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/ THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable X ate ffllintmt Chrmttrlf If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't <iet the News Volume XLIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 25, 1943 Number 8 French Battleship to* Be Refitted Here RED CROSS DRIVE MARCH 4 POINT RATIONING BEGINS MONDAY I of French warships, limped Into New York har bor with only throe of her fear propellers operating and her hull pierced. The SS,M* ton battle wagon, shown above, will be repaired and refitted before going to sea against the Axis. Accompanied by U. 8. and French REGISTRATION FOR BOOK 2 NNDffiWAY Consumption of Canned PRE-FLIGHT STUDENTS ARRIVE THIS WEEK Capt. Turner In Com mand of Group To Be Stationed At College. 10.09% of Textile Payroll In County Being Put In Bonds Of the 5,108 textile employes ini Laurens county, 87.49 per cent are buying war stamps and bonds, it was slated this week from the office of W. P.*Bowers, of Columbia, chairman of bond sales in South Carolina. Total p 0 Tn I Men se l ecte d for aviation training amount put into bonds by these em- V30UUS DC VUT IU t-Cbb at p r esbyterian colllege are expected ployes is 10.09 per cent of the com- .. . T D . Than Half of Normal. | to begin to arrive on the campus thisjbined payrolls of the five textile CO r-, ^ 0 * dvi ^ e area - Mrs. J. B. Townsend / SEEK $8,000 FROM CLINTON SECTION ie Day's Pay Asked of ich Person As Effort Underway. County To Raise $16,000. Seeking $8,000, workers will take to . the field Thursday morning, March 4, in the Red Cross war cam paign' fund drive in the Clinton- week, and the full number of the first! porations in the county. is chairman of the organization in MARCH 15 DEADUNE FOR INCOME TAX; MILLIONS TO FILE RETURNS FOR FIRST TIME Many Deductions Allowed; Can Credit Farm Expense. March 15 will be a big and busy day in the United States, for on that day income tax returns and payments will be due from millions of Ameri can citizens, many of whom will be facing Uncle Sam, as a tax collector, for the first time. It is particularly important to re member that tax returns and pay ments, in whole or in installment, must be made March 15 or, if con venient, before. This fact has been pretty much confused by all the talk about putting income taxes on a pay- as-you-go, or weekly income deduc tion, basis. No such law has been passed and there are possibilities that even if it is passed, it will be passed in a different form. But the fact is, no pay-as-you-go law exists, and an income tax return must be filed and whole or partial payments made March 15. Lower exemptions and increased employment will bring millions of new taxpayers into the fold. Figures, of course, are dry, but they are in teresting in that government agen cies estimate that .approximately 58 LIFE SENTENCE HANDED DAWSON Residents of Clinton and the sur-J contingent by the 28th. ' I Following are the records of the charge of the effort, it has been an- rounding community—along with ev- Two officers, Capt. Carl M. Turner i various mills, as furnished by Mr. i nounced by J. Roy Casque, head of erybody else in the United States— • and First Lieutenant Byron M. My-! Bowers’ office: the Clinton chapter. A total of (began registering Monday morning at'ers, and two• non-commissioned offi-, Clinton Cotton Mills, 953 employes, 1 nno h _ n , h „ pnHl ft>r I the various school hooi^ for war ra-jeefs. Staff Sergeant Augustus Ram-[of whom 98.22 per cent put an aver-t.. , * g age of 10.73 per cent of their earnings th ®^ count y- in bonds. Joanna’ Textile Mills, Goldville, .1,050 employes, 80 per cent put 11.3 Captain Turner is in command ofl j per cent of earnings in bonds, the aviation school and Lieutenant! Laurens Cotton Mills, 1,013 em-( durin - the vear Mrs Townsend Myers will serve as adjutant. Ser-i pioyes, 90.02 per cent of wtiom spend d ? „ y ' , „ geant Ramsey will act as sergeant tion book number two preparatory to the institution over the entire coun try of the most severe rationing pro gram yet faced by thfe people on March 1. The program is under the super vision of the local rationing board, with teachers bearing the larger part of the burden of registration, assisted major for sey and Corporal John W. Wads worth, have been on the campus for several days preparing for the arrival of the trainees. the outfit and Corporal by other volunteer workers. j Wadsworth has been placed in charge Officials state that the issuing of; 0 * military drill. The men who will attend here are brought fromeivilian life through the Enlisted Reserve corps. They have The annual membership drive is being combined with the emergency war relief campaign and there will be no oilier call from the Red Cross stated. Because of the increased calls Laurens, Feb. 18.