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Volume XLIII
Clinton, S. C., Thursday, March 11,1943
Number 10
County Supply Bill Goes
To Senate for Passage
Measure Introduced In House Calls for Reduction
of 4 Mills Over Last Year. $47,946.95 To Be Raised
By Taxation.
Carrying a total appropriation of
$138,428.80, the Laurens county sup
ply bill for 1943 has been intro
duced in the lower house and will go
to the senate this week for Anal ap
proval. The total amount is $13,-
402.00 less than the figure of $151,-
830.80 as carried in last year’s bill.
Senator O. L. Long stated yester
day that this year’s bill as it now
stands calls for a reduction of four
mills over last year. He stated that
he had checked with the proper au
thorities and there will be a reduc
tion of two mills on the levy for
bonds, making a total eounty raduc- - web ............ $00.00 -friends and relatives in Clinton and was taken last August
t* 0 ” s * x "“Us * or the coming year, itgm n. Board of Assessors elsewhere. The picture is of Cpl. Joe shortly thereafter by th<
The gross soDroDristion in section ytsy qaa aa u ovioc «
amount included in this
item shall be spent for
janitor services. Pro
vided, that the distri
bution and circulation
of library books in ru
ral schools shall not be
curtailed.
Item 7. Ladies’ Rest Room 650.00
Item 8. County Health De
partment 2,100.00
Item 9. Mill Deputies: Four
(4) at $120.00 each ■ 480.00
Item 10. Board of Registra
tion—three (3) at $100.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
The gross appropriation in section
1 amounts to $138,428.80, from which
is deducted $90,481.85, leaving a net 1
total of $47,946.95 to be raised by
taxation. The estimated revenue is
to be derived as follows: Fees from
county officers, $11,056.69; fines and
forfeitures, $11,239.08; gasoline tax,
$30,000.00; bank tax, $2,235.88; beer,
wine and liquor tax, $9,167.20;
brought over, from last year’s appro
priation, $26,783.00.
Section one states that a tax of 7
mills is hereby levied upon all tax
able property in the county for the
fiscal year for the amounts and pur
poses stated in the bill.
Portions carried in sections con
taining the provisions and rules gov
erning appropriations authorized are
omitted for lack of space and the rea
son they are repetitions of the pre
vious supply bills from year to year.
Appropriations of the bill fallow:
Item 1. For maintenance
of chaingang, roads and
bridges, ana^pr building
bridges ..... .$45,000.00
Item S. For material for
maintenance of - surface
treated roads, if available
Item 3. New machinery and
trucks to be bought by
Supervisor and Board of
Commissioners, as needed
Provided, however, that
all machinery and
trucks shall be bought
after public competitive
bids is had therefor.'
Item 4. Salaries:
Clerk of Court 2,600.00
Assistant Clerk of Court. 1,140.00
Auditor 794.40
Clerical help for County
Auditor 1,020.00
County Treasurer 794.40
Clerical help for County
Treasurer 1,020.00
Superintendent of Educa
tion i.. 2,000.00
Traveling expenses for
Superintendent of Edu-
cation 400.00
, Assistant Superintendent
of Education 1,140.00
Judge of Probate 2,400.00
Provided,* that all fees
collected in this office,
including those from
Veterans’ Bureau, shall
be turned over the
County Treasurer. This
does not include com
missions received from
the Tax Commission on
inheritance taxes.
Clerk for Judge of Pro
bate 1,020.00
Sheriff 2,400.00
Traveling expenses for
Sheriff 800.00
Office help for Sheriff 1,500.00
Deputy Sheriffs—four (4)
at $125.00 per month
each 6,000.00
Travel expenses for four
(4) Deputy Sheriffs at
$550.00 per year each,
payable monthly 2,200.00
County Supervisor salary 2,000.00
Travel of County Super
visor ..._
Jailor twelve (12) months
at $125.00 per month ...
Tax Collector twelve (12)
months ..........................
Two (2) County Commis
sioners at $300.00 each
Traveling expenses for
County Commissioners
at $250.00 «Mh -
Clerk to Board of County
Commissioners
Coroner
County Physician 750.00
Assistant County Physi
cian ■ 300.00
All County work includ-
. ing inquests and post
mortems.
