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< THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable . • • « ' -v r _ 3hf Ollintnn dbrontrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 6, 1943 Number 18 WILLIAM B GLENN GERMAN PRISONER A second Clinton boy—Pic. Wil liam B. Glenn, is a prisoner ot the m*u iw i,/■- . _ German war government. This infor- Bill Would Forgive 1942 mation came Saturday in a telegram on Dim to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. I axes or yu rer ^enr or ; Glennt which also stated that a letter People. Goes To Senate. i of information would follow from the r i provost marshall general. HOUSE PASSES PAY-AS-YOU-GO INCOME TAX BILL Washington, May 4. — Terminating A similar message was received last one of the bitterest party battles ol: w«* by “ rs ' ^ recent years, the house today passed, her son ’ Pvt - w ' am Hemlan 313 to 95, a pay-as-you-go bill wip- w ^ . ... mg out the 1942 federal income tax| Me. Glenn, the youngest son of his liabilities completely for a pp r oxi-, Peeents, was reported missing in ac- mately 90 per cent of the taxpayers, Ji 0 ” on northwest African front and imposing a 20 per cent withhold-, February 17. He is attached to Com ing levy against the taxable portions P an F 1^ ° Ht®. I68th infantry, and of wag«i Sd salaries, effective July 1. ^ ‘i 1 torei «“ serv ‘e® 4““ Feb - , .. ' ruary 1942. The action came In a dramatic se-j The friends of the young man and ries of steps in which the Democrats! of his parentSi will 5e interested to barely battered down, 206 to 202, the 0 j t he additional information modified Ruml plan which would, j us ^ received following the distress- have skipped a complete tax year. 1 j n g message several weeks ago that When the Ruml bill failed the Re- j ie was m i ss j n g w hiie in active corn- publicans swung almost to the man ^ to the compromise, and a measure ^ supported by Democratic leaders nev er came to a vote. In the debate, tempers flared, at one time reaching such a pitch that Speaker Rayburn got out the house rule book to decree that no member could call another a “demagogue.” The approved bill, offered by Rep resentatives Robertson, Democrat, of Virginia, and Forand, Democrat, of Rhode Island, abates the 6 per cent normal and 1$ per cent of first brack et sur-tax bn the 1942 income of all taxpayers, wiping out approximately $7,600,000,000 ,of the $10,000,000,000 of federal tax assessments against the last year’s incomes. It now goes to the senate where Republicans and some Democrats are prepared to open a new battle for the Ruml skip-a-year plan. The tall, lanky Robertson told the house the measure would put virtual ly all of the nation’s 44,000,000 indi vidual income taxpayers immediate ly on a pay-as-you-go system whereby they henceforward would remit taxes in one year on the basis of income the same year instead of on the income of the previoXis year. The house-approved bill would provide for income tax collection as follows: A Mother’s Message on Mother's Day LUTHERANS MEET HERE FRIDAY St. John's Church Will Be Host to Piedmont Conference for One-Day Session The Piedmont conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina will meet in St. John’s Lu theran church Friday, May 7. The conference will begin at 10:30 with The Service and administration of the Holy Communion. The Rev. Charles E. Fritz, D.D., of Columbia, will! preach the sermon. Liturgists for the service will be the Rev. M. R. Wingard, of Green wood, and the Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer of this city. The business sessions of both the church conference and the Woman’s Missionary society will immediately fellow the communion service. The afternoon session will open at 2:30 with devotions conducted by members of. the armed services, ag ricultural labor, ministers, and do mestic servants)—a will have 20 per bent deducted weekly, semi-monthly or monthly from their pay envelopes PLANS GIVEN FOR CLOSING PROGRAM AT CLIKTON HIGH ' Baccalaureate Service May 16 at Presbyterian Church. Fifty-eight Slated to Finish. 1. Wage and salary earners (except] Mrs. -Mabel B. Fenner. Mrs. Fenner will also lead a 40-minute discussion on parish education. Mrs. Fenner is a representative of the Parish and Church School board with headquar ters in Philadelphia. The conference or salary checks. (After allowable de-1 will be addressed by the Rev. Karl ductions have been made for family!W. Kinard, of Columbia, president of status and other exemptions). This [the South Carolina synod. The Rev. will not be an additional tax, but pro- Arthur M. Huffman, of Knoxville, j Sr., G. Fair Buford, W. H. Milam, vides a means of current collectioniTerm., will represent the Board of] City of Clinton — J. H. Pitts, Jr., BOARD APPROVES TAX RETURNS The Laurens county equalization board, which is composed of town ship board