—After overruling, the books has been proceeding rather a motion for a new trial, Circuit i slowly and urged those who have Judge J. Henry Johnson today sen-1 n °t yet registered to do so immedi- tenced Fred Dawson, 55, to lUe ta Jately nie week is half gone and the received only a few weeks basic ’ ’ . 'rationing program begins Monday training at an induction center and prisonment, the jury having found morn j n g March 1. Those who regis- will train here as enlisted men, not! him guilty of murder with mercy iter early will avoid a "last minute as aviation cadets as previously an-i recommendation late last night in rush, it was pointed out—and Friday nounced. is the last day for registration. | The course will extend for five Those who have not yet received months and include military and _ , war ration book one are urged to physical drill under the supervision motlon 'y as argued make application at the ration board of the new military department and 10.27 pef cent of earnings for bonds. I Lydia Cotton Mills, Clinton, 660 being 'made upon the organization and the extensive program being car ried out due to the war, the need is greater this year than ever before. employes, 74.25 per cent put 8.17 per cent of eajdfings in bonds. Mills, Watts Laurens, 1,430 em- general sessions court on charge of slaying Irvin Jones. at length, the main point by defense counsel being that a Juror in the case had been quoted as saying he thought the defendant should be convicted. The juror in question was sent for and denied under oath that he had made the statement. Dawson, proprietor of a store and sandwich stand, near the city, alleg edly .totally stabbed Jones, 24, textile worker with a long meat knife dur ing an argument last October over the breaking of a soft drink glass by the customer while seated in a car in front of the eating stand. The defendant testified that during the scuffle, clones caught him around the neck and drew him into the car, and that he was unaware for some- office on South Broad street. They academic work supervised by the must have book one before they can ( college faculty. get book two, it was stated. Upon successful completion of the ♦ ! course, the men will be sent to a clas- Drastic Scale of Point Values < sification center at Nashville, Tenn., Washington, Feb. 21.—The govern- and from there will be assigned to ment announced tonight how much pre-flight schools as aviation cadets. TO SEEK FUNDS FOR SCOUT WORK Annual Solicitation Begins This Morning. Committees Named. processed food the new ration books will buy, a drastic scale of point val ues limiting consumption to less than half of normal. The 48 ration points allotted to each man, woman and child March will “purchase” two cans Captain Turner stressed the fact ployes, 92.3 per cent put 10.6 per cent The slogan behind the intensive ef- of earnings in bonds. f or ^ j s « a d a y’ s pay from everybody.” Mrs. Townsend has announced the personnel of the organization which will make the local campaign and in- ! eludes the chairmen of the various Clinton committees as well as chair men in communities in the Clinton area. Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer has been appointed chairman of the pub licity committee and Rev. W. N. Long is chairman of the speakers commit tee. Chairman of the solicitation com mittee for the industrial districts is The Boy Scout drive for funds withij Henderson Pitts, and for the Clin- which to carry on the work for thei ton busin e ss district, H. L. Eichel- year began this morning with an 8:30 Merger will head the committee. , ~ —r -—t,, cnairman oi me unanciai cc will be entirely separate in both nnli- j will head the drive to seek tary and academic work. Members of the Alpha Psi Delta so rority will conduct the drive for funds at Presbyterian college and million people will have earned an;time that Jones had received a average of almost $1,600 in 1942. • wound. A state witness had testified Farm income alone has been fig- he was present, heard the dispute