Item 4. The court house
janitor, to be named by
the Clerk of Court and
shall perform such duties
as the clerk prescribes.... 900.00
Item 5. County Attorney 250.00
Item 6. Laurens County Li
brary —
Provided, That the salary
of the Librarian shall
not exceed $90.00 per
month; not more
than $240.00 of the
and Eualization 2, 800.00
Each member of the
Board of Assessors and
Equalization shall be
paid $3.50 per day for
services actually ren
dered, which amount
shall include mileage.
Item 12. Magistrates:
City of Laurens 1,000.00
Clerk for stenographic
help in holding Inquests
and subject to call of
Sheriff and—or Solici
tor for any other Coun
ty investigation ordered •<
by the Delegation.. 960.00
Clinton 750.00
Office rent for Magistrate
at Clinton
Cpl. Simpson Rides Corrioge, Loaded With Bombs
Final Exercises Held
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At Presbyterian College
Commencement Program Sunday Morning and
Afternoon. Of 44 Graduates 36 Will Go Immedi
ately Into Army Training Camps.
c
Forty-four Presbyterian college se
niors received diplomas Sunday af
ternoon in the sixty-second com
mencement exercises of the institu
tion in the college chapel. The exer
cises were attended by a large gath
ering of friends and relatives from
out of town. , • • f'
Shown above
historical and local interest
is a photograph
to ms
of,bombs to be used in the first bomb-
any, ing of Germany by U. S. planes. It
and
Hamilton Martin, Easily; Augustus
Myddleton Harris, Brunswick. Ga.;
Charles Richard Franks, Clinton;
Vivian Augusta Dukes. Laurens; Mar
tha Mitchell, Clinton; Lawton Frank
Fouglas, Citra, Fla.
The list of graduates with Ifyeir
! home addresses, appeared in The
The graduation program was held Chronicle last week.
in March instead of May under the, Baccalaureate Sermon Heard
college’s new accelerated program.
i Similar exercise,, it was Announced, L 1 ^ e av ba ' c =' a “; M * e t ^ v ' c % w “ h h eld
will be held in June for students who! 1 "’ < T n * at tba F,rst f"”* 5 ’;
have completed the requirements for! „ wh f n tbe "’™'>>ers °<
degrees b, that time - i g ? duatmg k cla “ h D eard ,V ba| -
The exercises opened with the aca-: i. u 'T
,mie nroeescion followed wi,h ,h. Rel|i ' P ast ° r O' the F "' 5 ' Presbjte-
the government
released ^demic procession, followed with .the
H. Simpson, Jr., of Whitmire, grand- , and has recently been shown in the' of this city.
invocation bV the Rev. J. K. Roberts
son of Mrs. George W. Cunningham' theatres of America
The announcement of ROTC as-
I faculty, followed by the graduating
class, all wearing caps and gowns,
and Mr. and Mrs. D. R- Bobo of Clin- j Cpl. Simpson spent six months in | signments was made by Lieut.-Col.!
ton. .* ■ - i England and has been in North Af- i P4ul D. Strong, professor of military
entered the church in a body and oc
cupied reserved seats. The auditori-
Corporal Siihpson is a member of; rica since Dec. 1, 1942, where he; science and tactics. He announced the um was m 3ny out-of-town
the U. S. army air corps. This pic-, writes his parents he has seen “plen- j names of 36 seniors who have com-
ture was made by a Paramount News j ty of action.” He is the son of Mr. | pleted the basic and advanced ROTC
photographer in England as Simpson and Mrs. Joe H. Simpson, lormer training and will proceed from com-
was riding on a carriage loaded with Clinton residents. * ; mencement exercises to officer train
ing camps in the army.
89 WHITE MEN
IN APRIL CALL
TO COLLECT CANS
AGAIN MARCH 18
parents, relatives and friends of the
graduates who were here for the
special occasion. The exercises were
presided over by the president pf the
college, Ur. W. P. Jacobs, assisted by
The address to the graduates was ^rclT' J K ‘ R ° bertS ’ ° f ^
delivered by Dr; Harry Clifton Byrd,
president. University of Maryland.
Mr. Reid took as his text the 18th
100 00 j Fort Jackson, Columbia, on the 7th be made in the city on March 18 sim-
Constables at Clinton 600.001 where they will undergo examina-1 ilar to the campaign early ih Febru-
Cross Hill
Waterloo ....
