a part
of toe 107th, but that does not alter
my feelings for “that oloSgang of
mine,” for, after all, a maq can’t for
get so quickly and especially after
such a long and faithful association
with a bunch of men. T was one of
the original members of toe 107th,
then the 263rd. When we arrived in
camp February 19, 1941, there were
six original members Of the organiza
tion. I will give their names and po
sition at time of organization of “Our
Outfit’ and then toe names and posi
tion on arrival here in Stewart two
years ago.
At toe start we were 2nd Lt. Jack
H. Davis, now Captain; Supply Sgt.
Rufus T. Dunlap, now 1st Lt. (he
joined few days after organisation);
Mess Sgt. Casper W. Hallman, now
1st. Lt; Sgt. Barringer F. Wingard,
battery cler, now captain; Pfc. Jesse
D. Owens, now 1st Sgt., and Pvt. So-
beskie L. Bond, now motor transpor
tation sergeant. Sgt. Bond had a
slight break in service, but came
back to us in plenty of time to “make
dustries, thousands of men have ap-
Guardia. Therefore there was a very
limited amount of stocking up before
shoe sales were frozen*.
Shoe rationing was not put through
because of an acute shortage of shoes
but in order to assure an equal dis-
be put into force. Many congressmen,
however, do not favor forgiving 1942
incomes. The treasury, it is believed,
sees an opportunity to increase gov
ernment income considerably this
year by taxing both 1942 and 1943
incomes at the same time even though
they would agree to a reduction or
postponement of some of the 1942
taxes.
Although many plans will be con
sidered before a new tax program is
INSURANCE
Fire * Tornado - Automo
bile - Surety Bonds - All
Forms of Property
Insurance.
SOUND PROTECTION
AT LOWEST COST.
REAL ESTATE
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B. H. BOYD
Qinton, S. C.
She was a naitve of Saluda county
but had made her home in Laurens
county for the past six years. She was
a daughter of toe late John B. and
Matilda Edwards Hazel. Mrs. Sim
mons was a member of Broad Street
Methodist church.
Surviving besides her husband are
eight sons, B. E., F. A., John, H. A.,
J. B., J. H., J. W., and M. W. Sim
mons; four daughters, Mrs. Clyde
Smith, Mrs. B. E. Smith, Mrs. John
Wallace and Mrs. Ben Shultz; four
brothers, J. H., C. F., A. L., and Ben
Hazel; three sisters, Mrs. Maggie
Timmerman, Mrs. Clara Reams and
Mrs. Irene O’Bryan.
- Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon at toe residence
at three o’clock by her pastor, Rev.j
J. H. Kohler. Interment followed in
Rosemont cemetery.
In Memoriam
MRS. MARGARET ADAIR HAYS
On June 18, 1942, God in His wise
providence, called to His heavenly
home our beloved member and
friend, Mrs. Margaret Adair Hays|
She was toe daughter of James Wil
liam and Elizabeth Little Adair and
was born on the old family planta
tion near Clinton, moving here in
1879. A popular and attractive girl,
she grew into womanhood loved by
young and old alike.
Mrs. Hays, known to so many as
“Aunt Maggie,” spent most of her
life in Clinton. It was here she united
with the Presbyterian church and
was always a faithful member. In
the days of the Ladies Aid society
she was ready to answer any call to
duty and was a leader in every good
work. As the years grew apace this
interest was maintained in the circle
and auxiliary.
On account of ill health, Mrs. Hays
was confined to her room much of
the time in her last years, but her
light still shone. "She gave of the
fruit of her hands and let her own
works praise her in the gates.” She
was always doing .thoughtful things
for others and her bright cheery wel
come was given to all who came.
When the great day of the Lord
shall come and He shall gather in
His own, may her circle be unbroken.
“She has gone to a place remote from
pain and death,
Where all is peace, good will, and
Joy,
With God’s Heavenly light thereof
A City of Gold without alloy.”
AUXILIARY,* FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
By Mrs. George A. Copeland.
SAY, "I SAW IT IN THE CHRON
ICLE.** THANK YOU. .
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toe grade.”
But now, after two years, we arCj
all over the world from home to i
who-knows-where. At home there is!
Bill Terry and a lad by the name of
Hogan, and scattered to the four cor
ners of the globe we find the rem-'
nants of the boys of out outfit, ex
cept the few that are still here in
Camp Stewart, and it is this bit of
information that I know will interest
the men who left the 107th a-w-a-y
back in “41.” I am still a 1st Sgt.,
attached, unassigned, to the supply
division, and on special duty with
the transportation branch. Words can
hardly express toe gigantic job being
done by that branch of the service,
but “our men” all over the world!
gives one a fair conception of what it
is doing. There is freight, express and
baggage to be handled for these men
(and others) and that is where I
come in. Next there is Corp. W. G.