ured at approximately 16 billion dol lars, giving America’s six million farmers an average intake of $2,800. All these figures are average, of course, and do not specifically apply to individual cases. Besides renewed industrial activity and higher wages, one of the main reasons more people will pay an in come tax for 1942 is because of the lowered exemptions. Single persons, or married persons not living with their spouse, do not have to pay any tax on the first $600 of their income. A married man and his wife are al lowed to take off $1,200 for them selves and $350 for each child under 18. The “head” of any family support ing one or more dependent individ uals closely related to him by blood relationship, relationship by mar riage, or by adoption, is allowed the $1,200 exemption, plus $350 for every dependent except one. The income tax payer is allowed to deduct other sums, either as personal or business expenses, from his in come. For every $1 that the taxpayer can legitimately take off his income, he chops 18.4 cents from his tax. On large incomes, such savings can be impressive. But what can the taxpayer deduct? Below appears a formidable list of exemptions: Taxes Deductible federal taxes include admissions, dues, telephone, tele graph, transportation, auto use and safety deposit boxes. State levies de- and saw Dawson “lunge into the open car door’ and cut Jones as the quar rel raged. Dawson, formerly of another coun ty, had lived here about three years. He has a family. Jones was also mar ried. breakfast at Hotel Clinton for vol- ^ _ , .. unteer workers. J. Leland Young, , chairman of the financial committee, a per[j h. Hunter at the State Training cent increase in tlie former Quota. i school Mrs Dennis Sowers will for Ik Sm *i d0rm “°?' "i! 1 ^ ^ l “ Horace Williamson, of Grwrw.llo, kad the M i iclta Uon on the Thorr- lOT; house the men when they amve and Scout executive for the Blue Ridge i well orphana „ can)pus sliced DineaoDie or three cans olT , in Judd 1 council, will be a special guest. Oth-1 Ward chairmen „( ihe city are : oeas o? 48 caSs of baby to>d ^ | hal on a schedule that wiU not con- er workers attending with jnembers; Ward ond Mrs Julian Coleman and P ^.1’ ao 4 1 ° U d ' 4 - fl‘ct with the college program. If nec- of their committees follow: . Mrs Hubert Todd- ward two. Mr, couJS on a" variety ^f 'different l K he l»T nasium , als0 D. B. Smith, captain. White Bui- Roy Pitta ward three Mrs! foods*'Here ta w^t mme SSL"*£ “ ^ I R? w P m,rt - J ' C Th0 ~*- a " d Copeland; ward four, Mrs. B. will “cost” in the most nooular can Head Q uar t er s for the military de- L. W. Rawl. _ O. Whitten: ward five, Mrs. C. W. wm , cost, tne ost pop jpartment have been set up in an of-1 Heath Copeland, captain, Brooks cooper. 'flee on the second floor of the libra-| Owens, B. Hubert Boyd. | For Goldville, the solicitation com- ry building. Peas 16 points, com 14, tomatoes 16, green beans 14, pears 21, peaches 21, grapefruit juice 23, tomato juice 32, soup 6, baby food 1. a ^““o^rmost^tl MRS. NANNIE NORMAN Adair, captain, William R. mitte will be headed by Joe L. De- LAST RITES HERE FOR points a pound. - The office of price administration _ ... ... rmx NkiTSNXi 1 issued a detailed tabulation of nearly c ^ aslan Norman held SEEK CLINTON WOMEN j900 different point values which will| Friday m< a rnil } g from the [ I. M. Pitts. laney. R. L. Plaxico, captain, D. C. Heus- The following have been named as tess, J. H. Hunter, Harry Wilkes, cba irmen to serve in nearby com- and J. F. Jacobs. munities: Mountville, Mrs. Ella D. J. Henderson Pitts, captain, R. M. N a nce; Renno, Mrs. Tan Ray and Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie |Crooks, J. Hubert Todd, H. L. Nettles, Mrs. J. David Copeland; Shady McCaslan Norman were held here a °d W. M. Walker. I Grove,, Mrs. David Pitts; Oak Grove, be at the local post (Thursday) to interview Clinton women who are interested in becom ing members of the WAVES or SPARS, it has been announced. The WAVES is an organization of women whose job is to replace navy men at shore stations. The SPARS, likewise, is a woman’s organization to replace coast guard men at shore (determine how much canned and 1 ^ ravesi d 0 the Pre f l> ^ er i ar ? ^? me " i am k h frozen fruits and vegetables dried '■?** *'“ h , lhe Rev , J K - Robcrts “ L? ? I ^ M ?