chairmen, held a meeting Thursdays morning in the auditor’s office in Laurens to consider tax re turns as submitted by each township. Jack H. Davis, Sr., of Clinton, pre sided over the meeting which was attended by the assessors appointed earlier in the year. It was reported that practically all township unit re ports were approved by the board, and the few protest notices were filed for further reference. The board of assessors for this sec tion of the county, with the chair men listed first, follows: Hunter township — Jack H. Davis, LAURENS HAS A $250,000 FIRE SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR BOY SCOUTS A special eburt of honor program for Boy Scouts of the Clinton district Laurens, May 4. — Fire sweptjwill be held at the Joanna clubhouse through eight storage warehouses of at Goldville, on Tuesday night, May the Laurens Glass works, a bottle 11, at 8 o’clock. manufacturing concern, here Tues day and destroyed other property in volving a total loss estimated by E. D. Easterby, president, at $250,000. The warehouses were near the At this time a special sound pic ture on Scouting will be sho'wn, fol lowed by the presentation of certifi cates of feehrancement and merit badges to a number of Scouts who against taxes now on the statute books. The collections will cover both income tax and the victory tax obli gations. After July 1 there would be no separate collection Of 5 per cent on victory taxes. 2. Persons with incomes from sources other than wages and sal aries, such as business and profes sional men, would be placed oh a pay-as-you-go basis by requiring them to estimate their tax for the current year and pay such estimated tax within the year. 3. To farmers a special rule applies. If the gross income of an individdual Ministerial Pension and Relief. He:B. Hubert Boyd, Joe L. Davidson, will present the church’s plan for| Jacks township — J. D. Copeland, ministerial pensions to the confer- Raymond W. Dean, W. J. Henry, ence. Scuffletown township—D. M. Mc- Members of the local church and Clintock, Geo. W. Cunningham, Mace interested friends are invited to at- Holland, tend the meeting. ON THE WAR FRONTS Mediterranean: German radio broadcasts from Vichy that Allied movements at Gibraltar and in Al gerian waters possibly point to in- Lieut. Ross M. Lynn Wins Captaincy Greenville and Clinton assisted Lau rens firemen in bringing the blaze under control and preventing further spread. . The Laurens factory, said to be the News has been received here of on iy one 0 f j ts ^ t ^ e Southeast, the promotion of Lt. Ross M. Lynn employs 325 persons, some of them to the rank of captain. He is now at- W omen. tached to headquarters squadron,; main plant. A large paint and deco-1 have passed the required tests, rating building of steel and comi- Announcement is made that a troop gated iron construction also was | has been reorganized at Lydia Mills damaged and seven freight boxcars with Rev. C. F. Allen of Goldville, as on a spur track, loaded with raw ma-1 scoutmaster. A new troop in the city terials and finished products, were J 0 f Clinton is now in the process of burned. organization, it is stated. Officials of the company said the \A11 scouts and troop committeemen main plant unit would be in oper- [, are invited to attend the Goldville 1 ation again within two or three days, meeting. The Clinton district includes Fast work by firemen saved it from troops in the city, at Lydia and Clin-1 destruction. ton Mills, the State Training school: The fire, origin of which is not anc i Goldville. known, was discovered soon after 7 i ^ a.m. and was brought under control C WP pf. c T n RafirA two hours later. Fire companies from ^““*5 » O 1x6(116 As Committee Head Local Presbyterians will be inter ested in the announcement that the Rev. Henry H. Sweets, D.D., of Louis ville, Ky., has announced that he would retire September 1 as execu- _ . .. ... tive secretary of the executive com- 15th Bomb Wing Sioux Citv Iowa ■ , Because of 1 the ? pid TT* ° f ^ imittee of Christian education and iom Borno. wing, &ioux A-uy, lowa. b la2ej several em pi 0 yes lost personal: fnr th „ c olrth pm Capt. Lynn, the son of Dr. and'effects anf j machinist’s tools No one i_..x : ^ „ . . . . . _ 4 , vasion attempt against Sicily and farm from farming for ^ taxable, Sardinia, island steps to European [ ^ ynn ’ T me s ^ n t ° I u i r - ana 'effects and machinist’s tools. No one! Presbyterian church Dr Sweets will year is at least 80 per cent of his to- corytine nt from North Africa, with 1 Mrs - L - Ross L y nn of this city, en- was injured tal estimated gross income from all sources, such an individual may file a declaration of the esimated tax at any time on or before December 15 indications complete victory in Tu nisia will not be awaited. Tunisia: United States and French troops pass bn beyond Mateur in ef- of