Gray Court
Youngs
Sullivan
Scuffletown
5Q0.00
1,500.00
2.000.00
600.00
500.00
1,350.00
480x00
4,600.00
175.00
175.00
175.00
175.00
150.00
125.00
125.00
ii^ntville 125.00
13.—Rent on Com
modity House ......._ 600.00
tom 14. Insurance for
Court House, Jail, County
*Hdkne, Agricultural and
Chaingang Camp Build
ings 625.00
Item 15. Medical Supplies ... 300.00
Provided, No medical
supplies shall be pur
chased except on writ
ten approval of the
County Physician,
(twelve months’ supply
not to exceed $25.00
per month).
Item 16. Vital Statistics 310.00
Item 17.—Judge of Probate
for indexing pensions 25.00
Item 18. Printing, postage
and stationery 3,000.00
Item 19. Court House, in
cluding water, lights, fuel,
telephone in said building,
janitor supplies, plumbing
and other repairs 3,000.00
Item 20. For re-indexing
and improving the index
ing system in the office
of the Clerk of Court 500.00
(This amount is only to
be spent upon the ap
proval of the Legisla
tive Delegation, includ
ing the Senator).
Item 21. For beautifying the
Court House lawn 100.00
The work to be done un
der the supervision of
the Laurens Garden
club.
Item 22. County Jail 4,095.00
Including water, lights,
fuel, disinfectants,
plumbing, catching
prisoners outside of the
county, and dieting
prisoners at forty (40c)
cents a day.
Item 23. Court expenses,
including jurors, witness
es and bailiffs 5,000.00
^Provided, witnesses shall
receive the compensa
tion now provided- by
law and all jurors,
bailiffs and the court
crier in attendance up
on the Court of Gen
eral Sessions and Com
mon Pleas for Laurens
County shall receive as
compensation the sum —
of Three ($3.00) Dol
lars per diem and mil
eage as now provided
by law.
Item 24. County Home for
food, clothing, fuel, lights,
etc., for inmates and for
farming expenses 3,250.00
Salary for Superintendent
and Assistant 1,200.00
Additional help with in
mates : 50.00]
Item 25. Agricultural Build
ing, including pay for
. janitor (who shall be em
ployed by the County
Agent), janitor supplies,
plumbing and other minor
repairs, fuel, water and
lights, telephone calls and
stamps 700.00
(Continued on page seven)
Dr. Byrd reviewed the establishment an<1 10 ^ verses of the 8th chapter of
of what is now modem civilization, 1 Kings: "And the Lord said unto
beginning with the advent of Jesus D av id m y father, whereas it was in
The Clinton draft board received a J. Leland Young, chairman of the Christ, following the rise and fall ofi thine heart to build an house unto
call yesterday for 89 white selectees tin can salvage drive, announced yes-j nations in the Mediterranean area. | V'y ^ ame ’ that it wa3
for April. The men will be sent to terday that a second collection will traced the founding of the in me heart.
‘ ‘ United States and its way of life dat- 1 “Nevertheless, thou shalt not build
ing from the migration of people the house; but thy son that shall
from Europe in search of religious I come forth out of thy loins, he shall
freedom and freedom from other op- build the house unto my name.”
pressions in the fifteenth and six-j Mr. Reid said that the building of
teenth centuries. Dr. Byrd held up the temple was no small task, that it
before the young graduates the way a slow process that caused Da-
of life in the United States as worth vid to dream and plan. So many of
preserving, saying that the young our temples are not builded, he said,
people of today are infinitely more 50 many of our castles are only air.
capable of building up and carrying Circumstance was a • factor with
on a nation than was the preceding which David had to deal. He told the
tions before induction into the armed
forces. The March quota is 111 men.
It was stated by draft officials yes
terday that the April call will be
ary.
Clinton housewives are asked now]
to begin saving and preparing all tin
cans to be collected by the Boy
made up largely of married men. Scouts. Cans to be used must be
without children, the list of single! washed clean, paper labels removed,
men in class 1-A having been prac- tops and bottoms opened, and flat-
tically exhausted. itened.
19 Negroes Also Called j The Chamber of Commerce is spon-
The board at the same time re- »° rin * the drive and asks the re
ceived a caU for 19 Negroes for April operation of the public, especially the
the same tnductlo* hpvsewives m ^sqmmunity.
to be
center.
Dunlop Promoted
To CoptQincy
First Lieutenant Rufus Thomwell
Dunlap has within the past week
been promoted to the rank of cap
tain, it was learned yesterday.