° r ,^ ad ’ cap : the officiating minister. ! * ain . «L B. Hart, Bruce Galloway, and Pallbearers were J. J. .Cornwall, 1 Q- N. Foy. College—J. Isaac Copeland. West Clinton—William D. Terry. Special gifts, H. L. Eichelberger, Mrs. J. G. Roy; Musgrove, Mrs. J. FOR WAVES, SPARS T _ _ „ ... _. fruits, canned soups and baby foods J. L. Bagwell, navy recruiting offi- may be bought when the rationing T ^ : V u ™ wa “’ cer from the Spartanburg office wiU starts March j Sale of items iS i J. F. Jacobs, John Little, T. H. office today stations. The navy is still enlisting on a vol- branches of the service. frozen until then. The point values for dried beans, peas and lentils which were bought under the raitoning only last night will be announced later. The values announced today are expected to remain in effect through out March, although they could be raised or lowered at any time. At the end of the month the OPA will an- Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer. nounce the values for April. . . The first 48 points provided by the ,or a n T ber o[ ,ears Copeland, Augustus Blakely, C. W Cooper, R. E. Sadler and R. S. Ow ens. Mrs. Norman died Wednesday at her home in Chattanooga, Tenn, Police Ask Recipients where she had resided the past 40 r years. Mrs. Norman was a native of Ab beville county, a daughter of the late K. Haselden; Long Branch, Mrs. W. R. Brown; Hurricane, Mrs. A. C. Young ; It has been suggested that prior to the day of solicitation business _ concerns have someone in their or- Special Gifts R. E. Ferguson, and ganization contact employes and se- “ITo Be Careful With Allotment Checks cure their contributions in order to eliminate confusion and save the time of the solocitors and employes. Firms '< will be asked for contributions in ad- ! dition to their personnel, it was stat- I ed. V William Miller and Seppie Jordan *r l McCaslan, beloved Clinton residents Tho .P 0 ^ 0 department, in co-j Will 10m T. NoborS Posses At Home William T Nabors. 73, died sud- operation with the secret service di- unteer basis boys 17 years of age and " ew rat “> n bo ° ks b f* n f distributed f p resbytcrian irti a ment > r ^ uests that recipients of men 38 to 50 years. j 0118 week are designed to cover Pur-; woman “J sironeChSan character army and navy allotment checks ex-, Clinton residents in any of the!.Sjj ases for the entire month of March. h d many g friends by h swee t' ercise care in handling and endorsing denly Sunday night at his home n at above classifications are invited to^mg the last week of March, how-! ^ rson m a a / a ^ here fellow mg an illness of several interview the recruiting officer if ever * some °f the April ration cou- £ ag pleasantly remembered here by: they are urged not to endorse the weeks. He was a.native of Laurens they are interested in joining these P °£ S v” 1 ? y . be Used lf n ® cessary - a number of friends, all of whom will checksi until presented * for payment county and spenLhis entire life m the It had been announced previously r e ^ ^ j {now l nassine and to take them to the same place county. He/was a son of the late that the individual allotment for; Survivors include a son Set Edwin eac h time to avoid confusion in iden- Thomas R. and Lizzie Hutcherson March would be 48 points but the ^ Norman of Fort Oglethoroe Qa • I ^cation. Delivery of checks will be Nabors and was a member of Hurri- ! value of these pomts was a closely . three 4!icter<! Mrs w n rw/oyxc’ facilitated if postal authorities are cane Baptist church. His wife, Mrs. Clinton Boy Reported Missing „__„4 , 4_j-„»„ and three sisters, Mrs. W. B. Owens, ment romtitutad a ivere blow to' Sr ' ^ this Mrs H - L - Scaife of n “' lfled ‘ >r “ m P U * , ot any change in ^^0 Ue^eTying,Haverfo*. Pa., and Mn, J, T An- ."*** and «*• »«“»* •» " am « This means we will be eating less 176,000 In the State than half as much canned and .pro-ip llW XA/nr Rnn/Jc Ow cessed foods as we ate the previous ] ' i Vn year,”' commented Prentiss Brown, Payroll Savings The navy department has announc-J mostly on canned foods for theirl derson of ^ ristol » J enn ductible include gasoline, real estate ®d that Seaman Andrew Clyde Ad- tables, and personal property, use taxes, amR ’ son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry auto license fees, and unemployment. Arthur Adams, of North Broad street, Interest this city, is missing in action. All interest paid on personal debts Young Adams was a member of an can be written off. For the farmer armed guard crew aboard