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THE CHRONICLE Strives To,Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, ~ ‘ ible Newsy and Relial 3hr Qlltntntt If You Don't Read IHE CHRONICIE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 24, 1943 Number 25 'f / PIONEER CAMP TO OPEN MONDAY AT •‘RIVERSIDE* The pioneer camp, open to boys and girls oPSeuth Carolina, presby tery in the year age group of 12-14, will open next Monday, the 28th, at the Thomwell orphanage Riverside cottages on Enoree river bear here. The conference will continue through Saturday morning, with accommoda tions offered for 60 campers. Russians, After Two Years of War, Confident Will Win Reds Believe Hitler Will Be Soundly Beoten Within Year. HIGHWAY DEBT IS NOW LOWEST IN EIGHT YEARS . Columbia, June 21. — Chief State Highway Commissioner J. S. Wil-j’ liamson said today that the highway i department debt by the end of the next fiscal year will reach its lowest , level in eight years. Williamson said bonds totaling $5,600,000 would mature during the. fiscal year beginning July 1, and all, The camp will be under the gen- Mos cow, June 23. After battling wou i d retired by funds already in eral supervision of Rev. C. F. Allen thr0l ? gh two y ears ° f the hardest war the departrnen f s current reserve of j of Goldville, as director, and Mrs. j.? cash. The present debt totaU $60,553.- ! Allen as dietitian. The committee "* h ‘ »** « 9 ' Payments on bonds maturing consists ot Rev.. Davd Boozer, Rev.i th ®^ and their An^lo-American a a,next.year will drop the total to less Lewis ton C. A. Calcote Jnd Rev. Hubert Ward- t than »5.00p,000. mine wori law. Counsellors will be Miss Luella Teu,on aggressor before another an- Allen, Miss Eleanor Fleming. Mrs nlv « r “ r » rolls around - Calcote, and Mrs. Wardlaw. DR. HARRY E. STURGEON Washington, June 22. — John L. ight (Tuesday) ordered his workers back into the pits un- The highway debt position, WH- til October 31. with a broad indura- That * ""is* "what* 'they* thought last ‘ion that during that time they would Young people attending from the 1 year ’ 100 this year there i^ e\e r y s y s t em . w'il! be improved during the resor l ,0 M 16 c •esbvtlr,an churches of this com- "ext year. The capital value of the poiWMfpo'tM. BELIEVE HITLER NOT TO ATTEMPT DRIVE IN RUSSIA Nazis Add to Belief Thot Attack On the Continent Is Nearing. London, June 21. — Germany was reported today to be moving sub stantial reinforcements into France j as the eve of the second anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s attacks on Russia ; found an increasing number of mili-| tary observers convinced that de-j feats and perils of invasion have ■ forced Axis chieftains to abandon' hope of knocking the Soviet Union j j out of the war. " One usually reliable foreign source; in London estimated that German; ^ — troop strength in France had been; Q/|n| 11 AQ ( ||l I L|1l raised from 35 to 44 divisions in ULMI% vvLLLUL cent weeks, but said Hitler had been! /\>\ IWfPrC forced to turn down appeals from| |/|/(lrr\\|||/ l/A\\r\ Premier Mussolini of Italy to send, * ^ LJJW rMJJLJ more ground forces into the bomb- j jolted peninsula where surface signs indicated the danger of Allied inva-j sion was most immediate. , The Germans themselves, through radio broadcasts, contributed the most of these surface signs, declaring, that an Allied fleet was assembling! Dr. Harry Elwyn Sturgeon, 54, died off Syria in the eastern Mediterran- ear ly Sunday morning at a Greenvillej ....... ean for an attack through the Aegean hospital where he had been critically iTA UAUAp I VIJIJ sea, and that a fleet of two battle-^ or ! ^ ve days. Before entering te MVllvK Linn ships, an aircraft carrier, a cruiser hospital he had been confined to his, — and 17 destroyers was at Gibraltar. |home for two we«cs. The unexpected ^ union'“farewell” service for Dr. Observers at La Linea, Spain, next, announcement hls dea ^h ca ™ e as a l. R. Lynn and Mrs. Lynn will be door to Gibraltar, reported the pres-; 8 ^ 100 ^ to m an y .friends an Sunday evening at the First ence of 70-odd merchantmen in the brought genuine regret to all ' w f 10 j Baptist church. harbdr there and a continued pass- knew him. j The S e rv ice has been planned by oio-Amedcan^forces are now bomb- age of large landing boats entering I The funeral services were conduct- tjj e Ministerial association in ? Germany and Italv bv dav and p artmen t took over) the Mediterranean. Thirty of them, ed Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock honor of Dr. Lynn, whose 25 years b in an aerial offensive more Fet * eral * und s received each carrying a crew of 25, were the from the First Presbyterian church of 0 f service as president of Thornwell t( , rr iKi e than the worst the German C urrent funds on hand latest to depart, La Linea dispatches which he had been a devoted mem- orp hanage will come to a close this ■ fnrrp rnil i d arrnmnlish sai d- d ^ ing his 24 a " d Mrs \ Lyh r p ! a " t0 | on their own ledger the Russians Tota ' told of numerous attacks LEWIS ORDERS MINERS TO GO BACK TO WORK Men Returning To Pits As Employes of Govern ment Until October 31 Under Present Wage Scale. courts to obtain the i Presbyterian churches of this com- 1 "“fT 7 nex f y ear - The capital value of the ^ ‘ ^y f a ‘!^ J? imunity are requested to bring bed v, s y stem is now alx)Ut S1T2.000,000. Of ge^rom the war labor board (U-LB). ' linen, towels, etc., ration books for by ^ th i th t A hes a , nd the RuSS i^"! this. $177,000,000 will have been com- if 01 !?.? JLji e ?L h ° UI l {the week of June 28 and a weeks in J. he pletely P aid for by June 30- 1944, after tbe p LB . had ^ eferred ^ the 0031 ! supply of sugar. Registration blanks 1 £ ord * utterod by ^ seph leav,ng the outstanding debt at $55,- to Presidertt RooaeveR w he filc/i ^fh Thcimn i®®ay day order of the day have boost- 000 n 00 call for the use of “alj the pow ith a powej of Head of Chemistry Department Since 1919, Succumbs to Illness. H?cki?n o¥t£!f cit^ MlSS Thelma |ed their confidence to^a higher point, 'X' flscal-year-end statement pre- government” to .force Lewis into a ' The senior cam£ set for the week ^ r rhapS a ' han ^ sUdTv Tawn on pared by the department showed that workmg contract in line with WLB ' ler backed that Sunday dawn on gince the hi h department was directions. t0 June 22 two years ago. the small number of registrants. UNION SERVICE SUNDAY NIGHT r . • .u An- „ , . organized it had taken over a total , , ... . # $55,183,783 in county road bonds woA d^i^ m Jh. na^ ^ The announcement of the back-to- i Stalin on May day told the Russian i . ... . .i. a i . i—reimbursement obligations — and ... , , L people that the Americans and Brit-; that the principa , of these bonds had committee la.d heavy stress on the the United Mine Workers policy ish were going to follow up the Af- been red ^ ced £ ,45.550,990, a reduc- !ruan successes by opening a second tion of g2 ^ cent , front in U ™P?- rorn;iP v c an statement showed further that Shortly after Stalin s remarks ap- the total of ,62 824.000 in state high- ipeared, Yanks, Tommies and French certificates of indebtedness ■soldiers finished knocking the Axis r . y . , . . , , . , ‘ l . , A . ■ , ? . _ . .'(bends) had been reduced by 16 per : out. “[Africa and now. having just cent to , 52 474 000 aken Pantelleria are poized tor the A breakdown the investment ln long awaited invasion ot the cord,- (he state , s hj h h ^ nent which Russians hope and expect Sourccs o( , J will come any day. faft that the men were returning to work under existing pay and condi tions. only as employes of the gov ernment and not of the mine owner ship. "This arrangement.” the statement said, "is predicated upon operation of the mines and their collateral pro duction units by the United States government and will automatically A , , . .u • a Highway bonds $ 62,624.000 termina te if government control is As a prelude to the invasion. An- r oun . y bonds (which c!e- vacated prior to the-above'mentioned n-Ampriran fnrres are nnw hnmh- * . date ” The indication of reliance on courts e communiques here. The services were in charge of |Spe hd the next several weeks at their Hlv „ it _ th - mnnnmpntjii ( acks on convoys, his pastor. Dr. J.K. Roberts, assisted c<> ^j n Montreat, N C ajter ^s^d ^d toe defense n a* R L 3 implying heaver Allied ship move- by Dr. D. J. Wpods and Dr. C. Bynum wh i c h they will go to Orlando, Fla., counter^offensive^thal freed' a^hou-' kiU^T 11 j" ments in the Mediterranean, but Betts. Interment followed m Rose- for their future home. !sand towns and won back 180 000 Not To Be US6(J many British observers agreed therejmont cemetery. | The special service will be presid-ikunmptpr* n f Soviet «toil ’ lllnfil AKnuf 1 were no indications the Gennans had Ac.ive pa.lhearezs were “ J ed over by Dr C. Byn^i Betta The l^y M the Unt " Ab ° Ut OCt ° ber ' more than one or two combat divis- Brown, Hugh Holman H. L. Eichel- address will be made by Dr. D. J weapons ^ armies are C ome 10ns m all Italy, Sicily and Sardinia berger* J. H. Hunter, Dr. D. O. Woods, dean of the association, with to bolster the Italian front. With Allied aerial forces on the move in the Mediterranean, and the Germans still held to inactivity in the eastern front, the Moscow Com- Rhame, Jr., and H. G. Prince. a brief response by Dr. Lynn. The services were attended by a large gathering of friends including; been called in for this special occa- 55,183,783 44.000.910 . , | 10 219 96a. to S et underground travel pay came ’ in this paragraph of the announce- SL2,0?8,655 executive off , cers of ^ ^ j temational union are hereby express- , ly authorized to exercise their dis cretion in the filing of suits at law, or by any other necessary means, to protect the equity of the member ship in the matter of portal to portal munist party newspaper, Pravda, ( marked the anniversary of the begin- ed upon the mound were indicative I . . Vfc _ _ • • A . a I _ ...2 A M 4 Columbia, June 18. — The South compensation, both as to current and from the United States and England Carolina Office of Price Administra- deferred liability.” tiM-vicPs in the ritv rhurrhes have 111 ever increasin 8 shipments through tion reminded applicators today that The UMW chief was asked after ^ cMSld m W al. ^.7 £<£, l War . Book No. 3 u to h« th. policy comni.ttec mating if the college student body and cadets sion . The pub lic is cordially invited.I ^ at i “ e , same UB( ^’ used unUl around October 1. as a there were any other arrangements of the 39th Training detachment. The many beautiful floral offerings bank- B. M. Buzhordt ning of the German-Russian conflict of his wide popularity and the e 1 Mp W L« rr y with the most ontimistic Russian dec- esteem in.which he was held. ru»M5» ill i^CWWiij have achieved sensational success in replacement for Book Nos. 1 and 2. with Secretary Iqkes, govemmen: stepping up production of their own “We have been receiving a num- custodian of the mines.'He said th.e weapons, according to reliable tech- ber of inquiries about what to do committee statement spoke for itself, nicians. when Book No. 3 comes to a per- Asked whether the check-off of un- Other Russian accomplishments son,” said N. H. Talbert, state Office ion dues would be continued, Lew- which particularly impressed military 0 f Price Administration director, is merely pointed to the statement Bluford Malcolm Buzhardt, 66, of, observers were: "but we want to take the opportunity which said that "minimum wages and 1- The successful evacuation of war the press affords us to tell the peo-.conditions” will be continued, died at his home last Wednesday af- industries—a tremendous problem , p i e 0 f South Carolina simply to put Ickes, advised of the back-to-work ter being in declining health for while still carrying on the war. those books in a safe place and forget order, said: some time. ( 2. The successful bridging and them until around October 1, when "The mine workers understood that The funeral services were conduct- j transition period in which the troops instructions will be