the taxable year if the taxpayer . f ort to cut communications between is on a calendar-year basis. ! Bizerte and Tunis with such heavy tered army duty in March of last year as a second lieutenant in the officers reserve corps, and was as signed to the ordnance division at Charlotte. A few months later he was made a first lieutenant. Before enter- New School Pupils To Be Voccinoted pressure Axis forced to evacuate ailing the service Capt. Lynn was a forward positions; British First Army 1 member of the faculty of the Dar- :at center makes slight gains, and ! British Eighth in south launches hea- ivy artillery bombardment northeast P. H. Hobson, superintendent of the ! of Enfldaville. city schools, announced yesterday! Russia: Kuban peninsula fighting] that the county health nurse will be j flares anew, with Moscow saying it at the grammar schools Wednesday, may develop into the great struggle May 12, for the purpose of vaccinat ing those children who will enter school next September. He urgently requests parents to bring their chil- of the summer; in two days, Russian fliers shot down 54 Nazi planes, lost 21 of their own; Russians stress an nouncement more American lend- dren for vaccination since it is re-1 lease planes have gone to Reds than quired by law that they be vacci-,any other of Allies, nated before they can be enrolled in] Pacific: Allied headquarters reveals the school i heavy loss of planes in Sunday fight The nurse will be at Florida Street as Japs raided Darwin was due to school at 9; Academy Street school at bad weather, not Jap fighting ability; 10; Providence school at 11; and Bell says three pilots missing, but still Street school at 12. All are asked to withholds details of losses; weather be on hand promptly so the teacher 1 holds air activity to minimum. Sugar Registration Now Underway I 1 retire under a rule of the church that lan executive secretary is automat ically retiitd on September 1, fol lowing his seventieth birthday. Dr. Sweets has visited in Clinton on a number of occasions where he is pleasantly known. He ranks as one of ^the outstanding ministers and Registration for sugar for home leaders of the Southern Presbyterian canning and preserving is now under j church. He was moderator of the way at the local ration board, ration- general assembly in 1936. ing officials have announced. ! ^ Each consumer may get one pound A D D C AT of sugar per four quarts of finished • • iyOOd 10 canned fruit, but not more than 25 Meet In Greenville | pounds of sugar. Each consumer may; M get not more than five pounds for The 1942-43 session'of the Clinton icity schools will come to a close on j Friday, May 21. The commencement program of the high school will open on Sunday evening, May 16th, when the baccal- ; aureate sermon will be preached at the First Presbyterian church by the pastor, Dr. J K. Roberts: As has been the custom for a long period of years, thfe will be a union service in which all churches of the city will unite. The annual class day exercises will be held on Thursday evening, May 20. The graduating exercises will be held in Florida Street school audito rium on Friday evening. May 21. Keeping a custom established several years ago, no guest speaker will ad dress the graduating class on com mencement night. The program will consist of the presentation of medals and awards and the delivery of di plomas to the graduates. Peggy John son has been named as the valedic torian, and Edna Earle Workman the salutatorian. The time of all three programs will be eight o’clock, with the public cor dially invited. Of the 58 names on the tentative list of graduates, 22 are boys and 36 are girls, as follows:. , Boys— Chris Adair John Adair. Hoyt Anderson. Lewis Bagwell. Bobby Boyce. Fred Bragg, Jr. Billy Buchanan. Pringle Copeland. Thomas Cox. Jim Crawford. Frank Dailey. Howie Dawkins. William Ellis. Robert McCrary. John Morris. Louie Nabors. Fred Pitts. Halsell Roberts. Frank Simpson. Bruce Stewart. Arthur Scogih. Perry Lee Swygert. Girls— • Doris Baldwin. Mary Barksdale. Ann Blakely. Annie Lou Boatwright. Roslyn Cason. Anita Cassanova. Frances Clark. Jean Copeland. Emily Copeland. Hazel Ellis. Catherine Flow. Martha Foster. Ann Foster. Mary Francis. Bernice Graves. Essie Hedspeth. Mildred Holland. Peggy Johnson. Robbie King. Jewel Lanford. Sara Francis Lawson. ' 'Lois Mauldin. Carolyn Murphy. Amelia Payne. Dorothy Pinson. u ' v Mary Frances Rowland. Virginia Sharpton. Kathleen Shaw. , Ruth Singley Mildred Snellgrove. * Ruth South. Julia Taylor. Doris Thomas. Frances Uldrick. Jacqueline Weir. Edna Earle Workman. lington School for Boys, at Rome, Ga. His many friends here will be inter ested in the announcement of his promotion. ,: Presbyterian School To Observe Anniversary + " E ei noi more man nve pounas mr The general svnod of the AxsoHiIp 1 On Sunday morning the Sunday ! making