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K e chronicle ives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable She Cbnmtrk If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 4,1943 Number 9 RED CROSS WAR FUND DRIVE OPENS TODAY College to Graduate 44 Seniors Sunday Baccalaureate and Graduation Exercises To Be Held In Morning and Afternoon. Reid and Byrd To Speak. Donning caps and gowns tor Pres byterian. college’s first commence ment under an accelerated program of education on next Sunday, March 7, will be 44 seniors listed by the registrar as candidates to receive de- Both the baccalaureate sermon and final graduating exercises will be held on the same day instead of on Sunday and Monday as in the past. The sermon will be preached in the First Presbyterian church at 11:15 by the Rev. J. Calvin Reid, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Co lumbus, Ga. The address to the graduates will be delivered at 3 p.m. in the college chapel by Dr. Harry Clifton Byrd, president of the University of Mary land. Diplomas will be delivered at this time and commissions as second lieutenants presented memberes of the class in the R.O.T.C. unit Candidates for the bachelor of arts and science degrees, together with their home addresses, follow: Bachelor of Arts Caroline Eudora Babb, Laurens. Marshall Gray Boulware, Jr., Mem phis, Tenn. Joseph Lindsay Comer, Ellerbe, N. C. Thomas Milton Dews, Edison, Ga. Vivian Augusta Dukes, Laurens. Charles Lumpkin Estes, LincoIn ton, Ga. Henry Stokes Ferguson, Lancaster. Charles Richard Franks, Laurens. Ben Hay Hammet, Allendale. Mary Elliotte Jacobs, Clinton. James Allison Jones, Gainesville, Ga. Camell Monk, Clinton. James Norton Reid, Columbus, Ga. Robert Gnann Schwanebeck, Sa vannah, Ga. Edward Milton Selfe, Jr., Hunting- ton, W.Va. Paul Gray Turner, Atlanta, Ga. Bachelor of Science Richard Bell, Decatur, Ga. George Norman Bryan, Allendale. Henry Stevenson Burch, Lincoln- ton, Ga. Earl Ferguson Cody, York. Lester Livingston Coleman, Colum bus, Ga. William Hester Dean, West Point, Ga. William Prickett Dent, St. Mat thews. Lawton Frank Douglas, Citro, Fla. Frances Ewing Gibson, Sumter. George Frank Heidt, Jr., Charles ton. Samuel Blackwell King, Charles ton. J ' Kemper David Lake, Whitmire. Hector Eugene McCaskill, Conway. Robert Edward McCormick, De catur, Ga. Robert Andrew McCully, Sharon. Wilson Parks McKittrick, Whit mire. John Horace McMurray, Swanna- noa, N. C. William Harvey McMurray, Jr., Swannanoa, N. C. Joseph Allen McNeill, Timmons- ville. Grover Cooley Nabors, Goldville. James Bun Norville, Rutherford, N. C. Rex Wilson Pennell, Lenoir, N. C. James Hendren Query, Lenoir, N. C. William David Ratchford, Jr., Sha ron. Albert Adolph Ritter, Ridgeland. Walker Proileeu Rivers, Aiken. David Isaacs Trice, Fayetteville, N. C. Charles Marion Waddey, Augusta, Ga. Ill WHITE MEN CALLED FOR ARMY Large Group of Draftees To Be Inducted On March 18. One hundred and ■eleven white draftees have been ordertd by local Board No. 50 to report for induction into the army, and they will leave the city on March 18 for Fort Jack- son where they will be sworn in. This is the largest call received by the board since the selective service act became law. In releasing the-list the board stat ed that it is composed almost entirely of single men in the 18-20 year age group. It was further learned from board officials that married men without children are now being re classified and ordered for physical examinations. It is expected that draftees from this group will begin to be called in the next 30 or 60 days. The list follows: David T. Lee, Washington, D. C. Willie Wilson Meeks, Ware Shoals. James Charles Pace, Clinton. Jay Cee Williams, Rt. 1, Clinton. Luke William Smith, Rt. 2, Kinard. Lowell Walker Watkins, Ware Shoals. Nathaniel Harrison Dunaway, Clin ton. Walter McAlister, Clinton. Donnie Eugene Womble, Clinton. Wilton Lewis Davenport, Ware Shoals. Ralph Cleave South, Clinton. Gerald Beaman, Clinton. Leroy Frasier, Williamston. Raymond Claude Coughman, Clin ton. James Lake Hellams, Gray Court. Arthur Hapking Pitts, Laurens. William Algie Satterwhite, Mount- ville. Gallman Murrah, Jr., Everett Bishop, Ware ON THE WAR FRONTS Berlin suffers “biggest raid ever experienced” —191 reported dead, 268 injured. RAF continues round- the-clock offensive in attacks on northern France and Belgium. U. S. planes strike Italy. Nazis threaten re taliation oh Britain and America. Nazis confirm Russian gains. Coun terattacks west of Kharkov beaten -off by Reds. Staraya Russa, German stronghold near Lake Ilmen, endan gered. Allies extend gains in central Tu nisia, break series of Nazi attacks in northern sector. U. S. submarines sink five Jap ships, damage two more in Pacific, navy reports. American bombers cut Japanese railway communications from Burma into Yunnan province, as enemy ad vances along Burma