given.” my job is solely to produce the coal and to being mailed out heat America's homes this winter. To equipment. in the order of applications sent in. do this . will require the utmost 00- 3. Despite a series of grave defeats, —Don't be alarmed if your neighbor operation of the mine workers and with the most optimistic Russian dec- esteem in* which laration yet. Pravda said the enemy’s, Dr. Sturgeon was bom October 18, unconditional surrender “is not far 1889, in Gibson, Iowa. At the age of . , . distant.” The newspaper warned that two his parents moved to Clarion. Newbfere^ a^ formerJ^lmton resident, “despair may drive the Germans to,Iowa, where he spent the formative the maddest ventures.” years of grammar and high school Best British estimates placed Ger- education. He teceived his bachelor £en£ Thursday .. 4 » r ^ us, new and compli-i Talbert slress^ the tact that neeeseary tor war ^rpo« including 18 divisions of satellite degree from Purdue university in 'from the A. R. P. church in New- cated Anglo-American Tease-lend Book No. 3 is not being mailed out heat America's homes this w troops. 11916. He did additional graduatei^rrybythepastor.Dr.J.W.Car- There still was no sign of a German! work at the University of Chicago, 1 son, assisted by Dr. C. Bynum Betts offensive, although it was Sunday Columbia university, the Rockefeller ;O f thls city. Interment followed in dawn, June 22, 1941, when Hitler|Institute for Medical research, and; gave the signal for his first Russian the University of Dijon. He received Mr. Buzhardt made his home in the maintenance of stiff morale. drive, and on June 11 that he began the 1942 campaign for the Caucasus. If they had not abandoned hope for anything better than a stalemate, the Germans at least gave the impression that they were content to rest on the defensive for the time being.-S' Ge the doctor of laws degree a few years community for several years and ago from Erskine college, Due West. , ls pleasantly remembered by a num- From the University of Arkansas,; ber of fiends who will regret to where he was instructor in chemistry, 1 l earn °f bls passing. - the young teacher entered the army! Surviving are his widow, the for- in World war No. 1 and was com-i mer Miss Lu l u Rutherford, and the Local Scouts To Go To Camp Old Indian Nineteen members of the Scout troop 111, headed by Eargle as scoutmaster, will iWho sent his application after you of the entire coal industry. I feel sure gets his book first. Everybody will that this cooperation will be given.” get his book before it is put into While Lewis appeared to have giv- use,” he said. en ground, in that he ordered the • miners back without getting the $1.30 OrDhonOQC Bov a day he has demanded, the mines ^ / by the same token appeared to be lost Hugh KCpOrtGu MlSSing to the Operators temporarily, if not leave 1 ♦ for the duration of the war. How ex local Old In-' A report has been received here tensive a form government control missioned as a first lieutenant in the;^ 0 R° win 8 children by his first mar-; Tuesday, June 30, for Camp sanitary corps. He saw overseas duty! ria 8 e to Miss Bessie Willingham, whO |d j an> the Boy Scout camp above that Thomas C. DuBose is reported W1 H take, remained to be seen, r ten months in 1918-19. ;died some years ago: Rev. John H.. Greenville. Some of the boys will missing over enemy territory on One point still was at is>ue—there _ Following his overseas service. Dr.! Buzhar d t > Charlotte; B. P. Buzhardt, | s t a y one week while others will re- April 5. He was a sergeant on a bad been no compliance with a WLB ^iTOany’^defensive'advantages.