Duvall, who is now a Sgt. in toe Pro
visional Guard company. Next, we
find Corp. C. B. Kirkley, known in
college circle as “Kirk.” He is now a
Staff Sgt. in the finance department.
And toe last to mention is one who
is now on the heels of his brother—
2nd Lt. Washington W. Davis. For the
benefit of the boys “Over There,” I
want to mention a few of toe selec
tive service men who were in the
107th, and are still here or back here:
Pvt. George L. Thompson, now a
Corporal, in toe same company with
Duvall; Pfc. Francis Grant, now ort
toe same special duty, and a Tech.
Sgt.; toe special duty man with the
range-photographic section (I can’t
recall his name)—Ah! I thought of
it—Beasley; Miller is still with the
M. P. detachment; and the last to
mention is 2nd Lt. Bob Newman.
When I read of the boys of “My
Outfit,” some already veterans of this
war—wounded and back in “God’s
country” it makes me wish I was
with some of them somewhere—just
anywhere. If we were still as we
were when organized I’d bet my
mess-kit on our ability to knock any
particular rivet out of a Nazi battle-
wagon six miles off toe coast of
Charleston. But toe tempo of this war
demanded that Uncle Sam put the
best into anti-aircraft, so naturally,
toe 107th, under our esteemed and
beloved Captain W. A. Johnson, was
selected as one of toe batteries to
“keep ’em flying,” and I wind up in
a branch of the service that means
“keep ’em rolling.”
I guess that’s about all, so now I’ll
practice the forbidden art of plagiar
ism and say: Goodbye now. I hope
you have enjoyed this as much as I
have enjoyed bringing it to you.
1ST SGT. JESSE D. OWENS,
Supply Det-^-SuppIy* Div.,
Section Onfe,
Camp Stewart, Ga.
Feb. 14, 1943.
Dr. Felder Smith
Dr. Duncan S. Felder
OPTOMETRISTS
Specialists In
Eye Examinations
Office Hews:
Dr. Smith, Daily. 4:18 to •
Dr. Felder, Dally, • te •
itment
Phone 29 for
CLINTON, S. C.
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Set the urge
TO HELP PURSE
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If It Has Been Your Custom to Drive to Clinton to
Do Your Shopping
YOU
CONTINUE TO DO SO
SECTION IV IN OPA GASOLINE
RATION ORDER 5C STATES:
Family or personal necessity driving for which no adequate alternative
means of transportation are available IS PERMISSIBLE.
(a) Driving for the purpose of essential shopping is PERMISSIBLE. This
would include obtaining necessary food and medical supplies.
There Is nothing in the regulations banning Pleasure Driving
to prevent your making your accustomed business trips to Clinton.
And after you get here and have done your necessary shopping
or attended to other business, your time is your own until you have
to return home. You can visit an eating establishment, go to the
movies or other places before driving back home, but NO EXTRA
DRIVING MUST BE INVOLVED.
or pleasure. The principal purpose of your trip, the order states,
MUST be to do essential buying for yourself or members of your
family.
You cannot drive to town just for or primarily for entertainment
You can drive to Clinton to get the things-you need. We invite
you to come and assure you of our readiness to serve you. whatever
your needs. We invite your business when you are here on shopping
trips. We will do our best to please you with our merchandise and
service.
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SMITH’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store—Phone 101
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A. & P. FOOD STORES
Where Economy Rules
BLALOCK’S GROCERY AND
MARKET
BELK’S DEPT. STORE
Cash Your Shoe Ration Ticket With Us
Phones 156 and 157
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PRATHER-SIMPSON FURNITURE
COMPANY
BUCHANAN’S
Service That Pleases
“The Home -Makers”
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MOORE’S DRESS SHOPPE
Clinton’s Newest
JOE’S ESSO SERVICE
Prompt Service—Phone 128
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MAXWELL BROS. & KINARD
Keep Up the Homes We’re Fighting For
ROYAL CLEANERS, INC.
Beautiful Dry Cleaning—Phone 77
CHANEY’S DRESS SHOPPE
“Talk of the Town’
J. C. PENNEY CO., INC.
A Cash Purchase Is A Cash Saving
HOME STORES
Where the Dollar Does Its Duty
DAILEY’S CASH GROCERY
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Quality Groceries At Economy Prices
CASINO AND BROADWAY
THEATRES
LADIES’ READY-TO-WEAR
SHOPPE
Ella Adair—Phone 129
Good Pictures Always
JAMES PITTS STORE
PITTS SERVICE STATION AND
COAL CO.
Men’s and Boys’ Furnishings
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CITY SALES CO.
Phone 75
Good and Bad Furniture
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