road. Harmon Goldville. William Shoals. Guy Landrum Prater, Goldville. Rhett Bobo Burdette, Laurens. James Edgar Poison, Clinton. H. C. Gambrell, Jr., Laurens. John Dennis Bragg, Goldville. Willie Wesley Price, Clinton. Samuel Elders, Clinton. ' Chalmers Jackson Johnson, Gold ville. James Harold Lewis, Goldville. Cecil Eugene White, Clinton. Robert Edward Wood, Clinton. •Earl Ralph Burgess, Rt. 2, Clinton. William Robert Scott, Ware Shoals. Henry Silas Smith, Clinton. Columbus Eugene Hellams, Lau rens. i Romain E. Barker, Charleston. Wade Hampton Godfrey, Ware Shoals. John Carol Adair, Gray Court Thomas Luther Wyatt, Rt. 1, Ki- nards. Charles Edward Thompson, Gray Court. Andy Bee Young, Jr. Clinton. James William Coates, Mpuntville. Furman South, Gray Court. Joseph Isaac Lyda, Woodruff. Edward Ben j amine Holbert, Clin ton. Allen Kirby, Clinton. L. M. Brown, Laurens. William Edward Hendrix, Water loo. Jack Franklin Alexander, Green wood. Billy Sunday Cothran, Ware Shoals. John Henry Burnett, Clinton. Charlton Alvis Fleming, Honea Path. Lonnie Dunaway, Laurens. Van Swaymgham Jones, Clinton. Ansel Luher Peace, Clinton. William Marion Gardner, Goldville. Claud Garrett, Laurens. ’ Walter Leonard Daniel, Jr., Ware Shoals. ' Rufus Andrew Handback, Clinton. Marvin Lee Wren, Waterloo. ~ James Clive Jenkins, Gray Court. Henry Wise, Greenville. Gordan Heyward Collins, Salem. John Burnett Spratt, Jr., Clinton. Fred Roy Campbell, Clinton. James Clarence Jackson, Rt. 1, Clinton. Richard Delono Watts, Pine Castle, Fla. (Continued on page eight) Clinton Area Given of $8,000 Major James" Loses Life On Clipper Former Thorowell Boy Goes Down When Air Transport Crashed At Lisbon, Portugal. Word has been received here that Major James Hamlin, a former Thomwell orphanage boy, was re cently drowned when the “Yankee Clipper” crashed in the Tagus river near Lisbon, Portugal. His wife, who resides in Charles ton, has been notified that Major Hamlin, 32, has been reported miss ing in the crash of the Pan-American | men and solicitors named to direct clipper as it was landing last week ( the intensive campaign, in the harbor at Lisbon. No further The drive in clinton is headed by information has been received since ; Mrs j B Townse nd as chairman Large Group of Workers Will Start Effort To Reach Goal. Enthusias tic Meeting Held Prep aratory to Campaign. The Laurens county Red Cross war fund drive to raise $16,000 will start this morning. Of this amount the Clinton-Goldville area is given a quota of $8,000. The drive will include the Red Cross roll call, but citizens are being askec! to^go beyond the $1.00 mem bership fee in their contributions so that the functions of the national-or ganization may continue to be a con nection between the men on the bat- tlefronts and their homes. The entire county has been divided, with chair- RED CROSS WAR FUND MARCH ~ I943 Symbolic of the role the Red Creea Is again playing, the IMS Red Crow War Fund poster depicts the organisation aa a mother ministering to the needs of the men of the United States armed forces and the victims of war throughout the world. The poster Is an appeal to all men and women for contributions in the War Fund drive which opens this morning in this community with a goal of $8,6M. A GUEST EDITORIAL The Call of the Victory Garden Written for The Chronicle by A. B. Bryan, Agricultural Editor, Clemson College the accident. Many of the bodies are still missing, and probably the strong undertow of the river carried them to sea. James entered the orphanage as a lad from Abbeville in 1923. He was bom Dec. 25, 1909. He graduated from the high school in 1927 and Presbyterian college in 1931. After his graduation James enter- She has announced the personnel of the organization which will make the campaign in this section of the county as follows: Chairman of the solicitation com mittee for the industrial districts is J. Henderson Pitts, and for the busi ness district, H. L. Eichelberger. Members of the Alpha Psi Delta so rority will conduct the drive for ed CCC camps as an officer. Later he funds at Presbyterian college and J. enlisted in the army service and soon H. Hunter at the State Training began feceiving promotions until he reached the rank of major. Recently he attended the 11th C. Se G. S. school at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, from school. Mrs. Dennis Sowers will lead the solicitation on the Thom well orphanage campus. Ward chairmen of the city are: which he was immediately sent to a J Ward one, Mrs. Julian Coleman and portof embarkation In a recent let-| Mrs Hubert Todd; ward two Mrs ter to his friend, F. M. Stutts of this w. Roy Pitts; ward three, Mrs. Heath city, he stated that he was leaving for overseas and to “keep your fin gers crossed.” At Thomwell, James was a quiet, dependable lad who was admired by all who knew him as a young man of sterling qualities. The news of his tragic death will bring genuine re- Copeland; ward four, Mrs. B. (X Whitten; ward five, Mrs. C. W. Cooper. For Goldville the solicitation com mittee will be headed by Joe L. De laney. The following have been named a* chairmen to' serve in nearby com- and elsewhere. “God Almighty first planted a gar den, and indeed it is the purest of all pleasures,!’ said wise old Francis Ba con a few Gentries ago. He was re ferring of course to what another writer said many centuries ago — Moses, writing in a book called Gene sis. This Moses wrote: “And the Lord planted a garden eastward in Eden . . . And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden to dress it and keep it." Which proves, we believe, two things: first, that gardening was in vented before golfing was invented; second, that man has a natural “call” to cultivate the soil and make it pro duce his needs. Millions of us moderns have got rather far away from cultivating the soil; but there is in these perilous wartimes a growing need for us to get back to cultivating the soil to help produce some of our food needs —or else! And that brings us to Victory gar dens . Gardens for Victory H. W. Hochbaum, chairman of the department of agriculture asks for more and better gardens this season. The number of urban and subur ban gardens is expected to de doub led in 1943 over 1942. The department of agriculture says 18 million Victory gardeners will give essential wartime service to the na- 1 flrit fraternity,' the' anny'^Torct*’, tion by helping to meet the situation 200 AIR CADETS ARRIVE AT COLLEGE A chapter of the world’s fighting just indicated. The Crisis Opportunity The Chinese have a double-duty word which fits the home vegetable production situation. That Chinese word means crisis, and it also means opportunity. The crisis is clear; the opportunity is open; and in this in stance, as in so many other instances, opportunity rides into responsibility. Here is the opportunity in outline: 1. Every farm with enough water and good climate should grow all vegetables needed by the family—in fresh or processed form—during the! gret to many friends who knew him muniUe8; Moun t vil ie Mrs. Ella D. at the orphanage, college, in the city Nance; Renno Mnf Tan Ray and Mrs. J. David Copeland; Shady Grove, Mrs. David Pitts; Oak Grove, Mrs. J. G. Roy; Musgrove, Mrs. J. K. jHaselden; Long Branch, Mrs. W. R. Brown; Hurricane, Mrs. A. C. Young... C. A. Wadsworth will serve as chairman of the drive among the col ored people. Preparatory to the campaign, a supper-meeting was held at Hotel Clinton Tuesday evening for the workers* who will take to the field this morning to raise the $8,000. J. Roy Gasque, chairman of the Clinton branch, presided over the meeting which was attended by 100 workers. The group was addressed by H. L. Eichelberger. Rev. A. C Holler of Laurens, the county chairman, and Cecil Roper of Laurens, war fund Chairman, spoke briefly. Mrs. George was. established on the Presbyterian college campus early Sunday morn ing when 200 aviation' cadets arrived to begin an intensive five months training course. 200 additional cadet§ are expected to arrive April 1. Under the government plan a lim ited flying program will be conduct ed for all students in cooperation with the CAA war training service. The detachment at the college, one of the many selected colleges, will be i Sheppard and Mrs. V. R. Fleming of headed by Capt. Carl M. Turner, air | Laurens, gave a skit on the proper force commandant, who arrived here way to present the cause to house- recently from Maxwell Field, Ala. ! wives. The meeting was also attended The training schedule, which will by Mrs. Marvin Teague of Laurens, cor^ittee on Victory gardens for the i year. j be conducted without interruption to' executive Red Cross secretary for the 2. All urban families with suitable the regular college curriculum at the county. Final instructions were given space should raise as much as pos-1 college will fall into four major j a t this time and the drive will of- ■dble of the family’s annual vegetable' groupings: academic, military, physi- j fieially open this morning, supply, especially of tomatoes, green, \ cal and flying. Purpose of the pro gram will be to better prepare men SOUTH CAROLINA U S denartment of aericulture calls' 3> For larger * arden P lots 0180 the; for cadet training in the AAF flying;,, Ac 1nn ... for Six million farm nnH 12 home y ard can P r o vide . many Victory! training command and thereby vastly | HAS 100,000 IN ARMED SERVICE gardeners should arrange for addi- reduce costly eliminations. for six million farm gardens and 121 million urban gardens to make an I essential contribution to civilian food supplies. One-fourth of our total food pro duction in 1943 will be needed by the armed forces, the fighting allies, and! j „ i ur war workers. As the size of our arm- i bush ,rults . Brapaa, and certam tree W. ed forces grows and battle lines be tional space in commmunity or allot ment gardens accessible by bus, street car, bicycle, or walking. 