jams, jellies, etc., it is ex- Reform g ed Presbyterian ch^.n fl 11110111 DACCH school of the First Presbyterian | ... . . session the past week at the Bon- 'efciniwll I HJJLJ church will present a special program) The aggregate allowance for both darken assem bly grounds near Hen- DAMf\ All AT A celebrating the 79th anniversary 0 f cannm * and making jams, jellies, dersonville, N. C., voted to hold the DillllJ llUUlA the founding 6f the school. After a ;P re f^ es or ^t butt ers will not ex- 19 44 session in Greenville with toe! W WVIM 15-minute class period, the entire ce€ ^ 25 pounds per consumer for the ^ R p c hurch. Sunday school membership will meet! period March 1, 1943, to February 29, can get certain Information before the nurse vaccinates. BLACKOUT HERE TONIGHT 10-10:30 The local Defense council announc ed yesterday that Clinton will be Japan: Japanese tell nation that supplies at home enough for short war only, stress production strength of U. S. and England in calling for support of/war effort. Mother's Day Program At Bailey Memorial in the church auditorium for the ex- j 1®**- ercises in which a number of young 1 j The synod named Dr. G. B. Pressly . .. . ... /of Fayetteville, Tenn, as the new The applicant, it is stated, must moderator BY $63,000 people will take part. County Supply Bill Reduced 4 Mills i present war ration book No. 1 in ap plying for sugar and the board will i note amounts granted on the cover. The Laurens county supply bill for 1943 as printed several weeks ago in State Tennis Meet Friday and Saturday Jurors Are Drawn For Civil Court Reports through yesterday showed ! that the Clinton^oldville area is far lover its quota of $200,000 set for the Second War Loan drive which ended May . 1. Tabulations showed total ♦ sales of $265,707.50, an over-subscri>- The May term of civil court will tion of more than $65,000. The suh- convene in Laurens on the 10th. scriptions, the committees in charge Thirty-six jurors were drawn by the state, came from individuals, corpok- commissioners last week to serve. ations, banks and institutions. Hunter township jurors listed are:: The amount raised was divided: all-weather P. W. Finley, W. R. Thomas, J. M.'ciinton $193,707.50; Goldville, $72,- The South Carolina Intercollegiate Tennis tournament will be held on The Chronicle after its introduction! Presbyterian college’s in the general assembly, carries few,courts on Friday and Saturday with Roland, L. N. Godfrey, G. C. Adair, 000. Special Mother’s Day exercises are,changes from the original measure as: four colleges participating, Director|U. G. Young, Sr., James Fulmer, G>. included in an air raid warning test announced for Sunday morning at 11 presented. j William C. Lufler has announced. [A. Dickey. Mnxwpll Farnucnn and blackout tonight (Thursday) o’clock at Bailey Memorial M. E.] The certified bill provides for a The schools entering teams will be' • - • _ UAW _ 5» M>wn from 10 to 10:30 o’clock. Church, South, by the pastor, Rev. | seven mill tax as compared with last the University <51 South Carolina, 'The blackout was ordered in 32iW. R. Quinn. year’s 11 mills, the reduction being Furman university, Erskine college, communities-by Hugh C. McCown,! There will be songs, and flowersibrought about largely, the delegation and L Presbyterian college, director of the Columbia district, and_ appropriate to the occasion. Special states, by a transfer of $16,000 un- Presbyterian college is defending will include a part of Laurens county. Friends of Misrf Roberta Elise Al ban, of near Clinton, will be interest- know she has been transferred WAAC training-center, Fort Iowa, to Ruston, La. music will be in charge of J. T. Pack and it is expected that a quartet from the college cadet unit will appear on the program. The public is invited. Especially are mothers invited for the special service in their honor. expended road construction funds to this year’s general expense account. An addition to the original bill as printed in The Chronicle was * the item for a service officer at a salary of $1,200 a year plus $250 travel team champion, and the Hosemen’s Captain Billy Needham js defending singles champion. No freshman tournament Will be held, as the present war time eligi bility rules allow freshmen to play on varsity teaips. Kiwonis Meeting Set For Tonight Given Dischorge : Maxwell Ferguson, formerly of the , ^glider division, army air forces, Stutt- The Kiwanis club will meet tonight gart. Ark., has received an honorable at 7:30 instead of the regular meet- discharge from the army and is at ing time next Thursday, the commit- home! Mr." Ferguson was released tee in charge announced yesterday, due to the fact that glider training The guest speaker will be Dr. J. K. is being discontinued, but he expects Roberts of this city, a member of the to ehter some phase of air service club. . w soon.