^Cit- Sturgeon was brought to Clinton i n j L : aurens ; S#- Boyd A. Buzhardt, ma-! ma j n f or two weeks. Local scouts bombing plane. order that the miners sign a contract ing the “extensive safety zone” held'the fall of 1919 by the late Dr. D. M. rine cor P s . on foreign service; T. Ros- ; w j]i g 0 with Scoutmaster Bruce Gal- j Sgt. DuBose is a Thornwell orphan- embodying substantially the condi- »r of coe an d Janies H. Buzhardt of this loway a nd a number of scouts One German commentator, Gen. Count Waldemar Stillfried, was quot-j for^ ten months in 1918-19. ed by the Berlin radio as pointing out by Germany on the east, Stillfried said an “Anglo-American invasion of the continent certainly will be nipped in the bud.” * Douglas to become professor chemistry at Presbyterian college and hlld that position until his death. In 1937, following the election of Dr. W. P. Jacobs as head of the college, Bond Soles Quota Raised For May Dr. Sturgeon had been a member I— u nc C-lrcfr of the American Chemical society' r,r » l 'Henderson; Dickey Hobson, John WEir bond sales in Laurens county since 1016 jj e wag a charter mem- CottOR BloOITI Hunter, J. Karl Johnson, Jr., Ferdi- exceeded the quota for the month of ^ 0 j south Carolina Academy! Inand Jacobs, Jr., James Austin ^ ay by O rrav 8 nf 00, lln C |i r n« ; ing rnnnt I v of S® 1 ®" 0 ®’ and was secretary-treas-! The first cotton bloom of the season Chandler, Jr Murphey Timmerman, G tL wptp urer of the South Carolina section* of lbrou g ht to The Chronicle office came J ohn Pltls - ni - rmft412 50 Gainst a oliota S $100 the American Chemical society from fr0 m the farm of W. C. Dobbins at $108,412.50 against a quota of $100,- its organization in i 9 27 to 1941. He Goldville, and was. picked on the TV,* mir yta hat! hppn serv ®d ten years as vice-president Qf| morning of the 19th. A close second foJ h TnnP ^nri 0f n h? b ass,gned the Southrn Intercollegiate Athletic bloom pul i ed on the 22nd came from for June, $100,000. association, and at the time of his the f arm of \y. E. Neighbors. ^ passing was acting president; was ( ^ third bloom was brought to the Richard Edward Ferguson, Jr., son %a# a n rn/'Nk.iTC president of the South Carolina Inter- 0 ff i ce on the same day by Mrs. Ellen of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ferguson of ON THE WAR FKON 1J> collegiate Athletic association from nj ndman( wbo resides on the old this city, has been promoted from — ' l'^^ j 925 until his death. For a number Myers place in the Musgrove section, the rank of second to first lieutenant. • Washington—Navy Secretary Knox of years he had served as faculty followed by another from the farm Lieut. Ferguson, who entered the ser- from|age boy and is pleasantly remem- llons under which they were ordered city; two daughters, Mrs. V. J. Liv-itroop 75, Goldville, who will attend bered here. He graduated from the back to work. ington of Newberry, and Mrs. Roy , three weeks camp. institution’s high school in 1938. He The formal order to locals will go S.-Smith, Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs.' The lollowing local scouts will go was employed by a concern in Rich- out tomorrow, and there was no defi- Rufus Williams and Mrs. B. L. Bishj to Old Indian: Bobby Plaxico, Dat id mond, Va.. before joining the RCAF nite indication tonight just when full- on. Newberrv. and nine erandrhil- Tribble. Lonnie McMillian, Jr., Tom in September. 1941. His brother, scale operation of tne pit> aid be Poole, Bill Henry, Bobby Owens, Bai- Frank, was recently graduated from resumed, ley Dixon, William Hatton, Mark the Fort Benning officers’ school as Earlier Pitts, Charles Pitts, Lee Blakely, Bee a lieutenant. Dr. Sturgeon became assistant to the °P’ Newberry, and nine grandchil- Tribble, Lonnie McMillian, Jr., Tom in ‘president in addition to continuing; dren his teaching responsibilities. Ferguson Promoted To 1st Lieutenant Citizens Savings To Pay Dividend The Citizens Federal Savings and ?Loan association of this city, will pay their regular dividend of 4 with steel production al-' ready being cur’ailed. Chairman Donald M, Nelson of the war produc tion war (WPB) warned in a state ment that the strike may have "dis astrous effect'" on the war program. Ickes emphasized Nelson's warning with a report that sttx-ks of coal had "diminished progressively” since May announces that preparations are chairman of athletics at the college 10 f Hubert J. Pitts. moving “right