4. Farm families and many subur- Capt. Turner and his staff, consist ing of First Lieut. Byron M. Myers, adjutant; First Lieut. John R. Lutz, medical officer; S-Sgt. Augustus ban people should plant strawberries, j Ramsey, sergeant major; Cpl. John s < er v Ing m the armed forces of the Wadsworth, tactical instructor, fruits to obtain adequate amounts of | and Cpl. Harold Marquit, medical; these desirable foods. . assistant, will act in an advisory ca- 5. Many town and rural schools pacity in regard to academics, and come extended, more food will be needed for current and future use. . Where 35 per cent of the 1942 pack f have K gar ?* ns ^ supply vege ’ of the most imt>ortant canned vege- tables was set aside for army and ® ,? 0t . one bd ? f P™?*** lend-lease needs, more than half of Surpluses from the 1M3 commercial pack of vege- K^ens or local markets ought tables will be bought by the govern- to conserved for home - **ool, or ment. This means that civilians must we are uae ’ raise more of their own fresh vege-! Some Good Guidance table supplies or be unable to obtain' To help make Victory gardening sufficient amounts for their health spell V-i-c-t-o-r-y rather than f-a-i-1- needs. j u-r-e, here are some practical sug- Hampered transportation has stop- gestions and some sources of infor- ped normal shipment of vegetables mation which may be had by any long distances, creating another need person interested in planting a vege- for growing produce near places of j table garden and doing bis daily doz- consumption. The more garden pro- en of activities to make his efforts Washington, March 1.—South Car olina has more than 100,000' men country, the Selective Service system has announced. Figures available showed that as of December 31, 1942, there were wll have direct supervision of the , men arn, y’ nav 3 r * military indoctrination program, which will include infantry drill, ceremonies and inspection, first aid and customs and courtesies of the service. Citizens Purchases Additional Bonds Training School Appropriation $278,000"? In the senate finance committee's general appropriations recommenda tions reported Tuesday, the State Training school, near Clinton, is list ed for an appropriation of $278,000 for operating expenses for the com ing year. ducts grown at home the more com mercial supplies will be left for mili tary uses. So Victory has a long row to hoe in 1943. Every American with suit able space should take his share Of the row with a home Victory garden. The farm goal calls for six million rural gardens in 1943, an increase of about 20 per cent over the estimated five million farm gardens in 1942. The 15 million gardens estimated for the nation,in 1942 aided the war effort greatly, but the United States fruitful 1. Have a garden big enough to supply vegetables generously all year. Half an acre, well planned, is suf ficient for the average family. 2. Improve "soil texture and enrich it with (a) lime, if a soil test shows need for it; (b) generous amounts of well rotted manure—15 to 20 loads per acre, or all that can be plowed under; (c) plenty of commercial Vic tory 3-8-7 fertilizer, broadcast after plowing and harrowed in—one-half (Continued on page eight) marines and coast guard, and Senator Maybank was told that since that time approximately 20.000 more young men from the state have en tered the service. > The largest number of young men are in the army, totaling 68,202. Of this number, 43,451 were inducted through selective service and 24,751 are listed as volunteers. The board of directors of the Citi- 1 TA® total in the navy is 14,305, all zens Federal Savings and Loan asso- 1 °* ^ ese are volunteers, with 1,454 of ciation at their monthly meeting I number serving as officers and Tuesday night, authorized the pur- 12 - 8 51 as enlisted men. chase of $10,000 series F war savings bonds. With this new purchase, the association now owns a total of $25,- 000 bonds in this series. The pur chase, the directors stated, was made as an investment and to cooperate with the government in the sales campaign being made in the county. BUYS FARM LAND Dr. B. O. Whitten of this city, has recently purchased from the Watts estate at Laurens, a 400-acre tract of land near Maddens, according to court bouse records. The marines have a total of 2,183, with 157 listed as officers, while 2,206 are volunteer enlisted men. 17ie number in the coast guard is 359, seven of which are officers. * v —■ AN ERROR CORRECTED In publishing the list of services of Bailey Memorial church in The Chronicle last ' /eek an error was made. The church was listed as Bai ley Memorial A. ^1. E. church, when it should have read, “Bailey Memo rial M. E. Church, South.” The Chronicle is glad to make this cor rection.