a merchant these take in mortgages, notes and vesse * which -was sunk on August other obligations incurred to finance 20, 1942, as the result of enemy ac- oDeration i tion the war department communique P Expenses 1 revealed. No report from any of the All expenses connected with con-! c ™w has been received since that duct of a business or farm are de-! time. - * ductible. Business expenses include OPA administrator. “We’ll do on this scant ration so that our fighting forc es and the fighting forces of our al mail boxes. Merchants should insist upon posi tive identification of holders before cashing the checks, it was stated. New Grand Jury 1 Names Committees Simmie E. Nabors, died 19 years ago. Surviving are nine children: L. G., Hugh, R. W., Charlie and*^ Thomas Nabors, Mrs. Ed Prince, Mrs. Charlie M. Fowler, Mrs. John P. Benjamin, and Miss Nora Nabors; one sister. Miss Maggie Nabors; one brother, N. H. Nabors; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. . Fpnei'-al services were -conductedr* Tuesday at 11 a. m. at Hurricane South Carolinians buying war, ^ bonds under the payroll savings plan 1 The 1943 grand jury was organized Ba P tist church graveside by Rev. W lies may have the food they need to (have now reached a total of 176,000, at last week’s term of coiirt in Lau- N Long- carry on. ' | it was announced this week by W. P. , He estimated that civilians will Bowers, state war bond administra- ; have from March 1 to September,! tor. They are employes of approxi- 11944, a total of 254,000,000 cases of ~ office rent, light .heat and phone LorCCny Is Charged bills, salary of office assistants, train lT ’ k . * . fares, hotel and restaurant costs for! lO VjintOn IN eg TO which the party is not reimbursed,' ■- and charges for operating an auto- Lizzie Mae Williams, former ser- mobile and its depreciation. ! vant in a Clinton home, has been re in the expenses of operating their turned from Sarasota, Fla., and is be- farms, farmers can include gasoline i ing held in the county jail at Laurens repairs and upkeep of vehicles, cost 1 on a charge of grand larceny in con- of ordinary small tools, livestock and nection with the alleged theft of seed, pay of hired hands and food for $100 from her employers, Dr. and them bought off the farm. Insurance Miy. F. K. Shealy. Deputy Sheriffs on farm property, such as buildings J. Wesley Fowler and R. S. Wier, who and crops, are also deductible as is made the trip to Florida, reported (Continued on page two) that $30 of the money was recovered. canned fruits and vegetables—an av erage of little more than 13,000,000 cases a month compared with 30,000,- 000 a month in 1941-42. $23,548.75 Bonds Sold First Quarter mately 500 concerns in the state. Of these 500 firms, a total of 196 have reached the treasury depart- serve for the year: ment’s goal of having at least 90 per cent of their employes buying bonds, and have received the awards of rec- rens with S. M. Leaman of Cross Hill, Pallbearers were Johnnie, Furman, as foreman, and M. S. Boyd, of Lau- Wre ff° rd - “d Henry Lewis Nabors, rens, as foreman pro tern. an d Carroll Young. A In its final presentment the follow- 1 —7 ing committees were appointed t°iSoWGrS AoCCptS I ognition issued by the department. ! GUEST SPEAKER | Dr. William P. Jacobs, president A total of $23,548.75 in “E“ bonds;of Presbyterian college, and chair- were sold in Laurens county during j man of the South Carolina Defense the first quarter of February ending' council, addressed members of the Feb. 8, according to figures released | Transportation club in Atlanta, Ga., from the office of H. D. Gray, bond on Tuesday evening. His subject chairman. was, “Equipped For Action.” Jail and court house: J. V. Lowe, Orphanage Position Joe Campbell and W. E. Bragg. Education: J. N. Jones, G. C. Aber crombie and S. M. Leaman. Auditing: Sam Fleming, L. O. Hiers and B. G. Taylor. County home: D. C. Smith, J. M. Babb and Conway W. Gray. - Chaing gang:f E. P. Patton, H. O. Walker and M. S. Boyd. Roads and bridges: Louie Lott, J. Warren Tinsley and Fowler Burns. Dennis Q. Sowers, operator of Sowers Garage of this city for several years, has accepted a position with Thornwell orphanage as head of the shop department, succeeding Robert A. Mann, recently resigned. Mr. Sowers stated yesterday that he will close his garage on Gary street on the first of March. He pirns to enter Upon his new work a few days thereafter.^'