along” for an Allied and was always deeply interested in; invasion of Europe. college sports. \a/ t c ■ . a . U. S. daylight raidersNot only did Dr. Sturgeon give WaSSOn TO SpOOk At Europe - . _ smash at Germany’s vital Ruhr liberally of his time and talents to If. ” . foundries for first time of war within the college, but also to other activi- MWORIS Meeting few hours after RAF block-buster ties of the community as well. He olanes deliver one of war’s most wa s an honored elder of the First 1“," "tV**tered service. His many friends here P * - • - - city Presbyterian church and liberally evening it Hotel Clinton, with the an(J elsewhere will learT1 with inter _ vice two years ago, attended an offi cers training school and soon there after won a commission. He is now stationed in the Caribbean area. Lieut. Ferguson, a graduate of Duke university, was associated in business with his father when he en- P® r <;'® nt 1 when reserves averaged 49 davs' per annum on July 1, the board of supply directors has announced, L L I It seems to me unthinkable. Nel son said in a statement, “that any Americans, knowing the facts, would cut the life-blood of the all-impor tant steel industry.” The WLB shattering blows on Rhineland , . ... , «*«v. „... .,..*.1 „ .u, *u W «- of Krefeld. Russia calls for second and loyally supported his church in program m charge of the attendance t Qf the promotion he has just ^ frrJtthU veer " ^ Rs work. He was a member of the committee, S. W. Sumerel, chairman. . . Mediterranean - Allied bombers local American Legion post, a char- J- Hqjvlette Wasson, probate judge turn full violence from Sicily and ter member and former president of of Laurens county, will be the guest Sardinia to Italy * herself, blasting the Rotary club, and was retiring speaker for the evening. Naples and at least five other Italian this month as -president of- the Lions * mainland cities in day and night club. To the educational, religious y acat j on ScOSOn raids Germans report “g major Brit- and civic life of the community he ish parachute force” concentrated in gave his hearty support anfl was rec- Qn At Orphanage Mediterranean. ognized as a useful citizen, a man 1 < i- Methodist Bible School To Close With Picnic Pacific—U. S. fliers score new bril- appreciated and loved for many ad- liant victory over New Guinea, de- mirable traits of character. I The daily vacation Efible school in ' progress at Broad Street Methodist I church will close^Wednesday. June About one-half of the children of 30, after ten sessions. On Wednesday the orphanage are now away on va- afternoon a church picnic will be held stroying probably 23 out of a 34-plane „ Miss ^ au ?* 1 cation visiting relatives and friends at the city pump station near here. Florida. Those attending are asked to meet at Jap formation. Allied bombers raid Gilchrist of Newton, Kansas, a col- j n state, Georgia and /l five Jap bases in islands above Aus- t®* 6 classmate. In addition to his Those still on the campus will go in th* church at 4 p.m. to share trans- tralia. i (Continued on page eight) 'July for their vacations. portation, the instructors state. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAS BEEN O FATALITY from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive To Make „ 1943 a Safe Year On* the Highways. This date last year, • chairman, saying he made no attempt to pass on the eco nomics of the coal miners' situation, added: "I do wish to emphasize, how ever, -that the needs of our country come first and that we are today in a situation in which in the interest of our country, no man, no group and no class has a right to hamper war production.” Red Cross Mokes Shipment Garments The following 8 garments made at~ the local Red Cross production room were shipped during the week to the warehouse at Seagirt. N. J . for re distribution: 32 sweaters and 30 muf flers for the army; and for refugees:- 57 men’s,and boys' shirts. 72 women's blouses, also other articles mclud'Og a'number of skirts, blankets, quilts, and children's clothing.