ENEMIES OF U. S.
HAVE 17,000,000
MEN UNDER ARMS
♦>
Washington, March 9. — How
are the Axis armies?
big
generation.
Awards Are Made
Dean M. W. Brown made die fol
lowing awards for the year:
Receiving gold “P” awards given
graduates that the crisis of the world
will work havoc with your plans, that
noble purposes will be frustrated, cir
cumstances with you, as with David,
may say thou shalt not build the
by the faculty for meritorious service ...
in extra-curricular activities were ..rv* 1 ,? U , I , n £’ spealter asired.
Ben Hay Hammet, of Allendale; Wil- What 81,311 ** done about it? Happy
liam Culp, of Rock Hill; Robert P ur P°ses and high ideals are forever
Schwanebeck, of Savannah, Ga.; and bei ng defeated and destroyed, he
Robert McCormick, of Decatur, Ga. ! s , We mu * t hold to t* 108 * dreams
The founder’s award to the senior come what may, you must be
Upholding the U. S. army’s plans best exemplifying the ideals of the careful that you.don’t discard them
Capt. Dunlap for the past year has for 3 10131 stren » th of 8,200,000, Sec-, ^uege went to Walker Rivers, of as lllus,ons - Remember, he said, that
been stationed at Jackson, Miss., as| r f lar y °f y 3r Stimson said tonight | who also received tbe scholar- alr C3slles are better than no castles
... _ . ♦ ♦ A M*. •»« St Stvt St Wt * Sts- Vt St — 9 St St Vt St • • 4 I ’ St 1 1 I 1 «
signal officer of the aircraft warning
service. He left Clinton in February,
that America’s enemies have
17,000,000 men under arms.
1941, as a member of the national; Estimates based on the best avail-
guard unit and for a year was sta- j able information, he said in his
tioned at Camp Stewart, Ga., before' speech, are that Germany and her
going to his new assignment. He is a allies have 14,000,000 men in Europe,
about ship medal for the'highest scholasTic at al1 ’ lhal a11 ideals have value with
average of the class. ! ^ _ who looks upon the heart.
graduate.of Clemson college and at
the time of his induction was super-
intendant of the Thomwell orphan
age farms.
The news of Capt. Dunlap’s promo
tion will be received«here with inter
est by his wide circle of friends.
and “Russia and Britain together
have a much smaller number.” In
Asia, he said, the Japanese have ap
proximately 3,000,000 men under
arms.
A comparison of combat units, said
the secretary, discloses an even great
er disparity—Germany 100 divisions,
Italy 80 diviaiona, and G e nT.,nys Eu-1 of trust ^ (allowing:
ropean satellites another 80 divisions, 1
or a total of 460 divisions in Europe.
Japan has some 86 divisions.
America’s plans, on the other hand,
Prof. Boyd To Enter
Navy As Chaplain
signed a ^professor^of ^itde ^retS^r i of t£
The Alpha Psi Delta cup, for the! Contir ! uing * 11,6 speaker charged
best scholarship maintained by a girl * e graduates to see to it that those
student, went to Byrd McMillian of calh e drals Uiat are within never per-
this city; the Ministerial club award We ean and musl build through
to Thomas Dews, of Edison, Ga.; the thos ®, wbo come atter us - David P r *-
Fred Jay Hay Bible medal, to the f. ared ab °n d antly for the erection of
student making the best average on l , e before his death, he
the two years of required Bible study, £ bar 8 e d Solomon to build the house,
to Betty Hunter, of this city. be be< l ueat b e <l to him the noblest
H<»nr*r»rv nrrrr r ■ dream that ever stirred his soul
UefreeS , In conclusion, Mr. Reid said youth
h. H A° n r ra ^^ r !?L'rr',r t ^"«' da 'deals today - V Y kj
young people with responsibilities
Doctor of divinity: Rev. John K. i you
byterian college, having made appli
cation to enter the navy as a chap- i
lain, it was announced yesterday j Dm ra I Merchants
from the office of Dean Marshall W.i^ ' .
Brown. Prof. Boyd expects to be KepOFt vH *>OlVQge
called at an early date.
Roberts, pastor of, the First Presby- hut Kr/rJi ^
laws" C C h h U aries° A\^rt Clt Can^n 0r of Said ‘ Use y0UT h^^nateriul^uild
laws. Charles Albert Cannon, of in stone and not in air We stiU have
our dreams, he said, we challenge you
imick. of Baltimore. Md. president of We^hargel.Tto unxelo £ h' 0 "''
T we tnarge you to arise and be doing.
| Cannon mills; Charles Perry McCor-
14,919 RATION
BOOKS ISSUED
C. B. Cannon, county farm agent,
reported at a Laurens County Sal-
jvage for Victory committee meeting
(Saturday that rural merchants work-
j ing with the salvage program have
J breught in a total of 152,229 pounds
♦ of iron and 10,430 pounds of rubber
A total of 14,919 war ration books sinc ? Jul y. when they began their
No. 2 were issued by the Clinton: P arllcl P allon - The amount for Janu-
board during the recent registration j ar y was 6,200 pounds of iron. Mr.
and “c^Tef RSi^r^ T ^
f",' darling-1 Itt IW£d S]
rj.. , ... (Conclusion, make the house en ire
The exercises were brought to a clt , an an(1 beautiful ’
close with a charge from President IS. ’’ * God may
W. P. Jacobs to the graduating class.' ’ m
Sigma Kappa Alpha Honors * |a*||iiaaj
The following students were elect- lAf || | JAM R hi rNM
ed by the faculty to the honorary ** ILLIMI I Ua wLLHfi
scholastic society, Sigma Kappa Al
pha, for the year 1942-43:
Walker Prioleau Rivers, Aiken;
Wilson Parks McKittrick, Whitmire;
MISSING IN ACTION
period, it was disclosed at the qffice, ( 7 annon ^ chairman of this part of Edward Milton Selfe, Huntington, anc j Mrs. R B Glenn ^f this
x j r.11 i “ j # _!the Miilvnpp nrngrrnm W. Va • fJenair rtrinrlvoar Mullins- . ' mis in
Hughes Listed As
Prisoner of Japanese
yesterday. The board serves fourj lbe salvage program
townships in the lower part of the j •
county Five Men Added
Those who failed to get their ration ’ .. Z. ,
books may apply to the local board I 0 College rOCUlty
on March 15 or thereafter for same.
Dean M. W. Brown of Presbyterian i
t college has announced that five new
men have been added to the insti-'
tution’s faculty due to the establish-!
ment on the campus of an army avi-
Pfc. Charles E. Hughes, son of Mr. ation cadets training unit,
and Mrs. A. H. Hughes «of Great i The new members who will begin
is
Russell Paric^Jr**Lake U City; j n T n ‘Af^ Feb ‘
Betty Wallace Hunter. Clinton; Flor-! Th e te evrL ?Jl t^ A ? r f
«« BU BUk.lT, Clinton; David: 7/
ents stated that any additional in'or-
mation would be forwarded when re
ceived.
Pfc. Glenn, the youngest son of His
parents, attached to Company K of
i the 168th infantry, has been in for
eign service since February, 1942. -
Falls, formerly of this city, is listed their work with the opening of the
in an official war department com
munique as_a Japanese prisoner of
war in the Philippines.
Pfc. Hughes was reported as miss-
spring quarter are:
W. J. Blanchard, mathematics; M.
E. Royster, physics and biology; J. S.
Caldwell, physics; Robert D. Lynn,
ing in action in the Philippines in j economics; J. S. Gray, physics.
May, 1942. Recently relatives herei
and in Great Falls were notified of
'his capture by the Japanese.
1—
KTWANI8 MEET TODAY
The Kiwanis club will hold its reg-
Johnson Joins
Cooper Motor Co.
—ii 11. ^
A. J. Johnson, form’erly connected
ular meeting this evening at 7:30 at! with Sowers Garage of this city, has
Hotel Clinton. The program will be' accepted a position in the mechanical
in charge of the committee on Un- department of Cooper Motor com-
derprivileged Children. P*ny.
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Thomwell Fomily
To Get Holiday
Next Monday will be observed a\t
Thorpwell orphanage as a full holi
day in honor of the birthday of the
j institution’s founder, Rev. William
i Plumer Jacobs, D.D., who was bom
.101 years ago on March 15, 1842. The
orphanage first opened for the ad
mission of eight children on October
1, 1875.
Since then, for sixty-eight years,
March. 15, or as close thereto as con
venient, has been celebrated as a hol-
iday by the children of the home ia
honor of its founder.